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FASS Undergraduate Research Symposium
2025
March 27 (Thur) | 12:30 - 3:30pm | SUB Ballroom
Speaker Session
Session 1: Representation, Media, and Perception
| Student | Presentation Title |
| Odessa Twibill English |
The View From Below: Black Representation in Children's Media as Shown in Disney's The Princess and the Frog (2009) |
| Michelle Patton History |
We'll Never Give Up: The First Women in the Canadian Armed Forces |
| Taylor Ivan Philosophy |
The Disappearance of Alchemy: Transmuting "Elements" in Chemical Language |
| Ye Jin Kang Criminology |
Navigating the Cyber Deception: Legal Frameworks and Judicial Responses to Deepfake Pornography in Canada and Beyond |
| Khushi Nandha Political Science |
Religious Nationalism and Security in India: BJP鈥檚 Framing of Muslims in Speeches and Manifestos |
Session 2: Global Governance and Influence
| Student | Presentation Title |
| Phone Min Thant International Studies |
The Dragon in the Front Yard: Assessing China's Behaviour in Southeast Asia in the Twenty-First Century through the Lens of Hegemony |
| Anya Petek Economics |
The Impact of BC鈥檚 Child Care Reform on Maternal Labour Force Participation |
| Anum Khalid History |
Constructing the Pakistani Economy: A Discourse Analysis of IMF Staff Reports (1958-1972) |
| Cairen Nicole Galarion Velasquez Political Science |
Held Back By Heritage: Political Dynastic Rule and Underdevelopment in the Philippines |
| Katherine Lizet Lizcano Criminology |
Reconciliation & Justice: Are Sentencing Outcomes Changing for Indigenous Youth? |
Session 3: Community, Connection, and Hope
| Student | Presentation Title |
| Nat Begg Sociology and Anthropology |
Vancouver's Alleyway Gift Economy |
| Jacob Angeles Psychology |
The Influence of Absences of Caregiver Responsiveness on the Development of Infant Social Bids |
| Emily Ma English |
Possibilities of Queer Erotic Humour: Transmogrifying Time and Space in Salt Fish Girl and Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| Kelton Travis Psychology |
Both Character and Action-Focused Gratitude Expressions Promote Recipients鈥� Willingness to Engage in Subsequent Prosocial Behaviour |
| Meghan Danyluk English |
A Prayer for Hope in Climate Change Fiction: Analyzing Approaches to Hope in A Psalm for the Wild-Built and Parable of the Sower |
Poster Session
| Student | Presentation Title |
| Phone Min Thant International Studies |
The Dragon in the Front Yard: Assessing China's Behaviour in Southeast Asia in the Twenty-First Century through the Lens of Hegemony |
| Thuta Soe Criminology |
Algorithmic Bias within Facial Recognition Technologies: Impacts on Validity and Accuracy of Current Systems , and Potential Bias in Application on Minority Populations Within Canada. |
| Karly Anne Burns Criminology |
Analyzing the Effectiveness of Gladue Reports: How it Affects Indigenous Men and Women in Domestic Violence Cases |
| Hannah Hickey History |
Something Wicked: King James VI鈥檚 Daemonologie and the North Berwick Witch Trials |
| Kevin Nicholas Eng History |
Confucianism in Modern Chinese State Ideology |
| Noah Jozic History |
Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Illyrianist agenda: outsider perspectives on the region and its people |
| Dawn Lentsch Labour Studies |
Benefits of Sectoral Bargaining |
| Raunik Sahota Psychology |
Predicting Support for Political Violence: The Role of Ingroup Projection |
| Diana Negrabee Psychology |
Consistency and Accuracy in Eyewitness Descriptions of Culprits |
| Matthew Rathore Psychology |
Mindfulness and Anxiety in Multiracial Individuals: Identity Integration as a Mediator |
| Nikolas Felix Kulka Psychology |
Accurate Interpretations of Forensic Results: How to Create Comprehensible Forensic Reports |
| Linnea Somerstep Political Science |
International Law, National Debate: Analyzing Australian Parliamentary Discussions on Queer Rights Legislation When the UN Human Rights Committee is Involved |
| Mary Toma Political Science |
Partisan Gaze: Examining the Impact of Political Party Preferences on Exposure to News Content (An Eye-Tracking Study) |
| Kamran Houle Sociology and Anthropology |
Whitness, Housing, and the Great Replacement: Conspiratoral Knowledge in Canadian Anti-Immigration Discourses |
| Perla Sulaj Criminology |
Crime Radiation: Understanding How It Occurs From Police Problem-Solving Reports |
Schedule
Research Symposium
| 12:30pm | Check-in and mingling |
| 1:00pm | Speaker Session 1: Representation, Media, and Perception |
| 1:30pm | Postering session 1 |
| 2:00pm | Speaker Session 2: Global Governance and Influence |
| 2:30pm | Postering session 2 |
| 3:00pm | Speaker Session 3: Community, Connection, and Hope |
Terry Fox Lecture
| 4:30pm | Doors open and mingling |
| 5:00pm | Terry Fox Lecture on Hope |