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Four Canadian Faculties Of Music: A Preliminary Investigation Into Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, And De-Colonization In Post Secondary Education, Cynthia Lê, Sara Shifaw

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This study, conducted through the lens of two Asian and African Canadian students and their lived experiences, examines four institutions, the University of British Columbia, the University of Toronto, McGill University, Western University, and the ways in which each addresses Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Decolonization (EDI-D). Accessing public documents such as syllabi, course descriptions, event calendars, published articles, strategic plans, released statements from students and faculty, and their online social media platforms, data was analyzed using qualitative document analysis (Altheide, Coyle, DeVriese, & Schneider, 2008). Overall themes were uncovered and examined (Cousins & Bourgeois, 2014; Khan & VanWynsberghe, 2008) including …

Creation Of The Database For The Don Wright Faculty Of Music's Opera Costume Collection, Ashley Carpenter

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Over the course of my USRI, I created a database to organize and display the costume collection from the Don Wright Faculty of Music Opera Program at Western University. This process consisted of a series of phases with a focus on digitizing the costume collection so that it is accessible and sustainable. Extraction, sorting, creation, development, photograph, organization, and consultation constituted the progression of the new costume database. The extraction phase featured the removal and assessment of the costumes. This provided a visualization of the costume collection in its entirety and thus, guided the creation of the database. The sorting …

Researching The Occupations And Lives Of Women In 19th Century Baltimore, Michaela N. Yarmol-Matusiak

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This blog post focuses on the process and output of the 3 research projects I completed this summer; 2 of which focused on compiling historical data on the occupations and lives of women in 19th century Baltimore. In the document, I walk through the multi-faceted process of sorting an 1858 scanned archival document into an organized Excel spreadsheet that solely represents women. As well, I describe the process of using, compiling, and presenting historic American census data from the 1800s from the Social Explorer Database. In both of these cases, I show how the forces of race, class, and gender …

Excavations At North Field Poster, Sydney G. Durham

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Ongoing excavations of the North Field,Vindolanda site reveal fascinating results about the military occupation of early Roman-Britain. Features of the industrial complex (kiln and dryers), ash and smoke pits, ditch cuts, and artifacts of tools, ceramics and everyday objects help archaeologists contextualize military life and production here at the North Field. The excavation of three early shallow cut ditches between 2010-2014 reinforce that the site hadprolonged occupation and use of the fort pre-dated the main site’s earliest date of 85 AD, possibly for construction and/or defensive purposes. The excavation of the later small and large kiln/dryer reveal continued production of …

Mozart And Genius: Music And Philosophy, Aidan Witvoet

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This output poster serves as an overview to my efforts and responsibilities throughout the duration of the internship. Here I also showcase a brief sample of the concepts and areas of exploration within which I have been immersed, both in regards to the the content of the book I am helping to prepare for publishing as well as accompanying readings and discussions.

Assessing Reading Comprehension And Memory Recall Of Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Jasmeen Mander

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This project examined the influence of background knowledge on reading comprehension and memory recall of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in comparison to typically developing children. Furthermore, the true or false scores and average story recalls of the two groups of children, ADHD and without ADHD were also compared. The participants varied in ages 9-14 years old and were assigned a self-paced reading task followed by 24 true or false questions and two memory recall questions. For both groups of children, the amount of background knowledge an individual conveyed did not correlate to their reading comprehension and memory recall. …

Ten 'Thorny' Data Collection Practices Of Research Use, Proshat Nouri

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When conducting research, there are various ethical dilemmas associated with the practices researchers engage in and with. Once the notion of data privacy and collection are integrated into research, the ambiguity surrounding ethics and whether a practice is deemed ethical heightens. This research output presents ten scenarios of research use that demonstrate thorny data collection practices.

Problems Of Portrayal: Archaeology, Viktoria Bodo

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Survey of the accurate and inaccurate portrayal of archaeology in the media

Exhibitions As Artworks - Research Output, Kaitlyn German

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Slide 1: Hello, my name is Kaitlyn German and I was the USRI Intern of Professor John Hatch this summer.

Slide 2: The goal of my USRI internship under Professor Hatch was to conduct research and find academic articles for Professor Hatch to aid in the design of a university undergraduate course. As such, there was a steady amount of research that was required in order to properly find information on the topics that Professor Hatch requested. To further my researching skills, I attended various Professional Development sessions including: Intro to Literature Searches and Information Evaluation, wherein I learned about …

L’Élément Chinois De L’Identité Canadienne : Un Commerce Initial Impliquant Le Thé Et Le Ginseng, Amanda Lee

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En travaillant à décoloniser le récit sino-canadien et à envisager les différents aspects de la culture chinoise qui ont façonné le développement de l’identité sino-canadienne, on peut trouver des éléments essentiels à ces aspects dans le commerce d’importation de thé chinois par les voies britanniques et dans l’exportation canadienne-française de ginseng canadien vers la Chine.

Le développement du commerce du thé entre la Chine et le Canada (La Grande-Bretagne a servi d’intermédiaire) a reflété l’expérience historique des Canadiens d’origine chinoise à bien des égards. Par exemple, le monopole britannique sur les importations de cette marchandise au Canada suit des politiques …

Forest City Memories: Rethinking London's Past And Present, Athena Nadalin, Kaity Adam

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Policing Perspectives Of Human Trafficking, Joanne V. Silva

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This study incorporates a criminological and feminist analysis of policing perspectives surrounding the power dynamics within human trafficking.

Expanding Horizons: China’S Perception And Management Of Globalization, Xiaofan Mu

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The Athletic Body: Eating Disorders In Canadian Sport History, Kimberly Callander

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Eating disorders in Canadian sport are and have been an ongoing issue for some time. In recent years, more research and education programs directed at athletes and their peers have been implemented. However, the topic has never been subjected to thorough historical analysis, specifically in Canadian history. The purpose of this research was to gain a complete understanding of sport-related eating disorder development in Canada.

To construct a social history analysis of eating disorders in Canadian sport, the exploration of Canadian policy statements, archived media sources, general history of eating disorders, and autobiographical accounts by Canadian athletes was conducted. The …

Modeling Weather Vulnerability Dynamically: Applications Of Multiple Linear Regression To Weather Index Microinsurance, Sophie Wu

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This paper offers a broad overview of the philanthropic goals of microinsurance — namely, to provide vulnerable populations with more self-sufficient and sustainable methods of coping with risk — and through this lens, analyses the applications of multiple linear regression in developing dynamic models for microinsurance. We explain the foundations of MLR (multiple linear regression), and then give two examples for how a simple multiple linear regression model can be adapted with a novel outcome variable (famine) and dependent variables (climate change related costs). Overall, a better understanding of MLR can lend to a better understanding of how microinsurance can …