Encouraging Young Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math: Reflections from the 2023 Launchpad Mentorship Event

November 18, 2023 Vikas Nath Communication, Education and Outreach, Physics and Astronomy

Arushi Nath, Grade 9 Student. Toronto. At the Tundra Launchpad Mentorship Event I had a fantastic opportunity to attend an annual Launchpad Mentorship Event at the University of Toronto’s Hart House on 9 November 2023. Tundra Technical Solutions, a global staffing firm, organized the events. It was aimed at encouraging young women to pursue STEM-oriented careers....

How Science and Innovations from Canada Impact Us: Reflections from the NSERC 2023 Prizes Ceremony

November 2, 2023 Vikas Nath Communication, Education and Outreach, Physics and Astronomy

Arushi Nath. Grade 9 Student. Toronto On 1 November 2023, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) awarded this year’s top NSERC Awards at a ceremony held at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa. As a back-to-back winner of the top awards of the 2023 and 2022 Canada-Wide Science Fair, I...

Underwater Acoustics Data Challenge Workshop 2023: Using Machine Learning to Identify Bioacoustic Signals

October 15, 2023 Vikas Nath Communication, Education and Outreach, Physics and Astronomy

Artash Nath, Grade 12 Student. Toronto. A two-day residential Underwater Acoustics Data Challenge Workshop 2023 was organized by the “Special Interest Group for Underwater Acoustics (SIGUA)” of the UK Acoustics Network on 11-12 September 2023 at Guyers House, near Bath, UK. The workshop objectives were to explore solutions to research challenges set by industry. 30...

My Depute: Cuts in Transit are Barriers to Education – Say Yes to Commercial Parking Levy and Other Revenue Ideas

August 24, 2023 Vikas Nath Communication, Education and Outreach, Physics and Astronomy

Arushi Nath. Grade 9. Toronto Predictable, stable, and adequate funding is essential for city governments to produce public goods and services we enjoy daily, from picking up garbage to public parks, shelters, welfare and recreational programmes, and public transit. The funding should be determined by our vision and the standards of services that cities should...

Dark Skies and Bright Pixels: Taking photometric and spectroscopic measurements at Starfest 2023

August 22, 2023 Vikas Nath Communication, Education and Outreach, Physics and Astronomy

Arushi Nath, 14 years. Toronto, Met My Telesope at the Riverplace Campground The 2023 Starfest happened in the River Place Campground in Ayton, Ontario, from 17 to 20 August. Starfest is Canada’s largest annual amateur astronomy conference and star party organized by North York Astronomical Association (NYAA). Each year, it attracts hundreds of astronomy enthusiasts,...

Bringing Change at the Toronto City Hall: Cannot Vote but Have a Voice

July 13, 2023 Vikas Nath Communication, Education and Outreach, Physics and Astronomy

Arushi Nath. 13 years. Grade 8. Toronto. Starting my bike ride with Olivia Chow all the way to the City Hall for her swear-in as the Mayor of Toronto. (Picture Credit: @BikeLaneDiary) Olivia Chow was sworn in as Toronto’s 66th mayor today (12 July 2023). She is the first racialized and only the third women...

Racing for Ocean Science and Youth Engagement: Insights from the Youth Ocean Summit, Aarhus, Denmark

July 9, 2023 Vikas Nath Communication, Education and Outreach, Physics and Astronomy

Artash Nath. Founder. MonitorMyOcean.com, Grade 11 Student. Toronto Giving a talk on the rise in underwater noise levels in global oceans I was honoured to be a RISE delegate sponsored by the 11th Hour Racing at the Ocean Youth Summit held in Aarhus, Denmark, from 30 May to 2 June 2023. 11th Hour Racing uses...

Canada-Wide Science Fair 2023: Winning the Best of the Fair Award (Innovation), Gold Medal, Best of Category, Youth Can Innovate, Excellence in Astronomy and Actuarial Foundation Award for Planetary Defense and Measuring the Success of Asteroid Deflection

May 27, 2023 Vikas Nath Communication, Education and Outreach, Physics and Astronomy

Arushi Nath, Grade 8 Student, Toronto The 2023 Canada-Wide Science Fair (CWSF) took place in Edmonton, Alberta, from May 14 to 19, 2023. It was the first in-person event since 2019 because of the pandemic. The 61st edition of the national science fair brought together some 396 regional science fair finalists from 7th to 12th...

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

January 31, 2023 Vikas Nath Communication, Education and Outreach, Physics and Astronomy

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...

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

January 17, 2023 Vikas Nath Communication, Education and Outreach, Physics and Astronomy

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,...

Author: Vikas Nath