​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

• [email protected] Undergraduate Research Conference: A celebration of inquiry-based learning that showcases research projects from MTSC undergraduates.

• 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.

• 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.

• MTSC Model Parliament: An interactive political conference that is held every January in the House of Commons in Ottawa.

• 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)…

• 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.

• 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