Good morning everyone,

I hope you are all doing well.

On Saturday, March 8th, 2025 we will be hosting our annual Winnipeg Brain Bee and I would like to ask if you would be willing to serve as judges, workshop leaders, or both as you have in previous years.

We currently have about 40 students signed up, and I am still waiting to hear from one of the schools, so the numbers could be somewhat higher, which means that we will definitely need a full complement of volunteers. The event will be on the Bannatyne campus; in the Apotex Building.

The format will be identical to last year. Competition will take place first; with judges (one PI and 1 student per room of ~ 8-12 students). Then there will be a lunch over a guest lecture. Then workshops taking place from 1-2:30– pending on volunteer labs leading them.

The judges will be required in the morning from 9:30-11:30 am.

The workshops will take place from 1-2:30 pm, so we request the workshop leaders to be available from 12:30- 2:30.

Volunteers helping in all other capacity will be required to be there from 9:00-3:00pm.

Please let me know ASAP if you are interested in participating this year and in what role(s) – volunteer (any assigned task), workshop leader or judge.

All volunteers will receive of co-curricular recognition for their work.

If you would like to do something new in your workshop this year, go for it!

Thank you very much for your help with this important MNN event that cannot happen without volunteers like you.

Sincerely,

Katinka Stecina Ph.D. (she/her)

Associate Professor

University of Manitoba

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Max Rady College of Medicine

Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology

Spinal Cord Research Centre

BMSB 409 / 745 Bannatyne Ave.

Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9

Telephone: 204-789-3761

Cell: 204-890-7015

Skype: kstecina

Twitter: @kstecina

Email: Katinka.Stecina@umanitoba.camailto:Katinka.Stecina@umanitoba.ca

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