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2023

Ashley Beerdat, MFA student in Fine Arts 

Ashley’s research focuses on the search for belonging and her relationship to the Guyanese diaspora using oil painting as her medium. Ashley travelled to England building an intimate understanding of what it means to exist in a limbo space, in--between one’s place of origin and current residence. Additionally, Ashley worked with Rebecca Scott in Cumbria, England, and gained valuable insights that will further push studio practice and build her capacity as an artist.

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Bridget Beggs, MSc student in the School of Public Health Sciences

Bridget collaborated with International Care Ministries (ICM) and engaged in community-based research for her graduate thesis in the Philippines. She travelled to rural communities to conduct semi-structured interviews with Community Health Champions (CHCs) and found ways in which extreme weather event preparedness, response, and recovery efforts can be better supported. With this experience, Bridget strengthened her partnership with ICM and found opportunities to leverage current resources when navigating complex challenges.

Camila Font, MA student in Anthropology

Camila’s research looks at the intricacies of how neoliberal colonial power is reproduced and contested in contexts of live-in domestic work. They engaged in fieldwork in Costa Rica with kin networks that practice employment of domestic workers. Camila hopes to help people realize how their person's power influences interdependent systems, and wants to inspire people to consider possibilities for collective liberation in queering notions of community.

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Lana Gonzalez, PhD student in Global Governance

Lana’s project on community building of migrant and refugee women led her to travel to Porto, Portugal. Lana is currently gathering data on how displaced women find social inclusion in their resettlement in Portugal, exploring aspects such as challenges, strategies, and successes. To do this, she is interviewing migrants, refugees, and those on the ground supporting them. Follow-up interviews will be conducted by the end of the trip.

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Simon Liao, MArch student in the School of Architecture

Simon (he/him) worked as an Intern Architect at Paul de Ruiter Architects in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. During his co-op term abroad, he had worked on a wide range of building types including educational, institutional and commercial projects , and was involved in the design process that aims to achieve high level of sustainability. The experience provided Simon fresh perspective on European architectural practice and green standards compared with its North American counterpart.

Joshua Garcia-Barrios, MSc student in the School of Public Health Sciences

Joshua visited Guatemala as part of his master’s thesis project to investigate water security and health in rural communities. Joshua partnered with Pastoral de La Tierra, Mennonite Central Committee, and the University of Waterloo’s School of Public Health Sciences to conduct field work. He performed semi-structured interviews and focus groups with small-scale farming households and relevant stakeholders.

Natalie Pinchin, MASc student in Chemical Engineering

Natalie travelled to Finland to extend her research on liquid crystal elastomer soft aquatic robots. She is currently conducting research related to her thesis at Tampere University. Natalie will be collaborating with Professor Arri Priimagi and Professor Hao Zeng and hopes to open new directions in her research with access to new equipment. She has the chance to connect with leading figures in the field of liquid crystal soft aquatics and has improved her knowledge.

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Vipin Kumar Singh, PhD student in Chemistry

Vipin joined Professor Linda F. Nazar’s group at the University of Waterloo in September 2021 to pursue his PhD. His research focuses on investigating interfaces for the next generation solid-state batteries. As part of the “Mitacs Globalink Research” program offered by the Government of Canada, he completed his internship at the Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany with Prof. Dr. Jürgen Janek. During this internship, he utilized spectroscopic techniques to analyze the interfaces of solid-state batteries.

Andrew Chaston, MSc student in Kinesiology and Health Sciences

Andrew worked with Dr. Nadja Schott at the Special Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Their research focused on assessing the ability of athletes with intellectual disabilities to engage in motor imagery, by conducting data collection, tests, and analysis from Olympians. Andrew gained international connections with researchers in Germany and built an appreciation of mental imagery in motor skill learning.

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Beth Palmer, MES student in Geography and Environmental Management

Beth is conducting fieldwork in Indonesia to understand the ways in which community-based tourism employs social capital in a post-disaster setting to facilitate recovery. She is affiliated with the SSHRC-funded project “Linking Tourism, Social/Cultural Capital, and Disaster Recovery: Comparative Perspectives from Nepal, Indonesia and the Philippines” and will be working with Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta. Beth is conducting a qualitative research study while enhancing both her academic and leadership skills.

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