Quinte jr & intermediate schools test their bridges with local experts. A lively discussion follows about the technical aspects with students, teachers and parents.

Youth are invited to a virtual seminar focused on STEM topics designed to inspire them to pursue the engineering profession.

Redefining the role of engineers and our understanding of the relationship between engineering, technology and society to help make the world a better place.

Featuring the winners of the YIS creative projects from grades 3-8 aspiring engineers’ with a discussion including established engineers, students, teachers and members.

Student teams investigate a product’s end of life. They propose solutions to reduce the environmental impact and improve the design to make it more circular.

Join the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Toronto Centre, from the comfort of your home, for a virtual star party! Up in the Sky provides an illustrated 90-minute 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. We’ll also take a virtual tour of the David Dunlap Observatory. Deadline to register for this program is Friday, March 26, 2021 at 3pm. Prior to the start of the program, you will be emailed information on the virtual program links and any specific information relating to your program.

Join the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Toronto Centre, from the comfort of your home, to explore and understand the night sky! A DDO Astronomer will provide accurate and detailed answers to your astronomy and space-related questions in simple language using pictures, illustrations, and sophisticated computer simulations during these live video meetings. Deadline to register for this program is Friday, March 26, 2021 at 3pm. Prior to the start of the program, you will be emailed information on the virtual program links and any specific information relating to your program.

Vaccines have brought us a dose - or two - of hope in an otherwise relentlessly challenging pandemic. But it’s not vaccines that save lives: vaccinations do. And their invisible triumph over disease has made them a victim of their own success. Join RCIScience for an interactive panel discussion to discover the science behind the COVID-19 vaccines and understand why we have a complicated relationship with vaccines. We’ll answer your questions and discuss how the COVID-19 vaccines were safely developed and approved in record time without compromising safety, how they work, what to expect after you’re vaccinated, and how to combat misinformation and disinformation around vaccinations in your personal networks.

Have a burning question about energy? Our past, present or energy future? This week, our question was submitted by an elementary school student: what is biomass energy? Launching at 9am EST, check out the response of Dagem Haddis, PhD candidate from the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Science.

Do you have your own question? Submit at https://www.futureenergysystems.ca/resources/learning/submit-your-energy-question.

Check out Dagem's research: https://www.futureenergysystems.ca/research/researcher-directory/1248

Plongez dans une conversation en français avec deux ingénieurs et une étudiante sur les possibilités infinies qu’offre la profession.

Spring and fall, when the Earth's magnetic defenses are weaker, are the best times in the year to see the Northern Lights. We'll review the physics of the aurorae, including a Canadian connection, and show you how to be alerted when aurora are predicted.Those beautiful glowing curtains in the sky can be quite tricky to capture. We’ll talk about tips, tricks and tools you can use to help you observe and photograph this fleeting phenomenon.

Explore how and why learning is changing in the 21st Century, how it’s become essential to personal growth and career survival and what trends might come next.

In this video, we talk about the use of a carbon-based material made from coal (nano humus) as an adsorbent to remove heavy metals in coal mine reclamation.

Launching at 9am EST, Meet Yihan Zhao, a PhD Candidate in Dr. M Anne Naeth's lab in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Science. The research falls under the category: Monitoring, management, and mitigation. You can learn more at https://www.futureenergysystems.ca/research/researcher-directory/895.

Click here for the script so anyone can enjoy Energy In A Flash: https://www.futureenergysystems.ca/public/download/files/176638

Flex those factoid muscles with Ingenium’s virtual trivia night! It will be like your favourite pub trivia, just without the pub. On Thursday, April 1st, we’ll be hosting a STEM-themed bilingual trivia night over Zoom. Themes will include general knowledge, history, lost in the Ingenium archives, and more! The difficulty level of the questions will be geared towards an adult audience; however, the questions will still be suitable for kids (i.e. PG-13) if they want to participate.

Have a burning question about energy? Our past, present or energy future? This week, our question was submitted by a Grade 5 student: what is climate change? Launching at 9am EST, check out Marina Lazic’s, PhD Candidate from the Faculty of Science, Biological Sciences, response.

Do you have your own question? Submit at https://www.futureenergysystems.ca/resources/learning/submit-your-energy-question.

Check out Marina’s research at https://www.futureenergysystems.ca/research/researcher-directory/1157.

Indigenous Peoples worldwide have had close and reciprocal relationships with their environments and with the other species on which they depend. Their relationships are underlain with worldviews that encompass other lifeforms as our generous relatives, to whom we, in turn, owe respect and caring. The lessons are embedded in stories, ceremonies and practical teachings.

Presentation by Nancy Turner, PhD, former Hakai Professor in Ethnoecology, Professor Emeritus, School of Environmental Studies

Sheryl Murdock, PhD Seminar
SEOS, UVic
“Cutting through the noise: what co-occurrences can tell us about microbial ecology at deep-sea hydrothermal vents”

NATURAL HISTORY NIGHT The BC Parks iNaturalist Project: Using Community Science to Inform Conservation iNaturalist is the largest community science platform in the world, and it’s growing exponentially. John Reynolds and Brian Starzomski will explore the ways in which community science projects such as iNaturalist can be used to learn about biodiversity, emphasizing its use in documenting species in BC’s provincial park system. They will also consider how iNaturalist and other community science platforms are informing conservation assessments, with an emphasis on Canadian species at risk.

To join us, please register in advance for this meeting by entering this link in your browser and following the instructions: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpc-ChrTgqE9SJXYKQo7ycE1anKPx9teih or go to the VNHS online calendar and click on the link in the April 13 Marine Night entry. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing a URL link and a passcode which you enter at the time of the talk.