Secondary school students in North Bay and Timmins will benefit from funding to support their participation in a provincial robotics competition.
The eNimkii team at Nbisiing Secondary School in North Bay and the Northern Lights Robotics team at Timmins High and Vocational School in Timmins are among the recipients of a $50,000 grant from Union Gas to help them participate in the FIRST Robotics Competition.
The FIRST Robotics Competition is an annual competition in which high school students team up with technology companies to build robots in high-intensity robo-sports competitions with the help of volunteer professional mentors.
Over six weeks, student teams raise funds, design a team brand, and build and program robots to perform specific tasks against competitors in regional events held in several provinces. FIRST Robotics Competitions combine the excitement of sport with the rigours of the STEM disciplines: science, technology, engineering and math. Union Gas has also mentored several of the teams, with company employees volunteering to give direction and support.
Other recipient schools hail from Leamington, London, Elmira, Chatham, Kingston, and Stoney Creek.
