What is the DRSA?

WHAT IS THE DRSA?

The Deep River Science Academy is a not-for-profit private school founded in 1986.

Our program takes high school students out of the classroom and places them in real-life high-tech laboratories immersing the student in a science career.

Our students must write a research paper and give an overview of their research to their peers and interested scientists before graduating with 2 academic credits.

Not only do students learn from their experience, they make a real contribution to the research itself.  Our research projects range from chemistry, physics, biology and life sciences and incorporate aspects of engineering and technology.

We offer a student/Research Assistant ratio of 2:1. Each pair of students takes ownership of a particular research project under the mentorship of a Research Assistant/Tutor and a professional scientist/engineer.

Students live at campus for 6 weeks in the summer with young people from across Canada who share a passion for science. A full recreation program is organized with students sharing their free time with their peers at the campus. With a small campus size – between 15 - 25 students – living in a community of talented young people with common interests makes for lasting life friendships.

DRSA also provides career development experience for university and college science students.  The undergraduates act in dual roles as tutors for the high school students and as research assistants at the host laboratories.

Our mission:

• To generate enthusiasm for careers in science and engineering and especially for work in R&D
• To help young people make well-informed career choices among the scientific and engineering disciplines
• To develop insight into science and to foster personal intellectual confidence in the scientific domain and its methods

Our vision:

To build awareness of the importance of science and technology in sustaining modern society:

• by involving students in a rich R&D environment
• by using their involvement to promote wider appreciation of R&D and to encourage the involvement of society at large

Contact us:

Deep River Science Academy

20 Forest Ave., P.O. Box 600

Deep River, ON, K0J 1P0

PH: 613-584-4541

FAX: 613-584-9597

email: info@drsa.ca