Planning is already in the works for both the QRSTF and CWSF 2013.. Keep in up-to-date
CWSF 1997 -Regina May 11-18. 300+ projects
James and David Grant; Sr Computer Science; “Periodically Molecular”; Gold Medal
Leslie Northam –Int. Biosciences; “Don’t Oil Here”; Honourable Mention
Matt DeMille – Jr. Physical Science; “Weather Forecasting” ; Bronze Medal.
This was the first year we really started to keep records. If anyone has pictures and information about the QRSTF before 1997 we would very much like to hear about it.
CWSF 97 Was a BLAST! The fair took place at the University of Regina for the most part, People stayed in the residences, Canadian Bible College (hahaha), and the Sands Hotel and Resort (Nice Place) :) Everyone got to meet loads of new friends, hang out with old friends, and overall, just have lots of fun! One of the Highlights of the week for me was the Hypnotist Show, the hypnotist had around 30 People up on the stage all making fools of themselves! :)
Exhibitor List Divisions: J=Junior, I=Intermediate, S=Senior
Categories: B=Biotechnology, C=Computer, E=Engineering, L=Life Science, P=Physical Science
Exhibitor List Divisions: J=Junior, I=Intermediate, S=Senior
Categories: B=Biotechnology, C=Computer, E=Engineering, L=Life Science, P=Physical Science
Name
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Region
|
Div
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Cat
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Awards
|
Project
Title
|
|
James Grant
|
Quinte
|
S
|
C
|
Gold
|
Periodically Molecular
|
|
David Grant
|
Quinte
|
S
|
C
|
Gold
|
Periodically Molecular
|
|
Lesley Northam
|
Quinte
|
I
|
B
|
Honourable Mention
|
Dont Oil Here
|
|
Matt DeMille
|
Quinte
|
J
|
P
|
Bronze
|
Weather Forcasting
|
|
James Miller
|
London Ont
|
I
|
P
|
Silver
|
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Oleg Lavrovsky
|
Calgary Youth
|
I
|
C
|
Silver
|
Fractal Image Compression
|
|
Lindsay Slater
|
Simcoe County
|
I
|
C
|
Honourable Mention
|
||
D.J. Rodie
|
Regina
|
J
|
B
|
none
|
||
Lindsay Haight
|
Norman
|
J
|
??
|
Honourable Mention
|
||
Darren O'Reilly
|
Alberta
|
S
|
C
|
none
|
||
Jane Crosby
|
Halifax Dartmouth
|
I
|
L
|
none
|
||
Raymond Fingas
|
Northumberland -Clarington
|
S
|
P
|
Silver
|
||
Kurt Bronson
|
North Okanagan
|
I
|
B
|
none
|
Can Spinach Chloroplasts Produce
Electricity?
|
|
Paul Wong
|
Central Newfoundland
|
S
|
C
|
Gold
|
Math Quest!
|
|
Amber General
|
United Counties
|
J
|
P
|
Silver
|
Detecting Air Pollutants in
Akwesasne
|
|
Darren O'Reilly
|
Medicine Hat, Albta
|
S
|
C
|
none
|
Computer Controlled Object
Recognition
|
|
Jill Chapman
|
Lethbridge
|
I
|
P
|
none
|
X-Ray Diffraction: A Study of
Crystals
|
|
Robert Stephure
|
Calgary, Albta
|
S
|
E
|
Gold
|
The Artificial Taste Bud
|
|
Brad Veenstra
|
Pacific Northwest
|
S
|
B
|
none
|
Soil Contamination
|
|
Gabrielle Edwards
|
INTERNATIONAL
GUEST
|
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Andrew Spencer
|
Western Newfoundland
|
J
|
P
|
Honourable Mention
|
Hooks And Hassles-Fly Repellent
And Fishing Line
|
|
Kyle Doerksen
|
Calgary Youth
|
I
|
C
|
Silver
|
Fractal Image Compression
|
|
Michelle Tao
|
West Kootenay
|
I
|
L
|
none
|
Eastern Medicine vs. Western
Science: Acupuncture
|
|
Justin Lorieau
|
Edmonton and Region
|
S
|
B
|
Gulf Award
|
Veggie Energy
|
|
Kelly Larkin
|
Sunset Country
|
J
|
P
|
none
|
Detergents
|
|
Cecilia Lui
|
Scarborough
|
S
|
B
|
Gold, Manning Award
($4500),Weizmann Institute,1st in sustainable development
|
Waste Product of Entomopathogenic
Nematodes: Antibiotic of the Future!
|
|
Dawn Alexander
|
northern BC
|
I
|
P
|
Honourable Mention
|
radioative tobacco smoke
|
|
Chris Gerlinsky
|
Leader
|
I
|
C
|
Bronze
|
Smartcards - Not So Smart?
|
|
Kurt Bronson
|
North Okanagan
|
I
|
B
|
none
|
Can Spinach Chloroplasts Produce
Electricity?
|
|
Lisa-Danielle Stach
|
West Kootenay
|
I
|
L
|
none
|
Protein Production Simplified
|
|
Keith Vincent
|
Western Newfoundland
|
I
|
C
|
Honourable Mention, Bell Canada
|
Narcom PowerSuite -- Breaking the
Speed Limit of the Internet
|
|
Aaron Klotz
|
Southeast Alberta
|
I
|
C
|
Honourable Mention
|
Undocumented Windows
|
|
Jean-Fran‡ois Morin
|
Cornwall
|
J
|
P
|
Honourable Mention
|
Plans inclin‚s et poulies
|
|
Martin Conklin
|
Vancouver Island
|
I
|
P
|
Gold
|
An IQ test for "Smart
Fluids" or a Study of Electrorheological Fluids
|
|
Ratanak Ly
|
Metropolitan Toronto
|
J
|
L
|
Honourable Mention
|
Cleanness Of Air At Different
Elevation
|
|
William Junkin
|
Victoria County
|
S
|
C
|
none
|
A Lingering Threat
|
|
Heather Hughson
|
Waterloo-Wellington
|
J
|
P
|
Gold
|
It's A Star's Life
|
|
Jeremy Uttaro
|
East Perry Sound
|
J
|
C
|
Bronze, Trans-Canada Pipelines
|
The Phoenex Mouse
|
|
Janet Wan
|
Sarnia
|
J
|
P
|
Honourable Mention
|
Magnetoreological Fluids
|
|
Henry Liu
|
Timmins
|
S
|
C
|
Gold, ISEF
|
Advanced Air Monitor
|
|
Soumya Mishra
|
Sudbury
|
I
|
C
|
Gold
|
Rubber Concrete
|
|
Danica Patey
|
Western Newfoundland
|
I
|
B
|
none
|
Beta carontene vs cancer in plants
|
|
Mark Johnson
|
Frontenac, Lennox & Addignton
|
I
|
C
|
Gold
|
Quicker Learning
|
|
Brad LeBlanc
|
Rideau-St.Lawrence
|
I
|
L
|
Bronze
|
The Effect of EMFs on Regeneration
in Planaria
|
|
Tyler Beresford
|
Kingston, Ontario
|
J
|
L
|
Gold
|
Sometimes Green, Sometimes Blue
|
|
These are just some of the participants.. If you know any others please let us know.
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QRSTF - Promoting science inthe Quinte area for over 50 years.
Judging Document:
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CMS- Canadian Mathematics Society
Annual Report to Members
1996-1997
Judging Document:
Canada Wide Science Fair 1997
Judging Committee Report
Dr.E.L.Mathie
Judge in Chief
This report is written as an
outline of how Judging was organized and implemented for the CWSF97 in Regina,
primarily with a view to assisting with the organization of future fairs. The
report covers the long period of preparation through to the week of the fair
itself.
Determination of scope of Problems/
Solutions
In addition to participation
in the cwsf executive meetings, it was essential for the chief judge to come to
grips with the expected duties of the judging committee. For CWSF97 this
included:
*Participation
in Judging at Whitehorse 1995
*Obtain background information, Judging Manual 1995
*Participation
in Judging at North Bay 1996
Formation of Judging
Executive committee
This committee was comprised of professionals
who serve division, a formal leader for the special awards judging, and a
formal coordinator of bilingual (French) speaking judges. The committee members
were recruited between May and September 15, 1996.
Recruiting of body of
Judges
This task began early and
gathered momentum throughout the 6 months preceding the fair. It didn't end
until the last day of judging! My early strategy included:
*General Letter given to interested Regina Regional
Judges Mar 1996
*General Letter given to interested Moose Jaw Regional
Judges Mar 1996
*General Letter given to interested Saskatoon Regional
Judges Mar 1996
In August 1996, 1 prepared a
generic judge list showing how many judges of each specialty, language etc.,
were thought to be required, based upon the previous two years. Since there is
no way to predict the actual distribution of entries, this list must include
some flexibility based upon the concept there can be changes in assignment
between some physical scientist_. and engineers, between life scientists and
broadly defined biotechnologists, etc. Based upon this generic list a summary
of rooms required for breakout discussions and food services was prepared and
passed along to our facilities coordinator. Estimates regarding the need to
accommodate some of the judges, and to provide meals for all of them for a
couple days were used to roughly plan a budget. The general effort was focused
and intensified by the fall of 1996, by:
*Calling individual experienced regional fair judges Sept. _ Dec 1996
*Approach University of Regina Faculty, Graduate Students
Sept. 1996
*Approach the Professional Engineering Association Sept.
_ Dec 1996
*Approach Government Departments Sept. _ Dec 1996
From January 1997 through the
spring, the effort to recruit judges, particularly French speaking judges
continued. It was also necessary to confirm all judges which were accepted thus
far, in order that people firmly scheduled the time on their calendars. As
judges were recruited, information was recorded regarding their communications
coordinates, specialty, preferences, etc. This information was logged in excel
spreadsheets, but in general it would have been better to go directly to the
access software (which in our case was not available until much later).
Recruiting continued, particularly seeking bilingual judges:
*Sent formal letters to all judges already accepted
*Approach Regina Service Clubs, School Boards
There was very little time to
attempt to coordinate judge recruiting with special award judges already
recruited by YSF from the sponsoring agencies. In practice there was a failure
to communicate the names of special award judges until quite late in the
process, when YSF thought their list was essentially complete. This was a
significant problem and to a large extent it was necessary to assume until the
last minute that no special awards judges, other than those recruited locally,
would be available. I would recommend that the YSF distance themselves from
this part of the process, and let the local judging committee fully integrate
special awards judges nominated externally with those locally recruited. Once
they have established that some organization was sponsoring an award, they could
perhaps advise that organization that the local chief judge would be in direct
contact with them and that nominees would be welcome. The local chief judge
could promptly contact them and he/she could then also try and tap them for two
days of judging instead of only one, and resolve questions of travel, etc...,
at the same time. In the minimum there would be less difficulty in
communications and it is less likely that judges could arrive at the fair
completely ignorant of what was expected of them (as was the case in 1997 when
a group of four arrived under the impression they were observers, rather than
judges).
The generic list of judge
teams was in fact altered by striking some judging teams and reassigning the
judges to new teams to reflect the actual distribution of entered exhibits (ie
during the last weeks before the fair).
Judging Coordination committee Jan 1997
This committee eventually
included 12 people who did not serve as judges, but worked in direct support of
the judges. They helped with organizational details during the fair such as
judges check_in at orientations and each day of judging, assignment of last
minute replacements, facilitated communication among the judging groups, and
generally provided a focus for exhibitors and judges to connect on problems, as
soon as they happened. Before the fair they helped prepare the mail_outs to
judges. The committee was intended to include one computer expert however this
requirement was in fact met through the very competent CWSF office staff, which
included one computer expert who became familiar with the YSF software (and in
fact corrected many details).
Judges Handbook
To date, the judges handbook
has been provided by the YSF, who edited the document in consultation with the
chief judge (due to 1997 changes in personnel this was done over the phone, at
the last minute) and then printed it in Ottawa. The editing must reflect all
local schedule and location details. The delay in this case eventually led to a
delay in sending out the packages to all judges. This delay was critical: some
judges traveling from long distances left before their packages were delivered
and it was necessary to duplicate a number of packages after they had arrived.
I recommend that the host committee prepare the manual and print it locally,
with due regard to YSF expectations.
Software:
The software used to help
organize judging for this fair included both EXCEL, which was used for all
preparatory work and the YSF ACCESS code, which arrived late and with a number
of errors. It was very easy to sort judge data bases with excel. The access
code was however far more complete when it came to noting all information about
the judges. The handicap of using the simpler excel code initially was that we
did end up asking most judges for more information closer to the date of the
fair. Without sufficient lead time with the access code we found it easier to
manuafly reenter all data rather than sort out a code to read data from our
files and enter them to ACCESS at the last minute. It is reconunended that the
ACCESS code is used from the onset and that it should be provided to the host
committee in the fall of the year before the fair.
The YSF office staff
understandably insisted that the code must serve their needs, which seem to
focus on communications, travel and the awards ceremony. Most aspects of
registration and judging however are better understood by the local committee,
who in any case are the ones actually expected to make these critical aspects
of the fair work under terrific pressure. It is recommended that YSF accept
that their code can likely be improved each year by its principal users (the
cwsf host committee) and that a spirit of teamwork should replace the somewhat
proprietorial attitude evident with this and earlier software. A focus on
formats of common tables could replace the concept of everything being
integrated into a single program so that YSF can extract everything they need
from their tables and the local committee has more flexibility to do everything
they need to do and decide they would like to do as the problems surface. It
was clear that at Regina and at Whitehorse experienced local computer experts
were recruited who were very capable of improving the code used, and that their
efforts were decisive for the fairs but that their contributions were not
readily integrated by YSF into the ACCESS code.
An important limitation of
the 1997 version of the software is concerned with the scheduling of
judge/exhibitor appointments for the day of divisional judging. The logic must
be to assign judges to a team (this IS the case in the YSF software) AND assign
projects to a team (this is NOT the case), and then sort the schedule team by
team. Once the judge pool is established and the entries have actually all
arrived, the division leaders and chief judge can develop the final
distribution of judge teams and assign entries to each team. This relies
heavily on the professional experience of the division leaders and even they would
have a difficult time predefining which key words would facilitate a fully
automatic sort as was the intention of the 1997 software. The 1997 YSF software
attempted to sort automatically sort all projects against all the teams (at the
1:2000 level), which is nearly impossible when one fully recognizes the
constraints. Done team by team the automated part of the scheduling involves
arranging appointments at the 1:40 level. For the Regina fair the team by team
sorting was done in an external (fortran) program, and the entire schedule read
manually into the ACCESS code. One aspect of this external code, which proved
quite important, was that as last minute changes and corrections were
implemented the external code was arranged to NOT reschedule all the other
projects viewed by that team. The software only juggled the project which was
being changed, so that the appointment times for one project were changed but
not the times for all the projects viewed by the team. In summary the software
plays the following important roles for Judging:
*Record Keeping (Internal, and eventually for YSF
longterm records)
*Sorting Judges vs Projects appointments, assignments,
etc
*Report Generation
Early Briefing of Local
Judges
In order for the chief judge
not to get saturated with calls in the weeks before the fair from judges
already recruited, it is a good idea to plan an early briefing some evening
about one month ahead. Most judges have not participated at the national level
and the opportunity to learn ahead improves the process. The following points
for the CWSF97 briefings were addressed:
*outline the process, for the whole fair.
*As
they register, have them check the their own record of communications,
specialties. *Judging manuals at this time?
*slides of earlier exhibits
*use a theater at the university
*visitor parking permits for this evening
Data Entry
of Exhibits April 1997
As entrees arrived they were
all processed by the CWSF office staff, and all information was entered into
the ACCESS data base immediately. Usually on the same day (albeit some long
days) the staff had not only entered everything into the database, they had
made 6 copies of the project summaries (and retained the submitted copy on
file), and forwarded them to judging.
Preliminary Sort
Judges/Exhibits
As entries were received by
the judging executive, they were sorted onto numerous benches all around a
physics laboratory according to division, language and age group. Each division
assigned his entries to teams by his own criterion, which included
considerations of the body of judges previously sorted into each team. In this
way the papers were formed into groups which could be the basis of an
assignment to a team. One fully bilingual team had been set up for every
division/age category. It seems normal that many of the French entries are late
(a reflection of the provincial filter process in Quebec) so the bilingual
teams were deliberately light loaded in the preliminary sorting.
Refinements of Judging
requirements
In 1997, the 5th division, Biotechnology, was being
implemented for the first time. As soon as entries came in it was clear that
there remained a heavy bias to life science entries and that the new division
was headed for a disaster. In the absence of any direction about the new
division, a broad interpretation of what constituted biotechnology,
specifically including most applications of traditional life sciences and
environmental issues, was developed. The division leaders then flagged those
exhibits which were appropriate to include in the new division and we set out
to phone the many regional representatives and/or exhibitors to seek their
agreement for a change. This was done in a couple very strenuous days, and the
new division was given a more reasonable launch than would have otherwise
happened. I recommend that these guidelines be carefully relayed to all regions
so that it is not necessary to transfer so many entries from one division to
the other at the last minute.
Once it became clear what the distribution of
entries for this year actually was, the distribution of teams was revisited and
some judges were reassigned to parallel divisions or to different age groups
from the preliminary sorting. Once this was done the final sort of exhibits to
teams was completed.
Mail out project summaries,
For divisional judging it is
customary to send a copy of the project summary to each judge in advance. In
addition this is a good time to forward the judge's manual to the judges so that
they have sufficient time to wade through it before final briefings etc. These
packages went out by courier or were hand delivered as appropriate, leaving the
university on the Tuesday before the fair. Judging _ Week of Science Fair: I
append a summary of the judging schedule for the actual week of the fair. The
important points revolved around getting everyone where they were supposed to
be, when they were supposed to be there, and helping them accomplish what was
expected of them! To this end there was a full briefing with all judges present
on the Monday evening, and last minute words of encouragement each morning with
announcements. A communications center was always staffed, as was the judging
headquarters. All executives and the centers were equipped with cellular
phones.
In future it would be most
helpful if the chief judge and YSF coordinated expectations in advance with
respect to how many awards are issued in each category. At Regina this was done
somewhat late. Our assumption had been that if the biggest division used all
available awards then smaller divisions would logically use fewer. The YSF
however doesn't want to be left with award. money and expected a larger
fraction of the awards to be issued. In the end this was resolved by increasing
the value of some of the awards in the smaller divisions.
The role of sponsoring groups
in the special awards varies from no participation in judging, through
nomination of some of the judges, to a prominent role where their nominated
judges expect to dominate the proceedings. The rule is that they have the last
word. In general sponsors were most appreciative of the efforts of the local
committee.
An effort was made by the
judging executive to ensure that awards were spread around somewhat, although it
is inevitable that some projects collect a number of large prizes.
During the judging process,
media reporting can be a serious problem. The tight schedule doesn't permit the
students to be monopolized by TV crews who are very insensitive to the students
or the judging duties. During cwsf97 our security crew bounced one TV crew who
had deliberately come into the exhibit hall during judging by a back route,
after being told they couldn't. It was also necessary to remind the discovery
TV crew to stand aside when they screwed up one student's schedule by more than
20 minutes, while a judge was waiting. I recommend that TV crews be allowed in
late on setup day, given a private viewing on the Monday evening, etc., but not
be allowed in during the judging process.
Conclusions:
In the sections above I have
included a number of recommendations for changes which are intended to make the
judging task easier and hopefully better. In my full report, I append a few potentially
useful documents including the schedule of judging, my planned and actual
distribution of facilities for judges, the planned and actual distribution of
judging teams.
Judging the CWSF is a
demanding task. Throughout the process there is a need for tremendous
organization to facilitate the expected fairness and quality control which help
make the experience positive for the students directly involved and gives
confidence to this national effort. The full judging staff was comprised of 286
people, many of whom I realized had been pulled from very busy schedules and
confronted with difficult .problems. Recognizing this, my experience for some
months after the fair is of interest: I was overwhelmed with judges, who were
grateful to be included and often expressed how their faith in the younger
generation was "recharged".
The fair is owned by its many
participants at all levels from all across the country and facilitated by the
YSF. Host committees take their turn year after year and log thousands of hours
Judging alone logged over 5000 hours, during the week of the fair). The
host committees learn the most because they end up solving the majority of
problems. I would encourage the YSF to recognize these efforts by improving two
way communication with the hosts. Local sponsors also play an important role
and I would further recommend that the YSF formally recognizes local sponsors
at the awards banquet alongside sponsors which they have recruited nationally.
In this way, local sponsors might easily become future national sponsors!
APPENDIX _A: Judging _ Week of Science Fair:
Monday May 12,1997
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Visitor parking permits for three days
Coffee
service
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19:00_21:00
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Briefing
for all judges
Opportunity
to see exhibits
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Tuesday May 13,1997
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08:00 _ 08:30
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Judges Registration
|
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08:30 _ 09:00
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Judges Orientation
Final remarks before
divisional judging
Split
into assigned teams in Breakout rooms
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09:00 _ 10:00
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Division Judging
without Students
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10:30 _ 12:00
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Division Judging with
Students
|
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12:00 _ 13:00
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Judge's
luncheon without Students
Buffet
required to quickly serve meal for 250 persons
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13:00 _ 16:00
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Division Judging with
Students
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16:00 _ 17:00
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Team meetings to rank
projects (no students in Gym!)
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17:00 _ 18:00
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Team captains,
co_captains, executive Dinner for 100 persons
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18:00 _ 21:00
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Group meetings of
captains, etc., to formulate award winners.
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21:00
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Division Results to
coordination group and then YSF office.
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Wednesday May 14,1997
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08:00 _ 08:30
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Judges Registration
Final
remarks before special awards judging Requires meeting room for 250
persons. Split into assigned teams in
Breakout rooms
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09:00 _ 12:00
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Special
Awards Judging with Students.
Split
into assigned teams in Breakout rooms or interview students
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12:00 _ 13:30
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Judge's
Luncheon without Students.
Buffet
required to quickly serve meal for 250 persons
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13:30 _ 15:00
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Special Awards Judging
with Students
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15:00
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Gym cleared.
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15:00 _ 16:00
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Complete Special Awards
Judging without Students
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16:00
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Results to coordination
group and then YSF office , after final checking by executive committee
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18:00
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Judges Banquet
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Dr. Ted Mathie
Department of Physics
University of Regina
Regina SK
CMS- Canadian Mathematics Society
Annual Report to Members
1996-1997
A new CMS programme of mathematics awards at the annual Canada-Wide Science Fair was started
during this period. As there is no mathematics category at these Fairs, CMS awards recognize
individuals who have a substantial mathematics component to their project and whose work is
judged to be excellent. It is hoped that the awards will motivate the organizers, the Youth Science
Foundation of Canada, to introduce a mathematics category into the Canada science fairs, as there
is in the US. The CMS Office was particularly helpful in negotiating and establishing these awards.
The 1997 Canada-wide Science Fair was held in Regina. Denis Hanson (Regina) and a team of
volunteers did a great job selecting the prize winners and representing the CMS at the awards
ceremonies.
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LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF SASKATCHEWAN 1533
May 12, 1997
INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS
Ms. Murray: Thank you very much, Mr. Deputy Speaker. It’s a pleasure for me to introduce to you and through you to all my colleagues in the legislature, a group of 50 bright young men and women seated in your gallery, Mr. Speaker. They areparticipants at the Canada-wide Science Fair which, as you will
know, is being held at the University of Regina. I had the great pleasure of attending the regional science fair in Moose Jaw a month ago and I was most impressed with the projects there. So I can only just image what a variety of projects there will be at the university.
The Canada-wide Science Fair is the national exhibition and forum created by the Youth Science Foundation of Canada to showcase the achievements of Canadian youth participating in the National Science Fair program. There are currently 109 regions in Canada, Mr. Speaker, including 11 in Saskatchewan,
which are eligible to participate in the National Science Fair program. So there are over 600 young scientists, ages 12 to 19, with over 300 science projects, gathered at the university this week.
Please join me in extending to all of them a very warm
welcome.
Hon. Members: Hear, hear!
INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS
Mr. Thomson: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. And I want to thank the member for Saltcoats for allowing me leave to introduce guests. As you will notice, Mr. Deputy Speaker, we’ve been joined in
the gallery today by a large group of people who are here with the Canada-wide Science Fair. This is a group that in part was introduced earlier by my colleague, the member from Regina Qu’Appelle Valley. And I’d like to welcome this new group of people here today who are visiting and touring through the
building. I’m looking forward tonight to joining them at the banquet and having an opportunity to meet with them and enjoy some of Saskatchewan’s hospitality.
As you know, Mr. Deputy Speaker, these folks are joining us from across the country, and it is a distinct pleasure to have them here in Saskatchewan today. So if you’d join with me in welcoming them.
Hon. Members: Hear, hear!
INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS
Mr. Thomson: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I again want to apologize to the member from Melville. I was going to allow him to go on a little longer but unfortunately the last Liberal speaker drove off the student group so early, I thought I’d better get in a little quicker on this one. Mr. Deputy Speaker, it is again my pleasure today to introduce to you a group of very bright young people who are joining us
in the gallery from across Canada. These people are here in town for the Canada-wide Science Fair which is being held at the University of Regina, and I will not take . . . A nice, big wave. That’s very pleasant.
I hope that they enjoy their time here in Saskatchewan and the debate in the Assembly this afternoon, although my expectations aren’t that big on the debate part. I simply ask members to join in with me in welcoming them.
Hon. Members: Hear, hear!
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Dr. Warren Wessel
Faculty Directory
Associate Professor
1997 Chair of the accommodation committee of the Canada Wide Science
Fair hosted at the University of Regina
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UPSHALL PROCLAIMS AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES MONTH IN
SASKATCHEWAN
Agriculture and Food Minister Eric Upshall has proclaimed May 1997 as
Agricultural Sciences Month in Saskatchewan.
The designation this year is in conjunction with the 36th annual Canada-Wide Science Fair, sponsored by the Youth Science Foundation Canada, for students age 12 to 19 to be held at the University of
Regina May 11-18.
"Saskatchewan has a world-wide reputation as a leader in the agricultural sciences and it's important that we acknowledge this fact," Upshall said. "Research and development in agricultural science are the foundation of Saskatchewan's continued success in agriculture. "Saskatchewan's agricultural sciences industries are growing rapidly, particularly agricultural biotechnology. We see considerable opportunity in the economic development and growth of our province and we consider it important for young people to know there are tremendous opportunities in the field of agricultural science. I am particularly delighted to note that the Canada-Wide Science Fair has introduced a new competition category called Biotechnology and this category will be judged for the first time when the fair is held in Regina. "This year, we are pleased to observe Agricultural Sciences Month in association with the Canada-Wide Science Fair, the pinnacle of the
science fair program which encourages youth to use their creativity and ingenuity in the pursuit of scientific discoveries. Saskatchewan students have performed admirably in this national fair in past years.
Some have entered projects related to agriculture and have received major awards for these projects," Upshall said.
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