CERA at CSSE 2026 (University of Winnipeg)

We had a wonderful CERA AGM bringing together our members, award recipients, and keynote speaker at the University of Winnipeg. Please see below for some highlights!

2026 CERA Keynote Speaker: Dr. Laurie-Ann Hellsten, Dean of the Faculty of Education, University of Winnipeg. Dr. Hellsten‘s talk was titled “Hard-to-do Science: Exploring Challenges in Conducting Educational Research”.

Dr. Laurie-Ann Hellsten (CERA 2026 Keynote Speaker) with CERA President, Dr. Pei-Ying Lin

2026 Todd Rogers Award: Dr. Matthew Henderson, Superintendent/CEO, Winnipeg School Division, Treaty One

CERA President, Dr. Pei-Ying Lin with 2026 Todd Rogers Award recipient, Dr. Matthew Henderson.

2026 David Bateson Award: Benjamin Giers (University of Calgary) for the paper titled, “Student engagement in physics: Bridging the gap between secondary and post-secondary physics education”.

Dr. Man-Wai Chu (2026 CERA Program Chair) with Dr. Pei-Ying Lin (CERA President) presenting Benjamin Giers’ award.

2026 Graduate Student Travel Award recipients:

  • Sajani Karunaweera (University of Ottawa)
  • Tony Park (Thompson Rivers University)
  • Rahula Samaranayake (University of Prince Edward Island)
  • Xiaohan Yang (University of Prince Edward Island)

CERA President Dr. Pei-Ying Lin with Graduate Student Travel Awardees, Tony Park (Thompson Rivers University) and Sajani Karunaweera (University of Ottawa)