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As part of our effort to create and promote a culture of undergraduate research excellence, Laurier Brantford supports an annual research apprenticeship program funded by the Race Family.
Highly motivated undergraduate students with a passion for research are invited to apply for a 2024-2025 apprenticeship.
If selected, apprentices will spend two terms conducting research under the supervision of a faculty member. Apprentices will receive a 0.5 Directed Studies credit and a $1,000 student award to fund activities and materials related to the project, such as books, research equipment, travel to workshops and conferences, etc.
Testimonials from past apprentices emphasize how the apprenticeship enriched their knowledge and sharpened skills, helping prepare them for careers or graduate school.
Unlike a research assistantship, in which the student works on a faculty member's research, apprentices develop their own research project, while receiving training and support from the faculty mentor.
Megan Blair
"The Research Apprenticeship Program was an amazing opportunity that helped me to confirm my desire to attend graduate school, as well as prepare me for undertaking higher levels of research."
Prior to applying, students must secure support from a faculty mentor.
Once a faculty member has been identified, students are invited to submit a 250-word statement of interest for a fall-winter apprenticeship (deadline August 23, 2024). The faculty member supervisor must confirm their willingness to mentor the student, and submit a 250-word statement assessing the suitability of the student to do the proposed work, and the feasibility of completing the proposed work over the fall and winter semesters. Applicants will be notified of the results two weeks after the deadline.
If selected, the apprentice and faculty mentor must provide the following within two weeks.
Questions: For more information, please contact FLAadmin@wlu.ca
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The Effects of Identity Crisis on Biracial and Adopted Children
Gladue and Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
The Religious Aesthetics of Revolution
Creating inclusive learning experiences for students with severe mental health disorders
How did the British experience WW2?
How does an academic analysis of Fahrenheit 451 & Clockwork Orange inform preconceptions about modern society?
“I’m not too much”: Exploring the meaning-making of neurodivergence among Black women
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Trace Evidence Analysis
Understanding Indigenous Food Sovereignty: Conceptions of Food, Cultural Practices, and Environmental Ethics
Welcoming the Enemy: Postwar Immigration from Germany, Italy, and Japan to Canada, 1945-1967
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Vertebrate Lens Cell Biology
Lesbian Responses to Aids in North America
Novel Technologies for Forensic Science
Genetically Modified Organisms
Crime and Place
Mitigating Toxic Behaviours in Overwatch
Supporting the Bisexual Community at Wilfrid Laurier University
Anti-Black Racism and TikTok: A Discourse Analysis
Racialized and/or Indigenous Student Experiences of Racism in the BSW Program
Commodifying Taste: Value Extraction on Spotify
Use of Artificial Intelligence and Predictive Analytics in Workplace Disability Management
Instagram Content and Anti-Racism
One Generation’s Experiences of Quarantine in Two National Epidemics
Money, Power and Politics
The Relationships between Humans and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Individual Education Plans: An Evaluation
Would Brantford Benefit from a Social Navigator Program?
Municipal Responses to Gentrification
History of Chinese Immigration and English Language Education, 1900-1990
Gender and the Art of Performance
Philosophy of Political Humour
Sino-Canada Relations, 1960s-1970s
Miss Canadian University Pageants Controversy, 1960s-1970s: Research and Digital Exhibit
Exploring the Concept of Trust and Its Relationship to Acceptance and Adoption of Intelligent Assistive Devices amongst Older Adults
Colonial Korea through Postcards: Images, Commodities and Japanese Imperialism
Religious Education Strategies
#BeingRaced: Hearing the Voices of Racialized Students, Staff and Faculty at Wilfrid Laurier University
Picasso and Cultural Politics in Cold War East Asia
Scholarly Media Production and Research
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