Graduate Research Symposium
Exploring Questions that Matter
Graduate Research Symposium
This annual symposium provides graduate students from across the University with an opportunity to present their empirical research to the BC community through oral and poster presentations.
Presentations represent a range of research methods, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods. All presentations are selected through a faculty review process that evaluates the quality and appropriateness of submitted conference proposals.
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BCSSW student Diego Suarez Rojas presents his work at the Graduate Research Symposium.
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Oral presentations at the 2026 symposium
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Poster presentations at the 2026 symposium
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Students presented empirical work at the 2026 symosium
About the Symposium
Graduate Research. Global Impact
Review Process
All presentations are selected through a faculty review process that evaluates the quality and appropriateness of submitted conference proposals.
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Research Methods
Presentations represent a range of research methods, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods.
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