Events

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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ms infinity Quantum Leaps Burnaby [Event Recap]

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Quantum Leaps Burnaby Conference Date of Event: March 28, 2015 The Quantum Leaps Burnaby was a daylong event designed to inspire young women to consider pursuing careers in Science and Technology. The […]

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SCWIST Supports Grade 6 Student to Compete in Global Finals

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Destination Imagination is an educational program where student teams are immersed in the creative process needed to solve open-ended Challenges, and then present their solutions at regional and provincial tournaments […]

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Sandy Eix on What Parents can do to Encourage their Daughter to Pursue STEM

The radio CKNW Jon McComb Show interviewed Sandy Eix, Science Learning Lead for Science World and our past SCWIST Director, on what parents can do to introduce and encourage their […]

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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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A Big Contributor, Largely Overlooked

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By Almas Does the name Harriet Brooks ring a bell? Harriet Brooks was the first Canadian nuclear physicist born on January 1st, 1876 in Ontario. Brooks was called second to […]

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