meet the group

2023: Alisha, Ahmed, Jacky, Zahra, and Alison


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Alison Flynn, Ph.D. (she/her)

Email: Alison.Flynn@uOttawa.ca
Twitter: @alisonbflynn

Alison is a Full Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, a 3M National Teaching Fellow—Canada’s highest recognition for excellence in education at the post-secondary level, and a member of the Global Young Academy. She recently received the Chemical Institute of Canada’s Award for Chemistry Education and is co-recipient of uOttawa’s Transition to Online Learning Leadership Award. Our work is accomplished with generous support from a number of sources, including: SSHRC, NSERC, eCampusOntario, and uOttawa.

Her education work includes developing online learning tools as Open Education Resources to support student learning, including OrgChem101, a Growth & Goals Module (course-integrated FR, EN; course-independent FR, EN), and Preparing for a more inclusive course, and eBooks on remote teaching for educators (FR, EN) and TAs (FR, EN). Her research group studies student learning in organic chemistry and the impacts of the Growth & Goals module on students’ learning abilities in postsecondary contexts across disciplines and levels.

She is currently collaborating with colleagues and graduate students across institutions to improve learning for graduate and postdoctoral settings, building on the successes from our strategic learning module called Growth & Goals. In our first graduate-level initiative, we created LEAD: Lifelong Education and Development, an open course to equip and empower graduate students with key professional skills related to: learning (including mentorship), mentorship, academic resilience, project management, and navigating difficult conversations.

As Associate Vice-Provost, Academic Affairs (2021–2023), Alison chaired the university’s Strategic committee for teaching and learning supports and the Academic integrity committee. Both committees include representatives from multiple sectors of the institution (including students, of course!) and they play critical roles in supporting students, staff, and professors in rapidly changing times. Alison was a member of the Council of Undergraduate Studies, Senate Committee on Teaching and Learning Evaluation, and Working Group on Teaching Evaluation (composed of APUO and University members). She also takes part in various award selection committees. Alison is grateful in this position to have the opportunity to collaborate with a wide range of university committee members and threads EDI principles through all her work. In this role, she led the team that created a New Professors’ Guide (également disponible en français), guided a modernization of the institution’s Regulation on academic integrity and misconduct, helped improved our organizational processes for the academic module for ~10,000 new undergraduate students, incuding a 10-fold increase in student success rates in one year, and led the design of our institutional academic integrity strategy, that included creating academic integrity web pages and resources for students and professors. She was part of a working group for the University and APUO on teaching evaluation, a valuable opportunity to more equitably evaluate and support improved teaching (and learning!). A favourite part of the role, she created a Spotlight series on Teaching and Learning to showcase the incredible educators and their innovations, focussing on mental health and well-being, inclusive education, and strategic teaching decisions.

At the provincial level, Alison has been a Director on eCampusOntario’s Board; in that role she was involved in the early days of the organization and helped define the organization’s strategic and leadership directions. At the National level, she is the Canadian Society for Chemistry’s past Director of Accreditation; in that role, she led the modernization of the CSC’s accrediation guidelines, in which she used a transparent, participatory, and collaborative approach that resulted in new requirements including ones related to EDI and articulating student learning outcomes. As a Director on the CSC’s Board, she contributed to decisions related to EDI, the society’s structure, fiduciary oversight, and other strategic decisions, during a time of rapid change in the society. She has also been deputy chair of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education’s Committee on Academic Integrity and Contract Cheating. She is the inaugural Associate Editor for chemistry education research with the Canadian Journal of Chemistry, where she worked with the Journal to define the guidelines for CER manuscripts.

Alison thinks about students' learning... a lot! She teaches courses in organic chemistry, biopharmaceutical sciences, and chemistry education; she also gives workshops in writing, building learning skills, and navigating difficult conversations. Alison uses learner-focused, evidence-informed course design; students often participate in co-designing course elements. She works hard to build equitable and inclusive learning spaces, collaborating and consulting with students to do so. Through all her work, she is committed to supporting students’ success toward their chosen careers and goals.

When not doing any of that, she likes to play ultimate, kayak, canoe, camp, bike, ski, coach a little soccer, ultimate, and hockey, and loves having a great time with her family.


Lilli Temple-Murray, OCT (she/her)

MSc Student

I have a passion for thinking about thinking and for understanding how the brain interprets and learns new information. I'm also an Ontario Certified Teacher, qualified in high school chemistry, physics, and math with over 7 years of experience in outreach, secondary, and post-secondary education roles. In addition to teaching, my past experiences include working as a student research assistant at the National Research Council Canada in 3D printable electronics, and as a coordinator for UWaterloo's "Chem Lab Days" outreach initiative. In my spare time, I play squash and pickleball.

BSc (Hons) in Chemistry, UWaterloo

BEd, Queen's


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Alisha Szozda (she/her)

Ph.D. Student

My research focuses on investigating a potential teaching approach to chemistry education, where students may learn how to examine and address complex behaviours and phenomena from a holistic perspective. I am also a certified Ontario high school teacher qualified in chemistry, math and physics. In my spare time, I love tutoring and spending time outdoors; hiking, skiing, and spending time at the cottage. I am a dog lover, mental health advocate, traveller and I love teaching.

Email: aszoz104@uottawa.ca
Twitter: @arszozda


Sylvanna Pavão (she/her/elle)

MSc. Student

I am passionate about exploring how students use mental models in their approach/reasoning of chemistry problems, and investigating different intervention tools that assist students with determining the optimal model for them. I love being in the classroom engaging with students, and I especially enjoy teaching in a laboratory setting! Outside of research, I love running, tennis, and hiking. I love watching movies and am an avid baker (I try any recipe). I am also a huge traveller (11 countries and counting!)

BSc. (Hons) in Integrated Science (Chemistry & French minors) - McMaster University Class of 2024

Email: spava034@uottawa.ca 


Kathryn Bruyere (she/her)

MSc Student

My research is centred around exploring potential teaching methods to chemistry education, with emphasis on of misinformation in science. I am very passionate about teaching and have been a university and high school tutor for 6 years. In my spare time, I enjoy reading, playing the piano and playing badminton.

Email: kbruy022@uottawa.ca


Silvi Ivardi (she/her)

Undergraduate Student

I am a third year student in the Honours Bachelor of Science in Psychology program, French immersion stream. I am also the Vice President of Communications for the Psychology Students’ Association and the Vice President of Finance for the UOttawa Dance Club. In my (minimal) spare time, I like to go to the gym, go to dance class, read (fiction novels), eat chocolate and pet cats.


Thalia Lamberti (she/her)

Honours Student

I am in my third year of biomedical sciences with a minor in Spanish, at the University of Ottawa. I have been an active member of the Science Students’ Association (SSA) since my first-year of undergraduate studies and I am also a Student Ambassador at the university. My current research will focus on the correlation between chemistry language fluency (symbolism) and cognitive load. During my spare time, I enjoy spending time outdoors, playing the guitar, painting, and playing sports such as soccer, basketball and volleyball. 


Uche Nworah (She/Her) (They/Them)

Honours Student

I am in my fourth year of Biochemistry in the Microbiology and Immunology option. My current research focuses on knowledge transfer. In my free time I enjoy diving into a good book, testing out new recipes and watching anime.


Ray Qi Fan (he/him/il)

Honours Student

I am a fifth-year student pursuing a Bachelor of Music with Concentration in
Music Education and Honours Bachelor of Science with Major in Chemistry. Throughout my studies, I have had a passion for education, be that academically through the music education program or professionally as a first aid and lifesaving instructor. My research will be focused on continuing work in the group on chemistry language fluency. In my spare time, I play trombone in various ensembles, spend time with my cat, and enjoy the great outdoors.


Jolia Youssef (she/her)

Undergraduate student

I am in my second year of Biomedical science, at the University of Ottawa. Alongside my studies, I also volunteer at Montfort Hospital, where I actively contribute to supporting my community and it has strengthened my desire to make a positive impact in my environment. My research focuses on exploring the educators’ beliefs about the concepts in the Growth and Goals modules. In my free time, I enjoy reading, cooking and spending time with my pet dogs.

Group Alumni

Postdoctoral Researchers

  • Mark Raycroft, Ph.D. (2017–2019)

  • Amanda Bongers, Ph.D. (2016–2019)

  • Kelli Galloway, Ph.D. (2016–2018)

Doctoral Students

  • Jacky Deng (2018–2024)

  • Samira Behroozi (2021–2023)

  • Natalie Mesnic (2019–2023)

  • Myriam Carle (2018–2022)

  • Mohsen Haghighatpasand (2020–2022)

Master’s Students

  • Ahmed Youssef (2021-2023)

  • Nick Streja (2020–2022)

  • Denzel Huang (2019–2022)

  • Christina Bethell, RA, (2021)

  • Zena Mankal (2019–2020)

  • Keith Lapierre (2017–2019)

  • Natalie Sadowski (2016)

  • Nicholas Bodé (2016–2018)

Undergraduate Students

  • Zahra Lalani - Undergraduate student (2023–2024)

  • Makayla Dagenais - Undergraduate student (2023–2024)

  • Lauren McDermaid - Undergraduate student (2021–2023)

  • Laurence Brisebois - Research Assistant (2020–2021; 2022–2023)

  • Hossein Arshadi - Honours (2022–2023)

  • Gisele Law - Research Assistant (2023)

  • Patrick Fakhouri - Research Assistant (2023)

  • Roshan Roy - UROP Student (2023)

  • Serina Choueiry - UROP Student (2023)

  • Mann Ali-Nour - Honours (2022–2023)

  • Sarah McPhedran - Research Assistant (2022)

  • Allison-Quinn O’Rourke - Research Assistant (2020–2022)

  • Jade Poirier - Summer Student (2022)

  • Matthew Robrigado - Honours (2021–2022)

  • Kathryn Bruyere - Co-op Student (2021)

  • Hayley Lee - Co-op Student (2021)

  • Malek Rahmani - Honours (2020–2021) & UROP Student (2018–2019)

  • Emily Duhart - Honours (2020–2021)

  • Maryam Echaibi - UROP (2020–2021)

  • Shawn Ritter - Research Assistant (2020–2021)

  • Christine Paquette Cannalonga - UROP (2020–2021)

  • Jonah Hamer-Wilson - Summer Student (2020)

  • Ellyssa Walsh - Summer Student (2020)

  • Danny Ke - UROP (2019–2020)

  • Romeo Jr El Issa - Honours (2019–2020)

  • Jessica Morgan - Volunteer (2019–2020)

  • Nick Streja - Honours, Summer & UROP Student (2018–2020)

  • Fraulein Retanal - Research Assistant (2018–2019)

  • Sebastien Roberge - UROP (2018–2019)

  • Nicolas Pilote - Honours (2018–2019)

  • Kevin Roy - Honours, Summer & UROP Student (2017–2019)

  • Berthorie Beauvoir - Summer & UROP Student (2017–2018)

  • Océanne Comtois - Summer Student (2018–2019)

  • Foster Rose - Summer Student (2018)

  • Emily O’Connor - Research Assistant (2017–2018)

  • Annie Znotinas - Honours (2017–2018)

  • Mohamed Temkit - UROP (2017–2018)

  • Tyler White - Summer Student (2017)

  • Shaina Gabriel - Summer Student (2017)

  • Shobhitha Balasubramaniam - Summer Student (2017)

  • Rebecca Visser - Honours & Summer Student (2016–2017)

  • Michael Min Wah Leung - Directed Studies (2016–2017)

  • Hayley Sprigings - Co-op Student (2016)

  • Quinn Ingram - Summer & UROP Student (2015–2016)

  • Sarang Gupta - UROP (2015–2016)

  • Declan Webber - Honours & Summer Student (2015–2016)

  • Jade Choo-Foo - Research Assistant (2015–2016)

  • Delphine Amellal - Honours & Summer Student (2015–2016)

  • Ryan Featherstone - Summer Student (2015)

  • Jessica Simoneau - Summer Student (2015)

  • John Giorgi - UROP (2015)

  • Sareena McDonald - UROP (2014–2015)

  • Carlee Stoyanovich - UROP (2014)

  • Sheniz Eryzulu - Summer Student (2014)

  • Julie Roy - Summer Student (2014)

  • Nicholas Bodé - Honours, Summer & UROP Student (2013–2015)

  • Aneri Gandhi - UROP (2012)

  • Maria Syoufi - UROP (2012)

  • Joëlle Veilleux-Deschênes - Honours & Summer Student (2011–2014)

  • Melissa Daviau-Duguay - Summer Student (2011–2012)

  • Gurpreet Sambhi - Summer Student (2011)

  • Robyn Biggs - Summer Student (2008)

  • Eric Bilodeau - Summer Student (2008)


Group Member Presentations

Group members present at many conferences, locally, nationally, and internationally!

Group members present at many conferences, locally, nationally, and internationally!

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  1. Alisha Szozda, Emily Duhart, Peter Mahaffy, "Investigating how students engage in systems thinking during chemistry education learning activities on climate change" (Oral), Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, online, 2021.

  2. Emily Duhart, Alisha Szozda, Peter Mahaffy, "Exploring how undergraduate students engaging in a systems thinking activity in chemistry" (poster), Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, online, 2021.

  3. Nicholas Streja, Keith Lapierre, Zena Mankel, "A multi-institutional study investigating various curricular approaches to teaching and learning organic chemistry" (Oral), Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, online, 2021.

  4. Myriam Carle, Peter Mahaffy, "Investigation students' mental models before and after viewing a 2D visualization" (Oral), Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, online, 2021.

  5. Jacky Deng, Malek Rahmani, "The role of language proficiency in students’ abilities to justify chemical phenomena" (Oral), Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, online, 2021.

  6. Nicholas Streja, "A questionnaire to explore students’ interpretations of reactivity in organic chemistry" (Oral), Ottawa-Carleton Chemistry Institute Day, Online, 2021.

  7. Jacky Deng, Malek Rahmani, "Students’ language backgrounds and how they reason about chemical phenomena" (Oral), Ottawa-Carleton Chemistry Institute Day, Online, 2021.

  8. Alisha Szozda, "Investigating how chemists engage in systems thinking in chemistry education" (Poster), Methods in Chemistry Education Research, Online, 2021.

  9. Jacky Deng, "Analyzing reasoning in students’ written arguments and explanations: opportunities, challenges, and equity considerations" (Poster), Methods in Chemistry Education Research, Online, 2021.

  10. Jacky Deng, "Reasoning, granularity, and comparison in students’ arguments on two organic chemistry items" (Poster), Royal Society of Chemistry Twitter Conference, Online, 2021.

  11. Alisha Szozda, "A pilot study: Investigating how undergraduate chemistry students engage in systems thinking in chemistry education and the impact of collaborative systems thinking tasks" (Oral), 23rd Annual Chemistry and Biochemistry Graduate Research Conference, Online, 2020.

  12. Jacky Deng, "Evaluating the impact of English language proficiency on students’ abilities to construct chemistry arguments" (Oral), 23rd Annual Chemistry and Biochemistry Graduate Research Conference, Online, 2020. Won best Chemistry Education Presentation!

  13. Myriam Carle, "Investigating how delocalization is taught, practiced, and assessed in introductory organic chemistry" (Poster), Methods in Chemistry Education Research, Online, 2020.

  14. Jacky Deng, "Characterizing students' arguments in three dimensions: reasoning, granularity, and comparisons" (Poster), Methods in Chemistry Education Research, Online, 2020.

  15. Myriam Carle, "What should students know about resonance/delocalization" (Oral), Ottawa-Carleton Chemistry Institute Day, Online, 2020. Won best 5 min talk award!

  16. Jacky Deng, "How students justify their claims on organic chemistry assessments" (Oral), Ottawa-Carleton Chemistry Institute Day, Online, 2020. Won best 12 min talk award!

  17. Alisha Szozda, "Investigating how chemists engage in systems thinking in chemistry education" (Oral), Ottawa-Carleton Chemistry Institute Day, Online, 2020.

  18. Jacky Deng. “The invisible majority: strategies for supporting Asian and Pacific Islander students' mental health care” (Poster), Leaders Overcoming Gender Inequality in Chemistry, Online, 2020. Won a best poster award!

  19. Myriam Carle, Peter Mahaffy, "Designing a virtual reality (VR) experience for students to visualize a reaction" (Oral), 103rd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2020. *The conference was cancelled due to COVID-19 and this presentation could not be given as planned

  20. Alisha Szozda, Peter Mahaffy, "Investigating how people (learners and experts) engage in Systems Thinking in Chemistry Education" (Oral), 103rd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2020. *The conference was cancelled due to COVID-19 and this presentation could not be given as planned

  21. Alisha Szozda, Peter Mahaffy, "Investigating the effect of a systems thinking intervention oriented towards the molecular basis of sustainability: An exploratory study" (Oral), 2020 Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Corvallis, Oregon, 2020. *The conference was cancelled due to COVID-19 and this presentation could not be given as planned

  22. Jacky Deng, “A unit-based method for characterizing students’ scientific arguments on chemistry assessments” (Oral), 103rd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2020. *The conference was cancelled due to COVID-19 and this presentation could not be given as planned

  23. Jacky Deng, “The invisible minority: strategies for supporting Asians and Asian Canadians in STEM” (Oral), 103rd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2020. *The conference was cancelled due to COVID-19 and this presentation could not be given as planned

  24. Denzel Huand, Kelli Galloway, "Investigating what meaning students are putting into key electron-pushing formalism topics" (Oral), 103rd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2020 *The conference was cancelled due to COVID-19 and this presentation could not be given as planned

  25. Denzel Huang, Kelli Galloway, "Investigating Students Mental Models on Key Electron-Pushing Formalism Topics" (Oral), Chemical and Synthetic Biology Day, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2019

  26. Alisha Szozda, Peter Mahaffy, “Investigating how chemists engage in Systems Thinking tasks” (Poster), Chemical and Synthetic Biology Day, Ottawa, Canada, 2019

  27. Jacky Deng, “Characterizing students’ abilities to construct scientific arguments in organic chemistry” (Poster), Chemical and Synthetic Biology Day, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2019. Won one of the four best presentation award!

  28. Zena Mankal, “Development of a knowledge transfer instrument: From core organic chemistry to biochemistry concepts” (Poster), Chemical and Synthetic Biology Day, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2019

  29. Myriam Carle, Peter Mahaffy, "Designing a virtual reality (VR) experience for students to visualize a reaction" (Poster), Chemical and Synthetic Biology Day, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2019

  30. Myriam Carle, “Essential learning outcomes for delocalization: how are they taught, practiced, and assessed?” (Poster), RSC Twitter poster, Online, 2020.

  31. Jacky Deng, “Characterizing students’ abilities to argue about ‘why’ on organic chemistry assessments” (Oral), American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, California, USA, 2019

  32. Jacky Deng, “Characterizing students’ abilities to argue about ‘why’ on organic chemistry assessments” (Poster), American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, California, USA, 2019

  33. Keith Lapierre, “ Developing and validating a self-efficacy beliefs scale for undergraduate students in organic chemistry” (Poster), Gordon Research Conference: Chemistry Education Research and Practice, Lewiston, Maine, USA, 2019

  34. Myriam Carle, “Systematic investigation on how delocalization is taught, practiced and assessed in introductory organic chemistry” (Poster), Gordon Research Conference: Chemistry Education Research and Practice, Lewiston, Maine, USA, 2019

  35. Keith Lapierre, “Constructing a self-efficacy beliefs scale in organic chemistry” (Poster), 102nd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Quebec City, QC, Canada, 2019

  36. Myriam Carle, “Systematic investigation on how delocalization is taught, practiced and assessed in introductory organic chemistry” (Poster), 102nd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Quebec City, QC, Canada, 2019

  37. Denzel Huang, “Investigating the relationship between students’ SMART goals and grades in Organic Chemistry” (Poster), 102nd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Quebec City, QC, Canada, 2019

  38. Myriam Carle, Rebecca Visser, “Studying the effectiveness of the OrgChem101.com Organic Mechanisms module on students’ learning gains” (Oral), 102nd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Quebec City, QC, Canada, 2019. Won best oral presentation in chemistry education award!

  39. Jacky Deng, “Characterizing students’ abilities to reason about “why” on organic chemistry assessments” (Oral), 102nd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Quebec City, QC, Canada, 2019

  40. Jacky Deng, “Characterizing students’ abilities to reason about “why” on organic chemistry assessments” (Oral), Ottawa-Carleton Chemical Institute Day, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2019. Won best oral presentation award!

  41. Kevin Roy, “How an open education resource (OER) improves undergraduate chemistry students’ self-regulated learning, metacognition and growth mindset skills” (Oral), 47th Southern Ontario Undergraduate Student Chemistry Conference, Scarborough, ON, Canada, 2019

  42. Nick Streja, “The effect of spatial ability on learning chemistry from static representations and dynamic animations.” (Poster), 9th Annual Symposium: Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2019

  43. Malek Rahmani, “Literature review of the uses of virtual reality in chemistry and education.” (Poster), 9th Annual Symposium: Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2019

  44. Seb Roberge, “Study strategies in Organic Chemistry II education” (Poster), 9th Annual Symposium: Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2019

  45. Alison Flynn, Emily O’Connor, & Kevin Roy, “Growth & Goals Module: helping students improve lifelong learning skills” (Keynote), Trent Distinguished Visiting Teaching Scholars, Peterborough, ON, Canada, 2019.

  46. Kevin Roy, “Growth & Goals Module” (Oral), Open Educational Resources Expo, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2019.

  47. Myriam Carle, “OrgChem101.com: An OER to help learn Organic Chemistry” (Oral), Open Educational Resources Expo, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2019.

  48. Nicolas Pilote, ''Resonance, a challenge for many students'', (Oral), Cross-Faculty Symposium on Science Teaching and Learning, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2018.

  49. Jacky Deng, "Incorporating Systems Thinking into organic chemistry through the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals" (Poster), Cross Faculty Symposium on Science Teaching and Learning, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2018.

  50. Myriam Carle, "An evaluation of how delocalization is taught, practiced and assessed" (Oral), Cross-Faculty Symposium on Science Teaching and Learning, Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2018. 

  51. Alison Flynn, Emily O'Connor & Kevin Roy, "A self-regulated learning and growth mindset module for integration in courses: Bring an OER home today!" (Oral), Online Learning 2018: Global Summit & EdTech Expo, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2018.

  52. Myriam Carle, "What are students’ learning gains and experiences when using the OrgChem101.com Organic Mechanisms module?" (Oral), BCCE, Notre Dame, IL, USA, 2018.

  53. Keith Lapierre, "An electronic card sort task to investigate students’ changing interpretations of organic chemistry reactions and abilities related to organic chemistry reactions" (Oral), CSC Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Edmonton, AB, 2018.

  54. Amanda Bongers, "Exploring how static and dynamic representations of reaction mechanisms affect learning, mental models, and brain activity" (Oral), CSC Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Edmonton, AB, 2018.

  55. Myriam Carle, "OrgChem101.com Organic Mechanisms: Is it a useful tool to teach students the electron-pushing formalism?" (Poster), CSC Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Edmonton, AB, 2018. Won best poster award!

  56. Myriam Carle, "What are students' learning gains when using OrgChgem101.com Organic Mechanism module?" (Oral), Ottawa-Carleton Chemistry Institute (OCCI) Day, Ottawa, 2018.

  57. Keith Lapierre, " An electronic card sort task to investigate students' changing interpretations and abilities of organic chemistry reactions" (Oral), Ottawa-Carleton Chemistry Institute (OCCI) Day, Ottawa, 2018.

  58. Nicholas E. Bodé, "Investigating organic chemistry students’ ability to construct coherent explanations about mechanistic pathways" (Oral), Ottawa-Carleton Chemistry Institute (OCCI) Day, Ottawa, 2018.

  59. Alison Flynn, Emily O'Connor & Kevin Roy, "Hacking into your Success: A Self-Regulated Learning and Growth Mindset Module for post-secondary and beyond. Take an OER Home today." (Workshop), STLHE Conference 2018, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, 2018.

  60. Kevin Roy, "Hacking into your success: A self-regulated learning module for post-secondary students." (Poster), UROP Symposium, Ottawa, 2018.

  61. Keith Lapierre, "An electronic card sort to investigate students' interpretations of organic reactions"" (Oral), Jean-Paul Dionne Symposium, Ottawa, ON, 2018."

  62. Amanda Bongers, "Exploring learning outcomes and mental models when using animations of chemistry reaction mechanisms"" (Oral), Jean-Paul Dionne Symposium, Ottawa, ON, 2018."

  63. Keith Lapierre, "A Large Scale Electronic Card Sort to Investigate Students’ Interpretations of Organic Reactions" (Poster), Chemistry and Biochemistry Graduate Research Conference (CBGRC), Concordia University, Montreal, 2017.

  64. Nicholas E. Bodé, "Fostering Success in Synthetic Problem Solving through Strategy-based Workshops." (Oral - Best oral presentation award ), CSC Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Toronto, ON, 2017.

  65. Nicholas E. Bodé, "Teaching for success in solving organic synthesis problems" (Poster), ACS National Meeting and Exposition, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2017.

  66. Michael Min Wah Leung, "Investigating Analysis Techniques to Identify Common Sorting Patterns for Organic Chemistry Reactions" (Poster), Honours Project Symposium, Ottawa, ON, 2017.

  67. Kelli Galloway, "Patterns of Reactions: A Card Sort Task to Explore Students' Connection Across Organic Chemistry Reactions" (Oral), Jean-Paul Dionne Symposium, Ottawa, ON, 2017.

  68. Kelli Galloway, "A card sort task to explore students’ connections across organic chemistry reactions" (Oral), ACS National Meeting and Exposition, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2017.

  69. Kelli Galloway, "Analysis of Students' and Professors' Connections across Organic Chemistry Reactions" (Oral), CSC Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Toronto, ON, 2017.

  70. Rebecca Visser, "Students' learning gains and experiences using OrgChem101.com's Organic Reaction Mechanisms Module" (Poster), Honours Project Symposium, Ottawa, ON, 2017.

  71. Mark Raycroft, "Next Steps Toward Improving the Organic Chemistry Curriculum at the University of Ottawa" (Oral), CSC Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Toronto, ON, 2017.

  72. Amanda Bongers, "Studying Students’ Experience with Animations of Organic Reaction Mechanisms" (Oral), CSC Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Toronto, ON, 2017.

  73. Amanda Bongers, "Exploring Learning Outcomes when using Multimedia for Chemistry Reaction Mechanisms" (Oral), ACS National Meeting and Exposition, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2017.

  74. Amanda Bongers, "Sub title: Exploring learning outcomes when using multimedia for chemistry reaction mechanisms" (Oral), Cross Faculty Symposium on Science Teaching and Learning, Ottawa, ON, 2017.

  75. Mark Raycroft, "uOttawa’s new Organic Chemistry Curriculum: Where are we and what’s next?" (Oral), Cross Faculty Symposium on Science Teaching and Learning, Ottawa, ON, 2017.

  76. Kelli Galloway, "Patterns of reactions: A card sort task to explore students’ connections across organic chemistry reactions" (Oral), Cross Faculty Symposium on Science Teaching and Learning, Ottawa, ON, 2017.

  77. Nicholas E. Bodé, "Learning gains from Nomenclature101.com, an interactive, online chemistry nomenclature tool" (Poster), Ottawa-Carleton Chemistry Institute Day, Ottawa, ON, 2016.

  78. Nicholas E. Bodé, "Learning gains from Nomenclature101.com, an interactive, online chemistry nomenclature tool" (Poster), uOttawa TLSS Perspective Symposium, Ottawa, ON, 2016.

  79. Kelli Galloway, "Exploring Students’ Understanding of Mechanistic Language" (Oral), 24th Biennial Conference on Chemistry Education, Greeley, CO, USA, 2016.

  80. Declan Webber, "Students’ Strategic Approaches to Organic Mechanistic Problems at the Undergraduate Level " (Poster), Honours Project Symposium, Ottawa, ON, 2016.

  81. Nicholas E. Bodé, "Fostering Success in Synthetic Problem Solving through Strategy-based Workshops." (Oral), CSC Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Toronto, ON, 2017. Won best oral presentation in chemistry education award!

  82. Quinn Ingram, "What is taught about introductory molecular orbital theory in organic chemistry and what are students’ scores and errors on assessment questions? " (Poster), UROP Symposium, Ottawa, 2016.

  83. Delphine Amellal, "What makes a good laboratory TA?" (Poster), Honours project symposium, Ottawa, 2016.

  84. Nicholas Bodé, "Procedural Characteristics of Successful Problem-Solvers in Organic Synthesis at the Undergraduate Level" (Oral), CSC Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Ottawa, 2015.

  85. Joëlle Veilleux-Deschênes, "Evaluation of a Science Preparatory Workshop: Effects on Students’ Grades and Stress" (Poster), Honours project symposium, Ottawa, 2015.

  86. Nicholas Bodé, "Procedural Characteristics of Successful Problem-Solvers in Organic Synthesis at the Undergraduate Level" (Poster), Honours project symposium, Ottawa, 2015.

  87. John Giorgi, "What errors do students make when solving mechanism questions" (Poster), UROP Symposium, Ottawa, 2015.

  88. Sareena McDonald, "How do experts solve mechanisms problems" (Poster), UROP Symposium, Ottawa, 2015.

  89. Nicholas Bodé, "Effective strategies for solving synthesis-type problems in organic chemistry" (Poster), UROP Symposium, Ottawa, 2014.

  90. Carlee Stoyanovich, "Acid/Base Chemistry— Concept or Gateway?" (Poster), UROP Symposium, Ottawa, 2014.

  91. Melissa Daviau-Duguay, "Learning Organic Nomenclature Online" (Poster), STLHE annual conference, Montreal, 2012.

  92. Joëlle Veilleux-Deschênes, "Un nouvel atelier préparatoire en sciences" (Seminar), STLHE annual conference, Montreal, 2012.

  93. Melissa Daviau-Duguay, "A New, Interactive, Nomenclature Learning Tool" (Poster), OCCI Day, Ottawa, 2012.

  94. Joëlle Veilleux-Deschênes, "A New Science Preparatory Workshop" (Seminar), OCDSB annual PD day, Ottawa, 2012.

  95. Aneri Gandhi, "Acid-Base Education" (Poster), UROP Symposium, Ottawa, 2012.

  96. Maria Syoufi, "Learning Synthesis: How Useful has THM Been?" (Poster), UROP Symposium, Ottawa, 2012.


Group photos

May 2022: Sarah, Alison, Lauren, Ahmed, Jade, Denzel, Alisha (and Jasper!), Jacky, Allison, Samira, Nick, Estefania, Myriam (and Bear!) (missing: Mohsen)

June 2021: Kathryn, Alison, Hayley, Natalie, Allison, Matthew, Denzel, Alisha, Jacob, Jacky, Nick, Laurence, Myriam, Christina, Mohsen

June 2021: Kathryn, Alison, Hayley, Natalie, Allison, Matthew, Denzel, Alisha, Jacob, Jacky, Nick, Laurence, Myriam, Christina, Mohsen

December 2020: Alisha, Myriam (and Neil), Emily, Nick, Alison, Laurence, Malek, Denzel, Jacky, Natalie (and Arthur)

December 2020: Alisha, Myriam (and Neil), Emily, Nick, Alison, Laurence, Malek, Denzel, Jacky, Natalie (and Arthur)

September 2020: Elly, Alison, Denzel, Jonah, Romeo, Myriam, Jacky, Alisha, baby Arthur, Natalie

September 2020: Elly, Alison, Denzel, Jonah, Romeo, Myriam, Jacky, Alisha, baby Arthur, Natalie

2019: From left: Nick, Denzel, Jacky, Natalie, Zena, Alisha, Keith, Myriam, Alison

2019: From left: Nick, Denzel, Jacky, Natalie, Zena, Alisha, Keith, Myriam, Alison

Winter 2019: Left to right: Jacky, Amanda, Keith, Myriam, Alison, Emily, Denzel, Kevin.Not pictured: Malek, Sebastien, Nicholas, Fraulein, Berthorie

Winter 2019: Left to right: Jacky, Amanda, Keith, Myriam, Alison, Emily, Denzel, Kevin.

Not pictured: Malek, Sebastien, Nicholas, Fraulein, Berthorie

Summer 2018. Left to right: Alison, Keith, Myriam, Nik, Berthorie, Océanne, Amanda

Summer 2018. Left to right: Alison, Keith, Myriam, Nik, Berthorie, Océanne, Amanda

Spring 2018. Bottom: Alison, Nik, and Keith. Middle: Myriam and Amanda. Top: Kevin, Nick, and Annie. Missing: Emily O'Connor, Berthorie Beauvoir, Oceanne Comtois.

Spring 2018. Bottom: Alison, Nik, and Keith. Middle: Myriam and Amanda. Top: Kevin, Nick, and Annie. Missing: Emily O'Connor, Berthorie Beauvoir, Oceanne Comtois.

Spring 2018. Left to Right: Amanda, Nik, Myriam, Berthorie, Annie, Alison, Oceanne, Foster, and Keith

Spring 2018. Left to Right: Amanda, Nik, Myriam, Berthorie, Annie, Alison, Oceanne, Foster, and Keith

December 2017. Left to Right: Rebecca, Alison, Amanda, Nik, Kevin, Keith, and Mark

December 2017. Left to Right: Rebecca, Alison, Amanda, Nik, Kevin, Keith, and Mark

Summer 2017. Left to Right: Kelli, Rebecca, Nik, Alison, Amanda, Mark, Tyler, Shaina (missing: Shobhi)

Summer 2017. Left to Right: Kelli, Rebecca, Nik, Alison, Amanda, Mark, Tyler, Shaina (missing: Shobhi)

February 2017. Left to Right: Mark, Kelli, Nik, Amanda, Michael Min Way, Rebecca, and Alison. Photo credit: Marc Bélanger

November 2016. Front: Amanda, Kelli, and Delphine. Back: Alison, Rebecca, Natalie, Nik, and Mark.

November 2016. Front: Amanda, Kelli, and Delphine. Back: Alison, Rebecca, Natalie, Nik, and Mark.

Spring 2016. Left to Right: Alison, Ryan, Delphine, Declan, Nik, Hayley, and Kelli. Missing: Quinn, Sarang, and Jade

Spring 2016. Left to Right: Alison, Ryan, Delphine, Declan, Nik, Hayley, and Kelli. Missing: Quinn, Sarang, and Jade

Spring 2016. Left to Right: Kelli, Nik, Delphine, Declan, Jade, and Alison. Missing: Sarang, Quinn, and Ryan.

Spring 2016. Left to Right: Kelli, Nik, Delphine, Declan, Jade, and Alison. Missing: Sarang, Quinn, and Ryan.

Fall 2015, Group trip to Escape Manor. Left to Right: Quinn, Jade, Nik, Delphine, Ryan

Fall 2015, Group trip to Escape Manor. Left to Right: Quinn, Jade, Nik, Delphine, Ryan

Summer 2015. Left to Right: Alison, Declan, Joëlle, Jessica, Delphine, and Ryan.

Summer 2015. Left to Right: Alison, Declan, Joëlle, Jessica, Delphine, and Ryan.

Summer 2014. Left to Right: Alison, Joëlle, Delphine, and Nik

Summer 2014. Left to Right: Alison, Joëlle, Delphine, and Nik