28/07/2025
Yesterday, we celebrated a 30-year reunion with my Science Outreach gang. Enjoy these photos from 1995! It’s 23-year old me.
Basically, we were a bunch of science nerds employed by the University of Toronto, to entertain kids in hands-on learning environments on campus and throughout rural Ontario. We formed part of Y.E.S. Camps.
Back then, we parachuted G.I. Joe’s, held CD Olympics, played Joe-E electron, made go carts, made a science-tech Twister, formulated polymer slime, built Pinocchio noses 15 feet long and lived out of 3 Dustbuster vans for several weeks all over northern Ontario.
Since then, not much has changed. Most are still working with children or have become very involved aunts, uncles or parents themselves. Back then it was all about the fun and education, and we were a very bonded team. Last night, we still have loads of enthusiasm for science and working with people.
Thank you to the Science Outreach gang for being so pivotal in my life. It’s like time has still and yet so much has happened.
After Science Outreach, I went onto teachers college, youth work, community development, while teaching fitness and yoga evenings and weekends, until I eventually did that full-time and started operating my own yoga and fitness studios.
Thought I’d share a bit of my history with you!
It does strike me that some of the ‘children’ in these photos are now 40 years old!
Love and light,
Andrea Blossom Yoga
