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 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
Adaptation and Implementation of an Accessible Measure of Language Comprehension for Non-Speaking Children with Cerebral Palsy in Canada, Juno "June" Coan-Brill
Can We Put the Tests to Rest? How Judgments of Learning Impact Learning Outcomes, Anthony Cruz
Understanding Caregivers in Graphic Novel Memoirs, Anastazia K. Csegeny
Heritability of Trait Hope: Exploring Environmental and Genetic Sources of Variation, Sereena Dargan
Unveiling Agriculture's Tiny Troublemakers: Revolutionizing Spider Mite Resistance Diagnosis, Mikaelison da Silva Lima
Understanding and Quantifying Joint Catastrophic Risks, Neslihan Serra Desdemir
Acquisition and development of arithmetic strategies in school-aged children., Nadir Díaz-Simón
Feedback Focused: Alternative Assessments in Graduate Anatomy Education, Emily L. Dietrich and Sean C. McWatt
Unveiling the applicability of lignin-based foams for floral, hydroponics, and environmental remediation applications, Glen Cletus DSouza
Role of Kindlin 2 in Cutaneous Squamous Carcinoma Cells, Anamika Dutta
How Social Media Affects the Relationship Between Perceived Weight Status and Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Emerging Adults, Arya Ebrahimzadeh Ahari
DETERMINANTS OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PUPILS BENEFITING OF THE NATIONAL SCHOOL-FEEDING PROGRAM IN BENIN, Omonlola Elvire Kikêlomon Elvire
Can we improve walking abilities with music and brain stimulation?, Marina Emerick
Tunnelling in soft saturated granular soils, Nima Farasat Mr.
Studying titanium metal and oxide for a more durable future, Hunter Feltham
Networks of Resistance: a regional analysis of extractive conflicts in Central America, Giada Ferrucci Ms
Are Oral Antibiotics Behind the Alarming Rise in Childhood Kidney Stones?, Riley C. Fidler
The Emotional Connection between Music and Autobiographical Memory in Older Adults with and without Mild Cognitive Impairment, Caitlin Fitzpatrick
Exploring the Impact of Powerline Magnetic Fields on Our Peripheral Nervous System, Eleonore Fresnel
Composing in Situ: An Autoethnographic Account of Composing Electroacoustic Music, Daniel Gardner
Exploring Perceptions of Belonging Among Adolescents with Obesity and their Caregivers, Balraj Gill
Graduate Training in Applied Behaviour Analysis: Interprofessional Collaboration, Gemma Graziosi
The Development of Interstellar Meteoroid Streams, Cole R. Gregg Mr and Paul A. Wiegert Dr
Autistic and non-autistic individuals’ experience of events: A large set of events rated on fourteen dimensions, Kara E. Hannah
Understanding the association between adolescent nicotine exposure and major depressive disorder at the neurocircuitry level, Robin Harrison
Illuminating the intersectional experiences of individuals living with eating disorders and disordered eating: The in/accessibility of treatment services, Hannah Healey and Elysée Nouvet
"Jamaica Is Being Taken Over", Ashley Henry
Did You Hear That? Responses to Altered Auditory Feedback in Children, Jessica Holmes