CURL’s Student Bursaries can support students in a variety of research-based and skill-building activities!
Read about just a few of our winners below… Then apply for your own!
Lewa Babalola
Lewa presented her independent research on misophonia at the Interdisciplinary Conference in Psychology (ICP-CIP), hosted at the university of Ottawa. She also attended a variety of presentations on topics ranging from youth homelessness and resilience to the effects of a mindfulness practice on the brain.
Gillian Hunniset
Gillian travelled to the Canadian Society of Women in Philosophy Conference. The conference’s theme was “Aftermath”, and she attended numerous talks on a variety of topics ranging from eco-friendly death practices to the impact of COVID-19 on families and child rearing.
Kyoko Telfer
Kyoko attended the Annual Conference of the Japan Studies Association of Canada, where she presented her research about the cultural trauma of the 3/11 disaster in Shinkai’s Suzume no Tojimari.
At the 33th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Sciences, Ana presented a poster about her investigation into rhythmic processing’s influence on the statistical learning of language.
Cogie was a visiting scholar at VINE Sanctuary, an ecofeminist rescue in Vermont that rehabilitates farm animals saved from abusive situations.
Valentina completed research and volunteer work at Sri Lankan plantations as part of WUSC and CECI’s Uniterra program.
Andrew explored historical locations around the GTA related to two famous Canadian poets, Al Purdy and Leonard Cohen.
At DH@Guelph 2017, Shelby participated in digital humanities workshops, where she learned how to integrate archival research into innovative multimedia presentations.
Alex visited the Canadian Psychological Association’s annual convention, where she learned about a range of topics from the psychology of creating reality TV shows to the post-traumatic effects of policing.