Winning Indo-Canadian Students!

Winning Indo-Canadian students’ works were among the impressive showcase of science projects on display at last week’s South Fraser Regional Science Fair (SFRSF) held at Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s (KPU) Surrey campus. “The science fair has greatly contributed to my growing interest in science and I have learned a lot through my project,” says Devika Vishwanath, a grade 10 student from Seaquam Secondary, and one of the winning Indo-Canadian students going on the all-expenses paid trip to Windsor. “My project this year on free-space laser communication has given me a new field to consider.” In all, 138 students from grades 7-12 participated in the annual science fair. Over 55 expert judges evaluated the inventive projects and determined scores based on scientific thought, original creativity, visual display and oral presentation. Gold, silver, bronze and recognition awards were handed out to junior, intermediate and senior science projects. Eight students will be advancing to the Canada-Wide Science Fair, which will be held May 10-17 in Windsor, Ontario. Devika and the other seven winning students are seen here with Minister of Education Peter Fassbender, Minister of Children and Family Development Stephanie Cadieux and Patti Leigh, executive director of Science Fair Foundation BC.