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 2022
Health Inequalities in Maternal & Child Health: Effects of COVID-19 Hospital Policies on Marginalized Populations, Maria Ahmed
Perinatal mental health: Key to mother and child well-being, Shahnaz Shahid Ali and Panagiota Tryphonopoulos Dr.
Are Ecodistricts an Example of Energy Territorialization ? An investigation of energy use in Parc Marianne, Montpellier and Olympic Village, Vancouver, Dominica Babicki
Prevention of new and recurrent breast cancer brain metastases using immune response guided radiation therapy, Sawyer Badiuk
Why Questioning Social Discourses Can Reduce Your Vulnerability To Disasters, Oluwole Martins Badmus
Listen to my “Silence”, Joo-ae Judy Bae
Growing Digital Equity Through Accessible Blockchain Applications to Grow Low-Tech Spaces, Jay Mark M. Balmes
Study on Integration of FastAPI and Machine Learning for Continuous Authentication of Behavioral Biometrics, Priya Bansal
Designing a Language Assessment Tool for Students Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Rachel Benninger
Mental healthcare for youths in Cameroon, Dorala Berinyuy Asesi
Finding molecules in Space, Charmi Bhatt
Rerouting Neurotrauma Recovery, Eoin N. Blythe
Reconciliation Requires Housing: The Role of Housing in Enhancing Access to Higher Education for Indigenous Learners, E. Victoria Bomberry and Chantelle A. M. Richmond
‘Opening Up’ Higher Education in Canada, Mara Bordignon
The Canadian Convoy Protest as Memory Project, Peyton Campbell
Forming Authentic and Purposeful Relationships with Racialized Communities from an Anti-Oppressive Lens: A Framework for African, Caribbean, and Black Communities, Jaimeson R. Canie
The Artist-Entrepreneur – Identities in Conflict, John Aaron Castillanes
How to wisely use the resource at the edge of network?, Shi Chang
Effectiveness of Machine Learning Classifiers for Cataract Screening, Ronald Cheung
Creative biomaterials for tissue regeneration, Cho-E Choi
Implementation of a feasible virtual sound environment for hearing aid fitting, SUNG BEEN CHO
More than just the powerhouse of the cell?, Danielle M. Colussi
Boredom and Complaint: A Moment, Busra Copuroglu
Regenerating joint tissues in patients with Osteoarthritis, Ali Coyle
Carpal tunnel syndrome- streamlining the online diagnosis!, Armaghan Dabbagh
Improving Modelling and Control of Wearable Hand Exoskeleton Devices, Parisa Daemi
Investigating the Intersections of Breast Cancer and Gender-Based Violence: Identifying and Addressing Health Disparities, Cara Davidson
Drivers of soil carbon dynamics in the boreal forest along a soil textural gradient, Holly Deighton
A virtual intervention to support preschoolers with autism, Lauren Denusik
The Inevitable Invention of the Incels, Zara Diab
Good Grief – Supporting students’ losses in the classroom: Professional development of death and dying education, Jill Dombroski
Deep Seabed Mining versus Marine Conservation: Closing High Seas Governance Gaps in the Arctic Ocean, Carol K. Dyck
From Past to Present: A Revised Approach for Alcohol Use Disorder, Kendra M. Dziuba Ms.
Settlement Workers in Schools' (SWIS) Support for Newcomer Refugee Students and Families in Ontario, Raghad Ebied
Where To? The Study of Navigational Accommodations for Mental Disabilities, Calla Elia
Using Virtual Reality to Teach Children with Autism, Emily M. Erb
Disrupting More than the Music: Reciprocal Care Relations in Community Music-Making during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Fiona Evison
Networks of resistance: a regional analysis of extractive conflicts in Central America, Giada Ferrucci Ms
Exploring the Course of Atypical Bridges along the Spine, Dale E. Fournier
Brain Aging of Flies and Mice, Ariel Khaya Frame
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