Fair Housing: a Blueprint for Equity in Life, Work and Play
The outcomes of the National High School Big Data Challenge Program — a program that strengthens students’ problem-solving and computational thinking abilities in the real world.
2022
High School Big Data Challenge™
HSBDC offers an extracurricular, interdisciplinary, experiential learning program that strengthens students’ problem-solving and computational thinking abilities and introduces them to open science.
HSBDC™
3D illustration of a colorful owl with large eyes and one wing raised.3D cartoon owl holding a glowing black square chip with the letters AI.

partners

& sponsors

Program Statistics
Participants Grade
HSBDC
48.7%
participants are in grade 10 or less. Grades: 9 - 1.5%, 10 - 12.3%, 11 - 50.8%, 12 - 34.9%
90.38%
checkpoint 1 submission
86.54%
checkpoint 2 submission
Locations
HSBDC
9/10
schools are from Canada. 56% - Eastern Canada, 43% - Western Canada, 1% - Flekke, Norway
Culminating Events
Western Canada Finals
Calgary, AB, February 26, 2023
University of Calgary
Enhancing HVAC Design Using Smart Home Technologies
Haotian F, Nate G, Isaac W, and Piaoyi W, Jonathan Greco
Designing Beautiful and appreciable architecture for all, including reflections of Indigenous cultures
Johnny Wu, Micah Mei
How Accessible is Fair Housing to Minority Groups in Canada?
Eric Rutherford, Nathan Wolfe, Kayla Parmar, Noor Sheikh, and Raymbek Zhurgenbay
An Investigation into Factors Correlated with Regional Co-Living Frequencies
Labib Chowdhury, Jenny Zhong, Samuel Mausberg, Sanjay Jayaram
Investigating The Impact of Lower House Prices, Credit Scores, Average Salaries, and Debt to Income on Underrepresented People During Economic Recessions
Yunhe Zhang, Jadelyn Tran, Atharva Rao
Urban City planing around Vancouver, Canada
Chingyin Zhang, Tyler Xu, Edward Liu, and Bruce Ji
Addressing Fair Housing Considering Anthropogenic Climate Change-Induced Natural Disasters
Pranav Pathak, Angela Qin, and Amaan Arif
Military Housing Availability and Affordability: An Analysis of the Current State and Potential Solutions for Improving Housing for CAF Service Members and Their Families
Kashish Mehrotra, Anwita Karkera, Prangad Gupta, Mateo Yajure, and Muhammad Aliyan
Research on people’s lifestyles and their preference for smart home technology
Yingru Shelley Ji, Tanya Liu, Yixin Sophie Jiang, and David Zhu
Winners
Winners of Canada’s National Big Data and AI Challenge
No items found.
Vivek Saahil
Manager – Strategic Business Analysis, Planning & Support, Pratt & Whitney Canada
LinkedIn Icon
Raman Pall
Senior Data Scientist, NRC Digital Technologies Research Center
LinkedIn Icon
Lubna Rasheed
B. Eng., Senior Software Engineer, Cisco
LinkedIn Icon
Ms. Nicole Gerald
Systems Engineer, Cisco Canada, Enterprise O&G, Promoting Girls in STEM
LinkedIn Icon
Dave Carter
National Research, Council
LinkedIn Icon
Special Guests
Provides expertise and fosters connections with government academia, and industry to guide initiatives.
David Lapides
Vice President, Programs, Let’s Talk Science
LinkedIn Icon
Dr. Joel Martin
NRC’s Chief Digital Research Officer and Chief Science Officer
LinkedIn Icon
Chantelle Howell
Regional Manager, Mortgage Specialist, RBC
LinkedIn Icon
Elizabeth Dowdeswell
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
LinkedIn Icon
Dr. Daniel Gruner
CTO, SciNet, UofT
LinkedIn Icon
Dr. Bonnie Schmidt
CM, FRSC, Founding President, Let’s Talk Science
LinkedIn Icon
Bill Macgowan
P.Eng., CEM, Director, Smart Connected Real Estate, CISCO
LinkedIn Icon
eastern Canada Finals
Toronto, ON, February 11, 2023
University of Toronto
Removing the negative connotations of subsidized housings and how it’s both beneficial to the impoverished and the communities near
Tom Zheng, Chengtai (Richard) Li, Hudson Haas, and David Shan
A Statistical Analysis on Thawing Permafrost in Canada’s North and Its Effects on Housing
Errita Xu and Victoria Lu
Racial And Socioeconomic Inequality in Housing across Canada
Eric Chau, Zayan Bhuiyan, Kenny Sylvester Jr., and Bjorn Lino
Investigating the Correlation Between Various Housing Factors and Life Satisfaction to Build a Model for Sustainable Living
Ibrahim Khawar, Kadhir Ponnambalam, Michael Xiao, Zachary Yu, Vincent Jia
Greenhouse Gas Emission Induced Thawing Permafrost and its Effects on Housing Safety
Joyi Xue and Irene Chen
Multivariate Analysis on the Relationship Between Population Demographics and the Housing
Market Sienna Su and Xiaoyu Liu
Developing a Dynamic Framework for Public Rental Housing in Toronto
Minghao Chen, Zhaohan Sun, Andy Tang, and Lelin Zhang
A Study of the Correlation between the Census Characteristics and Housing Affordability in Canada
Daisy Li, Peiyong Lin, and Shirley Yang
Investigating the Current Policies to Analyze the Optimum Solution for Restoring the Housing Balance in Vancouver
Zihan Gao, Yutong Cui, and Yuxuan Sheng
The Influence of a House’s Proximity to Amenities on Educational Attainment and Demographic in the US
Adam Omarali, Haoyang (Leo) Liu, Yiyi Xu, Navid Farkhondehpay, and Zicheng (James) Tian
Winners
Winners of Canada’s National Big Data and AI Challenge
No items found.
Vivek Saahil
Manager – Strategic Business Analysis, Planning & Support, Pratt & Whitney Canada
LinkedIn Icon
Raman Pall
Senior Data Scientist, NRC Digital Technologies Research Center
LinkedIn Icon
Lubna Rasheed
B. Eng., Senior Software Engineer, Cisco
LinkedIn Icon
Ms. Nicole Gerald
Systems Engineer, Cisco Canada, Enterprise O&G, Promoting Girls in STEM
LinkedIn Icon
Dave Carter
National Research, Council
LinkedIn Icon
Special Guests
Provides expertise and fosters connections with government academia, and industry to guide initiatives.
David Lapides
Vice President, Programs, Let’s Talk Science
LinkedIn Icon
Dr. Joel Martin
NRC’s Chief Digital Research Officer and Chief Science Officer
LinkedIn Icon
Chantelle Howell
Regional Manager, Mortgage Specialist, RBC
LinkedIn Icon
Elizabeth Dowdeswell
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
LinkedIn Icon
Dr. Daniel Gruner
CTO, SciNet, UofT
LinkedIn Icon
Dr. Bonnie Schmidt
CM, FRSC, Founding President, Let’s Talk Science
LinkedIn Icon
Bill Macgowan
P.Eng., CEM, Director, Smart Connected Real Estate, CISCO
LinkedIn Icon
Greetings from Unesco
Greetings from Roda Muse, Secretary General of CC Unesco
Blue and white cartoon owl figurine sitting on a pile of assorted closed books with worn covers.

Invest in Success

Empower R&D Talent

Your contributions support young talent, who transform communities.

Previous Project
HSBDC
2025
Leveraging Big Data and AI to Strengthen Food Security and Promote Sustainable Agriculture
Check Now
HSBDC
2024
Harnessing AI and Open Data Analytics to Combat Social Inequities Among Adolescents
Check Now
HSBDC
2023
Leveraging Generative AI and Data Cybersecurity to Conserve and Foster Local Biodiversity
Check Now
HSBDC
2022
Fair Housing: a Blueprint for Equity in Life, Work and Play
Check Now
HSBDC
2021
Cleaner Energy at the Individual and Community Levels
Check Now
HSBDC
2020
Using the Power of Open Data to Learn: Paving the Path to True Equality and Equal Access in Education
Check Now
HSBDC
2019
New Climate and Information Realities: From Oceans to Glass of Water
Check Now
HSBDC
2018
Sustainability: Think Global and Act Local with Big Data
Check Now