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CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Silver Medal
One-third of individuals with schizophrenia are treatment-resistant, largely because the disorder’s biological mechanisms are poorly understood, and as a result, current treatments fail to a…
CWSF · 2026
Agriculture, Fisheries & Food
My project is called Mycelium Might. It focuses on growing mushrooms using recycled materials. My goal was to address the bigger issue of pollution and the need for more sustainable food sou…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness
For over 440,000 Canadians living with severe speech impairments caused by neuromuscular conditions, communication is reduced to waiting for someone to interpret a movement that may never be…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Bronze Medal
Proactive disease screening is vital for preventive care, yet common biomarker tests are invasive, wasteful, and indefinitely slow. Conversely, NephroSense proposes generalized breath analys…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Silver Medal
Alzheimer's disease affects over 55 million people, projected to double by 2050. Current pharmaceutical treatments including Donepezil and Memantine primarily alleviate symptoms without addr…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Bronze Medal
Current diagnostic methods for neurodegenerative diseases often depend on expensive imaging or on symptoms that only appear in later stages. My project, NeuroSight, explores a more accessibl…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Gold Medal
Needle injections can be painful because they deform the skin, especially when larger needles are needed to deliver viscous fluids. In this project, a patented needle design that requires 57…
CWSF · 2026
Digital Technology Silver Medal
Deafblindness is a combined disability of vision and hearing impairments that create significant challenges to communication and information access. Many deafblind individuals rely on interv…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Silver Medal
Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder where gluten causes damage to the small intestine.¹ A gluten sensor could allow patients to check their food. Current sensors are best at detecting w…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Gold Medal
Heart disease currently affects roughly 6 million Canadians, with emerging research indicating that up to one-third of individuals with underlying cardiometabolic conditions will develop myo…
CWSF · 2026
Curiosity & Ingenuity Silver Medal
Have you dealt with pesky squirrels raiding your bird feeder? This project tested whether the colour of an object affects how much squirrels are attracted to it, and if this is related to ho…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Silver Medal
Diagnosing and treating ocular diseases quickly and accurately is essential, as prolonged ocular disease not only affects patient morbidity, but can also lead to permanent eye damage. Curren…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Three serious neurological diseases — Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and epilepsy — affect hundreds of thousands of Canadians, and none of them have a cure. On the surface, they lo…
CWSF · 2026
Curiosity & Ingenuity Bronze Medal
Current Arctic transportation options are generally unreliable as they mainly rely on costly infrastructure or are susceptible to environmental conditions. The thrust cushion vehicle (TCV) s…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Silver Medal
Cancer is often deadly, not always because it cannot be treated, but because it is found too late. In this project, I built two low-cost systems that use artificial intelligence to help dete…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Silver Medal
For acne treatment, conventional Western medicine focuses on addressing direct symptoms and causes and has been effective for some people, but often has harsh side effects. Chinese herbal me…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Lung cancer involves mutations causing uncontrolled cell growth, with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) making up 15% of cases. SCLC is aggressive, progresses rapidly, and resists treatment. Che…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Bronze Medal
Dental disease is one of the most underdiagnosed conditions worldwide. Apical periodontitis affects nearly half of adults, yet often remains asymptomatic until irreversible damage occurs. Ea…
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
Health & Wellness Gold Medal
Many people struggle to take medications correctly, leading to missed doses and potential hospitalizations. Existing pill dispensers require someone to read each label, hand-load pills into…
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
Disease & Illness Silver Medal
Dental cavities are widely considered the most prevalent chronic disease globally. For over a century, dental x-rays have been the standard for diagnosis. However, new technologies are emerg…
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
Health & Wellness Silver Medal
Plaque is a widespread health problem leading to cavities, pain, gum disease, and eventual tooth loss. Many popular mouthwashes address this by using alcohol to nonselectively kill oral bact…
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
Curiosity & Ingenuity Bronze Medal
Viral zoonotic diseases pose major challenges in epidemiology due to their lack of transmission predictability. These diseases often lead to global outbreaks. There have been past studies th…
CWSF · 2026
Energy Silver Medal
Cooking smoke kills millions each year, but most solutions need electricity or expensive fuel. Can the fire itself power a fan to remove the smoke? This project develops a self powered smoke…
CWSF · 2026
Natural Resources
Plastic pollution is a major issue, and most plastics are made from materials that are limited and non-renewable. To investigate this, I created several bioplastics using natural materials s…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Every year nearly half of cardiac rehab patients quit before finishing recovery. With a specific cardiac rehab program helping over 550 patients with heart disease and diabetes restrengthen…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Silver Medal
This study aims to improve cancer treatment by using patient-derived tumor organoids. Traditional two-dimensional cell models cannot fully represent the real tumor environment, so drug testi…