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2007-08 London PIR Essay Winners
"Pathways to Discovery"

Partners in Research - in partnership with our co-sponsors  - is pleased to announce the winners* of our 2005-06 Essay Contest for Secondary and Elementary school students in the Greater London Area: “Pathways to Discovery: The Role of Biomedical Research in Canadian Society.”

Thank you to all the students who submitted essays!

 

(Grand Prize winners are in bold)

 

Elementary-Level Winners will be posted soon.

 

 

 

Secondary-Level Winners

Grade 9
1st Place	Kathryn Koivu	Parkside Collegiate Institute	Good Science or Pre-occupation with Ethics: The Debate over Skin Cell vs. Embryonic Stem Cell Research
2nd Place	Jessica Collins	Huron Park Secondary	Xenotransplantation
3rd Place	Marci van Weerdhuizen	Huron Park Secondary	Adolescent Obesity
Grade 10
1st Place	Andrew Junata	London Central Secondary	Unravelling the Entangled: Protein Folding and its Complications
2nd Place	Brent Holmes	Huron Park Secondary	Mp3 Players and Hearing: The Threat to My Generation
3rd Place	Mike Chatterton	Huron Park Secondary	Pathogenic Research Funding
Grade 11
1st Place	Radha Joseph	London Central Secondary	Stem Cell Research: An Unrealized Panacea
2nd Place	Joanna Check	Huron Park Secondary	The Positive Effects of Biomedical Engineering
3rd Place	Wenhan Liu	London Central Secondary	A Small World with Big Opportunities (Nanotechnology)
Grade 12
1st Place	Andrew Fisher	Lord Dorchester Secondary	The Rise of the Machines: The Impact of Robotic Surgery in the Canadian Health Care System
2nd Place (tie)	Devency Bazinet	Mother Theresa Catholic SS	The Discovery of AIDS Treatments and Hope for the Future
2nd Place (tie)	Nathan TeBokkel	Lord Dorchester Secondary	A Little Known Wonder
3rd Place	Haley Fallowfield	Huron Park Secondary	The Complexities of the Predisposition for Alcoholism
The Andrew McFarlane Prize (for best overall submission) was awarded to ANDREW FISHER of Lord Dorchester Secondary, for his essay entitled "Good Science or Pre-occupation with Ethics: The Debate over Skin Cell vs. Embryonic Stem Cell Research."

 

The contest will be held once again for the 2008-2009 school year. Please check back for details in September, 2008.

* 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes are not always awarded in each grade category. Prizes may be withheld in some levels depending on submissions.