Science Rendezvous is an annual family festival that takes science out of the lab and onto the streets across Canada! Every year we team up with Main Street Markham to host the event at the award-winning Markham Farmers’ Market.
Get ready to join the fun and CREATE!
York University's Science Rendezvous
Bringing science from the lab to the street for 15 years!
Thank you for joining us at York University and Main Street Markham's Science Rendezvous 2023 event. We hope that you had fun creating with us, and that you learned something new this year. We will be back on May 11th, 2024, with a new line-up of exciting events, activities, and demos! Come back closer to the date for more information.
In the meantime, here are some 2023 event highlights:
- Chemistry virtual reality booth with professors Derek Jackson and Kyle Belezerov
- We danced in our giant human bubble experiment
- We looked up to the Observatory Team as they brought their solar telescopes
- Delve into the microscopic world of Ticks and Mosquitos with professor Jean-Paul Paluzzi's lab: Integrative Vector Neuroendocrinology
- Explored fascinating fractals by stepping into our life-sized kaleidoscope from Hongmei Zhu in the Department of Mathematics
- Everyone laughed and sang with the Song Engineers comedy show
- The Markham Firebirds held live demonstrations of their newest competition robot
- STEM Kids Rock brought Ontario's largest privately owned "you can touch" prehistoric fossil, exotic insect and rocks and mineral collection.
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If you have any questions about our event or would like to become a sponsor, please contact us at yusr@yorku.ca.
