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The NSERC Awards for Science Promotion recognize individuals and groups who inspire others by promoting science to the general public.
These awards are an opportunity for Canada’s science community to recognize, support and encourage outstanding science promoters.
Individual recipients receive a $10,000 award, and group recipients receive a $25,000 award. The funds are intended to support further science promotion activities in Canada, and must be used in accordance with the
Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science, and Technology (WISEST) has been engaging women and other underrepresented groups in science, engineering and technology since 1982.
As a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) outreach trailblazer in Canada, WISEST heightens awareness and…
Pierre Chastenay began his career in astronomy at age 16, when he worked as a host and guide at the observatory of the Cégep de Trois-Rivières. Now he travels all over Quebec and around the world to speak before various organizations, such as amateur astronomy clubs, and to participate in various…
You can’t talk about math literacy and outreach in Canada without mentioning Dr. Joseph Khoury. Dr. Khoury has more than two decades of furthering mathematics through community outreach activities, while also helping advance the importance of having a solid foundation in Mathematics among young…
The Royal Canadian Institute for Science (RCIScience) is the recipient of the NSERC Award for Science Promotion (Organization). Since its founding in 1849, the Institute has helped shape the scientific landscape of Canada and it currently fills a critical need: to foster public engagement with…
Dr. Jennifer Campos is a Canada Research Chair (II), Senior Scientist, and Associate Director – Academics at the KITE (Knowledge Innovation, Talent, Everywhere) Research Institute, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute - University Health Network. She is also an Associate Professor of Psychology at the…
The University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Engineering Outreach Team is the recipient of this year’s NSERC Award for Science Promotion (Group), thanks to its success in delivering science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programming to K-12 girls and young women in the Ottawa and Gatineau…
Dr. Kevin Hewitt is the recipient of the 2020 NSERC Award for Science Promotion (Individual).
A professor of Physics and Chair of Senate at Dalhousie University, Dr. Hewitt’s
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