BEYOND YORK - FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The University of Waterloo's March Open House will be on Saturday, March 23, 2024 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET. Join us for the whole day or pop in for the sessions you'd like to attend.

  • Attend in-person sessions hosted by your faculty of interest, including academic information sessions and sample lectures.

  • Chat with professors and students.

  • Take tours and visit our residences.

  • The full schedule will be available in late February.

Click HERE to register.

Virtual 'Study STEM programs at the University of Guelph' information session for senior high school students along with their families, teachers, guidance counselors. We will share unique features of our Science, Engineering, Technology and Mathematics programs, introduce you to current students in those subject areas and you can ask your questions to our expert team. 

When: Tuesday March 5, 2024 from 7:00pm - 8:00pm EST

Where: Virtual on Zoom (register here receive link).

Who: Grade 11, 12 prospective students and families.

The Manhattan Medical Immersion Camp is a week-long, one-of-a-kind, hands-on summer program that allows high school and undergraduate students to perform procedures on real cadavers under the tutelage of physicians from a variety of medical specialties (anesthesia, dermatology, orthopaedic surgery, vascular surgery, radiology, etc). Students will learn to perform advanced procedures such as rotator cuff repairs and total knee replacements using the same equipment that physicians use, while practicing on cadavers that are not fully embalmed in formaldehyde. In other words, the specimens are more realistic than what even medical students would train with. They will also learn about the medical device industry and design their own device.

Where is it?

The camp is held at the Foundation’s BioSkills Lab in Midtown, Manhattan.

When is it?

Sunday, July 7 – Saturday, July 13 

Additional Info

Class size will be capped at 15 students, with an application deadline of April 15. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. 

Here is a video of last year's class: VIDEO.

Click for the BROCHURE and for REGISTRATION.

The John Locke Institute's Global Essay Prize is acknowledged as the world's most prestigious essay competition. 

Tens of thousands of submissions from ambitious students in more than 150 countries, and examiners - including distinguished philosophers, political scientists, economists, historians, psychologists, theologians, and legal scholars - read and carefully assess every entry. 

Register for this competition, not only for the hope of winning a prize or commendation, and not only for the chance to join the very best contestants at our academic conference and gala ceremony in London, but equally for the opportunity to engage in the serious scholarly enterprise of researching, reflecting on, writing about, and editing an answer to one of the important and provocative questions in this year's Global Essay Prize. 

The John Locke Institute encourages young people to cultivate the characteristics that turn good students into great writers: independent thought, depth of knowledge, clear reasoning, critical analysis and persuasive style.  

Entering an essay in our competition can build knowledge, and refine skills of argumentation. It also gives students the chance to have their work assessed by experts. All of our essay prizes are judged by a panel of senior academics drawn from leading universities including Oxford and Princeton, under the leadership of the Chairman of Examiners, former Cambridge philosopher, Dr Jamie Whyte.

The judges will choose their favourite essay from each of seven subject categories - Philosophy, Politics, Economics, History, Psychology, Theology and Law - and then select the winner of the Grand Prize for the best entry in any subject. There is also a separate prize awarded for the best essay in the junior category, for under 15s. Registration opens: 1 April, 2024. Click HERE to learn more.

If you are interested in writing this year's National Biology Competition hosted by U of T, please email Ms Chan or email your grade 10 science teachers to let them know. Registration is free (covered by the school), and it is an online exam that will be done at York. See the website for more details or ask Ms Chan.