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Future Universal Navigators Summer Camp (Young, Gifted & Black Future Physicists)

Imhotep’s Legacy Academy

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Explore our Programs

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Engaging African Nova Scotian Youth

(EANSY) in Agriculture & Community Food Security

2023 Young, Gifted & Black Science Fair (YGBSF)

Imhotep’s Legacy Academy (ILA) is hosting our 2nd annual Young, Gifted & Black Science Fair (YGBSF)!

Virtual School Program

Online tutoring and interactive STEM experiences for high school students.

After-School Program

Students explore hands-on science and engineering activities.

FIRST LEGO League Program

Students build and program robots while developing solutions to real-world problems.

ILA Coding Program

Students learn coding in HTML, VBA, and Arduino.

FIRST LEGO League

FIRST® LEGO® League guides youth through STEM learning and exploration at an early age.

Opportunities & Support

Opportunities & Support

Imhotep’s Legacy Academy is Hiring!

ILA-TD Bank Scholarship

Summer Student Research Scholarships

Apply for our $6,500 research scholarships.

YouTube – Imhotep’s Legacy Academy

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An Introduction to ILA

After-School Program science activities (videos in development)

Appreciation for our sponsors.

ILA Social Media

ILA Social Media

Join us for a speaking engagement with the U.S Consulate in Halifax to commemorate Juneteenth! Guest Speaker: Mr. Marc Haydel Morial, Renowned National Civic leader in the US You don’t want to miss this!!! RSVP HERE: bit.ly/3OOAgH3
We are delighted to announce that the winners of our regional youth science fair competition did incredibly well at the Canada wide science fair in Alberta last weekend! Noah Bryan, Munir Al Tahar, and Joy Akinkunmi won an extensive list of awards at the fair. We are so proud of you! Here is a list of all the awards our young scientists brought home! Noah Bryan – The Phage takes Centre stage for water quality testing • Platinum Award - Discovery Crystal award • Excellence Award- Gold Medal Intermediate • Challenge Award - Environment and Climate Change  • Sanofi Biogenius Canada Award $750 cash and certificate • Western University Scholarship Gold Medallist - $4000 Entrance Scholarship Joy Akinkunmi – Pill smart • Excellence Award - Silver Medal • University of Alberta Entrance Scholarship Sponsor: $2,500 Entrance Scholarship • Western University Scholarship $2000 Entrance Scholarship Munir Al Taher – Changing the way we refill electric cars • Excellence Award - Bronze Medal • University of Alberta Entrance Scholarship $1,500 Entrance Scholarship • Western University Scholarship $1000 Entrance Scholarship
The ILA congratulates ZERE ROLLE-HEWITT for taking home the prize for the Top project in the Junior and Intermediate division at the CBSN Youth Science Fair Regional Competition last month! Be on the look out, we might be seeing rockets on the road in the near future 👀🍬🧬 #ila #imhoteplegacyacademy #blackkidsinstem #sciencefairproject #2023sciencefair
In light of the upcoming Canada Wide Science Fair next week, we would like to reflect back on our regional science fair presented by the CBSN last month. The co-founder of Imhoteps, Kevin Hewitt, has provided a brief opening statement! #ila #imhoteplegancyacademy #blackkidsinstem #canadawidesciencefair
Dr. Alleyne will be our guest speaker at the 2023 Youth Excellence Award event. Dr. Camille Alleyne (www.camillewalleyne.com) is a rocket engineer, space scientist, internationally-acclaimed speaker, writer, educational leader, and science ambassador whose achievements in the field of space exploration have been outstanding. She is one of the most well-known women in aerospace engineering and one of the few women of colour to hold a senior technical management position at NASA. Dr. Alleyne is well-known for her work on global STEM education for girls through The Brightest Stars Foundation, established in 2007. This non-governmental organization is dedicated to teaching, empowering, and encouraging young women to become future leaders by studying science, math, and technology. Join us from 1:00pm to 2:30pm on Saturday, May 13th, 2023 in the Irving Oil Auditorium, 5257 Morris Street Richard Murray Design Building.
ARE YOU READY?! RESET & LAUNCH 🚀 ILA cordially invites you to the 2023 Youth Excellence Awards. Please join us as we conclude our 2022/2023 year by celebrating and thanking our participants, mentors/tutors, and generous sponsors. RSVP by scanning the QR Code
Let's Get To Experimenting! ILA at John Martin Junior High School Creating Future Black Scientist one experiment at a time 🔬 #science #stem #blackscientist #education #imhotep
Here is a glimpse of what our pupils did on the day of the robofest. ILA is very proud of this occasion! #firstlegoleauge #ila #imhoteplegacyacademy #acadiau #blackkidsinstem #stem #eastcoastkids
The first Lego League and Robofest robot programming challenge at Acadia University was a great success, and we congratulate all of our students who took part🥳 Also deserving of praise is ILA FLL coordinator Sungwoo Song, who took home the Coaches trophy at the FIRST LEGO LEAGUE Provincial competition👏🏾🎉🔬 #goteam #stem #ILA #acadiarobofest #legoleauge #imhoteplegacyacademy #eastcoastkids
Magnetic Goo Experiment

About ILA

About ILA

Imhotep’s Legacy Academy (ILA) is an innovative university-community partnership that uniquely mobilizes university/college students, faculty and community leaders to help improve student success and bridge the achievement gap for Grades 6-12 students of African heritage in Nova Scotia.

Who is Imhotep?

Black excellence!

Learn more about the man, the legend, the polymath…

Major Sponsors

Major Sponsors

Imhotep CCH

African Canadian Services Branch

Imhotep DAL Funders
Imhotep CCH

Education and Early Childhood Development
Communities, Culture and Heritage
Labour and Advanced Education
African Nova Scotian Affairs
Department of Agriculture