The CAP poster session will be held on Tuesday, June 10, from 18h00 to 19h30
The poster session will be held in Place Riel Main Entry. Please consult the Indico program for details.
- Posters may be set up starting at 10h00 (TBC) on Tuesday, June 10th.
- Posters should have a maximum size of 114 cm x 114 cm.
- Poster boards will be numbered and presenters can find their poster number and location on the Indico online program. Appropriate materials will be provided to attach your poster to the board. You may NOT use staples.
- Presenters are asked to be at their poster during the entire poster session (Tuesday, 18h00-19h30) to answer questions by conference participants (including, but not limited to, the judges for the Best Student Poster Competition).
- Posters need to be removed by Thursday, June 12 following the Poster Session. Posters left in the poster area after this time will be discarded.
On-site poster printing option
Posters may be printed at XL Print & Design (Room 124, Place Riel Student Centre) on the ground floor of Place Riel, in front of the main bus stop on campus:
Please refer to their website for opening hours, how to contact them remotely, and any other enquiries.
They need 2-3 business days to print a poster. To have your poster printed at XL Print & Design, you need to email the poster (either in ppt or pdf preferred) by 4:30 p.m. on June 6th. Same day printing is not possible. A cost estimate for printing a research poster:
PRINT: Full Colour One-Sided
STOCK: 32lbs Matte Paper
SIZE: 36×48 Inches
QTY; 1
PRICE: $72.00+taxes
ETA: 2-3 Business Days
Files will be printed to the size the file is formatted. For any reformatting of files, there will be an extra charge and may cause delays in delivery.
Payment can be made by debit, credit or cash.
Best Student Poster Competitors
Student competitors must be a current graduate student member or undergraduate student affiliate of the CAP to be eligible to compete (click here to join or click here to check membership and renew if necessary). The deadline to join CAP and preserve the right to compete is May 13th.
All poster competition entries will be judged by Divisional Judges in the CAP poster session held on Tuesday, June 10, from 18h00 to 19h30. Posters must be set up no later than 13h15 on Tuesday, June 10, to be considered for the Best Student Poster Competition.
The list of finalists for the CAP Best Student Poster Competition will be posted by the end of the day Wednesday, June 11, at the CAP desk in the registration area. The finalists will also be contacted directly by phone between 13h00-16h15 on Wednesday to confirm their participation in the finals. Please check your voicemail!
Finalists for the CAP Best Student Poster Competition will give a second poster presentation on Wednesday, June 11, between 18h00 and 19h30. In order to compete in the finals, the finalists must bring their poster to the competition room between 16h15 and 17h50 on Wednesday, June 11 to give their poster to the student volunteer and confirm the timing for their poster judging.
All competitors should make plans to be in attendance at Congress on Wednesday to be available for the final competition should they be selected. If you know ahead of Congress that you have to leave before Wednesday, please send an email to the CAP Coordinator (programs@cap.ca) so that arrangements can be made for an alternate competitor in the event that you receive the top Divisional prize (which would be sent to you by email following Congress).
Winners of the CAP Best Student Poster Competition and winners of Division poster competitions will be announced at the Student Awards Ceremony on Thursday, June 12, 15h30-16h00.
Competitors should expect to present a 7-9 minute oral explanation of their poster to the judges and be prepared to answer questions.
Judging will be based on the following rubric:
| Exceeding | Demonstrating | Developing | Emerging | |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Context, motivation | Problem is defined and put into context in a compelling way (precisely stated and strongly supported). | Problem is clear and consistent with the supporting material. | Problem is basically understandable but supporting material is insufficient. | Problem can be deduced but is not explicitly explained in the presentation. |
| Scientific content, quality, originality | Research methods and data are clearly explained. Impact of results are coherently compared to previous work. Contribution of the student is clear. | Research methods, data and impact are presented. Contribution of the student is clear. | Research methods and data are presented. Impact of results is insufficiently supported or contribution of the student is not clear. | Research methods and data are presented. Impact and contribution of the student are not clear. |
| Supporting materials (diagrams, data, graphs, statistical analysis, uncertainties) | A variety of supporting materials appropriately refer to information or analysis that significantly supports the presentation. | Supporting materials appropriately refer to information or analysis that generally supports the presentation. | Supporting materials appropriately refer to information or analysis that partially supports the presentation. | Insufficient supporting materials refer to information or analysis that minimally supports the presentation. |
| Organizational pattern (specific introduction and conclusion, sequenced material within the body, and transitions) | Organizational pattern is clearly and consistently observable and is skillful and makes the content of the presentation cohesive. | Organizational pattern is clearly and consistently observable. | Organizational pattern is intermittently observable. | Organizational pattern is not observable. |
| Delivery techniques (clarity, vocal expressiveness, enthusiasm, posture, gesture, eye contact, pace, terminology) | Delivery techniques make the presentation compelling, and speaker appears polished and confident. Terminology and pacing are appropriate to audience. | Delivery techniques make the presentation interesting, and speaker appears comfortable. Terminology and pacing are appropriate to audience. | Delivery techniques make the presentation understandable, and speaker appears tentative. Terminology and/or pacing are appropriate to audience. | Delivery techniques detract from the understandability of the presentation, and speaker appears uncomfortable. Terminology and/or pacing are not appropriate to audience. |
| Responses to questions and understanding of research topic | Responses to questions include further information and mastery of research topic is clear. | Responses to questions include basic information and understanding of research topic is clear. | Responses to questions reflect basic understanding but mastery of research topic is not clear. | Responses to questions are insufficient and understanding of research topic is not evident. |
| Overtime penalty (oral presentations only) | -3 for > 45 seconds overtime | |||
| Total Score (out of 24) |