• Awi’nakola: We are One with the Land and Sea 

  Child, Sara (2018-10-11)

  Over the last four decades, I have witnessed and been involved in a cultural resurgence led by families, artists, scholars, educators, individuals and extended families from our Kwakwaka̱ ’waḵw communities. These individuals ...
• Mǫ ht’a Go ehk’ǫ 

  Mantla, Rosa (2018-10-09)

  Tłı̨chǫ people have lived in the Tłı̨chǫ region for hundreds of years. Gokecho dıı nèk’e nàgı̨ı̨dè gots’ǫ. Since our Ancestor’s time our Forefathers have lived on Tłı̨chǫ Land. Our Elders believed that our land is the ...
• Effects of recurrent subconcussive head impacts on balance control in contact-sport athletes 

  Black, Stephanie E. (2018-10-01)

  Background: Subconcussion, a mild traumatic brain injury, is best defined and identified by a lack of observable symptoms after axonal injury from minor head impacts. Subconcussive impacts are believed to accumulate with ...
• Targeted use of technology to assist with fall risk classification in older adults 

  Commandeur, Drew (2018-09-28)

  Falling is a significant risk for older adults in Canada. Suffering a fall can result in injury and reduced quality of life which may include loss of autonomy. Additionally, injuries and rehabilitation from falls are a ...
• Effects of a neuromuscular warm-up program on specific components of athletic performance in youth soccer players 

  Large, Kristyn Victoria (2018-09-21)

  This study aimed to compare the acute effects of two independent warm-up (WU) protocols, neuromuscular warm-up (NMWU) and standardized soccer warm-up (STWU), on three soccer-specific performance tests in adolescent male ...
• Interventions to promote physical activity for youth with intellectual disabilities 

  Frey, Georgia C.; Temple, Viviene A.; Stanish, Heidi I. (Salud pública de méxico, 2017)

  Objective. To describe interventions designed to promote physical activity for youth with intellectual disabilities. Materials and methods. A systematic review of nine databases until January 31, 2015 identified 213 ...
• Dealing with diversity: multicultural education in British Columbia, 1872-1981 

  Raptis, Helen (2018-09-14)

  British Columbia (B.C.), like the rest of Canada, has had a culturally diverse population since its earliest years. By the early 1970s, commonality of educational purpose had begun to fray in the province. Specialized ...
• A curriculum of place and respect: towards an understanding of contemporary Mayan education 

  Hood, Robin June (2018-09-13)

  Testimonial texts of contemporary Mayan educators are at the heart of this study about K ’iche ’ Mayan education in the highland area of Totonicapan in Guatemala. I use Schrag’s (1986) framework of communicative praxis ...
• Why did you withdraw? Experiences of Chinese international doctoral students in Canada 

  Gao, Yan (2018-09-11)

  Mobility and migration are features of this global era. Thus, most higher education institutions are increasingly recruiting international students. Host institutions and countries benefit in many different ways from this ...
• Do sub-concussive impacts from soccer heading in practice cause changes in brain structure and function? 

  Kenny, Rebecca (2018-09-11)

  Background: Heading is an important part of soccer, yet recent research has indicated that cumulative effects of repetitive heading may cause sub-concussive injury (Koerte et al., 2015). Objective: The current study aimed ...
• Catholic educational leadership: exploring overlapping consensus of Catholic identity through narrative inquiry 

  Pagnotta-Kowalczyk, Eugenia (2018-09-07)

  Catholic educational leaders serve as the primary faith leaders in their school community and remain influential in the public discourse of Catholic education. As insiders understanding the contextual educational landscape, ...
• Bilateral Reflex Fluctuations during Rhythmic Movement of Remote Limb Pairs 

  Mezzarane, Rinaldo A.; Nakajima, Tsuyoshi; Zehr, E. Paul (Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2017)

  The modulation of spinal cord excitability during rhythmic limb movement reflects the neuronal coordination underlying actions of the arms and legs. Integration of network activity in the spinal cord can be assessed by ...
• Learning without feedback: detection, quantification and implications of implicit learning 

  Luehr, Stephen J.C. (2018-09-04)

  Mounting evidence has suggested that structures such as the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and other areas within the medial-frontal cortex are part of a reinforcement learning system responsible for the optimization of ...
• xwi’xwi’em’: My Hul’q’umi’num’ Storytelling Journey 

  Daniels, Deanna (Xway'Waat) (University of Victoria, 2016)

  Indigenous languages are at risk of extinction in Canada, and also at risk are the traditional storytelling ways of our ancestors. Our First Peoples have been using oral transmission to pass on cultural knowledge about ...
• Discovering new pathways to old teachings: The Paul Creek Method of Second Language 

  Morin, Randy (2018-08-31)
• An Introductory Cree Nīhiyawēwin Course Guide 

  Burnoff, Laura (2018-08-31)
• Motor expectancy: the modulation of the reward positivity in a reinforcement learning motor task 

  Trska, Robert (2018-08-30)

  An adage posits that we learn from our mistakes; however, this is not entirely true. According to reinforcement learning theory, we learn when the expectation of our actions differs from outcomes. Here, we examined whether ...
• What happens when "we" forget about authority?: Legitimating student-held authority 

  Jacklin, Nathan (2018-08-30)

  It is undeniable that schools and classrooms must function according to some conception of authority, but contemporary educational theory often overlooks this concept. This ‘forgetting’ of authority can lead to misconceptions ...
• The relation between shifting and reading comprehension in grade 3 students 

  Alabe Padua, Larissa (2018-08-29)

  Reading comprehension is crucial for academic achievement. While word-level reading and oral language comprehension skills are well-established predictors of reading comprehension, emerging research has been investigating ...
• Pedagogical implications and students' perceptions of genre method in an IELTS writing course 

  Chen, Qinghua (2018-08-29)

  This case study examined both the implications of using genre pedagogy on students’ writing performance in IELTS-like tests as well as students’ perceptions of the genre method in the context of IELTS preparation course. ...

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