This year's DARE recipients continue our tradition of delivering ground-breaking research work across all disciplines offered in LA&PS. Meet our researchers and learn more about their projects, as we recognize their accomplishments.
Meet our DARE Undergraduate Researchers
DARE Project: Rhotic articulation in To/r/onto English
Program(s) of Study: Speech and Language Sciences
Project Supervisor: Thomas Kettig, Griffin Cahill
DARE Project: Migrant Activism in Digital Spaces and in Real Life: Contesting Far-Right Anti-Immigration Rhetoric
Program(s) of Study: Political Science
Project Supervisor: Ethel Tungohan
DARE Project: Judicial Training in Language/Translation/Interpretation Awareness
Program(s) of Study: Law and Society
Project Supervisor: Agnes Whitfield
DARE Project: Insights into Teacher Challenges in Managing and Reporting Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect
Program(s) of Study: Social Work
Project Supervisor: Dr. Sarah Maiter
DARE Project: A systematic literature review on the application of explainable artificial intelligence in healthcare
Program(s) of Study: Political Science
Project Supervisor: Zijiang Yang
DARE Project: Podcasting's Possibilities for Mental Health: The Rise in Mental Health Podcasting and Societal Acceptance of Open Discussions of Mental Health
Program(s) of Study: Communication & Media Studies
Project Supervisor: Anne F. MacLennan
DARE Project: Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions Under Global Fragmentation: Which Firms Acquire and Which Deals Succeed?
Program(s) of Study: Financial and Business Economics
Project Supervisor: Semih Yildirim
DARE Project: Digital Magazine Research Creation: Hispanic Cultural Production in Canada
Program(s) of Study: Bachelor of Social Work
Project Supervisor: Maria L. Figueredo
DARE Project: Beyond our monoracial lens: Exploring the experiences of multiracial people in the workplace?
Program(s) of Study: Financial and Business Economics
Project Supervisor: Marie-Hélène Budworth
DARE Project: From language learning to belonging: Negotiating transnational identities of multilingual students in Canadian EAP classrooms
Program(s) of Study: Sociology
Project Supervisor: Dr. Jacqueline Ng
DARE Project: Examining the Landscape of Performing Arts Initiatives for Children and Youth
Program(s) of Study: Children, Childhood and Youth
Project Supervisor: Abigail Shabtay
DARE Project: An experimental study on first language loss: Dutch immigrants in Canada
Program(s) of Study: Speech and Language Sciences
Project Supervisor: Liz Smeets
DARE Project: A Multi-Domain Work and Non-work Approach to linking Resources and Demands, Attitudes and Behaviours
Program(s) of Study: Human Resource Management
Project Supervisor: James Chowhan
DARE Project: Computational Reasoning with Stock and Flow Macroeconomic Models
Program(s) of Study: Bachelor of Commerce (Finance)
Project Supervisor: Sotirios Liaskos
DARE Project: Return-to-Office Mandates in Canada: Policy Rationales and Worker Responses
Program(s) of Study: Global Work and Labour Studies and Law & Society
Project Supervisor: Carlo Fanelli
DARE Project: Shakespeare and Diasporic Book History in Spain and Portugal, 1592-1820
Program(s) of Study: English and Professional Writing
Project Supervisor: Dr. Deanne Williams
DARE Project: Asymmetric Information, Cross Border Acquisitions, Premiums, and Post Acquisition Returns
Program(s) of Study: Financial and Business Economics
Project Supervisor: George J. Georgopolous
DARE Project: Optimal pricing and conditions for reverse mortgage lenders in Canada
Program(s) of Study: Bachelor of Commerce with Honours Spec. Finance
Project Supervisor: Nabil Tahani
DARE Project: 'Little White Savages:' The Anglo-Indigeneity of Settler Colonial Childhoods in Fictional English-Language Captivity Narratives and Their Circulation and Readership within the Transatlantic Book and Periodical Trade, 1880-1920
Program(s) of Study: Humanities
Project Supervisor: Cheryl Cowdy
DARE Project: Explaining Skill Gaps in Canada: Adult Learning and Inequality
Program(s) of Study: Economics
Project Supervisor: Dr. Ida Ferrara
DARE Project: Yes In My Backyard…But Not Like That’: Discursive Rebranding of Opposition to New Emergency Shelter Locations in Toronto
Program(s) of Study: Double Major Political Science and Law & Society
Project Supervisor: Trish Lenz
DARE Project: The Canadian Homeowners’ Problem: Should I take a Reverse Mortgage?
Program(s) of Study: Bachelor of Commerce - Finance
Project Supervisor: Chris Robinson
DARE Project: Digital Participation and Community Knowledge: Supporting International Research on Online Investigation
Program(s) of Study: English & Professional Writing
Project Supervisor: Dr. Rich Shivener
DARE Project: AI in Economics
Program(s) of Study: Financial and Business Economics
Project Supervisor: Jinyue Li
DARE Project: The Context Matters: An Investigation of Oral Corrective Feedback in the Adult ESL Classroom
Program(s) of Study: Speech and Language Sciences
Project Supervisor: Antonella Valeo
DARE Project: Fantasy and Science Fiction on the Canadian Market
Program(s) of Study: Professional Writing and Concurrent Education
Project Supervisor: Matthew Bucemi
DARE Project: Data Analytics in Environmental Applications
Program(s) of Study: Information Technology
Project Supervisor: Peter A. Khaiter