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 three 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 long 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 2022
E-cigarette Vapour Impairs Pulmonary Surfactant Function, Emma C. Graham, Akasha Tejura, Lynda McCaig, Gloria Shui-Kei Lau, Anne Cao, and Ruud Veldhuizen
Posthumous Autobiographies: Suicide and Fiction in Yukio Mishima and Osamu Dazai, Ryan R. Haddad
Trauma Patterns Among Pedestrians and Cyclists Involved in a Motor Vehicle Collision, Moheem M. Halari, Michael Shkrum, Tanya Charyk Stewart, Kevin McClafferty, Allison Pellar, and Michael Pickup
How is the knowledge of everyday events related to communication in autism spectrum disorder?, Kara E. Hannah
Auditory testing using smart speakers and automatic speech recognition, Arman Hassanpour Aslishirjouposht
Using Solar Panels to Improve Electricity and Water Access in Rural Communities, Koami Soulemane Hayibo
Developing Accessible Instructions for an Online Screener of Cognitive Impairments, Abagail Hennessy
Biopolitics, Necropolitics and Migration in the Novelistic Production of Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo, Luis Miguel Herrera Bejines
Identifying Potential Disparities in Paediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Incidence and Outcomes, Samina Idrees, Kelly Kathleen Anderson, and Janice Tijssen
Internationally educated nurses in Canada, Yasmeen Jabbar
Preventing Commotio Cordis in Young Children Playing Sports, Grant J. James
What If We Could Predict Language Abilities in Children?, Alyssa Janes
Racial Inequities in Canadian Academia: The Case for Discipline Variation, Sydney O. Joao Ms
Exploring the Role of a Loudness Perception Deficit in Hypophonia, Catherine Johnson
Building the Next Generation of the Web, Duff Jones
Novel Device for Improving Stroke Detection During Surgery, Farah Kamar
Before a woman can enterprise in sport, she must feel safe in sport, Denise Kamyuka Ms
Conceptualizing the lived experiences of pain and fatigue in persons living with neurological conditions, Lauren L. Kane
A scoping review on stroke and aphasia management in low- and- middle-income African countries, Keren Sarpomaa Kankam
Mindfulness Meditation as a Predictor of Pro-Environmental Leadership, Talib Karamally
Systematic Detection of Chromium Species on the Surface of Solid Materials: Leather, Ekrupe Kaur
Speak Up: Nurturing a Culture of Responsible Conduct of Research, Grace Kelly
An evaluation of the effectiveness of exercise training-based cardiac rehabilitation to improve aerobic fitness, Randi R. Keltz
Lighting Up the Brain to Study Social Interactions, Michaela Kent Ms
Plants have a powerful immunity, so let's tap into it, Praveen khatri
Solidifying batteries for safe and reliable electric vehicles, Justin Kim
Building a Culture of Equity, Diversity, Equity and Social Justice at a Community College, Teresa M. Kisilevich
Does cortical activation of standing balance for patients with or without fatigue differ post-stroke?, Sarthak Kohli, Siying Luan, and Sue Peters
Yankee Doodle, Baba Yaga, and Politic: Nursery Rhymes during the Cold War, Ala Krivov
How do we provide inclusive mentorship?, T. Eva Kwan
Combining techniques to determine the cellular mechanisms responsible for whole-brain function, Sam Laxer
Posthuman novels: how stories of clones, robots and animals reshape our understanding of the Human, Fanny Leveau
Beyond Vocabulary: Examining the Unique Traits of Late Talkers and their Families, Meaghan Lewcock
Eliminating Barriers to STEM Education for Students with Neurodevelopment Disabilities, Kailee Liesemer
Embodied Cognition in Mathematics Education, Chen Lin
What if there is uncertainty in the probability itself?, Yifan Li
How do the kidneys repair themselves?, Yilong Li
Targeting Sepsis One Step at a Time, Rachel Low
Brain activation during sensorimotor tasks in patients with stroke, Siying Luan, Sarthak Kohli, and Sue Peters
Law as an Instrument of the Common Good, Saul Arturo Madueno Alvarez
Mobile Neuroimaging and Mobility in Parkinson’s Disease, Sam Marshall
Studying the brain, one neuron at a time., Erwan Martin
An Examination of the Perceptions of Cuban and Peninsular Spanish Varieties by Native, L2 Learners of Spanish, and Monolingual English Speakers, Gabriela Martinez Loyola
‘You are what you eat’: exploring relationships between nutrients and gut function, Karly Masse
(Re)Building Men, Building Peace: Masculinities through DDR in the Kivu Region., Zachary JJ Matthews
An Examination of Global Perioperative Mortality, Kevin McIntyre, Janet Martin, Saverio Stranges, Daniel Lizotte, Yun-Hee Choi, and Ava A. John-Baptiste