ON Kitchener
9 projects reached a national fair through this region, most recently in 2026.
9 projects · showing 1–9
CWSF · 2026
Environment & Climate Change Bronze Medal
Plastic pollution is one of the biggest environmental problems we face today, yet only 9% of plastic ever gets recycled (OECD, 2022). Plastics serve countless purposes — from food packaging…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness Bronze Medal
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary brain tumor (Mayo Clinic, 2025), presenting with a 5-year survival rate of 5-10%. Current treatments for GBM are impeded by the tumor's aggressi…
CWSF · 2026
Disease & Illness
Our lungs are kept healthy by hair-like structures called cilia, found in our nasal passages, that act as brooms, sweeping bacteria out of our lungs. Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) is a di…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Platinum Award
When my father was hospitalized, overworked staff struggled to check his vitals regularly. That experience led me to remote heart-rate monitoring, then to a deeper problem: optical heart-rat…
CWSF · 2026
Health & Wellness Silver Medal
The parasite Toxoplasma gondii infects up to 1/3 of the global population (Habtye et al., 2023). Immunocompromised individuals face a high risk of parasite reactivation, which can cause seve…
CWSF · 2026
Curiosity & Ingenuity Silver Medal
Cleaning eavestroughs is dangerous. Each year in the United States alone there are over 300 deaths caused by falls from ladders (American Ladder Institute, 2018). I made Gutterpillar to asce…
CWSF · 2026
Aerospace Silver Medal
Active galactic nuclei (AGN) are supermassive black holes found at the centre of galaxies. AGN BL Lacertae contains an accretion disk and high-energy jets emitted perpendicular to the disk,…
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
Agriculture, Fisheries & Food Bronze Medal
Have you ever wondered what’s in your soil? Farmers do all the time! However, costly and time consuming measurement techniques make understanding soil and the effect of agricultural manageme…