{"id":496,"date":"2024-09-23T21:47:19","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T01:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/winnipeg-schools\/?page_id=496"},"modified":"2025-12-15T13:06:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T18:06:46","slug":"awards-and-recognition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/winnipeg-schools\/awards-and-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards and Recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Divisional Awards<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When judging has been completed, the judges\u2019 marks will be used to determine the medals awarded:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Gold medals<\/b> to excellent projects<\/li>\n<li><b>Silver medals<\/b> to very good projects<\/li>\n<li><b>Bronze medals<\/b> to good projects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 1.5rem\">Canada-Wide Science Fair Promotion<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Winnipeg School Division supports a total of four students to compete at the Canada- Wide Science Fair (CWSF). This year the CWSF will be held from May 23 &#8211; May 30, 2026 in Edmonton Expo Centre, Edmonton, AB. The top qualifying projects will have the opportunity to attend the CWSF. Commemorative plaques are also awarded to the CWSF winners.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 1.5rem\">Best in Category Award<\/h3>\n<p>The &#8220;Best in Category&#8221; Award will be presented to the highest-scoring gold-level project within its respective grades and project categories. Please note that not all categories may have a &#8220;Best in Category&#8221; Award presented; this will depend on the quality and scoring of the projects within each category.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 1.5rem\">Platinum Award<\/h3>\n<p>The &#8220;Platinum&#8221; Award is a distinguished honor that will be given among projects that have qualified as &#8220;Best in Category&#8221; in their respective grade categories. This award is designed to recognize the best of the best across all grade levels.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 1.5rem\">The Winnipeg School Division Award of Excellence in STEAM<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This award recognizes projects with outstanding dedication to the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM). Judges will be looking for application of the scientific or engineering method to develop an original idea for a project that relates to a scientific discovery, innovation or creation. Particular attention will be given to projects that use rigorous testing and evaluation for determining outcomes, and detailed research and analysis for discussing impacts of the project in its respective field of STEAM. One award will be given in each grade category.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 1.5rem\">Indigenous Knowledge Award<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This award recognizes two Indigenous students in grades 7-12 who explore Indigenous Knowledge across historical, current, and future perspectives. Each student will receive a medallion created specifically for the WSD Science Fair.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Community-Sponsored Awards<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Winnipeg School Division is also pleased to partner with members of the\u00a0 community to offer additional awards to our young scientists. It should be noted that\u00a0 judges reserve the right not to give certain awards in a category if the quality of the\u00a0 projects is not of a sufficiently high standard.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 1.5rem\">The ENERGY AND YOU AWARD sponsored by Manitoba Hydro<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This award is awarded to projects that highlight innovation and conservation in the field of energy use and consumption. Judges will be looking for creativity and the overall impact your project will have on future energy needs and conservation.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Particular attention will be given to projects that have the potential to provide realistic solutions to identified problems while maintaining a green agenda. A certificate and monetary award will be presented to each group participant in an outstanding project in each of the grade categories.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 1.5rem\">EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AWARD sponsored by Canadian Mennonite University<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-size: 1.5rem\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">This award recognizes a project that demonstrates outstanding experimental design. The winning project will feature an explicit hypothesis that explains a phenomenon or pattern. The hypothesis will imply clear predictions, which are then tested by elegant experiments or observations. Judges will be looking for clear communication and understanding of these elements, thorough reasoning, and use of appropriate controls. The Award will be given in the Grade 11-12 category.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 1.5rem\">Kawalec Health Sciences Award sponsored by Phillip Kawalec<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Award will be given in the Grade 11-12 category to reward one outstanding project in the health sciences field with connections to medicine or the betterment of health. Original work done by the presenter(s), and special consideration will be given to non-mentored projects. The winning project will be given a certificate and a $250 monetary award.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 1.5rem\">MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS INNOVATIVE APPLICATION AWARD sponsored by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Winnipeg<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This Award will be given to students who correctly apply mathematical and\/ or statistics concepts to a scientific or everyday challenge. The judges will be impressed by students who can present and correctly apply the laws\/ theorems of mathematics and\/ or statistics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The judges will be looking for creativity, originality, innovation, and accuracy; logical reasoning; an understanding of the issue and its solution(s); and a confident delivery of an engaging and well-organized presentation, which includes ideas for future research and real-world applications. An award will be presented to each of the grade categories.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 1.5rem\">PHYSICS INNOVATOR PRIZE sponsored by the Department of Physics at the University of Winnipeg<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This prize recognizes a project that demonstrates outstanding understanding and use of physics. Students who can present and correctly apply the laws and theorems of physics will impress the judges. Projects should explain or test physics phenomena or apply physics to solve problems. Certificates and monetary awards of $50, $100 and $200 will be presented to each project of the grade categories respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 1.5rem\">R. N. McAlpine Award sponsored by Garth McAlpine<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This award recognizes two Winnipeg School Division Inner City Grade 7-8 students that have shown curiosity, outstanding growth and perseverance throughout their Science Fair journey. Each student will be given a certificate and $100 monetary award.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 1.5rem\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.5rem\">University of Manitoba\u2019s SCIENCE INNOVATOR AWARD presented by Rady Faculty of Health Sciences<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This award recognizes students who demonstrate originality, creativity, effective presentation skills, and display significant scientific knowledge. Judges will be looking for demonstrated research into a real-world problem with a proposal of a realistic solution and assessing the results for overall impact and potential for change. One award will be given in each grade category.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 1.5rem\">SEED, PLANTS AND AGRICULTURE INNOVATOR Awards sponsored by Brett Young Seeds<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This award recognizes innovative scientific projects that explore the growth of plants from seed, and concepts that improve crop health, yield and land management. Certificates and monetary awards of $150, $200 and $250 will be presented to each project of the grade categories respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Divisional Awards When judging has been completed, the judges\u2019 marks will be used to determine the medals awarded: Gold medals to excellent projects Silver medals to very good projects Bronze medals to good projects Canada-Wide Science Fair Promotion Winnipeg School Division supports a total of four students to compete at the Canada- Wide Science Fair [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-496","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/winnipeg-schools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/winnipeg-schools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/winnipeg-schools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/winnipeg-schools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/winnipeg-schools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/winnipeg-schools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":532,"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/winnipeg-schools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/496\/revisions\/532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/winnipeg-schools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}