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In the news: BASEF highlights brightest minds

Fri, 11 Apr 2014 08:27:15 -0400

The Hamilton Spectator has this opinion piece by Mohawk College Engineering Technology professor Peter Olynyk. Peter, an Association of Canadian Community College's award-winning professor, makes the case for supporting the Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair. Mohawk hosts the annual competition that showcases health and technology projects by hundreds of elementary and secondary school students.

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Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:12:30 -0400

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Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair looking for volunteer judges

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:58:22 -0500

Want to see the future of science and technology?

The Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair (BASEF) needs volunteer judges for the 53rd annual Fair. Judging day for BASEF 2013 will be on Thursday, March 21, at Hillfield Strathallan College, Fennell Avenue in Hamilton (next door to Mohawk College), from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hillfield Strathallan is hosting this year's fair due to ongoing construction work at Mohawk's Fennell Campus.

Registration for judges is now open and available online:

www.basef.ca/judgeregistration

Over the years, BASEF has provided great opportunities for local youth to participate in an exceptional experience. The Fair is affiliated with both national and international science fair organizations, and sends many of its winning students on to either the Canada-Wide Science Fair, or the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

BASEF 2013 will again give grade 7 to 12 students the chance to showcase their hard work on science, engineering and math related projects. The Fair is open to students from the City of Hamilton, the Region of Halton, Haldimand County, Norfolk County, Brant County, and Six Nations, including students of independent and private schools as well as home-schooled students.

BASEF depends on the support of judges who volunteer their time, effort and expertise to learning about what students have discovered and want to share. More than 150 judges are needed for this year's Fair. Find out more about BASEF at www.basef.ca.

You can learn more about the science fair at our website ( www.basef.ca ). There is information of particular interest to Judges in the Judges Section, accessible via the side menu on the website. There are also many other resources on our site - our Annual Report, our Fair Results from 2012 and earlier, and our "Science Success" student and teacher workbooks, among others.

Mohawk College launches The Agency

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 10:03:54 -0400

The 52nd Annual Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair gets underway at Mohawk College next week.

More than 465 students will showcase 334 projects at this year's fair with the winners going to represent their schools at the Canada Wide Science Fair in Charlottetown, P.E.I. as well as a chance to compete at the world-renowned Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, which is being held in Pittsburgh this year.

BASEF is a regional science fair that draws students from Hamilton, Halton, Haldimand, Brant and Norfolk counties. The fair is well-known for producing talented students such as Kayla Cornale, a past BASEF winner and 2007 CNN Hero of the Year whose project focused on developing a teaching system for children with autism; and Ben Gulak, designer of the Uno, an electric powered unicycle. The Uno earned Ben a top 10 spot in Popular Science's list of inventions for 2008 and was featured on CBC's Dragon's Den.

There are more than $140,000 in prizes up for grabs at this year's fair, which includes scholarships and all-expenses paid trips to the national and international fairs for the winners.

BASEF starts on Wednesday, March 28 and runs to Saturday, March 31. The public viewing will be held from 9 a.m. to Noon on Saturday. Admission is free. The fair takes place in the Gymasium at the Fennell Campus.

Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair gets underway at the Fennell Campus

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:29:29 -0400

More than 300 high school and elementary students have descended on Mohawk College's Fennell Campus for the 51st annual Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair (BASEF). The fair runs until Saturday, March 26. The students will be competing for more than $140,000 in scholarships and prizes. One Canada's largest and oldest science and engineering fairs, BASEF is sponsored by ArcelorMittal Dofasco and run entirely by volunteers.