CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee 2022 Participants
Ottawa student wins “Best Brain” in Canada and takes FIRST PLACE at the International Brain Bee competition!
By winning the 2022 CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee competition in May, Helene qualified for the world championship in July where she competed against 30 students from six continents over eight days of tests and question -and-answer rounds to become the 2022 International Brain Bee World Champion- the first Canadian to win the international neuroscience competition since 2006.
Congratulations to our top three 2022 CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee winners!
- Helene Li, Merivale High School, Ottawa
- Alyanna Delos Reyes, Lockview High School, Halifax
- Kiera Mitchell, Delhi District Secondary School, Waterloo
Congratulations to our First, Second, and Third Place winners!
On May 27, 2022, thirteen of Canada’s “brainiest” high school students competed virtually in the 14th Annual CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee championship, hosted by McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. The competition tested participants’ knowledge of neuroscience and the brain through a variety of challenges. Some of these challenges included testing on topics including, neuroanatomy, neurohistology, and patient diagnosis.
The 13 participants of the 2022 CIHR National Brain Bee competition.
The first-place winner of the 2022 Brain Bee was Helene Li from Merivale High School in Ottawa. Helene earned the title of “Best Brain” in Canada by answering questions about memory, sleep, intelligence, mental illness, aging, neurology, neurotransmitters, genetics and brain disease.
The top three winners of the competition took home personal trophies and scholarship prizes of $1,500, $1,000 and $500 respectively. As the first-place winner, Helene will also receive an opportunity for an internship in a neuroscience lab, and a trip to the Canadian Association for Neuroscience conference in Montreal in 2023.
About the CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee
The CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee (CCNBB) is an annual event that brings together some of Canada’s brightest high school students to test their knowledge of neuroscience, neuroanatomy and brain research. Each year, the first-place winner of the National Brain Bee is awarded $1,500, an opportunity to work in a neuroscience laboratory, and the title of “Best Brain” in Canada. The winner also moves on to represent Canada at the International Brain Bee competition, an annual event that has been held in different cities around the world since 1998.
The CCNBB is hosted by McMaster University and supported by CIHR’s Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction. It was created to generate excitement about neuroscience research among high school students and encourage them to pursue careers in the neuroscience field.
To learn more about the CIHR Canadian National Brain Bee, please visit the official competition website.
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