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“It’s hard when people try and get their kids away from Cole”: Stories of (in)dignity from a family experiencing autism
DownloadSpring 2017
Dignity encompasses feelings of self-respect and worth (Nordenfelt, 2004). These feelings can be shattered by the cruel acts of others, resulting in humiliation or embarrassment (Johnston, Goodwin, & Leo, 2015). It has been argued that children with autism experience increased rates of indignity...
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Fall 2017
Hope is recognized as an important aspect of human growth, change and wellbeing (Erikson, 1964, 1968, 1985; Turner, 2005). Hope has been defined as the anticipation that one’s future will be both meaningful and desirable (Stephenson, 1991) and is acknowledged as essential to daily life (Erikson,...
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“Responsible” or “Strange”? Differences in Face Mask Use Between Chinese and Non-East Asian Canadians During the COVID-19 Pandemic
“Responsible” or “Strange”? Differences in Face Mask Use Between Chinese and Non-East Asian Canadians During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Download2021-06-30
Ying Shan Doris Zhang, Kimberly Noels, Heather Young Leslie, Nigel Mantou Lou
Objectives: Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese and non-Chinese Canadians exhibited differential support for public mask use, which may have implications for public health and interethnic relations. Such differences were primarily attributed to variations in ethnic norms and practices by...
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"Two-stones" stories: shared teachings through the narrative experiences of early school leavers
DownloadFall 2010
The purpose of the research study was to inquire into the experiences of youth who leave school before graduating with a high school diploma. Through the narrative inquiries into the life and school stories of the participants, several threads are identified, providing opportunity for further...
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A History of the Evolution of Nursing Research in the Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta from 1980 to 1998
DownloadSpring 2017
The purpose of this study was to trace the historical evolution of nursing research at the Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta between 1980 and 1998. The questions that guided this study were: What were the trends in nursing research, specifically what type of questions were studied and...
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2022-01-01
Xiunan Wang, Hao Wang, Pouria Ramazi, Kyeongah Nah, Mark Lewis
Accurate prediction of the number of daily or weekly confirmed cases of COVID-19 is critical to the control of the pandemic. Existing mechanistic models nicely capture the disease dynamics. However, to forecast the future, they require the transmission rate to be known, limiting their prediction...
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2022-03-10
Xiunan Wang, Hao Wang, Pouria Ramazi, Kyeongah Nah, Mark Lewis
Accurate prediction of the number of daily or weekly confirmed cases of COVID-19 is critical to the control of the pandemic. Existing mechanistic models nicely capture the disease dynamics. However, to forecast the future, they require the transmission rate to be known, limiting their prediction...
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A longitudinal dataset of incidence and intervention policy impacts regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in Canadian provinces
Download2021-01-01
Ammar Hassanzadeh Keshteli, Dana Allen, Afia Anjum, Yashvi Patel, Aadhavya Sivakumaran, Siyang Tian, Fei Wang, Hao Wang, Mark A. Lewis, Russell Greiner, David S. Wishart
One year after identifying the first case of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Canada, federal and provincial governments are still struggling to manage the pandemic. Provincial governments across Canada have experimented with widely varying policies in order to limit the burden of...
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Fall 2021
Risk-aversion is prevalent in North America, and the literature (Brussoni et al., 2012) has suggested that Adventure Playgrounds may be an appropriate intervention to re-introduce risky play into children’s lives. However, even within spaces that allow for more risk-taking during play, children’s...
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A unified view of epidemiological modelling and artificial intelligence-based approach to understanding the COVID-19 disease spread for supporting public policy decisions
Download2022
The Covid-19 epidemic has emerged as one of the most concerning global public health catastrophes of the twenty-first century, highlighting the critical need for robust forecasting approaches for disease identification, alleviation, and prevention, among other things. Forecasting is one of the...