Ontario Science Centre: Ours to Discover, Not to Destroy
Arushi Nath, Grade 9 Student Most school students may be too young to vote. But we have a voice and we use it to protect our interests. The decision of […]
Representing Canada and Winning Second Prize at 2023 European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS)
Arushi Nath, Grade 9 Student, Toronto The 34th edition of the European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) took place in Brussels, Belgium, from 12 to 17 September 2023. EUCYS […]
Encouraging Young Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math: Reflections from the 2023 Launchpad Mentorship Event
Arushi Nath, Grade 9 Student. Toronto. 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 […]
How Science and Innovations from Canada Impact Us: Reflections from the NSERC 2023 Prizes Ceremony
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 […]
Underwater Acoustics Data Challenge Workshop 2023: Using Machine Learning to Identify Bioacoustic Signals
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 […]
My Depute: Cuts in Transit are Barriers to Education – Say Yes to Commercial Parking Levy and Other Revenue Ideas
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 […]
Dark Skies and Bright Pixels: Taking photometric and spectroscopic measurements at Starfest 2023
Arushi Nath, 14 years. Toronto, 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 […]
Bringing Change at the Toronto City Hall: Cannot Vote but Have a Voice
Arushi Nath. 13 years. Grade 8. Toronto. 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
Artash Nath. Founder. MonitorMyOcean.com, Grade 11 Student. Toronto I was honoured to be a RISE delegate sponsored by the 11th Hour Racing at the Ocean Youth Summit held in Aarhus, […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
ArcticNet 2022 Conference: Climate Change, Indigenous Communities and Research Challenges in the Arctic and My Presentation on Ocean Noise
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 […]
BrainHack Toronto 2022: Neural Oscillations, Flickering Lights and Open-source Biosignals
Arushi Nath. Toronto. Grade 8 Student. BrainHack is a global network of collaborative events that bring together experts, enthusiasts, students and the curious to learn, collaborate and develop projects related […]
My Journey as a Page at the Ontario Legislative Assembly
Arushi Nath, Grade 8. It was the summer holidays of 2022. I was doing the usual fun stuff while schools were closed: summer camps, bike rides, daily runs to my […]
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