{"id":38478,"date":"2016-04-08T09:10:05","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T13:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=38478"},"modified":"2016-04-12T09:40:34","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T13:40:34","slug":"brocks-3mt-winner-announced-at-mnk-graduate-student-research-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2016\/04\/brocks-3mt-winner-announced-at-mnk-graduate-student-research-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock\u2019s 3MT winner announced at MNK graduate student research conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Those floor-to-ceiling gym mirrors don\u2019t have to be an inactive woman\u2019s worst enemy, if her personal trainer gets her to see beyond superficial appearances, says the winner of this year\u2019s Three Minute Thesis<\/em> competition.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy research showed that women can leave the gym feeling happy, healthy and ready to return tomorrow,\u201d graduate student Carly Cameron told the audience at Thursday\u2019s Mapping the New Knowledges conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey simply need to be reminded that, when they look in the mirror, they should be checking their form.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cameron says societal pressures to appear slim and beautiful may initially cause many women to be anxious when they view their reflection. But when those women use the mirror to develop correct techniques and form during exercise, that anxiety disappears.<\/p>\n

Cameron was one of five Brock finalists in the international \u201cThree Minute Thesis,\u201d or 3MT competition<\/a>, in which students clearly explain their research in three minutes or less.<\/p>\n

This offers a forum for each and every graduate student to have the chance to come together, as a community, to share knowledge, to make connections and to develop and hone presentation skills in an environment that is welcoming and supportive.<\/span><\/p>\n

Runner-up Malisa Kurtz presented her research on how science fiction reflects the way race and class are viewed in real-life situations and how science fiction can be used to bring about more equal relations in the future.<\/p>\n

The other contestants were: Jermel Pierre \u201cMove to Your Beat: The Effects of Self-Selected Music on Physical Activity\u201d; Dinara Salaeva \u201cFathers\u2019 Involvement in Child Development from the Identity Theory Perspective\u201d and Anshul Sidhu \u201cUnderstanding the Diamondback Moth Performance in Alternative Cropping Systems.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cameron will represent Brock at the 3MT provincial competition in Waterloo April 14. The top five presenters from the Ontario competition will move onto the national level, an online competition co-ordinated by the Canadian Association of Graduate Schools.<\/p>\n

The 3MT competition was one of the highlights of Mapping the New Knowledges, a yearly conference that showcases Brock University\u2019s graduate student research.<\/p>\n

The daylong event featured talks and posters from nearly 120 graduate student researchers on a wide array of subjects<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Mapping the New Knowledges, we are doing what few other universities in Canada do,\u201d Mike Plyley, Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, said in opening the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis offers a forum for each and every graduate student to have the chance to come together, as a community, to share knowledge, to make connections and to develop and hone presentation skills in an environment that is welcoming and supportive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keynote speaker David Gabriel, professor in the Department of Kinesiology, shared his own research journey while offering advice and inspiration for graduate students.<\/p>\n

He stressed the need for grad students to focus their time and energy on their research, to \u201cstay optimistic\u201d and \u201chave a good sense of humour\u201d as they persevere in their work.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpend some time getting to know who you really are, what you want out of life, what your goals are, and what makes you happy,\u201d he said, adding that decisions and actions are easier \u201cwhen you\u2019re comfortable in you own shoes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also at the conference were awards recognizing leadership and mentorship in graduate student research.<\/p>\n

Winning the Marilyn Rose Graduate Leadership Award was PhD student Julia Polyck-O\u2019Neill. Rose was a former Faculty of Graduate Studies dean.<\/p>\n

Two professors received Graduate Mentorship Awards: Goodman School of Business Professor Dirk DeClerq; and Faculty of Applied Health Sciences Wendy Ward.<\/p>\n

Brock University has approximately 1,700 graduate students enrolled in 49 graduate programs.<\/p>\n\n\t