Schedule

Time

Room A2131

Room A2133

Room A2210

Room L2084

Room L2100

8:30 am

Arrive from 8:30 am to check your schedules and find your place. Parking is free. Light refreshments are provided.

9am-10:00

Business 1: Technology’s Effect on the Human Experience and Workplace Learning and Performance

(Moderator: Dr. Cindy Karikari)

Gillian Beatty and Julianna Denton, “A Systematic Literature Review of Technology and the Human Experience in Relation to Workplace Learning and Performance”

Aaron Hoey and Tonny Mwangi, “A Scoping Review into Technology's Influence on Employee Experience in Relation to their Motivation and Performance”

Sydney Harner and Priscila Teixeira Fulco, “Learning and Transformation in the Workplace: The Impact of Information Technology on Exploitative and Explorative Learning”

Social Sciences 1: Religion and the Human Experience in a Fragmented World

(Moderator: Dr. Joel Thiessen)

Beth Giesbrecht, “Communal Repair: Narrative Study of Differences between Insecure Attachment Styles and Compensatory or Corresponding God Attachments”

Dr. Joel Thiessen, “Throwing a ‘Hail Mary’: The Catholic Parish in the Religious Transmission Ecosystem”

Humanities 1: Early Literary Theorists Meet

(Moderator: Dr. Jonathan Goossen)

Alexis Kupidy, “Conversations in Heaven: A Discussion on Poetics between Plato and Sir Philip Sidney”
 

Karlie Korthius, “Plato and Schiller in Conversation: A Discussion of Reason and Emotion”

Kaili Blackwell, “Literature for Moral Education: Reconciling Realist and Aesthetic Visions”

Humanities 2: Local Church Histories from Christ Church Anglican (Elbow Park)

(Moderator: Dr. Kyle Jantzen)

Emily Eisses, “A History of Women’s Organizations at Christ Church Anglican”

Jake Brost, “Faith and Patriotism: Christ Church Anglican and the First World War”

Nathan Snow, “Praise from the Pipes: The Pipe Organ as a Character in Worship at Christ Church Anglican”

Music 1: Mapping the Journey: Exploring Motivation in Music Education and Video Game Soundtracks

(Moderator: Dr. Mark Bartel)

Jackson Buller, “Mysterious Melodies: Musico-Environmental Storytelling in Metroidvania Games”

Anna Konrad, “Effective Motivation: Assessing Music Teaching Methods’ Ability to Cultivate Intrinsic Motivation”

10:10- 11:10

Business 2: Looking to the Future: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Accounting, Human Resources, and Athletic Training

(Moderator: Dr. Murray MacTavish)

George Zapach, “The Future of the Accounting Profession: An Examination of the Transformative Impacts of AI”

Bert Rampersaud, “Human Resources Management and the Integration of Technology: An Exploration of the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Profession”

David Mubagwa, “AI-Enhanced Athlete Training: Balancing Effectiveness and Ethical Concerns”

Social Sciences 2: Adversity and Well-Being in a Fragmented World

(Moderator: Dr. Alex Sanderson)

Chloe Pickard, “Meaning Making: Trauma, Chronic Illness and Flourishing”

Dawson Wollf, “The Influence that Short-Form Video Habits Have on Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms in Young Adults”

Tiffany Kanen, “Gap in Insurance Coverage as a Barrier to Mental Health Service Access for Canadian Immigrants”

Humanities 3: Agency, Marriage, and Belief in Literature

(Moderator: Dr. Darren Dyck)

Shifra Hetherington, “The Act in Suffering: Pathos-as-Praxis in Othello and The Winter’s Tale”

Jenessa Olson, “Scenes from a Marriage: A Comparison of Dalila and Eve in John Milton’s Samson Agonistes and Paradise Lost”

Luke Goossen, “Cultural Conversion and Christianity’s Adaptation in Shūsaku Endō’s Silence”

Humanities 4: Historical Research on the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

(Moderator: Dr. Ryan Wilkinson)

Elijah Coutts, “The Lies and Truths of Propaganda: A Case Study”

Connor McCombs, “Overlapping Elements of the Holiness Movement and First-Wave Feminism”

Music 2: Listening, Understanding, and Belonging: Changes in Audience Reception and Inclusivity

(Moderator: Dr. Alyssa Michaud)

Bethany Wickens, “Diversifying Audience Demographics: Dismantling Classical Music Elitist Culture”

Joel Warren, “Blessed Are the Dead, for They Shall Be Applauded? How Changes to the Performance Style of the Requiem Mass Have Altered Its Reception”

Bella DeSouza-Cook, “Black, Brown, and Beige: The Impact of White Jazzmasculine Culture on Diverse Representation in Jazz”

11:20- 12:30

Airhart Theatre (A1085) – Plenary Presentation: “Deliver us from A.I.: Creatureliness, Pentecost, and the Limited Good of Technology”

Dr. Jon Coutts, Associate Professor of Christian Theology, School of Ministry and Seminary

12:30

Lunch Break: Food is provided in the Atrium for those who signed up for lunch at registration. Paid lunch is also available in the Calf.

Time

Room A2131

Room A2133

Room A2210

Room L2084

Room L2100

12:40

In the Upper Atrium from 12:40

Science Poster Presentations (Moderator: Dr. Chris Wang)

Ashley Deuchar, Elise Wagner, Ivan Crisostomo, Michelle Fawcett, Rafael Baillie

1:10-2:20

A2212 at 1:10 – Author Meets Critics

 Dr. Joel Thiessen’s The Stories Congregations Tell: Flourishing in the Face of Transition and Change,

with Dr. Ken Draper and Dr. Jennifer Singh (Moderator: Dr. Darren Dyck)

2:30-3:30

Business 3: Business Faculty

(Moderator: Dr. Cindy Karikari)

Dr. Cindy Karikari, “Influence of Andragogy Principles on Employee Motivation to Transfer Training: A Correlational Predictive Study”

Dr. Wilian Gatti Junior, “Design Thinking and Gamification: Fostering Social Impact in a Digital Age”

Social Sciences 3: Sport and Meaning Making in a Fragmented World

(Moderator: Dr. James Cresswell)

Christina Bett, “Making Sense of Injury: Exploring What Post-Injury Growth Means to Collegiate Athletes”

Scott Martinson, “‘I Want Them to Finish the Fight’: The Observed Behavioural Effects of Martial Arts on Youth”

Humanities 5: Humanities for our World

(Moderator: Dr. Ken Draper)

Joshua Calder, “Loss of Youth among the Southern Baptists”

Sarah Shentaler, “Christian Fiction and the Commercialization of Christianity”

Stephen Stewart, “Understanding Youth Apathy and Its Relation to the Humanities”

Claire Misura, “Addressing the Crisis in Emergency Medical Services”

Arianna Padron-Hernandez, “Encouraging Early Literacy”

Education 1: Education Faculty (Moderator: Dr. Kathryn Crawford)

Dr. Claudia Sasse, “How Can International Students be Supported in Post-Secondary Education in Canada? – A Qualitative Study”
 

Dr. Saulo Neves de Oliveira "My Serious Life": Knowledge Mobilization Through Documentary Filmmaking”

Theology 1: Christian Mission and Theology in the Media Age

(Moderator: Dr. Colin Toffelmire)

Brandon Trotter, “To Order or Revolt: Genre Theory and Marxism in the Study of Religious Filmmaking”

Shonda Tilitzky, “One Mediator: The Effect of Prayer Apps on Modern Spirituality”

Roland Weisbrot, “The Missiology and Ecclesiology of the Metaverse”

Dr. Jennifer Singh, “How do the people of the Tsuut’ina First Nation in Southern Alberta, Canada, listen to and learn from Amerindian peoples of Guyana, South America? Starting a Conversation on Reconciliation”