Lightning Talks Spotlight SSHRC Funded Research at ۲ݮƵ
Eight presenters representing undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral researchers across diverse fields of study at ۲ݮƵ were selected to deliver presentations of three minutes or less. Presenters were able to use one visual aid, a PowerPoint slide, to illustrate their research. A group discussion period followed the presentations.
SSHRC is a vital partner in promoting and supporting research and research training in the humanities and social sciences at ۲ݮƵ. The goal of this session was to spark new conversations and collaborations among SSHRC-funded students and researchers at ۲ݮƵ.
Participants:
Daphne Chalmers: “Re-imagining Hope in the Anthropocene: Empowering Students in Environmental Education at ۲ݮƵ University”
Lucas Coque: “Deconstruction as a Work of Mourning: On the Relationship between Religious Identity and Grief in Jacques Derrida’s Circonfession”
Bradley Crocker: “Navigating Health (Mis)information: Assessing Proficiency in Online Information-Seeking”
Henry Fletcher: “Overcoming Insider-Outsider Divides in Social Movements: The 1970s Strike Wave in the US and Canada”
Jennifer Liu: “Invisible Hands: The Labour Force Behind Gianlorenzo Bernini’s Cathedra Petri”
Arianne Maraj: “Education as a human right: The case of Syrian young adult refugees in the Quebec adult education system”
Jessica Mettler: “Research informing practice: Untangling the confusion over mindfulness in schools”
Jordan David Thomas Walters: “The Basis of Human Dignity”