In 1994 at the annual business meeting, it was suggested that we initiate an award for the best student paper / poster presented at the annual convention. In 1995 this practice was initiated and continues today. In 2005 the section executive renamed the award for best student paper presentation to The John W. Berry Award recognising the important contributions of Professor Berry to the development of Cross-Cultural psychology in Canada and around the globe. We also developed the Francis E. Aboud award for the best student poster presentation at the annual conference. In 2021 to honour our long time colleague and friend Marta Y. Young, we created the Marta Y. Young Award for best student short presentation (5 or 12 minute).
2024 Winners
John W. Berry Award: Best Student Paper/Oral Presentation
Rima Hanna – « Intersections in Street Harassment: Muslim Women’s Experiences with Sexism and Islamophobia in Public Spaces »
Francis E. Aboud Award: Best Student Poster
Hajar Soltan – “Sociodemographic Influences on Extreme Survey Responses: A Study of Iranian Expats in Berlin During the Women, Life, Freedom Protest »
Marta Y Young Award: Best Student Short Presentation
Sarah Benkirane – “First- and Second-Generation Immigrants’ Criteria and Concerns about Accessing Mental Health Care”
2023 Winners
John W. Berry Award: Best Student Paper/Oral Presentation:
Schruti Nadkarni – « The Canadian Labour Market Bottleneck: Factors Behind the Gap in the Labour Market Performance of International and Domestic Student Graduates in Ontario and Nova Scotia »
2022 Winners
John W. Berry Award: Best Student Paper/Oral presentation
Co-winners:
Elcin Ray-Yol: for her paper – Newcomers’ Acculturation and Adaptation into Canada: The Role of Hope
Ronda Lo: for her paper – The Re-emergence of Yellow Peril: Beliefs in the Asian health hazard stereotype predict lower psychological well being
Francis E. Aboud Award: Best Student Poster
Eki Okungbowa for her poster – Refuge and Life Overseas:Influences of gender, culture, and ,igration onparenting practices of African refugees in Canada
Marta Y. Young Award: Best Student Short Presentation
Hajar Soltan for her paper – Adaptation of Venezuelan Refugees In Colombia
2021 Winners
John W. Berry Award: Best Student Paper/Oral presentation
Doris Zhang for their paper « Prevalence and Impacts of Heritage Name Mispronunciation Among International Students »
Francis E. Aboud Award: Best Student Poster
Alessandra Rossini for their Poster » Manifestations of Racism within Interracial Couples »
2019 Winners
John W. Berry Award: Best Student Paper/Oral presentation
Dan Tao for their paper « The untold stories: Challenges and resilience of internal migrants in Beijing, China »
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Kashmala Quasim for their paper « Faith-Based coping in Muslim Syrian refugees facing financial threat in Toronto »
Francis E. Aboud Award: Best Student Poster
Jennifer Prentice for their Poster « Cross-cultural differences in theory of mind abilities »
2018 Winners
2017 Winners
2016 Winners
2015 Winners
2014 Winners
John W. Berry Award: Best Student Paper/Oral presentation
Jacky Chan for his paper: Acculturation, social resources and well-being: The experience of former Yugoslavians in Canada.
Francis E. Aboud Award: Best Student Poster
Josephine M. Hua for her poster entitled: Adolescent language brokering and adjustment: The moderating role of autonomy support in Chinese immigrant families
2013 Winners
John W. Berry Award: Best Student Paper/Oral presentation
Evelina Lou for her paper: The curious case of positive stereotypes: When being « good at math » has negative outcomes for East Asians. (Co-authored with R.N. Lalonde).
Francis E. Aboud Award: Best Student Poster
Amanda DeVaul-Fetters for her poster entitled: Atracting and retaining international students at Canadian Universities. (Co-authored with V.N.Esses, D. Belanger, W.W. Da, & W. Lehman.
2012 Winners:
John W. Berry Award: Best Student Paper/Oral presentation
Andy Ng for his presentation of « Will you remember me? How culture moderates the relationship between interdependence and same-race face recognition » (co-authored with Yumi Sakomoto, Jennifer Steele and Amanda Williams).
Francis E. Aboud Award: Best Student Poster
(no award given)
2011 Winners
John W. Berry Award: Best Student Paper/Oral presentation
Régine Debrosse for her paper: Debrosse,R. & de la Sablonnière, R. Why should we need to belong to cultural groups? Exploring the relationship between marginalization, self-esteem and life satisfaction
and Marina Douceraine for her paper: Doucerain, M., Dere, J., & Ryder, A. G. Using multilevel modeling in acculturation measurement: Data from the Culture Day Reconstruction Method.
Francis E. Aboud Award: Best Student Poster
Keva Reid for her poster:
2010 Winners
John W. Berry Award: Best Student Paper/Oral presentation
Chang Su for her paper entitled: Cross-Cultural study of experience of shame and guilt in mainland China and Canada.
Francis E. Aboud Award: Best Student Poster
Kim Chuong for her poster entitled: Acculturation of Immigrants: dual perspectives from Chinese immigrants and European Canadians.
2009 Winner
John W. Berry Award: Best Student Paper/Oral presentation
Maya Yampolsky for her paper entitled: Computer-adaptive measurement of acculturation in multicultural contexts: The Multicultural Assessment of Preferences and Identities (MAP ID)
Francis E. Aboud Award: Best Student Poster
Darcy Dupuis for his poster entitled: Terror management and acculturation: The effect of mortality salience on Canadian’s attitudes towards immigrants within the domain of family relations
2008 Winners
John W. Berry Award: Best Student Paper/Oral presentation
Sarah Rasmi
Francis E. Aboud Award: Best Student Poster
Stryker Calvrez
2007 Winners
John W. Berry Award: Best Student Paper/Oral presentation
Francis E. Aboud Award: Best Student Poster
Sara Rubenfeld
2006 Winners
John W. Berry Award: Best Student Paper/Oral presentation
Lori Mac from University of Calgary for her paper entitled: A qualitative inquiry into the experiences of Chinese immigrant children in Canada: Adult reflections on childhood experiences.
Francis E. Aboud Award: Best Student Poster
Donald Watanabe from Concordia University for his poster entitled: Acculturation and social adjustment: Are there unique benefits to integration?
2005 Winners:
John W. Berry Award: Best Student Paper/Oral presentation
Jennifer L. Cordeiro from Kwantlen University College for her paper titled “Own-race Bias Effect in Face Recognition: A Canadian Scene.” The study was supervised by Prof. Gira Bhatt.
Francis E. Aboud Award: Best Student Poster
Elisa Montaruli from Universite du Quebec a Montreal for her poster titled “Francophone Majority Acculturation Orientations Towards English Canadians and Valued/Devalued Immigrants in Quebec.” The study was supervised by Prof. Richard Bourhis.
Past winners of the International Cross-Cultural award include:
2004 –
2003 –
Sophie Gaudet, University of Ottawa for her paper entitled: Ethnic Identity in Isolated Francophone Communities
2002 –
Ai-Lan Chia for poster entitled: Multidimensional and orthogonal approaches to ethnic identity and acculturationon
2001 –
No award presented
2000 –
No award presented
1999 –
Award for paper East Indians in Canada: Attitude Measurement and Cultural Context
1998 –
Polyxeni Kartakis for poster entitled: Home and Native Land: Cultural Assimilation and Intergenerational Conflict.
1997 –
No award presented
1996 –
Randal Tonks for his paper entitled: Unity and Diversity in Culture and Psychology: Identity and Living Between World-views
1995 –