What is STEAM? What type of work do STEAM researchers do? How do I get started in a STEAM career? These questions will be answered by researchers from diverse backgrounds in all STEAM disciplines at the Youth DiverSTEAM Symposium. Learn more about the exciting research happening in Ontario's hospital-based research institutes from their passionate scientists in this virtual, video game style symposium on May 25, 2022. Students will also have the chance to win prizes.
Register by May 13th!

Faculty and graduate students at UVic will share information about how youth can build mental health. Using the toolkit of the Mental Health Awareness Week, we will discuss how we can develop empathy!

How can we build resilience and adapt to harsh realities while we tackle key challenges? Join us for an insightful keynote from Canada Research Chair in Environment, Society and Policy, Jackie Dawson. Jackie will be breaking down the IPCC report and pulling out the key elements to know for high schoolers and what they can take from it for their daily lives.

Get ready for fizzy fun: we are making bath bombs! It often takes more than six months and a team of chemists to develop personal care products. We will make bath bombs while learning about product development and the chemistry behind these fizzy products!

Preparation for 2 bath bombs: baking soda (1 cup), citric acid (3/4 cup), cornstarch (2/3 cup), water, measuring cups (1/4 cup, 1/3 cup), gloves, clean surface to work on, silicone molds (or cookie cutters with plastic wrap or small bowl with tin foil). Optional: Epson salt (1 cup), food colouring.

Expert: Lexie Griffith is a cosmetic chemist whose work involves formulating cosmetics and personal care products.

Get ready for fizzy fun: we are making bath bombs! It often takes more than six months and a team of chemists to develop personal care products. We will make bath bombs while learning about product development and the chemistry behind these fizzy products!

Preparation for 2 bath bombs: baking soda (1 cup), citric acid (3/4 cup), cornstarch (2/3 cup), water, measuring cups (1/4 cup, 1/3 cup), gloves, clean surface to work on, silicone molds (or cookie cutters with plastic wrap or small bowl with tin foil). Optional: Epson salt (1 cup), food colouring.

Expert: Lexie Griffith is a cosmetic chemist whose work involves formulating cosmetics and personal care products.

Join Let’s Talk Science Outreach to read Renée Carrière’s book “Muskrats and Fire” and complete an activity on animals and the place they call home.

A travelling exhibit of gemstones has arrived at the Canadian Gemology Museum. But before they have even been put out on display, someone has stolen the most valuable jewels from a locked safe! In this event, participants will take on the role of forensic investigators. With your scientific knowledge, critical thinking skills, and some teamwork, can you eliminate suspects and solve the crime?

Join Let’s Talk Science Outreach to read the book “Moon Pops” by Heena Baek and complete an activity on the moon phases!

Join the StemCellTalks team in Vancouver to learn more about neural stem cells. Students will be able to hear renowned researchers and post-secondary students talk about the biology of neural stem cells, and how damage to neural stem cells can cause diseases.

The Black Youth STEM and Coding Clubs have been designed to introduce youth to STEM concepts including engineering design, scientific inquiry and the fundamentals of coding.

Explore the Universe - from the comfort of your home! During these family-friendly sessions, a DDO Astronomer will answer your questions about the observatory, astronomy and space, telescopes, and the motions of the sky using powerful astronomy software and eye-catching visuals!

This program provides an illustrated one-hour presentation and discussion about what exciting celestial events to look for each season. The events and phenomena will be explained using simple language, with recommendations about how best to observe and photograph them. Only one registration per household is required.

The Black Youth STEM and Coding Clubs have been designed to introduce youth to STEM concepts including engineering design, scientific inquiry and the fundamentals of coding.

Safely observe the sun with us, from the comfort of your home! During these family-friendly sessions, a DDO Astronomer will answer your questions about our closest star: the sun!

The Black Youth STEM and Coding Clubs have been designed to introduce youth to STEM concepts including engineering design, scientific inquiry and the fundamentals of coding.

In this 3-day virtual series: Aug 3-5, 2022 (1-4pm each day), high school students get to learn about the different areas of science and research, and explore careers in these sectors including doctors, scientists, clinical research coordinators, lab technicians and more. Students will get to participate in interactive and engaging activities each day and network with leading scientists and healthcare professionals from UHN. Everyone who attends all three days will get a certificate of completion for the program!

In this 3-day virtual series: Aug 3-5, 2022 (1-4pm each day), high school students get to learn about the different areas of science and research, and explore careers in these sectors including doctors, scientists, clinical research coordinators, lab technicians and more. Students will get to participate in interactive and engaging activities each day and network with leading scientists and healthcare professionals from UHN. Everyone who attends all three days will get a certificate of completion for the program!

In this 3-day virtual series: Aug 3-5, 2022 (1-4pm each day), high school students get to learn about the different areas of science and research, and explore careers in these sectors including doctors, scientists, clinical research coordinators, lab technicians and more. Students will get to participate in interactive and engaging activities each day and network with leading scientists and healthcare professionals from UHN. Everyone who attends all three days will get a certificate of completion for the program!

2022 Research Symposium - Part of the 2022 Energy Week, celebrating excellence in energy research across the UofA.

Featuring presentations from Future Energy Systems students and post-doctoral fellows, this event showcases research and provides unique interdisciplinary networking opportunities for all participants. This year's symposium will remain online highlighting work.

On Monday, 26 September at 13:00-15:00, five minute research talks will be followed by a question period and discussion.

It’s been said that a chemical engineer is someone who talks chemistry to mechanical engineers and mechanical engineering to chemists, but there is much more to the story than that. Chemical engineers take ideas/concepts (such as a new compound or a new reaction) to fruition (large scale industrial processes). Chemical engineering is at the forefront of the push for transitioning to the sustainable energy systems of the future, and plays important roles in renewable energy production, energy storage (batteries and fuel cells), negative emissions technologies (such as carbon capture) and environmental management.

While chemical engineering may seem complex, almost everything about it can be understood through the process of making coffee, because the elements of roasting and brewing coffee are small scale versions of chemical process systems. I will try to demystify chemical engineering through the example of coffee, and also make a case for the importance of chemical engineering in a sustainable future.

Vinay Prasad is the Chair of the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta, and holds the Jaffer Professorship in Process Systems and Control Engineering. He has a PhD in chemical engineering with a specialization in process control and optimization, and has significant industrial and academic experience in chemical engineering. He conducts research on the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning to process and manufacturing systems.