CWSF · 2026
Energy
Bronze Medal
Climate change has created an urgent need for sustainable energy solutions. My project investigates whether a wind tunnel can be used to recover wasted kinetic energy. By adding a Vertical A…
CWSF · 2026
Curiosity & Ingenuity
Un passage à niveau révolutionnaire est un passage à niveau plus sécuritaire avec une barrière une en haut de l'autre plutôt qu'au même niveau. Cette nouvelle technologie permet de réduire g…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
This project uses technology that allows our genetic code to be edited in order to create a new treatment plan for a genetic disorder called Tay-Sachs disease. This disorder has a 100% fatal…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
This experiment was created to test which types of UV light reduce the most amount of mold growth. It was hypothesized that if the mold was surrounded by UV-C light, the light with the short…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace
Silver Medal
The fuel carried by a spacecraft limits how far and how long it can travel in space and orbit planets. My project, VARION (Versatile Atmospheric Ion Thruster), is about utilizing atmospheric…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
Gold Medal
Many patients are injured when IV fluids accidentally leak into their skin instead of staying in the vein. This causes painful swelling and bruising, and it happens to nearly 1 in 10 people.…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
2.2 billion people worldwide live with vision impairment, yet no existing assistive device offers a true level of independence in real-world conditions. VisionIQ is an AI-powered wearable bu…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Bronze Medal
Speech and voice changes can serve as noninvasive indicators of disease, particularly in respiratory, neurological, and psychiatric conditions, where subtle changes in phonation, tone, or ar…
CWSF · 2026
Natural Resources
Growing up in Shamattawa, we have always heard the word nipîy (water) spoken with deep respect. In Cree teachings, nipîy is not just something that flows from a tap—it is a living relative t…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace
Space radiation effects us here on earth as well as effecting anything or anyone we send to space. The atmosphere is thinning and might not be able to protect us forever. Space travel contin…
CWSF · 2026
Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
In northern communities like ours, groceries are expensive and not always fresh. Our goal was to see if it would be possible to raise chickens locally, sell eggs and meat, and offer lower pr…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Gold Medal
Alzheimer's disease steals the memories of 55+ million worldwide, yet no effective diagnosis or treatment exists. The retina is composed of neural tissue, thus mirroring neurological damage…
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…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology
Silver Medal
Each year, 82,000 Canadians die from heart disease and stroke, 40,000 experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, 100,000 are hospitalized due to falls, and 4.3 million live with undiagnosed…
CWSF · 2026
Natural Resources
Bronze Medal
My project discovers a new and improved way to detect one of the worlds most unheard of, undetectable fires. Also known as overwintering and holdover fires, zombie fires are one of Canada's…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace
Platinum Award
Even after nearly three decades of intense research, cosmology fails to fully explain the physical origin of the universe's accelerated expansion. The standard model of cosmology, ΛCDM, asso…