UBC’s Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies is pleased to announced that two of its PhD students, Joel Akinwumi and Magali Blanc, are winners at the Western Final of «Ma thèse en 180 secondes» (“My Thesis in 180 Seconds”) competition.
Joel Akinwumi: Doctorate Award Winner
Joel will go on to compete at the National Finals.
Magali Blanc: People’s Choice Award Winner
The University of British Columbia (UBC), Simon Fraser University (SFU), and the University of Alberta (U of A), in collaboration with the Association Francophone pour le Savoir (ACFAS), held the first edition of the Western Final for the «Ma thèse en 180 secondes» (MT180) competition on May 5th, 2021. During this competition, participants had to publicly present their research in 180 seconds, in French, in front of a jury.
