Kids need to learn computer coding starting in kindergarten, says P.E.I. technology advocate Maureen Kerr. Nova Scotia has just announced that it is making computer coding a part of the curriculum.
The B.C. government unveiled plans Monday to introduce computer coding in its school curriculum, addressing a chronic skills shortage in one of the few areas of the Canadian economy that is doing well ...
A 12-year-old Sarnia girl, who taught herself computer programming at the Lambton County Library, has placed second in the ...
Imagine telling a story in an Indigenous language and having a computer interpret and produce digital images for the story. Simon Fraser University (SFU) scholar Jon Corbett aims to make this happen ...
A unique technology program at a local charter school is teaching coding and computer programming to students as young as Grade 4 to prepare them for the jobs of the future. Students at Connect ...
Whether you’re streaming a show, paying bills online or sending an email, each of these actions relies on computer programs that run behind the scenes. The process of writing computer programs is ...
Nova Scotia hopes to incorporate computer coding into the curriculum next year so that students get more hands-on experience with the technology that makes the modern world work. The province is ...
Clive Thompson is the author of Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World, and a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine. Nearly every programmer knows when they fell ...
Do you love solving puzzles? Maybe it’s a clue that coding is right for you. “A lot of people treat computer science like solving puzzles,” says Paul Gries, an associate professor, teaching stream, in ...
As Canada’s tech industry grows, people with coding skills are in increasingly higher demand, which means young people entering the workforce are concentrating more on computers and how to master the ...