{"id":106872,"date":"2026-01-09T11:03:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T16:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=106872"},"modified":"2026-01-09T17:02:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T22:02:25","slug":"thesis-defences-jan-12-to-jan-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2026\/01\/thesis-defences-jan-12-to-jan-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Thesis defences \u2014 Jan. 12 to Jan. 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Monday, Jan. 12 and Friday, Jan. 16.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span data-ogsc=\"black\">Master of <\/span><\/strong><strong><span data-ogsc=\"black\">\u200b<\/span><\/strong><strong><span data-ogsc=\"black\">Science in Applied Health Sciences\u00a0(Kinesiology) thesis defence<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-ogsc=\"black\">Cloe Curtis, a Master of Science in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201c<\/span>Managing Athlete Stress: Evaluating the Influence of a Cognitive Restructuring Intervention on Student-Athletes<span data-ogsc=\"black\">\u201d on Tuesday, Jan. 13 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in online format.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-ogsc=\"black\">The examination committee includes Tim Fletcher, Chair; Philip Sullivan, Supervisor; V\u00e9ronique Boudreault, External Examiner (<\/span><span data-ogsc=\"black\">Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke<\/span><span data-ogsc=\"black\">); and Kim Gammage and Sean Locke, Committee Members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span data-ogsc=\"black\">Master of <\/span><\/strong><strong><span data-ogsc=\"black\">\u200b<\/span><\/strong><strong><span data-ogsc=\"black\">Science in Applied Health Sciences\u00a0(Health Sciences) thesis defence<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-ogsc=\"black\">Tony DiDomenico, a Master of Science in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis \u201c<\/span>The Role of Primary Care Characteristics and Immigration Status as Predictors of Non-Urgent Emergency Department Presentations<span data-ogsc=\"black\">\u201d on Wednesday, Jan. 14 from noon to 3 p.m. in STH 361.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-ogsc=\"black\">The examination committee includes Will Pickett, Chair; Samantha Hajna, Supervisor; Madelyn Law, External Examiner (Niagara Health System); and Brent Faught and Luke Turcotte, Committee Members.<\/span><span data-ogsc=\"black\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span data-ogsc=\"black\">Master of <\/span><\/strong><strong><span data-ogsc=\"black\">\u200b<\/span><\/strong><strong><span data-ogsc=\"black\">Arts in Applied Health Sciences\u00a0(Community Health) thesis defence<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-ogsc=\"black\" data-ogsb=\"white\">Majuriha Gnanendran,<\/span><span data-ogsc=\"black\">\u00a0a Master of\u00a0<\/span><span data-ogsc=\"black\">\u200b<\/span><span data-ogsc=\"black\">Arts in Applied Health Sciences candidate, will defend the thesis &#8220;<\/span>Perceptions of Diversity Among Age-Friendly (AF) Committee Members: A Case Study of Age-Friendly Niagara\u201d<span data-ogsc=\"black\"> on Friday, Jan. 16 from 9 a.m. to noon in STH 452.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-ogsc=\"black\">The examination committee includes Kelli-an Lawrance, Chair; Pauli Gardner and Miya Naurshima, Supervisor; Colleen Whyte, External Examiner (Brock University); and Michele Donnelly, Committee Members.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following is a list of thesis defences taking place between Monday, Jan. 12 and Friday, Jan. 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":101807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,54,188,55],"tags":[28,1696,996,7488,3258,1512,115],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106872"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106872"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106914,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106872\/revisions\/106914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}