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March 23, 2026

First Place

  • March 13, 2026

    March 13, 2026

    Jonas is a Earth Sciences doctoral student. Research keywords: Permafrost, Sediment Transport, Climate Change.

Runner Up

  • March 20, 2026

    March 20, 2026

    Maggie is a School of Criminology Master's student. Three research keywords: wrongful convictions & forensic science.

People's Choice

  • March 12, 2026

    March 12, 2026

    Grace is a Physics master's student. Research keywords: Arctic, Geophysics, Permafrost.

We are excited to announce 911³Ô¹Ï's 2026 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) finalists.

Join us for the final competition and watch these outstanding graduate students present their work in just three minutes!

911³Ô¹Ï Surrey on April 9 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM (PT) and livestreamed.

  • Ayush is a Mathematics Education doctoral student. Research keywords: aesthetics, Tagore, speculation

  • Deborah is a Graduate Liberal Studies Master's student. Three research keywords: Dementia, Life-writing, Crosswords.

  • Erin is a master's student in Geography. Three research keywords: Rivers, Constrictions, Sediment.

  • Grace is a Physics master's student. Research keywords: Arctic, Geophysics, Permafrost.

  • Jeremy is a Applied and Computational Mathematics doctoral student. Research keywords: Healthcare Operations Research, Mathematical Modelling, Machine Learning.

  • Jonas is a Earth Sciences doctoral student. Research keywords: Permafrost, Sediment Transport, Climate Change.

  • Kumar is a PhD student researching medical image analysis methods for dermatological applications, particularly, skin cancer detection. (Special Graduate Entrance Scholarship)

  • Maggie is a School of Criminology Master's student. Three research keywords: wrongful convictions & forensic science.

  • Negar is a Sustainable Energy Engineering doctoral student. Three research keywords: Transportation, Emission, Cold climate.

  • Nima is a Molecular Biology and Biochemistry master's student. Research keywords: Wastewater, Public health, Data science.

  • Rose is an Arts Education doctoral student. Research keywords: Ballet, embodiment, performance.

  • Sadra is a Mechatronic Systems Engineering master's student. Three research keywords: Inertial Sensors, Engineering Optimization, Computational Mechanics.

  • Stella is a Biological Sciences master's student. Research keywords: Microbial ecology, Bioinformatics, Public health.

  • Tomos is a Political Science Master's student. Three research keywords: Interdisciplinary, Timely and Actionable.

  • Zahraa is a Public Policy Master's student. Three research keywords: Fertility gap, employment, policy.

Also, check out this year's Judging Panel

Our esteemed panel of judges include: an inaugural 911³Ô¹Ï 3MT contestant and current Chief Partnerships and Growth Officer at an Canadian owned environmental consulting firm; a Site Director for Microsoft's R+D campus in Vancouver; and, 911³Ô¹Ï's Vice-President, Research and Innovation.

Learn more about them