2025 Writing Contest Winners

Thank you to all the students who submitted your brilliant work to the writing contest this year. 

Announcing the prize winners and hourable mentions in each category: 

Fourth Year+

1^st Prize: Rand Wang 

Unlearning People Pleasing

2^nd Prize: Maria Sonea 

War Measures Act v Canada

Honourable Mentions:

Aaron Fung 

Against Machine Originality: On Lovelace, LLMs, and ChatGPT

Caleb Parkhouse

Digital Battery: Kant, Data, and the Infringement of Innate Rights

Middle Years

1^st Prize: Britney Dinh-Vu 

The Wicked Shift of the West: An Investigation on Regional Variations of the Canadian Shift Within BC

2^nd Prize: Venus Nakahara 

Yumiko wa gō ni ireba gō ni shitagae: A case study of Okinawan-Japanese Canadian bicultural identity integration, third culture, and affect valuation theory as a personal reflective essay

Honourable Mentions: 

Carmen Campbell 

Evaluating Locke’s Theory of Justified Rebellion Against the State 

Emilie Mowat

Shrinking Ecosystems: An Investigation into the Impact of Sea Level Rise on the Distribution of Coastal Marshes Situated on the Southern and Mid-Atlantic Coast of North America 

First Year

1^st Prize: Ramon Encila 

The Role of Artificial Intelligence in the Oppression of the Working Class

2^nd Prize: Noor Pradhan 

Anti-Americanism in France and Francophobia in the United States of America

Honourable Mention: Esther Chow

Contemporary Controversy between Indigenous Religious Beliefs and Modern Development: Environmentalism vs. Economic Growth

Plurilingual Prize

1^st Prize: Rand Wang 

 Between 耻辱, Shame, and Honte: Listening To What Shame Does 

Congrats to all winners and honourable mentions and thanks again to everyone who made the contest a success again in 2025.