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CHANGE RESEARCH
RSD 2025, March 31 - April 4
Info for students
All MRU students are welcome to participate in Research and Scholarship Days, as individual presenters or as part of a team of collaborators. Research presentations can be focused on findings or projects from any course which you are enrolled in, not just your major. Research conducted outside of courses, but supervised by an MRU faculty member is also eligible. Projects completed in the Fall 2024 and Winter 2025 terms are eligible for entry.
How to participate
There are multiple events students can participate in during Research and Scholarship Days. All students are welcome to participate in the university-wide poster presentation and their faculty-specific events. Please see the event details below which include key deadlines and the abstract submission form.
Have you completed a research project over the fall or winter term? Share your research with the MRU community as part of the University-wide poster presentation event.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If your research project involved human subjects and required ethics approval from the Human Research Ethics Board (HREB), you must disclose that and include your HREB Protocol number in the submission form to prove you received ethics approval.
Welcome to the Faculty of Arts Research Showcase featuring interdisciplinary podium presentations in the humanities and social sciences. See instructions on how to participate below.
How to participate in the Faculty of Arts Research Showcase 2025
We welcome students to participate in the Faculty of Arts Research Showcase featuring interdisciplinary podium presentations in the humanities and social sciences.
Students who are interested in presenting in this faculty event of oral presentations are encouraged to discuss with their faculty supervisors and submit an abstract.
For Guidelines on how to write and abstract, visit: https://library.mtroyal.ca/undergradresearch/abstracts
Next Steps:
After you submit the form, you will be enrolled in a D2L site and will receive detailed instructions and guidance on logistics of the event.
Presenters are required to submit their presentation slide show the day before, by 12:00 noon on the D2L site created. The slide show is required in one of the following formats: a Google Slides Link, MS PowerPoint (.pptx) or PDF (.pdf). No exceptions. If you work on another program (e.g., Canva, Prezi) you must download it as a PDF and submit. Presentation panel organizers will make it available at the venue's desktop computer. There is no provision to log in to your account to access your slide show or other programs at the event.
Submit your presentation (Google Slides Link, .pptx, or .pdf): Wednesday April 2 by 12:00 pm (on the D2L site - TBA).
On the day of the Showcase, your presentation will be allocated a time slot of 10 minutes with 5 minutes for questions and/or discussion. Sessions will be moderated and time limits enforced.
Adjudication criteria will be provided ahead on the D2L site.
Email skulatilake@mtroyal.ca if you have any questions.
For guidelines on presenting, visit: https://library.mtroyal.ca/undergradresearch/oralpresentation.
Faculty of Health, Community and Education Research Showcase
Please join us for the Faculty of Health, Community, & Education (HCE) student podium presentations. These oral presentations will showcase the amazing research and hard work of HCE undergraduate students.
Please note that presentations should be 15 minutes each.
If you have any questions please reach out directly to Dr. Emmie Henderson-Dekort as the HCE rep and event planner (ehendersondekort@mtroyal.ca)
Presentation Resources
Adjudication criteria
When submitting your research abstract, you can choose to have your work adjudicated.This criteria is applicable for the main street poster presentations.
Certificates will be awarded to the top posters from the Main Street Poster Presentations, one for each faculty, for a total of four awards.
Below is an overview of the adjudication criteria by category:
Posters Presentations
- How well does the student talk about their project and present it to a general audience? /5
- How well do the poster visuals support the research? /5
- Is the research comprehensive and convincingly argued? /5
- Does the student convey the importance of the project and show its impact? /5
Need help preparing?
The Library offers a comprehensive guide explaining everything students need to know, including how to write an abstract, guidelines for creating your presentation/poster, the general criteria by which your project will be judged and tips on conducting your research project itself.
If you have any questions about the submission process, please contact researchdays@mtroyal.ca for assistance.
Student Volunteering
There are other ways to participate in research and scholarship days besides presenting research. Various set up and organizational roles are needed to make Research and Scholarship Days happen.
Volunteers are needed to help organize the Main Street Poster Event, which is being held from Tuesday, April 1 to Wednesday, April 2.
Volunteer tasks will include poster set up and take down, assisting adjudicators, and working at the front desk signing in participants. For the Main Street Poster Event, 2 hour blocks of time will be open for volunteering from 10:30 to 3:00. Please select all times you are available to volunteer at. Students who volunteer will receive lunch.
The work of student volunteers is necessary for making these Research and Scholarship Days event happen.
Student Poster Awards
Each year, the top student poster presentations are recognized for their research excellence and outstanding demonstration of knowledge dissemination. To highlight their research experiences, winners will be profiled and have their stories posted here on the website. Past winners profiles can be found here.
Learn how they were introduced to research, the research process, and what the results of their research were! Get inspired by past examples!