UGRS Presentation Program
The 2023 UGRS Presentation Program will be released in early March.
UGRS 2022 Presentation Program
For more previous UGRS presentations and abstracts please visit the UGRS Journal.
Welcome and Keynote Presentation | 9:00 - 10:00
Is Disciplinarity Dead?
Block 1 | 10:00AM - 10:55AM
Systemic Injustice and Surveillance States
Moderator: Dr. Ahmed Al-Rawi (School of Communication)
Measuring License Plate Recognition Accuracy in Privacy-Preserving Image Analysis
Korcan Uyanik
School of Engineering Science
Negative Impacts of Workers Surveillance and Digitization: The Case of Amazon Warehouse Workers
Pranjali Jatinderjit Mann
Faculty of Communications, Art and Technology
The Plague in our Criminal Justice System: A Cross-National Analysis of Wrongful Convictions
Charlotte Taylor-Baer
School of Criminology
Convicting the Innocent: An Analysis of the Effects of Wrongful Convictions and Available Remedies
Casandra Pacholski
School of Criminology
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: An Analysis of Immigration Detention Practices in Canada and Germany
Lea von Salzen
School of Criminology
Judicial Response to the Claims of Systemic Racism in the Canadian Criminal Justice
Kirat Kaur Chattwal
School of Criminology
Sleep and Cognition
Moderator: Dr. Molly Cairncross (Department of Psychology)
The Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury on Sleep in Mouse Models of Alzheimer's Disease
Samantha Saw
Department of Psychology
Faintly Tired: A Systematic Review of Fatigue in Patients with Orthostatic Syncope
Ryan Wu
Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology
Sleep, Mental Health and Cognitive Performance of Young Adults
Devan Gill
Department of Psychology
Sleep Deprivation and Motor Learning
Stephanie U
Department of Psychology
Touchscreen Cognitive Testing in Rodents
Taha Yildirim
Department of Psychology
Enhancing Health from Infants to Elders
Moderator: Dr. Rochelle Tucker (Faculty of Health Sciences)
Sex-dependent Effects of Preeclampsia on Birthweight and Mortality
Jess Hercus
Department of Biological Sciences
Characterizing Phenotypes of Zombified Mesenchymal Stromal Cells
Anthony Piccolo
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Sound Event Detection and Recognition in Autonomous Robot Navigation
Pouria Khodabakhsh
School of Engineering Science
Prevalence and Characteristics of Compensatory Stepping Responses During Real-Life Falls in Older Adults
Bianca Te
Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology
shared positive emotions and child-father attachment in two small-scale societies
Tristan Raymond
Department of Psychology
Putting on a Show: Sports and Music
Moderator: Dr. Paul Kingsbury (Department of Geography)
Exploring the Impact of Engaging in Prosociality on Collegiate Athletes' well-being during the Transition to Retirement
Angie Fan
Department of Psychology
A Pilot study: differences in flow state and flow disposition in jazz vs. classical musicians and their practice
Joy Lee-Shi
Department of Psychology
can the arm-lock putting grip benefit golfers with focal dystonia or tremor?
Estee Leung
Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology
Alternative Methods for Chipping in Golf
Todd Nelson
Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology
Block 2 | 11:00AM - 11:55AM
Promoting Inclusive Care and Access
Dr. Simon Woodcock (Department of Economics)
Widening the Frame in Healthcare: Centering the voices of refugee and newcomer communities
Shabnam Raufi
Faculty of Health Sciences
Exploring Physicians' experience with advance care planning with south asian older adults
Avantika Vashisht
Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology
Butterflies in my chest: Investigating the physiological effects of a novel digital therapeutic intervention on critically ill patients with hyperactive delirium
Matthew Mak
Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology
Improving the lives of post-secondary students with disabilities: breaking down barriers one step at a time
Sophia Mincheva
Department of Psychology
Assessing and Responding to Risk
Moderator: Dr. Sheri Fabian (School of Criminology)
analyzing the effect of mental illnesses on the sentencing outcomes for canadian youth under the YCIA
Samantha Olsen
School of Criminology
A culturally-informed examination of risk factors for crime among Indigenous peoples
Ashley Kyne
School of Criminology
exploring the latrogenic effects of interpersonal violence risk assessment
Mikayla Isobe
Department of Psychology
Personality and involvement in gangs: membership, embededness, centrality and ties
Stephanie Keith
Department of Psychology
does maltreatment and parent-child attachment predict teen dating violence and risky sexual behaviour?
Cassia McIntyre
Department of Psychology
Resistance and Resilience
Moderator: Dr. Lorena Braid (Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry)
Biomarker identification in human mesenchymal stem and stromal cells
Haider Bilal
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Klebsiella pneumoniae's role in the "silent pandemic" of antimicrobial resistance
Elizabeth Fung
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Biotic resistance on muddy shores? Non-parasitic native barnacles parasitise a non-native snail
Kiara Kattler
Department of Biological Sciences
Relevance of colour polymorphism in the invasive tunicate Botryllus schlosseri when exposed to thermal stress and ocean acidification
Emily Leedham
Department of Biological Sciences
Assessing the Ability of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines to elicit antibodies against sars-cov-2 variants of concern
Fatima Yaseen
Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Screen Break | 12:00PM - 12:30PM
Welcome Back | 12:30PM - 12:45PM
Graduate Student Panel | 12:45PM - 1:40PM
Demystifying Grad School: real experiences and Q&A
Ryland Shaw, School of Communication
Kesavan Thanagopal, Department of Philosophy
Jamie-Lynne Varney, Resource and Environmental Management
BLOCK 3 | 1:45PM - 2:40PM
Better Together
Moderator: Dr. Sheri Fabian (School of Criminology)
Resistance and Resilience in the Era of Ecological Grief
Sarah Law
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
The Emotional and Relational Correlates of Prosocial Fantasies
Anurada Amarasekera
Department of Psyvhology
Diffusion of Responsibility in Instances of Group Academic Dishonesty
Noah Norton
School of Criminology
Teamwork makes the dreamwork: A collaborative approach to documenting language development of Hul’q’umi’num’ children
Samantha Sundby
Department of Linguistics
Strength in numbers? Do European fire ants communicate and forage better in groups than on their own?
Kenza Zobaidi
Faculty of Health Sciences
Matters of the heart
Moderator: Dr. Gail Anderson (School of Criminology)
Developing a CRISPR-based prime editing workflow for human induced pluripotent stem cells to model cardiac arrhythmogenic TNNT2 variants
Bal Ruprai
Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology
Using human-induced pluripotent stem cells to investigate a novel CPVT-related RyR2 variant
Emmanuelle Ferron
Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology
Learning to identify deal breakers, relationship needs, conditions for healthy relationships, and needs conflicts in a relationship education workshop
Michelle Korlacka
Department of Psychology
Novel Genetic Mutation in a Heart Protein leads to debilitating heart disease on young teen
Khola Bilal
Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology
Young Adults Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Perceived Relationship Effects
Carissa Gauthier
Department of Psychology
Culture, identity, and independence
Moderator: Dr. Nick Blomley (Department of geography)
Cooperative Consumerism: The Alaska Native Industries Cooperative Association and Alaskan Economic Dependence, 1953–1959
Anthony Hablak
Department of History
Bahala Nah!: Reflections on Health and Wellness among 1st and 2nd generation Filipino Immigrants in Greater Vancouver
Jocelle Refol
Faculty of Health Sciences
Who is Canadian? Beauty standards and national identity among women of colour
Alejandra Margarita Tellez Espana
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
(Re)Creating the Soviet Family: Material Realities of a Utopian Family Law, 1918-1936
Pourochista Rahmati
Department of History
Block 4 | 2:45PM - 3:40PM
Mediated Discourses
Moderator: Dr. Nick Blomley (Department of Geography)
Media & Motherhood
Ana Brito
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Print Media and Public Opinion: Indigenous Child Removal in Saskatchewan
Natasha Herrera
Department of History
The Portrayal of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Men and Boys in News Media
Simone Tardif
School of Criminology
Hidden Agendas: Media Coverage of the Overdose Crisis
Juliana Babic
School of Criminology
“Love Isn’t Brains, Children, It’s Blood”: The Discourse of Lacanian Desire Surrounding Spike in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Elizabeth Giardin
Department of English
Crime, war, and violence
Moderator: Dr. Stephanie Wiley (School of Criminology)
Catalytic Converter Theft: The Solution Requires Regulation
Tyler Mierzwa
School of Criminology
Talking Heads: Forecasting Russian Aggression in ‘Frozen’ Separatist Conflicts
Michael Lenko
Department of Political Science
Prospects for Peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lessons from the M23 Rebellion
Lyle Whitfield
Department of Political Science
Morphed, Entangled and United: Introducing the Hybridity of Radicalization in the COVID-19 era
Bomin Keum
School of Criminology
Designing the Future: Emerging Technologies and Innovation
Moderator: Dr. Simon Ford (Beedie School of Business)
Development of highly sensitive pressure sensor using 3D printed gyroid models
Chris Vattathichirayil
School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering
Compiling Fault-Tolerant Quantum Programs with Lattice Surgery
George Watkins
School of Computing Science
Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of a New Piezo-/Ferroelectric Material for High Temperature Applications
Svetlana Chen
Department of Chemistry
Synthesis, Characterization, Structural and Phase Analysis of Novel Antiferroelectric Solid Solution
Yihan Lin
Faculty of Science
Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Quantum Paraelectric Modified Multiferroic Materials
Qi Deng
Faculty of Science
Investigating Contact Interactions in Simulations of Unilateral Contusion Models of Simplified Non-Human Primate Spinal Cord Injury
Dexter Zamora
School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering
Closing Remarks | 3:45PM - 4:00PM
For a complete list of 2022 Participants please visit the UGRS Journal