Research and Innovation Award Winners 2021
Graduate Studies Awards
1) Three Minute Thesis Awards
Third Place: Shadiya Aidid, Masters of Health Sciences, Divestment & Beyond: Perspectives from the Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement. Supervisors: Drs. Charles Levkoe and Lindsay Galway
Second Place: Taha Sadeghi, Ph.D., Biotechnology, Drug Delivery to the Human Respiratory Tract. Supervisor: Dr. Leila Pakzad
First Place: Ashley Faulkner, Masters of Science, Biology, Using the Immune System to Tackle a Cancer-Causing Virus. Supervisor: Dr. Ingeborg Zehbe
2) Graduate Studies Research Excellence Awards
NSERC Category: Oleksandr Grynko, PhD. Chemistry and Material Science. Supervisor: Dr. Alla Reznik
SSHRC Category: Keri-Lyn Durant, PhD in Educational Studies. Supervisor: Dr. Pauline Sameshima
CIHR Category: Rebecca Tzalazidis, PhD. Clinical Psychology. Supervisor: Dr. Kirsten Oinonen
3) Graduate Student Conference Poster Winners
CIHR poster winner: Jessica Allingham, PhD Chemistry and Material Science, Brightening Up Brain Injuries. Supervisors: Drs. Michael Campbell, Wely Floriano
Engineering poster winner: Joseph Higginson, MSc Chemical Engineering, Research on Multilayer Biopolymer Films for Packaging Applications. Supervisors: Dr. Ehsan Behzadfar
NSERC poster winner: Jocelyn Bel, PhD Biotechnology, Brown Adipose Tissue Adaptations Under Chronic Stress. Supervisors: Drs. Neelam Khaper, Simon Lees
SSHRC poster winner: Cassandra Burgess, PhD Educational Studies, From Paper to Practice: Educator Understanding and Facilitation of Self-Regulation in the Kindergarten Classroom. Supervisors: Drs. Sonia Mastrangelo, Alex Lawson
Special Awards
1) Indigenous Partnership Research Award
Dr. Chris Murray, Department of Sustainability Sciences, Orillia campus, and Nancy Assance, Department of Education, Beausoleil First Nation for the research project titled, Agaaming ~ Across the Bay: Beausoleil First Nation Wind and Water Monitoring Project.
2) Ingenuity Award
Nehikhare Patrick Igbinijesu, Master’s student in Social Justice Studies for his company Manilla.
3) Community-Engaged Research Award
Dr. Kathryn Sinden, School of Kinesiology in partnership with Thunder Bay Fire Rescue/Thunder Bay Professional Firefighters Association for the research project titled, Protecting those who protect us: Supporting development of a mental health management strategy for Thunder Bay Fire Rescue.
Canada Research Chair Award Recognition
Dr. Lindsay Galway, Chair in Social-Ecological Health, Department of Health Sciences
Senate Research Committee Awards
1) Research Excellence Awards
Dr. Amir Azimi, Department of Civil Engineering
Dr. Salimur Choudhury, Department of Computer Science
Dr. Max Haiven, Department of English
2) Distinguished Researcher Awards
Dr. Mitch Albert – Research Chair and Professor, Department of Chemistry
Dr. Edward Rawana – Professor, Psychology Department and Director, Centre of Education & Research on Positive Youth Development
Undergraduate Student Conference
Oral Competition Winners
- Nathaniel Oriecuia - Science and Environmental Studies
- Justis Danto-Clancy and Kim Young - Law
- Esteban Huerta, Michael Nikolich, Mark Seleski, Colton Wooster - Engineering
- Erika Niva - Social Sciences and Humanities
- Jaidyn Charlton - Health and Behavioural Sciences
Poster Competition Winners
- Shivam Khurania - Business Administration-Accounting
- Fraser MacKinnon, Zach Hoger, Kevin MacKinnon, Jonathon Shurvell, Brenden Mills - Engineering
- Gil Angela Dela Cruz - Health and Behavioural Sciences
- Madison Mancusa - Science and Environmental Studies
- Kayla Theriault-Weighell - Social Sciences and Humanities