Quebec’s best projects presented at Hydro-Québec Super Expo-sciences in Montreal
Posted April 11, 2025 10:42 pm.
Last Updated April 12, 2025 6:58 am.
After one year of hard work, more than 150 students present 108 of the best science projects from all over Quebec, at Cégep du Vieux Montréal.
The Hydro-Québec Super Expo-Sciences invites Montrealers to come explore these projects, all aimed at finding real-world solutions to important social challenges, like health and the environment.
“The idea of a science fair project, so you either do an experiment or a design project, and it has to solve one of the world’s issues. So I’m solving our lack of sustainability. And according to 17 goals created by the United Nations, my bike helps contribute to five of those goals : […] health & well being, quality education, affordable and clean energy, industry innovation and infrastructure, and sustainable cities and communities,” said the student from Laval Senior Academy, Marc-Anthony Mourad.
He chose to build an electric dirt bike –a project that taught him a lot about science, technology, engineering and math. He documented his journey on his own YouTube channel ‘Marco E-Rides’.
“I built an electric dirt bike and I absolutely love electric dirt bikes. And when I was younger, I would always build things in my grandpa with different power tools. So I wanted to combine the two things together. So that’s why I built this electric dirt bike.”
Marc-Anthony wasn’t the only one to be inspired by a grand-parent.
“Our grandmother was an immigrant here and she came to Montreal around like 20 years ago and she had a lot of trouble speaking with the doctors. Fortunately, our mother was there to help her interpret, but not everyone is as fortunate as her in these types of situations,” said Cassidy Engo, who teamed up with her twin sister Cassidy to study the role of language in health care disparities.
“The objective of our study is to quantify the impacts of language barriers of LEP individuals. So limited English proficiency people, people that aren’t familiar with the English language, and to see whether interpreters can help make a difference,” added Lauren Engo.
This year’s event is led by Scientific President Dr. Michelle Houde, a public health physician better known as MD Colorée on TikTok, where she shares bright and informative health content with over 200,000 young followers—and those young at heart.
“Everyone should come this weekend. It doesn’t matter your age or your profession even if you’re not in science I think we have a lot to learn with all of those creative ideas from young people. I think they are very hopeful and positive and they have a lot of imagination and even I as a health professional I found a lot of ideas reading some of the projects regarding healthcare,” said Houde.
Eight young participants will be chosen to form the delegation representing Quebec at the Canada-wide final of Expo-sciences that will be held at the University of New-Brunswick, in Fredericton.
“Everyone should come this weekend. It doesn’t matter your age or your profession even if you’re not in science I think we have a lot to learn with all of those creative ideas from young people,” added Houde.
