The SLC Writing Contest journal will be published annually as a collection of the winners and honourable mentions of the SLC undergraduate writing contest. The Writing Contest journal is intended to serve as a database of model papers for current undergraduate students and to represent writing across the disciplines.

Announcements

Current Issue

Vol. 9 (2026): 2025 Writing Contest Winners

Winners of the 2025 Student Learning Commons Undergraduate Writing Contest

Published: 2026-04-28

Plurilingual Prize Category (open to all undergrad students)

Rand Wang

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

Rand Wang
PDF

First Year Category (0-29 credits)

Ramon Encila

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

Ramon Encila
PDF
Noor Pradhan

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

Noor Pradhan
PDF
Esther Chow

Contemporary Controversy Between Indigenous Religious Beliefs and Modern Development: Environmentalism VS Economic Growth

Esther Chow
PDF

Middle Years Category (30-89 credits)

Britney Dinh-Vu

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

Britney Dinh-Vu
PDF
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

Venus Nakahara
PDF

Evaluating Locke’s Theory of Justified Rebellion Against the State

Carmen Campbell
PDF
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

Emilie Mowat
PDF

Fourth Year+ Category (90+ credits, including Honours)

Rand Wang

Unlearning People-Pleasing

Rand Wang
PDF
Maria Alexandra Sonea

War Measures Act v Canada

Maria Sonea
PDF
Aaron Fung

Against Machine Originality

On Lovelace, LLMs, and ChatGPT

Aaron Fung
PDF
Caleb Parkhouse

Digital Battery

Kant, Data, and the Infringement of Innate Rights

Caleb Parkhouse
PDF
View All Issues