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The Academic, Creative and Engaged Research Showcase (ACERS) at Laurier Brantford recognizes student and faculty research, showcases creative projects by our students, and provides learning experiences for the general public and for the Laurier community.
The showcase provides a unique opportunity for undergraduate students to present their work to their peers and community – and potentially win some prizes for it! Students can be nominated by faculty members but they are also welcome to self-nominate.
ACERS Events
Creativity and Engagement Expo
The Creativity and Engagement Expo features presentations of students' creative and engaged projects, including posters, visual arts, multimedia and recorded performances.
Feature Conferences
Every year there is a mini-conference on a hot topic, which provides a wonderful opportunity for students to learn about and discuss current issues and trends in contemporary society.
Undergraduate Research and Project Showcase
The Undergraduate Research Academic Display Expo showcases some of the best research produced by our undergraduate students via academic posters. Every year we award the top three research projects of the competition.
Showcase Events
ACERS features a variety of events to bring together our community in a discussion and appreciation of research. Past events have included:
Poster Competition Winners 2020
The expo showcased 43 student presenters.
- First Place: Calvin Silverthorne – The Battle of Antietam: An Examination of Three Perspectives
- Second Place: Rodina Ghisyawan and Vanita Lad – “Johnny Gets a Vaccine”: A Children’s Comic Book
- Third Place: Amy Rico – Is Western Opposition to Female Genital Cutting Unjustifiably Biased?
Poster Competition Winners 2019
The expo showcased 44 student presenters.
- First place: Erin McHarge, Legally Bound: Non-Normative Gender and Identification
- Second place: Megan Blair, Indigenous Activism in Canada, 1969-1982
- Third place: Anitra Nickel, 1990 Crime Culture and 2018 Foreign Fighter Recruitment in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Poster Competition Winners 2018
The expo showcased 35 academic posters by 47 students.
- First Place: Lindsay Walsh, Michelle Bisaillon and Makela Figueiredo, "Windshield Survey: Downtown Galt Ontario"
- Second Place: Erin McHarge, "Transgenderism During the Rise of Nazi Germany"
- Third Place: Cassandra Voets, Avril De Silva, Alexa Kovacs, O'Shai Jeffers-Penny and Jonathan Knowles, "Therapeutic Recreation at Landsdowne Children's Centre"
Contact Us:
Academic, Creative and Engaged Research Showcase
E: acers@wlu.ca
