Awards
In 2009, the Ontario Trillium Foundation named Actua and its 11 Ontario members the winner of the Minister's Award recognizing not-for-profit organizations that have had "an exceptional impact in their communities." In 2000, Actua was awarded the Michael Smith Award by the National Science and Engineering Research Council. In 2000, Actua was awarded the Michael Smith Award by the National Science and Engineering Research Council.
In 2000, Actua submitted its programs to an independent evaluation process to measure their programs' effectiveness. The three-year research initiative surveyed student participants who revealed that, as a result of their experience with Actua programs:
- 83% felt that they were more confident in their ability to do technology and science;
- 84% stated that their enjoyment of technology and science had increased;
- 81% stated that their knowledge of engineering had increased;
- 84% felt that they would do better in technology and science at school;
- 75% stated that they were more likely to take optional science in high school; and
- 74% stated that they were more likely to study science in university
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