Congratulations to the winners and honorable mentions for the 2023 edition RIC Award!
The Award is dedicated to graduate students’ efforts in conducting research according to engaged scholarship principles. In 2023, the projects of three Masters students and three doctoral students are recognized. Meet the winners and honorable mentions!
Masters recipients
- Ashley Kyne, Simon Fraser University – Criminology
Project: A Culturally-Informed Examination of Correlates of Crime among Indigenous Peoples
- Jasmine Kowalewski, University of Alberta – School and Clinical Child Psychology
Project: Exploring the Effects of Activism: Promoting Indigenous Youth’s Voices
- Vida Forouhar, Concordia University – Health and Exercise Science
Project: Weight Bias: Trends among the Canada Public and Relationships with Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour
Doctoral recipients
- Yehudis Stokes, University of Ottawa – Nursing
Project: Identifying, Measuring, Implementing, and Evaluating Trauma-Informed Care in Practice
- Erin Ratelle, University of Alberta – Kinesiology, Sport and Recreation
Project: Falls Prevention in Long Term Care using Machine Learning
- Indira Riadi, Simon Fraser University – Gerontology
Project: Developing Inclusive Digital Mental Health Services/Interventions Based on the Mental Health Priorities of Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Honorable Mentions
- Sarah Law, Simon Fraser University – Sociology
Project: Resistance and Resilience in the Era of Ecological Grief
- Yi Chien Jade Ho, Simon Fraser University – Education
Project: Place of the Chinatown Grassroots: Aligning Anti-Racism Efforts with Decolonization