November 2024: Prentice Institute Affiliate Newsletter | |
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The Prentice Institute collaborates with researchers in Canada and elsewhere to address some of the most difficult challenges of the next generation and beyond.
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Prentice Institute Affiliate, Perry Stein, City of Lethbridge Partner Services Manager, is a contributing author to "The International Participatory Charter for Urban & Territoria l Development to Deliver the New Urban Agenda" including authoring a Case Study to showcase the Principles of the Charter.
Perry's case study is titled "Inclusive Spatial Planning from Canada: City of Lethbridge Municipal Development Plan."
The Charter and Case Studies were presented at the UN-Habitat World Urban Forum 12, which took place in Cairo November 4-8, 2024. Perry's authorship on both of those documents includes his Research Affiliate status with the Prentice Institute.
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Dr. Julia Brassolotto recently received a SSHRC Insight Grant to study autonomy and vulnerability in the context of medical assistance in dying (MAiD).
Should you want more details on the Grant:
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Dr. Brassolotto had two papers accepted for publication that were written with her Faculty of Health Sciences colleagues Sienna Caspar (Associate Professor) and Aimee Douziech (Instructor). | Douziech, A., Caspar,S., Brassolotto, J. (2024). Creating a sense of home in long-term care: Exploring the influence of therapeutic recreation services. Canadian Journal of Therapeutic Recreation. | Caspar, S., Douziech, A., Brassolotto, J. (2024). The role of therapeutic recreation in long-term care culture change: A comparative case study from Alberta, Canada. Leisure. | | |
Upcoming Conference & Presentation | |
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ESNA 2025 Economic Outlook Conference
University of Alberta, Lister Centre
Thursday, December 5th, 2024
7:15 AM - 5:30 PM
(registration through ESNA.ca here)
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ACLMR Battle for Alberta II Labour Workshop
University of Alberta, ECHA L1-420
Friday, December 6th, 2024
8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
(Registration through RSVP link here by December 2, 2024)
(To present reply to jmarchan@ualberta.ca)
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University of Lethbridge Assistant Professor Justin Raycraft recently published an article titled: Sharing landscapes with megaherbivores: Human-elephant interactions northeast of Tarangire National Park.
Raycraft, Justin, George Tanner, and Edwin Maingo Ole. 2024. Environmental Challenges 17(101005):1-11
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Dr Richard Larouche, Associate Professor of Public Health, recently co-authored a study called "Improving National and International Surveillance of Movement Behaviours in Childhood and Adolescence: An international Modified Delphi Study"
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Dr. Richard Larouche recently completed several presentations in Paris, France at the end of October during the 2024 International Society for Physical Activity and Health Conference.
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Larouche R, et al.
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Global Adolescent and Child Physical Activity Questionnaire (GAC-PAQ): Findings from cognitive interviews in 15 countries
- Recommendations Emerging from a Review of Studies Assessing the Psychometric Properties of Physical Activity Questionnaires in Childhood
- Social-ecological correlates of children’s outdoor time: a national longitudinal study
- Comprehensibility of a physical activity questionnaire: findings of cognitive interviews with Brazilian children and parents/guardians.
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Out and about’: relationships between children’s independent mobility and distress in a national longitudinal study.
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On September 26th 2024 Prentice Institute Affiliates Tara Million (Department of Indigenous Studies) and Patrick Wilson (Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics) moderated a panel entitled “Indigenization and Intercultural Collaboration in Municipal and Postsecondary Contexts.” Scheduled as part of the events marking the Truth and Reconciliation Week, the panel was delivered as a Talking Circle to an audience of students, faculty and University administrators. Participants included Andrea Cuéllar (Associate Director, Prentice Institute); Prentice Institute Affiliates Michelle Hogue (Indigenous Studies), Ross Kilgour (City of Lethbridge), Perry Stein (City of Lethbridge); and Camina Weasel Moccassin (International Buffalo Relations Institute and Galt Museum). The panel was co-sponsored by the Prentice Institute, Iikaisskini, and the Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics. | |
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The Prentice Institute accepts applications for affiliation year-round. Affiliates are eligible to apply for a variety of grant funds offered by the Institute.
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Have a newsletter contribution? Every month, we share opportunities and interesting reads fresh off the press from our partners, research affiliates, and team. If you have an opportunity, paper, article, op-ed, lecture, podcast, etc. you would like to share, please email us at prentice@uleth.ca with the subject 'Newsletter Contribution'.
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