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A Place that Makes You Want to Learn

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Mac Pavia

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I grew up with ADHD, and I never felt as though I fit into the public school system. I always seemed to be focused on something other than what was going on in class, like dreaming of ways to build forts in my backyard or how to build a robot that would sort my Lego by size and colour.

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This meant I wasn’t always the best student, and I was quite worried that I might not graduate. But when I heard that a makerspace was opening in Iqaluit, I realized that it was something that was missing from my life. It was a way to follow through on my ideas, no matter how outlandish they might have seemed.

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