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Adshade

Marina

Arts

English

Adolescence, Aging, AIDS, Consumers, Culture, Economics, Families, Gay and Lesbian Issues, Human Behavior, Marketing, Sex/Sexuality, Statistics, Students, Women's Issues, Work

Economics of Sex and Love, Marriage, Divorce, Fertility, Sex Trades, Risky Sexual Behaviour, Online Dating, Promiscuity, Infidelity

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Baron

Andrew

Arts

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Adolescence, Advertising, Children, Culture, Human Behavior, Marketing, Multiculturalism, Psychology, Racism/Race Relations, Science

cognitive development, infancy, childhood, adolescence, racism, race, stereotypes, cooperation, bias, innateness, science education, multiculturalism, gender, ethnicity, neuromarketing, attitudes, preferences, psychology

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Blair

Robert

Medicine

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Aboriginal Issues, Addictions, Adolescence, Aging, Alternative Medicine, Brain, Cancer, Children, Depression, Disabled Persons, Education, Exercise, Health Care, Medicine, Mental Health, Orthopedics, Physiology, Psychiatry, Psychology, Schizophrenia, Sex/Sexuality, Sports, Stress, Suicide, Young Offenders

Yoga. Addiction, Posture, Meditation

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Chau

Shirley

Health & Social Development

Cantonese

Adolescence, Canada, Children, Culture, Health Care, Immigration, Immigration, Chinese, Mental Health, Multiculturalism, Racism/Race Relations, Stress, Work

Service utilization, service barriers, physical and social health of marginalized and vulnerable populations, wellbeing of service providers, social work practice, cross-cultural practice, homelessness, adolescents, child welfare, effects of violence, psychological trauma, stress, work and wellness, social policy, immigrants, Chinese seniors, multiculturalism

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Crocker

Peter

Human Kinetics

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Adolescence, Exercise, Sports, Stress

self-esteem and spirit/exercise; body image; stress and coping in sport and exercise; health related behaviour (dieting, smoking, physical activity) related to the construction of the physical self in adolescent girls

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Garland

Jane

Medicine

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Adolescence, Children, Depression, Health Care, Medicine, Mental Health, Psychiatry, Suicide

anxiety; depression; in adolescence; depression and adolescents

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Guhn

Martin

Medicine

German

Aboriginal Issues, Adolescence, Bilingualism, Children, Culture, Education, Psychology

wellbeing of children and youth; social determinants of developmental health; social and cultural community and neighborhood effects on child development; music and emotion

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Gurstein

Penny

College for Interdisciplinary Studies

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Adolescence, Aging, Architecture, Children, Community Planning, Families, Internet, Labour Issues, Sustainability, Third World, Urban Planning, Women's Issues, Work, Olympics

community planning; housing; planning and health; multimedia and planning; marginalized communities; gender and planning; telework and home-based employment; sustainable development; outsourcing and its impact on employment

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Hammond

Geoffrey

Medicine

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Adolescence, Aging, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Cancer, Environment, Genetics, Nutrition, Research and Development, Sex/Sexuality, Stress

Biochemistry, Molecular Genetics, Endocrinology, Steroids, Reproduction, Cancer, Hormones, Animal models of human disease

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Hillock

Susan

Social Work and Family Studies

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Adolescence, Aging, Children, Death, Depression, Disabled Persons, Education, Ethics, Families, Gay and Lesbian Issues, Health Care, Human Behavior, Mental Health, Politics, Racism/Race Relations, Sex/Sexuality, Suicide, Teaching, Women's Issues, Young Offenders

Structural social work, feminism, queer theory, equality, women's issues, equity, critical theory, anti-oppressive practice,anti-racism,diversity,social work education, social justice, social action, adult education,counselling with individuals, couples, families, and communities,resistance, aging, death and dying,ethics,palliative care, suicide intervention,socialism, sexuality, spirituality,oppression.

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Humphrey

Shannon

Medicine

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Adolescence, Aging, Teaching

Acne, cosmetic dermatology, dermatology, skincare, botulinum toxin, soft tissue augmentation, soft tissue fillers

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Hymel

Shelley

Education

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Adolescence, Canada, Children, Education, Human Behavior, Psychology

social and emotional learning, moral disengagement, social development, children's peer relations (social skills training, bullying, aggression, victimization, self-esteem/self-concept); assessment of children's learning/reading problems

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Johnson

Joy

Nursing

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Addictions, Adolescence, Health Care, Heart Disease, Human Behavior, Nursing, Smoking, Women's Issues

substance use; smoking and adolescence; nicotine dependence and adolescence; prevention of heart disease; risk factors and heart disease; provision of nursing care; nursing interventions; nursing research; smoking (rates); smoking cessation; smoking relapse; environmental tobacco smoke and children; addiction; women and addiction; marijuana use

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Kang

Shimi

Medicine

Punjabi, Hindi

Abortion, Addictions, Adolescence, Asian Affairs, Brain, Communications, Depression, Education, Families, Health Care, Human Behavior, Human Rights, Immigration, India, Media, Medicine, Mental Health, Multiculturalism, Psychiatry, Psychology, Racism/Race Relations, Schizophrenia, Sex/Sexuality, Smoking, Sports, Stress, Students, Suicide, Teaching, Television, Women's Issues

Mental health, addictions, substance use, motivation, culture, women's health, youth health, diversity, psychiatry,

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kang-dhaliwal

neelu

Arts

Punjabi, Hindi, rdu

Abortion, Addictions, Adolescence, Aging, Agriculture, AIDS, Bilingualism, Canada, Children, Communications, Community Planning, Consumers, Culture, Death, Depression, Drugs, Education, English as a Second Language, Families, Film, Fine Arts, Gangs, Health Care, Human Rights, Immigration, India, Media, Multiculturalism, Psychology, Racism/Race Relations, Religion, Research and Development, Sex/Sexuality, Sociology, Stress, Suicide, Teaching, Television, Theatre, Third World, Tourism, Women's Issues

Indian/Punjabi/Sikh diaspora,Violence against women( public and domestic), women activism/welfare/status/movement in India and Canada, Indian/Punjabi family, culture, traditions,Sikh life style and patterns,rural and agricultural India/Punjab,indebtedness in Punjab, Punjab's history and economy,Punjabi immigration and history in Canada and other countries,Popular Indian/Punjabi media and films,aging population of Indians in Canada, cultural reproduction of Indians/Punjabis in diaspora, Indo-Canadian legal, social and cultural issues

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Krank

Marvin

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Addictions, Adolescence, Advertising, Drugs, Mental Health, Psychology, Sex/Sexuality, Smoking, Stress

addiction, adolescent risk behaviours, substance abuse, drug effects, motivational models of risk, prevention programs

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Law

Danielle

Education

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Adolescence, Children, Education, Internet, Students, Teaching

Child and Adolescent development; Internet use; Cyberbullying; Educational Psychology

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Lovato

Chris

Medicine

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Adolescence, Cancer, Smoking

tobacco, tobacco control, youth tobacco control, cancer prevention, smoking cessation

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Marshall

Sheila

Social Work and Family Studies

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Adolescence

parent-adolescent relationships, transition to young adulthood

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Matthews

Jennifer

Applied Science

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Olympics, Adolescence, Drugs

social influences of gender, drug culture and risk-taking on young men's health

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Orbaugh

Sharalyn

Arts

Japanese, some French

Adolescence, Censorship, Crime, Culture, Film, Gay and Lesbian Issues, Japan, Literature, Racism/Race Relations, Robots, Sex/Sexuality, Women's Issues

modern Japanese culture (literature, film, manga, animation, kamishibai); East Asian women's issues; anti-racist pegagogy

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Rogers

Theresa

Education

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Adolescence, Children, Education, Literacy, Teaching

literacy, education

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Saewyc

Elizabeth

Applied Science

English

Addictions, Adolescence, Drugs, Gay and Lesbian Issues, Health Care, Medicine, Mental Health, Nursing, Sex/Sexuality, Suicide

Homeless or street involved youth, sexual minority youth, sexual exploitation of youth, stigma, discrimination, trauma and resilience.

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Schonert-Reichl

Kimberly A.

Education

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Adolescence, Children, Education, Stress

Children's social and emotional development, empathy, moral development, bullying, risk and resiliency, adolescent stress and coping, transition to school, transition to adulthood (emerging adulthood), social and emotional learning in school

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Schultz

Kirk

Medicine

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Adolescence, Cancer, Children, Pediatrics

bone marrow transplant; immune therapy of cancer

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Shapka

Jennifer

Education

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Adolescence, Computers in Education, Education, Families, Human Behavior, Internet, Media, Mental Health, Psychology, Technology

Adolescent Development, Social Development, Media, Internet, Cyberbullying and victimization, Online Privacy Behaviours, Parenting,

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Siden

Harold

Medicine

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Adolescence, Children, Medicine, Pediatrics

Pediatric Palliative Care, Pediatric Pain

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Snowden

Kim

Arts

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Adolescence, Advertising, Culture, Film, Literature, Media, Sex/Sexuality, Teaching, Television, Women's Issues

fairy tales, popular culture, vampire literature, film, women's literature, feminism, contemporary fairy tales, feminist literature, monstrosity in literature.

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Stewart

S. Evelyn

Medicine

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Adolescence, Children, Families, Genetics, Mental Health, Psychology

obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety disorders, child and adolescent psychiatry, genetics

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Sullivan

Richard

Social Work and Family Studies

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Adolescence, Babies, Children, Families, Gay and Lesbian Issues, Racism/Race Relations, Young Offenders

family policy, child welfare, same sex parents, First Nations child welfare, adolescents

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Tierney

Rob

Education

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Adolescence, Australia, Children, Computers in Education, Education, Human Behavior, Technology, United States

Education, Literacy education, Educational assessment, Learning technologies, Teacher education

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Young

Richard

Education

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Adolescence, Education

parent-adolescent interaction (conversations); career development, particularly as a function of family influence

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Last reviewed 07-Jun-2010 Env: PROD / USER

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