Events

Celebrating the 2024 International Day of Women and Girls in Science

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Hands-On Science Fun By Shirley Liu, STEM Explore BC Coordinator Picture this: A vibrant gathering where enthusiasts of all ages congregate to explore different areas of science, ranging from cutting-edge […]

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SCWIST Youth Engagement Team Brings Science Fun to Elementary Students

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Science Fun for Elementary Students From country-wide events like Science Odyssey to local community groups, SCWIST’s Youth Engagement team is always working to bring science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) […]

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Celebrating the 2023 International Day for Women and Girls in Science with SCWIST’s STEM Explore Workshops

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Getting hands-on with SCWIST’s STEM Explore workshops Written by JeAnn Watson, Director of Youth Engagement It had almost been a year since I last facilitated our How to Make a […]

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“STEM needs women” – Celebrating the 2023 International Day of Women and Girls in Science

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STEM needs women Every year on February 11th, millions of people around the world celebrate the United Nations’ International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Science and gender equality […]

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SCWIST scholarship winner takes her freshwater research overseas

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Making freshwater waves When Annabelle Rayson began investigating ways to treat and prevent harmful algae blooms in Lake Erie, she didn’t expect her science project would also lead to gold […]

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Indigenous Youth become Marine Biologists in Training

Written by: Ashley van der Pouw Kraan For a week in May, something special happened. Each day after school, 16 girls from nine Indigenous communities across BC and Alberta signed […]

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Science Fairs, STEM Conferences, and Starting School During COVID-19

Written by: Maia Poon Attending or hosting a virtual event during the pandemic? It will surprise you. That’s the main thing. It will also be okay, and I think I […]

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STEMinist Treasure Hunt – NSERC Science Odyssey

SCWIST organized a science themed treasure hunt,” STEMinist treasure hunt” for NSERC Science Odyssey 2021. The live event spanned 4 days from May 11th to May 14th, with a different […]

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Helping Youth Attain Science Literacy

By Mandy McDougall (SCWIST Digital Content Creator and Youth Engagement Committee Member) Have you ever heard a scientific statement or read a headline making a claim about science and thought to yourself, […]

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Zoe Elverum

Introducing Zoe Elverum!

Introducing Zoe Elverum, one of the incredibly talented recipients of the SCWIST Youth Skills Development Scholarship. She will be participating in the Skills Nunavut Territorial and Skills Canada competition. These […]

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Girls to the Power of Math

By Alexa Bailey (This article explains a bit about my research and how my girl-to-girl math mentoring program, Girls to the Power of Math, came about.) Who am I? My […]

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Beyond STEM: STEMinar

On January 19, Burnaby Central Secondary School was humming with activity as high school students from across the Lower Mainland flocked together to participate in the annual STEMinar Conference. Sponsored […]

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ms infinity Youth Leadership Program: Ravina Kaur Gill

This past spring, SCWIST/ms infinity was proud to offer a Youth Skills Development Scholarship.  The scholarship was open to girls (age 16-21) who have participated in a Quantum Leaps conference […]

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ms infinity Youth Leadership Program: Ellen Tamblyn

My name is Ellen Tamblyn and I am currently working on a project for the SCWIST ms infinity Youth Leadership Program. ABOUT ME I am 17 years old and I […]

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ms infinity Update January 2014

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It’s only one month into 2014 and already ms infinity is having a great year!  We held two events in January and are gearing up for another in February, and […]

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Terrace Quantum Leaps Conference [Event Recap]

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On Nov 12, Northwest Science & Innovation Society (NSIS) had their 6th Quantum Leaps Conference.  It was held in partnership with the University of Northern BC at their Terrace, BC […]

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October 2012: “Junk DNA” is not junk

DNA is the abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid that is arranged into chromatins, in which the DNA is structurally compacted by proteins.  DNA carries genetic information of all known living organisms […]

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