sanofi aventis Canada inc. (Sanofi Canada) is pleased to announce that the winners of the 31st annual Sanofi Biogenius Canada Competition have been selected. This year's Competition took place during the 61st edition of Youth Science Canada's (YSC) Canada-Wide Science Fair (CWSF), held in Edmonton, Alberta.
Nine special awards were presented by Sanofi Biogenius Canada during the CWSF awards gala, including three winners in each of the junior, intermediate and senior categories.
Sanofi congratulates the winners in each special awards category, including:
- Soleil Brookes, Grade 8, British Columbia; Moss Filters: How They Affect Air Quality
- Aryan Sharma, Grade 7, Alberta; A Novel Solution to Plastic Pollution
- Sara Waqas, Grade 8, Alberta; Can Bioengineering Alter Genetic Mutations and Create Organs Using Stem Cells?
- Noah Bryan, Grade 10, Ontario; The Phage Takes Centre Stage for Water Quality Testing!
- Katelynn Standell, Grade 9, Alberta; Set Phages to Kill: The Next Step in AMR
- Ann Wang, Grade 10, British Columbia; Battling Bacterial Biofilms
- Emily Baker, Grade 12, Newfoundland; The Creden-SHELLS for a Plastic Replacement
- Safia Deol, Grade 11, Ontario; The IncrediGels: Multifaceted Biopolymers for Dental Procedures
- Marissa Magsino, Grade 11, Manitoba; Manipulating Tenebrio Molitor with Chemical Compounds to Maximize the Biodegradation of Polystyrene
Stephanie Veyrun-Manetti
Canada Country Lead and General Manager, Specialty Care, Sanofi Canada
"This year, we celebrate our 31st annual Sanofi Biogenius Canada Competition, hosted in partnership with Youth Science Canada. We are proud to help provide recognition for the remarkable work of some of Canada's brightest science, technology, engineering and mathematics enthusiasts. After three decades of the Competition, we continue to be blown away by the innovative thinking behind each student project. On behalf of everyone at Sanofi, I would like to extend a huge congratulations to the 2023 Competition winners and to everyone who participated in this year's Canada-Wide Science Fair. We cannot wait to see what you accomplish as future researchers and scientific leaders."
Reni Barlow
Executive Director, Youth Science Canada
"Youth Science Canada is proud to once again partner with Sanofi to host the Sanofi Biogenius Canada Competition. This year was the first time the Canada-Wide Science Fair has been hosted in person since the start of the pandemic and it was truly remarkable to have everyone together in person again. We congratulate all participants and winners of the Sanofi Biogenius Canada special awards and hope to see some of you again next year!"
For more information on the Sanofi Biogenius Canada Competition or Canada-Wide Science Fair, visit https://biogenius.ca/biogenius-competition/ and https://youthscience.ca/science-fairs/cwsf/edmonton-2023/.
