Photo submitted ... left to right: Madeleine Yeomans, Mackenzie Willis, Jamil Merali, Aidan Kehoe, and Michaela Crea.
North Bay Regional Science Fair News Release
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Charlottetown, PEI – Team North Bay from the North Bay Regional Science Fair (NBRSF) are bringing home a Gold and two Bronze medals from Canada-Wide Science Fair 2012, held in Charlottetown, PEI May 12 through 19. More than a million students are engaged in science in Canada, which makes each of our students one in a million!
Congratulations go to:
Jamil Merali of West Ferris for his Intermediate project “”Shoe” Me the Haptic Way” which won an “Excellence Award” Gold Medal, sponsored by Youth Science Canada, a $1,500 cash prize, and a Playbook from RIM. At the North Bay Regional Science Fair Jamil won the Sci-Tech Ontario Stepping Stone Award (Best in Fair), the Rick Savage Memorial Award, the University of Ontario Institute of Technology Award, and a gold medal in the Intermediate Engineering, Computing and Math Sciences category;
Michaela Crea of St. Huberts for her Junior project “Experimental Grout” which won an “Excellence Award” Bronze Medal, sponsored by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization, and a $300 cash prize. At the North Bay Regional Science Fair Michaela won the Rotary Club of North Bay Award of Excellence, and a gold medal in the Junior Earth and Environment category;
Madeleine Yeomans of Alliance for her Junior project “What Moves Us” which won an “Excellence Award” Bronze Medal, sponsored by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization, and a $300 cash prize. At the North Bay Regional Science Fair Madeleine won the Award of Excellence, the Kumon Math and Reading Center Award, and a gold medal in the Junior Life Science category.
In addition, the following students were excellent representatives of our region and valued members of the team:
Aidan Kehoe of Widdifield for his project “Grow With the Flow” which won the Nipissing University Travel Award, the Ontario Power Generation Renewable Resources Award, the Rotary Club of North Bay Award, the Northgate Shopping Centre Biotech Award, the Greater Nipissing Stewardship Council Award, and a gold medal in the Intermediate Biotechnology category at the North Bay Regional Science Fair;
Mackenzie Willis of Widdifield for his project “The Effect of Cold Infrared Lasers on Tree Seed Germination” which won the TransCanada Award, the Nipissing Naturalists Award, and a gold medal in the Intermediate Life Science category at the North Bay Regional Science Fair. Team North Bay also won third place in a CWSF “City Chase” activity, which is a scaled down version of The Amazing Race.
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 550 students, representing 493 projects 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, Research In Motion (RIM) was the presenting sponsor at the Fair, and it should be noted that Microsoft has also pledged future support for the CWSF.
NBRSF Chair Mike Pearsall commented, “The CWSF is the Olympics of academics where students present the accomplishments of a fine tuned mind. Our North Bay students have worked very hard and their achievement at CWSF on our regional fairs 50th Anniversary is such a wonderful way to celebrate. We are very proud of their accomplishments and wish them every success in their future endeavours.”
