Programs for Black Youth

Western Engineering Outreach is excited to offer a program that fosters diverse and inclusive learning spaces for Black youth in engineering. Western Engineering Beginnings for Black Youth creates opportunities for elementary and secondary students to explore engineering and connect with diverse mentors.

WEBBY (Western Engineering Beginnings for Black Youth)

Program Overview

Western Engineering Outreach is excited to offer a FREE program that fosters diverse and inclusive learning spaces for Black youth. WEBBY creates opportunities for elementary and secondary students to explore engineering, practice leadership skills, and connect with mentors. WEBBY is open to students who identify as Black from Grades 4-12.

Grade 4-8 WEBBY participants focus on hands-on engineering activities. They attend 2-hour sessions and have high school students mentor them as they take on various STEM challenges.

Grade 9-12 WEBBY participants focus on mentorship and leadership training. They attend 4-hour sessions in which they get to be mentees as well as mentors. High school participants get to be mentored by industry volunteers and current students (morning sessions). They can earn up to 8 volunteer hours as they mentor younger students to do hands-on engineering activities, thus applying their leadership learning (afternoon sessions).

2024 Dates and Times

WEBBY is a four-part program held on four consecutive Saturdays in Fall 2024:

Saturday, September 14

Saturday, September 21

Saturday, September 28

Saturday, October 5

Sessions run from 12:00pm - 2:00pm for Grade 4-8 participants and from 10:00am - 2:00pm for Grade 9-12 participants. The program is located on-campus at the Faculty of Engineering at Western University.

Registration

Click here to register for free. If you have questions about the program or registration, please email discover@uwo.ca.