Research projects which have received ARC funding:

Spring 2023

  • The Effect of Language on Categorization Style in International Students from India by Erin Lea, Psychology – $1,855.88
  • Immigration, Education, and Employment Pathways or Urban and Rural International Students in BC: Reducing the Gaps Between Opportunity and Responsibility by Jenny Francis, Geography / Social Sciences & Community Programs – $3,000
  • Supporting Nursing Students with Executive Function Challenges in Clinical Placements by Kimberly McKinley, Nursing – $3,000
  • The Making of Circularity: New Methods and Means by Philip Robbins, Makerspace – $3,000
  • Intelligent Skin Cancer Detection Using Convolutional Neural Networks by Quynh Nguyen, Mathematics & Statistics – $3,000

Fall 2022

  • Is Reactive Strength Sensitie to Body Composition During the Multi-Rebound Jump Assessment by Brent Day, Kinesiology – $2,925
  • A Look at Course Delivery Through a Learner Variability Lens in a Practical Programming Course: Does One Size Fit All by Carmen Larsen, TCDC and Tomoko Okochi, Web & Mobile App Design) – $3,000
  • Presenting the Being Human Project by Suzi Webster Benwick and Aaron "Splash" Nelson-Moody, Fine Arts – $5,498.79
  • Ethnographic Study of Potential International Students in India by Gagun Chinna, Sociology – $3,000

Summer 2022

  • Quantifying the Spread of Tuberculosis/Clustering Smart Meters by Jeremy Chiu, Math & Statistics – $3,000

Spring 2022

  • Erasing Colonial Encounter: Portraiture in New Netherland by Alena Buis, Art History & Religious Studies – $2,591
  • Project Pollinator Count: A Student Citizen Science Research Initiative at Langara College by Aldona Czajewska, Office for Student Engagement & Ji Yong Yang, Biology – $3,000
  • The Influence of Clinical Teachers on Nursing Student Anxiety in Baccalaureate Practice Education by Anna Douglas, Nursing – $2,100

Fall 2021

  • Cardiovascular Function and Its Association with Athletic Performance Measures in Female College Soccer Players - Andrew Perrotta (Kinesiology) - $2,861
  • Resting Cardiovascular Function and Its Association with Athletic Performance Measures in Female Soccer Players - Brent Day (Kinesiology) - $2,740
  • Clustering Performance Evaluation in Chronic Care Management - Quynh (Monica) Nguyen (Data Analytics/Math and Statistics) - $2,297.79
  • Thematic and Taxonomic Categorization Styles in European Canadian, Chinese, and Indian Students: A Replication and Extension - Erin Lea (Social Sciences/Psychology) - $2,031
  • Still Creek Environmental Monitoring Program, Part 3 - Andrew Egan (Geography and Geology and Interdisciplinary Studies) - $2,300
  • From Personal Stories to Reconciliation: Coqualeetza Indian Hospital, Intergenerational Trauma, and Healing among Members of the Secwepemc Nation in BC - Georgina Martin (Aboriginal Studies ) - $2,770

Summer 2021

  • Vintage Scooter Conversion - Joseph Lattanzio (RMTP) - $2,600
  • Heritage for the 21st Century: Increasing Student Engagement Using Digital Tools - Cara Tremain (Anthropology) - $3,000
  • Still Creek Environmental Monitoring Program, Part 2 - Andrew Egan (Geography and Geology and Interdisciplinary Studies) - $2,890

Spring 2021

  • Still Creek Environmental Monitoring Program - Andrew Egan (Geography and Geology and Interdisciplinary Studies) - $2,810
  • Making the Cut: Experiences of Minority Entertainment Workers in Hollywood North - Gagun Chhina (Sociology) - $3,000

Fall 2020

  • An Examination in Cardiorespiratory Performance and Cardiovascular Function in Healthy College Students - Andrew Perrotta (Kinesiology) - $3,000
  • Chaga Mushroom (Inonotus Obliquus) Bioactivity Studies - Garyen Chong (HSCI/Biology) - $3,000

Spring 2020

  • Open Art Histories - Alena Buis (Art History & Religious Studies) - $2,000
  • Applying the Complexity Quadrants and Intercultural Perspective to Critically Examine the Incidence and Prevalence of Academic Dishonesty on Campus - Jessica Kalra (Biology) - $2,200
  • Contrada Mella Ceramics Project - Jennifer Knapp (Interdisciplinary Studies) - $3,000
  • Categories or Relationships? Cross-Cultural Differences in Categorization - Erin Lea (Psychology) - $2,860
  • Journalism in Transition: How Canadian Journalism Educators View the Roles, Values and Qualifications of the Journalistic Profession in the 21st Century - Jennifer Leask (Journalism) - $1,200
  • Resiliency in Nursing Students: The Power of the Hour - Mary Peters (Nursing) - $500
  • Perspectives on Diet and Spiritual Development According to Contemporary Buddhist Writers - A Student-Faculty Collaborative Project and Publication - Benjamin Wood (Asian Studies) - $3,000
  • Diversifying the Curriculum in Theatre Arts at Studio 58, Continued - Kathryn Shaw (Theatre Arts) - $2,500

Fall 2019

  • Vancouver Museums and the Ancient Past: Uncovering Mesoamerican Collections in the City - Cara Tremain (Anthropology) - $2,386.03
  • Genomic and Metabolomic Characterization of Canadian Inonotus Obliquus (Chaga) - Garyen Chong (HSCI/Biology) - $3,000
  • Exploring the Role of Co-Factors in Inducing an Anticancer Immune Response - Jessica Kalra (Biology/Health Sciences) - $3,000
  • Diversifying the Curriculum in Theatre Arts at Studio 58, Continued - Kathryn Shaw (Theatre Arts) - $500
  • Comparison of Ampicillin and Antimicrobial Peptide Resistance in Staphylococcus Aureus - Prashant Kumar (Biology) - $3,000
  • A Study of Robot Brain Architecture Using Methods of Animation Principles - Trista Townsend (Continuing Studies) - $2,000

Summer 2019

  • Ocean Plastics Phase 2 - Philip Robbins (Fine Arts) - $3,000
  • Mathematically Modelling Swarming Insects - Jeremey Chiu (Math & Statistics) - $2,500

Spring 2019

  • Ocean Plastics – Philip Robbins (Fine Arts) - $3,000
  • Contrata Mella Ceramics – Jennifer Knapp (Interdisciplinary Studies) - $3,000
  • Untra DNA Barcoding of Cannabis Varieties – Ji Yang (Biology) - $3,000

Fall 2018

  • Increasing Diversity in Theatre Arts Classrooms - Kathryn Shaw (Theatre Arts) - $3,000
  • Public-Private Places: Exploring Universal Washroom Uses at Langara College – Mono Brown (English) - $2,566
  • Development and Formulation of Novel Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs) for Activity Against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) – Prashant Kumar (Biology) - $3,000
  • DNA Barcoding of Ants in the Pacific Northwest – Kenneth Naumann (Biology) - $3,000 

Summer 2018 

  • Monitoring and Modelling a Dynamic Coastal Sand Dune Ecosystem – Andrew Egan (Geography) - $630
  • Open Textbooks and International Student Success: A Canadian Case Study – Julian Prior (Education Technology) - $625
  • PPBGS – A Personalized Profile Based on Gamifcation System – Hazra Imran (CSIS) - $3,000
  • Clean Paint, Clean Air, Clean Water – Helena Wadsley (Fine Arts) - $2,500
  • Development of a novel protocol for an exosomes based liquid biopsy for Breast Cancer – Jessica Kalra (Biology) - $3,000
  • Educational VR Platform – Jason Madar (CSIS) - $3,000
  • Examination of the portrayals of Ethnic minorities in Children's award-winning books over the past 60 decades – Mersedeh Ghassemieh (Mathematics) - $2,652
  • Leaning by Gaming – Saeed Mirjalili (CSIS) - $3,000

Spring 2018 

  • Developing a National Food Service Standard to Prevent Malnutrition in Hospital – Janice Sorensen (Nutrition & Food Service Management) - $3,000
  • Student Nurse Knowledge, Awareness, and Attitudes of Hepatitis C (HCV) – Denise Thomas (Nursing) - $1,735
  • The Bregatorto Project – Jennifer Knapp (Interdisciplinary Studies) - $3,000

Fall 2017

  • Growing Tenibrio Molitor on a waste biomass to produce high protein insect flour – Mario Moniz de Sa (Biology) - $3,000
  • Development of a 3D printable animation mannequin – Kim Lam (CSIS) - $3,000
  • MARC Coding for Library Technicians – Dale West (Library Technician) - $2,500 

Summer 2017

  • Characterization of exosomes and exosomal circular RNA from Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Carcinoma cell lines - Jessica Kalra (Biology/Health Sciences) - $3,000
  • Attentional Biases in Test-Anxious Students (pending REB approval) - Erin Skinner (Psychology) - $3,000
  • Electrochemical Treatment of Wastewater by Sulphate Oxidation - Todd Stuckless (Chemistry) - $3,000
  • Scoping Review of the Barriers and Facilitators to Enabling Scholarly Activity within Canadian Schools of Nursing - Morgan Yates (Nursing) - $3,000
  • Optimizing compost processing by monitoring microbial community succession - Dave Anderson (Biology) - $3,000
  • VR Visualization of high-thruput screening data - Jason Madar (CSIS) - $2,340
  • Computational Chemistry for Undergraduates: Studying the Structure-Property Relationships of Conducting Polymers with Potential Application in Electronics - Paulo Sgarbi (Chemistry) - $3,000

Summer 2016

  • Locating a Wearable Device in an Industrial WiFi Network - Kim Lam (CSIS) - $3,000
  • Attitudes and Intentions:  Thoughts of Education and Learning among South Asian Students - Gagun Chhina (Sociology) - $3,000
  • Satellites - Aaron Bushkowsky (English / Theatre Arts) - $2,810
  • Feed the Good Wolf: Creating an iPhone App to Help People with Their Self-Improvement Resolutions - Bryan Green (CSIS) - $2,160
  • Collaborative, Interdisciplinary, Digital Narrative on Migration & Displacement - Leanne Johnson (Publishing) - $1,180

Spring 2016

Please read the latest edition of the IDEAlogue to learn more about these ARC-funded projects.