UWinnipeg’s Faculty of Graduate Studies hosted its Sixth Annual Graduate Students Research Colloquium and its First Annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition*. The event showcased twenty student presentations and six 3MT presentations.
“The breadth of the work reported in the presentations, the significance of the research being undertaken, and students’ articulateness in public performance all speak to the high quality of graduate education they are receiving at the University of Winnipeg,” observed Dr. Mavis Reimer, Dean of Graduate Studies. “I would like to acknowledge all our graduate student participants – and offer congratulations to our winners and to their advisors, supervisors, and instructors.”
The event featured a prestigious panel of judges which included Provost and Vice-President, Academic and International Dr. Neil Besner, Associate Vice-President – Indigenous, Government, and Community Affairs, Jennifer Rattray and Director, Policy and Legislative Affairs at the Council on Post-Secondary Education, Dr. Sarah Whiteford for the Three Minute Thesis Competition. And Canada Research Chairs Dr. Charles Wong, Dr. Jeff Martin and Dr. Christopher Wiebe and Graduate Program Chair Dr. Carlos Colorado acted as judges for the Research Colloquium portion of the day.
The Winners
Grace Paizen, best oral presentation with Dr. Reimer
Best oral presentation: Grace Paizen, MA in Cultural Studies Program on her paper: “Dirty Laundry: The Dangerous Cultural Function of Fashion Advertisements.”
Best poster presentation: Genevieve Berard, MSc in BioScience, Technology and Public Policy Program on her poster: “Detection of the Heterogeneous Vegetation Cover Zone for Geocoding of Shoreline Position in Subarctic Canada using Landsat 8 Satellite Imagery.”
Best Three Minute Thesis presentation*: Matthew Turnbull, MSc in BioScience, Technology and Public Policy Program on his presentation: “In Silico modeling of the endogenous retrovirus K protease.” Turnbull has the opportunity to fly to Alberta to compete in the Western Competition at the University of Calgary this May with the hopes of moving forward to the National Competition hosted by the University of Manitoba.
*The 3MT is a research communication competition (originally developed by The University of Queensland in Australia) is designed to challenge graduate students to present a compelling oration on their thesis and its significance in just three minutes in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience.
