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Fall 2022

Molner, Brittany

Background: Nature-based or outdoor experiences have important implications for childhood learning and development. Nature-based learning (NBL) utilizes the benefits of nature by weaving the goals of the school curriculum into the natural environment (Larimore, 2016). A paucity in the NBL...

Fall 2023

Goveas, Danika Riva

Primary health care (PHC) transformation continues to be identified as a key pathway to achieve health equity for Indigenous peoples across the globe. In the province of Alberta, Canada, varying degrees of PHC services exist within First Nations, Métis, and urban contexts that are fragmented,...

Spring 2021

Taylor, Mischa D

The civil war in Syria caused an upheaval to all aspects of life for its citizens, resulting in an unprecedented number of Syrians arriving in Canada as refugees. While government and settlement agencies responded by addressing their immediate needs, other aspects of their integration,...

Fall 2020

McClure, Nathan S

Generic indirect preference-based measures of health-related quality of life (HRQL), such as the EQ-5D-5L index score, were developed to assign health preference weights to time lived in different health states in order to calculate quality-adjusted life years (QALYs), a common outcome measure...

Fall 2023

Patel, Priya

Background: Sleep deprivation is a substantial public health concern with 30% of Canadian adolescents not getting the recommended eight to ten hours of sleep. In addition to individual level risk factors for teen sleep deprivation such as increased use of electronic devices and greater sedentary...

Spring 2024

Qadri, Ali H

Background COVID-19 has impacted health and well-being globally; some populations have been disproportionately impacted. The experience of Indigenous peoples living in Northern Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic is influenced by their cultural and geographical context. Indigenous peoples in...

Spring 2021

Kongats, Krystyna

This participatory thesis began as an exploration into the nature and impact of compassionate community approaches to health promoting palliative care using the Creating Caring Communities (CCC) initiative in St. James Town, Toronto as a case study. In the early phases of focusing my thesis, I...

Fall 2020

Gong, Crystal

The unprecedented impacts from climate change have been documented and are projected to continue to dramatically effect human health and wellbeing. East Africa is projected to experience an increase in average surface temperatures and decrease in precipitation levels, impacting ecosystems, food...

Fall 2021

Karbabian, Ana A.

The globally increasing need of evaluators implies a growing demand for effective evaluator education that aims to increase the competency gains of its learners to prepare them for effective evaluation practice. Research about the role of pedagogies in evaluator education towards enhancing...

Spring 2016

Gaudet, Lindsay A

Background: Cycling is an increasingly popular recreational activity and mode of transportation, and many North American municipalities are implementing policies and infrastructure to encourage cycling participation for all ages. Crashes while cycling, however, can have devastating consequences...