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<span style="line-height: 13.5pt;">Join us for</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"> the Faculty of </span><strong style="line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Arts 3 Minute Thesis competition </span></strong><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;">and
learn about our graduate students' outstanding ideas - in three minutes flat!</span></p>
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Competitors are given three minutes and the use of one static slide to present the breadth and significance of their graduate research to a non-specialist audience and a panel of Arts judges.<o:p></o:p></p>
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The event will take place on Friday, March 11<sup>th</sup>, from 3:30-6:00pm in HH 1101.</p>
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Here are just a few of the exciting presentations you can expect to see:</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px; font-family: Calibri;">Gods and Monsters: Drag Bodies and Nineteenth-Century British Art and Literature</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">Cripping Frankenfish: Analyzing our material-semiotic interactions with genetically modified salmon</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">Nation to Nation: Evaluating affordances for decolonizing communication within the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and the Idle No More</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px;">Perk or hurdle? Exploring the benefits of safety behaviour use in socially anxious individuals</p>
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The top competitor(s) from the Arts heat will then advance to the University-wide 3MT competition – where the winner receives a $1000 prize and the opportunity to compete at the 3MT provincial finals.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Please join us on Friday to support the graduate students in the Faculty of Arts as they compete for a spot in the 3MT University of Waterloo finals.<o:p></o:p></p>
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More details: <a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/arts/events/faculty-arts-3-minute-thesis-heat-1">https://uwaterloo.ca/arts/events/faculty-arts-3-minute-thesis-heat-1</a> </p>
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