Division of categories

Grade 5

Offered by Kativik Ilisarniliriniq

Grade 6

Offered by Cree Regional Economic Enterprises

Secondary 1

Offered by Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council.

Secondary 2 and 3

Offered by Conseil tribal Mamuitun (Innu)

Secondary 4 and 5

Offered by Solutions Radon MB (Maniwaki)

* Each school can register only one team per category.
* Students can compete individually or in teams of two.

Prizes

Cash prizes will be given for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each category. Participation awards will be presented to each participant.

Awards of Excellence

In addition to the above prizes, there will be five awards of excellence presented to the teams who demonstrate an exceptional performance in communication, and for projects that highlight cultural heritage, environment, health and innovation. The two winning teams of the Scientific Development award offered by the Réseau de l'Université du Québec will receive a visit from a professor-researcher at their school.

Canada-Wide Science Fair

The Canada Wide Science Fair is organized annually on the second week of May by Youth Science Canada. The best teams from secondary schools of the Quebec Aboriginal Science Fair (Maximum of 4 students) have the honour of representing the Aboriginal Quebec Autochtone region at the Canada Wide Science Fair. All expenses are covered.

Projects presented at the Canada Wide Science Fair are also exposed on the web platform, Project Board. See: https://projectboard.world/ysc/

Youth Science Canada challenges target eight issues that are meant to inspire students by answering a question or solving a problem by doing a science project. For further information see the descriptions below.

Agriculture, Fisheries & Food

My project helps ensure food security, sustainability or competitiveness in agriculture, fisheries or food production.

Curiosity & Ingenuity

My project helps improve our understanding or address a problem in an area of STEM not covered by the other challenges.

Digital Technology

My project helps improve our quality of life or transform existing products and services through digital devices, methods or systems.

Disease & Illness

My project helps enhance our diagnosis, treatment or understanding of disease, or the management of physical or mental illness.

Energy

My project helps improve our use of current energy sources, enable the transition to alternative energy sources, or reduce our energy footprint.

Environment & Climate Change

My project helps ensure the quality of water, air, soil or the diversity of living things, or manage the impact of climate change.

Health & Wellness

My project helps prevent disease or promote physical, social, emotional, spiritual, environmental, occupational, or intellectual wellbeing.

Natural Resources

My project helps ensure the sustainable management, use, reuse or recycling of Earth’s finite or renewable natural resource.

If your project is difficult to categorize, put it in Curiosity and Ingenuity.

Consult: http://cwsf.youthscience.ca to learn more about the CWSF.

MILSET Expo-Sciences International

For the first time in 2019, a winning team from the ASF-Québec participated at the MILSET Expo-sciences internationale (ESI Mouvement international pour le loisir scientifique et de la technologie). The International Movement for Leisure Activities in Science and Technology is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation, which aims at developing scientific culture among young people. The MILSET Science fair is for youth aged from 15 to 25 years old and is held every two years in a different country. MILSET Expo-Sciences is a non-competitive exhibition that showcases STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) projects developed by youth from around the world. The MILSET ESI was cancelled in 2021.