UWill Discover
UWill Discover is a year-long project where students share their scholarship, research, and creative activities in academic and public settings.
Stay updated with UWill Discover events and opportunities through Brightspace.
How to enrol in Brightspace
- Log in to Brightspace.
- Use this link to enrol in the UWill Discover 2025/2026 Brightspace page .
- Click Open Course or Enrol in Course.
- Open Assignments to view the proposal options for the conference.
Workshops and the 2026 conference
In the fall and winter semesters, we host pre-conference workshops and a writing retreat. Our 2026 conference is Friday, March 20 and Saturday, March 21, 2026. Students deliver oral presentations and present posters, alongside collaborations with campus partners.
Explore the UWill Discover Journal to read selected works from previous conferences.
See our work in the Office of Innovation Services Annual Impact Report 2022–23 .
Leadership and partners
Dr. Tim Brunet leads the UWill Discover project through his work at the Student Success and Leadership Centre.
UWill Discover runs with the assistance and partnership of several contributors across campus:
- Student Success and Leadership Centre
- Outstanding Scholars Program
- Leddy Library
- Ignite Work Study program
- STEMx Policy
- Office of Human Rights, Conflict Resolution and Mediation (OHRCRM) and the IDeA competition (will be joining us for the 2026-2027 iteration of UWill Discover)
- Humanities Research Group Fellows
- Master’s of Translational Health Science (leaders in our adjudicator programming)
Funding acknowledgement
In 2023, UWill Discover was partially funded through the generosity of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council .