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Red Deer Polytechnic recognizes scholarly activity and capstone projects at awards ceremony

May 9, 2025 | 1:59 PM

Scholarly activity and capstone projects were recently recognized during an awards ceremony at Red Deer Polytechnic.

Recognized in four categories of scholarly activity: Discovery, Integration, Application/Engagement, and Teaching, this year’s event featured 25 scholarly activity contributions and capstone projects — up 40 per cent.

“At RDP, we were honoured to showcase the range of impactful scholarly activity and research projects undertaken by faculty during the past year,” says Lindsay Engel, Vice President, Academic and Student Experience, Red Deer Polytechnic.

“The RoSA Awards and Capstone Recognition Event highlights RDP faculty’s commitment to professional development, lifelong learning and the advancement of research and scholarship, helping to address industrial and societal challenges.”

Seventeen faculty members were honoured for their influential and widely disseminated scholarly contributions throughout 2024:

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• Alysse Bowd – 1 Milk/2 Sugar

• Dr. Anah-Jayne Samuelson – Kiskisitotaso, Don’t Forget Yourself: Indigenous Resurgence in David A. Robertson’s Barren Grounds

• Dr. Anomi Bearden – The Effects of a Course-based Mindfulness Intervention on College Student Perfectionism, Stress, Anxiety, Self-compassion and Social Connectedness

• Dr. Carlen Lavigne – Critical Perspectives on the Hallmark Channel

• Natalie Ford, Larissa Gomes and Erin Lowe – Cultivating Courage: Embracing Brave Learning Spaces in Simulation-based Nursing Education

• Dr. Gregory Wells – Empowering Wellness: Design Thinking for Assistive Technology in Longterm Care

• Dr. Lois Maplethorpe – Growing our Roots: Exploring the Home Language and Literacy Environment within the Context of Indigenous Ways of Knowing

• Dr. Morris Ghardirian – Photocatalytic Decomposition of Metronidazole by Zinc Hexaferrite Coated with Bismuth Oxyiodide Magnetic Nanocomposite: Advanced Modelling and Optimization with Artificial Neural Network

• Raymond Savage – Métissage – Somewhere Between Hope and Happening

• Dr. Robert Opoku – Digital Transformation in an Emerging Economy: Exploring Organizational Drivers

• Dr. Stephen Brown – Statistically Speaking: Dr. Brown’s Incredibly Clear Guide to Statistics

• Dr. Teena Dickerson – Empowering Wellness Design Thinking for Assistive Technology in Longterm Care

• Dr. Roger Davis – “Deep Time Necrodidactics” and “The Artwork in Geological Time”

• Dr. Folajinmi Oluwasina – Correlates of Low Resilience and Physical and Mental Well-being Among Black Youths in Canada

• Dr. Kristen Gulbransen – “Qualitative Study of Experiences with an Interprofessional Perinatal Care Team Among Women Who Used Substances During the Perinatal Period” and “CAPWHN position statement on Perinatal Substance Use

In addition to honouring the RoSA Award recipients, eight RDP faculty member were also acknowledged for completing capstone projects:

• Dr. Folajinmi Oluwasina – Mental Health Literacy’s Role in Academic Success in Post-secondary Education: A Scoping Review

• Dr. Jessica Legacy – Self-evaluation as Assessment: What Did You Learn and What Did You Earn?

• Lynne Madsen – Supporting the Supporters: Teaching Coping Strategies for End-of-life Care in Nursing Education

• Priya Bhutani – Practical Lab Assessments as an Evaluation Method for First Year Chemistry Students

• Ryan Casson – Live Lectures vs. Pre-Recorded Videos and Engagement in an Asynchronous Online Classroom

• Shane Hanson – Do Learners Experience Value from Practical Assessments?

• Dr. Tom Whitesell – Comparing Student Success Between Online Quizzes with Unlimited Attempts versus Single Attempts

• Dr. Anah-Jayne Samuelson – Humanities Work-integrated Learning Projects: ENGL 2306 Folklore Case Study

As identified in Red Deer Polytechnic’s 2030 Strategic Plan: Productivity & Social Impact, applied research, scholarly activity and capstone projects play a vital role in advancing the institution’s strategic priorities