MEDIA ADVISORY/PHOTO OP - Ontario Science Centre awards 2016 Weston Youth Innovation Award to Oakville, ON teen innovator Emma Mogus

TORONTO, Oct. 31, 2016 /CNW/ - Emma Mogus has already begun to leave her mark on the global scientific community. On November 2, 2016, the 18-year-old from Oakville, Ontario will be presented the 2016 Weston Youth Innovation Award by the Ontario Science Centre for her creative application of science towards solving a real world problem. Creator of the Tongue-Interface-Communication (TiC), a tongue controlled computer mouse, Mogus hopes to provide those with communication deficiencies and physical limitations the opportunity to participate fully in society.

What:	Weston Youth Innovation Award ceremony
Who:	Emma Mogus, 2016 Weston Youth Innovation Award recipient
	Eliza Mitchell, The W. Garfield Weston Foundation representative
	Dr.  Maurice Bitran, CEO and Chief Science Officer, Ontario Science Centre
When:	Wednesday, November 2, 2016
	10:00 a.m.	Registration
	10:15 a.m.	Pre-reception
	10:30 a.m.	Formal remarks & award presentation
	11:00 a.m.	Event ends
Where:	Ontario Science Centre
	770 Don Mills Road, Toronto
	(Please enter via main lobby doors.
	TV crews may enter through South Security Entrance via Gateway Blvd.)

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SOURCE Ontario Science Centre

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