SotB Poster Competition
We host an annual Students on the Beamlines Scientific Poster Competition for student groups who have conducted research at the Canadian Light Source within the last year. There are four competitions: Judges' Vote, Peer Review, Staff Pick, and Public Vote. The winner of the Judges' Vote receives a trophy that they can display at their school and the winner of the Peer Review receives a plaque they get to keep. The Judged competition is held in conjunction with the CLS' Annual Users Meeting each year.
Our Students on the Beamlines program gives an authentic and immersive science research experience for students, which includes communicating experimental findings with a scientific poster. If students are creating a scientific poster, be sure to check out our Poster Resources for some tips and tricks to creating science posters. Or reach out to the CLS Education Team and we would be happy to help!
2023 Poster Competition Participants
A total of 4 posters were submitted for the 2023 Poster Competition and these are displayed below (as well as a bonus poster created by the education group!).
Students were engaged in Peer Reviewed, Expert Judged, staff, and public competitions.
Lead Absorption in Taraxacum Officinale.pdfHalifax Grammar School
Lead Absorption in Taraxacum Officinale
Halifax, NS / Unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaq peoples
Peer-Review Winner
SotB Poster - Unionville High School.pdfUnionville High School
Fast Fashion Faux Pas: Investigating Toxic Elements
Markham, ON / Treaty 13 (Mississaugas of the Credit) and Williams Treaties (Mississauga and Chippewas First Nations)
Poster SOTB - Squashing Heavy Metals (PDF).pdfPensionat du Saint-Nom-de-Marie
Squashing Heavy Metals: Squash's Potential for Phytoremediation and Safety for Consumption
Montréal, QC / Unceded Indigenous lands of the Kanien'kehá :ka and Mohawk Nation
Judges Vote Winner
MB CLS Project Poster.pdfFort Richmond & Nellie McClung Collegiate
Heavy Metal Biosorption by White Rot Fungus Within Aqueous Solutions
Winnipeg, MB / Treaty 1 Homelands of the Anishinaabeg, Anishininewuk, Dakota Oyate, Dene, Nehethowuk Nations, Red River Métis, and Northern Manitoba including ancestral lands of the Inuit.
Public Vote and Staff Pick Winner
Canadian Light Source Education
Education Programs at the CLS since 2013 - By the Numbers
Saskatoon, SK / Treaty 6 Traditional territories of the Nêhiyawak, Anishinabek, Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota Nations, and the homeland of the Métis.