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We are officially halfway through LIYSF 2022! Today was an action packed day, filled with lots of learning, fun and songs! Today was the annual specialist study day, a day where students get to choose a scientist to learn from for the day that is in their area of interest. The day was led by … Read more
Day 6 at LIYSF! Today I visited Airbus UK and Aerospace Bristol. Unfortunately, Airbus didn’t allow photos in any of their facilities but I’ll do my best to describe what I saw! Airbus has 25 locations across the UK and the location we visited today specializes in fuel systems, landing gear, and wings. Our tour … Read more
Welcome back! Today was day 5 of LIYSF! Today started off with a lecture demonstration by Steve McKechnie, a structural engineer and director at ARUP, a highly advanced engineering company here in the UK. He taught us about some of the fundamentals of engineering and showed us some of the amazing projects he has worked … Read more
Day 4 of LIYSF! There was an optional visit to Stonehenge this morning that some of our friends headed off to for the morning and afternoon. Rhien and I hung back and decided to do a little tour of London on our own! With our friend Martin from Germany, we hopped on the tube and … Read more
Welcome to day 3 of LIYSF! The day started off with a lecture from Professor Richard O’Kennedy, past LIYSF president and Vice President for Research, Development, and Innovation at the Qatar Foundation. His lecture was all about personalized healthcare through genome sequencing. He taught us about how his research group collects personal health data to … Read more
Hello everyone! Rhien here! I am so excited to fill you all in on my second day at the 2022 London International Youth in Science Forum! My second day in London was most definitely a full one. Annabelle and I woke up bright and early to head off to our first specialist visits of the … Read more
Welcome to Annabelle and Rhien’s 2022 LIYSF blog. Over the next 2 weeks, we’ll be sharing our adventures as we attend the 63rd London International Youth Science Forum. We want to thank the University of the Fraser Valley Faculty of Science for the tremendous opportunity to attend this forum. We’re both so excited to learn … Read more
The Faculty of Science is pleased to announce that UFV Biology major, Rhien Hare, was selected to represent UFV this summer, in person, at the 63rd Annual London International Youth Science Forum. The shortlisted candidates, Rhien Hare and Catherine Laflamme, presented a research topic of their choice to our selection panel earlier this month. Both … Read more
We are looking for a student enrolled in a science program at UFV, who is academically outstanding and has great leadership and communication skills, to represent UFV at the London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) to be held July 27 – August 10, 2022. We anticipate sending the successful candidate to LIYSF in person. We … Read more
The Geography 202 Class recently returned from their two-day field trip with Dr. Olav Lian and Carolyn Atkins. They were finally able to see the landscape they’ve been learning all about for real! It was evident that Olav and Carolyn were finally back in their element! The trip started off in a rainstorm but once … Read more