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 and schools.

The following series highlights all submissions received from the Faculty of Health Sciences.

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Submissions from 2025

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Contextualizing Embodied Movement: Young People’s Negotiations of Race, Gender, Culture, and Body Image, Samantha Adler

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Nurses’ Experiences Accessing Mental Health Services, Sophia Aksenchuk

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Too Long, Too Twisty, or Both?, Niloufar Ansari Dezfuly

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Women Experiencing Homelessness and Child Separation: A Critical Feminist Narrative Inquiry, Olayinka O. Ariba

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Lessons from the 2024 Jasper Wildfire, Courtney Barnesky

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Primary Care Pathways to Implement Holistic Hearing Healthcare for Older Adults, Jana N. Bataineh

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Bringing “Home” to Long-Term Care, Denise M. Bedard

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Design Research: A Collaborative Approach to Tool Development, Rachel Benninger

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The Reproductive Health of Female Firefighters, Dorala Berinyuy Asesi

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An Overlooked Barrier: The Impacts of Specific Learning Disorder on Health Management Abilities, Stephanie M. Brocca

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Pioneering Accessible Assessment of Language Comprehension for Non-Speaking Canadian Children with Cerebral Palsy, Juno "June" Coan-Brill

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“Falling Through the Cracks”: Strengthening Support for People with Parkinson’s and Their Care Partners, Olivia Crozier

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Patient satisfaction with advanced practice physiotherapy internationally, Chris Davis, Alison Rushton, Katie L. Kowalski, and Tim Noblet

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Exploring how Meaning-Making is fostered in a Dementia Day Program, Gabriela Drozd

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Beyond Speech Quality: Exploring Speech Outcomes for Adults with Velopharyngeal Dysfunction, Morgan Flanagan, BJ Cunningham, Jeffrey David Holmes, and Allyson Page

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Has your world shrunk?, Catherine M. George

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Shifting the Lens: Using Patient Reported Outcome Measures in Adults With Acquired Dysarthria, Emily Golding, B J. Cunningham, Jeffrey Holmes, and Allyson D. Page

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Working together to help those with atypical parkinsonism, Joanna Gueret

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Nurses need support too! Well-being among nurses working with women who experience intimate partner violence, Ushani Tharuka Silva Guneththi

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Orchids at the Gym: Investigating Links Between Sensitive Personality and Perceptions of Physical Activity Environments, Beth Hanson

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Exploring Nurses’ Decision-Making: Defining Critical and Sensitive Information from Large Language Models, Julia Harrington

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Supporting Parents to Optimize Their Child's Movement, Kyra E. Hollins

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Listen to my Speech!, Jessica Holmes

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It’s as Easy as One, Two, Play! Empowering Educators to Spark Active Childhoods, Bayley V. Inniss

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When the Brain Can’t Hear, Reza Irani and Ewan Macpherson

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Creating Care That Respects Culture: Voices from Long-Term Care, Azmat Jehan

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Exploring the Experiences of Breastfeeding Mothers Attending Canadian Post-Secondary Education, Rebecca M. Jones

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Improving the accuracy of Automatic Speech Recognition models for Children’s Speech, Emma J. Kazmierowski

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A Municipal Blind Spot: Representations of the Aging-Disability Intersection in Policy, Sarah A. Lanteigne Ms.

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CAN PARALYMPIC GAMES MAKE MORE INCLUSIVE SOCIETY, seunghoon lee

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Active Children, Stronger Future: A New Approach to Enhancing Childhood Arthritis Care, Aidan Loh

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Life experiences of Young parents among survivors of 1994 genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda, Munezero Marie Colombe, Glorieuse Uwizeye, and Marilyn Ford-Gilboe

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What patients tell us can predict future back pain or disability, Afieh Niazigharemakher

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Articulating an interdisciplinary methodology to inform integrity-based decision-making in sport, Alan C. Oldham

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Sport as a public emergency: The case for basic humanitarian standards in sport, Alan C. Oldham

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Giving Voice to Experience: A Scoping Review of Speech Therapy Perceptions in Parkinson’s Disease and Hypokinetic Dysarthria, Shajaky Parameswaran, B. J. Cunningham, Jeffrey David Holmes, and Allyson D. Page

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The Strengths Internationally Educated Nurses bring to Canadian Healthcare, Dilshad Pirani

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Playing the System: When Classification Becomes Strategy, Adam J. Purdy

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White Coats and Black and White Minds, Sanna Rao

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When Dementia Throws Punches—Can Knowledge Be a Shield?, Tielly Regier

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Examining how Abuse-Free Sport Policies are Implemented within Canadian Universities to Enhance the “Athlete” Experience for Student-Athletes., Karen Robertson Laansoo

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Well-Being in Education: A Post-COVID Lockdown Comparison of School Sectors, Kyle Sandford and Tara Mantler

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Family Caregiving of Disabled Children in Families from Collectivist Cultures, Gurleen K. Sandhu

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Knee Deep in Innovation: A Robotic Approach to Total Knee Replacements, Anthony Tannous

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The Unheard Patient: Uncovering Inclusive Practice Gaps in Healthcare Case Studies, Ranya Treesh

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The Early Bird Gets the Words: Improving Access to Speech Therapy Services in Canada, Kristen Turner

Housing Insecurity & Health Impacts, Colleen L. Van Loon

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Forms of Stigma and Risk of HIV Transmission, Prevention, and Treatment among Men Having Sex with Men (MSM): A Scoping Review, Jiehan Zhao

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Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Synovial Microvascular Dysfunction in Knee Osteoarthritis, Songlin Zhu

Submissions from 2024

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

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

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

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The Experience of Online Health Information use among Stroke Caregivers: An Interpretive Description Study, Wilfred Huang

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Do you know what it means to be deaf and love sports?, Thomas Irish

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Exploring the Transition Related Issues Experienced by Nurse Immigrants from Low-Middle Socio-Income Countries Practicing in the Canadian Health Care System: A Focused Ethnographic Study, Mehtab Jaffer, Yolanda Bakenko Mould, and Saleema Allana

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Challenging Negative Views on Sexuality: The Role of Post-Secondary Education in Shaping Sexual Health and Intimate Relationships Among South Asian Canadian Women, kasthuri kanesalingam

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‘Aging well” with the Arts: Using Arts-based methods with Community-dwelling Older Adults, Sarah A. Lanteigne Ms.

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Canadian Healthcare Reform is on the Horizon and Advanced Practice Physiotherapy is Rising, Kaitlyn Maddigan

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Artificial Intelligence, Deepfakes and Digital Violence: Understanding the Impact on Health, Erika Murray

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Client perspectives on nutrition care received from their prenatal care providers, Lexie Nobbs and Lauren Cameron

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We have a dream: an arts-based social architecture analysis of a Canadian report: In the Land of Milk and Money, Lexie Nobbs and Lise Katrina Wolyniuk

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Examining the predictors of response to ICBT for tinnitus treatment outcomes: A secondary analysis of intervention study, Frank K. Ocran

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Fairness, Inclusion, and Safety: Exploring sport's ethical principles, Alan C. Oldham

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Games acts, language, truth and the co-construction of social reality, Alan C. Oldham

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Development of Parasports; A case of Ghana, Dennis Osei-Nimo Annor

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Easing the Load: Addressing Shoulder Injuries among Firefighters, Temitope Osifeso

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Engaging Children in Physical Activity: How Can We Better Support Rural and Small Urban Communities?, Emma E. Ostermeier

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Breaking the Silence: Understanding dementia-related stigma in conversation between racialized persons living with dementia and their care partners, George Philip

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Expanding Occupational Possibilities for Young People Labeled Intellectually Disabled, Rachel Reparon

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Applying Machine Learning in the Examination of Physical Activity and Engagement Among Commercial mHealth App Users, Babac Salmani

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Understanding Teachers' Perspectives on Nutrition Education in Ontario Elementary Schools, Ashley P. Vito Ms

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Understanding protective factors for children after exposure to parental gender-based violence, Julia Yates

Submissions from 2023

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The Experiences of Familial Mental Illness Stigma Among Individuals Living with Mental Illnesses, Joseph Adu and Joseph Adu

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Language and Working Memory Online Assessment Tool, Niloufar Ansari Dezfuly

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Equity in Canadian Postpartum Care Practices, Andrea Atkinson

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The Exploration of Sociocultural Impacts on Physical Activity Levels Among Muslim Women Students Studying at Western University, Mais Awadallah

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Co-Designing a Spoken Language Assessment Tool for Educators of the d/DHH, Rachel Benninger

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Gender-based violence and breast cancer: A threat to women’s health equity in Canada, Cara Anne Davidson

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How satisfied are patients with advanced physical therapy practice?, Chris Davis

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How does the "6th sense" contribute to our auditory spatial attention?, Erisa Davoudi

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Virtual More Than Words®: A Caregiver-Mediated Program for Autistic Preschoolers, Lauren Denusik

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Mining the knowledge gap of Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections among Black youth in Canada, Bethelehem Girmay and Obidimma Ezezika

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Did You Hear That? When What We Hear Influences What We Say, Jessica Holmes

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Burnout among New Graduate Nurses (NGNs)- Are we ready to take the load?, Mehtab Jaffer

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From the Other Side: Stroke Management in Low- and Middle-Income African Countries (LMIAC), Keren Sarpomaa Kankam, Laura Murray, Danielle Glista, Marie Savundranayagam, Mawukoenya Theresa Sedzro, and Selina Teti

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iBelong@School: Understanding Young People’s Experiences of Learning During and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic, Hannah D. Litchfield

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Will Health Warning Labels Affect Young Adult Perceptions of Alcohol?, Erin O. McEachran Ms

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A study to investigate Narrative Skills, Language, and Working Memory: An insight into Macro and Micro structures of Language, Diya Nair, Dr Theresa Pham, and Dr Lisa M.D. Archibald

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Empowering Care: Uncovering the Learning Needs of Personal Support Workers in Dementia Care, Grace I. Norris

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Test-Retest Reliability and Interrater Reliability of Pinch and Grip Strength, Alicom Ochere

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Guided Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Adults with Tinnitus in Ontario: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Frank K. Ocran

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Do We Understand Cultural Humility in Healthcare Delivery?, Mo Olajide

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Integrity based decision making in sport, Alan C. Oldham