Twelfth Annual Competition: May 24-25, 2019
2019 CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee
UPDATE! Congratulations Jenny Sun who placed 10th in the 2019 International Brain Bee competition!
Congratulations everyone! We had a fantastic time with these 15 amazing high school students! These are our future neuroscientists who will change the world for the better!
Check out a bit of video of the day from the local Hamilton CHCH TV station!
The first set of photos can be found here (Flickr).
The full set of photos can be found here (Donna Waxman Photography). If you would like to download sets of the photos, you can use the pin number 1816.
Congratulations to our First Place winner, Zhongyi (Jenny) Sun, representing Edmonton Brain Bee! Jenny will represent Canada at the International Brain Bee in September 2019, in Daegu, South Korea.
Alexandra (2nd place), Jenny (1st place), Alessandro (3rd place)
Our top four competitors for 2019 are:
First Place: Jenny Sun (Edmonton Brain Bee)
Second Place: Alexandra Alac (Waterloo Brain Bee)
Third Place: Alessandro De Menech (Longdon Brain Bee)
Fourth Place: Aditya Bhardwaj (Hamilton Brain Bee)
Congratulations to all the competitors, who performed so well across the full day of challenging tests!
Calgary Brain Bee: Salma Zein
Edmonton Brain Bee: Zhongyi Sun (Jenny)
Guelph Brain Bee: Genevieve Sutherns
Hamilton Brain Bee: Aditya Bhardwaj
Kingston Brain Bee: Sarah Nassar
London Brain Bee: Alessandro De Menech
New Brunswick Brain Bee: Niket Sampalli
Newfoundland Brain Bee: Amy White
Ottawa Brain Bee: Sofia Cuetara
Saskatchewan Brain Bee: Maryam Sajjad
Toronto Brain Bee: Vanshika Chintakunta
Vancouver Brain Bee: Ethan Liu
Victoria Brain Bee: Ou Jia Wang (Emily)
Waterloo Brain Bee: Alexandra Alac
Winnipeg Brain Bee: Elayna Paddock Thiessen
On Friday and Saturday, May 24 and 25, 2019, high school students from across Canada will come to McMaster University to compete for the CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee championship. This competition tests knowledge of neuroscience and skills at patient diagnosis and neuroanatomy. Registration is now open for winners of their local brain bee competitions!
The national competitors are the top students in their region – champions who have already won their local brain bee competitions. Local competitions are held coast to coast: Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, London, Waterloo, Guelph, Hamilton, Toronto, Kingston, Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, and Newfoundland Brain Bees. These students are the next generation of neuroscientists!
Our 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place national winners will receive trophies and cash prizes ($1500 for 1st place, $1000 for 2nd place, and $500 for 3rd place). Our 2019 champion will be honoured on a beautiful perpetual trophy which will be put on display at their high school for one year. Our 2019 champion will be given the opportunity to work in a neuroscience laboratory. Our 2019 champion will represent Canada at the International Brain Bee (IBB). The 2019 Brain Bee World Championship will be held in conjunction with the 10th IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience in September 2019, to be held in Daegu, South Korea.
Best of luck to everyone competing in their local competitions across Canada! If you have won your local competition, you can learn more about how to prepare for the Canadian National Brain Bee on this page.
If you are a student interested in the brain bee competition in your local area, look for contact information under Local Brain Bees, organized by city name.
Like our page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CanadianNationalBrainBee.
Check out our highlights from previous years under the History and Photos menu at the top of this page.