Previous Award Winners

2022-2023 CPA Certificate Of Academic Excellence

Alannah Nash (P.St Jacques) "The Role of Visual Perspective in Autobiographical Memory Consistency"
Mae Pacificar (D.Hayward) "Where should I...? The role of the built environment on space preferences for studying, socializing, and relaxing"
Julia Self (L.Guilette) "Sex-differences in nest building are reflected in memory for a physical cognition task"

Jeremy Thomas (J.Caplan) "Accounting for order and mental imagery within mathematical models of association memory"

Felicitas Kluger (J.Caplan) "Memory enhancement via mnemonic scaffolds"
Daniel Robles (K.Mathewson) "EEG in the wild: Using real-world tasks to measure changes in EEG rhythms related to human attention"
Brenna Zatto (W.Hoglund)

Maryam Abdelhamed (L. Guillette) "Sex-difference in long-term memory in zebra finches"
Cinta Shaji (C.Sturdy) “Visual lateralization in chickadees”

Congratulations to our undergraduate student award winners!

Nakul Wewhare (L. Guillette), “There’s no place like home - is nest morphology unique to the bird who built it?”
Priya Binwal (L. Guillette), “Imitation in nest-building birds”

Nikhil Kumar (C. Sturdy), “D Conspecific-driven immediate early gene expression”
Ishrath Khan (W. Hoglund) “Emerging Executive Functions and Language Skills in Diverse Preschool Children”
Anjelo Quito (D. Hayward) “Do eye trust you? Investigating the impact of trust on attention”
Alex Muth (P. Hurd) “Habenular activation during behvioural inhibition”
Shania Fisher (P. Hurd)
Anna Cuff (P. St. Jacques) “Neural Mechanisms Supporting Perspective Shifts and Episodic Counterfactual Simulation”

Stefan Stanescu (L. Guillette), “Imitation in nest-building birds”
Mae Pacificar (C. Chapman [Faculty KSR], D. Hayward) “What catches your eyes? The influence of physical spaces on preferences, attention, and action”

Oluchi Nwoke (K. Noels) “The effect of birth order and sibling relationships on bilingualism”

Tooba Mahmood (D. Hayward) “Investigating uses for wearable eye trackers during social interactions"
Cayla Polege (C. Sturdy) "Black-capped chickadee responses to natural and altered song"
Deborah Yun (L. Guillette) "Straws, sticks and bricks: Does past nest-building experience effect construction using new materials"
Anna Nevoit (L. Guillette) "You're not like all the other birds: Individuality in Nest Architecture"

Congratulations to our undergraduate student award winners!

Alleya Bourne (C. Dickson) “Sleep-wake circuitry analysis under chloral hydrate anesthesia”
Evan Simpson (C. Dickson) “Do cannabinoids promote or degrade sleep-related brain rhythms?”
Sherry Gu (F. Colbourne), “Motor-evoked potentials after hemorrhagic stroke in rats”

Michelle Gao (C. Sturdy), “Species-based call preferences in black-capped chickadees”
Mae Pacificar (D. Hayward), “Home Sweet Home: The role of physical spaces on attention and action”
Jerry Wu (Y. Zheng), “Daily acculturation processes among Canadian racial/ethnic minority university students”

Ashley Abrahart (F. Colbourne), “Effects of the estrous cycle in female rats on bleed size in the collagenase model or Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH)
Arianna Cook (D. Hayward), “An eye for an egg: investigating how an object’s social value impacts visual attention
Noam Sander (F. Colbourne), “Elevating ketones as a novel treatment for intracerebral hemorrhage
Julia Self (L. Guillette), “Sex differences in long-term memory for a learned task in zebra finches