Final Judging Day

Wednesday is the second (and final!) day of judging for all the students. It's a bit less busy than Tuesday since only special awards are judged today - such as the Interdisciplinary Awards for Environmental projects (qualifying BASEF students include Madison, Hannah, Sophia, Gillian, and Ryan), and Automotive projects (John). A number of other awards such as Astronomy (Sylvie), Australia Youth Science (Sophia and Gillian), Renewable Energy (Brittany), and the Dr. Michael Smith Innovation Award (including Zunaira, Rachael, Julia, Kristina, Aqsa, and Andjela) are also being judged today.

Some Canada-Wide registration issues with Madison and Hannah's special awards list came up in the morning, but after some quick response by Roz and Cathy (and help from the Ontario Zone representative Carolyn Whipple), the issues were resolved, panic averted, and judging proceeded normally.



Unfortunately the great weather we've had since arriving has taken a break, and we woke to a grey and drizzling morning today. Given the great sunny and warm weather so far, I guess we shouldn't complain too much! We're hoping that things clear up before the tours tomorrow, and that the possible snow in the forecast stays far away!

Wednesday night is "Free Night", and the group had some choices - shuttle buses to a local shopping mall were made available and were a popular choice with our kids. The mall presented a wide range of shopping and browsing options, and also a multiplex theatre showing "Star Trek". Alternately, a tour of Winnipeg was chosen by Gillian, Emily and Tom ("you can see stores and movies back at home, but you can only see Winnipeg in Winnipeg!")

Tomorrow is Tour Day, and a lot of very exciting tours are lined up. We may all be getting a bit of sensory overload by now, but we're all looking forward to seeing more of Winnipeg and some of the interesting tours and demonstrations lined up for us.

Check out the latest pictures on the Team-BASEF flickr site!