Manitoba students bring home prizes from Canada-Wide Science Fair – Winnipeg | 24CA News
30 Manitoba college students are house after collaborating within the Canada-Wide Science Fair (CWSF) in Edmonton, the most important youth STEM (science, expertise, engineering & arithmetic) occasion in Canada.
The annual occasion sees regional science truthful winners compete for money prizes, college entrance scholarships, and alternatives to showcase their initiatives overseas at worldwide competitions.
Baljot Rai arrived carrying his undertaking signal, lined with signatures of different college students he met on the truthful. Rai was chosen as a finalist for the Canadian Stockholm Junior Water Prize for his work utilizing zebra mussel shells to soak up phospherous in water. He and two different college students from CWSF will submit reviews on their initiatives, and the winner will compete for the Stockholm Junior Water Prize in Sweden in August 2023.
“It’s just so wonderful being with other like-minded people,” he stated. “It was all in all just an excellent experience.”
Silver medalist Anqi Guan additionally loved spending time with different younger scientists.
“It was really fun and cool meeting new people and being able to talk to others about their projects and what they did throughout the year,” she stated.
The week-long occasion takes place in a special Canadian metropolis annually, however the previous two gala’s have been held on-line as a result of COVID-19 restrictions. Annika Paliwal, a grade 12 bronze medal winner, has participated the previous 4 years. For her, the previous week has been bittersweet.
“It was… a pretty emotional experience for me,” she stated. “I am in grade 12, so I am graduating in a month. It was my last Canada-Wide Science Fair. In the last 24 hours have been a lot of tears, a lot of strong emotions, but Iam very grateful to have had this opportunity.”
Students qualify for the (CWSF) at their regional science gala’s. Eight Manitoba areas have been represented, and 15 college students introduced house awards.
$1.6 million in scholarships have been introduced over the course of this 12 months’s CWSF. Next 12 months’s competitors takes place May 11-17 in Ottawa, Ontario.
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