Science Expo was founded in 2010 by five individuals who met at the 2009 Canada Wide Science Fair and wanted to encourage more students to get involved in STEM opportunities. Two months later, the first Science Expo, a 2-hour symposium, was held in a Guelph, Ontario high school auditorium. It attracted over 200 students, parents, and teachers, and featured astrophysicist and science fair guru Dr. Mubdi Rahman as the keynote speaker.
The next year, the Science Expo team held its first...
Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs across Ontario have been most supportive of the Innovation Expo experience, with groups in Toronto, Sarnia/Lambton and Thunder Bay beginning to plan events for 2012. One of the greatest champions of the Innovation Expo program is Eastview (Toronto) Boys’ and Girls’ Club.
Beginning in September 2010, Eastview consistently hosted Innovation Expo events on a weekly basis. The tremendous success of the Innovation Expos can best be demonstrated by...
For his first science fair project, Nicholas Schiefer developed a better way to search small web documents, such as tweets and news headlines. Nicholas’s project, “Apodora: Markov Chain-Inspired Microsearch” used limiting powers of Markov chain-like matrices to determine models for documents and make contextual statistical inferences about the semantics of words.
Nicholas’s project won numerous awards at regional and national science fairs this year and has brought on a...
Youth Science Ontario’s goal is to help communities offer a range of programs so that all youth can find their passion in the fields of science, engineering and technology. We believe this support is important in helping youth understand how science activities today can translate to career opportunities and see themselves in these careers in the future. Rachel Zimmerman Brachman’s story is a recent example of this philosophy.
In 1985, Rachel participated in the London District...
Sandra Dusolt of Neebing, Ontario represented the nation in the annual European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) between September 23-28. Her project, “No power, no water, no food, no problem!” was one of 87 projects entered by the over 130 participants representing 37 countries from across the world.
The EUCYS, established in 1989, promotes collaboration among young scientists. This year, the annual event took place in Helsinki, Finland. Now in its 23...
On May 14th, 2011, the Waterloo-Wellington Science and Engineering Fair sent 9 regional award winners to the Canada-Wide Science Fair this year. Each and every one of these 9 students won a medal at the Canada-Wide Science Fair – an unprecedented accomplishment in Ontario.
Congratulations to the following WWSEF/CWSF team:
Andrew Martin and Eric Stubley
Project: Modelling Population Growth, Grade 11-12
Awards:
Two of the eleven young Canadians chosen by Maclean’s magazine as Top Canadians Under 25 (June 13, 2011) for extraordinary achievements in the areas of Activism, Business, Film, Music, Science and Sports, Adelina Corina Cozma and Ben Gulak, are alumni of Team Ontario, having represented the province at the Canada-Wide Science Fair.
Adelina, 15, was inspired by her volunteer work with autistic students to design “a state-of-the art audio-visual system to help them communicate better.”...
Congratulations to eleven of Ontario’s finest young innovators who represented our province as part of Team Canada at the 2011 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). The event was held in Los Angeles from May 8th to May 13th.
The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF)—the world's largest pre-college science competition—provides an opportunity for the best young scientists from around the globe to share ideas, showcase...
Ten Team Ontario students will join their peers from British Colombia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Quebec to make up Team Canada-ISEF 2011. Twenty of Canada’s top high school students have been selected in March as part of Youth Science Month to represent the country at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) May 8-13 in Los Angeles, California.
The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF)—the world's largest pre-college science competition...
Youth Science Ontario is proud to welcome back Sandro Young from his recent trip to Canberra, Australia where he attended the National Youth Science Forum in early January, 2011.
The NYSF, an international program, helps students moving into grade 12 who wish to follow careers in science, engineering and technology by...
Alyson Bell, a senior at Lakefield District Secondary School, is one of 2 Team Ontario participants awarded a prestigious Manning Award for Innovation (see also, success story for Amy-Jayne Hutchings).
Every year since 1982, the Ernest C. Manning Award Foundation has recognized Canadians who developed and successfully marketed a new concept, process or procedure. In addition, through its Young Canadian Program, the foundation recognizes up-and-coming inventors at the high school level...
Amy-Jayne Hutchings, a high school senior in Ottawa, is one of 2 Team Ontario participants awarded a prestigious Manning Award for Innovation (see also, success story for Alyson Bell).
Every year since 1982, the Ernest C. Manning Award Foundation has recognized Canadians who developed and successfully marketed a new concept, process or procedure. In addition, through its Young Canadian Program, the foundation recognizes up-and-coming inventors at the high school level. The award-...
Congratulations to Tony Kwon from London, Ontario (4th from the left in photo) for being choosen as one of this year's Top 20 Under Twenty by Youth in Motion. Tony celebrated his award at the 7th Annual Top 20 Under Twenty Week held in Toronto early this June.
Tony is also a silver medalist at the 2010 Canada-Wide Science Fair in Peterborough this May, representing Team London and Team Ontario.
Top 20 Under Twenty™is a national youth awards...
Congratulations to 6 of Ontario’s finest young innovators for their fantastic showing at the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. The event was held in San Jose from May 9th - 14th.
Dheevesh Arulmani (14), a winner at Peel Region’s Regional Science Fair, from Gordon Graydon Memorial Secondary School was awarded prizes in two categories. For his project, “Bio-Inspired Photonic...
Five Ontario students won medals at the 2010 International Sustainable World Energy, Engineering, and Environmental Project (I-SWEEEP) Olympiad in Houston Texas.
I-SWEEEP, held in April this year, is organized by the Cosmos Foundation, a non-profit educational organization in Houston. The event welcomed over 1,000 young scientists from over 69 countries.
Megan Schlorff (17) from Hanover, Ontario won a silver medal in the senior Environment category for her project, “Down...
Chen Sun, a grade 12 student at A.B. Lucas secondary school in London, Ontario is the recipient of a 4-year scholarship to Cambridge University in England. The scholarship is offered by the Blyth Academy in Toronto and is worth about $170,000.
Dr. Patrick Whippey, Youth Science Ontario Board of Directors’ Vice Chair, has worked with Chen at science fairs since he was in middle school. Chen has also participated in the Canada-Wide Science Fair and International Science and Engineering...
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