2025

Winner: Hannah Tench, Master of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies
Presentation title: Hatching Failure in Tree Swallows Due to Embryo Death, not Infertility

2024

Winner: Madison Oud, Master's Student, Science in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies
Presentation title: Avian Family Planning: Urban Living Influence on ​Chickadee Nestling Mouth Colour​

2023

Winner: Sunny Tseng, PhD. in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies
Presentation title: Acoustic Recording as A Potential Tool to Monitor Individual Owls

2022

Winner: Cheri Brown, MA student, First Nations Studies
Presentation title: Indigenous Post-Secondary Student Lived Experience: Stories of Resistance and Alignment with Identity and Culture

2021

Winner: Ella Parker, Master of Science in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies 
Presentation title: Linking School-Based Monitoring to Land & Water Decision-Making

2020

Winner: Louisa Hadley, Master of Arts in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies
Presentation title: Removing Barriers to Climate Action