• Altering the cafeteria environment to improve health: a pragmatic observational trial of nudges and a marketing campaign to increase salad purchasing by first-year students 

  Fetterly, Nicole (2020-12-21)

  Chronic diseases, including obesity are a global epidemic with significant long term mental and physical health complications, as well as societal costs from loss of productivity and health care expenditures. The causes ...
• Relationship between horizontal jump tests and sprint performance 

  Kleeberger, Adam (2020-09-30)

  Athletic performance assessments are important for identifying physical giftedness, monitoring athlete progress and supporting training recommendations. Sprint performance is a key component in athlete success both in ...
• Process evaluation of the Family Healthy Living Program Pilot (FHLP): exploring implementation from the family and program delivery levels 

  DeSilva, Bianca (2020-09-17)

  Introduction: The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity has steadily increased in recent decades, presenting a serious risk to public health and significant burden on individuals, healthcare systems, and society ...
• A feasibility study evaluating a family-centered web-based intervention to promote physical activity among children 

  Adiputranto, Dimas (2020-08-31)

  Background: Family-centered web-based lifestyle interventions have the potential to be a scalable and cost-effective strategy to promote physical activity for children. However, program engagement and attrition are key ...
• Effect of job embedded professional development on teachers confidence and knowledge to deliver physical literacy enriched physical education 

  Wright, Chris (2020-08-31)

  A gap in physical literacy-oriented (PL) professional development (PD) for generalist teachers exists and thus their capacity to develop PL and maximize student health is potentially limited. Specifically, a job-embedded ...
• Reflections from the lake: an account of Olympic-level coaching expertise in the sport of rowing 

  Planella, Maria Veronica (2020-05-08)

  The dissertation is comprised of two qualitative, exploratory studies with an overarching research goal to deepen understanding of Olympic level sport coaching expertise through the development of an in-depth case study. ...
• A feasibility study to test the potential efficacy of a rowing-related yoga program on male varsity competitive rowers 

  Kit, Alanna Katharine (2020-05-07)

  The purpose of this present study was to assess the feasibility and determine the potential short-term efficacy of implementing a specific 9-week “Yoga for Rowers” (ROWGA) program on male varsity rowers during a competitive ...
• Instrumenting the clinical test of sensory interaction and balance: a comparison of different measures of balance 

  Angus, Jeremy (2020-05-06)

  BACKGROUND: Balance is integral to an individuals’ ability to stand and walk, often deteriorates with age and has been identified as one of the major risk factors for fall risk. The Clinical Test of Sensory Interaction and ...
• One step at a time: analysis of neural responses during multi-state tasks 

  Grey, Talora Bryn (2020-04-28)

  Substantial research has been done on the electroencephalogram (EEG) neural signals generated by feedback within a simple choice task, and there is much evidence for the existence of a reward prediction error signal generated ...
• Exploring leisure planning: implications for retirement 

  Hetherington, Arne (2019-12-20)

  Retirement is a significant life transition for many older adults, and historically most retirement planning focusses on financial planning. Not only is there far less importance placed on non-financial retirement planning, ...
• A quasi-experimental trial addressing family eating practices using an interactive family-based healthy weights intervention: short-term (10-week) outcomes 

  Perdew, Megan (2019-12-18)

  Background: Evidence-based blended family interventions, those that incorporate both in-person group sessions and on-line sessions, remain understudied; specifically, there is insufficient research that investigates ...
• The impact of therapeutic riding: a mixed methods case study of families' social connectedness 

  Bouthillier, Shelby (2019-09-27)

  In 2018, the Cowichan Therapeutic Riding Association (CTRA) connected with the University of Victoria to initiate a research project focusing on social connectedness. Social connectedness is the psychosocial process of ...
• Application and refinement of cross-education strength training in stroke 

  Sun, Yao (2019-09-25)

  Coordinated movements are regulated by the brain, spinal cord and sensory feedback. The interaction between the spinal cord and sensory feedback also play a significant role in facilitating plasticity and functional recovery ...
• Midfrontal theta and cognitive effort: real world applications in medical decision-making 

  Middleton, Jordan (2019-09-16)

  Medical choices can be life or death, and thus improving the accuracy of diagnostic decisions within a time constrained environment has a large potential for positive change. To that end, an adaptation of Dual Process ...
• Determining sporting success as indigenous peoples living in the Nlaka’pamux Territory: a mixed qualitative approach 

  Waldman, Brianna (2019-08-30)

  This study focused on exploring the key markers associated with how Indigenous Peoples living in the Nlaka'pamux Territory perceive success in sport. It was designed using Community- Based Participatory Research (CBPR) ...
• Physiological and psychological impacts of nighttime call response in firefighters from volunteer and paid-on-call fire departments 

  Service, Thomas W. (2019-08-29)

  An oft overlooked population in research, firefighters of volunteer and paid-on-call fire departments respond to nighttime calls as a supplement to their normal working hours, making the duties taxing on the autonomic ...
• The neural correlates of exploration 

  Hassall, Cameron Dale (2019-08-28)

  Like other animals, humans explore to learn about the world, and exploit what we have learned in order to maximize reward. The trade-off between exploration and exploitation is a widely-studied topic that cuts across ...
• Individual factors that influence children’s engagement on the school playground 

  Lim, Christopher E. (2019-05-07)

  Only one third of children and youth meet current physical activity (PA) guidelines. Low levels of PA can impact future PA, the probability of obesity, and delay fundamental motor skill (FMS) development. One environment ...
• Using food models to enhance sugar awareness among older adolescents: evaluation of a brief nutrition education intervention 

  Santalo, Maria (2019-05-01)

  The health implications of poor dietary habits among adolescents are increasingly evident with the high prevalence of obesity and diet-related ill health in this population. Of particular concern is the high amount of sugar ...
• Social marketing approach to understanding what adolescents need in a community-based healthy lifestyle intervention program 

  Patterson, Tiffany (2019-05-01)

  Background: Overweight and obesity affects almost 30% of Canadian children and adolescents aged 2-17 years old which can lead to chronic disease later on in life. Research shows that healthy weight programs are effective ...

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