Celebrating CapU's 10th annual Student Research Symposium
On April 23, CapU celebrated its 10th annual Student Research Symposium where 123 students from all five faculties presented their capstone research projects. Featuring student-led work from programs spanning arts, sciences, communications and more, the event highlights the depth and diversity of student research at CapU.
Several students also received awards in two categories: Student Award for Excellence in Research and Library Undergraduate Research Award.
Student Award for Excellence in Research
- Anica Abe-Lee, The child’s language of cinema: Childhood as an unconscious semiotic system in film spectatorship
- Ella Clute, Letting light in: Poetry as grief practice
- Samantha Craig, Capilano University students’ mstrust in the CBC’s war narratives and propaganda
- Alice De Graeve, Let it glow: Analysing the effect of HBC fluorination on its fluorescence profile and binding to the pepper aptamer
- Ana Grigoreva, What does your self-control reveal about your life purpose? Exploring the connection between volition and meaningfulness of life among university students
- Leo Gregorian, The grammar of ethics: Code, community and the transformation of moral judgment
- Nicholas Koch, AI chatbot companion for older adults living alone: Impact on loneliness, subjective well-being and cognitive function (Four-week randomized controlled trial)
- Isaiah Ohori, From ACEs to reduced exercise cpacity: An analytical review
- Isabel Porter, The artistries of walking
- Shirley-Ann Royer, Attending to aesthetic languages and the arts in early childhood education
- Bonnie Wang, Applied behaviour analysis in weight management for individuals with developmental disabilities across the lifespan: A literature review
- Choco Wong, Gastronomy tourism: Motivation and segmentation in Vancouver, 2025
Library Undergraduate Research Award
- Jana Aviado & Jocelyn Sanchez, Forest walks: Falls of uncertainty
- Sepideh Eskandari, Understanding adaptation in multiple sclerosis: The role of cognitive change, personality and acceptance
- Hoda Sedarati, When love becomes strength: The hidden power of parental attachment
- Choco Wong, When love becomes strength: The hidden power of parental attachment
Submitted by: Communications