{"id":1764,"date":"2015-01-29T19:06:23","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T19:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/?p=1764"},"modified":"2015-01-30T00:36:01","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T00:36:01","slug":"info-session-london-international-youth-science-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2015\/01\/29\/info-session-london-international-youth-science-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Info Session: London International Youth Science Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFV will send one Science student to London, UK summer 2015 (all expenses paid) to attend the annual London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) from July 22 to August 5, 2015. LIYSF information can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.liysf.org.uk\/liysf-2015\">liysf.org.uk\/liysf-2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Information Session: January 29 at 1 pm in C1423.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Guest speaker Etienne Dryer, last year\u2019s representative for UFV at LIYSF.<\/li>\n<li>Read Etienne\u2019s LIYSF blog at <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/category\/trips\/science-in-london\/\">http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/category\/trips\/science-in-london\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Application Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are looking for a student enrolled in a science program at UFV, who is not only academically outstanding, but also has great leadership and communication skills, to represent UFV at the London International Youth Science Forum July 22<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0to August 5<sup>th<\/sup>, 2015<\/p>\n<p>To qualify for the Selection Process, you must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>be aged 17 to 21<\/li>\n<li>Submit a portfolio, consisting of:<\/li>\n<li>Resume and cover letter stating why you qualify for this<\/li>\n<li>Your vision of where Science or Technology will make the biggest contribution to the future (short essay, video or other visual presentation)<\/li>\n<li>2 letters of reference from faculty who can speak to your ability &amp; accomplishments as a science student and why you would be a good representative for UFV at the Forum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Shortlisted candidates will make a presentation to the selection panel on a research interest in late February or early March. Presentations will be open to any interested students and faculty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>EXTENDED APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 16, 2015<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0 please submit your interest in participation to\u00a0the office of the Dean, Faculty of Science\u00a0at <a href=\"mailto:Nicole.Klassen@ufv.ca\">Nicole.Klassen@ufv.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/01\/LIYSF-2015-Poster-Etiennes-talk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1765 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/01\/LIYSF-2015-Poster-Etiennes-talk-662x1024.jpg\" alt=\"LIYSF 2015 Poster Etienne's talk\" width=\"662\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/01\/LIYSF-2015-Poster-Etiennes-talk.jpg 662w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/01\/LIYSF-2015-Poster-Etiennes-talk-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/01\/LIYSF-2015-Poster-Etiennes-talk-97x150.jpg 97w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/files\/2015\/01\/LIYSF-2015-Poster-Etiennes-talk-129x200.jpg 129w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFV will send one Science student to London, UK summer 2015 (all expenses paid) to attend the annual London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) from July 22 to August 5, 2015. LIYSF information can be found at\u00a0liysf.org.uk\/liysf-2015. Information Session: January 29 at 1 pm in C1423. Guest speaker Etienne Dryer, last year\u2019s representative for UFV &#8230; <a title=\"Info Session: London International Youth Science Forum\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/2015\/01\/29\/info-session-london-international-youth-science-forum\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":1717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deans-office","category-departments","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1764"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1790,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764\/revisions\/1790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}