The Prairie Undergraduate Research Conference provides undergraduate students of psychology an opportunity to present research conducted as part of their Honours thesis or independent-study projects in a friendly, professional environment.
We encourage all students hoping to gain valuable academic experience to present at this conference. In addition, we encourage those students who may be doing an Honours thesis in the near future to attend to learn about research, potential supervisors, and the overall thesis experience.
If you are new to the campus at the University of Winnipeg, please consult the campus map to familiarize yourself with the session and keynote locations as well as parking availability. For those joining us from abroad, information about Winnipeg and events in town may be found here.
The registration portal is now closed. Presenters should also review the presenter guidelines before the conference.
Two prizes will be awarded at this year's conference!
The McIntyre Award will be given to the student with the best presentation in the social sciences and the Santesso Award will be given to the University of Winnipeg student with the best presentation in the natural sciences.
We are pleased to have Dr. Catherine Lebel present the keynote address at this year's conference.
Dr. Lebel is a Professor of Radiology at the University of Calgary and the principal investigator of the Developmental Imaging Laboratory.
Dr. Lebel’s research uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study brain development in children and adolescents. Dr. Lebel is a prolific researcher and has published papers in prominent journals relating to mental health broadly, and the impacts of prenatal alcohol exposure or prenatal exposure to anxiety and depression to brain development. In addition, her research team has basic research papers expanding our knowledge of cognition and the brain.
We thank the Research Office at the University of Winnipeg and the Faculty of Arts for generously supporting the Prairie Undergraduate Conference!