{"id":616427,"date":"2026-04-20T11:54:42","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/616427\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T11:54:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:54:42","slug":"calgary-youth-science-fair-young-minds-shaping-the-future-of-stem-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/616427\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary Youth Science Fair: Young minds shaping the future of STEM | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Motivated by a passion for science and innovation, close to 800 bright young people from across the city gathered at the University of Calgary to compete at the Calgary Youth Science Fair<\/a> (CYSF).<\/p>\n

CYSF, hosted by UCalgary for the last 13 years, empowers student participants from grades 5-12 to demonstrate their knowledge, understanding and application of science, encouraging them to pursue futures in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).\u00a0This year\u2019s event ran from April 9 to 11 and was held in the Olympic Oval.<\/p>\n

\"Students<\/p>\n

Students participate in an interactive activity at CYSF.<\/p>\n

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Riley Brandt\n <\/p>\n

Young talents showcase inventive solutions<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s projects involved a diverse range of topics such as:<\/p>\n

“Microscoping Allies Against Climate Change””Autonomous Hemostatic Treatment””Why Faster-than-LightTravel\u00a0is Impossible\u00a0Using\u00a0Modern Physics””Sharkwings: Hydrodynamic Shark Scales for Airfoil Aerodynamics”<\/p>\n

\"Chancellor<\/p>\n

Chancellor Jon Cornish presents the University of Calgary Chancellor and Senate Award. <\/p>\n

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Courtesy of Calgary Youth Science Fair\n <\/p>\n

UCalgary Chancellor Jon Cornish<\/a> praised the students\u2019 creativity and determination. \u201cYou\u00a0didn\u2019t\u00a0just complete projects\u00a0\u2014\u00a0you asked big questions, took risks and explored ideas that matter,\u201d Cornish said at the closing awards ceremony.<\/p>\n

Several UCalgary faculties and units sponsored different awards at CYSF this year, with the biggest prize, the $2,500 University of Calgary Chancellor and Senate Award, awarded to Luotong Shi and Allen Guo-Lu, Grade 12 students from\u00a0Western Canada High School.<\/p>\n

Their winning project explored augmenting balance and spatial awareness in people with Parkinson\u2019s disease by using a wearable assistive tail.\u00a0Inspired by the movement of animals, the project aims to provide users with something that patients can use naturally in\u00a0daily life without clinical supervision.<\/p>\n

CYSF is the biggest fair of its kind and serves as a stepping-stone to the\u00a0Canada-Wide Science Fair<\/a> where young scientists from across Canada compete\u00a0for a range of prestigious awards and scholarships, celebrating scientific excellence, creativity and societal impact.<\/p>\n

\"Participants<\/p>\n

Participants gather at the Olympic Oval for CYSF.<\/p>\n

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Riley Brandt\n <\/p>\n

Out of the 584\u00a0projects presented, 15 were selected to continue to the\u00a0national fair, which this year will be held at the Edmonton Expo Centre in late May. Projects were judged based on scientific content, creativity and insights, communication and degree of difficulty.<\/p>\n

UCalgary fosters curiosity for greater community impact<\/p>\n

\"Chancellor<\/p>\n

Chancellor Jon Cornish addresses participants at the Calgary Youth Science Fair Award Ceremony. <\/p>\n

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Courtesy of Calgary Youth Science Fair\n <\/p>\n

This year\u2019s CYSF was particularly special as its closing day coincided with UCalgary\u2019s 60th-anniversary Community Day<\/a> on April 11, giving participants a glimpse of the vibrant celebrations that included a Guinness Record-breaking gathering of people in dinosaur costumes.<\/p>\n

In their remarks, Cornish highlighted the university\u2019s commitment to investing in the thinkers, builders and problem solvers of tomorrow, while fostering an environment driven by curiosity in fields like space research, quantum innovation, health breakthroughs and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n

As UCalgary increases access to impactful and future-focused education, building strong relationships with youth and the community is essential. \u201cToday\u2019s science fair project could very well become tomorrow\u2019s breakthrough,\u201d said Cornish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Motivated by a passion for science and innovation, close to 800 bright young people from across the city…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-616427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}