Canada is expecting a shortage of workers to fill thousands of tech jobs in the near future, and B.C. schools have responded by making computer coding a mandatory 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 ...

Coding seemed like a great option, he said to the head of the incubator, but wouldn’t you need a computer-science degree to do it? Nope, said the incubator head.

These are all very important for success in life and careers even outside of those directly related to computer coding. Learn to Code a Video Game. Children are highly drawn to video games.

Starting to think about summer camps for the kids? In addition to the usual lineup of swimming, softball or horseback riding, parents in the Maritimes can add computer coding to the list of choices.

From coding to computer science for kindergartners, Digital Dream Labs has created the cloudBoard, a cross between a board game and a video game that’s geared for kids aged four to 12.

To develop a computer programming language for Indigenous languages—and currently in Cree—Corbett uses its natural language and cultural perspectives directly in the computer interface. For example, ...

She is a kids coding advocate and volunteer who led the 2015 B.C. Hour of Code campaign, in addition to creating the B.C.-wide youth coding event, Codecreate, with support from the B.C. government ...

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 ...

I was 5 or 6 when I got my first sense of the joys of computer programming. This was in the early 1980s, when few people had a computer. One day, my dad brought home a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, one of ...

Dr. Cheryl Frederick. Dr. Cheryl Frederick, executive director of STEM programs at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), said computer programming is a collaborative process, with a variety of ...