Global Bio Summit 2023: Learning from Nature using Neurons and Logic Gates

Arushi Nath. Grade 8 Student. The Bio Summit is a global community of Do-It-Yourself biologists, biohackers, biomakers and members of community laboratories. It has been coming together annually since 2017 to share, discuss, collaborate and frame the future of independent research in the life sciences. This year, the 6th Global Community Bio Summit was held...

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Budgeting is a Tool to Improve Lives of People – Use it to Maximize Public Good: My Depute to the Budget Committee, Toronto

Arushi Nath. Grade 8 Student. Toronto. Budgeting is essential to producing public goods and services we enjoy daily. It decides the level of financing available, which determines the quantity in which that good can be produced and how many people can benefit from it. In simpler terms, if there is no money in the budget,...

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Expand, Do Not Cut Public Transit: My First Depute to the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) Board Meeting

Arushi Nath. Grade 8 Student. Youth groups are one of the strongest users of many city-provided public services. These include public parks, transit, libraries, community centers, city-run recreational programs, and museums. Thus they are affected by decisions made by city governments. And disproportionately, too. Young people must bear the long-term consequences of all decisions made...

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ArcticNet 2022 Conference: Climate Change, Indigenous Communities and Research Challenges in the Arctic

Artash Nath. RISE 100 Global Fellow, Schmidt Futures and Rhodes Trust. Grade 11 Student. Toronto. ArcticNet is a Network of Centres of Excellence in Canada to study the impacts of rapid natural, climate, health and socio-economic changes in the Arctic. It does so by partnering with Inuit organizations, northern communities, federal and provincial governments, and...

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BrainHack Toronto 2022: Neural Oscillations, Flickering Lights and Open-source Biosignals

Arushi Nath. Toronto. BrainHack is a global network of collaborative events that bring together experts, enthusiasts, students and the curious to learn, collaborate and develop projects related to brain and neurosciences. The Covid-19 pandemic meant that for the last few years, BrainHack events could only be held virtually. BrainHack Global Toronto 2022 – a part...

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Webinar: Asteroid Science with Remote Telescope

Arushi Nath. Grade 8 Student. I will be delivering a webinar hosted by iTelescope.net on 25 November 2022. 06:00 PM Universal Time UTC / 1:00 PM Eastern Time / 10:00 AM Pacific Time. >>> Watch the Webinar Recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/play/3Yr0yXBznBJjN4x9qtY8UkXD0dyat22lBP_FJM-rWFeIS-iXixzU839iQ5oVF4xPVTU4dg_CPAvs18T7.zmJaDlwDL0OmcXDl?continueMode=true&_x_zm_rtaid=7QfVvW23Ru-uUY5lVGiNPA.1670081083169.527027d26bdae9c0c5c98ff67c852005&_x_zm_rhtaid=889 Presentation Slides: https://hotpoprobot.files.wordpress.com/2022/11/i-telescope-webinar-final.pdf Register online: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YNy-XwsGRAecCdMonMJn-g?utm_source=iTelescope+Full+List&utm_campaign=78001d9bf3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_11_01_10_38_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_ccda314cde-78001d9bf3-315653413 Citizen science and robotic telescopes have brought astronomy to everyone...

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Photometric Observations of Didymos Asteroid System after the DART Impact: Using robotic telescopes, open datasets, and maths

Arushi Nath. Grade 8 Student. On 2 November 2022, I will be delivering a presentation on the photometric observations I have been undertaking on the Didymos asteroid system at the monthly meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Toronto. The presentation, “Photometric observations of Didymos asteroid system (post impact by DART Mission): Using robotic telescopes, open datasets,...

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Guest Speech: Technology, Open Data and Algorithms for Public Good @Google DevFest 2022

Artash Nath. Grade 11 Student. Google DevFests are local tech conferences hosted by Google Developer Groups (GDG) around the world. It brings together developers, tech companies, students, and idea leaders so that they can learn about Google’s emerging technologies like Google Cloud Platform, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Artash, Guest Speaker, Google DevFest 2022 In...

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Presentation on Didymos Asteroid System Photometric Observations (pre-impact) @Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Toronto

Arushi Nath. Grade 8 Student. Toronto. Arushi Nath On 5 October 2022, I will be delivering a presentation on the photometric observations I have been undertaking on the Didymos asteroid system at the monthly meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Toronto. The presentation, “Photometric observations of Didymos asteroid system before the impact: Using robotic...

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