First Place

Maria Ibrahim, Faculty of Health Sciences, MSC Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

Maria is invested in making mental health services more accessible when they're needed most, studying Ottawa's new mobile mental health response. Her findings will help improve crisis care.

Second Place

Julie Gagnon, Faculty of Health Sciences, PhD Nursing

Julie aims to co-create the first mobile wound care application with the next generation of nurses, providing a support tool to improve the quality of care.

Third Place

Ikram Uddin Khan, Faculty of Medicine, MSc Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Ikram studies our cells' capability to adapt to harsh conditions, including chemotherapy. His research will help make existing therapeutics more effective.

People’s Choice Award

Tamanna Islam, Faculty of Social Sciences, PhD Psychology

Tamanna's research addresses cognitive fatigability, studying related factors to help people with Multiple Sclerosis maintain cognitive performance.

First Place

Nicolas Brodeur, Faculty of Science

Nicolas Brodeur, a PhD in Physics student, won the first place in the third edition of the uOGRADflix Competition. His research explores the "Cosmos to clinic: how physics can elucidate the origin of life".

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Second Place

Rocksane Forget, Saint Paul University

Rocksane Forget, a graduate student in the MA Counselling and Spirituality at Saint Paul University, won the second place of the uOGRADflix Competition. Her research explores the links between the perception of climate change, eco-anxiety, and the expression of the imagination.

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Third Place

Fatène Bader, Saint Paul University

Fatène Bader, a graduate student in the MA Counselling and Spirituality program at Saint Paul University, won the third place of the uOGRADflix Competition. Her research delves into examining emotional and adaptive responses to climate change.

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People’s Choice Award

Serim Dogac Saya, Faculty of Engineering

Serim Dogac Saya is a student in the PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering program. He won the people’s choice award of the uOGRADflix Competition. His research focuses on Eco-friendly coastal structures.

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First Place

Anushka Sajani Karunaweera, Faculty of Education

Anushka Sajani Karunaweera, an education Master’s student, won the first place in the second edition of uOGRADflix. Her study explores cognitive load in higher-education teachers, highlighting the complexities faced everyday when using online assessments in the age of Covid-19.

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Second Place

Sarah McAllister, Faculty of Health Sciences

Sarah McAllister, a second-year Master of human kinetics student, took second place. Her research examines the impact of integrating a yoga component into a positive education course on undergraduate students’ mental health.

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Third Place

Lucie Péléja, Telfer School of Management

Lucie Péléja, a second-year Master of health systems student, took third place. Her research investigates social media’s content to better evaluate public trust in Government health organizations post COVID-19.

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People’s Choice Award

Marielle Lucie Mercier, Faculty of Social Sciences

Marielle Lucie Mercier, completed recently her Master of Arts in criminology. She won the people’s choice award. Her research focuses on understanding how students who are sexually assaulted come forward with their experiences.

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First Place

Galyna Vakulenko, Faculty of Science

Galyna Vakulenko, a biology master’s student, won the first edition of uOGRADflix. She is studying an algae that survives in the harsh conditions of Antarctica’s Lake Bonney, to better understand the effects of climate change on this region.   

In addition to winning a cash prize of $1,000.

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Second Place and People’s Choice Award

Sitara Sharma, Faculty of Health Sciences

Sitara Sharma, a second-year Master of human kinetics student, took second place as well as the peoples’ choice award. Her research examines the role of physical activity in reducing cancer-related cognitive impairment and subsequently improving young survivors’ quality of life.  

Sitara Sharma received two cash prizes, one of $750 and the other of $500. 

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Third Place

Catherine Potter, Saint Paul University

Catherine Potter, a Saint Paul University counselling and spirituality master’s student, took third place. Her research studied the DREAM program, an eight-week summer camp, to determine whether the children’s experience helped improve their resilience and mitigate the deterioration of their mental health during the pandemic.  

She won a cash prize of $500. 

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