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2015-16Annual Research Report

Algoma University 2015-16 Annual Research Report

A Message from the PresidentWelcome to the first edition of Algoma University’s Annual Research Report. Faculty members at Algoma University are engaged in various interesting, dynamic, and cutting edge research projects that are improving our communities, creating outstanding learning experiences for our students, and contributing to our understanding of the world around us. When you look through the impressive list of publications, presentations, and grant successes, it is clear that as a small, undergraduate-only university with a teaching mission, we punch well above our weight in the research arena.

Research at Algoma University is reflective of, and framed by, our commitment to our students and to our communities. Instead of seeing participation in the primary duties of teaching and research as being somewhat at odds or even in competition, we view research and teaching as mutually supportive functions that allow for an integration of role and the creation of a learning environment that is second to none for our students. The recently approved 2016-2020 Strategic Plan identifies students at the heart of everything we do; our researchers ensure that programs at Algoma University provide students with the opportunity to develop solid research skills in a very dynamic and creative environment.

I hope you enjoy looking through the accomplishments of our researchers, and notice the variety of areas being investigated, and the value that is given to all forms of research at Algoma University – from basic, bench-based study, through community-based participatory action research, to the creative process. At Algoma University, our limits are only framed by the imaginations and intellectual curiosity of our faculty who work in collaborative ways with their colleagues and students to produce high quality and impactful research. We may be small, but the education is big!

Craig J. Chamberlin, Ph.D.President and Vice-ChancellorAlgoma University

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Michael John DiSanto, B.A. (Hons), M.A., Ph.D. English & Film

GRANTS:

SSHRC Insight Grant, $157,379 (with Robin Isard) NOHFC Internship Grant, $31,500 (with Ken Hernden)

CONFERENCE ORGANIZER:

DiSanto, M., King, S., and Lu Kits, S. (2015). Conference in Honour of the Centenary of George Whalley’s Birth. Queens University, Kingston, ON.

Alice Ridout, B.A. (Hons), M.A., Ph.D. English & Film

PUBLICATIONS:

Ridout, A. (2015). Margaret Atwood’s Straddling Environmentalism. Comparative American Studies: An International Journal, 13.1-2, 31-41.

CO-EDITED BOOKS AND JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES:

Ridout, A., Rubenstein R., and Singer, S., (Eds.). (2015). Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook After Fifty. New York: Palgrave-Macmillan.

BOOK CHAPTERS:

Ridout, A. (2015). Re-reading The Golden Notebook After Chick Lit. In Ridout, A., Rubenstein, R., and Singer, S. (Eds.) Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook After Fifty. New York: Palgrave-Macmillan. (153-69).

Ridout, A. Rubenstein, R., and Singer, S. (2015). Introduction. In Ridout, A., Rubenstein R., and Singer, S. (Eds.) Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook After Fifty. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. (1-9).

Robert Rutherdale, B.Comm, B.Ed., M.A., Ph.D. History & Philosophy

PUBLICATIONS:

Rutherdale, R. (2016). The First World War as a Local Experience: Mobilization, Citizen Voluntary Support, and Memorializing the Sacrifice in Lethbridge, Alberta. In Davies,

A., and Keshen, J. (Eds.) The Frontier of Patriotism: Alberta and the First World War, (355-68). Calgary: University of Calgary Press.

Andrea Pinheiro, B.F.A., M.F.A. Fine Arts & Music

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

Pinheiro, A. (2015). Camera Atomica. Curated by John O’Brian. Exhibited at Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON.

Pinheiro, A. (2015). Brain Storms: UAlberta Creates. Exhibited at Enterprise Square Gallery, Edmonton, AB.

Pinheiro, A. (2015). From Time to Time. Exhibited at FAB Gallery, Edmonton, AB.

Pinheiro, A. (2015). From Time to Time. Exhibited at Southern Graphics, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Pinheiro, A. (2015). Summer Exhibition. Exhibited at Republic Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

ART FAIRS:

Pinheiro, A. (2015). Feature Art Fair. Represented by Republic Gallery. Toronto, ON.

Pinheiro, A. (2015). NADA, NY. Represented by Cooper Cole Gallery. New York, NY.

PUBLISHED BOOKS AND PROJECTS:

Pinheiro, A. (2015). Residual Assets. Blackflash Magazine. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

Humanities

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Edward Turgeon, B.Mus., M.Mus., MMA, DMA Fine Arts and Music Advanced Studies

RECITALS:

Duo Turgeon. (February 21, 2016). World premiere of Manuel Valera’s “Migrant Voyage”. New World Centre: Miami, Florida.

Duo Turgeon. (April 5, 2016). World premiere of Derek Charke’s “Drift”. St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts: Toronto, Ontario.

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Strengthen research skills of our undergraduate

student population

through the example

and mentorship of

excellence-based faculty

researchers.

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Michael JohnDiSanto

B.A. (Hons), M.A., Ph.D.

Dr. Michael John DiSanto of the English Department has devoted his academic career to the lives and works of Joseph Conrad and D. H. Lawrence. However, a conversation in the fall of 2009 with his mentor, Dr. Brian Crick, inspired him to study George Whalley, a neglected Canadian icon of the twentieth century. Since then, DiSanto has spent his time working to highlight the life of the decorated war veteran, scholar, translator, biographer, pianist, and writer for CBC radio.

Now six years into the project, DiSanto is the leading scholar on Whalley. With the help of E-Services Librarian Robin Isard, he has published an extensive website to help entrench and memorialize Whalley’s place in Canadian history. georgewhalley.ca features a documentary of Whalley’s life, photographs, a timeline, audio recordings, and selections of Whalley’s original prose and poetry.

In 2015, DiSanto co-organized a conference to honour the centenary of Whalley’s birth at Queen’s University. A volume of proceedings, entitled Awake to Love and Beauty, which contains writings by scholars and some people who knew Whalley, including notable Canadian writers Michael Ondaatje and Elizabeth Hay, will appear in the fall 2016.

He also recently published Whalley’s poems, titled The Complete Poems of George Whalley. Many of Whalley’s poems were written during his time in the Second World War or in its immediate aftermath and have never been read or seen by the public. With Alana Fletcher and Robin Isard, DiSanto has co-edited a digital edition of a selection of Whalley’s poetry manuscripts and typescripts that will allow readers to explore Whalley’s process of writing.

Future publications on Whalley include an extensive biography and a collection of his letters.


Pedro Antunes, B.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D. Biology

PUBLICATIONS:

Wagner, V., Antunes, P.M., Irvine, M., Nelson, C.R. (2016). Herbicide usage for invasive non-native plant management in wildland areas of North America. Journal of Applied Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12711

Rúa M.A., Antoninka A., Antunes P.M., Chaudhary V.B., Gehring C., Lamit L.J., Piculell B.J. , Bever J.D., Zabinski C., Meadow J.F., et al. (2016). Home-field advantage? Evidence of local adaptation among plants, soil, and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi through meta-analysis. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 16, 1-15.

Primieri, S., Dalla Costa, M., Stroschein, M.R.D., Stocco, P., Santos, J.C.P., & Antunes, P.M. (2016). Variability in symbiotic effectiveness of N 2 fixing bacteria in Mimosa scabrella. Applied Soil Ecology, 102, 19-25.

Martinez-Garcia, L., Pietrangelo, O., Antunes, P.M. (2016). Parent tree distance-dependent recruitment limitation of native an exotic invasive seedlings in urban forests. Urban Ecosystems, 19, 969-981.

Day, N.J., Dunfield, K.E. and Antunes, P.M. (2016). Fungi from a non-native invasive plant increase its growth but have different growth effects on native plants. Biological Invasions, 18, 231-243.

Reininger, V., Martinez-Garcia, L., Sanderson, L. and Antunes, P.M. (2015). Composition of fungal soil communities vary with plant abundance and origin. AoB Plants, 7, plv110. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plv110

Day, N.J., Dunfield, K.E. and Antunes, P.M. (2015). Temporal dynamics of plant-soil feedback and root-associated fungal communities over 100 years of invasion by a non-native plant. Journal of Ecology, 103, 1557-1569.

Menash, J., Koch, A.M., Antunes, P.M. Kiers, T.E., Hart, M.M., Bücking, H. (2015). High functional diversity within species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi is associated with differences in phosphate and nitrogen uptake and fungal phosphate metabolism. Mycorrhiza, 25, 533-546.

Day, N. Antunes, P.M., Dunfield, K.E. (2015). Changes in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities during invasion by an exotic invasive plant. Acta Oecologica, 67, 66-74.

Sanderson, L.A., Day, N., Antunes, P.M. (2015). Edaphic factors and feedback do not limit range expansion of an exotic invasive plant. Plant Ecology, 216, 133-141.

Dias, T. Dukes, A., Caldwell, E., Antunes, P.M. (2015). Accounting for soil biotic effects on soil health and crop productivity in the design of crop rotations. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 95, 447-454.

GRANTS:

NSERC Discovery & Engage, $51,801

Discovery grant, $28,000

Canada Research Chair - Tier II, $100,000

NOHFC, $28,000

Ontario Genomics Institute, $28,430 (with Wilfred Laurier University)

Bioforest, $20,269.73

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Sciences

Tri-Council Success: AU has garnered 1.37M in

Tri-Council funding over

the past seven years.

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IsabelMolina

B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.

Dr. Isabel Molina is well known in the science community for her contributions to plant biology. Her research largely focuses on understanding the structure and biosynthesis of cutin and suberin, two complex lipids that are produced by linking many fatty acids into strong polymers. These polymers form adaptive waxy barriers that cover plant surfaces, protect them from the environment, and constitute the largest biotic/abiotic interface of biology. Suberin is essentially ubiquitous in vascular plants and is the most abundant component of cork on tree bark. Cutin and waxes form the cuticle layer that covers the surface of all land plants. A deeper understanding of these adaptations will inform the development of strategies that improve the tolerance of plants to biotic and climatic stresses, as well as the modification of agronomic traits such as seed germination and dormancy. Since cutin, suberin, and waxes are largely composed of modified fatty acids and reduced hydrocarbons, deeper insights into plant surface lipids could drive the development of crop plants that produce large amounts of surface lipids as novel sources of energy and chemical feedstock.

Molina uses several organisms to address her research questions, ranging from model plant and tree species to cereal and oilseed crops. Among her current projects, a collaborative study, titled “Genomic Analysis of Leaf Cuticle Development and Functional Diversity in Maize”, is one of the first to investigate cuticle biogenesis in maize, an important staple food of more than 1.2 billion people, which is also largely used as livestock feed and as a raw material for ethanol production. This study aims to generate valuable knowledge and tools to improve economically important traits related to leaf cuticle function, including drought tolerance and pathogen resistance in maize and other crops. Ultimately, the basic research being conducted by the Plant Lipid Metabolism Team will have wider environmental and economic repercussions, contributing to the improvement of the performance of agronomical crop plants throughout the world.


Jennifer Foote, B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc., Ph.D. Biology

PUBLICATIONS:

Ehnes, M., Foote, J.R. (2015). Comparison of autonomous and manual recording methods for discrimination of individually distinctive ovenbird songs. Bioacoustics, 24, 111-121.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Nanni, L., Schroeder, R., Foote, J. (2015). Nocturnal song rates of White-throated Sparrows and Ovenbirds vary with atmospheric conditions, lunar phase, and date. Presented at the Society of Canadian Ornithologists, Wolfville, NS.

Ehnes, M., Foote, J. Utility of automated recording for discrimination among individual male ovenbird songs. Mandy Ehnes presented this paper at the Society of Canadian Ornithologists meeting in Wolfville, NS in July 2015.

GRANTS:

OMNR, Species at Risk Research Fund for Ontario, $10,000

OMNR, Species at Risk Research Fund for Ontario, $10,500

NOHFC Internship, $27,500

NSERC Engage Grant, $24,991

NSERC Discovery Grant, $106,000

István Imre, B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc., Ph.D. Biology

PUBLICATIONS:

Barnett, M., Imre, I., Wagner, C.M., Di Rocco, R.T., Johnson, N.S., and Brown, G.E. In press. Evaluating potential artefacts of photo-reversal on behavioural studies with nocturnal invasive Sea Lamprey. Canadian Journal of Zoology

Di Rocco, R.T., Imre, I., Johnson, N.S., and Brown, G.E. (2016). Behavioural response of adult sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) to predator and conspecific alarm cues: evidence of additive effects. Hydrobiologia, 767, 279-287. doi: 10.1007/s10750-015-2508-6

GRANTS:

Great Lakes Fishery Commission, $105,018 (with N.S. Johnson and G.E. Brown)

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Continue to expand the amount and quality of

participatory action research

sponsored and managed by

the NORDIK institute.


Isabel Molina, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. Biology

PUBLICATIONS:

Kosma, D., Molina, I., Rowland, O. (2015). Analysis of suberin-associated root waxes from Arabidopsis and other plant species. Bio-protocol, 5(24): e1679

Jenkins, S. and Molina, I. (2015). Isolation and compositional analysis of plant cuticle lipid polyester monomers. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 105. doi: 10.3791/53386

Molina, I. and Kosma, D. (2015) Role of HXXXD-motif/BAHD acyltransferases in the biosynthesis of extracellular lipids. Plant Cell Reports, 34, 587-601.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

Molina, I., Rains, M., and Reganb, A. (2015). Investigating Suberin Biosynthesis in Poplar Bark: Candidate Genes and Chemical Composition. Presented at the Canadian Society of Plant Biologists Eastern Regional Meeting. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

Boutin, C., De Silva, N., Lukina, A., Molina, I., Rowland, O. (2015). Evaluating the roles of seed coat constituents in protecting embryos from chromium toxicity in Arabidopsis thaliana. Presented at the Canadian Society of Plant Biologists Eastern Regional Meeting. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

De Silva, N., Molina, I., Rains, M. (2015). Phytochemical analysis of apoplastic diffusion barriers in poplar. Presented at La Cité Nantes Events Center, Nantes, France.

França, D., Kosma, D., Molina I., Razeq, F., Rowland, O. (2015). Cutin and suberin monomer composition of the oilseed crop Camelina sativa. Presented at La Cité Nantes Events Center, Nantes, France.

GRANTS:

National Science Foundation, $3,222,844 US.

Molina Lab, $418,596.30 US.

Industrial Research Assistant Program, $269,000.

Brandon Schamp, B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc., Ph.D. Biology

PUBLICATIONS:

Lavender, T.M., Schamp, B., Lamb, E. (2016). The influence of Matrix Size on statistical properties of co-occurrence and limiting similarity null models. PLoS One 11: e0151146

Siefert, A., Violle, C., Chalmandrier, L., Albert, C.H., Taudiere, A., Fajado, A., Aarssen, L.W., Baraloto, C., Carlucci, M.B., Cianciaruso, M.V., Dantas, V., de Bello F., Duarte, D.S., Fonseca, C.R., Freschet, G.T., Gaucherand, S., Gross, N., Hikosaka, K., Jackson, B., Jung, V., Kamiyama, C., Katabuchi, M., Kembel, S., Kichenin, E., Kraft, N.J.B.,

Lagerström, A., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., Li, Y., Mason, N., Messier, J., Nakashizuka, T., McC. Overton, J., Peltzer, D., Pérez-Ramos, I.M., Pillar, V.D., Prentice, H.C., Richardson, S., Sasaki, T., Schamp, B.S., Schöb C., Shipley, B., Sundqvist, M., Sykes, M.T., Vandewalle, M., Wardle, D.A., Wright, I. (2015). A global meta-analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities. Ecology Letters, 18, 1406-1419.

GRANTS:

NSERC Discovery, $160,000.

Salimur Choudhury, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. Mathematics & Computer Science

PUBLICATIONS:

Choudhury, S., Salomaa, and Akl, S.G. (2015). Cellular Automaton Based Localized Algorithms for Mobile Sensor Network. International Journal of Unconventional Computing, Volume 11, 417-447.


Islam, M.T., Taha, A., Akl, S.G., & Choudhury, S. (2015). A Local Search Algorithm for Resource Allocation for Underlaying Device to Device Communication. Presented at the 2015 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2015, San Diego, CA. ISBN 978-1-4799-5952-5.

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Miguel Garcia-Ruiz, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. Mathematics & Computer Science

PUBLICATIONS:Garcia-Ruiz, M.A., and Santana-Mancilla, P.C. (2015). Introduction to the usability of video games (in Spanish). In Muñoz Arteaga, J., González Calleros, J.M., & Sánchez Huitrón, A. (Eds.), La interacción Humano-Computadora en México. Naucalpan, Mexico: Pearson.

Gaytán-Lugo, L.S., Santana-Mancilla, P.C., Santarrosa-García, A., Medina-Anguiano, A., Hernández-Gallardo, S.C., & Garcia-Ruiz, M.A. (2015). Developing a serious game to improve reading comprehension skills in third graders. Research in Computing Science, 89, 71–79.

Santana-Mancilla, P.C., Gonzalez, F.J., Garcia-Ruiz, M.A., Ordaz, A., & Magaña, M.A. (2015). Social Cloud Computing: an Opportunity for Technology Enhanced Competence Based Learning. IEEE Latin America Transactions, 13(1), pp. 353-358.

PRESENTATIONS:

Garcia-Ruiz, M.A., & Santana-Mancilla, P.C. (2015). Development and Usability Testing of Simulated Wind in a Racing Video Game. In Proceedings of The 2015 IEEE Games, Entertainment, and Media Conference, Toronto, ON.

George Townsend, B.Sc., M.Math, Ph.D. Mathematics & Computer Science

PUBLICATIONS:Townsend G., Platsko V. (2016). Pushing the P300-based brain–computer interface beyond 100bpm: extending performance guided constraints into the temporal domain. Journal of Neural Engineering, 13, 2-15.

GRANTS:

NOHFC, Northern Ontario Internship Program, $30,000

Nairne Cameron, B.Sc. (Hons), M.A., Ph.D. Geography & Geology

GRANTS:

NOHFC Internship Program, $27,846.

NSERC Promoscience Program Grant, $18,275 (with G. Broad, and L. Wyper).

SSHRC Insight Development Grant, $11,547.

Chunhua Zhang, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. Geography & Geology

PUBLICATIONS:

Flores-de-Santiago, F., Kovacs, J. M., Wang, J., Flores-Verdugo, F., Zhang, C., & González-Farías, F. (2016). Examining the Influence of Seasonality, Condition, and Species Composition on Mangrove Leaf Pigment Contents and Laboratory Based Spectroscopy Data. Remote Sensing, 8, 226.

GRANTS:

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, $50,000.

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GeorgeTownsend B.Sc., M.Math, Ph.D.

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Since 2007, Dr. George Townsend has devoted his academic career to helping people diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease, more commonly known as ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), convey their thoughts through sophisticated computer software and hardware. Today, he is one of the world’s leading researchers.

First developed in the 1980s, Townsend has enhanced and advanced a computer-based interface that allows completely paralyzed people to communicate their thoughts with the outside world. The technology includes a common computer and monitor with a special EEG (electroencephalogram) amplifier and electrode cap to implement a P300-based spelling device. A person wearing the EEG cap watches the monitor for characters consisting of letters, numbers, and function keys to flash, which eventually are used to spell out a message, sentence, or word the person desires to spell. This enables a person to communicate through only brain activity and no physical movement.

Townsend’s upgrades to the technology includes making the paradigm more efficient by eliminating common systematic errors and increasing the speed it takes to convey a person’s thought. In the summer of 2015, Townsend and his team of student assistants had their biggest breakthrough, having the paradigm run at 120 bits per minute, a dramatic increase of 67 per cent, breaking all known records. Currently, he is working to make the paradigm more affordable by using newer technology called a Raspberry Pi, which is a credit card sized computer and costs less than $50.00. Such upgrades have made Townsend’s computer-based interface the fastest and most affordable in the world, helping aid the lives of thousands of people affected by ALS and other neurological disorders.


James Allen, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Psychology

PUBLICATIONS:

Allen, J.W. and Lalonde, C. (2015). Children’s use of speech and repetition in oral storytelling: The role of cultural patterning in children’s retellings First Nations oral narrative. Human Development, 58, 70-96.


Allen, J.W. (2016). Understanding the role of cultural practices in human development: Challenges and experiences in engaging with Anishinaabe Inendamowin

and learning together with knowledge keepers. Presented at the Anishinaabe Inendamowin Research Symposium, “Rekindling Anishinaabe Inendamowin”, Algoma University, Sault Ste. Marie, ON.

Allen, J.W. (2015). Understanding coherence in children’s oral narrative constructions: Some insights on the role of cultural patterning from exploring Indigenous oral traditions. Presented at the Biannual Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Columbus, OH

David Brodbeck, B.A.(Hons), M.A., Ph.D. Psychology

PUBLICATIONS:

Brodbeck, M.I.R. and Brodbeck D.R. (2015). It’s just evolution. Commentary: A crisis in comparative

psychology: where have all the undergraduates gone? Frontiers in Psychology. 6: 187

Gayle Broad, B.A., Ph.D. Community Economic and Social Development


Broad, G., (Chair) Baron, O., and Espitia, L.D. (2015). Learning from the Community: Indigenous and Peasant Knowledges in Canada and Colombia. Panel presentation at C2U Expo. Citizen Solutions. Better World. Ottawa: Carleton University.

Broad, G. (2016). Cooperatives Crossing Borders: Resilient and Sustainable Community Development Education in Indigenous and Campesino Communities. The Co-Operative Education Conference. Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK.

GRANTS:

NSERC PromoScience, $18,200.

NSERC PromoScience Science Odyssey Supplement, $4375.

NORDIK:Ontario Trillium Foundation, $35,000*

NOHFC Internship Program, $32,000*

*(with Sault Ste. Marie and Area Arts Council)

SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP EVOLUTION NOHFC Internship Program, $64,000**

Ontario Trillium Foundation, $568,000**

**(with 24 organizations from across Northern Ontario)

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Social Sciences


NairneCameron

B.Sc. (Hons), M.A., Ph.D.

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Dr. Nairne Cameron is an important voice in Sault Ste. Marie for food security. Her research has helped raise awareness about the various problems facing the Northern Ontario community in regards to food access.

In 2011, Cameron completed food mapping research on “food deserts”, which examined how food is distributed throughout the city, how people access food, and income levels. Then, in conjunction with the NORDIK (Northern Ontario Research, Development, Ideas and Knowledge Institute and the Algoma Foot Network (AFN), she researched the opportunities and barriers to sourcing local food. A public outreach map was produced from the study showing Sault Ste. Marie retailers who sold local food, and now an AFN directory incorporates information on retailers.

More recently, she and two research assistants, Daryl Nelligan and Carter Vance, presented new research from a SSHRC funded project at the Canadian Association of Geographers in Halifax, Nova Scotia which explored the earlier findings further. While focusing on the lived experiences of individuals in Sault Ste. Marie, their research demonstrated how transportation amongst other issues has affected food access and distribution in the city. Plus, a governmental shift has occurred placing greater focus on affordable housing over food access, forcing social service agencies to provide clients with food skills without increasing budgetary spending.

In the future, Cameron is hoping to develop an application for mobile devices which readily identifies food sources within communities. “It’s still very preliminary, but I think it’s important to have this information readily available. A mobile application would provide people with information that is current, in real time, and informative. They can make better decisions and know all of their options in regards to food in the local context.”


Murshed Chowdhury, B.S.C., M.S.S., M.A., Ph.D. Business & Economics

PUBLICATIONS:

Chowdhury, M. (2016). Financial Development, Remittances and Economic Growth: Evidence Using a Dynamic Panel Estimation. Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research, 10, 35-54.

BOOK CHAPTER:

Das, A., Khan, S., & Chowdhury, M. (2015). Effects of ICT Development on Economic Growth in Emerging Asian Countries. ICTs in Developing Countries: Research, Practices and Policy Implications, (141-159). London: Palgrave Macmillan


Chowdhury, M. (2015). Financial Deepening, Remittances and Economic Growth: Evidence from Dynamic Panel Estimation, Presented at the Canadian Economics Association conference at Ryerson University, Toronto, ON.

Das, A., Chowdhury, M., & Seaborn, S. (2016). ICT Diffusion, Financial Development and Economic Growth: New Evidence from Low and Lower Middle Income Countries. Presented at the Eastern Economic Association conference at Washington Marriott Wardman Park, Washington, D.C., USA.

Jan Clarke, B.Sc., B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Sociology

PUBLICATIONS:

Horley, J., and Clarke, J. (2016). Experience, Meaning and Identity: A Psychosocial Theory of Sexual Stability and Change. London, UK: Palgrave MacMillan

Clarke, J. (2015). [Review of the book Anti-Militarism: Political and Gender Dynamics of Peace Movements, by Cynthia Cockburn]. Social Movement Studies, 14, 748-750.

Stirrup, D., and Clarke, J. (Eds.) (2015). Straddling Boundaries: Culture and the Canada-US Border in Comparative American Studies, 13.

Stirrup, D., and Clarke, J. (2015). Straddling Boundaries: Culture and the Canada-US Border. Comparative American Studies, 13(1/2), 1-15.


Clarke J. (2015). Borderland Communities and Cultural Identities. Canadian Sociological Association Conference, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario.

Aaron Gordon, B.A., B.Ed., M.B.A., Ph.D. Business & Economics

PUBLICATIONS:

Gordon, A.J. (2016). An examination of performance appraisal systems in light of employee motivation. International Journal of Management and Humanities, 2, 13-16.

Gordon, A.J. (2016). The outsourcing function for human resource projects: A path-goal theory approach. International Journal of Management and Humanities, 2, 6-10.

GRANTS:

Algoma University Research Fund, $4,670. (with Chowdhury, M., Denomme, C., & Woodman, D.)

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Hari Luitel, M.A., Ph.D. Business & Economics

PUBLICATIONS:

Luitel, H.S., and Mahar, G.J. (2015). A Short Note on the Application of Chow Test of Structural Break in US GDP. International Business Research, 8, v8n10p112.

Luitel, H.S. and Mahar, G.J. (2015). Why Most Published Results on Unit Root and Cointegration Are False? Occasional Newsletter of the Association for Integrity and Responsible Leadership in Economics and Associated Professions.


Luitel, H.S., and Mahar, G.J. (2015). Applied Econometric Analysis at the Canadian Economics Association’s 49th Conference, Toronto, ON.


Luitel, H.S., and Mahar, G.J. (2015). Algebra of Integrated Time Series. Presented at the Canadian Economics Association’s 49th Conference, Toronto, ON.

Luitel, H.S., and Mahar, G.J. (2015). Algebra of Integrated Time Series. Presented at the Southern Economic Association’s 85th Annual Meetings, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Luitel, H.S. (2015). Efficient and Optimal Taxation. Chaired session at the Southern Economic Association’s 85th Annual Meetings, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Luitel, H.S., and Mahar, G.J. (2016). Why Most Published Results on Unit Root and Cointegration Are False? Presented at the Eastern Economic Association’s 42nd Annual Conference, Washington, DC.

Nicola Shaw, B.Sc.(Hons), Ph.D., FBCS, CITP Sociology

PUBLICATIONS:

Gross. D.P., Armijo-Olivo, S., Shaw, W.S., Williams-Whitt, K., Shaw, N.T., Hartvigsne, J., Qin, Z. (2015). Clinical Decision Support Tools for Selecting Interventions for Patients with Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Scoping Review. J Occup Rehab.


Shaw, N.T. (2015). Using GIS to provide personalized health care: The barriers and opportunities. Presented at the Curtin Spatial Sciences Colloquium, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.

Shaw, N.T., McGuire, S.K., (2015). GIS Analysis of Environmental, Socio-demographical & Behavioural Risk. Presented at the ESRI International User Group Conference, San Diego, USA.

Shaw, N.T., McGuire, S.K., Hirvi, E. (2015). Examining the Use of Patient Portals in an Integrated Healthcare Institution. Presented at the Northern Health Research Conference, Timmins, ON.

Shaw, N.T., McGuire, S.K. (2015). GIS analysis of environmental, socio-demographical and behavioural risk factors for Algoma nurse practitioner patients with chronic disease. Presented at Big Data and Healthcare Analytics, 2015, Sydney, Australia.

GRANTS:

SSMAMA, $11,984 (with Hirvi, E.)

Algoma Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic, $7,498 (with Hirvi, E.)

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