TEEN Nerd Nite North Van

Come early at 1:30pm for STEM activities, food and scholarship info.

Speakers start promptly at 2pm.

This event will include:

• Short talks from experts on subjects across "STEM" (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math). Sit down with speakers & ask questions during round tables.
• Attendance counts towards graduation service hours.
• Mentorship opportunities available to ALL students.
• Scholarship experts on-site.
• Free food & drinks will be provided (no outside drinks/water bottles please).

Space is limited, so register in advance for your FREE ticket to guarantee a spot. Due to limited space, this event is for students only.

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Venue is at the corner of 3rd & Esplanade (next to 7-11), 3 blocks from Seabus at Lonsdale Quay.

The March 1st show will feature these speakers:

Environmental Science with a YouTuber - Kurtis Baute

Kurtis sealed himself in a DIY Biodome - a tiny, air-tight greenhouse, filled with several hundred plants - to show people how we interact with the air we breathe and to explain some of the science around climate change. A "don't-try-this-at-home" experiment, it trended on Twitter and made BBC news - all while he was inside, trying to stay calm to conserve air. It did NOT go as planned.

Click here to see our fav video "The History of the Universe in 13,799 dominoes.

Physics & Space - David Wakeham (UBC)

David dropped out of law school, majored in philosophy, and wound up with a degree in pure math before realizing that his heart belonged to physics. He now studies quantum mechanics and black holes, but is curious about everything from the weather to social networks to extraterrestrial life. He is also passionate about getting the next generation of scientists to ask crazy questions, and giving them the tools to answer. He runs the UBC Physics Circle, and blogs sporadically at hapax.github.io

Stem Cells & Bio Printing - Alison Muller, PhD (Physiology)

Alison Muller is a graduate from the University of Alberta. Alison loves presenting cutting edge medical research at Comic Expos, discussing science fiction inspired technology. She has been a guest on CBC Radio morning shows in Edmonton and Calgary and on Global Edmonton with a liquid nitrogen explosion! She recently founded aliscience.ca, a science communication blog that publishes different topics focused around medical science discoveries as well as the tools used in the research field. Find out where stem cell research is at and what human tissue they can actually make with a bio-printer.

Genetics - Dave Ng, Advanced Molecular Biology Lab (AMBL), UBC

David Ng is a geneticist, science educator, part time writer, and professor based at the Michael Smith Laboratories at the University of British Columbia.

Of note: (1) he is partly responsible for the massive DNA helix emblazoned on his building’s facade; (2) his Dad beat up Bruce Lee; (3) his first foray into general publishing featured a unicorn on the front cover.

Eco Tourism - Josh Silberg

Josh Silberg has researched everything from humpback whales to whale sharks to rockfish— he just couldn’t decide on one creature to study! After earning a Master’s of Resource and Environmental Management from Simon Fraser University, he joined the British Columbia-based Hakai Institute as the Science Communications Coordinator. Josh is also a Vancouver producer with The Story Collider, and hosts four shows per year where people perform true, personal stories about science. You can follow him on twitter @joshsilberg.

Mathematics - Curt Da Silva

Curt Da Silva is a software engineer, math person, improviser, and comedian with a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of British Columbia. He is an avid math-communicator, enjoys talking about the latest developments in machine learning, software, optimization, and statistics, and using comedy as a tool to trick people into enjoying his talks about math. Curt has presented talks at Nerd Nite & Nerd Nite North Van, has performed at a number of improv festivals in the US and Canada with his all Asian-Canadian improv group Fistful of Kicks, and can frequently be found improvising wild nonsense on comedy stages around Vancouver.

Space is limited, so this event is for students only. Email us for special exceptions to Super Nerds under 13 years.