Red Deer Polytechnic

Agora Student Writer Awards Vol. 16:2 Cover, Title page, Table of Contents (TOC). Cover art: Daniel Corredor "The Other Side"

Executive Summary of an Independent Research paper.

A research essay examining the changing purpose of makeup for women throughout history and analyzing how it has functioned as a tool for social status, personal expression, and the negotiation of gender roles.

A research essay that examines patterns of violence and marginalization against Indigenous peoples and argues that the persistent violence and inequity faced by Indigenous communities demand immediate transformative reforms.

A research essay comparing the role trauma plays in Margaret Atwood's "Stone Mattress" and Alice Munro's "Gravel".

A research essay discussing picturebooks as promoting mental health awareness and informing children about coping strategies for mental distress.

A research essay discussing the physiological effects of living with Huntington’s disease, the adverse psychological repercussions, and the research on different kinds of treatment conducted by genetic scientists like Nancy Wexler.

A research essay discussing how the game of lacrosse connects to the culture and way of life of the Haudenosaunee people and exploring how the formation of the Haudenosaunee Nationals lacrosse team expresses the re-emergence of lacrosse as a means of promoting Indigenous sovereignty.

A research essay discussing the critique of Gabor Maté’s call for a more holistic approach to health and wellness that centres around the body-mind connection.

A research essay discussing transgender roles in the pornography industry.

Executive Summary of the Independent Research paper in 'Agora Journal Volume 16:1, 2025 - Research Papers'.

Executive Summary of the Independent Research paper in 'Agora Journal Volume 16:1, 2025 - Research Papers'.

Executive Summary of the Independent Research paper in 'Agora Journal Volume 16:1, 2025 - Research Papers'.

A research essay providing a case study analysis and individual concerns regarding the state of healthcare in rural Alberta communities.

A research essay discussing gender diversity in skilled trades and industry work.

Executive Summary of the Independent Research paper in 'Agora Journal Volume 16:1, 2025 - Research Papers'.

A research essay discussing the nature of reality and the structure of 'reality' as depicted in the digital world.

Winner of the Student Writer Award 3rd Place, Creative Writing (Years 3 and 4). A screenplay written with creativity and a strong supernatural interpersonal storyline.

Winner of the Student Writer Award 2nd Place, Creative Writing (Years 3 and 4). Creative writing, poetry.

Winner of the Student Writer Award 1st Place, Creative Writing (Years 3 and 4). A screenplay of a cyberpunk future.

Winner of the Student Writer Award 3rd Place, Creative Writing (Years 1 and 2). A creative work - part photographic journal, part memoir, part analysis - that became a story of motherhood.

Winner of the Student Writer Award 2nd Place, Creative Writing (Years 1 and 2). A short story of memory and trauma in the family home.

Winner of the Student Writer Award 1st Place, Creative Writing (Years 1 and 2). A creative series of 'unfinished' love letters.

Winner of the Student Writer Award 3rd Place, Research Essay (Years 3 and 4). A research essay that discusses how feminist media theory challenges the patriarchal system of how film portrays gender.

Winner of the Student Writer Award 2nd Place, Research Essay (Years 3 and 4). A research essay that discusses the 'Indigenous Critique' and the Wyandot orator Kandiaronk's success in navigating the political waters of the English, French and Haudenosaunee people in North America.