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Students from across the Halton Catholic District School Board (HCDSB) were recognized for their achievements at the 2026 Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair.
This is an annual STEM competition featuring more than 500 students from across southern Ontario. It gives students in Grades 7 to 12 the opportunity to showcase projects in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, with top competitors advancing to national and international events.
Among the HCDSB students recognized this year were Sham Alsaadi and Zena Alsaadi from Bishop P. F. Reding Catholic Secondary School, who earned Gold Merit Awards and Canada-Wide Science Fair Trip Awards for their project, “NephroSense: Developing a CKD Screening Model to Explore Machine-Learning Breath Biomarker Testing.”
They weren’t the only students from Bishop Reding who took home a medal — Lohitaksh Badarala also earned a Silver Merit Award and the Icor Group Ltd Innovation Award for the project “AIM-VEE (AI-Based Modelling of Vertical Excitation Energies).”
Other HCDSB students recognized included participants from schools in Oakville and Burlington for projects focused on infectious disease research, environmental sustainability, artificial intelligence and social sciences. Find the full list of recipients here.
Board officials congratulated all participating students for their innovation, creativity and commitment to STEM learning.
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