{"id":1563,"date":"2022-08-30T02:06:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T09:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/vdsf\/?page_id=1563"},"modified":"2026-03-15T16:48:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T23:48:43","slug":"timeline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/vdsf\/student-teacher-info\/timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"letter-spacing: 0.8px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #666699\"><strong>IMPORTANT DATES FOR VDSF 2026<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1945 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/vdsf\/files\/2025\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/vdsf\/files\/2025\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-2.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/vdsf\/files\/2025\/08\/MicrosoftTeams-image-2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 143px) 100vw, 143px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Friday, Jan. 16 <\/strong>\u2192 student online registration opens at 12:00:00AM<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wednesday, Feb. 11 <\/strong>\u2192 student online registration closes at 11:59:59PM<\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday, Feb. 13 (pro-D) <\/strong>\u2192 final e-mail confirmation sent to all applicants<\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday, Feb. 20 <\/strong>\u2192 participant confirmation forms due by 11:59:59PM<\/li>\n<li><strong>Monday, Mar. 2 to Thursday, Mar. 5 \u2192 <\/strong>virtual judging on Microsoft Teams<\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday, Mar. 6 \u2192 <\/strong>in-person fair at <a href=\"https:\/\/langara.ca\/\">Langara College<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>Saturday, Mar. 7 <\/b>\u2192 VDSF 2026 finalists announced (via VSB e-mail)<b><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Tuesday, Mar. 10 <\/b>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/gvrsf.ca\/students\/registration\/\">GVRSF 2026 registration<\/a> due at 11:59PM<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thursday, Apr. 9 to Saturday, Apr. 11\u00a0<\/strong>\u2192 Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair at UBC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><strong>Follow us on Instagram (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vdsf.projects2026\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">@vdsf.projects2026<\/span><\/a>) for tips &amp; reminders!<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">[<strong>Last updated:<\/strong> August 2025]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"letter-spacing: 0.8px;text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #666699\"><strong>BEYOND VDSF: REGIONAL &amp; CANADA-WIDE FAIRS<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"letter-spacing: 0.8px\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gvrsf.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GVRSF-Website-Header4.png\" alt=\"GVRSF\" width=\"468\" height=\"147\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">April 9 &#8211; 11, 2026 | AMS Student Nest, UBC Vancouver<\/h3>\n<p>VDSF finalists advance to the <span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"https:\/\/gvrsf.ca\/\"><strong>Greater Vancouver Regional Science <\/strong><strong>Fair<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, one of thirteen regional fairs in BC\/Yukon. GVRSF is a three-day event and participants include public, independent, and home-schooled students from Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Coquitlam, New Westminster, Port Moody, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Gibsons\/Sechelt, Powell River, and Squamish\/Whistler.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/technoscience.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/cwsf_newlogo.png\" alt=\"Canada-wide final - R\u00e9seau technoscience\" width=\"475\" height=\"145\" \/><\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">May 23 &#8211; 30, 2026 | Edmonton, AB<\/h3>\n<p>Grand prize winners at the Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair continue on to the <span style=\"color: #800080\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youthscience.ca\/science-fairs\/cwsf\/ottawa-2024\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><strong>Canada-Wide Science Fair<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #333333\">, the largest annual STEM event for youth in the country. Established by Youth Science Canada in 1962, CWSF is a weeklong event that brings together top finalists from over 100 regional fairs in the country. In addition to judging sessions and public exhibitions, these students also attend scientific, cultural, and social activities. Awards range from medals, cash prizes, scholarships, and invitations to overseas competitions.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">[<strong>Last updated:<\/strong> February 2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>IMPORTANT DATES FOR VDSF 2026 Friday, Jan. 16 \u2192 student online registration opens at 12:00:00AM Wednesday, Feb. 11 \u2192 student online registration closes at 11:59:59PM <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/vdsf\/student-teacher-info\/timeline\/\" title=\"Timeline\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":0,"parent":515,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1563","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/vdsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/vdsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/vdsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/vdsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/vdsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1563"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/vdsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2004,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/vdsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1563\/revisions\/2004"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/vdsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/vdsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}