Awards
SEA Conference 2026 Prizes (Prizes are valued at $100 each)
Theme Awards:
Health and Wellness
- Bounce Innovation best poster (graduate and post-doctoral fellow) –Emily Collins (Human Biosciences)
- Bounce Innovation best poster (undergraduate) – Rebecca McDonald (Psychology)
- Bounce Innovation best talk (graduate and post-doctoral fellow) – Ashlinn Pennell (Psychology)
- Bounce Innovation best talk (undergraduate) – Mason Waye (Human Biosciences)
Technology, Innovation and Exploration
- Best poster (graduate and post-doctoral fellow) – Julian (Chris) Pickett (Computer Science)
- Best poster (undergraduate) – Laura Powell (Chemistry)
- Best talk (graduate and post-doctoral fellow) – Marcus Duguay (Chemistry)
- Best talk (undergraduate) – Gavin Hull Computer Science)
Climate Change and the Environment
- Best poster (graduate and post-doctoral fellow) – Zintis Sasko (Ocean Sciences)
- Best poster (undergraduate) – Chaturrvi Maruthireddy (Human Biosciences)
- Best talk (graduate and post-doctoral fellow) – Brooklyn Bolstad (Ocean Sciences)
- Best talk (undergraduate) – Abigail Hammond (Ocean Sciences)
Departmental Awards:
- Best Biology talk (graduate and post-doctoral fellow) – Artho Baroi
- Best Biology poster (graduate and post-doctoral fellow) – Juliana Velandia
- Best Biology talk (undergraduate) – Uswa Ahmad, Kate Newbury (tie)
- Best Biology poster (undergraduate) – Ekaterina (Kate) Aristova
- Best Chemistry poster (graduate and post-doctoral fellow) – Rylan Croke, Ryan Strickland (tie)
- Best Chemistry talk (graduate and post-doctoral fellow) – Olivia Wyper
- Best Chemistry poster (undergraduate) – Isabella Watts
- Best Chemistry talk (undergraduate) – Lily Buck
- Best Computer Science poster (graduate or undergraduate) – Paniz Taghipour
- Best Computer Science talk (graduate and post-doctoral fellow) – Benjamin Stanley
- Best Computer Science talk (undergraduate) – Nabila Salman
- Best Earth Sciences poster (graduate or undergraduate) – Chidera Ikechukwu
- Best Human Biosciences poster (graduate and post-doctoral fellow) – Emily Collins, Kaitlyn Gatherall (tie)
- Best Human Biosciences talk (undergraduate) – Victoria Sutton, Ben Taj (tie)
- Best Human Biosciences talk (graduate and post-doctoral fellow) – Jaccob Hearty
- Best Human Biosciences poster (undergraduate) – Macklin Pelley
- Best Mathematics and Statistics poster (graduate and post-doctoral fellow) – Nyuydini Kiven Mohammed
- Best Mathematics and Statistics talk (graduate and post-doctoral fellow) – William Kellough
- Best Ocean Sciences talk (graduate and post-doctoral fellow) – Payton Allen
- Best Ocean Sciences poster (graduate and post-doctoral fellow) – Pauline Rollat
- Best Ocean Sciences poster (undergraduate) – Madison Malloy
- Best Innovation and Aquaculture presentation (graduate and post-doctoral fellow) - Rylan Herritt
- Best Physics and Physical Oceanography poster (undergraduate, graduate or post-doctoral fellow) – Tahere Parto
- Best Physics and Physical Oceanography talk (graduate and post-doctoral fellow) – Colton Fowlow
- Best Physics and Physical Oceanography talk (undergraduate) – Benjamin Vatcher
- Best Psychology/Behavioural Neuroscience poster (graduate and post-doctoral fellow)- Kaitlyn Miller
- Best Psychology/Behavioural Neuroscience talk (graduate and post-doctoral fellow) – Brendan Redmond
- Best Psychology/Behavioural Neuroscience poster (undergraduate)- Rebecca McDonald
- Best Psychology/Behavioural Neuroscience talk (undergraduate) – Kaitlyn Grandy, Steven Power (tie)
Other Awards:
- President Award (graduate and post-doctoral fellow) – Ashley Stanford (Human Biosciences)
- President Award (Undergraduate) – Michael Hopkins (Psychology)
- Gong Show best presentation (graduate or undergraduate) – Padmapriya Srinivasan (Chemistry)
Gong Show people's choice award (graduate or undergraduate) – Michael Hopkins (Psychology)
- Vice-president (Research and Innovation) best paper (graduate and post-doctoral fellow) – Katie Burt (Psychology)
- Vice-president (Research and Innovation) best paper (undergraduate) – James Day (Biology)
- Vice-president (Academic) best talk (graduate or undergraduate) – Padmapriya Srinivasan (Chemistry)
- Vice-president (Academic) best poster (graduate or undergraduate)– Molly Hyduk (Biology)
- School of Graduate Studies Best Masters presentation – Claire Langille (Human Biosciences)
- School of Graduate Studies Best PhD presentation – Thilini Kumarasinghe (Human Biosciences)
- Best Interdisciplinary Program poster – Katherine Bonilla (Cognitive & Behavioural Ecology)