47 Surrey Schools students selected for summer university STEAM programs with Shad Canada

May 21, 2026

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Forty-seven students from 10 Surrey and White Rock secondary schools will be spending a month at various universities across Canada this summer after being selected for programs with Shad Canada.

Hosted in partnership with 20 Canadian universities, Shad Canada is a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) and entrepreneurship program for students in Grades 10 and 11 that offers an opportunity for students to live on campus, attend seminars, labs and workshops, and interact with faculty and experts.

The 47 students – from École Earl Marriott, Elgin Park, Fleetwood Park, Fraser Heights, Grandview Heights, Johnston Heights, École Kwantlen Park, Queen Elizabeth, Semiahmoo and Sullivan Heights secondary schools – are among students from across the country to earn a spot with Shad. Applicants are selected based on their well-roundedness, academics, creativity, innovation and extra-curricular involvement.

The Surrey Schools winners are as follows:

École Earl Marriott Secondary

Matthew Elliston
Wenshu Ding
Adam Lenk

Elgin Park Secondary

Joe Hu
Jim Pei
Alex Zhu

Fleetwood Park Secondary

Saanvi Ahuja
Annie Guo
Jessica Luo
Riley Ty
Ella Zhou

Fraser Heights Secondary

Ryland Cao
Aaron Chen
Oliver Fay
Jerry Jia
Jerry Li
Kaya Liu
Andrew Luo
Aparajita Mehta
Bryan Qian
Yilin Shao
Sophia Wang
Alle Wu
Elizabeth Yang
Austin Yu

Grandview Heights Secondary

Leo Chen
Clara-favour Nyambo
Fiona Wang
Hunter Wilson

Johnston Heights Secondary

Elim Yu

École Kwantlen Park Secondary

Erica Adesina
Maeda Ansari
Hanna Auluck
Subin Bae
Ambar Casso Garcia
Vivian Nguyen

Queen Elizabeth Secondary

Harnoor Atwal
Katelyn Hirvonen-Leighton

Semiahmoo Secondary

Wendy Cao
Josh Jagpal
Jacqueline Lin
George Ning
Shawn Sun
Feifan Wang
Tony Yu
Richard Zhou

Sullivan Heights Secondary

Ayanna Saini

Congratulations to all of our Shad Canada 2026 winners!