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"I have to do what I believe": Sudanese women's beliefs and resistance to hegemonic practices at home and during experiences of maternity care in Canada.
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Paton, P., Chiu, Y., Mumtaz, Z., Higginbottom, G. M., Safipour, J., Pillay, J.
Background Evidence suggests that immigrant women having different ethnocultural backgrounds than those dominant in the host country have difficulty during their access to and reception of maternity care services, but little knowledge exists on how factors such as ethnic group and cultural...
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Fall 2015
Appreciating the complex nature of adolescent high-risk behaviour can have far reaching implications for the development of effective educational programming. The purpose of this study was to examine the general knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18, from...
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2007
Bilingualism is often considered an inappropriate developmental choice for children with specific language impairment (SLI) because, according to a widespread belief, these children’s limited capacity for language would be overtaxed by learning two linguistic systems. However, there has not been...
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Fall 2023
The National Housing Strategy Act, passed by the Canadian government in 2019 to address homelessness, enshrines housing as a fundamental right. Despite these efforts, many individuals still lack access to adequate housing. Canada witnesses an annual occurrence of homelessness for youth ranging...
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Developing, Implementing and Evaluating a Mental Health Training Program for Police Officers
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Interactions between police and individuals suffering from mental illness are very frequent. Police forces are regularly first responders to those with mental illness. Unfortunately, on occasion interactions are violent and sometimes fatal. Despite this, training police how to best interact with...
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Do nonexercisers also share the positive exerciser stereotype? An elicitation and comparison of beliefs about exercisers
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Wilson, P. M., Berry, T. R., Hall, C. R., Rodgers, W. M.
The purpose of this research was to examine whether exercisers and nonexercisers are rated similarly on a variety of characteristics by a sample of randomly selected regular exercisers, nonexercisers who intend to exercise, and nonexercisers with no intention to exercise. Previous research by...
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Good Participation in Web-based Public Participation Geographic Information System (WPPGIS)
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Development of Public Participation Geographic Information System (PPGIS) was an attempt to bring technology to communities for their decision-making. To overcome the limitations of the traditional public participation and with the huge progress in the web-based technologies, community planners...
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2013
Olson, K., Hale, L., Smith, C., Schneiders, A., Baxter, G.
This study describes the experiences of four groups of healthcare providers who facilitate exercise interventions for people with multiple sclerosis (MS)-related fatigue. Fatigue is a complex symptom frequently experienced by people with MS, yet it is poorly understood by clinicians and clinical...