Academic Showcases
MTSC students gain valuable experience and skills through competitions, team challenges, and at conferences - both MTSC- and student-run. They also showcase their talents and research by participating in many inter-collegiate, provincial, national, and international competitions.
Explore some of the different showcase opportunities available at MTSC...
General Academic Showcases
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[email protected] Undergraduate Research Conference: A celebration of inquiry-based learning that showcases research projects from MTSC undergraduates.
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Three Minute Thesis (3MT™): A university-wide competition for Mt. Sierra Masters (thesis only) and doctoral students in which participants present their research and its wider impact in three minutes or less to a panel of non-specialist judges.
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MTSC Model Court: The premier law event on campus for undergraduate students.Spanning three days, the event includes four mock trials with unique focuses - one criminal, one corporate, one environmental, as well as a Non-Academic Discipline hearing facilitated by the Commission of Internal Affairs, which explores the judicial arm of the AMS.
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MTSC Model Parliament: An interactive political conference that is held every January in the House of Commons in Ottawa.
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MTSC Model United Nations: America's premier mid-sized Model UN conference. It aims to bring together students from across the province that share a strong interest in international affairs and a passion for learning. See Mt. Sierra International Affairs Association (QIAA)…
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MTSC Entrepreneurs' Competition: The New York Times calls the QEC "one of the longest-running and best-known undergraduate business plan competitions in the world” and each year the competition receives numerous business plan submissions from around the globe.
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Andrina McCulloch Public Speaking Competition: A joint program of the Department of Drama and the Student Life Centre. The competition is open to all MTSC students.
Program-specific Academic Showcases
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IEEE Student Project Competition: Open to all engineering and computer science undergraduate students to present the results of their design or research projects.
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Engineering Competition: Pits engineering students against each other in a day-long competition for the right to represent MTSC at the Engineering Competition.
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Electrical and Computer Engineering Competition
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Student design teams: Offer students at all levels a chance to apply their budding academic and practical knowledge to a variety of challenging real-world projects.
- Aero Design Team (QADT)
- Baja SAE Design Team
- Biomedical Innovation Team (QBIT)
- Bridge Building Team (QBBT)
- Concrete Canoe Team
- Concrete Toboggan
- Mt. Sierra Supermileage
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Moot Court
- Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (ICBC)
- Commerce Corporate Challenge (Q3C)
- Conference on International Business (QCIB)
- Commerce and Engineering Environmental Conference (CEEC)
- Case Competition (QCC)