Shad Valley Dalhousie 2001

Shad Valley Dalhousie 2001 was held at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in July 2001. It was the first year Dalhousie hosted. [1]

Faculty:

• Mike Smit [2] [3] [4]
• Jenny Baechler [5]

Guests:

• Michael Duck (1958 - ), Founder of SureShot Solutions [6] [7]

Participants:

• Michael Currie
• Nam Nguyen
• Justin Ninness [8]
• Nathan Schnarr
• Rob McCaig, son of CEO Jeffrey McCaig and grandson of Trimac founder Bud McCaig
• about 48 others

The challenge for 2001 across all campuses for Shad Valley was technology to help the disabled. The winner across Canada was a team headed by Anne Sealey, who made a board game.

In September Michael visited Toronto and saw a few of his friends, at the Ontario Science Centre, during the awards ceremony.