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Indian-origin teen wins Canadian high school AI competition
Her project used big data and artificial intelligence to study climate-linked wheat pathogens in North America.
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Malvika Choudhary - Wed, 11, Mar 2026
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Gurnoor Kaur / X/ @PeelSchools
An Indian origin student secured first place at a Canadian High School Big Data Challenge for examining how artificial intelligence and big data can help predict crop disease outbreaks.
Gurnoor Kaur, a grade 11 student from Central Peel Secondary School in Ontario, earned the top honor for her project on climate-driven forecasting of wheat pathogens and outbreaks in North America.
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In a post on social media, the Peel District School Board said that the project examined how big data and AI can be used to address “real-world challenges related to food security, climate change, and sustainable agriculture.”
Huge shoutout to Gurnoor Kaur from Central Peel S.S. for earning first place, at the National High School Big Data Challenge – STEM Fellowship Eastern Conference, with her research on climate-driven forecasting of wheat pathogens and outbreaks in North America. Her project… pic.twitter.com/fhqJ2O3SYQ
— Peel District School Board (@PeelSchools) March 10, 2026
Kaur serves as president of the STEAM Collective at Central Peel Secondary School and has been involved in several STEM initiatives and research programs.
She previously won first place in the NSS Gerard K. O’Neil Space Settlement Contest and presented at the International Space Development Conference.
Beyond school, Kaur writes for the Global STEM Youth Journal and publishes science and technology articles on Medium. She has also been involved with the Creative Destruction Lab as an artificial intelligence apprentice and has held leadership and communications roles in student initiatives including STEAM IC and CPSS Zonta.
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She is currently an Advanced Placement student at Central Peel Secondary School. She previously attended McCrimmon Middle School and Montfort School in Delhi.
The National High School Big Data Challenge is a four-month experiential learning program organized by STEM Fellowship that allows high school students to conduct independent research using open datasets, artificial intelligence tools and data science methods.
The Eastern Canada conference of the program is hosted at the University of Toronto under the honorary patronage of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
Students present their work through research posters and three-minute thesis presentations, with selected projects published in the peer-reviewed STEM Fellowship Journal.
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