• Celebrating Teaching Excellence in the Social Sciences 

  Coady, Maria (2023-09-20)

  During this past summer I was responsible for designing and building a website for the Teaching Excellence Award winners in the Faculty of Social Sciences. The site celebrates teaching within the Faculty and highlights the ...
• Following the Voices of our Ancestors: Studying the pronunciation of Wendat language learners 

  Marcoux, Delwyn (2023-09-20)

  As Wendat, I dream that future Wendat will learn our language without a French or English accent. Accent is most easily and effectively acquired through consistently mimicking native speakers. This proves difficult in the ...
• Legacies of Irresponsibility: Post-secondary institutions, antebellum, and slavery 

  Wang, Zitan (2023-09-20)

  The research project focuses on how post-secondary institutions founded during the antebellum period respond when challenged about having benefited from slavery (aka their legacies of irresponsibility). It will also answer ...
• West African Monsoon, a computational model 

  Richers, Merrick (2023-09-20)

  The West African summer Monsoon (WAM) is a weather phenomenon that is both unpredictable, and paramount to local water resources; with current climate models providing conflicting information pertaining to rainfall. The ...
• WRT-10 and Fasting in Caenorhabditis elegans 

  Schweigel, Maxwell (2023-09-19)

  Reproductive aging is becoming an increasingly important area of research in a world where people both live longer and delay having children until later in life. In particular, research into women’s reproductive health has ...
• UVic CORE Tutor's Manual 

  Hopp, Kazia (2023-09-19)

  The goal of this project was to provide CORE tutors with a compilation of resources to help students reach their learning potential. The information within this manual has been collected from research from a wide variety ...
• Visualizing Audio Using Stacked Graphs 

  Golan, Dean (2023-09-19)

  Audio visualization is an important aspect of audio analysis and research. Common audio visualization methods include graphing the amplitude envelope and spectrogram of a given piece of audio. Graphing the amplitude envelope ...
• Continued Validation of Computational Method Assessing Patient-Specific Guide Stability for Shoulder Arthroplasty 

  Parmar, Megan (2023-09-19)

  In the context of shoulder arthroplasty, predicting the stability of patient-specific guides (PSGs) is crucial for surgical success. This study focuses on validating the OrthoGrasp computational model, designed to predict ...
• Is the frequency of Foreign Exchange Interventions effective In the GDP growth of a country? 

  Kataria, Divyansh (2023-09-19)

  The research focuses on Forex. I try to find out if the Forex interventions are effective or not. The two countries are chosen from a dataset one of which is a developed country-Canada and the other is a developing country ...
• Physical Activity, Sex Hormones, and Brain Blood Flow 

  Smith, Brianne (2023-09-19)

  Physical Activity (PA) and Sex Hormones (SH) are each individually known to mediate cerebral blood flow (CBF). However, what is still unclear is their collective impact on CBF. In MRI studies, increased levels of Estrogen ...
• Exchange Rate Volatility and Standard of Living in Nigeria 

  Memeh, Kelechi (2023-09-19)

  This research establishes a relationship between the volatility of the exchange rate in Nigeria and the standard of living; this relationship is represented by household consumption, that is, by household consumption ...
• Data Submission for Berries in the Canadian Arctic 

  Logan, Bailey (2023-09-19)

  I spent this summer designing a survey to collect and display data collected about native berry species in the Canadian arctic. The study I joined already had data from multiple sites going back to 2008. This data was in ...
• Exploring the implementation of gradients in vector graphics images through colour diffusion graphs 

  Goodwin, Linnea (2023-09-19)

  Given that vector graphics aims to create infinitely scalable images, a problem arises when attempting to create a smooth gradient from one colour to another. The dominant method used to tackle this problem is essentially ...
• Mapping Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw Place Names 

  Bailer, Chloe (2023-09-19)

  This research, conducted within the Northern Vancouver Island Archaeology and Paleoecology Project (NVIAPP), critically examines the translations of Kwak’waka place names by Boas and Hunt, highlighting the challenges of ...
• Meeting the Needs of a Community through Active Transportation Research and Policy Recommendation 

  van Lankvelt, Ahneke (2023-09-19)

  Our research examined how active transportation, specifically forms of micro-mobility, can be promoted and adopted safely. Micro-mobility is an alternative form of transportation classified as lightweight electric vehicles ...
• Contextualizing Community Currency: Understanding the Comox Valley LETS 

  Campbell, Nicole (2023-09-19)

  In 1983, a system of alternative community currency called LETS (Local Exchange Trade Systems) emerged in the Comox Valley in the midst of a period of severe inflation and economic recession. This project utilized archival ...
• Tensor Network Contraction Algorithm 

  Gallagher, Kiana (2023-09-19)

  Tensor networks are mathematical objects that can be used to model many-body systems in physics. Without the use of tensors, the computations of these models are exponential. Different operations can be applied on tensors ...
• Testing the Viability of Starlink for Remote Indigenous Communities and Indigenous Students 

  Jindani, Aymon (2023-09-19)

  Access to reliable and high-speed internet connectivity is a critical aspect of modern life - enabling communication, educational and economic opportunities. However, many remote Indigenous communities and students residing ...
• The future of connection: how artificial intelligence is transforming the way we connect and build relationships 

  Verdejo Hernandez, Mariana (2023-09-19)

  Although the synergy between human and artificial mind is continuously expanding, AI is still primarily limited by the range of its data set. And while AI cannot create an original idea on its own at this moment, it is on ...
• The Impact of a Volunteer-Based Transitional Care Program on the Recovery of Older Adults in Victoria, B.C. 

  Denux, Natalie (2023-09-19)

  This research project consisted of an evaluation of Return to Health, a transitional care program for vulnerable older adults recently discharged from hospital. Return to Health is a 90-day volunteer-based program offered ...

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