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Psychedelics, Safety and Clinical Trial Design
(2020-05-20)Objectives: To investigate the safety of psychedelics for humans, to identify the limitations of the current evidence and to indicate how gaps and limitations may be addressed in future clinical trial design. Methodology: ... -
Scoping Review Protocol: Mapping Psilocybin Animal Research
(2020-05-20)Research Question: What are the neurological and behavioural effects of psilocybin administered in animal studies? Objectives: To determine the effects of psilocybin in animal studies across behavioural task clusters ... -
Scoping Review Protocol: Mapping Psilocybin Therapy Research
(2020-05-20)Objective: By understanding the patients selected, the interventions used, and the outcomes noted for psilocybin-assisted therapies, we may better understand the program variables and best practices of these emerging ... -
Conceptualization of Community Wellness in Three First Nations Communities
Introduction: It is well known, and well documented that Indigenous conceptualizations of wellness differ from Western conceptualizations. Using Western parameters and formulations to appraise Indigenous health and wellness ... -
Investigating Efficiency and Stability of Gait Using a Two Triaxial IMU Sensor System
This work aimed to develop a simple, two-sensor system to measure gait efficiency and stability. The system was tested by measuring the compromised gait pattern of 15 healthy adults (aged 18-30). The gait pattern was altered ... -
A Blueprint for Student-Athlete Success: Understanding the Conditions Implemented by University Coaches
Student-athletes represent a unique group of individuals that must balance their academic goals with their athletic pursuits in a high performance sport context. Coaches play a significant role in helping athletes achieve ... -
Vertical Jump Landing Fatigue: the Kinetic, Kinematic, and Muscular Adaptations
Understanding how fatigue affects task performance is crucial for understanding injury risk. Historically, the tests used to measure fatigue and the effects of that fatigue were not always similar to the tasks that generated ... -
Assessing the impact and delivery of the Transformational Coaching Workshop in Para sport
Few evidence-informed coach development programs are available for coaches of athletes with a disability (CAWAD; Cheon et al., 2015). Additionally, there is a general need to use behaviour change theories in designing and ... -
Athlete perceptions of "playing up" in youth soccer
A common practice in sport is to “play up” youth athletes with exceptional sport-specific skills against older players with similar skill sets. Playing up is believed to facilitate expertise by exposing athletes to high ... -
Why Sport? An Examination of Youth Sport Program Consumption Behaviours in Canadian Ice Hockey Parents
Participation in youth sport programming has been shown to influence many outcomes associated with positive development in children and young adult populations. Despite this, the waning accessibility of youth sport programs ... -
The Kneel for Social Justice: Colin Kaepernick, Megan Rapinoe, and The Black Lives Matter Movement
In 2016 Colin Kaepernick captured the attention of America when he did not stand for the playing of the national anthem before a National Football League preseason game to protest racist police violence. Shortly thereafter, ... -
Greater post‐contraction hyperaemia below vs. above heart level: the role of active vasodilatation vs. passive mechanical distension of arterioles
(2020)We tested the hypotheses that increased post‐contraction hyperaemia in higher (H; below heart) vs. lower (L; above heart) transmural pressure conditions is due to (1) greater active vasodilatation or (2) greater transmural ... -
Cardiorespiratory Fitness as a Clinically Relevant Risk Factor
The purpose of this dissertation was to provide evidence in support of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) as a clinically relevant tool to manage lifestyle-based disease. The objective of Study 1 was to determine whether there ... -
Using gravity to help us understand the AMPK-PGC-1α axis in skeletal muscle from healthy young males
The mitochondrion is a critical component of the cell and is responsible for producing energy needed by our bodies. One way our body adapts to exercise is by enlarging and creating more mitochondria. A primary protein ... -
Remaining in Death: A Critical Ethnography of Death, Remains, and Community in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Communities dwelling in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside have long been the target of dispossessive strategies. In the earliest days of the city’s development, the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh Peoples were violently ... -
Investigating the intra-individual consistency of follicular changes in endothelial function across two menstrual cycles
Research has shown that estrogen has vasoprotective properties, however there is conflict in the literature regarding whether vascular endothelial function is lower in the low estrogen, early follicular (EF) phase and ... -
Exploring Narratives of Quality Participation Among Adults with Physical Disabilities in a Community-based Exercise Program: A Mixed Methods, Collective Case Study Approach
Previous explorations of quality participation in physical activity opportunities for persons with disabilities (PWD) have yet to address whether one’s perception of quality participation can change over time. Using ... -
Something Got Into Their Minds: The Rise of Radicalization Discourse in Canada
This dissertation examines the rise of radicalization discourse in Canada. Drawing on postcolonial theories of Orientalism and affect, I contend that radicalization is a racially-charged concept that characterizes anti-Western ... -
Exploring the Consent to Touch in the Modern Postural Yoga Class: Perspectives in the Era of #MeToo
This study explores the issue of touch in yoga classes in the context of #MeToo. Presently, there are no ethical standards which guide yoga teachers in “adjusting” or “enhancing” bodies in a yoga class. The use of touch ... -
Assessing the Effectiveness of a Transformational Coaching Workshop on Athlete Outcomes
Positive youth development (PYD) through sport is a person-centered approach that aims to develop a variety of assets. Coaches can play a significant role in this process but often require training to develop their ...
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