Winners of the 2021 Student Learning Commons Undergraduate Writing Contest

Published: 2022-04-25

Plurilingual Prize Category (open to all undergrad students)

Photo of the author, Emily Ma

Eating Bitterness (吃苦): Critical to Chinese Immigrant Identity or Perpetuating the Model Minority Myth?

Emily Ma
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Photo of the author, Judy Yae Young Kim

AI Translators and the International K-Pop Fandom on Twitter

Judy Yae Young Kim
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First Year Category (0-29 credits)

photo of the author, Siddhartha Minhas

Assassinating “the muscular hook of my cock”: Hayes Condemns White Supremacy

Siddhartha Minhas
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Photo of the author, Andy Liu, at the computer

Apple's Monopolistic Control Over the Tech Industry

Andy Liu
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Judicial Selection: Why Canada Should Not Elect Its Judges

Jackson Cyr
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photo of the author Jeffrey Ning

The History of The Walt Disney Company and Its Context in the Study of the Political Economy of Communication

Jeffrey Ning
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Photo of the author, Olivia Wong

The Consequences of Sexualizing Young Girls in Reality Television Dance Programs

Olivia Wong
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Middle Years Category (30-89 credits)

photo of the author, Victoria Brown

Recruitment of Social Media Influencers to Promote Self-Compassion Practices to Combat the Negative Effects of Social Media on Adolescents.

Victoria Brown
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Photo of the author, Rebekah Wong

The Perception of Quantifier Raising in Japanese-English Bilinguals

Rebekah Wong
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Photo of the author, Anoushka Kang

Nature as a Powerful Force in Literature

Anoushka Kang
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Photo of the author, Hannah Kazemi

Using Tradition to Inform Perspective and Explore Worldview

Hannah Kazemi
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photo of the author Kanwarveer Sidhu in red tinted sunglasses

Peter Singer's Animal Liberation: A Case For The Equal Consideration Of All Animals And New Understanding Of Non-Persons

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

Photo of the author, Mireta Strandberg-Salmon

Re-Storying the Anthropocene: No Golden Spike, No Silver Bullet

Mireta Strandberg-Salmon
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“Toying Architecturally with the Bones”

On Sitting Down to Read Heart of Darkness Once Again

Ethan Gibson
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Graduation photo of author Amanda McRae

Environmental Romanticism: The “Protection” of Nature Perpetuates Erasures of Indigenous Existence from Their Traditional Territories

Amanda McRae
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photo of the author, Emma Juergensen

The Land of Compounding Marginalization

Family-Sponsored Immigrant Older Adults’ Access to Dementia Care in Canada

Emma Juergensen
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