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Science Odyssey Appreciation Event and NSERC Award for Science Promotion Announcement
May 15, 2017
The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Dr. B. Mario Pinto hosted 18 Science-Based outreach groups at the Science Odyssey Appreciation event which was held in Ottawa on May 15. The event was attended by students, researchers, and science promoters. Guests were invited to explore the room and discover robots, interactive activities and a 13 foot high planetarium.
As well, Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Dr. B. Mario Pinto, President, NSERC presented the NSERC Award for Science Promotion (NASP) to Dr. Jeremy McNeil (Individual Award), and to the Ontario Network for Women in Engineering (Group Award).
Parliamentary Secretary of Science, Kate Young; Valerie Davidson, Founder, Ontario Network of Women in Engineering (ONWiE); Mary Wells, Chair, Ontario Network of Women in Engineering; The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science; Dr. Jeremy McNeil, Distinguished University Professor, and The Helen Battle Professor of Chemical Ecology; Dr. B. Mario Pinto, President, NSERC
Parliamentary Secretary of Science, Kate Young
The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science
The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, presenting Mary Wells, Chair, and Valerie Davidson, Founder, Ontario Network of Women in Science, with Group NASP Award
Dr. B. Mario Pinto, President, NSERC
Dr. B. Mario Pinto, President, NSERC, presenting Dr. Jeremy McNeil, Distinguished University Professor, and The Helen Battle Professor of Chemical Ecology, with Individual NASP Award
Parliamentary Secretary of Science, Kate Young; The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science; Marilyn Gladu, Member of Parliament for Sarnia—Lambton (Ontario) and Chair of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women
Parliamentary Secretary of Science, Kate Young; Nicole Klar; The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science
The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, and Karen McCrimmon, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport, with FIRST Robotics
The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, and Dr. B. Mario Pinto, President, NSERC, with the Carleton Planetary Robotics
Attendees of the Science Odyssey Appreciation Event and NASP Award Presentation
Attendees of the Science Odyssey Appreciation Event and NASP Award Presentation
Actua
Carleton Planetary Robotics
FIRST Robotics
Jeremy McNeil, NASP Individual Winner
Let’s Talk Energy
Let’s Talk Science
Little Inventors
Makerkids
Museum of Nature
National Research Council Canada
Mary Wells, Chair and Valerie Davidson, Founder, Ontario Network of Women in Science, NASP Group Winner
Starlab Planetarium, Canada Science and Technology Museum
Quantum
Réseau technoscience
Science pour tous
Scientists in School
University of Ottawa Makerspace and Engineering Outreach Team
The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, with members of the Science Odyssey community
Dr. B. Mario Pinto, President, NSERC, and Alfred LeBlanc, VP CCIA, NSERC, in front of the Science Exposed exhibit
Simon McMillan, Chair, Ottawa Regional Science Fair
Photo credit: Marie-Eve Boucher, NSERC