| Summary: | Warrior Up! is a documentary series that follows Indigenous youth across Turtle Island who are standing up and making change, transforming their communities, their lands and their lives for the better. Episode 7: Rotshennón:ni Two-Axe, 18, and Kayla Spencer-Young, 20, are two of the handful of Indigenous students studying science at Dawson College in Montreal. Indigenous students are severely underrepresented in STEM programs. Kayla, who comes from a northern Cree community, knows how tough it is for Indigenous students, especially those from remote communities, to imagine themselves in the sciences so she and pal Rotshennón:ni hatched a plan: to start a hands-on science activity club for their Indigenous peers. They bring host Joshua Odjick and other students into the lab to dissect a moose heart and take him and a group to the Planetarium to marvel at the Northern Lights. By combining Two Eyed Seeing and western science perspectives in every outing, the two college students help their peers see that science can be fun and accessible.
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