Images of Research Competition 2019
Images of Research Competition 2019
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2019-01-01
This image captures both the grandeur of mountain landscapes and their sensitivity to climatic warming. Most of the world’s population derives cultural, spiritual, and/or recreational significance from glaciated mountains. Furthermore, glaciers provide more than a sixth of the world’s population...
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2019-01-01
More than 1.25 million deaths are caused by traffic accidents every year, 95% of those are due to human error. To address and resolve this problem we are taking the help of an innovative concept, Connected Vehicle (CV). A connected car can assist the human driver by communicating with its...
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2019-01-01
This picture was taken following a day of fall fishing along the banks of Hay River, one of the culturally significant bodies of water to Kátł‘odeeche First Nation. Initially the community had invited me to travel by boat on Great Slave Lake to one of their traditional fish camps situated at the...
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2019-01-01
Can you imagine living at the edge of the Arctic Ocean? Looks pretty cold, eh? I took this image last time I was in Tukoyaktuk, NT. You can almost feel the chilling Arctic air and brisk winds cut through your warmest parka. I counted my blessings when I was able to head into a warm home and enjoy...
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2019-01-01
My practiced-based research in print media and animation focuses on navigating the uncertainties within female autonomy, family genetics, and dialogues with the self in relation to advancing reproductive technologies. With the developments of in vitro fertilization, embryo selection, and genetic...
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2019-01-01
“Re-Packing my Library” depicts the collection process that goes into writing a dissertation. It shows a collection of books, papers, pamphlets, programs, and notes amassed over three years of research packed (once again) hastily into my father’s old bag the night before yet another departure....
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2019-01-01
“Parenting Interculturally” portrays my early childhood education research regarding bicultural children. My study explores parental perceptions of childhood and childrearing held by intercultural couples who are parents, one partner who is Canadian-born and raised, and the other who is...
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2019-01-01
These snowshoes were made by my Dad and Grandpa Fern. First steps: build a snowshoe form, steam lengths of straight pliable wood, bend it over the form to shape the shoes, rivet ends together, remove shoes from the form and allow to dry. Second steps: cut moose rawhide strips, once frame has...
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2019-01-01
Silicon nanoparticles can be used in lithium-ion batteries, LEDs, and medical imaging. When these materials are smaller than 5 nm, they glow red under UV light. The color the particles emit can be changed by changing their size or what is on their surface. I am working to understand how the...
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2019-01-01
My research in looks at the potentials of the body in dance and somatic practices as a site for embodied theory. It touches on the nexus of several centres of thought, including embodiment, representation, being and knowing. The research is slippery in its concepts and thus slippery in the...