GOLD
Grade: 9
2026

Mitigating Prediabetes: Building and Testing a Software-Enabled Recommendation Engine

Ashna Ganeshalingam, Avni Ganeshalingam
Webber Academy

The purpose of this project is to first build a software enabled recommendation engine that can assist prediabetics in mitigating postprandial glucose spikes. The goal of this is to eventually prevent the onset of diabetes.

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Awards
Alberta Society of Gastroenterology Award
Shad Community Changemaker Award
SILVER
Grade: 8
2026

Mitigating Soil Salinity and Sodicity with Amendments

Reyansh Chandra
R. T. Alderman School

I will be determining which soil-remediating amendment, when integrated into the soil, increases the salt content in the leachate most effectively.

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Awards
Buckley Family Award For Earth Sciences (Secondary)
GOLD
Grade: 11
2026

Modular VTOL Drone for Multi-delivery Operations

Jaden Sidhu
James Fowler High School

I am taking a concept from PteroDynamics' X-P4 Transwing Aircraft and making a small delivery drone version for delivering equipment and supplies to hostile weather conditions and locations at ranges only aircraft can reach. For civilian use only.

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Awards
Calgary Flying Club Aviation Award
HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 5
2026

Molecules On The Move! How does matter change state?

Sonja Polanski
John Costello Catholic School

I will be explaining how matter changes state using food science to show how the molecules can change form, shape, and color.

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HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 9
2026

Moment before Movement

Shiloh Mwebaze
Mount Royal School

An experience familiar to anyone who has prepared for a presentation, or a performance, your heart begins to pound, and your focus narrows, but often 15-20min before. My project is about how the length of anticipation duration affects the heart rate..

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HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 9
2026

Murder Case Analysis

Helena Caetano Bento, Theadora Fraser
William D. Pratt School

We will be diving into solved and unsolved murder cases, compairing and contrasting. Each pair of cases will be similar, but the time frame is different, thereby the tech in more advanced.

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GOLD
Grade: 5
2026

My Solar Oven using Pizza Box

Joshua Francis
Fairview School

This project shows how a pizza box can be turned into a solar oven using sunlight. The oven traps heat to warm food and helps explain how solar energy works.

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HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 8
2026

Nanobots for Life After Cancer: Monitoring and Early Detection

Amelie Gorbani
STEM Innovation Academy Jr. High SW

Explore how cutting-edge nanotechnology is revolutionizing cancer survivorship care. Microscopic nanobots offer cancer survivors continuous, real-time health monitoring by detecting biomarkers and early warning signs of recurrence at the cellular level. T

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BRONZE
Grade: 9
2026

Nanorobots targeting Plaque in Aorta, Coronary, And Carotid Arteries: A Triple Approach To Preventing Heat Attacks

Meghna Shanmugam, Pallavi Shanmugam
West Island College

Our project models how nanorobots could target plaque in three critical arteries: ascending aorta, coronary arteries, and carotid arteries. Multiple nanorobots reach targets faster, illustrating possibilities for preventing heart attacks and strokes.

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