Heritage Youth Researcher Summer Program
2004 Competition Results
The response to the fifth offering of the Heritage Youth Researcher Summer (HYRS) Program was excellent with 206 applications from 72 schools throughout the province. We are especially grateful to all teachers who were references for the students. We truly appreciate your efforts and look forward to meeting you at the HYRS Finale which will include Teachers' Day and the Teachers’ Workshop later on in the summer (invitations will be sent to all refereeing teachers).
On May 28 the three HYRS adjudication committee members - all teachers, from Drayton Valley, Red Deer, and Calgary—met to select the 45 applicants for HYRS 2004. Twenty HYRS positions are at the University of Alberta, 20 are at the University of Calgary, and five students are at the University of Lethbridge. The HYRS participants come from 42 high schools in total.
Four criteria helped them with their selection:
- applicants had to have taken required math and science subjects and have achieved at least an 85% average
- two teacher references
- an external reference from someone in their community
- a well thought-out essay that answered the essay questions clearly, compellingly and creatively.
The Grade 11 students will be returning to their high school in the fall and will be on-site ambassadors for the program for other students in their school, thus fulfilling one of the main goals of the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research in developing the HYRS Program. Another guideline for the HYRS adjudication committee was to select a proportional representation of rural and urban participants to reflect the overall submissions.
Seventeen students are from schools outside Edmonton, Calgary and Lethbridge. The following students are the HYRS participants for Summer 2004:
HYRS Program at the University of Calgary
| Community |
Name |
School |
Mentor |
| Calgary |
Lucas Badenduk |
Lord Beaverbrook HS |
Dr. Jay Cross |
| Calgary |
Amberene Chunara |
John G. Diefenbaker HS |
Dr. Chris Mody |
| Calgary |
Allyse Curry |
Bishop O'Byrne |
Dr. Marie Fraser |
| Ponoka |
Lacina Desjarlais |
Ponoka Composite HS |
Dr. Shabih Hasan |
| Calgary |
Zetan Du |
Sir Winston Churchill HS |
Dr. Todd Anderson |
| Drumheller |
Lesley Durward |
Drumheller Composite HS |
Dr. Andrew Braun |
| Calgary |
Sarah Fung |
Western Canada HS |
Dr. Jeb Gaudet |
| Red Deer |
Jennifer Hamman |
Lindsay Thurber CHS |
Dr. Cairine Logan |
| Claresholm |
Martin Helmer |
Willow Creek Composite HS |
Dr. Pere Santamaria |
| Calgary |
Audrey Kertesz |
Henry Wise Wood HS |
Dr. Jay Worobets |
| Brooks |
John Kmech |
Brooks Composite HS |
Dr. Ross Mitchell |
| Calgary |
Graham Kopjar |
St. Francis HS |
Dr. Frank Jirik |
| Calgary |
Sandeep Koshy |
William Aberhart HS |
Dr. Naweed Syed |
| Calgary |
Caitlin Logan |
Cochrane HS |
Dr. Francine Smith |
| Calgary |
Eliza Prefontaine |
Prince of Peace Luthern |
Dr. Daniel Lai |
| Calgary |
Salma Shivji |
West Island College |
Dr. Jun Yan |
| Red Deer |
Jennifer Thompson |
Notre Dame HS |
Dr. Jens Coorssen |
| Calgary |
Matthew Warchol |
Bishop Carroll HS |
Dr. Mark Swain |
| Okotoks |
Scott Warren |
Holy Trinity Academy |
Dr. Michael Surette |
| Calgary |
Carolyn Wong |
Dr. E. P. Scarlett HS |
Dr. Ken Lukowiak |
HYRS Program at the University of Alberta
| Community |
Name |
School |
Mentor |
| Sherwood Park |
Daniel D'Lima |
Archbishop Jordan CHS |
Dr. Jason Acker |
| La Crete |
Dennis Eriks |
La Crete Public School |
Dr. Klaus Ballanyi |
| Edmonton |
Joyce Fung |
Archbishop MacDonald |
Dr. Keith Bagnall |
| St. Albert |
Eric Gaudet |
Bellerose Composite HS |
Dr. Tessa Gordon |
| Tofield |
Tadhg Hackett |
Tofield School |
Dr. Carole Estabrooks |
| Edmonton |
Priyanka Hansraj |
Old Scona Academic |
Dr. Sandra Davidge |
| Camrose |
Fraser Harland |
Camrose Composite HS |
Dr. Cindy Jardine |
| Wetaskiwin |
Natalie Jaburek |
Wetaskiwin Composite HS |
Dr. Ted Putman |
| Whitecourt |
Jordan Jenkins |
Hilltop High School |
Dr. Jonathan Lakey |
| Fort McMurray |
Genevieve Kalnins |
Westwood Community HS |
Dr. Redwan Moqbel |
| Edmonton |
Brendan Koch |
Jasper Place HS |
Dr. Peter Light |
| Edmonton |
Pen Li |
J. Percy Page HS |
Dr. Chris Sturdy |
| Fort McMurray |
Ryan Loo |
Fort McMurray CHS |
Dr. Gary Lopaschuk |
| Grande Prairie |
Justin Ma |
Grande Prairie CHS |
Dr. Fred Tse |
| Sherwood Park |
Blake Murdoch |
Salisbury Composite HS |
Dr. Fred Colbourne |
| Edmonton |
Tim Pyra |
Louis St. Laurent HS |
Dr. Michelle Battie |
| Fort McMurray |
Caileigh Rhind |
Westwood Community HS |
Dr. Babita Agrawal |
| Sherwood Park |
Alex Tamm |
Salisbury Composite HS |
Dr. David Collins |
| Grande Prairie |
Heather Tangen |
St. Joseph's Catholic HS |
Dr. Markus Stein |
| Edmonton |
Bohdarianna Zorniak |
Austin O'BrienHS |
Dr. Rachel Wevrick |
HYRS Program at the University of Lethbridge
| Community |
Name |
School |
Mentor |
| Lethbridge |
Lisa Furukawa |
Winston Churchill HS |
Dr. Ian Whishaw |
| Lethbridge |
Jennifer Lapointe |
Catholic Central HS |
Dr. Glen Prusky |
| Lethbridge |
Taryn Myhre |
Catholic Central HS |
Dr. Robert Sutherland |
| Lethbridge |
Kelly Stephen |
Lethbridge Collegiate Inst. |
Dr. Steve Mosimann |
| Lethbridge |
Jeanne Xie |
Winston Churchill HS |
Dr. Gerlinde Metz |
Archive of HYRS from Previous Years
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