25 Mar

Palmerston STEM Night

Part of our initiative at Pueblo Science is to spread Science awareness among the youth. On March 22nd 2018, we were a part of Palmerston Public School’s STEM Night, demonstrating physics and chemistry concepts to students at the school. Over a hundred students from grades 1 to 6 participated in activities at the event; including […]

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15 Mar

Encouraging the Next Generation of Women Innovators

In the days leading up to International Women’s Day, Executive Director Mayrose Salvador had the opportunity to talk to media sites across Canada promoting gender equality and discussing ways to encourage more women to work in STEM. Women comprise a significant percentage of STEM degrees graduates, yet they are under-represented in STEM careers with 20 […]

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13 Mar

How Canada can bridge its gender deficit in STEM subjects?

STEM fields in Canada are dominated by men — with 20 per cent fewer women venturing into such careers. How can this imbalance be addressed? Mayrose Salvador, founder of Pueblo Science, has some answers. One reason why so few women are studying or employed in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) areas is due to […]

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21 Jan

Hart House Family Sunday: It’s all about the bases (and acids)

On January 21, Pueblo Science hosted its fifth Curious Kids Love Science! event in collaboration with the University of Toronto’s Family Sundays program at Hart House. Our volunteers devoted their time and energy to create a successful event bringing joy and excitement to over 80 participants. Through a range of visual and hands-on activities, we […]

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7 Nov

Why This Global Citizen of Canada Uses Ice Cream to Teach Kids Science

Founder and executive director of Pueblo Science Dr. Mayrose Salvador speaks with Jackie Marchildon from Global Citizen about how the organization started and where it’s heading. “I believe that science education is a long-lasting way to solve poverty and problems that the populations in those rural areas are currently facing.” To learn more about how […]

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11 Oct

Introduction to the Scientific Method

by Jonathan Lau and Dr. James Li When we were young, we often asked why? or how? to understand the things around us. Why is the sky blue? Why do birds fly? How do rainbows form? Why? Why? Why? Sometimes, our stream of endless questions may irritate our parents, and the more impatient may finally […]

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6 Oct

Pueblo Science Co-Founder was a Panelist at Entrepreneurship 100

Dr. Salvador was a panelist for the Entrepreneurship 100 Conversations on October 5, 2017 at the University of Toronto. The event was focused on Social Entrepreneurship and was designed was designed for current students, recent graduates, and alumni. Dr. Salvador shared hared what inspired her to launch and propel Pueblo Science to reach seven countries […]

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24 Aug

Science can be fun to teach

Over one hundred (100) high school science teachers from the length and breadth of Jamaica and from the  science  disciplines (physics, chemistry, biology, Integrated science) converged on  the campus of The MICO University college for the three-day event. Teachers were awed through hands- on science activities using mainly local materials and covering some content areas […]

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11 Aug

Volunteer Reflections: Dr. Alon Eisenstein

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31 Jul

Raising Innovators and Digitally Savvy children at Breakfast TV Montreal

We were at breakfast TV Montreal on Thursday, July 27. Pueblo Science’s camp teaches kids how to create their own website using html and program a robot using lego mindstorm. We also show them fun and hands-on science activities including science tricks! See the clip down below:

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