There’s a young Internet sensation hailing from Opaskwayak Cree Nation (OCN) and he’s getting quite famous for his take on science. Simon Monteith, better known as Simon the Scientist, is only nine years old, has been creating experiments and tutorials on video, and uploading them on to social media to help reach other Indigenous youth and kids in an effort to get them to understand and appreciate the world of science. “I’m going into grade 5 at Lakewood Elementary School,” said Simon. “There isn’t any really specific thing that I love about science, I just have interest in all types of science. I started Simon the Scientist when I was seven years old, just as the pandemic started. It was a slow start at first, but then it grew.