The Centre for Undergraduate Research Learning at Huron

09/10/2024

01/30/2023

The CURL Spring Conference 2023 is coming!
We are so excited to watch, learn and share everything our students have prepared for us this year!

The students' talk will be held in the beaver dam on April 12 from 9 am to 3 pm, so maybe grab a snack and be prepared for all the exciting presentations!

For your reference, we will also be hosting digital submissions from Apr 17-21!

We hope to see you there!

03/14/2022

Attention fellowship applicants! 📢 The deadline for submissions has been extended to March 22nd, cause we’re nice like that. 😎 We can’t wait to see your submissions then!

03/11/2022

Calling all Fellowship applicants! 📢 Just a friendly reminder that March 15th is the deadline for CURL Summer fellowships. Check in with your mentor, write up your proposal, and fill out the application form linked on the Research Fellowships at: www.huronresearch.ca/curl/research-fellowships/

03/04/2022

Read Madeleine Marcelino’s research journey with Dr. Irene Cheung about the psychological impacts of the pandemic in the first issue of the CURL x HUCSC’s newsletter! Madeleine says that “Being a part of this research has broadened my knowledge on the topic, allowing me to apply what I have learnt in a larger, worldwide setting – especially regarding health care professionals, such as the shortage of PPE gear, and the guilt that continues to stay with them.” ⁠
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Check out the rest of Madeleine’s story in our newsletter at www.huronresearch.ca/curl/newsletter/.

02/25/2022

If you needed more proof how talented Huron students are, look no further than Mekhalaa Muraly’s interview with Scholar’s Electives Program student Nikesh Mehta-Spooner! ⁠
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Nikesh expresses to Mekhalaa how important his experience was not only as a student within the program, but in becoming a mentor. “I think the first-year students have taught me as much as my mentors taught me in my first year, specifically in terms of communicating the importance of research to someone who is new to [research]” Nikesh says. ⁠
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To read Nikesh’s journey and more amazing Huron student experiences, check out HUCSC x CURLS’s newsletter at www.huronresearch.ca/curl/newsletter/.

02/18/2022

HUCSC and CURLS’s upcoming newsletter has amazing content like Madeleine Marcelino’s article on Huron Summer Research opportunities, featuring an interview of Fellowship winner Lea Smit!⁠
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Lea collaborated with Dr. Christine Tsang last summer as a research assistant for the Psychology department at Huron. She expressed to Madeleine what a fantastic experience the Fellowship was for her undergraduate learning, saying that it, “was enlightening and beneficial to [her] success as a psychology student. [W]orking on the initial aspects of research allowed [her]…an in-depth understanding of the research process and…the time and dedication it takes.”⁠

Go check out the rest of Madeleine’s article on Lea’s story as a CURL Fellow and more in the HUCSC x CURL Newsletter at www.huronresearch.ca/curl/newsletter/.

12/10/2021

The legacy of Sigmund Freud, the psychoanalysis pioneer is well known. But perhaps less so is the impact his daughter Anna had, and continues to have in psychology.⁠
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Born on December 3, 1895, to a Jewish family in Vienna, Anna was the youngest of Sigmund and Martha Freud’s six children.⁠
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As a young woman, she taught in an elementary school, and her daily observation of children drew her to child psychology. In 1910, Anna had already begun reading her father’s work, but her serious involvement in psychoanalysis began in 1918.⁠
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It was Anna Freud who first systematized and refined child psychoanalysis into a distinct form of therapy. She believed child analysis should stick to the basic theories of psychoanalysis, but should be distinct as a mode of therapy.⁠
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A fundamental principle of Anna Freud’s work is that every child should be recognized as a person in his or her own right. She emphasized the importance of establishing a therapeutic alliance with the child patients in accordance to their specific needs.⁠
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She recognized that children could not keep still for longer periods of time so instead, she allowed her child patients to move about freely in the treatment room and engaged with them. She also allowed children to express their thoughts and feelings freely in several ways like drawing, which she claimed was every bit as significant as the spoken word.⁠
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The organizations that Anna Freud founded or co-founded gave rise to new understandings of childhood development and how methods of childcare and teaching might best support it. She was committed to bringing psychoanalytic insights into teaching and parenting.⁠
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A note from CURL: many of our History of Psychology scholars created highly detailed presentations. We recommend viewing these on a full-size computer monitor for more comfortable reading :)

12/09/2021

Hi, we’re Hannah and Olivia. We are members of the American Modern history class with Dr. Nina Reid-Maroney at Huron University College. We were assigned to write a research paper based upon an article from the Dawn of Tomorrow newspaper. The newspaper was an anti-slavery publication from London, Ontario written during a period between the 1920s to the mid-1960s. ⁠
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Hannah – My chosen article is entitled “Hits Catholic Attitude Against Coloured Race.” Published in the late summer of 1925, it recounts a sermon delivered by a Catholic priest named Reverend Edward Kramer to the National Catholic Women’s Union in Cleveland, Ohio. In his sermon, the Reverend suggests that Catholics should include Black Catholics within white churches. He encourages conversion, justifying that in the eyes of God, Black people are equal to white people. The article goes through a geographic journey, with content on an event in Cleveland, published in St Louis, and later republished in London, Ontario. This article connects to a fascinating topic within American history: the importance of religious traditions within the Black community as it pertains to community and resistance. My research has directed me to examine the fight for inclusion and equality within religious spaces, both Black and white. ⁠
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Olivia – “The Negro Migration to Canada After Passing of the Fugitive Salve Act” was written by an unidentified author in 1923. It recounts individuals from the American Anti-slavery Society moving to Canada to help Black Americans immigrate. Canada guaranteed enslaved people would not be forcibly returned to the US government, citing legal cases like the Anderson Case. There were many attempts to kidnap Black people and bring them to America, but Canadians tried to keep them safe. This article shows how the lengths to which enslaved people went in order to find safety. Comparatively, the article also reveals the lengths to which white Americans would go to continue the oppression of Black people. I will look at the contributions of Canada and the wide network of Anti-Slavery to help enslaved people find freedom.

12/09/2021

Hey, this is Jake Hill and Brett Chalmers,⁠
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Both of our research papers will be investigating individual historical articles published in the Dawn of Tomorrow newspaper, an African American press in London, Ont, during the early 20th century. The main goal of this research is to discover more in depth about the civil rights movement, struggles facing segregation, and other issues of importance to the community. Brett’s research project is centered around an article called Should Check White Press, published in the Dawn of Tomorrow in 1925. The article discusses how various North American, ‘white’ newspaper companies have been accusing black people of crimes without reason or evidence, a widespread issue at the time. Using his article, Brett intends to analyze the injustices within society, specifically within the criminal justice system, to gain a greater understanding of the brutal reality of London’s Black community and civil rights across the country. Jake’s research project is about an African American man by the name of Albert A. George who became a judge in the city of Chicago during a time when colored people were segregated within the legal system. This was also during the time where many African Americans were moving out of the south to the north like places such as Chicago, Boston, and Washington for better work. I hope to find out in greater detail the accomplishments and struggles that Albert George faced as being an African American Judge in 1924, Chicago.

12/09/2021

My name is Chris Chettleburgh and I am a fourth-year history minor taking 2302F I am examining the voting trends that led to the election of ten African Americans to various state positions in 1926. Through my research, I aim to prove that the 1926 elections helped integrate African American citizens into the political landscape of America. By learning about voting trends, I hope to get insight into the social, economic, and political factors that allowed the ten legislators to serve in office, despite the racial barriers and systemic racism that was far too prevalent in America at the time. The article I am examining, ‘Ten Colored Are Elected to the State Legislatures”. This article first attempts to describe the mentality of black voters during the reconstruction era, stating that they would attempt to run for council first, prioritize voting for black members second, and vote for white voters who sympathized with African Americans should the first two steps be impossible. I intend to connect my research to the material covered in our class, particularly to the book, Arc of Justice, by Kevin Boyle. This book examines the legal case of Ossian Sweet and explores socio-political trends in 1920s America⁠
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Hi, my name is Andrew Valentine, a third-year history student in American Modern 2302F My research project investigates the mass disenfranchisement of black voters in the south as well as unconstitutional means of denying them the right to vote. Unjustly denying the right to vote based race alone was in direct conflict with the inalienable rights given to all Americans under the constitution. According to the article, it is a national scandal to deny any free people the vote. Through this research, I have learned about many of the methods of disenfranchising Black voters as well as the response to these injustices. This primary source shows how reformist activists viewed racist policies and the plans they had to alter them. My research connects well with our coursework as the struggle for African American civil rights has been a large theme explored by this course. And exploring it through the Dawn of Tomorrow shows how local activists respond to this event.