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Hearing the Missing Voices: An analysis of Female Guides in the Association of Canadian Mountain Guides’
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The purpose of this research was to develop a deeper understanding of women who are pursuing careers as Association of Canadian Mountain Guides (ACMG). This study invited eight women to participate in semi-structured interviews. A narrative inquiry was deemed the most appropriate method that...
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Heritage Sport Tourism Strategies and Motivations: The Case of the Bird's Nest Olympic Stadium
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Scholars and sport tourism managers have exhibited a growing interest in heritage sport tourism. The purpose of this study is to examine the motivations of visitors to sport heritage sites, as a way of helping facility managers to optimize relevant strategies and capitalize on these...
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How elite Canadian female singles figure skaters experience the girlification of elite women's figure skating
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The purpose of this research was to explore how the elite female Canadian singles figure skaters experience the women’s elite singles figure skating events as events in which the majority of participants are young girls and young women with girlish figures (Kestnbaum, 2003). Through a lens of...
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Spring 2014
Purpose: To explore the lived-experiences of waiting to have bariatric surgery. Research Question: What is it to wait for bariatric surgery? Methods & Participants: I responded to this question using a human science approach to phenomenology of practice. I conducted multiple, in-depth,...
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Increasing Calcaneal Plantar Flexion as a Method to Improve Weight Bearing Leg Dorsiflexion
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Previous research on foot and ankle mechanics has shown that weight bearing leg dorsiflexion range of motion is positively correlated to calcaneal plantar flexion. The gastrocnemius muscle promotes while the plantar aponeurosis and plantar intrinsic muscles restrict calcaneal plantar flexion....
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Institutional entrepreneurship of women’s professional volleyball leagues, the United States and Czech Republic
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Women’s volleyball gained major popularity in the United States in the 1980s under the umbrella of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (NCAA, 2010). In the last few decades several women’s professional volleyball leagues emerged in the United States. Unfortunately, every single...
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Intentions of Canadian healthcare professionals to prescribe exercise to people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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Lack of effective treatment options exist for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). A relatively inexpensive treatment option for people with ALS (PALS) is exercise. However, it is unclear whether healthcare professionals (HCP’s), working in ALS clinics across Canada, currently...
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Îyacisitayin Newoskan Simakanîsîkanisak 'The (Re)Making of the Hobbema Community Cadet Corps Program'
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In 2005, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) helped launch a unique afterschool program among the four Cree Nations of Maskwacis (formerly Hobbema), Alberta. The program, known as the Hobbema Community Cadet Corps Program (HCCCP), was widely celebrated among politicians, segments of the...
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Fall 2012
This research examined the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ fan subculture and their connection to public ownership. It was socially significant to study this particular case because little scholarly work has been done on the effects of public ownership on a group of fans. This thesis studied this...