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CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Silver Medal
The prevalence of microplastic pollution in aquatic environments is a significant global concern. However, quantifying microplastics using conventional laboratory-based methods is costly and…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
Did you know that every year, about 300 million cattle are killed, and out of those 300 million cows, 99% are turned into leather, creating more greenhouse gases and deforestation? Now you m…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
This project presents the design and testing of a multi-stage system created to reduce greenhouse gases, specifically hydrocarbons, from the air. A tall steel structure supports a sealed sys…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Bronze Medal
Increasing amounts of heavy metals are entering our watershed, harming the environment by killing plants and animals, impacting human health, and destroying water quality. Heavy metals are r…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Bronze Medal
Wildfire destruction, exemplified by Canada’s 2025 wildfire season, marked the second-worst in the nation’s history. In Manitoba alone, 432 fires were consuming more than 2.1 million hectare…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
Plastic pollution is a major problem. Millions of tons of plastic are dumped in landfills each year and do not break down. Plastics also pollute oceans and harm marine life, and their produc…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
Our project was about how some types of mushrooms can degrade plastic. The type of mushroom we studied are called Blue Oyster Mushrooms. What our procedure was that we had cut water bottles…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Bronze Medal
Peatlands are the largest terrestrial store of carbon globally, and Canada’s peatlands hold 25% of this store. Climate change leads to increased wildfire intensity and frequency, which can d…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
My community in Northern Manitoba has been threatened by close wildfires making me wonder how forest fires affect soil and plant growth. I collected soil samples from three fire areas north…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Silver Medal
80% of stuffies (~500Million lbs) are discarded in landfills / year! Polyester-fibre stuffies=highly-consequential pollutants; their high surface area=more microplastics & toxins insidiously…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
Mon projet examine les effets du sel de voirie sur les lacs de la Nouvelle-Écosse. J'ai été inspirée par les effets visibles du sel sur ma pelouse, ce qui m'a amenée à m'interroger sur son i…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Silver Medal
Non-Polar Organic Contaminants (NPOCs), including Chlorinated Organic Pollutants (Cl-OPs), oils, and Benzene, Toluene, Ethyl Benzene, Xylene (BTEX), are harmful contaminants that threaten ma…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Silver Medal
Radon is a harmful gas that can build up inside homes and increase the risk of lung cancer, especially in places like Alberta. This project developed and tested a device, "SMART-RADON", to m…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Silver Medal
Climate change is a pressing issue facing people around the globe. Its impacts are devastating: extreme weather events, droughts, water scarcity and wildfires like the one in Jasper two year…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
The construction of the Churchill River Diversion in 1976 and the last 50 years of its operation has decimated the Namao, which thrived in our river for centuries, almost to the point of ext…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Silver Medal
Lead pollution is a major environmental and health problem, and current industrial treatments are damaging to the environment in both production and end-of-life disposal. In this project, Ce…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
Polylactide (PLA) is a biodegradable plastic which can be used as an alternative to current plastics, for purposes such as food containers and disposable utensils. PLA is currently inefficie…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Bronze Medal
Les arbres sont bien plus que du bois; ils constituent notre première ligne de défense contre le changement climatique en séquestrant activement le carbone atmosphérique. Pourtant, cette val…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
Rust weakens metal and damages everyday objects, so I wanted to find out which liquids make metal rust the fastest. In my experiment, I placed identical iron nails into vinegar, salt water,…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Silver Medal
I developed "The Magnetic Net" to clean up oil and hidden plastics from our rivers . While most tools only catch trash floating on the surface, my project targets "sinkers"—heavy plastics th…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
Our project investigated how soil pH and density change over time using a peat core sample from a peatland in Sudbury (Lake Laurentian Conservation Area) and a peatland outside of Nairn Cent…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
The water levels of Gull Lake have been dropping drastically over the past 100 years since 1920. Which is effecting not only the home owners but also the ecosystem and marine life surroundin…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
My name is Naomi Osborn, and my project is a working model of the water cycle and a poster explaining it, as well as the water cycle itself. I am a 7th grader, 13 years old, and I live in Ra…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change
After researching the lasting impacts of salt that leaks into the soil and water, from salting highways, I tested a variety of ways to better melt ice or prevent ice from forming on the high…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Bronze Medal
Rising temperatures associated with climate change pose increasing concern for many wildlife species, including nesting birds. The purpose of this project was to build, test, and evaluate th…
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Bronze Medal
Every year, we use tonnes of road salt to make roads and driveways safer for us to drive on, but have we ever considered how this affects our environment? In my research, I aimed to solve th…