IP Outreach in Practice > IP Creation
Overview
| Organizer: | Youth Science Foundation Canada (YSF/FSJ) |
| Country/Territory: | Canada |
| Language: | English French |
| Focus: | Math, Science, Technology |
| Outreach Tools: | Awards / Scholarships / Grants, Brochures / Guides, Clubs, Competitions, Events, Helpline / Hotline, Posters / Printed Materials, Social media, Training, Website |
| Target Audience: | Kids / Tweens / Teens, Parents, School Teachers |
Details
Annual "Canada Wide Science Fair" (CWSF): 450 top young scientists in grades 7-12 chosen from approximately 25.000 competitors at over one hundred regional science and technology fairs across the country compete in nine divisions and three age categories for medals and other prizes worth over $360.000
"Student Mentorship Association Regarding Technology and Science" (SMARTS) program to promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) opportunities among students in Grades 7 through 12; includes school correspondent network, regional correspondents, science fair support, SMARTS forums, "Ask an expert" advice, workshops, guides
"VECTOR": YSF Canada’s central, online database for all the STEM programs, competitions and events in Canada
"Environmental Innovation Program"; includes: "EnviroExpo Special Awards" [EE Special Awards] at regional fairs and the "Environmental Innovation division" [EI division] at the Canada Wide Science Fair (CWSF)
"Invent the Future" [IF] national challenge to students to explore the world: a call to take a fresh look at what they see around them, to recognize that science is part of the things they care about, and to get involved in project-based science
Annual Canadian "Youth Science Month" (March); objective: nurturing curiosity and scientific impulse through project-based science
[Date Added/Updated: Jun 10, 2009]