
Research Week 2025 - February 24th to February 28th

Research Week 2025 Program
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5-Minute Research Insights Sessions
Nature, Culture, and Wellness - February 24th
Monday, February 24th from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
(Parker Building, Indigenous Sharing and Learning Centre, P-107)
Laurentian University faculty members from various disciplines will present their research in 5 minutes, under the theme of Nature, Culture, and Wellness. A light lunch will be provided.
Presenters:
Name/Nom |
School/École/Affiliation |
Topic/Sujet |
---|---|---|
Albrecht Schulte-Hostedde |
School of Natural Sciences / École des sciences naturelles |
Bringing Urban Ecology Indoors |
Émilie Pinard |
McEwen School of Architecture / École d’architecture McEwen |
Plus de jeu et d'autonomie: Concevoir des habitations et des quartiers favorables aux enfants dans les villes de taille moyenne |
Janice Kenney |
School of Natural Sciences / École des sciences naturelles |
Harnessing Surface Interactions for Environmental Remediation |
Sara MacDonald |
School of Liberal Arts / École des arts libéraux |
Undergraduate Bodies: Women and Academic Citizenship in English Canada, 1875-1914 |
Michael Emond |
School of Social Sciences / École des sciences sociales |
The Health Risks of Stress, and Coping Strategies to Deal With it |
Guangdong Yang |
School of Natural Sciences / École des sciences naturelles |
Sulfide Nutrition and Vascular Health |
Brent Lievers |
Bharti School of Engineering and Computation / École de génie et d’informatique Bharti |
Bricks and Stones Make Up My Bones… |
Elizabeth Wenghofer |
School of Kinesiology & Health / École de kinésiologie et des sciences de la santé |
Evaluation for Evidence-Informed Policy |
Isabelle Côté |
School of Social Work / École de service social |
"Il me méprisait encore plus" : Les programmes destinés aux auteurs de violence peuvent-ils créer de nouveaux problèmes pour les femmes victimes de contrôle coercitif? |
Patrick Timony |
Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research / Centre de recherche en santé dans les milieux ruraux et du nord |
Measuring Access to Language Concordant Health Care: Challenging the Status Quo |
Peter Ryser |
School of Natural Sciences / École des sciences naturelles |
Adaptations of Wetland Plants to the Change of Seasons |
Valérie Raymond |
School of Liberal Arts / École des arts libéraux |
Bilinguisme précoce et maintien de la langue française en Ontario |
Gustavo Ybazeta |
HSNRI/NOSM U // IRHSN/U EMNO |
Wastewater Surveillance in North Ontario: Protecting Public Health through Innovation |
Brent Debassige |
School of Liberal Arts / École des arts libéraux |
Re-searching and regenerating a way forward for an Indigenous Interdisciplinary Studies program at LU: An Anishinaabe Standpoint |
Towards New Horizons - February 25th
Tuesday, February 25th from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
(Parker Building, Indigenous Sharing and Learning Centre, P-107)
Laurentian University faculty members from various disciplines will present their research in 5 minutes, under the theme of Towards New Horizons. A light lunch will be provided.
Presenters:
Name/Nom |
School/École/Affiliation |
Topic/Sujet |
---|---|---|
Georges Kpazai |
School of Kinesiology & Health / École de kinésiologie et des sciences de la santé |
Le développement de la pensée critique des futur.e.s enseignant.e.s physique et santé lors des stages pratiques |
Mateus Pepinelli |
School of Natural Sciences / École des sciences naturelles |
Ecological Reshuffling |
Steven Beites |
McEwen School of Architecture / École d’architecture McEwen |
Housing Futures |
Meng Cheng Lau |
Bharti School of Engineering and Computation / École de génie et d’informatique Bharti |
Physical AI: Bridging Robotics and Intelligent Systems |
Liz Favot |
School of Natural Sciences / École des sciences naturelles |
The influence of human activities, including climate change, on the quality of water, lake physics, chemistry, and biology, over the course of two centuries. |
Amanda Schweinbenz |
School of Kinesiology & Health / École de kinésiologie et des sciences de la santé |
Signifier and Signified: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Black Athlete Activism Labels in the United States |
Stéphane Perrouty |
Harquail School of Earth Sciences / École des sciences de la Terre Harquail |
Exploring the Earth’s Oldest Continents |
Nadia Mykytczuk |
MIRARCO/Goodman School of Mines // École des mines Goodman |
MIRARCO Mining Innovation: Building Towards a New Centre for Mine Waste Biotechnology |
Luckny Zephyr |
School of Business Administration / École d’administration des affaires |
Designing Efficient Tools for Vehicle to Grid (V2G) Integration |
A Diversity of Knowledge - February 26th
Tuesday, February 26th from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
(Parker Building, Indigenous Sharing and Learning Centre, P-107)
Laurentian University faculty members from various disciplines will present their research in 5 minutes, under the theme of A Diversity of Knowledge. A light lunch will be provided.
Presenters:
Name/Nom |
School/École/Affiliation |
Topic/Sujet |
---|---|---|
Kamran Eshghi |
School of Sports Administration / École d’administration des sports |
How Can a Firm Suppress Shareholders' Punitive Reaction to its Disengagement from a Geopolitically Uncertain Market? |
John Hogenbirk |
Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research / Centre de recherche en santé dans les milieux ruraux et du nord |
Putting the "Applied" in Applied Health Research: Working with Ontario Health Teams |
Candace Brunette |
School of Indigenous Relations / École des relations autochtones |
Restorying Indigenous Presence at one University |
Rebecca Schalkowski |
School of Natural Sciences / École des sciences naturelles |
A Tale of Two Acidified Lakes: Blending Long-Term Monitoring and Fossilized Histories to Understand Recovery in a Remote vs. Urban Setting |
Nicole Wemigwans |
School of Indigenous Relations / École des relations autochtones |
Anishinaabe Matriarchal Leadership: Uplifting Parenting |
Sandra Dorman |
School of Kinesiology & Health / École de kinésiologie et des sciences de la santé |
Wearable Technology |
Thomas Merritt |
School of Natural Sciences / École des sciences naturelles |
Understanding Genetic Diversity Matters |
Stephen Sekula |
SNOLAB |
Lifecycle of the Cosmos: Deep Science at SNOLAB |
Eva Pakostova |
MIRARCO / Goodman School of Mines // École des mines Goodman |
Environmentally Friendly Recycling of Lithium-Ion Batteries using Biotechnology |
Kalpdrum Passi |
Bharti School of Engineering and Computation / École de génie et d’informatique Bharti |
Detection of Hate Speech in Social Media Using Explainable AI |
Diana Urajnik |
Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research / Centre de recherche en santé dans les milieux ruraux et du nord |
Enhancing Co-Driven Partnership-Engaged Health Research for Impact |
Jeffrey Wood |
School of Education / École d’éducation |
Developing an Indigenous Early Childhood Pedagogy |
Alison Godwin |
School of Kinesiology & Health / École de kinésiologie et des sciences de la santé |
Can VR Experiences Improve the Uptake of Health and Safety Knowledge in Training Applications? |