Ontario Three Minute Thesis Showcase

The 3MT® competition provides graduate students with an opportunity to refine skills that can be transferred after graduation to diverse career paths. Distilling complex research into a clear form, without over-simplifying, and highlighting the wider implications of the research are important skills to carry into post-graduate employment and public service.

The competition also enables students to showcase their research to a wider multidisciplinary audience, within the university and to the broader public. The competition is open to the public, and is advertised within the community. The 3MT® is a unique opportunity to communicate the innovative and significant research undertaken by graduate students.

Please see below the student participants for the 2024 Ontario Three Minute Thesis Competition:

1. Rebecca Misiasz – Nipissing University
   “The role of coaches in normalizing abusive behaviour towards referees in youth ice hockey”
2. Daniil Lisus – University of Toronto
   “Helping Autonomous Cars See What Our Eyes Can’t”
3. Parisa Varshosaz – Laurentian University
   “Regulation of Vitamin A Metabolism During Embryonic Calvaria Bone Formation”
4. Madeline Fabiano – Lakehead University – “The SHINE Program: Fostering Physical Activity Among Female Undergraduate Students”
5. Zoe Gagnon – Brock University
   “I Remember It All Too Well: The Role of Semaphorin 3A in Learning and Memory Formation”
6. Julia Tropak – Queen’s University
   “Bacteria: Friend or Foe?”
7.  Jenna Bolzon – Trent University – “Standing up for Science: Paying Attention to Replication Issues can Unearth a Ton of Problems “
8. Bria Hughes-Small – Ontario Tech University
   “Disentangling the Unique Impacts of Socioeconomic Status and Adversity on the Development of Neural Networks and Social Cognitive Functioning in Children and Adolescents”
9. Ana Hernandez Martinez de la Riva – Carleton University
   “Where is Jack? How to find rare plants”
10. Jordan Carrillo Zurita – Toronto Metropolitan University
    “Building Better Processed Foods, Block by Block”
11.  Samra Khan – University of Windsor “Sugar-coated cancer vaccines for ‘sweet’ adaptive oncoimmunology”
12.  Sasikumar Deivasigamani – University of Guelph “Microwave Cooking of Food: How Hard Can It Be?”