SoB - Teaching Assistant for Principles of Finance course- Winter 2024
The main goal of this project is to assist faculty members who are teaching Principles of Finance at MacEwan University in creating examples, developing model answers to questions and supporting the study of other students. This includes connecting with faculty members to get guidance and then helping other students in understanding some topics.
Learning Partial Differential Equations with fMRI Data
In this project, we apply an appropriate data-driven method to derive the potential partial differential equation model hidden in an fMRI dataset collected by Visconti di Oleggio Castello, Matteo et al. (2020). This dataset records the responses of 25 subjects who watched part of the feature film "The Grand Budapest Hotel" by Wes Anderson.
SoB - Teaching Assistant for Intro to Business Statistics course - Winter 2024
The main goal of this project is to assist faculty members who are teaching Principles of Business Statistics at MacEwan University in creating examples, developing model answers to questions and supporting the study of other students. This includes connecting with faculty members to get guidance and then helping other students in understanding some topics.
Young children’s STEM explorations peer play with loose parts
This research project aims to explore the influence of different toy types (loose parts vs. single-purpose toys) and socioeconomic factors (parental education and income) on children's Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics behaviour and play engagement during peer play. It will involve collecting and analyzing observational data, parent surveys, and quantitative data with child assessments during peer play.
Genetic Diversity in Franklin’s Ground Squirrels
The project aims to characterize mitochondrial genetic diversity in historical and contemporary individuals of Franklin’s ground squirrels. Currently this species is listed as “data deficient” in the province of Alberta, meaning that there is not enough information to determine if it is declining and in need of protections. Genetic information, coupled with other information from field surveys and community observations, can help to fill this information gap and help guide management decisions.
How to identify and respond to racism: An environmental scan of existing resources
Immigrants may find it challenging to tell whether they have experienced discrimination based on their race or ethno-culture. Based on past working experience, and conversation with several staff from community agencies serving immigrants, Lun and McKenzie propose to work on a project in this area. This project aims to search and document existing materials (e.g., manual, brochure, video) regarding how to identify and respond to racism experienced by immigrants in Canada. At the end of this project, we will have a list of available resources, which will be shared with community agencies in Edmonton. Besides, we will also identify the gaps in supporting immigrants to deal with situations and conversations when they experience racism.
The Caregivers
The proposed scholarly activity is the development of exploratory research into systems within art and academia and how they interact with the intersections of being a caregiver/mother, artist, and academic within a Canadian context. I will gather research on this topic via a course of interviews with practicing artist-academic-mothers and collecting existing published research on related themes.
Researching and Celebrating Edmonton’s Queer History
This student project will support research into Edmonton’s queer history by working with archival documents, community newsletters, and personal collections to help document and share Edmonton’s rich and diverse 2SLGBTQ+ histories on social media through the creation of interactive social media posts, Tik Tok videos, and other creative materials.
Exploring the Nexus of Ethics and Organizational Change: A Theoretical Analysis
My research on organizational change dynamics focuses on the impact of ethical/ unethical conduct on the process and outcomes of organizational change. By engaging in literature reviews, annotated bibliography tasks, and poster presentations, students under my supervision, will cultivate essential research and analytical skills contributing to the advancement of both theoretical knowledge and practical applications in organizational change management.
Attention and motor control research assistant: Winter 2024
I have a position available for 1 student for 80 hours to learn how to collect and statistically analyze data from participants who will complete attention and visuomotor tasks using touch screens. These data will help us better understand the relationship between attention and visuomotor control. The student will gain hands-on experience with data collection and develop their data analysis skills. The student will be asked to prepare a brief final report summarizing their findings.
Creating a flexible and immersive virtual reality system for psychology research
Creating immersive virtual reality (VR) systems and environments, as well as flexible software development toolkits, for research. This flexible system will be used to further the research objectives of various faculty members in Psychology looking to study cognition using virtual reality systems.
URDC Communications support
Olesya Khromeychuk ( https://www.olesyakhromeychuk.com/ ), who will deliver a talk at MacEwan on January 24; and creating a new URDC podcast. Wide advertisement of the event, hosting the scholar, and writing a story about Dr. Khromeychuk, and helping recording an interview will be included in the initiative.
Use of 360 LIDAR and the ROS Operating System in a Robotics Laboratory Setting
Providing students with both theoretical knowledge and practical skills is desired but often limited within a single Robotics course. In addition, some advanced algorithms (such as SLAM - simultaneous location and mapping) might not fit within the contents of an entry level course however the topics can still provide great teaching value in terms of engagement and interest. The question becomes how to incorporate difficult topics without overwhelming students. The goal of this project is to design and develop a modular framework for using the Robotic Operating System (ROS) and a 360 LIDAR for teaching robotic localization within the computer science curriculum.
Zebrafish pharmacology and behavioural neuroscience
This project will involve examination of pharmacological compounds on the behaviorual response of zebrafish. Compounds will be applied both acutely and repeatedly to examine a potential differential impact. Students will be involved in the experiment, data collection, analysis, and the drafting of the results.
TV Studio Winter 2024 Internship
In the TV Studio in Allard Hall, there are a wide range of projects to be completed. These projects can be done both in-person and remotely, and they will provide a wealth of experience for students to further develop critical skills in media production. Through this paid internship, students can learn how a studio operates, and work in a cohesive team environment to improve the quality and range of services offered by MacEwan University. Student interns will develop and build industry contacts, and increase the visibility of MacEwan services within the Edmonton area. For these TV Studio projects, we are interested in working with and engaging the local community. This is an opportunity to work in a multi-faceted production environment, to hone your skills in media production, and equip you with skills critical for employment in journalism, communications, and media production.
Assistant Producer Position
This position will assist in recording, producing and editing 5 episodes of the podcast Philosophy in Film. The podcast is hosted by myself (Alain Beauclair) and Dr. Chris McTavish of Athabasca University. Each episode offers a philosophical analysis of an individual film in a way that is accessible to a general audience, and at the same time introduces the audience to basic philosophical concepts and texts.
The evolution of undergraduate economics education and the use of flipped classroom pedagogy.
The project is about the evolution of undergraduate economics teaching and the use of flipped classroom pedagogy. As the title states, the project has two parts. One is the study of the evolution of undergraduate economics, from the origin of the discipline of economics to the modern content and pedagogy. This needs an extensive study of the review of literature from the inception of the discipline of economics to modern-day economics. The other is to evaluate the flipped classroom technique on its successes, failures, and adaptations. We also plan to figure out how modern artificial intelligence (Chat GPT, Viso Suite Platform, Jupyter Notebooks, Google Cloud AI Platform, Azure Machine Learning Studio, Infosys Nia, Salesforce Einstein, etc.) and pedagogical software (blackboard, moodle, etc.) can affect the flipped classroom pedagogy. Our particular interests are twofold: from students' perspectives and from learning effectiveness.
Wellbeing & Cognitive Processes and the Animal - Human Bond (Phase 3)
This project is designed to facilitate the design and communication of research on how pet animals influence psychological wellbeing and cognitive processes (e.g., social perceptions/relationship dynamics, memory, judgements). Project team members will be responsible for designing/deploying research tools to achieve project deliverables, statistical analysis, and engage in knowledge mobilization activities.
Motor control research assistant Phase 2
I have a position available for 1 student for 80 hours to learn how to collect and statistically analyze data from participants who will complete visuomotor tasks using touch screens. These data will help us better understand how different types of visual information influence motor learning, and the degree to which we have conscious control over our actions. The students will gain hands-on experience with data collection and develop their data analysis skills. Each student will be asked to prepare a brief final report summarizing their findings.
Words and War: One War, Four Languages, Numerous Perspectives Phase 2
The war in Ukraine has generated news and media stories that include various forms of 'hate speech' about Ukraine. This research study examines how four languages (Ukrainian, Russian, French, and English) use words that are derogatory and negative when reporting on the war. Dr. Lucille Mazo, MacEwan University, and Dr. Yuliya Krylova-Grek, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla, are collaborating on this international project. Dr. Mazo is examining words in France (French) and Canada (English) countries. Dr. Krylova-Grek is examining words in Ukraine (Ukrainian) and Russia (Russian) countries. News and media sites in all four countries will be analyzed for the presence, meaning, and frequency of words that indicate/suggest a form of 'hate speech'. After analysis of these words, the results will be compared for themes, commonalities, similarities, and dissimilarities within the four languages. The results are expected to be presented to both academic and community groups.
Words and War: One War, Four Languages, Numerous Perspectives
The war in Ukraine has generated news and media stories that include various forms of 'hate speech' about Ukraine. This research study examines how four languages (Ukrainian, Russian, French, and English) use words that are derogatory and negative when reporting on the war. Dr. Lucille Mazo, MacEwan University, and Dr. Yuliya Krylova-Grek, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla, are collaborating on this international project. Dr. Mazo is examining words in France (French) and Canada (English) countries. Dr. Krylova-Grek is examining words in Ukraine (Ukrainian) and Russia (Russian) countries. News and media sites in all four countries will be analyzed for the presence, meaning, and frequency of words that indicate/suggest a form of 'hate speech'. After analysis of these words, the results will be compared for themes, commonalities, similarities, and dissimilarities within the four languages. The results are expected to be presented to both academic and community groups.
Level UP Support Administrator Phase 2
The main goal of this project is to support the Experiential Learning Facilitator team in onboarding community partner organizations and students onto the Level UP platform. The student may also be supporting the team in administrative tasks related to community engaged learning in the classes.
Level UP Support Administrator
The main goal of this project is to support the Experiential Learning Facilitator team in onboarding community partner organizations and students onto the Level UP platform. The student may also be supporting the team in administrative tasks related to community engaged learning in the classes.
Level UP- MacEwan- Data sets creation - Phase 10
We would like students to help us with creating content that is aligned with our vision, mission, and sector. We will ensure the student has a clear understanding of what these elements are for our organization. The project is a project that is developing a web-based application to generate synthetic datasets for students. The application is to create datasets either based on tools actual data provided by the user, or the user can create their own customized data sets. The application creates a unique dataset for each studentinstructor, allows the isntructor to create queries, and then marks the students' submissions. The project is composed of three phases.
Level UP- MacEwan- Data sets creation - Phase 9
We would like students to help us with creating content that is aligned with our vision, mission, and sector. We will ensure the student has a clear understanding of what these elements are for our organization. The project is a project that is developing a web-based application to generate synthetic datasets for students. The application is to create datasets either based on tools actual data provided by the user, or the user can create their own customized data sets. The application creates a unique dataset for each studentinstructor, allows the isntructor to create queries, and then marks the students' submissions. The project is composed of three phases.
Graphic Creation for Mêskanâs (Moodle) Phase 2
This project will involve a collaboration between the faculty member and the student to create visual artifacts for use in an undergraduate human resources class. This will be the next phase of the original project, enabling further development of these artifacts.
Studio Assistant
Helping artist prepare for upcoming exhibition, at the University Art Gallery of Moncton New Brunswick - Galerie d'art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen. The exhibition covers three gallery spaces , showcasing digital animation projections, and sculpture made by Elisabeth Belliveau. The project includes preparing artwork, documentation of work, studio maintenance, shipping and packing, material research and general studio operations leading up to the exhibition.
Franklin's Ground Squirrel DNA project Phase 2
The goal of this project is to develop genetic resources for Franklin’s ground squirrels. Franklin’s ground squirrels are a native species in Alberta. While not currently listed under the Species At Risk Act (SARA) observational evidence from naturalists indicates that this species has experienced recent declines in abundance. Working collaboration with Dr. Jessica Haines who will be leading field work to assess the current distribution of the species in the province, we will be developing a new set of genetic markers that can help estimate current genetic diversity as well as past population sizes.
Level UP - Allyship Training Development
To research and support the development of Allyship training with the Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity, which includes a review of academic literature, best practices and programs at post-secondary institutions from across North America. This project will support the identification of key themes and learning outcomes required in building an online allyship training program, which can be delivered at MacEwan University.
Level UP - MacEwan - Integrating Finance game into Web-Application - Phase 4
We would like to invite a team of students to work on integrating an application into a website that hosts several educational tools. The application is a Finance simulation game, where a student plays the role of an accountant. The application is already done, but it needs to be integrated into the main database of the other applications that are already developed. Students will be required to work with a team who is working on the other applications. They are going to be mentored by experts and lots of support is going to be offered to them. This is the second phase of the project. At this stage, students are to work on the professor's side and integrate it into the professor's dashboard and grade book. Professors should be able to add the game to their assignments.