Canadian Indigenous youth robotics team to compete in Dubai

Several Alberta students are preparing for an opportunity for a lifetime — this October, the IndigeSTEAM team will head to Dubai to compete on behalf of Canada in an international robotics competition.

Le FIRST Global event swill be a chance for the team to show off their skills on a world stage, and the team is hoping to show off their culture as well.

“The reason we have these colours on our team shirts is to represent the medicine wheel colours and the red on the shirt is to honour Indigenous women that were killed or are missing,” said Quentin Norris, a twelve-year-old Cree-Metis team member.

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