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DARE: 2026 Winners

This year's DARE recipients continue our tradition of delivering ground-breaking research work across all disciplines offered in LA&PS. Meet our researchers and learn more about their projects, as we recognize their accomplishments.

Faculty and Students pose together showing their certificates

Meet our DARE Undergraduate Researchers

Amina Ahmed

DARE Project: Rhotic articulation in To/r/onto English
Program(s) of Study: Speech and Language Sciences
Project Supervisor: Thomas Kettig, Griffin Cahill

Faisal Alakoozi

DARE Project: Migrant Activism in Digital Spaces and in Real Life: Contesting Far-Right Anti-Immigration Rhetoric
Program(s) of Study: Political Science
Project Supervisor: Ethel Tungohan

Maleeha Aslam

DARE Project: Judicial Training in Language/Translation/Interpretation Awareness
Program(s) of Study: Law and Society
Project Supervisor: Agnes Whitfield

Nadine Awume

DARE Project: Insights into Teacher Challenges in Managing and Reporting Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect
Program(s) of Study: Social Work
Project Supervisor: Dr. Sarah Maiter

Nicole Bruk

DARE Project: A systematic literature review on the application of explainable artificial intelligence in healthcare
Program(s) of Study: Political Science
Project Supervisor: Zijiang Yang

Gabriella Conforti

DARE Project: Podcasting's Possibilities for Mental Health: The Rise in Mental Health Podcasting and Societal Acceptance of Open Discussions of Mental Health
Program(s) of Study: Communication & Media Studies
Project Supervisor: Anne F. MacLennan

Arsh Dharani

DARE Project: Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions Under Global Fragmentation: Which Firms Acquire and Which Deals Succeed?
Program(s) of Study: Financial and Business Economics
Project Supervisor: Semih Yildirim

Natalie Fuchs Deutsch

DARE Project: Digital Magazine Research Creation: Hispanic Cultural Production in Canada
Program(s) of Study: Bachelor of Social Work
Project Supervisor: Maria L. Figueredo

Deborah George-Nsoribe

DARE Project: Beyond our monoracial lens: Exploring the experiences of multiracial people in the workplace?
Program(s) of Study: Financial and Business Economics
Project Supervisor: Marie-Hélène Budworth

Ryka Golshani

DARE Project: From language learning to belonging: Negotiating transnational identities of multilingual students in Canadian EAP classrooms
Program(s) of Study: Sociology
Project Supervisor: Dr. Jacqueline Ng

Jan Humarang

DARE Project: Examining the Landscape of Performing Arts Initiatives for Children and Youth
Program(s) of Study: Children, Childhood and Youth
Project Supervisor: Abigail Shabtay

Samaana Jaffer

DARE Project: An experimental study on first language loss: Dutch immigrants in Canada
Program(s) of Study: Speech and Language Sciences
Project Supervisor: Liz Smeets

Vanessa Johnson

DARE Project: A Multi-Domain Work and Non-work Approach to linking Resources and Demands, Attitudes and Behaviours
Program(s) of Study: Human Resource Management
Project Supervisor: James Chowhan

Lakshya Lahoty

DARE Project: Computational Reasoning with Stock and Flow Macroeconomic Models
Program(s) of Study: Bachelor of Commerce (Finance)
Project Supervisor: Sotirios Liaskos

Isabelle Lopez

DARE Project: Return-to-Office Mandates in Canada: Policy Rationales and Worker Responses
Program(s) of Study: Global Work and Labour Studies and Law & Society
Project Supervisor: Carlo Fanelli

Elizabeth Martynova

DARE Project: Shakespeare and Diasporic Book History in Spain and Portugal, 1592-1820
Program(s) of Study: English and Professional Writing
Project Supervisor: Dr. Deanne Williams

Duy Nguyen

DARE Project: Asymmetric Information, Cross Border Acquisitions, Premiums, and Post Acquisition Returns
Program(s) of Study: Financial and Business Economics
Project Supervisor: George J. Georgopolous

Pedro Joaquin Ordonez Fajardo

DARE Project: Optimal pricing and conditions for reverse mortgage lenders in Canada
Program(s) of Study: Bachelor of Commerce with Honours Spec. Finance
Project Supervisor: Nabil Tahani

Sana Paracha

DARE Project: 'Little White Savages:' The Anglo-Indigeneity of Settler Colonial Childhoods in Fictional English-Language Captivity Narratives and Their Circulation and Readership within the Transatlantic Book and Periodical Trade, 1880-1920
Program(s) of Study: Humanities
Project Supervisor: Cheryl Cowdy

Rafael Perrion

DARE Project: Explaining Skill Gaps in Canada: Adult Learning and Inequality
Program(s) of Study: Economics
Project Supervisor: Dr. Ida Ferrara

Ainaz Raiszadeh

DARE Project: Yes In My Backyard…But Not Like That’: Discursive Rebranding of Opposition to New Emergency Shelter Locations in Toronto
Program(s) of Study: Double Major Political Science and Law & Society
Project Supervisor: Trish Lenz

Joshua Rough

DARE Project: The Canadian Homeowners’ Problem: Should I take a Reverse Mortgage?
Program(s) of Study: Bachelor of Commerce - Finance
Project Supervisor: Chris Robinson

Lauren Russell

DARE Project: Digital Participation and Community Knowledge: Supporting International Research on Online Investigation
Program(s) of Study: English & Professional Writing
Project Supervisor: Dr. Rich Shivener

Reet Sharma

DARE Project: AI in Economics
Program(s) of Study: Financial and Business Economics
Project Supervisor: Jinyue Li

Hei Tung Chloe Shek

DARE Project: The Context Matters: An Investigation of Oral Corrective Feedback in the Adult ESL Classroom
Program(s) of Study: Speech and Language Sciences
Project Supervisor: Antonella Valeo

Alyssa Tai

DARE Project: Fantasy and Science Fiction on the Canadian Market
Program(s) of Study: Professional Writing and Concurrent Education
Project Supervisor: Matthew Bucemi

Labiba (Bella) Tasnim

DARE Project: Data Analytics in Environmental Applications
Program(s) of Study: Information Technology
Project Supervisor: Peter A. Khaiter