About the CANDAC Student-Researcher Collaboration Program

CANDAC researchers have teamed up with students and staff at schools in Ontario and Nunavut to launch a new project that encourages young people to become active researchers who monitor atmospheric conditions using scientific instruments at their school. Researchers and students work together to gather, compare and analyse data to better understand the current state of Earth's dynamic atmosphere.

With support from the CANDAC outreach team and their teachers, students use weather instruments to monitor a variety of weather phenomena over an extended period (typically eight to ten weeks). Instructions for recording data and data collection sheets are provided by CANDAC.

Program Goals

• Provide students the opportunity to collect scientific data on their local environment with a focus on the atmosphere.

• Allow students to share their ideas and collaborate with other students and scientists through the Internet and telecommunications.

• Promote dialogue about and understanding of atmospheric science and its contributions to global environmental issues.

 

 Program Participants

 

2017 Participants:
- CANDAC researchers from all over Canada
- Joamie Elementary School student-researchers from Iqaluit, Nunavut
- Inuksuk High School student-researchers from Iqaluit, Nunavut

2016 Participants:
- CANDAC researchers from all over Canada
- West Preparatory Public School student-researchers from Toronto, Ontario

 2013 Participants:
- CANDAC researchers from all over Canada
- Ataguttaluk Elementary School student-researchers from Igloolik, Nunavut
- Pickering College student-researchers from Newmarket, Ontario

2012 Participants:
- CANDAC researchers from all over Canada
- Nakasuk School student-researchers from Iqaluit, Nunavut
- Pickering College student-researchers from Newmarket, Ontario
- West Preparatory Junior Public School student-researchers from Toronto, Ontario

2011 Participants:
- CANDAC researchers from all over Canada
- Pickering College student-researchers from Newmarket, Ontario
- Qarmartalik School student-researchers from Resolute Bay, Nunavut