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3MT Events

To participate in ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV 3MT Finals, you must first compete in your faculty 3MT event or the Open Wildcard Heat. If you are a winner in your heat, you will be invited to compete in the ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV 3MT Finals.  ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Finalists are then invited to participate in regional events.

Meet the 2024 ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Finalists

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Faculty Heats

Faculty of Applied Sciences

Date & Time Location Registration  
TBD    

Organizer's Contact: fas_grad_coordinator@sfu.ca

Cash Prizes: 

  • First Place - 
  • Runner Up - 
  • People's Choice Award - 

*The top two winners determined by the judge's scoring will advance to the ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Final to compete for cash prizes and the chance to represent ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV at the Western Regional and National Competitions.

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Date & Time Location Registration  
TBD    

 

Organizer's Contact: fasssec@sfu.ca

Cash Prizes: 

  • First Place -
  • Second Place - 
  • People's Choice Award - 

Faculty of Communication, Art & Technology

Date & Time Location Registration  
TBD TBD
TBD

Organizer's Contact:

Cash Prizes: 

  • First Place -
  • Second Place -
  • People's Choice -

Faculty of Education

Date & Time Location Registration  
TBD    

 

Organizer's Contact: educedd@sfu.ca

Cash Prizes: 

  • First Place -
  • Runner up -
  • People's Choice -

Faculty of Environment

Date & Time Location Registration  
TBD    

Organizer's Contact: lauriew@sfu.ca

Cash Prizes: 

  • First Place -
  • Second Place -
  • People's Choice -

Faculty of Health Sciences

Date & Time Location Registration  
TBD    

Organizer's Contact:

Cash Prizes: 

  • First Place -
  • Second Place -
  • People's Choice -

Faculty of Science

Date & Time Location Registration  
TBD    

Organizer's Contact: sci_adgs@sfu.ca

Cash Prizes: 

  • First Place -
  • Second Place -
  • People's Choice -

Ma thèse en 180 secondes (MT180)

French speaking master's and doctoral students can compete in the Ma thèse en 180 secondes (MT180) competition, even if you're participating in a Faculty Heat!

Date & Time Location Registration /More Information
Friday, Mar 21, Time TBD   ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV TBD TBD

Timeline of Events:

  • December 11, 2024
  • Early February — date to be confirmed: Introductory session to prepare for MT180
  • February 14, 2025: Training offered by Acfas for doctoral students wishing to participate in the competition
  • March 21, 2025: My Thesis in 180 Seconds Western Finals at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV
  • May 7, 2025: National final of My thesis in 180 seconds, which will take place as part of the 92nd Acfas Congress in Montreal.

Graduate Studies 3MT

Wildcard

Date & Time Location Registration  
Thursday, March 13
12:30 - 1:30 pm
TBD TBD

The wildcard competition is open to graduate students who can't attend their faculty heat or whose faculty did not have a heat. Participants are only allowed to compete once in either their faculty heat or the wildcard competition. Students will participate in person/live.

Organizer's Contact: Charity Slobod at gpsprod@sfu.ca
Deadline to submit Title Slide + Presentation Slide: TBA

Finals

Date & Time Location Registration  
(Tentative) Thursday, April 10
TBD
 

The winners of each faculty heat and the Wildcard heat will be invited to compete in the ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV 3MT Finals.

WESTERN REGIONALS 

Organized by the Western Canadian Deans of Graduate Studies (WCDGS), up to 17 graduate students from Western Canadian Deans' Agreement participating universities are eligible to participate. The top three competitors at the Western Regional 3MT Competition will go on to compete at the National Canadian Competition.

NATIONALS

Sponsored by the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS), three graduate students will move forward from the Western Regional competition to the nationals.