Science outreach wins national award

Science outreach wins national award

Science Rendezvous Kingston is recognized for inviting the community to a world-class science festival featuring Queen's researchers.

By Communications Staff

March 4, 2020

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Science Rendezvous Kingston put on one of the largest and most successful Science Rendezvous events in Canada in 2019, attracting over 5,200 visitors. For this work, they were presented with the inaugural STEAM Big! Award from Science Rendezvous Canada at a ceremony in the Agnes Etherington Art Centre on March 3.

The STEAM Big! Award was created to recognize an outstanding Science Rendezvous event. The board of directors and members of Science Rendezvous Canada chose Science Rendezvous Kingston for developing 카지노 게임 컬렉션œan event that went above and beyond, creating a truly world class science festival that successfully ignited an interest in science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM), in their community,카지노 게임 컬렉션 according to a statement from the organization. The 2019 event was the ninth for Science Rendezvous Kingston, and it has grown every year. 

카지노 게임 컬렉션œIt is so important that Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s has a strong relationship with our community and that we create forums where we can share and celebrate educational partnerships. Science Rendezvous provides an exceptional forum for this fundamental outreach. The STEAM Big! Award is a very well-deserved honour,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Principal and Vice-Chancellor Patrick Deane.

Presenting the award

Both Katie Miller and Dwayne Miller 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ Executive Director and Founder & Chair of Science Rendezvous respectively 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ were in Kingston to present the award. Bryan Paterson, Mayor of Kingston, and Alejandro Adem, President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) were also on hand to congratulate the winners. From Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s, Principal Deane and Rebecca Luce-Kapler, Dean of the Faculty of Education, gave remarks, while a video message from MP Mark Gerretsen was played.

Lynda Colgan, Professor in the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s Faculty of Education, and Kim Garrett, co-organizers of Science Rendezvous Kingston were present to accept the national honour.

카지노 게임 컬렉션œThe STEAM BIG award is attributable to the long-term enthusiastic actions of the 450 volunteers who represent a diverse continuum from high school students to Canada Research Chairs. The dedication and generosity of these faculty members, physicians, citizen scientists, and community organizations cannot be understated. Science Rendezvous Kingston would like to express our appreciation to them and share this award with them on behalf of our Kingston community,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Dr. Colgan.

Hosted at the Leon카지노 게임 컬렉션™s Centre, the day featured three headline events. Attendees had an opportunity to meet Astronaut Drew Feustel (PhD카지노 게임 컬렉션™95, DSc카지노 게임 컬렉션™16), former commander of the International Space Station and Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s alumnus at the Ask an Astronaut Q&A. Upon entering the event space, visitors were greeted by Dippy the dinosaur, a casting of a Diplodocus standing over four metres high and 26 metres long. There was also an opportunity to learn about bee health and pollination with the Limestone Beekeepers카지노 게임 컬렉션™ Guild as they demonstrated a working beehive.

Queen's researchers get involved

About 75 per cent of the researchers exhibiting at Science Rendezvous Kingston were Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s affiliated. Some of the highlights of the free, family-oriented event included hands-on exhibits from Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s Anatomy, Hexagon Magic Puzzles, the Art of Research pop-up photo exhibit, demonstrations from Ingenuity Labs, and the Chemistry Magic Show.

Science Rendezvous Kingston is supported by the Office of the Vice-Principal (Research) at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s, the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s Faculty of Education, the Mathematics, Science and Technology Education Group, 카지노게임사이트 Relations, NSERC, and Science Odyssey. It is also made possible by many sponsors, including the City of Kingston, Leon카지노 게임 컬렉션™s Furniture Kingston, Rogers Media, visitkingston.ca, Utilities Kingston, and Research Casting International.

will take place on Saturday, May 9 and will give the Kingston community the chance to meet with scientists and learn about the possibilities of science, technology, engineering, and math. Learn more about Science Rendezvous on their .

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