2017 Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Challenge announces winning schools

Samsung Canada announce the final four regional winners in its Solve for Tomorrow Challenge -- a STEM based initiative to encourage Canadian students the areas of the science, technology, engineering and math. Each of the four schools will receive $20,000 in Samsung technology. They will also participate in an exclusive event this summer with Solve for Tomorrow Ambassador, Canadian rocket-scientist, Forbes '30 under 30' and a member of a Canadian contingent working on the European Space Agency's ExoMars Rover, Natalie Panek. 

The four regional schools winning with their STEM solutions are:

WESTERN REGION: Burnaby South Secondary School and BC School for the Deaf (Burnaby, BC)

Highlighting a local issue BSSS students worked on designing a wearable bracelet-sensory system that can translate sounds into vibrations for the hearing impaired.

CENTRAL REGION: Ryerson Elementary School (Winnipeg, MB)

Harnessing the power of mobile technology, students have developed scannable QR codes and placed them throughout the Ryerson. Once scanned by a smartphone, an individual would be directed to a visual translation of what the building is—enabling them to become more familiar with the places in their community. 

ATLANTIC REGION:  St. Malachy's Memorial High School (Saint John, NB)

St. Malachy students devised a system of sensors to monitor air quality and provide live updates to a mapping interface.  This system was also tested at high altitudes using a weather balloon.

EASTERN REGION: Brock Public School (Toronto, ON)

Going green, students at Brock Public School built a prototype water system, harnessing rain and snow to support and water their community's rooftop garden. This promoted healthy activity and nutrition to help their local community members grow their own food, while also maintaining the garden throughout the spring and summer months. 

These schools were the highest scoring projects from 150 regional finalists—in celebration of Canada's 150th—with each of the 150 finalists having received a Samsung Gear VR, Galaxy Tab A, Galaxy S7 and Samsung Gear360 camera from Samsung Canada to aid them in their submissions. 

For the second consecutive year, the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Challenge was supported by The Learning Partnership, a national charitable organization dedicated to advancing public education in Canada, and Let's Talk Science, a charitable youth development organization that creates and delivers free STEM learning program and services that support educators and strengthen student leaning outcomes. 

To learn more about the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Challenge, visit solvefortomorrow.ca