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2021-02-01

Miller-Young, Janice

SSHRC IDG awarded 2021: This qualitative study will explore engineering and design team experiences among undergraduate students from understudied, underrepresented groups, and at the intersection of multiple minority identities: women, black, indigenous, students of colour, students with visible...

Spring 2017

Campbell, Elizabeth J

Physical activity is an important part of a healthy lifestyle and contributes to improved physical and mental health. In Canada, children are becoming more inactive and are at risk of poor health outcomes and chronic disease. School physical activity policies represent one intervention strategy...

2012-01-01

McHugh, Tara-Leigh

SSHRC Awarded IDG 2012: The proposed research will identify ways in which Aboriginal youth can overcome barriers to participation in sport. The purpose of the proposed program of research is twofold: (1) to better understand the meanings of the terms 'sport', 'community', and 'culture' to...

2017-02-01

Li, Xiaoting

SSHRC Awarded IDG 2017: If people learn to speak the same language, can broken communication be avoided? Both research and anecdotal evidence tell us “no”. In contrast to language differences, differences in speaking styles are far more difficult to detect. Although knowledge of different...

2017-04-10

Nykiforuk, C. I., Coupland, K., Nieuwendyk, L. M., Ann McGetrick, J.

Many Canadians have low levels of physical activity, including walking. One public health response is to improve opportunities for walking, or walkability, by changing community built environments. While urban walkability research is expanding, it does not readily apply to smaller, rural...

2020-01-01

Mahdi, Shahbakhti

SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis grant awarded 2020. Main objectives of research are to (i) critically assess the state of the knowledge, (ii) identify the effective interventions on reducing transportation generated air pollution, (iii) examine the scientific methodologies and metrics used to identify...

2009-01-01

Guo, Xiaoyan, Willows, Noreen, Kuhle, Stefan, Jhangri, Gian S., Veugelers, Paul J.

Objective: To estimate the prevalence and determinants of use of vitamin and mineral supplements among adult Canadians. Methods: Data from adult respondents of the Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle (CCHS) 2.2 were used. Participants were asked about their use of vitamin and mineral...

2019-11-07

Li, Y., Kim, A. M., El-Basyouny, K., Li, R.

Automated speed enforcement (ASE) guidelines are designed to guide enforcement agencies in operating ASE programs that are effective in improving traffic safety. Given that appropriate deployment decisions are essential to a program’s effectiveness, a number of deployment priorities are generally...

2015-01-01

Subramanyam, Veena, Paramshivan, Deepak, Kumar, Amit, Mondal, Md. Alam Hossain

The energy sector is the largest contributor to gross domestic product (GDP), income, employment, and government revenue in both developing and developed nations. But the energy sector has a significant environmental footprint due to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Efficient production,...

Spring 2022

Sana, Samina Arif

Immigrant and refugee (im/migrant) families settled in Alberta (AB) are often challenged to overcome structural barriers (i.e., accent discrimination, English as a foreign language, culture shock) in the way of navigating and actively utilizing vaccination services. Research is scarce on the...