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Heritage Youth Researcher Summer Program
2008 Competition Results
The response to the ninth offering of the Heritage Youth Researcher Summer (HYRS) Program was excellent with 139 applications from 64 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. On May 12 the HYRS adjudication committee members - comprised of 4 teachers, from Sherwood Park, Lethbridge, Calgary, and Edmonton, and one researcher from the University of Calgary - met to select the 48 applicants for HYRS 2008. Twenty HYRS positions are at the University of Alberta, 22 are at the University of Calgary as the Hotchkiss Brain Institute is funding three positions (one of which is at the University of Lethbridge), and six students are at the University of Lethbridge. 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.
The following students are the HYRS participants for Summer 2008:
HYRS Program at the University of Alberta
| Community |
Name |
School |
Mentor |
| Mannville |
Danielle Charron |
Mannville School |
Andrew McMillan |
| Leduc |
Pishoy Gouda |
Beaumont Composite High School |
Kelvin Jones |
| Smoky Lake |
Monique Raubenheimer |
H.A. Kostash School |
Gary Lopaschuk |
| Fairview |
Annette Vandekerkhove |
Fairview High School |
Karen Madsen |
| Fort McMurray |
Ashwin Kalra |
Westwood Community High School |
Fred Colbourne |
| St. Albert |
Rebecca Buttar |
Bellrose Composite High School |
Babita Agrawal |
| Edmonton |
Tracy Ho |
M.E. LaZerte High School |
Peter Light |
| Edmonton |
Jessica Jiang |
Old Scona Academic |
Sandra Davidge |
| Edmonton |
Hao-Ting (Howard)Kung |
Queen Elizabeth High School |
Jason Acker |
| St. Albert |
Mary Bachynsky |
Paul Kane High School |
Bernard Thebaud |
| Edmonton |
Qing Qing Wu |
Harry Ainlay Composite High School |
Lori West |
| Grande Prarie |
Elyse Hill |
Grande Prairie Composite High School |
Thomas Simmen |
| Edmonton |
Maryna Muzychenko |
Ross Sheppard High School |
Catherine Field |
| Sherwood Park |
Stephanie Penner |
Strathcona Christian Academy |
Markus Stein |
| Edmonton |
Nick Arrotta |
St. Francis Xavier High School |
David Stuart |
| Edmonton |
Lesley Thomas |
Archbishop MacDonald High School |
Carlos Fernandez-Patron |
| Leduc |
Tyler Smith |
Christ the King High School |
David Evans |
| Edmonton |
Shahir Mishriki |
Louis St. Laurent High School |
John Seubert |
| Grande Prarie |
Kelsey Gil |
Grande Prairie Composite High School |
Richard Thompson |
| Edmonton |
Kathleen Xu |
Jasper Place High School |
Linda Pilarski |
HYRS Program at the University of Calgary
| Community |
Name |
School |
Mentor |
| Cochrane |
Michelle Ah-Seng |
Cochrane High School |
Dr. Naweed Syed |
| Calgary |
Alyssa Carino |
Notre Dame High School |
Dr. Franice Smith |
| Calgary |
Thanh Dang (Ngo) |
Forest Lawn High School |
Dr. Marc Poulin |
| Calgary |
Alexis Demecha |
Rundle Academy |
Dr. Jeffrey Gaudet |
| Calgary |
Kimia Ghavami |
Western Canada High School |
Dr. Carol Schuurmans |
| Drumheller |
Amanda Hemming |
Drumheller Composite High School |
Dr. Cory Toth |
| Calgary |
Charissa Ho |
Bowness High School |
Dr. Steven Boyd |
| Calgary |
Nicole Huck |
Westmount Charter School |
Dr. Cam Teskey |
| Calgary |
Janelle Kisilevich |
John G. Diefenbaker High School |
Dr. Marie Fraser |
| High River |
Brayden Kooistra |
Highwood High School |
Dr. Wallace MacNaughton |
| Calgary |
Dilip Koshy |
William Aberhart High School |
Dr. Douglas Zochodne |
| Calgary |
Simon Kwong |
St. Mary's High School |
Dr. Anthony Schryvers |
| Red Deer |
Meagan McLavish |
Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School |
Dr. Jaideep Bains |
| Calgary |
Michaela Nixon |
Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School |
Dr. Nicole Culos-Reed |
| Calgary |
Nurun Raj |
Foundations for the Future Charter Academy |
Dr. Ken Lukowiak |
| Calgary |
Bhuvana Sankaranarayanan |
Sir Winston Churchill High School |
Dr. David Schriemer |
| Red Deer |
Stacy Sick |
Notre Dame High School |
Dr. Nathalie Jette |
| Calgary |
Shilo Sterk |
Juno Beach Academy |
Dr. Christopher Mody |
| Brooks |
Cole Stroeder |
Brooks Composite High School |
Dr. Darren Stefanyshyn |
| Brooks |
Jessie Wang |
Brooks Composite High School |
Dr. Derek Exner |
| Calgary |
Raymond Xing |
Western Canada High School |
Dr. David Hansen |
| Medicine Hat |
Inez Zuna |
McCoy High School |
Dr. Richard Wilson |
HYRS Program at the University of Lethbridge
| Community |
Name |
School |
Mentor |
| Lethbridge |
Rhys Hakstol |
Catholic Central High School |
Dr. Robbin Gibb |
| Lethbridge |
Brad Henrie |
Winston Churchill High School |
Dr. Ian Whishaw |
| Lethbridge |
Aleigha Hopkins |
Catholic Central High School |
Dr. Robert Sutherland |
| Lethbridge |
Kristyn Kurio |
Lethbridge Collegiate Institute |
Dr. Gerlinde Metz |
| Lethbridge |
Matthew Yaychuk |
Lethbridge Collegiate Institute |
Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden |
| Lethbridge |
Saif Zahir |
Lethbridge Collegiate Institute |
Dr. Bryan Kolb |
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