Fall 2024

CROSH Crew News

The CROSH Members' Newsletter

Welcome to the Fall 2024 CROSH Members' Newsletter - we hope you enjoy this issue!


Contents:

  • Upcoming Events
  • Annual Report
  • Research Spotlight
  • Student Spotlight
  • Upcoming Webinar
  • Resources for Members
  • Student Opportunities
  • Word Search

Upcoming Events

  • September 10 at 12:00 PM. Talk: "Indigenous Perspectives in Health Care" by Dr. Annelind Wakegijig. In person at NOSM U (Sudbury) in MSE 119 and online via Webex. Click here for the Webex link.


  • September 14 at 10:00 AM in the Jim Fielding Innovation Space (CF201). Silicon Crater Tech Meet. CROSH Affiliate member Dr. Vineet Johnson of IRegained Inc. will talk about the latest trends and innovations in the tech industry, as part of a day of networking and learning. Click here to register.


  • September 18 at 3:00 PM. CROSH General Membership Meeting. In person in the CROSH Home Lab (B-216A) and online via Zoom. Click here for the Zoom link.


  • October 3 at 9:00 AM. Short course on "Designing Safe, Healthy, Productive, and Attractive Mines" by visiting scholar Prof Robin Burgess-Limerick. In person in the Executive Learning Centre at Laurentian University (FA-386). Click here to learn more.


  • October 4 at 2:00 PM. Free lecture on "Participatory Ergonomics, Appreciative Inquiry, and the Design of Attractive Work" by visiting scholar Prof Robin Burgess-Limerick. In person in the Executive Learning Centre at Laurentian University (FA-386) and online via Zoom. This lecture is part of the Leo Gerard Lecture Series on Workplace and Labour Studies. Click here to learn more. Meet and greet: Students have the opportunity to talk with Prof Burgess-Limerick after the lecture.


  • October 22 - 24. Mining Diesel Emissions Conference (MDEC). CROSH is paying the registration fee for 15 students to attend. Email tmankis@laurentian.ca if you're interested in attending this conference. Click here to learn more.


  • December 6 at 10:00 AM. CROSH Winter Holiday Get-Together. Join us in the CROSH Home Lab (B-216A) to celebrate the winter holidays together. Nut-free and peanut-free snacks and treats are welcome but not required.


  • December 11. CROSH Research Engagement Day. All CROSH Faculty Research Members are invited to participate. The agenda is still being developed, but in the morning researchers will share what they're working on and in the afternoon we'll all brainstorm on how we can collaborate with and support each other. More info to come by email in Oct. Please email gthrush@laurentian.ca to RSVP.


  • January 25. CROSHCon 2025. Save the date and stay tuned for details!


2023-2024 Annual Report

Check it out!


CROSH members have accomplished a great deal in this past year. Read up on everyone's research highlights and achievements.


Click here to read the Annual Report.

Researcher Spotlight:

Dr. Kerry McGannon

Dr. Kerry R. McGannon is a faculty researcher with CROSH and Full Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Health Sciences at Laurentian University. Her teaching and research expertise are in sport and exercise psychology, sport sociology, and health promotion.

Research


Dr. McGannon’s research has two themes:

  1. The socio-cultural investigation of sport/exercise 
  2. Advancing qualitative methods/methodologies in Sport Psychology and Sport Sociology.


Under these two intersecting research themes, Dr. McGannon explores:

  • Sport/exercise and health topics (e.g., identity exclusion, gender-based violence, mental health, gender equity) by attending to discourses that (dis)empower people. 
  • Digital media stories/narratives in relation to identity, sport participation, gender equity, and health.


Recent Achievements


Dr. McGannon and her research team recently completed the CROSH-funded project, Motherhood Journeys On and Off the Ice: A Narrative Analysis of Digital Media Stories of Professional Hockey Mothers. She worked with Dr. Ann Pegoraro (CROSH researcher and Professor at University of Guelph) and Laurentian MHK student (and CROSH Student Member) Willa Hladun. This work explored media stories of LGBTQ+ hockey mothers related to culturally safe workspaces and formed part of Willa’s masters’ thesis (defended in April 2024). This work is currently under review with a peer reviewed journal.


Dr. McGannon was awarded an Insight Grant ($130,556, 2021-2025) from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council for her project, Expanding Understanding of Motherhood and Sport in Socio-Cultural Context: A Narrative Analysis of Stories in the Digital Landscape. Dr. McGannon and co-investigators Drs. Ann Pegoraro and Andrea Bundon (University of British Columbia), are undertaking a critical exploration of digital media sources in relation to motherhood, elite sport, and gender equity. Three peer reviewed articles exploring sport media stories of elite athlete mothers and their journeys to the Olympic Games are published (see ‘next reads’), with two peer reviewed articles in submission. Doctoral student Shaantanu Kulkarni (and CROSH Student member) is currently exploring data from this project for his dissertation centring elite curling mothers’ Instagram stories in relation to community and social belonging. 


Next Reads


Looking for your next read? Dr. McGannon also has two recently published books, one centring trauma informed qualitative research in sport, exercise and health (Co-Edited with Dr. Jenny McMahon, University of Tasmania, Australia) and one centring motherhood and sport, stories and identities (Co-Edited with Dr. Lucy Spowart, University of Plymouth, UK).


Join the Team


If you're interested in joining Dr McGannon’s team as a graduate student related to her research themes/topics, you can reach her at kmcgannon@laurentian.ca.


Follow Dr. McGannon on Social Media


X: @FlockeKerry

LinkedIn: Kerry R McGannon, PhD

Summer Student Spotlight

We were lucky to have 12 students working on CROSH research projects this summer. In the lab and the field, their hard work, fresh perspectives, and dedication made for valuable contributions to health and safety research. Thank you, summer students!

Ali Bertrim

Undergraduate Student

Human Kinetics

University of Guelph


Simulation and Mining Operations Training Assessment (NORCAT); Community Air Quality Knowledge Sharing; Developing Safety Talks from Historical Data

Arjun Shukla

High School Student


Heat Illness and Climate Infographics

Camden Babin

Undergraduate Student

Computer Engineering - Software

University of Alberta


Outdoor Air Quality Monitoring and Foot-Transmitted Vibration Insole Project


Dawson O'Hara

Graduate Student

Mining-Mechanical Engineering

Laurentian University


Foot-Transmitted Vibration Insole Design

Jane Walker

High School Student


Heat Illness and Climate Infographics


Janika Lapp

Undergraduate Student

Education

Laurentian University


Health and Safety Knowledge Translation


Kailey Beggs

Undergraduate Student

Kinesiology

Laurentian University


Simulation and Mining Operations Training Assessment (NORCAT); Community Air Quality Knowledge Sharing; Developing Safety Talks from Historical Data


McKinley Broomhead

Undergraduate Student

Health Sciences

Queen's University


Heat Illness and Wearable Technology


Melanie Cloutier

Graduate Student

Human Kinetics

Laurentian University


Piloting Seat Adjustment Training for Heavy Equipment Operators


Parastou Zerang

Doctoral Candidate

Human Kinetics

Laurentian University


Behavioural Change Intervention at the Workplace with Consideration of the Effect of Resting Metabolic Rate


Pranil G C

Graduate Student

Computational Science

Laurentian University


Evaluating the Effectiveness of VR in a Working at Height Training Program


Taylor Lloyd

Graduate Student

Human Kinetics

Laurentian University


Heat Illness and Wearable Technology


Leo Gerard Lecture Series on Workplace and Labour Studies

Click Here to Learn More and Register

Resources for Members

There are a variety of resources for our members on our shared Google Drive, from presentation templates to the lab handbook.


We also have a CROSH Google Calendar. If you'd like access to either, please email croshtech@laurentian.ca.

Student Opportunities

Interested in a CROSH student internship? Visit https://crosh.ca/internships to learn more. You can also email croshtech@laurentian.ca if you have any questions.





Laurentian University's Goodman School of Mines' Mineral Resource Industry Leadership Certificate is an excellent opportunity for students considering a career in the mining industry. Click here to learn more!

CROSH Word Search

Click here to play the CROSH Word Search online or print it out below.


Click here to learn more about fall safety (at the same level or at heights).

Thank you for reading, and stay tuned for the next newsletter in Winter 2025!

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