Contemporary research in the field of child and youth study continues to examine the experiences of children living within urban environments. This research has tended to examine challenges to child development present ...

This is the first qualitative study in Canada specifically focused on food insecurity ...

The value of the laboratory to science learning has been under scrutiny. This thesis examines the undergraduate chemistry laboratory and seeks to show how improvements in student outcomes will result from reformulating ...

Children and adolescents with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have been found to make a variety of poor life decisions in comparison to typically developing children and adolescents. To date, it is difficult ...

This thesis examines the disconnect between the 2007 Ontario Science and Technology Curriculum and a textbook written specifically to support it, Investigating Science and Technology 7. The paper illustrates the suggested ...

This research assesses physical environments in adult day programs in Nova Scotia in terms of their appropriateness for persons with dementia. Researchers have found that when physical environments are well designed, ...

The purpose of the current study was to examine how adolescent temperament ...

Negative life events (NLEs), attributional style (AS), and depression were prospectively examined with adolescent girls, with youth assessments every 6 months (grades 9 -11) and parent reports of childhood NLEs at baseline. ...

This autoethnography explores how a school district perceived the ideal student, given a close reading of district documents; and how I, as a parent and teacher, responded to as well as perpetuated notions of this ideal, ...

The activity of alcohol drinking is omnipresent in society. The tools of alcohol use surround us on a daily basis, impacting our lives and our culture. Few have not been touched by the power of alcohol. Yet, the way in ...