Inspiring Minds – A Digital Collection of Western’s Graduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity
WELCOME TO THE INSPIRING MINDS DIGITAL COLLECTION!
Inspiring Minds is a campus-wide partnership between Western Research, the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, the Writing Support Centre, Western Libraries, Student Experience, and Western's 11 faculties.
Inspiring Minds seeks to broaden awareness and impact of graduate student research, while enhancing transferrable skills. Being able to communicate your research to broad, interdisciplinary and lay audiences -- both inside and outside academia -- is becoming an increasingly important skill for scholars of all levels.
Inspiring Minds seeks to help graduate students enhance this skill.
This non-competitive showcase highlights work by Master's and Doctoral students from all 11 of Western's faculties, schools, and affiliates.
Submit your work by following these steps:
- From the top menu bar, click "My Account".
- On this page, "Create New Account" or Login. Please note that you do not have to use your Western credentials when creating your account. This account will live here in perpetuity after you graduate.
- Once you have created your account and logged in, on the left sidebar scroll down to "Author Corner", then click "Submit Research" and follow the steps.
If you have already submitted your work and would like to make edits, follow these steps:
- From the top menu bar, click "My Account".
- On this page, "Create New Account" or Login. Please note that you do not have to use your Western credentials when creating your account. This account will live here in perpetuity long after you graduate.
- Navigate to your submission under Inspiring Minds – Showcasing Western’s Graduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity "Articles" then click your submission title.
- On the top left sidebar, click "Revise submission" and revise your submission as desired.
Submissions from 2025
Forging New Pathways: The Historical Development of Brassroots and Its Impact on the Promotion and Evolution of Canadian Chamber Music for Ten-Piece Brass Ensemble, Paul K. Stevenson Mr.
Clash of Components: The Hidden Battle Following Hip Replacements, Shahnaz Taleb
Knee Deep in Innovation: A Robotic Approach to Total Knee Replacements, Anthony Tannous
The Nose Knows: How Resident Nasal Microbes Shape Our Viral Fate, Zeynep Gunes Tepe Demir, Jessica Prodger, and Ryan Troyer
A Viral Trick to Protect the Diabetic Heart, Sahanah Thirukumar
Answers Begin with Questions, Bavina F. Thirunavuakarsu
Regulatory Gaps in AI-Driven Healthcare: Strengthening Privacy, Consent, and Accountability in Canada, Earlel Thiyagaratnam
The Unheard Patient: Uncovering Inclusive Practice Gaps in Healthcare Case Studies, Ranya Treesh
MicroRNAs: The Future Of In Vitro Fertilization, Allison Tse
The Early Bird Gets the Words: Improving Access to Speech Therapy Services in Canada, Kristen Turner
Theoretical Foundations of Colour-Based Methods in Music Education for Students with Dyslexia, Selin Uctu Atiseri
Investigating the Impact of Teachers’ Attitudes and Beliefs on the Implementation of Education for Sustainable Development in Ontario K–8 School Classrooms, Alvin Uchenna Ugwu
A Helping Hand for Radiography Across Canada: Improving Wrist Imaging with a Novel 3D-Printed Positioning Tool, Laura Vancer
Rethinking Wind Loads for Irregular Buildings, Jessica J. Van Den Heuvel
Housing Insecurity & Health Impacts, Colleen L. Van Loon
Capturing the Genomic Language of Cancer Using Artificial Intelligence, Alfredo Varela-Vega
Relations Not Relationships: Connecting Value and Values on Mobile Dating Apps, Meghan E. Voll
From Shooting Stars to Satellite Safety: Revolutionize Meteoroid Analysis for Space Infrastructure Risk and Interplanetary Exploration, Maximilian Vovk
Development and Evaluation of a Speech-to-Noise Ratio Feedback System, LIWEI WANG
A Sonic Visionary, yilin wang
Trust, Distrust, and Guilt in those with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Devra Winslow
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The Primary Care Diabetes Support Program: Evaluating Care for Socially Complex Patients with Diabetes, Gillian F. Young
Training Mandarin-Speaking Singers in the Bel Canto Tradition through Vocal Pedagogy, Autumn (Junmeng) Zhao
Exploring the “Word-Making Factory”: Native Speakers vs. Second Language Learners’ “Production Lines”, Yuhan Zhao
Lift, Eat, Repeat: Understanding Eating Disorders in People Who Want to be More Muscular, Lisa Y. Zhu
Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Synovial Microvascular Dysfunction in Knee Osteoarthritis, Songlin Zhu
Submissions from 2024
Longing for Home: Exploring Second-Generation Immigrant Identity with Nostalgia, Ameena Abid
Pushing the bounds of wind tunnel testing, Timothy John S. Acosta
Exploring Equitable Maternal-Newborn Care with Sub-Saharan Black African New Migrant Women in Ontario, Canada, Adebanke Afolabi, Shokoufeh Modanloo, and Glourieuse Uwizeye
De-tangling DNA, Navid Afrasiabian
Over Expression of GATA2 in Heart Macrophage Induce Development of Heart Disease, Amena Aktar
Midwives and perinatal mental health, Shahnaz Shahid Ali and Panagiota Tryphonopoulos Dr.
In vivo neuromelanin imaging in children with neurodevelopmental disorders: Elucidating the role of dopamine and norepinephrine in restricted and repetitive behaviours, Sarah A. Al-Saoud
Mental Health in the Social Media Era: Diminishing Happiness, Performative Digital Identities, and What’s Next?, Christopher P. Austin
The Art of Framing: Social Media as a Battleground Between Social Movements and Formal Organizations, Fateme Bakhshi
Análisis no lineal de edificios frente a cargas de viento, Amaya Ballate Delgado
Canadian registered dietitians’ firsthand experiences with providing nutrition care during pregnancy, Hailey Belaire-De Oliveira, Regan Derrig, Jamie Seabrook, and Jasna Twynstra
Co-Development of a Spoken Language Assessment Tool for d/Deaf and/or Hard of Hearing Students, Rachel Benninger
Investigation of a Novel Rheumatoid Arthritis Specific Treatment in Arthritic Mice, Gabrielle Buckley, Jaspreet Kaur, Ewa Cairns, and Lillian Barra
Running toward healthy hearts: maternal exercise reduces congenital heart disease, Iana Bulavko
"Something in the water": Aquatic Pharmaceutical Pollution in the United States, James C. Caldwell
Video games to save lives: Navigating the Body with Virtual Reality, Joeana N. Cambranis Romero
Exploring Causal Cognition in Large Language Models, Vicky Chang
A green vaccine: Using plants to protect poultry from Salmonella, Carly Charron
Building Bridges for Tomorrow, Sandra Chow