Judges Lesley Heighway, B.A, B.Ed., M.B.A. President & CEO, Peterborough Regional Health Centre Foundation Andrea Hicks, B.Sc., M.Sc. ‘06 Ecological Project Coordinator, Cambium Inc. AN 80,000 WORD THESIS WOULD TAKE 9 HOURS TO PRESENT OUR TIME LIMIT? 3 MINUTES Bill Kimball, B.A. ‘75 Artistic Producer, Public Energy Thomas Miller, B.Sc. (Hon) ‘82, M.D., M.Sc., C.C.F.P., C.C.P.E. Emergency Department Physician, Peterborough Regional Health Centre Prizes President's First Prize: $500 School of Graduate Studies Runner-up Prize: $250 The Provost's People's Choice Prize: $250 Event sponsors This event is generously sponsored by the External Relations and Advancement, the School of Graduate Studies, the Academic Skills Centre, the Trent Graduate Students’ Association, Traill College, the Office of the President, and the Office of the Provost Wednesday, March 25, 2015 7pm The Venue Introductory Remarks Dr. Michael Eamon, Principal, Catharine Parr Traill College and Director of Continuing Education Intermission 3 Minute Thesis Presentations Introduction of Judging Panel Dr. Nona Robinson, Associate Vice-President, Students Melanie Prentice (Environmental and Life Sciences), Time to Adapt: Clock Genes, Climate Change & Canada Lynx 3 Minute Thesis Presentations Elizabeth Ramsay (Public Texts), Exploring the Triple Hecate Myth: A Woman’s Place in Shakespearean Drama Shegufta Shetranjiwalla (Environmental and Life Sciences), Transforming Plastics into Green Materials: Replacing Crude Oil with Vegetable Oil Keren Fox (Sustainability Studies), Governance of Hybrid Organizations and Regional Impact: The Eilat Eilot Renewable Energy Initiative Sean Carleton (Canadian & Indigenous Studies), Rethinking the Relationship between Public Schools and Colonialism in British Columbia, 1872 - 1925 Meredith Purcell (Environmental and Life Sciences), Moose in a Changing Climate Rathika Balthasar (Environmental and Life Sciences), Monitoring Mercury Movements: Unique Chemical Techniques for Tracing Pollution Sources Yong Xiang Shi (Environmental and Life Sciences), Vanadium Speciation in Churchill Estuary Environment Carly Bumbacco (Psychology), Help Wanted: Attachment and Support Utilization Among University Students Joshuah Lockett (Anthropology), Sacred Space, Authority, and Ancestors: Middle Formative (900-600 BC) Elite Maya Burial and Jade Cache from Ka’Kabish, Northern Belize Gordon Halsey (Sustainability Studies), Motivating Holistic Health and Social Services: From Clinical to Compassionate Joshua Noiseux (Theory, Culture, and Politics), Becoming Insurgent: Agency and Antagonism in 21st Century War Rebecca Martin (Psychology), Don’t Ignore Them, Don’t Exaggerate Them: Taking a Mindful Approach to Setbacks James Forrester (Public Texts), Charles Dickens Comes to Lakefield Ashley Neale (History), Alone in Power: The Foreign Policy of President Richard Nixon Anna Rooke (Environmental and Life Sciences), In Hot Water: Can Fish Physiology Adapt to a Warming Climate? Joy Tian (Applied Modelling and Quantitative Methods), Beyond Precipitation: The Road of Weather Derivatives to China People’s Choice Award: Audience Vote Martin Romero-Sanchez (Environmental and Life Sciences), Modelling the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Forest Carbon in a Semi-Deciduous Tropical Forest using Remote Sensing Data Eyitayo Aloh (Public Texts), Engaging the Unwritten text: Orality, Popular Culture and the Social Engineering Process in Post colonial Nigeria Intermission Presentation of Prizes Dr. Elaine Scharfe, Interim Vice-Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies