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Research and Graduate Studies

2025 award recipients

President Award ($200)

Improving Speech Emotion Recognition: A Semi-Supervised Approach for Fine-Grained Analysis

Author: Ishwak Sharda, Kshitij Goyal (Computing Science)
UFV faculty supervisors: Dr. Amir Shabani

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Provost & Vice-President, Academic Award ($200)

Oral Histories of South Asian Canadian Muslims in British Columbia

Author: Samarah Siddique
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Satwinder Bains, Thamilini Jothilingam

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Vice Provost and Associate Vice-President, Academic Award  ($200)

Decolonizing Assessment

Author: Ravjeet Dyal, Melissa Schayes, Gurpreet Saini (Education)
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Nikki Yee

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Vice President, Students Award ($200)

Developmental Atlas of Helianthus annuus seeds

Author: Emmet Templeton (Biology)
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Dylan Ziegler


Dean, College of Arts – Social Sciences Award ($200)

Friendship and the Autism Spectrum: Neurotypical Women's Perceptions and Expressions of Social Interest Towards Autistic Women

Author: Tamara Cleverdon, Savannah Ajabu, Kaitlyn Doerksen (Psychology)
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Valentina Proietti, Dr. Shawn Geniole

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Dean, College of Arts – Humanities Award ($200)

Reconnecting with the Inner Child

Author: Marylynn Ho (Graphic and Digital Design) 
UFV faculty supervisor: Eric Lee

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Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences Award ($200)

Investigating Air Quality in Daycares Near Major Roadways: An Intervention Based Study

Author: Harman Boparai (Kinesiology)
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Luisa Giles

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Dean, Faculty of Science Award ($200)

Reconstruction of Convex Polygons by Non-Central Sections

Author: Brendan Matthews (Mathematics)
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Serhii Myroshnychenko

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Evolutionary Shifts in Threespine Stickleback Body Shape: A Two-Year Geometric Morphometric Analysis

Author: Hardil Singh (Biology)
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Dina Navon

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Dean, Faculty of Business and Computing Award ($200)

Software System for a Network of Social Companion Robots in Nursing Homes

Author: Zhaoqi Gu (Zoki), Robert Bocsanu (Software Engineering)
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Opeyemi Adesina, Dr. Amir Shabani

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Dean, Faculty of Education, Community, and Human Development Award ($200)

Identifying The Barriers of Leaving Abusive Relationships For South Asian Immigrant Women in Canada

Author: Brook Gordon, Kelsey Friesen, Jas Sandhu (Social Work) 
UFV faculty supervisor: Dr. Rita Dhungel

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"(Research has) been a really sweet way to optimize my time at school. Looking back, I’m so grateful that I did this. It has truly been a highlight to work under Shelley (Canning). She has been a wonderful mentor and has impacted me and my nursing practice immensely."

  • – Rosaley Klassen
  •    BSN