Chilliwack Secondary Students Win Regional Science Fair Awards

April 20, 2026

Students from Chilliwack Secondary School (CSS) were recognized for their projects at the Fraser Valley Regional Science Fair Awards Ceremony last week. Seven CSS students received ribbons and financial awards.

“Every student who presented at the fair won either medals or monetary awards,” said CSS science teacher, Scott Liang. “This marks the first year our school has received two special awards in engineering. BC Hydro engineers were highly impressed by the students’ innovative projects.”

Each year the Fraser Valley Regional Science Fair invites students from the public, private, and home schools to present. Students can participate as a group or individually. At the regional level, students compete for thousands of dollars in cash and prizes including the chance to join Team BC and represent the Fraser Valley at the Canada-Wide Science Fair, all expenses paid. Competitors are K-12 students from Langley, Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Hope, Mission, and Maple Ridge. 

Regional Award Winners from Chilliwack Secondary School 

Asya Iwasaki 
Abbotsford-Mission Nature Club Award
Langley Environmental Partners Society Award

Miles Smith
Silver Medal
Abbotsford-Mission Nature Club Award

Brynn Anderson
Gold Medal
BC Agriculture in the Classroom Award 
UFV Dean of Science Award 

Sawyer Forstbauer and Lauren Pablo
Silver Medal
BC Hydro Power Pioneers Award

Matthew Gilleard
Gold Medal
BC Game Developers Innovation Award 

Niomi Tran 
Bronze Medal

The awards ceremony took place at University of the Fraser Valley’s Abbotsford campus on April 16th.

Learn about the culture around science fairs at Chilliwack Secondary School: https://sd33.bc.ca/news/podcast-episode-explores-chilliwack-secondarys-science-fair-culture.