a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this action project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? The main challenge I had throughout this project, which I mentioned before, was that when I sent out my email I did not get as many responses as I expected. I got many […]
Hi, this is my last blog post, hope you enjoy! 1. Address the following questions: a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this action project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? Throughout this action project, I faced different challenges while organizing and completing my community cleanup. One challenge was […]
Our first major setback was arranging a time where all three of us can meet and complete our project. It was difficult to sort out what time we were all available and what park is most accessible. When we arrived at Lafarge, we were surprised to find that there was […]
Our first major hurdle was that coordinating the schedules of three people proved surprisingly difficult and sorting out the timing took a lot of effort. Once we arrived at Lafarge, we faced an unexpected shift in the project’s scope: there was a lot less general litter than we had anticipated, […]
Hello and welcome to my final blog post of this year! Unfortunately, this project is coming to a close very quickly, but I look forward to coming back to Butterfly Effect in later years to continue doing research and starting new projects! As I reflect on my final project, I […]
1.) What challenges did you overcome throughout this action project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? Finally, the updates on this project must come to an end for this semester, though I will be continuing to volunteer at the Madison Care Center. Throughout this project my partner, Valeriya and […]
Throughout project number 2, I came across 2 main problems: Procrastination and finding a starting point. ProcrastinationWhile this is a personal issue, it is one that many students fall succumb to, including myself. During the semester, I found myself moving away from writing the blog posts. This was because I […]
Hi everyone, this is my blog post #5. Hope you enjoy! 🙂 1.) Where are you with your action? (e.g. what involvement have you had so far? Describe with examples) This past weekend, I have done my community cleanup activity with my friends. We went to two parks (Blue Mountain and Good Neighborhood Park) because I thought that […]
Global warming has become an indisputable reality accelerating atmospheric circulation patterns . Against this backdrop , the arid humid climate patterns in many regions worldwide have undergone notable adjustments particulary in the spatial configuration of climate transition zone . These zones typically located at the margins between drylands , over […]
INTRODUCTION It has been estimated that up to 40% of the planets , lands is degraded , directly affecting the global population and contribution to on going biodiversity losses In response substantial effort have been invested to half and reverse this trend , through ecological restoration spurred on by large […]
INTRODUCTION We can discuss the need to improve how carbon sequestration and green house gas removals are defined and accounted for in climate policy . A major challenge in these systems is accounting for how long removed carbon remains stored outside the atmosphere. Tradition accounting methods often focus only in […]
The Chain of Command (Hierarchical Processing): Think of your brain like a business. The Big Boss (the top layer) tells the Staff (the eyes and ears) what to expect. The Staff only sends a message back up to the Boss if something unexpected happens. If everything is normal, the Staff stays quiet, and […]
Bayesian inference is a statistical framework where the brain combines prior belief which incoming sensory evidence the most probable of sensation.Prior represent expectation based on past experience, while sensory data new evidence.Predictive coding is a neural implementation of Bayesian inference. How do they work: 1.Hierarchical processing: Predictive coding organizes the […]
Bayesian Inference is a way to combine what we already know (prior knowledge) with new information to make prediction and decision. Here is a simple breakdown on how it relates with the brain: 1.Prior knowledge: The brain keep tracks of what it has already learned about the world. For example: […]
Hi everyone, welcome to my post #4! Where is your initiative at? (For example, what level of participation have you had so far? Describe with examples.) Right now, I have been busy preparing a map for the locations of garbage bins that can be used by members of the community […]
Hi everyone, this is my blog post #3. Unfortunately, due to my age I am not allow yet to volunteer in senior care centres. Instead, I have decided to do a trash pick up project. Even though some people also have decided to do a similar project I think it […]
The main part of our action is now complete! My peers and I were finally able to settle on a date and go around, helping our local community. On Thursday, we spent a good chunk of our evening in Lafarge lake park picking up pieces of garbage from various areas […]
Welcome back! To summarise what we have done so far is we planned to collect our supplies and finalised a date to do our group picking up garbage. we have gone to Lafarge lake and we were surprised to see how clean the place was overall, however there was some […]
After doing our research and collecting the proper supplies needed for our project, we met at Lafarge lake to pick up garbage. To our surprise, we noticed way less garbage than we expected. Many places were already clean; however, in more populated areas, garbage was present. We wore gloves and […]
Welcome back! In my last post I said I was possibly going to pick up more litter. I was able to go out today and get a few more smaller bags of garbage. I expanded my search to burnaby because my mom was visiting a friend. I got a ride […]
Recently, my partner and I have continued volunteering at The Madison Care Centre, and this week we became much more involved with the residents themselves. During our latest visit, we helped run and participate in a bingo game with several residents. Although it may seem like a small activity, it […]
1.) Where are you with your action? Hitherto, this project has been progressing excellently and Valeriya and I have been able to achieve our many goals, like talking with the residents and playing recreational games. We now have a set schedule in place to volunteer after schools and weekends, and […]
Welcome back! I have gotten more responses in the past week. I also picked up some trash on the May long weekend. It was fairly successful but I ran into a problem that many others were facing, which I will talk about soon. In the last post I talked about […]
As of this week my group and I talked about the days we are all free to do the garbage picking up. What we have for sure is that our main location we are heading to is Lafarge because it is quite big and would have more area to cover. Like mentioned, we will have teachers like […]
The action that I came up with was to create a tool that helps people identify and deal with invasive plants. With support from experts, I hope to code an AI that is able to identify local invasive plant species from photos and provide accurate/simple steps to removing it, based […]
May 14th, 2026 This week, our group discussed a date we were all available to participate in the clean up, and we decided that Lafarge would be a great location to put our goals in action. We are however pretty flexible with the location and timing, so it might change […]
Welcome to blog post #4! This week my partner and I have made some more progress in our project with The Madison Care Centre. Recently we have visited the care center itself and we have been taken on a tour. For both myself and Vicky, it was our first time […]
We have finally decided on a date for our action project, as well as a park. However, we are open to any changes in either the time or location. We have gathered the supplies, such as garbage bags, gloves, masks, and clampers. We will be discussing with some professionals like […]
1.) Where are you with your action? So far, in our action we have been able to tour The Madison and get an introductory of how things work and what we will be able to do. To add some context, in The Madison there is around 6-8 different neighborhoods spread […]
So far I have made some good progress, I have heard back from some people. I also reached out to some of my friends from elementary school who moved to Calgary. There are multiple people from different provinces that are looking forward to helping me with my project. I got […]
The action that I came up with was to create a tool that helps people identify and deal with invasive plants. With support from experts, I hope to code an AI that is able to identify local invasive plant species from photos and provide accurate/simple steps to removing it, based […]
A “Shared Interface” refers to any digital or physical space where multiple users interact with a system or each other simultaneously—ranging from collaborative document editing and social media feeds to public kiosks and multi-user AI environments. In 2026, research into shared interfaces focuses on how these platforms shape human behavior, […]
My peers and I are working together to collect garbage from local parks in hope of retreating and making an impact in our environment. So far, we have planned out the possible parks available and nearby, and have listed some experts we can contact. However, we are still working on […]
1.) Where are you with your action? Welcome to my third action post about assisting the elderly. Currently Valeriya and I have a base for this project, and are ready to start helping our community. So far, we explored our options for facilities, varying by distance, ratings and overall care. […]
A short summary is that my partners and I, Golsa and Rima, have planned to collect garbage in our local community parks as a way to give back and spread awareness of environmental cleaning, in the hope that it will inspire others to do so as well and know that […]
Hello, and welcome to my third blog post! As mentioned in earlier posts, this second project of mine consists in the assistance at care centers. So, my partner, Vicky, and I have been working to continue and keep our project on going. Thus far, we have researched all the different […]
Interstellar travel is theoretically possible but remains beyond our current engineering. To bridge the gap to the stars, we must move past rockets to nuclear fission, potentially reducing travel time. To sustain such mission, we must learn to harness stellar energy. However, the “dark universe” poses a great threat: at […]
The ” Dark universe”- The dark matter and energy- is more than a void; It’s an invisible and unpredictable threats. While we plan for solar flare, phenomena like dark universe present structural and biological risks that our current technology cannot yet see or stop.{DC. Gibson, 2015} The Dark universe introduces […]
Enhancing energy from stars is currently just a theory involving use of beams rather than fusions like in the past. .{L. Mittelman, 2022} Imagine a cosmic sail boat that doesn’t carry a fuel tank, Instead, it depend on star energy to push to super acceleration of space craft. This push […]
After choosing this I went further and divided this topic into three,. Let’s meet in my research as we will also be educated together as my breakdowns will be: 1.Atmospehric and physical climate reversal . It deals with major environmental changes affecting the planet. Climate reversal influences weather, ecosystems, and human […]
The action that I came up with was to create a tool that helps people identify and deal with invasive plants. With support from experts, I hope to code an AI that is able to identify local invasive plant species from photos and provide accurate/simple steps to removing it, based […]
Interstellar travel is the travel of space craft between star system. Due to the vast distance between the solar system and the nearby star, Interstellar travel is not practicable with currently. The large distance involved require a high degree of space craft .Currently, reaching the closest star system would take […]
Stars, the nearest rest being Proxima Centauri, 4 1\4 light- years away, a distance of 25 trillion miles ( 40 trillion KM). The vast distance and the hazards awaiting the astronomers heading this direction losses the hopes of many astronomers towards achieving this goal. But all is not lost, combination […]
Hi, this is my second post, enjoy! 1.) Provide a summary of the action you are planning and how are you going to start. For my action project, I am planning to help in a senior care center. My goal is to improve their emotional well-being by spending time with them, listening […]
I love being outdoors, whether it’s walking my dog or walking around with my friends it’s always refreshing. Lately I’ve been seeing an excess amount of litter just laying around the streets and parks. It bothers me specifically because I care about the environment. So for my project I want […]
1.) Provide a summary of the action you are planning and how are you going to start. For my action project i am planning to do a more environmental project this semester my plan is to recollect and throw away any garbage at our community parks. This will be a group project with Rima and Golsa. We are starting by choosing a […]
In this action project, my peer and I will be working on a project that will help create a healthier environment for everyone in my community. This project will require my peers and I to pick up waste from public parks. It will help by creating a less polluted earth […]
My favourite chores growing up has always been directly related to the outdoors such as raking the leaves on the lawn, or weeding the garden to make room for the tulips . In my free time, I enjoy running in the Mundy Park forest and taking in all the flavourful […]
Hey, and welcome to my second blog post within my second project this year! The second project I have chosen involves volunteering at various care centers, I plan to do this volunteering with my partner, Vicky, with whom I’ve worked before. To begin, Vicky and I will research the many […]
1.) Provide a summary of the action you are planning and how are you going to start. To start volunteering at care centers, my friend Valeriya and I are going to reach out to varying different types of care centers. We plan to choose a few primarily in our area, […]
I completed the Values Activity, which helped me reflect on what truly matters most in my life. After finishing the activity, I learned that my top three most important values are family, helping, and spiritual growth. My three least important values were listed as reliable, friendship, and belonging. I found that the results […]
Hi everyone, this is my blog post #1 for my second project, hope you enjoy! 1.) Complete the Values Activity. 2.) a) What are your 3 most important values? b) What are your 3 least important values? After completing the values activity, my three most important values were helping, leadership, and […]
My 3 most important values are Equality, Freedom, and Compassion. My 3 least important values are Tradition, Tolerance, and Power. I agree with the results for the most part, some values may have changed since doing the activity last semester, but overall I believe I kept the same core values […]
After completing the values activity I found out that my most important values are justice, equality, and freedom. Also that my least important values are tolerance, spiritual growth, and power. I think these results are spot on, and they represent my personal values correctly. The descriptions were accurate to what […]
After completing the activity, I learned my top 3 most important values are courage, recognition and personal growth. My top 3 least important values turned out to be tradition, belonging and equality. I agree with the results, and I think the statements are good descriptions of the values. I do […]
My three most important values according to the values activity are personal growth, family, and equality. On the other hand, my three least important values include power, reliability and leadership. I do agree with the results because they reflect what truly matters to me and represents who I am. I […]
Hello, this is the very first blog post in this second semester, marking the beginning of my second project! I plan on continuing an Action project with my friend, Vicky, due to our connection and shared passions, but this time we have brainstormed many different ideas for a new project. […]
Welcome to my first blog post for my second action project, I can’t wait to continue creating a positive impact in my community. Likewise to my last project, I am creating it with my friend Valeriya. So, I hope you can enjoy reading! 1) What are your 3 most important […]
The Modern Interface: How Nuclear and Genetic Breakthroughs Shape Our World As we navigate 2026, the boundary between advanced technology and daily life has become increasingly seamless. Two fields in particular—nuclear science and gene-editing—have moved beyond the laboratory to fundamentally alter how we power our world and maintain our health. […]
Hey! Unfortunately, this is the final blog post that I will write concerning my volunteering project that I had started with my friend, Vicky, in our very first semester. Though we are sad that it’s coming to it’s final close, we also acknowledge that this a great opportunity to reflect […]
Hi everyone 😛! This is my final post and reflection about this project, I handed out the cards and flowers on January 2nd right after New Years. I have a few interesting stories which I will talk about later on into the post, so keep reading to hear them. Throughout […]
This project has taught me organization, team work, and patience. I learned to take things easy by trusting the process especially when it felt like there was no solution. I learned to collaborate by listening to my peers and applying my own knowledge and ideas as well. However, I faced […]
1) What challenges did you overcome throughout this action project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? In our action project, volunteering at an elementary school, the main challenges that Valeriya and I faced was communication. Thus, gaining trust, respect and learning how to productively talk and act with young […]
Over the course of my project teaching elementary students about first aid and safety, I went through a lot of learning and space for growth. Looking back, there were several challenges I had to overcome, but each one helped me become more confident and adaptable. One of the main challenges I faced was scheduling our […]
Hello everyone, today am going to take you through my third blog where am going to breakdown my inquiry question into 3 related parts. In my previous year, my journey begun with a compelling “what if” question , that is ,What if the powerful solar flare and corona mass ejections […]
The way people make chatbots for cancer care shows we need AI that really thinks about what people need. These chatbots should be kind, give right information, and help each patient different. Cancer patients and their families are very scared and stress, they need someone to answer their questions. So […]
Introduction Artificial Intelligence (AI) has moved beyond calculation and cognition into the domain of emotion and experience. Once confined to logical operations, AI systems now speak the language of emotion—detecting, labelling, and even simulating human affect with increasing accuracy (Huang et al., 2023). From chatbots that offer comfort to users […]
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now part of everyday life. It is used in healthcare, education, transportation, self-driving cars, social robots, and smart chat systems. AI brings many benefits and makes tasks faster and easier. However, it also creates psychological, social, and ethical challenges. As AI begins to influence how people […]
After identifying the topic I went forward and divided my topic into three so as to advance my research and also make it clear and more understandable. These subtopics are: Under this question I’ll be looking into artificial systems where they imitate the expression of empathy but lack the conscious […]
1.) Where are you with your action? Volunteering at Ranch Park Elementary is slowly came to a stop, with the completion of the last weeks of helping. Valeriya and I have helped the students for a long duration, since the start of November, and we’ve been able to gain much […]
1.) Where are you with your action? (e.g. what involvement have you had so far? Describe with examples) Now with my action i’m planning the next time i will go out and clean up my neighborhood even though i’m finished my action project i thought it would be nice if […]
Hi guys! Welcome back to my second last blog post for this project! I have to say I definitely feel like I’ve grown a lot throughout this project. It’s been really fun doing something I actually enjoy as a school project. Where I’m at with my action: I’ve been cleaning […]
Over the past few weeks, our project teaching first aid and safety to elementary school students has been going really well. We’ve now completed two full presentations, and both experiences were so rewarding. We got to interact with kids from different age groups and hear their thoughts on what “safety” […]
Hi, welcome back to my post! A lot has happened since I last gave an update. I wrapped up my action project during winter break, and have since been reflecting on it. In this post I will talk about what I did and what I have accomplished.😛 One of my […]
Hello everyone! We have finally been able to visit the elementary school to present about first aid and teach life saving survival skills. Alongside, we brought our energy and stickers to excite the children and entertain them. We were responsible leaders and made sure to ask the children questions to […]
Unfortunately, this project is soon coming to a close, but there still remain a few more blog posts as well as opportunities to continue my work towards my action. Thus far, Vicky and I have gone to Ranch Park Elementary School several times -an estimate of around 8-12 times, and […]
1.) Where are you with your action? We have basically completed our action. Rima and Dara were able to provide Baker Drive elementary students with a helpful presentation about First Aid. I unfortunately was not able to schedule a time, as I had classes. So, we decided to split the […]
1.) Where are you with your action? 2.) What are some successes that you have had? 2. One of the biggest successes has been actually finding a school and specific class that is interested in contributing to our project and learning something from it as well. In addition, we have […]
Hello everyone, welcome back to my fourth blog post! Here is our update. After emailing back and forth with the school that agreed to work with us, my group and I finally set up a meeting with one of the teachers to get her opinion on our project. We wanted […]
Hello everyone! After some emailing with the school that was able to cooperate with us, we decided on a time to meet with one of the teachers so that we can see her intake on our project. We decided to first meet with one of the teachers to learn more […]
Hi welcome back! 😊So far with this project I have made about twenty-seven cards to put on cars. This week I have been trying to stick to my original plan and make just one card a day. It has been quite successful and I am on track to finish them […]
Hi guys! For my action project, I’ve continuously went to my Adopt-A-Park park to clean up almost every Wednesday. I may have missed a week or two, but honestly I don’t really remember. I feel like I’ve basically become one with the park now since I go there so frequently. […]
1.) Where are you with your action? So far i have completed my action. I went to the river walked around and picked up some garbage some of the things i found were a hand warmer and a piece of ribbon. There wasn’t much garbage but I expected that because […]
What’s up, guys! As the semester continues to go by, weeks of projects, assignments and studying do too, but within the stress I have been able to do some incredibly cool stuff, like this project. Thus far, Vicky and I have kept up our consistency and we have been visiting […]
1.) Where are you with your action? In our efforts of helping schools and tutoring students in our neighborhood, Valeriya and I have volunteered for approximately six hours total. During that time we more activities with the learners, answering their questions and helping teachers feel less stressed and overwhelmed in […]
Hi I’m Dara, and this is my update on my action project so far, the 3 of us in our group have contacted 6 different schools. We provided full details, such as the benefit and objective of our project. Two schools have responded to us so far: one accepted our […]
Hey guys! I am going to bring you up to speed with my project this semester. I haven’t made as much progress as I hoped I would but it’s okay!! So far I have made about 20 cards to give away and decided on the flowers that I will pair […]
Hey, guys! I’m incredibly glad to be back and writing posts, like this one! As of late, we had received a bit of time to work on our projects, the other week, we had the amazing opportunity of speaking with a member of PA-MOJA, Sarnaver Mwende, she has answered our […]
1.) Where are you with your action? (e.g. what involvement have you had so far? Describe with examples) So far, my two peers and I have contacted 6 different elementary schools with a thorough explanation of our project. We included detailed information like the reasons, benefits, and our goal. We […]
1.) Where are you with your action? (e.g. what involvement have you had so far? Describe with examples) For my project, I visit a dog park near Chilko every Wednesday to assist with trash cleanup. The task is pretty straightforward, mainly picking up litter. So there’s not much more to […]
1.) Where are you with your action? I am in the planning and preparation stage of my action project. I decided I will go with my mom to the Coquitlam River to do a small clean-up. Since my mom is busy, it’s easier to go somewhere close. We also go […]
1.) Where are you with your action? So far, in the action of helping local schools in tutoring students, Valeriya and I have selected one school, Ranch Park, where we volunteer through second grade to kindergarten. In which, we focus on filling in the cracks of their base, to create […]
1.) Where are you with your action? So far, all 3 of us have started contacting different local schools, and explaining our project with details like the cause, and benefits. We have not heard back from any schools yet, but we are planning on contacting other areas as well potentially […]
For my action project i have decided that i will clean up our environment by garbage pickup in areas outside that are in need of cleaning up.Cleaning the beach or the sidewalks can help our community be clean. Some problems or complications that i might face is the weather.Because we […]
1. Summary of the Action and How We Will Start:This semester, my group Golsa, Rima, and I are focusing on First Aid Awareness for Elementary Students. Our plan is to visit local elementary schools and deliver interactive first aid presentations. These sessions will include hands-on demonstrations, short videos, and fun […]
Provide a summary of the action you are planning and how are you going to start: To start the action of volunteering and helping around schools, Valeriya and I are going to firstly start by emailing schools. We will select a few schools in our neighborhood, preferably in a walking […]
In your post, address the following:1.) My action is is cleaning up garbage of a beach to start this action i will bring garbage bags and something to pick up the garbage with so i don’t touch it.2.)Since I’m picking up garbage outside a problem i can face is the […]
Hi guys! For my action project this semester I plan to put flowers and cards on cars parked in the parking lot of the Cancer Agency in Surrey. My goal is to bring a little joy to the patients day and help them feel supported. This project will take a […]
