The University of Winnipeg

Researcher Profiles

Students at The University of Winnipeg have the unique opportunity to do hands-on research that would typically be reserved for graduate level students at larger institutions.  A number of our undergraduate and graduate students also co-author or are first authors on publications to scholarly journals. Students from all faculties present their work at national and international conferences.

Meet some of our profs who are engaged in meaningful research, and the students they are mentoring.

Faculty of Arts
Angela Failler's primary research explores the formation of public memory related to the 1985 Air India bombings. Read more >	Elan Marchinko is carving out her own research project within Dr. Failler's larger Building Communities of Memory: Remembrance Practice After the 1985 Air India Bombings. Read more >
Dr. Jeremy Frimer, is interested in leadership, specifically, moral leaders. Read more >	Sarah Nicolau, 4th year Honours Psychology. My research project is concerned with the impressions we have of the people in our lives who do good things. Read more >
Dr. Wendy Josephson, Professor, Department of Psychology. I am working with the Family Channel to develop events, activities, and resource materials for schools to use to reduce bullying. Read more >	Harrison Oakes, Year 3 of 4, Honours Psychology. After repeated incidents of teenagers committing suicide because of bullying, I decided I needed to get involved somehow. Read more >
Dr. Alexander Freund gathers oral histories of refugees’ experiences, their memories of home, displacement, and integration. This is his story. Read more >	Allison Penner examines the history of refugees in Manitoba, and particularly Winnipeg, since 1945 by collecting their experiences by sharing their story. This is hers. Read more >
Faculty of Science
UWinnipeg's resident 'Batman' and biologist focuses on two categories: curiosity science & applied conservation science. Read more >	Alana Wilcox examines the behaviour of little brown bats with Batman Biologist Dr. Craig Willis. Read more >
UWinnipeg civil /environmental engineer Charles Wong, focuses on understanding the occurrence, behavior, and effects of environmental contaminants, and specializes in Lake Winnipeg. Read more >	Hilary Bews is identifying and quantifying trace pollutants in our environment. Read more >
Dr. Renée Douville, Biology prof - The mission of my laboratory is to understand how the innate immune system protects the brain from infection with human retroviruses. Read more >	Sheena Manghera, 4th year BioChemistry student - We get a chance to work in a biosafety level II laboratory, which is exciting on its own. We get hands-on experience with molecular biology techniques such as cloning, preparing human tissue cultures, cell transfections – just to name a few. Read more >
Almost every piece of technology that you use, from your iPad to your cell phone to your computer, relies on electronics that was developed by solid state chemists. Meet Professor Chris Wiebe. Read more >	Student researcher Paul Sarte hopes to earn a PhD in Physical Chemistry and become a professor. Read more >
Dr. Melanie Martin, Associate Professor, Physics is developing techniques that could lead to the earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and MS. Read more >	Kerrie Hayes graduated from UWinnipeg in June 2012, with a Master of Science in BioScience, Technology and Public Policy, and now works for the Manitoba government. Read more >
	Trevor Vincent, is a science student, 4th year Physics Read more >
Dr. Gabor Kunstatter, My research focuses on perhaps the most important question in theoretical physics today: what is the ultimate theory that unifies Einstein’s theory of gravity with quantum mechanics? Read more >	Nils Deppe, Mathematical Physics student is investigating the collapse of matter in a higher curvature and higher dimensional theory known as Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity. Read more >
Dr. Ed Cloutis, It's interesting as heck to me to try and understand the geology of other planets. In the case of Mars, knowing its geology can help us understand whether conditions on its surface were ever suitable for life to have evolved. Read more >	Daniel Applin, 4th year Geography, I am looking at the Lake St. Martin crater, which holds a vast gypsum deposit where microbial colonies exist just below the surface, shielded from harsh conditions. It is thought that if life exists on Mars, this type of area may be a good place to look for it. Read more >
Faculty of Education
Professor Alan Wiebe connects Education students with youth who may be deemed “at risk” of dropping out of school Read more >	Education student Megan Schroeder graduates this year and has developed a strong interest in working with alternative education programs and local initiatives working with youth at risk. Read more >
	Maggie Henderson graduated from Education in Spring 2012. She worked with Professor Wiebe as a mentor at the Manitoba Youth Centre and says the best part of doing this research was getting to know youth in a setting outside of the traditional classroom. Read more >
Dr. Catherine Taylor - Professor, Faculty of Education and Dept of Rhetoric and Communications I investigate school climate and how to improve it for sexual and gender minority students – lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, Two Spirit, queer and questioning – and students with sexual and gender minority parents. The goal is to promote resilience and improve climate for LGBTQ students in different school contexts. Read more >	Chris Campbell - B.A. Hons and M.A. Cultural Studies I am always interested in research that directly interacts with the world outside the university’s walls and that has the potential to make a tangible difference in my community. Read more >