Canada Wide Science Fair Success!!
May 30, 2016
Jay Chen, Micah Windsor-Freeman and Kelly Yang.
Lakehead Public Schools students won a Gold and two Bronze medals at the 55th Canada-Wide Science Festival (CWSF) held at McGill University in Montreal from May 14 to 21.
Congratulations to Micah Windsor-Freeman, a Grade 8 student from Claude E. Garton Public School, who won a Junior Gold Medal with his project titled “Learning from Flint: Is NaOH the Solution to Pb-Contaminated Drinking Water?”
Micah won:
- Excellence Award – Junior – Gold Medal
Sponsor: Youth Science Canada
$250 - Western University Scholarship
Gold Medalist – $4000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: Western University
$4 000
Total $4 250
Kelly Yang, a Grade 11 student at Sir Winston Churchill Ccollegiate and Vocational Institute won a Bronze medal for her project “Let Cancer Kill Cancer: A novel therapeutic strategy”.
Kelly also won the following scholarships:
- Excellence Award – Senior – Bronze Medal
Sponsor: Youth Science Canada - University of Ottawa Entrance Scholarship
Senior Bronze Medalist – $1000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: University of Ottawa - Western University Scholarship
Bronze Medalist – $1000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: Western University
$1 000
Jay Chen, Grade 11 at Sir Winston Churchill Collegiate and Vocational Institute won a Bronze medal for his project “Biomass Derived Carbon for Innovative Water Purification and Metal Extraction.”
Jay was awarded the following scholarships:
- University of Ottawa Entrance Scholarship
Senior Bronze Medalist – $1000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: University of Ottawa - Western University Scholarship
Bronze Medalist – $1000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: Western University
Congratulations to Micah, Kelly and Jay!!
You can view the profiles of Micah, Kelly and Jay and a description of their projects by clicking here.
