Student Research Day
Welcome to Student Research Day 2026!
On April 1 2026, the Research Office hosted its biggest Student Research Day event ever, with 130 poster entries, 24 microlecture presentations, and 60 volunteer faculty judges.
Stay tuned for poster and award information.
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2026 Award Winners
- President Award — Owen Swan (Kinesiology)
- Provost & Vice-President, Academic Award — Erin Skillings (Kinesiology)
- AVP Research and Graduate Studies — Jakob Petersen, Heather Holland (History)
- Vice Provost and Associate Vice-President, Academic Award — Austin Currie (Biology)
- Vice President, Students Award — Makaela Gelowitz, (Nursing)
- Dean, College of Arts - Social Sciences Award — Erik Hayes, Isabella Hooge (Psychology)
- Dean, College of Arts - Humanities Award — Melody Jen (Graphic & Digital Design)
- Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences Award — Courtney Snell (Kinesiology)
- Dean, Faculty of Science Award — Ania Bula (Biology)
- Dean, Faculty of Science Award — Sophia-Rose Snelgrove (Plant Biology)
- Dean, Faculty of Business and Computing Award — Amarnoor Kaur (Computing Science)
- Dean, Faculty of Education, Community, and Human Development Award — Jenna Rahn (Social Work)
President Award ($200)
Supporting Capability, Opportunity, and Motivation to Enhance Fall Prevention Program Adherence: Early Pilot RCT Findings
Author: Owen Swan (Kinesiology)
UFV faculty supervisors: Dr. Amanda Wurz
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Provost & Vice-President, Academic Award ($200)
Durability in Motion: Physiological Factors in Female Recreational Runners
Author: Erin Skillings
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Luisa Giles
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Associate Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies Award ($200)
Parallels: Victoria's 1892 Smallpox Epidemic and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author: Jakob Petersen, Heather Holland (History)
UFV faculty supervisors: Dr. Keith Carlson
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Vice Provost and Associate Vice-President, Academic Award ($200)
Investigating the Effect of Saskatoon Berry (Amelanchier alnifolia) Extract on the Fecundity and Lipid Metabolism of Caenorhabditis Elegans
Author: Austin Currie (Biology)
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Nathan Bialas
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Vice President, Students Award ($200)
Exploration of how Online Education and Teaching Impacts the Learning Experience of Nursing Students
Author: Makaela Gelowitz (Nursing)
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Shelley Canning
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Dean, College of Arts – Social Sciences Award ($200)
Why Did I Fail? Change Your Reasoning, Change Your Outcome?
Author: Erik Hayes, Isabella Hooge (Psychology)
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Shawn Geniole
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Dean, College of Arts – Humanities Award ($200)
Empowering Voices
Author: Melody Jen (Graphic and Digital Design)
UFV faculty supervisor: Eric Lee
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Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences Award ($200)
Integrating Audio Guided Somatic Education with the Curable App: Assessing the Effects of a 6-week Intervention on Pain-Related Outcomes in a Mixed Chronic Pain Sample
Author: Courtney Snell (Kinesiology)
UFV faculty supervisor: Brian Justin, Dr. Cynthia Thomson
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Dean, Faculty of Science Award ($200)
Examining the Effects of Environmentally-Relevant Concentrations of Neonicotinoids on Aquatic Vertebrate Cell Cultures
Author: Ania Bula (Biology)
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Lucy Lee
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The Effect of Increasing Temperature on Cranberry Pollen Germination
Author: Sophia-Rose Snellgrove (Plant Biology)
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Lauren Erland, Dr. Sandra Gillespie
Dean, Faculty of Business and Computing Award ($200)
Personality-Aware Emotion Regulation in Social Companion Robots
Author: Amarnoor Kaur (Computing Science)
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Amir Shabani
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Dean, Faculty of Education, Community, and Human Development Award ($200)
Refugee Women’s Access to Perinatal Mental Health Care in Canada: Implications for Social Work
Author: Jenna Rahn (Social Work)
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Leah Douglas
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