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Heritage Youth Researcher Summer Program
2006 Competition Results
The response to the seventh offering of the Heritage Youth Researcher Summer (HYRS) Program was excellent with 171 applications from 81 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 or the Teachers' Workshops later on in the summer (invitations will be sent to all refereeing teachers). On May 29 the HYRS adjudication committee members - all teachers, from Sherwood Park, Lethbridge, Spruce Grove, Calgary, and Edmonton - met to select the 45 applicants for HYRS 2006. 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 43 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. Fifteen students are from schools outside Edmonton, Calgary and Lethbridge.
The following students are the HYRS participants for Summer 2006:
HYRS Program at the University of Calgary
| Community |
Name |
School |
Mentor |
| Red Deer |
Nicole Choi |
Lindsay Thurber |
Dr. Dave Schriemer |
| Calgary |
Martha Decker |
St. Mary's |
Dr. Derek Exner |
| Calgary |
Ming Yang Gao |
John G. Diefenbaker |
Dr. Patrick Whelan |
| Calgary |
Shervin Ghafouri |
Western Canada |
Dr. James McGhee |
| Cochrane |
Tyrone Harrison |
Cochrane H.S. |
Dr. Wallace MacNaughton |
| Calgary |
Sean Heisler |
Bishop Carroll |
Dr. Richard Wilson |
| Brooks |
Laura Hemsing |
Brooks Comp. |
Dr. Marc Poulin |
| Canmore |
Aimee Kernick |
Canmore Collegiate |
Dr. Francine Smith |
| Calgary |
Manyee Kong |
Queen Elizabeth |
Dr. Kamala Patel |
| Calgary |
Brittany Logan |
Cochrane H.S. |
Dr. Jeffrey Gaudet |
| Calgary |
Sarah Mah |
Webber Academy |
Dr. Nicole Culos-Reed |
| Calgary |
Muzaffar Sayeed |
James Fowler |
Dr. Ken Lukowiak |
| Calgary |
Yazhini Subramanian |
Sir Winston Churchill |
Dr. Sarah Childs |
| Calgary |
Vishal Varshney |
Dr. E.P. Scarlett |
Dr. Naweed Syed |
| Pincher Creek |
Jennifer Weekes |
St. Michael's |
Dr. Pere Santamaria |
| Claresholm |
Jayne Wenlock |
Willow Creek Comp. |
Dr. Daniel Lai |
| Red Deer |
Chanelle Willson |
Notre Dame |
Dr. Marie Fraser |
| Calgary |
Jillian Wishart |
William Aberhart |
Dr. Christopher Mody |
| Calgary |
Holly Wobma |
Father Lacombe |
Dr. Jun Yan |
| Calgary |
Nancy Zhao |
Henry Wisewood |
Dr. Vanina Zaremberg |
HYRS Program at the University of Alberta
| Community |
Name |
School |
Mentor |
| Edmonton |
Ryan Au |
M.E.Lazerte |
Dr. David Stuart |
| Westlock |
Luke Baron |
Richard F Staples |
Dr. Warren Gallin |
| Hinton |
Matthew Caputo |
Harry Collinge |
Dr. Gina Rayat |
| Lloydminister |
Eric Chan |
Holy Rosary |
Dr. Brian Sykes |
| Peace River |
Alanna Friesen |
Peace River H.S. |
Dr. Chris Sturdy |
| Edson |
Vasiliki Giannitsos |
Parkland Comp. |
Dr. Lori West |
| Edmonton |
Vincent Jeong |
Old Scona Academic |
Dr. Ming Chan |
| Edmonton |
Matthew Karpman |
Ross Sheppard |
Dr. Carlos Fernandez-Patron |
| Edmonton |
Alexander Lee |
Archbishop Macdonald |
Dr. Karim Fouad |
| Sherwood Park |
Mila Luchak |
Archbishop Jordan |
Dr. Kim Raine |
| Edmonton |
Adam Maunder |
Austin O'Brien |
Dr. Gordon Francis |
| Edmonton |
Nick Maycher |
St. Francis Xavier |
Dr. Paul Melancon |
| Edmonton |
Chongya Niu |
Strathcona Comp. |
Dr. Sarah Hughes |
| Edmonton |
Lauren Ryan |
Louis St.Laurent |
Dr. Kathy Hegadoren |
| Edmonton |
Avijeet Sarker |
Harry Ainley |
Dr. Tessa Gordon |
| Edmonton |
Zahir Shivji |
Tempo School |
Dr. Christian Beaulieu |
| Beaumont |
Amy Smith |
Beaumont Comp. |
Dr. Wendy Austin |
| Ardrossan |
Terri Waller |
Ardrossan H.S. |
Dr. Amy Tse |
| Whitecourt |
Kimberley Watson |
St.Joseph |
Dr. Gary Lopaschuk |
| Edmonton |
Fan Yang |
McNally |
Dr. Thomas Simmen |
HYRS Program at the University of Lethbridge
| Community |
Name |
School |
Mentor |
| Lethbridge |
Brynna Brown-Pokarney |
Lethbridge Collegiate Inst. |
Dr. Ian Whishaw |
| Lethbridge |
Kevan Bryant |
Winston Churchill |
Dr. Glen Prusky |
| Lethbridge |
Tanner Heggie |
Lethbridge Collegiate Inst. |
Dr. Bryan Kolb |
| Lethbridge |
Amber Mueller |
Catholic Central |
Dr. Robbin Gibb |
| Lethbridge |
Laura Vogelsang |
Catholic Central |
Dr. Robert Sutherland |
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