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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."
Read Megan's Testimonial
Process Information
- Must be a Laurier Brantford student
- Required to be in 3rd or 4th year to participate
- Students cannot participate in the program more than once
- Individual applications are welcome. Group research projects with up to four students maximum are also allowed.
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.
- Research Apprenticeship Contract: List of apprentice expecations and commitments.
- Directed Studies Form: It is the responsibility of the faculty member to identify an appropriate 0.5 directed studies course in which to register the student. The student should register in the directed studies course in the second term of the apprenticeship. Directed studies forms should be submitted for approval to the Dean's office that owns the directed studies course. Send proof of approval to
- The contract and directed studies form are to be sent to the Faculty of Liberal Arts, at FLAadmin@wlu.ca
- Award: After the contract and directed studies form is received, the $1,000 award will be transferred to the students' Laurier accounts.
Questions: For more information, please contact FLAadmin@wlu.ca
Current and Past Undergraduate Research Apprentices
Gamification on User Experience
- Student: Kate Fretz
- Supervisor: Maurita Harris
Technology Design and Adoption - Impact in the Courtroom
- Student: Kaitlyn Long
- Supervisor: Maurita Harris
The Effects of Identity Crisis on Biracial and Adopted Children
- Students: Kat Phillips
- Supervisor: Tarah Brookfield
Gladue and Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
- Students: Selin Ulugbay
- Supervisor: Stacey Hannem
The Religious Aesthetics of Revolution
- Student: Jennifer Wild
- Supervisor: Lisa Wood
Creating inclusive learning experiences for students with severe mental health disorders
- Student: Hana Kidwai
- Supervisor: Stephen Fernandez
How did the British experience WW2?
- Student: Eric Da Rosa
- Supervisor: Geoff Spurr
How does an academic analysis of Fahrenheit 451 & Clockwork Orange inform preconceptions about modern society?
- Students: Mitchell Baldwin, Thando Bhebhe
- Supervisor: Ian MacRae
“I’m not too much”: Exploring the meaning-making of neurodivergence among Black women
- Students: Chantelle Kirlew, Tara King
- Supervisor: Sonia Meerai
Implications of Canadian Policy
- Student: Zeina Ayoub
- Supervisor: Stacey Wilson-Forsberg
Relationality & Residential Schools
- Student: Brandy Pitt
- Supervisor: Percy lezard
Trace Evidence Analysis
- Student: Claire Brooks
- Supervisor: Nathan Vo
Understanding Indigenous Food Sovereignty: Conceptions of Food, Cultural Practices, and Environmental Ethics
- Student: Jada Phillips
- Supervisor: Keri-Lynn Cheechoo
Welcoming the Enemy: Postwar Immigration from Germany, Italy, and Japan to Canada, 1945-1967
- Student: Robert Singleton
- Supervisor: Tarah Brookfield
What Factors Exacerbate the Rate of Employment Turnover in Toronto Adults?
- Student: Ashleigh Tyson
- Supervisor: Tim Gawley
Vertebrate Lens Cell Biology
- Student: Reauna Vriends
- Supervisor: Nathan Vo
Lesbian Responses to Aids in North America
- Student: Kayla Kendall
- Supervisor: Marcia Oliver
Novel Technologies for Forensic Science
- Student: Margaret Empke
- Supervisor: Nathan Vo
Genetically Modified Organisms
- Student: Jeremy Vyn
- Supervisor: Nathan Vo
Crime and Place
- Students: Jessica Campus, Ryan Clinton, and Grace Nunn
- Supervisors: Tarah Hodgkinson, Carrie Sanders, and Samantha Henderson
Mitigating Toxic Behaviours in Overwatch
- Student: Celine Taillefer
- Supervisor: Steve Wilcox
Supporting the Bisexual Community at Wilfrid Laurier University
- Students: Kaylyn Heine and Gracie Markle
- Supervisor: Cameron McKenzie
Anti-Black Racism and TikTok: A Discourse Analysis
- Student: Jesse Gagnon
- Supervisors: Sonia Meerai and Anh Ngo
Racialized and/or Indigenous Student Experiences of Racism in the BSW Program
- Students: Sieara Miller and Hiva Nematollahi
- Supervisor: Nuha Dwaikat-Shaer
Commodifying Taste: Value Extraction on Spotify
- Student: Charles Owens
- Supervisor: Ken Werbin
Use of Artificial Intelligence and Predictive Analytics in Workplace Disability Management
- Student: Sarah Bray
- Supervisor: Josephine McMurray
Instagram Content and Anti-Racism
- Student: Kelly Tarr
- Supervisor: Anh Ngo and Sonia Meerai
One Generation’s Experiences of Quarantine in Two National Epidemics
- Students:
- Delores Maas
- Lillia Dockree
- Steve Parr
- Tyler Britz
- Supervisor: Tarah Brookfield
Money, Power and Politics
- Student: Emmanuel Bimpong
- Supervisor: Mark Davidson
The Relationships between Humans and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Student: Mikayla Ferraro
- Supervisor: Abby Goodrum
Individual Education Plans: An Evaluation
- Students: Alexis Knoop and Amy Pattison
- Supervisor: Tarah Brookfield
Would Brantford Benefit from a Social Navigator Program?
- Student: Jacob Poirier
- Supervisor: Bob Basso
Municipal Responses to Gentrification
- Student: Courtlynne Weaver-Thomas
- Supervisor: Bob Basso
History of Chinese Immigration and English Language Education, 1900-1990
- Student: Jia Ming Feng
- Supervisor: Christina Han
Gender and the Art of Performance
- Student: Erin McHarge
- Supervisor: Michael Ackerman
Philosophy of Political Humour
- Student: Rileigh Jackson
- Supervisor: Charles Wells
Sino-Canada Relations, 1960s-1970s
- Student: Brendan Williams
- Supervisor: Christina Han
Miss Canadian University Pageants Controversy, 1960s-1970s: Research and Digital Exhibit
- Student: Megan Blair
- Supervisor: Tarah Brookfield
Exploring the Concept of Trust and Its Relationship to Acceptance and Adoption of Intelligent Assistive Devices amongst Older Adults
- Student: Shreya Shah
- Supervisor: Josephine McMurray
Colonial Korea through Postcards: Images, Commodities and Japanese Imperialism
- Student: Lauren Holmes
- Supervisor: Christina Han
Religious Education Strategies
- Student: Adrienne Fiander
- Supervisor: David Haskell
#BeingRaced: Hearing the Voices of Racialized Students, Staff and Faculty at Wilfrid Laurier University
- Students: Azka Choudhary, Paige Grant, Kate Harvey, Joey Lee
- Supervisor: Vanessa Oliver
Picasso and Cultural Politics in Cold War East Asia
- Student: David Lacey
- Supervisor: Christina Han
Scholarly Media Production and Research
- Students: Christina Manocchio, Brittany Bennett, Sharyne Williams
- Supervisor: Sue Ferguson
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The Faculty of Liberal Arts is located on the second floor of the East Wing of the Research and Academic Centre, Brantford (corner of Dalhousie and Charlotte streets).