Winners of the 2022 Student Learning Commons Undergraduate Writing Contest

Published: 2023-05-11

Plurilingual Prize Category (open to all undergrad students)

Western Redcedar Bark Harvesting: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Wisdom and People-Plant Relationships

Brennan Strandberg-Salmon
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“A ‘Fuck You’ to the French:” Autochthony in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Siddhartha Minhas
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Differing Viewpoints: Cultural Perspectives on Canis lupus

Audrey Heath
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Manifesting Politeness in Children Cross-Culturally

Rebekah Wong
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First Year Category (0-29 credits)

A Call for Affordable Housing, Social Services, and Destigmatization to Relieve Vancouver’s Homelessness Crisis

Regene Mae Eliseeff
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Protecting Sacred Indigenous Burial Sites in Canada

Taryn Clark
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Panhandling or Policy: Are anti-panhandling laws effective or a pseudo-solution?

Venus Nakahara
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Middle Years Category (30-89 credits)

Beliefs and Their Limitations in Titus Andronicus and Hamlet

Nava Karimi
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Decriminalization, Safe Supply, and Legalization: How to Reduce Drug Overdoses through Policy

Andreas Gunster
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Addressing Health Concerns of Indigenous Land Defenders at Fairy Creek

Chelsea Davis
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The Role and Influence of Food on Migratory Patterns and Othering Behaviours

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

Divine Femininity or Femme Fatale: Exploring the Roles of Women in The Odyssey

Pei Xuan Chia
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Physicality and Emotional Impacts of Sex Work in Hustling Verse: An Anthology of Sex Workers’ Poetry

Hannah Kazemi
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Objections to the Anti-Complicity Principle

Esther Lu
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Inequity, structural violence, and the criminalization of HIV non-disclosure

Aishah Rose Harden
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