Leveraging Big Data and AI to Strengthen Food Security and Promote Sustainable Agriculture
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.
2025
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™
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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 20, 2026
Calgary
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Winners
Winners of Canada’s National Big Data and AI Challenge
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Dr. Sacha Noukhovitch
STEM Fellowship, President & Founder
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Special Guests
Provides expertise and fosters connections with government academia, and industry to guide initiatives.
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eastern Canada Finals
Toronto, ON, February 11, 2026
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Winners
Winners of Canada’s National Big Data and AI Challenge
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Dr. Sacha Noukhovitch
STEM Fellowship, President & Founder
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Special Guests
Provides expertise and fosters connections with government academia, and industry to guide initiatives.
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Watch the recap of STEM Fellowship Eastern Canada Conference
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