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:

  1. From the top menu bar, click "My Account".
  2. 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.
  3. 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:

  1. From the top menu bar, click "My Account".
  2. 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.
  3. Navigate to your submission under Inspiring Minds – Showcasing Western’s Graduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity "Articles" then click your submission title.
  4. On the top left sidebar, click "Revise submission" and revise your submission as desired.

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Submissions from 2024

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Longing for Home: Exploring Second-Generation Immigrant Identity with Nostalgia, Ameena Abid

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Pushing the bounds of wind tunnel testing, Timothy John S. Acosta

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Exploring Equitable Maternal-Newborn Care with Sub-Saharan Black African New Migrant Women in Ontario, Canada, Adebanke Afolabi, Shokoufeh Modanloo, and Glourieuse Uwizeye

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De-tangling DNA, Navid Afrasiabian

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The TOGETHER Study: Exploring the Relationship Between Ontario Undergraduate University Students’ Levels of Resilience and their Experiences of Diversity and Inclusion, Mani Ahluwalia

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Over Expression of GATA2 in Heart Macrophage Induce Development of Heart Disease, Amena Aktar

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Midwives and perinatal mental health, Shahnaz Shahid Ali and Panagiota Tryphonopoulos Dr.

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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

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Optimization of Sustainable Greenhouses and Vertical Growing Structures by Employing Semi-Transparent Photovoltaic Panels and Heat Pumps in Canada, Nima Asgari

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Mental Health in the Social Media Era: Diminishing Happiness, Performative Digital Identities, and What’s Next?, Christopher P. Austin

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The Art of Framing: Social Media as a Battleground Between Social Movements and Formal Organizations, Fateme Bakhshi

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Análisis no lineal de edificios frente a cargas de viento, Amaya Ballate Delgado

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Canadian registered dietitians’ firsthand experiences with providing nutrition care during pregnancy, Hailey Belaire-De Oliveira, Regan Derrig, Jamie Seabrook, and Jasna Twynstra

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Co-Development of a Spoken Language Assessment Tool for d/Deaf and/or Hard of Hearing Students, Rachel Benninger

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Investigation of a Novel Rheumatoid Arthritis Specific Treatment in Arthritic Mice, Gabrielle Buckley, Jaspreet Kaur, Ewa Cairns, and Lillian Barra

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Running toward healthy hearts: maternal exercise reduces congenital heart disease, Iana Bulavko

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"Something in the water": Aquatic Pharmaceutical Pollution in the United States, James C. Caldwell

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Video games to save lives: Navigating the Body with Virtual Reality, Joeana N. Cambranis Romero

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Exploring Causal Cognition in Large Language Models, Vicky Chang

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A green vaccine: Using plants to protect poultry from Salmonella, Carly Charron

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Building Bridges for Tomorrow, Sandra Chow

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Adaptation and Implementation of an Accessible Measure of Language Comprehension for Non-Speaking Children with Cerebral Palsy in Canada, Juno "June" Coan-Brill

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Can We Put the Tests to Rest? How Judgments of Learning Impact Learning Outcomes, Anthony Cruz

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Understanding Caregivers in Graphic Novel Memoirs, Anastazia K. Csegeny

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Heritability of Trait Hope: Exploring Environmental and Genetic Sources of Variation, Sereena Dargan

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Unveiling Agriculture's Tiny Troublemakers: Revolutionizing Spider Mite Resistance Diagnosis, Mikaelison da Silva Lima

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Understanding and Quantifying Joint Catastrophic Risks, Neslihan Serra Desdemir

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Acquisition and development of arithmetic strategies in school-aged children., Nadir Díaz-Simón

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Feedback Focused: Alternative Assessments in Graduate Anatomy Education, Emily L. Dietrich and Sean C. McWatt

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Unveiling the applicability of lignin-based foams for floral, hydroponics, and environmental remediation applications, Glen Cletus DSouza

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Role of Kindlin 2 in Cutaneous Squamous Carcinoma Cells, Anamika Dutta

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How Social Media Affects the Relationship Between Perceived Weight Status and Depression and Anxiety Symptoms in Emerging Adults, Arya Ebrahimzadeh Ahari

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DETERMINANTS OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PUPILS BENEFITING OF THE NATIONAL SCHOOL-FEEDING PROGRAM IN BENIN, Omonlola Elvire Kikêlomon Elvire

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Can we improve walking abilities with music and brain stimulation?, Marina Emerick

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Tunnelling in soft saturated granular soils, Nima Farasat Mr.

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Studying titanium metal and oxide for a more durable future, Hunter Feltham

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Networks of Resistance: a regional analysis of extractive conflicts in Central America, Giada Ferrucci Ms

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Are Oral Antibiotics Behind the Alarming Rise in Childhood Kidney Stones?, Riley C. Fidler

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The Emotional Connection between Music and Autobiographical Memory in Older Adults with and without Mild Cognitive Impairment, Caitlin Fitzpatrick

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Exploring the Impact of Powerline Magnetic Fields on Our Peripheral Nervous System, Eleonore Fresnel

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Composing in Situ: An Autoethnographic Account of Composing Electroacoustic Music, Daniel Gardner

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Exploring Perceptions of Belonging Among Adolescents with Obesity and their Caregivers, Balraj Gill

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Graduate Training in Applied Behaviour Analysis: Interprofessional Collaboration, Gemma Graziosi

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The Development of Interstellar Meteoroid Streams, Cole R. Gregg Mr and Paul A. Wiegert Dr

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Autistic and non-autistic individuals’ experience of events: A large set of events rated on fourteen dimensions, Kara E. Hannah

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Understanding the association between adolescent nicotine exposure and major depressive disorder at the neurocircuitry level, Robin Harrison

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Illuminating the intersectional experiences of individuals living with eating disorders and disordered eating: The in/accessibility of treatment services, Hannah Healey and Elysée Nouvet

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"Jamaica Is Being Taken Over", Ashley Henry

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Failure to Protect or A Failure to Be Protected? The Criminalization and/or Revictimization of Mothers Who Are Intimate Partner Violence Victim-Survivors, Eden Hoffer

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Did You Hear That? Responses to Altered Auditory Feedback in Children, Jessica Holmes