Winners of the 2024 Student Learning Commons Undergraduate Writing Contest

Published: 2025-05-01

Plurilingual Prize Category (open to all undergrad students)

Headshot of author Ash Szeto

Hong Kong Ethnicity and Influence of Cantonese As a First Language on English Language Acquisition

A Literature Review

Ash Szeto
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Headshot of author Siddhartha Minhas

John Builds a Great New Wall: The Oriental Object of Pearl

Siddhartha Minhas
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First Year Category (0-29 credits)

Headshot of author Puneet Uppal

The Classification of AI Chatbots as High-Risk Systems in Legal Frameworks to Reduce their Risk to Human Safety

Puneet Uppal
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Headshot of author Aryan Sharifi

War’s End? Realist, Liberal and Constructivist Perspectives on the Decline-of-War Thesis

Aryan Sharifi
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A headshot of author Sheridan Nix

An Argument for Policy Making

Sheridan Nix
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Headshot of Brianna Bisaillon (and cat)

The Intersection of Neurodivergence, Race and Diagnostic Barriers in British Columbia: A Personal Reflective Journey

Brianna Bisaillon
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Middle Years Category (30-89 credits)

Headshot of author Aspen Ho

The Blind Leads the Blind: Denying Systemic Discrimination in Discussions of Implicit Bias

Aspen Ho
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Headshot of author Nicholas Tjandra

Stories That Mend: Reconciling Intergenerational Trauma in Medicine Walk

Nicholas Tjandra
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What should be done with the carbon dioxide extracted from the atmosphere by Direct Air Capture technology?

Leila Davies
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Headshot of author Allison Hill

The Fight Over the Colorado River

How Nevada’s Water Conservation Policies Can Inform Basin-Wide Management Efforts

Allison Hill
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Headshot of author Arash Moini

Morality, AI, and Humanity in Detroit: Become Human

Arash Moini
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Photo of fallen soldier covered with Ukrainian flag

Ukraine’s Nuclear Weapon Surrender

A Futile Attempt at Preventing War

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

The Soccer Field's Unfreedom

Colin Ai-Jeffrey
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Headshot of author Samantha Butler

How can Prescribed Burning and Indigenous Cultural Burning be Used to Reduce the Impacts of Wildfires in Canadian Forests in Response to the Effects of Climate Change?

Samantha Butler
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Headshot of author Brendan Routh

Towards Indigenous Literary Nationalisms

Interpreting Monkey Beach and The Marrow Thieves

Brendan Routh
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Headshot of author Grayson Barke

How can Municipal Governments in Metro Vancouver Reduce the Amount of 6PPD-Q Entering Fish-Bearing Watercourses?

Grayson Barke
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