Power of the Pitch: Guelph Grad Students Aces Canada’s 3Minute Thesis

CAGS 54TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, Toronto, Hyatt Regency, November 2-4, 2016

Canada’s 2016 Distinguished Dissertation Award: Fuelling a Sustainable Future

Canada’s 2016 Distinguished Dissertation Award: History Revisited

2016 Canadian National 3MT 1st Place Winner

Canada’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Winners: Clarity, Savvy and Making a Difference

Refugees, War and Sense of Place: Researcher Cited for Excellence

Research into how political violence and war affects children’s sense of place has won the 2015 Distinguished Dissertation Award for Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

2015 DDA Winner: “Cutting Edge Research with a Conscience”

A University of Victoria researcher with a drive to prevent human infectious diseases, especially those that affect the developing world, has won the 2015 Canada’s Distinguished Dissertation Award in the Engineering, Medical Science and Natural Science category.

Judges Reflect Breadth of Interest in Canada’s 3Minute Thesis Competition

Queen’s University Recognized for Work on Student Wellness

SGS Habitat: Resources to Live Well and Stay Well in Graduate School has won the 2015 CAGS/ETS Award for Excellence and Innovation in Enhancing the Graduate Student Experience.

2014 Distinguished Dissertation Award: The Health of our Oceans.

Dalhousie University’s Daniel Boyce (PhD Biology) compiled the unprecedented collection of historical and recent oceanographic data to document declines in phytoplankton.

2015 Canadian National 3MT People’s Choice Winner

Queen’s University’s Chenman (Cara) Yin is the 2015 Canada’s 3MT winner. In her Master of Applied Science at Queen’s University, Yin is researching how to use lasers to cut bone and improve outcomes in brain surgery.

2015 Canadian National 3MT 1st Place Winner

Elizabeth Watt’s (University of Calgary, Physics and Astronomy) explanation of how radioactive “seeds” can be used in breast in cancer treatment was chosen from the 11 national finalists.

2015 Canadian National 3MT 2nd Place Winner

Immunologist Rebecca (Delong) Dielschneider took second place with her explanation of targeting lysosomes in the treatment of leukemia.

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