Since 1995, providing secondary school students the opportunity to test their knowledge and understanding of biology.

2009 Competition Results

 Results are now online!

Full school results and competition stats are available to coordinators by logging in.

The 15th annual competition was written by 5,417 eligible contestants at 357 schools on April 30, 2009: 341 schools from across Canada, and schools in Brunei Darussalam, China, Germany, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the United States. Top students receive cash prizes and/or certificates.

Congratulations to all students and schools!

Results were mailed out on Thursday, May 28, 2009.

 

Top 10 Students
 

  • David Kleinman, North Toronto CI, Toronto, ON (1st)
  • Run Ze Cao, Martingrove CI, Etobicoke, ON (2nd)
  • Wyanne Law, Glenforest SS, Mississauga, ON (tied for 3rd)
  • Clinton Wang, University of Toronto Schools, Toronto, ON (tied for 3rd)
  • Tony Wang, Don Mills CI, Toronto, ON (5th)
  • Xiuqi Xia, Northern SS, Toronto, ON (6th)
  • Eugen Hruska, Gymnazium Hlohovec, Hlohovec, - (tied for 7th)
  • Qingda Hu, A Y Jackson SS, North York, ON (tied for 7th)
  • Geoffrey Osgood, Sir Winston Churchill HS, Calgary, AB (tied for 7th)
  • Zejia Zhang, Agincourt CI, Agincourt, ON (10th)
     

 

Top 10 Schools
 

  • St George's School, Vancouver, BC (1st)
  • University of Toronto Schools, Toronto, ON (2nd)
  • Markham DHS, Markham, ON (3rd)
  • Glenforest SS, Mississauga, ON (4th)
  • Martingrove CI, Etobicoke, ON (5th)
  • Thornhill SS, Thornhill, ON (6th)
  • Crescent School, Willowdale, ON (7th)
  • Don Mills CI, Toronto, ON (8th)
  • Northern SS, Toronto, ON (9th)
  • Lisgar CI,  Ottawa, ON (10th)
     

 

Scholarship Recipients

Below is list of the top students in the 2009 competition who have been offered a U of T National Biology Competition Scholarship, valued at $2,000. This admission scholarship is awarded when the student registers in Arts and Science at the University of Toronto (St. George). Up to 10 scholarships will be awarded. The conditions for which these scholarships are awarded are given below.

As of June 3, 2009

  • David Kleinman, North Toronto CI, Toronto, ON (graduating in 2010)
  • Run Ze Cao, Martingrove CI, Etobicoke, ON (graduating in 2012)
  • Clinton Wang, University of Toronto Schools, Toronto, ON (graduating in 2011)
  • Tony Wang, Don Mills CI, Toronto, ON
  • Xiuqi Xia, Northern SS, Toronto, ON (graduating in 2010)
  • Eugen Hruska, Gymázium Hlohovec, Hlohovec, Slovakia (graduating in 2010)
  • Qingda Hu, A Y Jackson SS, NorthYork, ON (graduating in 2010)
  • William Fung, Markham DHS, Markham, ON
  • Anton Dobrin, Northern SS, Toronto, ON
  • Jenny Shin, Prince of Wales SS, Vancouver, BC (graduating in 2010)
  • Steven Zhu, Sir Winston Churchill SS, Vancouver, BC (graduating in 2010)

Conditions: To receive a U of T National Biology Competition Scholarship students must obtain a score on the competition exam above the 90th percentile, demonstrate outstanding academic performance in their final year of secondary school, and register in Arts and Science, University of Toronto. If a student does not register, then the award will be presented to the next highest scorer in the 2008 competition to meet the above conditions. Award winners who are not in their final year of secondary school can defer the acceptance of their scholarship; they are also eligible for only one competition scholarship, should they participate in the competition more than once.