York’s fourth annual multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Fair, organized by a team of faculty, librarians and students, took place in the Scott Library Collaboratory on Feb. 24. Sixty-nine students presented their research projects. The following was awarded to students whose projects were rooted in subjects offered through the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies:
Best lower-year projects — Dr. James Wu Prize
Second Prize: Lindsey Swartzman’s From Eritrea to the EU: Driven to Security (AP/GEOG 2310)
Best upper-year projects — Dr. James Wu Prize
First Prize: Marissa Chase’s In the Aftermath: Detecting Change from Natural Disasters Using Satellite Imagery (AP/GEOG 4440)
Second Prize: Michelle Short & Kari Martin’s Do I Belong? Power, Inclusion, Representation and Activism in an LGBTQ Spiritual Community (AP/SOWK 3070)
Best posters & presentations
First Prize: Alexander Gordon’s What Does a Bully Think? Motives, Conceptions, and Managerial Strategies in TDSB’s Anti-Bullying Policy (AP/EN 4000)