Draft:Stem Fellowship

• Comment: Still not seeing enough secondary source coverage; the coverage needs to like have the fellowship as one of the main focuses of the article, and not just in mention it in passing or be a side topic. grapesurgeon (talk) 18:33, 24 February 2026 (UTC)

• Comment: WP:BOMBARD does not help, nor does the use of Twitter and other user generated sources,
  We require references from significant coverage about the topic of the article, and independent of it, in multiple secondary sources which are WP:RS please. See WP:42. Please also see WP:PRIMARY which details the limited permitted usage of primary sources and WP:SELFPUB which has clear limitations on self published sources. Providing sufficient references, ideally one per fact referred to, that meet these tough criteria is likely to allow this article to remain. Lack of them or an inability to find them is likely to mean that the topic is not suitable for inclusion, certainly today.
  Your only objective is to show that this passes WP:NORG. The excess of references militates against this, painting the draft as an advert 🇵🇸‍🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦‍🇵🇸 19:10, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

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STEM Fellowship is a Canadian non-profit focused on STEM education and outreach for high-school and undergraduate students. It was founded in 2015 by Dr. Alexandre (Sacha) Noukhovitch, Mohammad Asadi-Lari, Nikki Sigurdson, and Rahul Arora with the goal of fostering scientific exploration and mentorship among high-school students.

There were initially 3 chapters at University of Toronto, University of British Columbia, and University of Calgary, but as of 2024 there are 20 university chapters and over 50 high school chapters across 8 provinces. Chapters host scientific workshops, networking events, and provide career mentoring. The main organization organizes nation-wide scientific competitions and local educational outreach programs through partnerships with universities.

Scientific Competitions

The organization runs competitions around STEM subjects for high-school and university students that require teams of students to tackle problems over multiple months. Since 2018, their main competition is the annual "Big Data Challenge" which invites teams to submit research solutions on a topical theme that varies year-by-year. In 2021 and 2022, themes centered on modeling the spread of COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccination rates. One-off competitions are held for specific challenges in various STEM fields including data analytics for climate change, physics problem-solving, and business case competitions.

Educational Outreach and Partnerships

A major focus on the organization is educational outreach and introduction to science in academia for junior students. To that end, since 2015, STEM Fellowship publishes research by high-school and undergraduate students in a peer-reviewed academic journal in collaboration with Canadian Science Publishing.

Other educational outreach takes the form of workshops, classes, and camps aimed mostly towards high school students. These programs are frequently in partnership with universities, businesses, and other non-profit organizations. In 2021, they partnered with Cisco to create the widest-reaching cybersecurity course for high-school students in Canada. Also in 2021, they partnered with Prospective Medical Professionals to create a mentorship program for high-school students looking to pursue a career in health care. Since 2022, they operate an annual week-long research exploration for students to explore academic science labs across various Canadian universities. Similarly, in 2025, they partnered with PharmPath to organize a multi-week summer camp to explore trajectories and practicalities of a career in pharmacy under the guidance of faculty and PharmD students at the University of Toronto.

Awards

In 2020, Dr. Noukhovitch was awarded the Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence in STEM in part for his work on STEM Fellowship. In 2025, Dr. Noukhovitch along with two long-time board members Adrian Stanley and Dr. Michael Duong, received the King Charles III Coronation Medal for their work on STEM Fellowship. Stanley dedicated his award to the co-founder Mohammad Asadi-Lari, who died aboard Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752.