Canadian Association of Physicists

Manitoba High School Examination Winners

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Department of Physics & Astronomy

University of Manitoba

Welcome on behalf of the Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Canadian Association of Physicists

    Dr. Kumar Sharma (Head, Physics & Astronomy)

Presentation of the Awards

1st    Mr. Joshua Jung, River East Collegiate

            CAP $325, fee remission, book prize, award certificate

2nd    Mr. Jonathan Berrington, St. John’s-Ravenscourt,
            CAP $150, fee remission, book prize, award certificate

3rd   Mr. Mackenzie Cook, Vincent Massey Collegiate,
            CAP $85, fee remission, book prize, award certificate

Honourable Mentions

    Mr. Norman Lam, St. John’s-Ravenscourt School

    Mr. Murphy Berzish, St. John’s-Ravenscourt School

    Ms. Xiaoqing (Candy) Zhang, Vincent Massey High School (Brandon)

    Mr. Albert Liao, St. John’s-Ravenscourt School

    Mr. Brian Espiritu, Kelvin High School

    Mr. Chengcheng Gui, St. John’s-Ravenscourt School

    Mr. Jacob Toth, Vincent Massey High School (Brandon)

                 (book prizes, certificates of merit)

Physics Teachers

    Mr. Dean Hallick, River East Collegiate

    Mr. Barry Panas, St. John’s-Ravenscourt School

    Mr. Martin Balcen, Vincent Massey Collegiate

    Mr. Michael DeGroot, Vincent Massey High School (Brandon)

    Dr. Patricia Mitchler, Kelvin High School

1. •Cash prizes, award certificates and certificates of merit
   provided by the Canadian Association of Physicists.
   

2. •Fee Remissions/scholarships for first year university provided by the Universities of Manitoba, Winnipeg and Brandon.
   

3. •Sponsorship for this event (including book prizes) provided by the Department of Physics & Astronomy (University of Manitoba), Department of Physics (University of Winnipeg) and Faculty of Science (University of Manitoba, University of Winnipeg, Brandon University).
   

Special Guests

University of Manitoba (President’s Office)   

        Dr. Richard Lobdell, Vice-Provost (Programs)

University of Manitoba (Faculty of Science)

        Dr. Norman Hunter, Acting Associate Dean

University of Winnipeg (Faculty of Science)

        Dr. Randy Kobes, Associate Dean

University of Winnipeg (Department of Physics)

        Dr. Dwight Vincent, Chair

Brandon University (Department of Physics & Astronomy)

        Dr. John Hopkinson, Assistant Professor

Photographs from the reception thanks to Dr. P. Zetner