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A simulation-based approach to assess the goodness of fit of Exponential Random Graph Models
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Exponential Random Graph Models (ERGMs) have been developed for fitting social network data on both static and dynamic levels. However, the lack of large sample asymptotic properties makes it inadequate in assessing the goodness-of-fit of these ERGMs. Simulation-based goodness-of-fit plots were...
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2018-01-23
SSHRC Awarded IDG 2018: This exploratory research focuses on the connection between board membership and art philanthropy in the performing arts (i.e. theatre, symphony, ballet, opera). Art patronage, from the Renaissance, through nation-state promotions of culture is recognized as having...
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Clinical Nurse Specialists’ Role in Promoting Evidence Based Practice in Saskatchewan’s Health Care Settings
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Background: Nursing is a practice discipline and patients expect nurses will use the best evidence available to improve outcomes. A major challenge to the implementation of best practice is the complexity of organizational and social environments in which nurses’ work. One method to keep nurses...
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2017-02-01
SSHRC Awarded IDG 2017: Despite Canada's policies for encouraging immigration of the highly educated, and despite international students being described as 'designed to stay', we know little about how, when, or whether international students decide to stay in Canada. We know little about...
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Essays on the Influence of Social Networks on the Marketing Distribution Channel and New Product Diffusion
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The first essay studies the channel relationship between the reseller and the manufacturer based on a social network theory framework. We propose a conceptual model that approaches this topic from a relational embeddedness perspective. Our analysis shows how the reseller can strategically develop...
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2019-06-14
SSHRC PEG awarded 2019: This research project, a partnership between Young Agrarians Alberta (YA AB) and researchers from the University of Alberta, will bring together academic and practitioner knowledge and skills to build evaluation capacity and identify opportunities to strengthen and expand...
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2021-02-08
SSHRC PG awarded 2021: Despite Sub-Saharan Africans' (SSAIs) significant size and growth over the past half century, they are poorly understood and underserved by mainstream immigrant settlement and integration services, Canadian institutions, and academia, at large. The Partnership for Research...
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Investigating the impact of obstetric ultrasound technology on culture of pregnancy management in rural Pakistan
Investigating the impact of obstetric ultrasound technology on culture of pregnancy management in rural Pakistan
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This secondary analysis aims to explore the impact of ultrasound technology on the cultural management of pregnancy in rural Pakistan. Data were drawn from two research projects in Punjab, Pakistan: a mixed-methods study exploring midwives' role in enhancing maternity care access in districts...
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Mining the communicative flow: Communication and social learning in the reclamation of the ‘Vista Coal Mine’ project in Alberta, Canada
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In the development and approval of new extractive resource industry projects in or close to communities, it is necessary to explore if and how communication and social networks surrounding these projects offer a platform for collaborative debate and knowledge formation. In doing so, we can better...
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2021-02-01
SSHRC IDG awarded 2021: Leisure is the original antidepressant. University students can use more of it. A 2019 national survey showed that 51.6% of Canadian university students felt too depressed to function, while 16.4% seriously considered suicide. Yet, only 19.1% used traditional mental health...