{"id":4470,"date":"2010-08-10T12:56:14","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T17:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=4470"},"modified":"2010-08-10T12:56:14","modified_gmt":"2010-08-10T17:56:14","slug":"thesis-defences-%e2%80%94-posted-aug-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2010\/08\/thesis-defences-%e2%80%94-posted-aug-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Thesis defences \u2014 posted Aug. 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Samantha Hajna \u2014\u00a0MSc Health Sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Samantha Hajna will defend her thesis on Wednesday, Aug. 11 at 9 a.m. in WC204B. Title: Role of Family Eating Practices on Daily Nutrient Intake, Dietary Patterns and Measures of Body Composition in Peri-Adolescents. Supervisor: Paul LeBlanc; advisory committee: Brent Faught and Jian Liu; external examiner: Anwar Merchant, University of South Carolina; chair: Deborah O\u2019Leary.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nicole Coverdale \u2014\u00a0MSc Health Sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nicole Coverdale will defend her thesis on Thursday, Aug. 12 at 10:30 a.m. in WC204B. Title: Baroreflex Sensitivity and Development Coordination Disorder. Supervisor: Deborah O\u2019Leary; advisory committee: Brent Faught and Panagiota Klentrou; external examiner: Maureen MacDonald, McMaster University; chair: Paul LeBlanc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cedomir (Chad) Tosevski \u2014 MSc Health Sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cedomir (Chad) Tosevski will defend his thesis on Thursday, Aug. 12 at 10:30 a.m. in WH147. Title: The Relationship between Body Mass Index and Breast Cancer Recurrence\/Progression and Breast Cancer-Specific Death. Supervisor: Martin Tammemagi; advisory committee: Jian Liu and Brent Faught ; external examiner: Margie Parthimos, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care; chair: Ana Sanchez.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andrew Depner \u2014 MA Leisure Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Andrew Depner will defend his thesis on Wednesday, Aug. 18 at 1 p.m. in WH147. Title: A Comparison of Self-Determined Motivational Experiences between Participants and Non-Participants Following the Physical Activity Component of the CATCH Kid Club. Supervisor: Scott Forrester; advisory committee: Erin Sharpe and James Mandigo; external examiner: Michael Kanters, North Carolina State University; chair: Trent Newmeyer. (video conference)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Daniele Chirico \u2014 MSc Health Sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Daniele Chirico will defend his thesis on Monday, Aug. 23 at 2 p.m. in WC204B. Title: Left Ventricular Structure and Function in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder. Supervisor: Deborah O\u2019Leary; advisory committee: Panagiota Klentrou and John Cairney; external examiner: Brian Timmons, McMaster University; chair:  Brian Jeynes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Melanie Hedley \u2014 MA Physical Health and Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Melanie Hedley will defend her thesis on Tuesday, Aug. 24 at 9 a.m. in WC204B. Title:  Lived Experiences of Children with Disabilities. Supervisor: Maureen Connolly; advisory committee: Nancy Francis and Jae Patterson; External Examiner:  Jason Candy, Niagara College; chair: Gail Frost.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Andrew Andrijiw \u2014 MA Sport Management<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Andrew Andrijiw will defend his thesis on Wednesday, Aug. 25 at 9 a.m. in WH147. Title:  Life after Hockey: An Examination of Athletic Career Transition and the National Hockey League\u2019s Career Transition Program. Supervisor:  Lucie Thibault; advisory committee:  Catherine Van Ingen and Richard Wolfe; external examiner:  Sandy Gordon, University of Western Australia; chair: Lisa Kikulis. (video conference)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ishan Angra \u2014 MA Physical Health and Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ishan Angra will defend his thesis on Wednesday, Aug. 25 at 10 a.m. in WC204B. Title: A Needs Assessment of Public Health Professionals: Supporting the Implementation of Ontario 2010 Revised Elementary Health and Physical Education Curriculum. Supervisor: James Mandigo; advisory committee: Nancy Francis and Madelyn Law; external examiner: Aniko Varpalotal, University of Western Ontario; chair: Philip Sullivan. (video conference)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nadia Akseer \u2014 MSc Health Sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nadia Akseer will defend her thesis on Wednesday, Aug. 25 at 9 a.m. in WC284. Title: Examining the Potential of Childhood Stature in Assessing Adolescent Overweight and Obesity. Supervisor: Jian Liu; advisory committee: Brent Faught and John Hay; external examiner: Katherine Cianflone, Universit\u00e9 Laval; chair: TBA.  (video-conference)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ashley Johnson \u2014 MA Physical Health and Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ashley Johnson will defend her thesis on Thursday, Aug. 26 at 10 a.m. in WC204B. Title: Social Development of Primary Aged Children through a Movement Education Program. Supervisor: Nancy Francis; advisory committee; James Mandigo and Catherine Van Ingen; external examiner:  Mary-Louise Vanderlee, Brock University; chair: Michael J. Plyley.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shane Nicholls \u2014 MSc Management<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shane Nicholls, Faculty of Business, Department of Accounting, will defend his thesis on Monday, Aug. 30 at 1:30 p.m. in Sankey Chambers. The title of his thesis is \u201cY Works: Average Hours Worked and Average Salaries.\u201d  His examining committee members are:  Marilyn Rose, chair;  Sean Lyons, external examiner, College of Management and Economics, University of Guelph;  Darlene Bay, supervisor;  Gail Lynn Cook,  Dirk De Clercq and  Mark Julien.<\/p>\n<p>All are welcome to attend thesis defences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thesis defences posted on Aug. 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54],"tags":[3330],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4470"}],"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=4470"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4473,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4470\/revisions\/4473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}