• Development of a self-guided web-based intervention to promote physical activity using the multi-process action control framework 

  Liu, Sam; Husband, Casandra; La, Henry; Juba, Madeline; Loucks, Raven; Harrison, Aimee; Rhodes, Ryan E. (Internet Interventions, 2019)

  Purpose: Physical activity promotion has mostly focused on theories of intention-formation, with the assumption that positive intentions will lead to behaviour. Though necessary, exercise intentions alone are often not ...
• To Flip or Not? Deciding on Whether to Use a Flipped Classroom Approach With of Higher-Level Second Language Students 

  Jia, Zhuochao (2019-01-15)

  The current project undertakes a review of extant literatures on the use of a flipped classroom model. This review is inclusive of what flipped classroom involves, how to adopt it practically in a school setting and its ...
• Discovering the essence of a microadventure 

  Young, Robert (2019-01-03)

  The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of individuals who participate in microadventures in an effort to gain an understanding of the essence of a microadventure. A microadventure ...
• Non-formal education in a South African township: a qualitative study of an overnight camp experience 

  Drummond, Russell Andrew (2019-01-02)

  This study explores the impact of an overnight camp experience for impoverished South African youth. I worked as a Youth Development Worker with the Ukulapha Community Outreach Project for six months in 2016. My research ...
• Morphological awareness analysis in the writing of grade 3 and 5 English first and second language learners 

  Groves, Steffanie (2019-01-02)

  The current longitudinal study examined the development of morphological awareness (MA) in the writing of 59 (27 EL1, 32 ELL) participants in grade 3 and grade 5, using an experimental morphological error type scoring ...
• Wayfinding the Live 5-2-1-0 Initiative—At the Intersection between Systems Thinking and Community-Based Childhood Obesity Prevention 

  Amed, Shazhan; Shea, Stephanie; Pinkney, Susan; Wharf Higgins, Joan; Naylor, Patti-Jean (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2016)

  Childhood obesity is complex and requires a ‘systems approach’ that collectively engages across multiple community settings. Sustainable Childhood Obesity Prevention through Community Engagement (SCOPE) has implemented ...
• Exploring educators experiences implementing open educational practices 

  Paskevicius, Michael (2018-12-17)

  This research focuses on how educators are using openly accessible sources of knowledge and open-source tools in ways that impact their pedagogical designs. Using a phenomenological approach with self-identifying open ...
• An examination of the effects of health promotion and appearance-based exercise advertising on exercise attitudes, self-presentation, self-efficacy, and decisional balance 

  Berry, Tanya Rose (2018-11-23)

  Two possible motivators for physical activity are health and appearance. The public sector focuses on health as the primary motivator when creating physical activity promotion campaigns, while the fitness industry uses ...
• Virtually invisible: at-risk boys and their concepts of self as beings-in-the-online-world 

  Tinney, Jordan (2018-11-23)

  As communications technologies flourish, increasing numbers of students are spending inordinate amounts of time in online communities. Often, students who spend excess time online are boys who are experiencing difficulty ...
• The communicative competency of boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder 

  Rennie, Terry James (2018-11-21)

  Language is one of the features that define us as human beings. We use language to communicate with others. Children learn and develop competencies in different aspects of language that enable them to communicate in various ...
• Indo-Canadian young women’s career decision making process to enter the applied social sciences: a case study approach 

  Mani, Priya Subra (2018-11-20)

  This study used a qualitative descriptive case study approach (Yin, 1994) to examine the influences on Sikh Indo-Canadian student selection of entering the applied social sciences at the university level. Seven students ...
• Animating ‘The Blank Page’: Exhibitions as Feminist Community Adult Education 

  Clover, Darlene E. (Social Sciences, 2018)

  Public museums and art galleries in Canada are highly authoritative, and trusted knowledge and identity mobilising institutions, whose exhibitions are frequently a ‘blank page’ of erasure, silencing, and marginalisation, ...
• An investigation of intergenerational relationships occurring within a shared reading program 

  MacDonald, Margaret Joan (2018-11-16)

  The interaction patterns of 4 parent readers and 4 senior readers were investigated using grounded theory methodology during an intergenerational shared book reading activity with 16, 5 and 6 year olds. Parent and senior ...
• Psychosocial determinants of maintenance of, and adherence to, antiretroviral therapy among injection drug users living with HIV/AIDS 

  Kerr, Thomas Hudson (2018-11-16)

  Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has dramatically affected the course of HIV disease, producing significant reductions in both AIDS-related morbidity and mortality. However, the excitement generated by this new approach has ...
• Developmental filial therapy: process-outcome research on strengthening child-parent relationships through play in a setting for victims of domestic violence 

  Barabash, Kenneth John (2018-11-14)

  The present research study was conducted in partial fulfillment of the dissertation requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy. The small scale pilot process and outcome study examined: (a) the therapeutic efficacy ...
• Teacher wellness: an interpretive inquiry 

  Lauzon, Lara Lucille (2018-11-14)

  Teacher stress literature is voluminous. There are numerous research studies that discuss what contributes to the stress levels of teachers. Missing in the literature is research on what makes teachers well. The purpose ...
• Toward a new conceptualization of perfectionism: evaluating, adjusting, and expanding past and current conceptualizations of perfectionism 

  Sloat, Sharolyn Gertrud (2018-11-13)

  Perfectionism, a condition which has been linked with psychopathology, has been conceptualized somewhat disparately. This study was concerned with scrutinizing past and current conceptualizations of perfectionism, with ...
• Longitudinal Change in the Relationship between Fundamental Motor Skills and Perceived Competence: Kindergarten to Grade 2 

  Crane, Jeff R.; Foley, John T.; Naylor, Patti-Jean; Temple, Viviene A. (Sports, 2017)

  As children transition from early to middle childhood, the relationship between motor skill proficiency and perceptions of physical competence should strengthen as skills improve and inflated early childhood perceptions ...
• The Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Patterns of Children in Kindergarten and Grade 2 

  Crane, Jeff R.; Naylor, Patti-Jean; Temple, Viviene A. (Children, 2018)

  Accompanying the transition from early to middle childhood are substantial changes in children’s educational and recreational circumstances. These changes may affect physical activity levels. This study examined levels of ...
• The adaptation experience of Chinese independent immigrants 

  Li, Yali (2018-11-08)

  Chinese independent immigrants are entering Canada in increasing numbers. Immigration policy indicates that these individuals have skills that will enable them to quickly integrate into Canadian society. However, more ...

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