Yesterday marked the penultimate day of Canada-Wide Science Fair 2022, and with that came the awards ceremony. This year, 17 students representing 16 projects virtually travelled to the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton to participate in the CWSF 2022. While everyone came away from the week with new friends, fun experiences and joyful memories, some students also brought home some hardware in the form of awards! A full breakdown is below.

  • $23,000 in Scholarships
  • $750 in Cash Prizes
  • 1 Gold Medal
  • 7 Silver Medals
  • 4 Bronze Medals
  • 1 Challenge Award (Top Project in their Grade Level and Category)
  • 1 Grand Award
Ethan Chase
RESeTCO2: Residential Emission Sequestration Technologies for Carbon Dioxide
(Intermediate, Prince of Wales Secondary
Silver Medal
$2000 Scholarship – Western University

Youth CAN Innovate Award
$750 Cash Award and Certificate
Angela Cao
Fountain of Youth
(Junior, Burnaby North Secondary)
Silver Medal
$2000 Scholarship – Western University
Andrew Sun
Modelling and Comparing the Effects of Sea Lice on the Salmon Population with MatLab
(Intermediate, Burnaby Mountain Secondary)
Aaron Zhao
Dual-Pipe Watering: An Economic Agricultural Watering System that Stimulates Root Development
(Senior, Archbishop Carney Regional Secondary)
Veronica Guo
Bioelectric Batteries: Using Algae to Make the Battery Renewable
(Intermediate, York House School)
Silver Medal
$2000 Scholarship – Western University
CWSF 2022 Challenge Award – Energy
William Li
Development of a Novel Pesticide for Rice Blast Disease
(Senior, Burnaby North Secondary)
Bronze Medal
$1000 Scholarship – University of Ottawa
$1000 Scholarship -Western University
Terrianne Zhang
Simulating the Particle-Level Processes of a Nuclear Fission Reactor using Monte-Carlo Methods
(Senior, Burnaby North Secondary)
Viduni Siriwardana
A Novel, and Cost-Effective DNA Extraction Protocol via a Streamlined Automated Device to Provide Facile Access for Forensic Analysis
(Intermediate, David Thompson Secondary)
Bronze Medal
$1000 Scholarship -Western University
Justin Peng
Taking Control: A Novel Galvanic Stimulation Device for the Visually Impaired
(Intermediate, David Thompson Secondary)
Gold Medal
$4000 Scholarship – Western University
Emily Chan
Sea Scrap Slippers
(Intermediate, David Thompson Secondary)
Silver Medal
$2000 Scholarship – Western University
Jonathan Leung
A Case Study of Wildlife Feeding and Coyote Attacks in Vancouver’s Stanley Park
(Intermediate, Lord Byng Secondary)
Silver Medal
$2000 Scholarship – Western University
Ann Wang
An Acidic Future
(Intermediate, Prince of Wales Secondary)
Bronze Medal
$1000 Scholarship -Western University
Kieran Foster
Waste wood turned useful
(Intermediate, Hugh Boyd Secondary)
Pari Goyal and Lucie Li
Windblade
(Intermediate, David Thompson Secondary)
Bronze Medal
$1000 Scholarship -Western University
James Hoag
Keep The Noise Out!
(Junior, Prince of Wales Secondary)
Silver Medal
$2000 Scholarship – Western University
Tara Zhan
Medical Mo-Cap
(Intermediate, David Thompson Secondary)
Silver Medal
$2000 Scholarship – Western University