CAP Contest - Canadian Association of Physicists
This grade 12 challenge will allow students who finish in the top 5
nationwide to be selected to represent Canada in the International Physics
Olympiad. This years Olympiad will be in sunny and beautiful Merida,
Yucatan, Mexico.
http://www.cap.ca/edu/hsprzex.htmL
Opportunities for Writers
Uth Ink is a partnership between Playwrights Guild of Canada and
[murmur]. "Community” themed plays created by youth will be recorded, posted
on the web, and developed into site-specific theatre installations in
communities across Canada. http://uthinkers.ca/
Youth Action Forum is a national magazine published by and for youth. Forum's
mandate is to be a place for young people to share their thoughts, opinions
and experiences with other youth across Canada. Each issue is geared towards
motivating and encouraging youth to educate themselves and be proactive in
their communities http://www.youthactionnetwork.org/
deal.org is a national web site for youth that welcomes articles, poetry,
artwork, fiction, editorials, photography, comic strips, music, video clips
and anything else you can come up with! Their bilingual e-zine is written by
youth, for youth under 29 years of age. http://deal.org/
The Poem Repair Shop is also a weekly radio show that airs on Guelph,
Ontario's Community Radio, CFRU (available via web stream). The show is
produced, in large part, by students. We welcome volunteers who wish to gain
radio experience, young writers who wish to give voice to their writing, on
air hosts, and collaborators. http://www.poemrepairshop.com/
RAMP, a gateway for Toronto teens, is looking for creative writing
submissions for their "Express Yourself" web page.
http://ramp.torontopubliclibrary.ca/secondary/expressyourself/one-content.jsp
The Sheree Fitch Prize for Youth (alternates between prose and poetry each
year).
http://www.umce.ca/wfnb/litcomp.htm
The Claremont Literary Review features the work of young adults and holds an
annual poetry contest. http://www.theclaremontreview.ca/
Teenink is a cool US e-zine that features the work of teens and invites
contributions. http://www.teenink.com/
Wet Ink Magazine is a Canadian e-zine publishing the work of emerging writers
ages 13-19. They also have a great links page with more info on markets,
programs, and other resources for young writers.
http://www.wetinkmagazine.com/home.htm
The Ishar Singh Poetry Contest for Youth, hosted by the Eden Mills Writers
Festival in Eden Mills, Ontario, offers a number of categories and prizes.
http://www.edenmillswritersfestival.ca/
What If? is a literary fiction magazine for ages 12 and up that publishes
poetry, fiction, book reviews, and editorial pieces for the teen/young adult
market. The magazine also hosts regular poetry contests and has the goal of
becoming nationally distributed in schools.
http://www.whatifmagazine.com/
The Charter Challenge
The Charter Challenge is an online simulation for High School students
created to help students gain a better understanding of the Canadian Charter
of Rights and Freedoms. The Charter Challenge involves students in a
collaborative, decision-making situation based on a real-world scenario.
http://www.ojen.ca/eng/programs/show.cfm?id=21
Great Canadian Geography Challenge
As Ontario's only provincial appellate-level mock hearing, the Charter
Challenge has students prepare arguments of Charter issues raised on appeal.
While researching their arguments, students have the opportunity to connect
online with other students around the province, as well as with lawyer
mentors. Their factums are reviewed and finalist teams have the opportunity
to argue the issue before a Court of Appeal judge, either in person or
through video-conferencing.
http://www.geochallenge.ca/geochallenge/about_challenge.asp
U of T Chemistry and Physics Olympiad Preparation Programs
Each year, Canada sends a team of chemistry and physics students to the
International Chemistry and Physics Olympiad competitions. Registration forms
are sent to high schools in October.
http://www.chem.utoronto.ca/IChO.Ontario/index.html
http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/~poptor/
U of T Aristotle Philosophy Contest
The Department of Philosophy hosts one essay competition open to all students
enrolled in a Canadian high school. The Aristotle Philosophy Contest requires
participants to write a 1,200 word essay that develops and defends a position
taken in response to one of five questions. Essays will be judged on quality,
depth, originality of thought, organization of ideas and clarity of
expression.
Questions will be posted on the contest web site in August 2008.
http://www.aristotle.utoronto.ca
U of T French Contest
The French Department will host the U of T French Contest on Wednesday, April
16, 2008 for students in grade 12. Contestants will be tested in three
categories Core French, Core French Plus and Extended/Immersion. The winner
from each category will be awarded a $3,000 scholarship to the Faculty of
Arts and Science.
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/french/contest.
Get Outside Your World!, Engineers Without Borders
Building on Engineers Without Borders' award-winning School Outreach program,
EWB, Honda Canada Foundation and Mountain Equipment Co-op are proud to
announce Get Outside Your World, a national contest for youth. Get Outside
Your World challenges students to do just that - tell us their vision for a
better world.
They want to know what students, grade 6-12 (including CEGEP), envision for a
better world and how we can get there. Submissions can take the form of photo
essays, videos and essays. Prizes for winning submissions include a visit
from an EWB overseas volunteer, a $1,500 scholarship for post-secondary
education, and more. The contest closes on April 30th, 2009
http://www.ewb.ca/en/whatwedo/canada/projects/hso/getoutsideyourworld.html
The Dominion Institute: Essay Contest
The Dominion Institute is challenging young Canadians across the country to
express their views on some important issues facing Canadians today. Using
the book Great Questions of Canada, students are asked to write an essay on
one of the six Great Questions debate topics. The winning entry will receive
a $2000 cash prize, have their essay published on the website and win a trip
to Ottawa for the award ceremonies in November 2009. Additional prizes will
also be awarded for classrooms who participate!
http://www.greatquestions.com/e/bulletin.html
U of T The Tournament of Towns and the Math Kangaroo
The Tournament of Towns and the Math Kangaroo are international mathematics
competitions for high school students.
http://www.math.toronto.edu/oz/turgor/index.php
Sir Isaac Newton Exam
The SIN exam is a prize exam that is run by the Department of Physics at the
University of Waterloo. It is administered by high school physics teachers
across Ontario and around the world..
http://sin.uwaterloo.ca
OAPT Grade 11 Physics Contest - Ontarion Association of Physics Teachers
Date: Tuesday, May 5
Sign up deadline: Thursday, April 30
Cost: $5
See: Mr. Rosenblood
http://www.oapt.ca/grade_11_contest/
2007 Waterloo Math Contests at The Woodlands: See your math teacher for
more details
Contest Date Signup Deadline
Pascal (gr. 9) Feb 20 Jan 20
Cayley (gr. 10) Feb 20 Jan 20
Fermat (gr. 11) Feb 20 Jan 20
Candian Computing Feb 27 Feb 10
Contest
Euclid Contest April 17 March 27
(gr. 12)
Fryer (gr. 9) April 17 March 27
Galios (gr. 10) April 17 March 27
Hypatia (gr. 11) April 17 March 27
http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/navigation/Prospective/contests.shtml
Marion Drysdale Awards
This contest is sponsored by OSSTF to showcase the talents of our students.
This year participants will be asked to explore the topic INNOVATION WITH
PURPOSE. Entries can be made in prose, poetry, visual arts, video, audio or
animation.
http://www.osstf.on.ca/mariondrysdale
sonofi-aventis Biotechnology Challenge
Just like scientists working in industry, universities and research
institutions, students are required to submit a project outline describing
their proposed research to a scientific evaluation committee. Students whose
projects are approved may receive up to $200 in funding to help pay for
equipment, supplies and other costs. For approved projects, the proposal
evaluation committee will attempt to suggest the name(s) of potential
mentors
from the local biotechnology community who may be able to provide students
with access to research materials, expert advice and some of the supplies
and
equipment required to carry out their projects.
http://www.biotechchallenge.ca/en/General/FAQ.html
A Celebration of Young Poets - Poetry Contest
This is an opportunity for you to become a published poet. $3000 in cash
and
prizes will be awarded. Our school could even win a $250 Language Arts
grant.
http://www.poeticpower.com/
This opportunity in space design is quite unique. The University of Toronto
will link each student team with two space design professionals. See Mr.
Courtney for details.
http://utsdc.sa.utoronto.ca
The Dupont Challenge - 20th anniversary
This science essay writing competition offers $5000 dollars for the first
prize essays in the junior and the senior divisions. Winners and finalists
win tours to NASA for themselves, their parents and their TEACHERS!
http://www.glcomm.com/dupont/
The University of Toronto National Biology Competition.
Without question, The Woodlands students have consistently been the best in
Peel Region. See Mrs. Quinn for more details.
http://biocomp.utoronto.ca/
The Scientific Journey: Pathways to Discovery
Combine your science and writing skills to compete in this essay-writing
contest.
http://info@peerweb.org/