Students bring home gold & bronze medals from Canada-Wide Science Fair

Left to right: Aidan Kehoe, Lucas Oyeniran, Madeleine Yeomans, Aysha Draves, and Joshua MacDonald. Photo porvided.

North Bay Regional Science Fair
News Release

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Team North Bay from the North Bay Regional Science Fair (NBRSF) are bringing home Gold and Bronze medals, an Interdisciplinary Award, and a Challenge Award, from Canada-Wide Science Fair 2013, held in Lethbridge, Alberta May 11 through 18. More than a million students are engaged in science in Canada, which makes each of our students one in a million!


Team North Bay will be returning to the Jack Garland Airport on Saturday, May 18th at 4:04 pm on flight AC7775. The media are encouraged to attend and meet/interview Team North Bay.

Congratulations go to:

Joshua MacDonald and Lucas Oyeniran of Widdifield for their project “Triple E: The Cattail Way!” which won an Interdisciplinary Award - the Canadian Stockholm Junior Water Prize that could see them going to Stockholm, Sweden. They also won the Senior Environment Challenge Award that comes with a $1,000 cash award, and a Senior Gold Medal sponsored by Youth Science Canada, that comes with a $700 cash award. At the North Bay Regional Science Fair this project won the TransCanada Award, the Trout Lake Conservation Association Award, the Nipissing University Scholarship, the Greater Nipissing Stewardship Council Award (Intermediate or Senior), the Rotary Club of North Bay Senior Environmental Award, the Nipissing Naturalists Club Award, and a gold medal in the Senior Earth & Environment category.


Madeleine Yeomans of Chippewa for her project “Micro-Matter, Macro-Mystery” which won an Intermediate Bronze Medal sponsored by Youth Science Canada, that comes with a $100 cash award. At the North Bay Regional Science Fair this project won the NBRSF Award of Excellence, the OPG Environmental Award, the Captain Barry Armstrong Memorial Trophy, the City of North Bay Award, the Nipissing Naturalists Club Award, and a gold medal in the Intermediate Earth & Environment category.


In addition, the following students were excellent representatives of our region and valued members of the team:


Aysha Draves of Widdifield for her project “The Hairy Truth About Your Beauty Products!” which won the Shulman Travel Award, the Nipissing University Scholarship, and a gold medal in the Senior Biotechnology category at the North Bay Regional Science Fair;


Aidan Kehoe of Widdifield for his project “Anti-microbial Properties of Copper in a Health Care Setting” which won the Rotary Club of North Bay Award of Excellence, the Kumon Math and Reading Center Award, and a gold medal in the Intermediate Biotechnology category at the North Bay Regional Science Fair.


The Canada-Wide Science Fair is the largest extra-curricular youth activity related to science and technology in Canada, bringing together our country’s best young minds. This year more than 560 students participated in this prestigious science competition. Approximately $1,000,000.00 in prizes and scholarships were awarded.
These elite participants compete in seven “Challenge” divisions and three age categories for medals and other prizes worth over $1M.


This year, BlackBerry was the Presenting sponsor at the Fair, and Microsoft was an Innovators sponsor, along with the Government of Alberta and the University of Lethbridge.
NBRSF Chair Umar Waqas commented, “Every one of our students is a winner! They are bright, inquisitive, and creative and have a real aptitude for science. It is reassuring to see what our youth are doing in preparation for being the leaders of tomorrow.”

Criteria for:

Canadian Stockholm Junior Water Prize – Sponsored by Canadian WEF Member Associations, the Canadian Water and Wastewater Association, and Xylem Canada – For a senior outstanding project related to one or more of: water and wastewater quality, water resource-management, water projection, water treatment or wastewater treatment.


Environment Challenge Award – Sponsored by Encana Corporation - Reduce our impact on, improve our understanding of, and ensure the quality of water, air, soil, and the diversity of living things.