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School smoking policy characteristics and individual perceptions of the school tobacco context: are they linked to students’ smoking status?
Download2009-01-01
Sabiston, C. M., Lovato, C. Y., Ahmed, R., Pullman, A. W., Hadd, V., Campbell, H. S., Nykiforuk, Candace I.J., Brown, K. S.
The purpose of this study was to explore individual- and school-level policy characteristics on student smoking behavior using an ecological perspective. Participants were 24,213 (51% female) Grade 10–11 students from 81 schools in five Canadian provinces. Data were collected using student...
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Science Communication in Transition: Genomics Hype, Public Engagement, Education and Commercialization Pressures
Download2014-11-14
This essay reports on the final session of a 2-day workshop entitled ‘Genetic Diversity and Science Communication’, hosted by the CIHR Institute of Genetics in Toronto, April 2006. The first speaker, Timothy Caulfield, introduced the intersecting communities that promulgate a ‘cycle of hype’ of...
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Scoping Population Health in Impact Assessment (ScopHIA) Realist Review: Identifying Best Practices for Equity in Scoping of Major Natural Resource and Large-Scale Infrastructure Projects
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Brown, Jennifer Ann, Gorman, Melissa, Kim, Hyejun, Schober, Kelsey, Vipond, Joe, Nykiforuk, Candace
Canada is an international leader in major natural resource and large-scale infrastructure projects, which substantially contribute to the domestic economy. Notwithstanding, major projects in rural and remote regions can pose significant challenges for population health equity, defined as the...
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2012-01-27
Bjerregaard, Peter, Chatwood, Susan, Denning, Bryany, Joseph, Lawrence, Young, T. Kue
Objectives: The objective was to analyze the variation of secondary sex ratios across the Arctic and to estimate the time trend. The rationale for this was claims in news media that, in the Arctic, sex ratios have become reduced due to exposure to anthropogenic contaminants in the environment....
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2011-07-01
Ng, Carmina, Corey, Paul N., Young, T. Kue
"Objectives: Large disparities exist between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians in both obesity and socio-economic status (SES). The purpose of this paper was to assess associations between obesity and three indicators of SES–employment, education and income–in conjunction with demographic...
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2014-10-29
Caulfield, Timothy, Rachul, Christen, Zarzeczny, Amy, Bubela, Tania
The interest and controversy generated by stem cell research over the past decade has raised hopes for scientific breakthroughs and debates regarding the limits of ethical research. In particular, the debate surrounding the moral status of the embryo has received considerable attention in...
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2014-11-12
Bubela, Tania, DeBow, Suzanne, Caulfield, Timothy
The analysis of Parliamentary debates provides the opportunity to assess the political context of Canadian legislation, particularly in controversial areas such as stem cell research. Parliamentary debates surrounding the recent Assisted Human Reproduction Act,1 which lasted nearly a decade, were...