We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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Science Rendezvous at UOIT: An annual community success

May 13, 2013

Cool experiments and fun activities made for a great day of discovery for young scientists at the 2013 Science Rendezvous at UOIT.

Hundreds of young scientists and their parents took in a full day of free, hands-on activities on May 11 as the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) hosted Science Rendezvous for the sixth year.

The highly successful day of discovery and learning offered by UOIT researchers, graduate and undergraduate students (from a variety of faculties), and various community groups featured all kinds of activities both old and new. For the first time ever at Science Rendezvous, UOIT opened the doors to the Automotive Centre of Excellence (ACE), for guests to get a rare glimpse of the first testing and research centre of its kind in Canada (and in many respects, the world), including its powerful climatic wind tunnel (temperature was 36 degrees Celsius).

Many Science Rendezvous visitors participated in the new tower building competition. The tallest tower built was 50 cm high, remarkably made with only one sheet of paper. Others created their own liquid nitrogen ice cream, launched bottle rockets and explored the amazing diversity of animals from all over the world through a game of biodiversity bingo.

“It was a pleasure to see so many guests come to Science Rendezvous this year and participate in our activities, as well as learn about science” said Annette Tavares, Lecturer, UOIT Faculty of Science and organizer of Science Rendezvous at UOIT. “We hope to see the same amount of engagement and enthusiasm from our guests next year.”

Science Rendezvous concluded with the popular annual Science Jeopardy game with contestants using clickers in a format inspired by the famous television game show.

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