Champions of Science
Our faculty’s impact involves more than what happens in our classrooms or in the field.
It is brought to life through the actions and contributions of our faculty, staff, students, and alumni as we share their insights, skills, and research to serve our communities and the world. Every day, our departments, programs, and institutes create places and spaces for developing and supporting champions of science – the work they do provides a strong base for faculty-wide initiatives.
Rhodes Scholarship finalists cross the stage
These high-achieving students are ready for their next challenge.
Sharon Wang didn't follow in her geologist parents' footsteps
Actively work at finding your passions and interests, the computer science graduate advises.
Undergrad Haoze Zhang champions diversity and inclusivity through mentorship
As a 2+2 geoscience student, Haoze Zhang helped others learn about Canadian culture and academics.
Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CURE)
Over the past year, Drs. Kyla Flanagan, Mindi Summers, and Ariane Cantin have designed, implemented, and assessed three types of course-based collaborative research experiences in the Department of Biological Sciences. In Ecology 417, they redesigned the course so students collect, analyze, and submit data on aquatic invertebrate diversity to the Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network database. In Zoology 576, students identify and describe local invertebrate diversity using morphological and molecular tools and contribute digital records to the Invertebrate Digital Collections and Barcode of Life database. In Marine Invertebrate Zoology at Bamfield Marine Science Centre, students design and implement their own independent research projects in invertebrate diversity, ecology, and behaviour. All these experiences focus on students developing a range of transferable skills aligned with the Faculty of Science graduate attributes, particularly collaboration, critical thinking, problem solving, and creativity and curiosity. Studying the student experience in these courses will help develop best practices for expanding the offering of course-based research experiences to more courses in the department.
