• Identifying barriers and pathways linking fish and seafood to food security in Inuit Nunangat: A scoping review 

  Brockington, Meghan; Beale, Dorothy; Gaupholm, Josephine; Naylor, Angus; Kenny, Tiff-Annie; Lemire, Mélanie; Falardeau, Marianne; Loring, Philip; Parmley, Jane; Little, Matthew (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023)

  Background: Fish and seafood play an important role in improving food security in Inuit Nunangat. Therefore, this scoping review aims to explore (1) what topics and/or themes have been widely explored in the literature ...
• Mapping Food Citizenship Within Edmonton’s Local Food System 

  Penney, Claire (2023-02-07)

  This master’s project analyzes how COVID-19 has affected food citizenship within Edmonton’s local food system by identifying Edmonton food citizenship stakeholders and groups affected by the pandemic. Further, it evaluates ...
• Health technology, quality and safety in a learning health system 

  Borycki, Elizabeth; Kushniruk, Andre (Healthcare Management Forum, 2022)

  Health technology quality and safety is an important issue for health informatics (i.e. digital health) professionals. Health technologies have been used to (1) collect data that can be analyzed to improve the quality and ...
• A theory-based approach to designing interventions for Planetary Health 

  Brousselle, Astrid; McDavid, Jim; Curren, Megan; Logtenberg, Rik; Dunbar, Bronwyn; Ney, Tara (Evaluation, 2022)

  The current existential crises crystallize an urgent need for us all to contribute to meeting international environmental and social commitments. The message is clear: we need to take action. However, one of the challenges ...
• Space in between 

  Brown, Serap Asar (Qualitative Inquiry, 2022)

  My poetic inquiry originated from reflecting on Ken Plummer’s (2019) book, Narrative Power, where Plummer insightfully discusses the intertwined nature of narratives with our lives. My poem is about the power of narratives ...
• Hypersensitivity reaction to metal: A bibliometric study 

  de Macedo, Tassia Teles Santana; de Jesus, Itana Lúcia Azevêdo; Figueredo, Wilton Nascimento; Dordunoo, Dzifa (SAGE Open Nursing, 2022)

  Background: To delineate the scientific publications on metal hypersensitivity. Methods: Scopus database from 1946 to 2020, written in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. This is a bibliometric study, with a descriptive and ...
• "Once you open that door, it's a floodgate": Exploring work-related grief among community service workers providing care for structurally vulnerable populations at the end of life through participatory action research 

  Giesbrecht, Melissa; Mollison, Ashley; Whitlock, Kara; Stajduhar, Kelli I. (Palliative Medicine, 2022)

  Background: At the end of life, people experiencing structural vulnerability (e.g. homelessness, poverty, stigmatization) rely on community service workers to fill gaps in access to traditional palliative services. Although ...
• Human factors in healthcare IT: Management considerations and trends 

  Kushniruk, Andre; Borycki, Elizabeth (Healthcare Management Forum, 2022)

  A range of human factors issues are recognized as critical to the success of projects involving Health Information Technology (HIT). Problems related to the usability of HIT have come to the fore, with continued reports ...
• A rapid review of end-of-life needs in the LGBTQ+ community and recommendations for clinicians 

  Lintott, Lisa; Beringer, Robert; Do, Annie; Daudt, Helena (Palliative Medicine, 2022)

  Background: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer plus (LGBTQ+) adults face challenges accessing end-of-life care. Understanding the experiences of LGBTQ+ persons within the end-of-life context is crucial in ...
• "I would just like to see more acknowledgement, respect and services for the people who are in between, just Métis people": Recommendations by Métis women to improve access to health and social services in Victoria, Canada 

  Monchalin, Renée; Monique, Auger; Jones, Carly; Paul, Willow; Loppie, Charlotte (AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 2022)

  This paper reports on recommendations made by Métis women, two-spirit, and gender diverse people for improving access to health and social services in Victoria, British Columbia. Expanding on research conducted in Toronto, ...
• Inuit-defined determinants of food security in academic research focusing on Inuit Nunangat and Alaska: A scoping review protocol 

  Naylor, Angus; Kenny, Tiff-Annie; Harper, Sherilee; Beale, Dorothy; Premji, Zahra; Furgal, Chris; Ford, James; Little, Matthew (Nutrition and Health, 2022)

  Background: Academic research on food security in Inuit Nunangat and Alaska frequently adopts the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ working definition of food security and Western conceptualisations of ...
• Seeing red: A grounded theory study of women's anger after childbirth 

  Ou, Christine H. K.; Hall, Wendy A.; Rodney, Paddy; Stremler, Robyn (Qualitative Health Research, 2022)

  Persistent intense anger is indicative of postpartum distress, yet maternal anger has been little explored after childbirth. Using grounded theory, we explained how and why mothers develop intense anger after childbirth ...
• Using narrative inquiry to understand anti-Muslim racism in Canadian nursing 

  Saleh, Nasrin; Clark, Nancy; Bruce, Anne; Moosa-Mitha, Mehmoona (Canadian Journal of Nursing, 2022)

  Background: Islamophobia or, anti-Muslim racism, and more specifically, gendered islamophobia targeting Muslim women who wear a hijab is rising globally and is aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, anti-Muslim ...
• The ‘Rules of the Game’ in Public Sector Collaboration 

  Pollard, Ben (2023-02-01)

  This dissertation explores the role of institutions (as ‘the rules of the game’) in attempts to foster public sector collaboration to address cross-cutting policy issues in agencified jurisdictions. The dissertation develops ...
• Queering food sovereignty: “it feels like building community; to joyfully gather around food” 

  Williamson, Connor I (2023-01-30)

  This thesis seeks to fill the current gap in food sovereignty literature by bringing queer farmers perspectives and voices into the academic discourse. The focus of the analysis is if queer farmers in Canada are practicing ...
• 'It's like a safety haven': Considerations for the implementation of managed alcohol programs in Scotland 

  Parkes, Tessa; Carver, Hannah; Matheson, Catriona; Browne, Tania; Pauly, Bernie (Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 2022)

  Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) are not equitably spread across the population, with some groups, such as people who are experiencing homelessness, being more vulnerable to AUDs due to social inequalities, stigma, and complex ...
• Applicability of a national strategy for patient-oriented research to people who use(d) substances: A Canadian experience 

  Pauly, Bernie; Sullivan, Ginger; Inglis, Dakota; Cameron, Fred; Phillips, Jack; Rosen, Conor; Bullock, Bill; Cartwright, Jennifer; Hainstock, Taylor; Trytten, Cindy; Urbanoski, Karen (Research Involvement and Engagement, 2022)

  Background: Europe and North America are in the grips of a devastating overdose crisis. People who use substances often feel unsafe to access healthcare due to fears of stigma, blame, judgement, poor treatment, or other ...
• Community Engagement to Develop a Volunteer Framework for Independent Action 

  Barnett, Lindsay (2023-01-10)

  This report explores concepts of independent volunteerism through a case study of the Save BC Wolves (SBCW) Community. Consisting of more than 3,000 members, SBCW is opposed to the controversial BC wolf cull policy where ...
• "I have such a hard time hitting myself, I thought it'd be easier": Perspectives of hospitalized patients on injecting drugs into vascular access devices 

  Brooks, Hannah L.; Salvalaggio, Ginetta; Pauly, Bernie; Dong, Kathryn; Bubela, Tania; Taylor, Marliss; Hyshka, Elaine (Harm Reduction Journal, 2022)

  Background: Hospital patients who use drugs may require prolonged parenteral antimicrobial therapy administered through a vascular access device (VAD). Clinicians’ concerns that patients may inject drugs into these devices ...
• What public health interventions do people in Canada prefer to fund? A discrete choice experiment 

  Card, Kiffer G.; Adshade, Marina; Hogg, Robert S.; Jollimore, Jody; Lachowsky, Nathan J. (BMC Public Health, 2022)

  Objective: To assess public support of tailored and targeted public health interventions for marginalized communities. Methods: We conducted a discrete choice experiment using a web-based survey advertised to Facebook ...

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