Will Blair

Winner of FUEL Cohort Grand Prize, top accelerator at JHU for undergrads, masters and graduate students. $17k prize

The fellows program connects students to work with the worlds most innovative companies. Selected as Engineering Fellow.

~30 selected from 3000+ (~1% acceptance)

Next36 selects 36 of Canada's top entrepreneurs from thousands of applicants to participate in an accelerator program, with access to Canada's top business and venture network, investment funding and alumni.

Declined for Kleiner Perkins Fellowship.

Received 10k for Seedling as audience award winner

Awarded $7500 NSERC USRA in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry

PROMOTE brings together 11 academic faculty members and their trainees from across Canada with 52 collaborators (academic and industrial) from around the world, who together represent some of the most innovative groups in nucleic acid and biomaterial science.

PROMOTE offers a $1000 grant and training program designed to offer enriched academic, entrepreneurial and professional development opportunities. Awarded to 10 students

DEBUT is a biomedical engineering design challenge for teams of undergraduate students, managed by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and VentureWell

ThermoBeat received an honourable mention of $1000

The I-Corps program is an immersive learning experience developed by the National Science Foundation for researchers, faculty, students, and others to determine if the problem they are working to solve exists on a larger scale in the market.

Seedling participated in the Summer 2022 cohort to interview over 30 stakeholders and received a grant of $5000

The I-Corps program is an immersive learning experience developed by the National Science Foundation for researchers, faculty, students, and others to determine if the problem they are working to solve exists on a larger scale in the market.

ThermoBeat participated in the Spring 2022 cohort to interview over 30 stakeholders and received a grant of $5000

FUEL provides non-dilutive funding of $5000 to high-potential undergrad and graduate student startups. Seedling was selected for FUEL along with 6 teams among over 40 applicants.

Awarded 3rd place and received $1000 in the Social Enterprise track among 46 teams

The Barry H. McKague Prize is awarded to a Leaving Class student who has distinguished himself by his commitment to the community, by showing particular compassion and a sense of comradeship towards his fellow students or by excelling in community service

Greatest achievement in individual research experiment exploring the effectiveness of Manuka honey in bacteriostasis of E. coli

The High School Health Research Bursary Award is provided to 15 students from across Ontario for a paid research internship on the basis of exemplary academic performance and extracurricular involvement

Awarded to the the team that has demonstrated excellence in entrepreneurship and laid the foundation for a sustainable venture, while exemplifying SAGE Canada’s mission of providing opportunities to ignite change within their community.

The Lang Scholarship is awarded to student leaders who show high strength of character, athleticism and academic achievement.

“Just as the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship recognizes and supports tomorrow’s leaders, the Lang Scholar Program will do so by giving up to 15 boys each year access to a unique enrichment program, complete with leadership training conferences, guest speakers and field trips."​

https://www.ucc.on.ca/student-life/lang-scholars

On March 10 and 24, I attended the JEC Pitch Competition run by the Junior Economic Club of Toronto. My team and I pitched ThermoBeat, a company which aims to solve the problem of repetitive surgeries to replace pacemaker batteries by designing pacemakers which use the body's thermal energy to power themselves indefinitely. Our team advanced to the final round, and placed third among all teams.

The Rotman boardroom competition gives students the opportunity to demonstrate a bold vision, creativity, technical insight and business leadership while solving a business base focused on healthcare.

My team was selected as one of nine finalists from over 300 entrants to advance to the final round.

Senior 200 Metre Freestyle - 7th
Senior 200 Metre Freestyle Relay - 2nd

My contribution to the swim team at the provincial championships helped the UCC senior boys team to finish first in the province for the first time in school history.

I was accepted to the prestigious NYAS Stem Scholars program, working in alliance with United Technologies. The program delivers mentoring from real scientists and engineers in order to encourage students to develop necessary skills in the STEM field and network with a global community of STEM mentors and mentees.

My group, ThermoBeats won runner up at the Y2 Sage Entrepreneurship conference at Ryerson DMZ. Our solution tackles the issue of pacemakers through the harnessing or thermal energy to power pacemaker batteries indefinitely.

Awarded to the student with the greatest academic attainment and interests in Biology (100% average)

The Gold Level Service Tie is awarded to students who have achieved over 200 hours of community involvement during their time at the Upper School

Acceptance to program designed to empower the next generation of leaders through a global community and designing interdisciplinary programs that precipitate curiosity, deeper understanding and inspires creative action

My relay team placed first in Ontario in the 200 Metre Freestyle relay at the 2017 OFSAA Provincial Swimming Championships, propelling our Junior Boys swim team to secure first place in the province.

The academic tie is reserved for students who achieve academic results placing them in the top 5% of their grade.

Received in each semester of high school (Grades 9-12)