QRSTF-CWSF - 1998 - Memories

1998  Timmons

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Michelle Lamirande;  Jr Ecology;  “Going Down”

Leslie Northam;  Int. Life Sciences;  “Don’t Bug Me”; Honourable Mention

James Grant; Int. Computer; “Forest Fire Frenzy”; Gold Medal plus $1000 Intel Scholarship Award.

Steve Grant and Josh Johnston;  Int. Physical Science; “Enviro Beam Supreme”

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 CWSF 9T8 was held in Timmins May 10-17. Above is the Mascott and Logo. His name is Albert Porcupein

(like Einstein).

 The Theme is Down to Earth and the official colors were Sandy Beige and Forest Green.

If anyone would like to make a small writeup of your experience at cwsf98, write one up and email it to me, and I will post it on this page!

 All that I have to say was it was a BLAST! It stood up to the high standards held by the previous years! Accomidations, Transportation (werent those shuttle vans kewl??), Food (well for the most part... there was that chicken though!).

Official CWSF 98 Web page: http://www.cwsf98.org

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If you were at CWSF 98 From May 10-17th, Please  send us information !

Divisions: J=Junior, I=Intermediate, S=Senior
Categories: B=Biotechnology, C=Computer, E=Engineering, L=Life Science, P=Physical Science

Name	Region	Div	Cat	Awards		Project Title
James Grant	Quinte	S	C	Silver, Intel		Forest Fire Frenzy
Steve Grant	Quinte	I	E	None		Enviro-Beam Surpreme

Josh Johnston	Quinte	I	E	None		Enviro-Beam Surpreme
Misha van Thienen	North Okanagan Shuswap	I	C	Bronze		PC Pitch Perfection
Mark Johnson	Frontenac Lennox & Addington	S	C	Bronze		Three Blind Mice
Amberly Bailey- Romanko	Easy Kootenay	I	P	Gold, Suncor Industries		MMT-Is It Out There?
Robert Young	Peel	J	P	Honourable Mention		First There Was Fire...
Joe Nimens	North Bay	-----------------				DELEGATE
Kelly Larkin	Sun Set Country	J	P	Bronze		Aluminum in Deodorants
Anthony Mandarino	Windsor	S	P	Silver, Petro Canada, Canadian Institute of Chemists		Cleaning Up Carcinogens
Alia Hamdon- O'Brien	Edmonton	I	P	Silver, DuPont Canada		Adsorption Properties of Zeolite A
Aaron Klotz	Southeast Alberta	I	C	Gold		Advanced Windows 95 Security Techniques
Melissa Henderson	Saskatoon	S	L	None		Ban DHMO?
Janet Nielsen	Frontenac, Lenox & Addington	S	?	Gold, Manning + Trip		Diagnosis of Forefoot Adduction
Heather Hughson	Waterloo- Wellington	I	P	Bronze		Across the Universe
Kristian Wiseman	Western Newfoundland	J	C	None		Paper Planes and Aerodynamics

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LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SASKATCHEWAN 1431
May 28, 1998


Humboldt Students Win Science Honours
Ms. Julé: — Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I stand today with a great deal of pride to recognize two young inventors from St. Dominic School in Humboldt — Courtney
Saliken and Bridget Kurysch. Courtney Saliken, along with science teachers Peter Pavelich of
Humboldt, and Garry Sibley of Bruno attended the Canada-wide science fair in Timmins, Ontario, held May 11 to 16. Courtney displayed a scaled-down version of his Springtacular Cattle Oiler. The oiler, which was originally invented by Clifford Luther, was redesigned by Courtney to be more efficient. Mr. Luther was happy to hear that Courtney had done so well and intends to include him in his advertising. Courtney brought home a bronze medal from Timmins. Bridget Kurysch’s project, a potash mill reproduction, was one
of six provincial projects chosen by Saskatchewan Mining Association for display at the Saskatchewan Science Centre in Regina from May 11 to 17.
Congratulations, Courtney and Bridget, on your innovative projects.
Some Hon. Members: Hear, hear!


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Michael Robert William Dawson
Judge, Canada Wide Science Fair (May 12 & 13; Co-captain Senior Computing Technology Divisional Award Team 3)
Member, Judging Sub-Committee, Canada Wide Science Fair, Edmonton'99

Member of Judging Sub-Committee, "Computer Technology Coordinator", Canada Wide Science Fair 1999 (Beginning October 1997)



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A retired teacher, Lorraine has had years of volunteer experience at the regional science fair level in Timmins. Lorraine has served for twelve years as the Co- Chair of the Timmins Regional Science Fair, co-chaired the Canada-Wide Science Fair in 1998 and is currently Chair of the Science Timmins Fundraising Committee. Lorraine’s career in education includes experience as a teacher, a consultant and a Guidance counsellor. Fully bilingual, Lorraine finished her career as principal, teacher at Laurentian University’s Faculty of Education, and coordinator of a Teacher Resource Network for Northern Ontario. Lorraine has participated in Ministry of Education curriculum writing, in Provincial testing (EQAO) activities, and in the evaluation and revision of science textbooks. She has coordinated the translation of “Science Trek”, a software for grades four, five and six and has been instrumental in its implementation in the French language schools of Northern Ontario. She and her husband, Antoine Garwah, have their own Consulting company called Apprentis sage Nova Learning and are presently spearheading the regional project for a Science Village in Northeastern Ontario.

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Antoine Garwah is an Electrical Engineer who, because of his love of students, became an innovative teacher and Science Department Head in the biggest French Secondary School of Ontario. He always encouraged his students to actively participate in their learning experience. 

As a consultant for the Ministry of Education of Ontario for Science and Computers, he has always promoted Science and Technology among students and educators. 

He has chaired the Timmins Regional Science Fair for the past 30 years. He has participated in 17 Canada-Wide Science Fairs and in 1998 he co-chaired this event with his wife, Lorraine Cantin. They have started their own Consulting company called Apprentis sage Nova Learning. 

His mission since his retirement is to build a regional Science Village and share his passion for science with young and old throughout Northeastern Ontario.

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Toronto – (November 21, 2005) – For his commitment to volunteerism and educational

outreach, Kevin James Lockey, P.Eng., was presented with the Citizenship Award at the annual Ontario Professional Engineers Awards Gala held at the Toronto/Markham Hilton Suites Conference Centre & Spa in Markham on Saturday, November 19, 2005.

Over the past 10 years, he has served as director and co-chair of “Science Timmins”,

which oversees science-related programs for youth. He is also a past co-chair of the Timmins Regional Science Fair, and has been a judge, active committee member, and Timmins Region delegate at the annual Canada-Wide Science Fairs. In 1998, he chaired two large committees as the host for the Canada-Wide Science Fair in Timmins.

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Teenager finds marker that eludes experts

Toronto teen Dilnaz Panjwani...has been awarded a top prize at this year's week long Canada-Wide Science Fair in Timmins for her work identifying a possible diagnostic test for the elusive illness called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. She has identified a statistically highly significant'' relationship between low levels of a blood enzyme called 2,3 diphosoglycerate (2,3-DPG) and patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

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AWARDS / PRIX-1998 CanadaWide Science Fair - CMS Awards\

The CMS sponsored a set of four Special Awards at the 1998 Canada Wide Science Fair. Below are the project descriptions of the four prize-winning entries. The 1999 CWSF will be held in Edmonton, Alberta May 15-22.

Back row: Sylvain Hall´e, Graham Nishikawa, Isaac Holloway;

Front row: Jeremiah McCarthy, Katherine Heinrich

(YSF Board), Keith Vanderlinde.

Le savoir, et ses "d´eriv´ees"

1st place – Sylvain Hall´e (Qu´ebec)

Par un raisonnement analogique, j’ai d´ecouvert dans  on travail une application inusit´ee du calcul diff´erentiel dans le contexte de l’intelligence artificielle. J’ai donc r´ealis´e une application informatique, NEWTON, appliquant mes d´ecouvertes 

dans le domaine de la correction d’erreurs dans les bases de donn´ees. Ce programme pourrait s’av´erer un important outil pour tout chercheur scientifique.

Exploring Computer Crytography

2nd place (Group) – Isaac Holloway and Graham

Nishikawa (Yukon)

Our project is a study and demonstration of the major types of data encryption 

schemes that are in use today. We studied the history of cryptography and its 

importance in the modern world. We wrote several different demonstration programs 

that showed the basic concepts, strengths and weaknesses of each encoding system 

that we studied. Computer Aided Optical Design

2nd place – Keith Vanderlinde (New Brunswick) I have written a Windows 95/NT 4.0 program which can be used both as a teaching  tool and for designing optical systems. It traces the paths of several rays of 

light as they traverse a user configurable optical system made up of lenses, mirrors and prisms.

Playing God with 3D Immersion

2nd place – Jeremiah McCarthy (Newfoundland)

The 3D Immersion program is a very powerful tool that can simulate anything 

that the mind can imagine. For example, in one world a rendering of space 

with a planetary body with a mass of 4,000,000,000 kg is shown with satellites  with masses of 400 kg following an elliptical orbit around the planet according to Kepler’s 

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Governor General of Canada - at the opening Ceremonies

Opening of the Canada-Wide Science Fair

Timmins, Ontario

Monday, May 11, 1998

Two hours ago, I was looking at some of your science exhibits from all parts of

the country. I wish I could spend a day or two here, because your exhibits are

fascinating.

I'm not saying I would understand them all, down to the last scientific principle

and twist of logic. But I can appreciate the brainpower and the work that went into

these exhibits, and I congratulate every student here.

I was told that each exhibit falls into some category, as an experiment, a study,

or an innovation. And I know that scientists like to put things into categories. But

to me they all seemed innovative. Even when your projects demonstrate some

old principle, they seem to give it a new twist.

And in fact, our society relies on science for constant originality and constant

progress. But it is worth asking ourselves, what is the source of that progress?

Where does all the originality come from?

There's an old saying that necessity is the mother of invention. And in some

ways, the scientific history of our country supports that idea.

Canada always faced the challenges of geography. We had to overcome

distances. And so, Canadians pioneered in voice broadcasting, the wireless

transmission of photographs, the variable pitch propeller that made modern

aircraft possible, and the first domestic communications satellite in the world.

But many other innovations had nothing to do with necessity. They appeared

mainly because the scientist or engineer had the chance to think and to work. He

or she had the preliminary knowledge, the lab space, and other prerequisites.

But usually, he or she also had good encouragement.

Their encouragement came from their teachers and scientific mentors. It came

from their parents and their communities.

One only needs to look around at all those exhibits I mentioned, and remember

all the logistics and all the work across the country, that helped bring everyone

together for the Canada-Wide Science Fair. To everyone who helped: you

deserve not only the thanks of the students but the thanks of our country.

I just mentioned that innovations depend on more than necessity. They depend

on encouragement. And I salute all of those who have helped the students here

in their work; and especially, the organizers and volunteers who put together this

national gathering.

But let me say to the students that besides necessity, besides encouragement,

there's another factor in scientific progress. It is you yourselves, in all your youth

and energy.

I imagine most students here know the names of Banting and Best, the young

scientists who discovered insulin. Fewer would know the name of Sir William

Osler, but he probably had just as much influence on human health.

Osler helped to shape the modern system of medical education and treatment.

A hundred years ago he was famous, not only here but in the United States and

Britain.

But one day Osler got in trouble. He said that if at age sixty everybody stopped

work and got out of the way, the world would be a much better place. That

speech caused headlines and outrage.

Osler himself had spoken about the many contributions of older people. But he

had wanted to make the point clearly that most progress came from the young.

And he was right. Very often, famous scientists get their best ideas as students,

and spend their careers working out the implications of their early intuitions.

So yes, you the students still have a lot to learn from your teachers today and in

future, and from all those around you. But you should also have the confidence

to learn from yourself, to ask new questions, and to follow an idea according to

your own best instincts, whether in science or whatever field you choose.

Invention and originality and progress are not only the offspring of necessity, or

of encouragement. They are in a sense built into you, but it is up to you to bring

out your best.

You have done that so far. That is why you are here. And may you continue.

Again I congratulate you and everyone involved with the Canada-Wide Science

Fair, including our visitors from other countries. Have a good time this week, and

I wish you all the best.

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TEEN WINS AWARD FOR RESEARCH ON

CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME

Toronto teenager, Dilnaz Panjwani, has won a national science award for ground-breaking research into Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. She has been awarded a top prize at this year's week-long Canada-Wide Science Fair in Timmins, Ontario for her

work identifying a possible diagnostic test for CFS.

According to the selection committee for the Manning Young Canadian Innovator Award, Ms Panjwani may have discovered a possible physiological basis for CFS as she has identified a "statistically highly significant" relationship between low levels of a

blood enzyme called 2,3, diphosoglycerate (2,3-DPG) and patients with CFS.

The significance of Ms Panjwani's research stems from the fact that researchers have not even found the cellular basis for the disease, let alone a cure. If the tests are further borne out with more research, there is the possibility of having a blood test for the disease.

Ms Panjwani got her inspiration from a 1971 report by a U.S. researcher, William Osko, who speculated that low levels of the 2,3-DPG enzyme in one of his patients might be linked to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Ms Panjwani used Oski's thought as a hypothesis and with the help of her psychiatrist father, Dr. Dilkush Panjwani, assembled a group of patients to test the theory.

When her first group of 13 patients correlated her hypothesis, she got another set of 18 patients to replicate the results. The study's parameters were guided by physicians from the Homewood Health Centre in Guelph.

Ms Panjwani hopes that a pharmaceutical company will back her in finding the cause of the low levels of the enzyme.

[Ed. Note: Our research is continuing on 2,3-DPG and hope to have more answers in the next 'QUEST'.]

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Pakistan has produced a shining example of persistence and tenacity in Dilnaz

Panjwani. The talented 18 year old college student, has discovered a possible

diagnostic blood test for several related illnesses that is considered a major

medical breakthrough. And given that millions of people are stricken with these

illnesses, she has also brought hope to many. Pakistan should be very proud.

Dilnaz is a student at Branksome Hall in Toronto Ontario, Canada. It is said the

enterprising youth gets at 4 a.m. on school days to go rowing in Lake Ontario and

often works past midnight. In addition, she plays the clarinet, is on the school swim

team, is a passionate debater and is involved in, among other things a project to

help an all-girls school in Pakistan with class supplies. She is a previous winner of

the Metro Toronto Regional Science Fair with her 15-year-old sister Dilnoor and

the recipient of a special international team award from the American

Psychological Association for a study on professional burn-out. In 1998 she won a

top prize at the Canada-Wide Science Fair in Timmins. This win gave her the

chance to compete in Intel's Annual International Science and Engineering Fair

(ISEF) in May of 1999. This fair is the Olympics and the World Series of science

competition held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Among more than 1,200 students

from 48 states and 47 nations competing, Dilnaz won the Second Place Grand

Award, for Medicine and Health.

Her research is centered on three related illnesses which until now do not have a

specific diagnostic test. Normally they are diagnosed by "excluding" other causes

and by a specific list of present symptoms. As a result it can take many months or

years for a final diagnosis, causing the conditions to become chronic. The illnesses

are known as Fibromyalgia (FM), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), and Multiple

Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). They affect millions of adults and children around the

world and affect the brain, muscles and the immune system, causing a wide range

of disabilities. The study, which was supervised by her father, Dr. Dilkhush

Panjwani, identified the red blood cell metabolite 2,3-diphosphoglycerate

(2,3-DPG) as a promising diagnostic biological marker. The people suffering from

these illnesses had abnormal concentrations of the red blood cell metobolite

2,3-DPG. This could explain the pathophysiological basis and the body's adaptive

process to compensate for the tissue hypoxia (lack of oxygen available to the

tissues). Ms Panjwani also confirmed that there is a considerable overlap of clinical

features among the three illnesses.

Judith Spence, The Environmental Illness Society of Canada spokesperson has

said that "Dilnaz has proven what patients have known all along , they are sick and

they need treatment, research, dignity and most importantly they need hope". To

date, researchers have not found a specific cellular marker or a cure. In

discovering a physiological basis Dilnaz has torn research opportunities wide open.

Panjwani said her inspiration came from a 1971 report by a U.S. researcher

named William Oski, who speculated that low levels of the 2,3-DPG enzyme in one

of his patients might be linked to chronic fatigue. Using his hypothesis she started

with a group of 13 patients and followed up with another group of 18 to replicate

her results. The study was guided by physicians from the Homewood Health

Centre in Guelph and her father, a well known psychiatrist in Canada.

Dilnaz recalled the growing excitement she felt late one night as she began to

compute results of a blood test conducted by MedCam, a Toronto laboratory which

used special kits from California as no Canadian lab had previously been equipped

to test the blood enzyme. "I just kind of looked at (the statistical printout) and I

looked more carefully at it, showed my father and my sister and I got more excited

when I realized what had happened," Panjwani said. "I was really excited and

happy that all my hard work paid off," she said. "Being an athlete, I have friends

who suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome and everything they've worked towards

goes to waste with it," Panjwani said, explaining why she chose to focus on the

study, which took more than 100 hours to complete. Dilnaz hasn't decided whether

to pursue medicine and research or law and politics, but hopes that other

researchers may take her work further and quicker. But she says she's "glad this

was originally my idea and I came out with the enzyme first." There are plans to

replicate Ms Panjwani's research by a prominent Toronto Hospital with research

funds hopefully coming from a number of Canadian and American sources.

As the beginning of this new millennium unfolds, Dilnaz gives us all hope of the

many wonderful discoveries to come. And to have a teen go where no adult has

managed to go is especially sweet. For it is in our youth that our most fruitful

hopes and dreams will come to be realized. And this should give us cause to

strengthen our resolve to train and educate our youth so that they may carry on

where we leave off. Our future may indeed lie in the hands of our youth, but it is

only through us that they will be able to achieve the greatness we can only dream.

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