MEDIA ADVISORY/PHOTO OP - Ontario Science Centre recognizes youth innovators from coast to coast at the Weston Youth Innovation Award ceremony on June 26

WHAT:

2019 Weston Youth Innovation Award ceremony

WHO:

Maurice Bitran, PhD, CEO and Chief Science Officer, Ontario Science Centre

Eugenia Duodu, PhD, CEO, Visions of Science & Weston Youth Innovation Award jury member

Wendy Rebanks, The W. Garfield Weston Foundation                                                     

2019 Weston Youth Innovation Award recipients

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Stella Bowles, Upper LaHave, Nova Scotia – $15,000                                

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Nicolas Fedrigo, Victoria, British Columbia – $8,500                      

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Riya Karumanchi, Burlington, Ontario– $3,500                  

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Jonathan Lévesque, Lévis, Québec – $3,500

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Jack Ceroni and Abdullah Hadi, Burlington, Ontario – $3,500                        

WHEN:

Wednesday, June 26

9:30 a.m.

Registration

10:00 a.m.

Award presentation

11:00 a.m.

Interview and photo opportunities *

*Pre-interviews with Weston Youth Innovation Award recipients available on request.

WHERE:

Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills Road, Toronto, ON

(Please enter via main entrance.)