CCRAH Research Seminars
Tentative schedule for the Fall 2024-2025 Term.
The Canadian Centre for Rural and Agricultural Health seminar is a biweekly lecture delivered by invited speakers on Tuesdays from 2:30-3:30 during the school term. Presentations are offered in-person and by Zoom platform.
Topics include current issues in agricultural and rural health research and practice. Seminar speakers include those affiliated with the Canadian Centre, with other departments at U of S, and visitors to the university such as those from other institutions or government. We encourage presentations from students, researchers, Centre staff, and practitioners. The 30 to 40-min presentation format emphasizes discussion of topics and encourages participant interaction with speakers.
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Before the Seminar We are using Zoom Meetings platform for CCRAH Seminar. Test that you can join Zoom from your computer or device https://zoom.us/test To join the Seminar on Tuesday at 2:30 pm
Please direct questions about your Zoom session capacity to Brooke at brooke.thompson@usask.ca |
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DATE |
PRESENTER(S) |
TOPIC |
| January 7 | TBD |
TBD |
| January 21 | Alejandra Castillo Toro |
Antimicrobial Resistance Genes in Bioaerosols from Saskatchewan Livestock Operations |
| February 4 | Amandeep Singh |
Modeling Agricultural Vibration Exposure |
| March 4 | TBD |
TBD |
| March 18 | TBD |
TBD |
| April 1 | TBD |
TBD |
| April 18 | TBD |
TBD |
| April 29 | TBD | TBD |
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DATE |
PRESENTER(S) |
TOPIC |
| January 9 | Merle Massie |
Public Speaking Tips |
| January 23 | Shiva Naseri |
Statistical Investigation of the Prevalence and Incidence of High Blood Pressure among Rural Residents of Saskatchewan |
| February 6 | Niels Koehncke |
Radiation safety and lead exposure in Veterinary Medicine |
| March 5 | Valerie Elliot |
Services for older adults living in four rural primary care memory clinic communities and surrounding areas: a multi-method qualitative study |
| March 19 | Greg Guenther & Megan Tomilin |
Greg's Title: Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Natural Health Products for Oral Health. Megan's Title: Using Mass Spectrometry for Biomarker Discovery: Stratifying STEMI Risk Groups. |
| October 1 | Angelica Lang |
CCRAH Seminar Introduction |
| October 15 | Dr. Kieran Steer |
An occupational medicine overview of pesticides and pesticide medical monitoring. |
| October 29 | Heather Alford | Exploring family experiences of mealtimes in long-term care: A grounded theory study. |
| November 26 | Leonardo Dutra de Salvo Mauad | Studies Abroad: Ergonomics Research in Brazil and Canada |
| December 10 | Ulfat Khanam | Application of Machine Learning in Predicting and Validating Asthma and Asthma Phenotypes in Rural and Urban Children |
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DATE |
PRESENTER(S) |
TOPIC |
| January 24 | Aaron Kociolek |
Developing a mechanistic framework to predict risk of work-related carpal tunnel syndrome |
| February 7 | Valerie Elliot |
Interprofessional collaborative primary care for older adults living with age-related chronic disease in rural and remote areas: A scoping review (in progress) of implemented innovations and solutions. |
| February 20-24 |
Mid-term Break |
No seminar |
| February 28 | Shirmin Bintey Kader | Association between impaired sleep and four domains of health based on the Indigenous Medicine Wheel. Findings from two Saskatchewan First Nation Communities |
| March 14 | Megan Tomilin | Archaeology and Mass Spectrometry: A Match Made in Mesopotamia |
| March 28 | William Pickett | Social Norms and Risk-taking on Canadian Farms |
| April 4 | Sharon Feng |
Lead Toxicity |
| April 11 | James A. Dosman | A Tale of Three Projects: Addressing inequities in Health 2012-2028. |
| May 2 | Gregory Kost | Occupational sunlight exposure |
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May 16 |
Dr. Jan Zejda | The role of measurement of the fractional concentration of exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) in epidemiological studies on pediatric asthma |
| October 3 | Drs. Angelica Lang/Shelley Kirychuk | Introduction to the Seminar Series |
| October 17 | Conference Schedule | CASA Virtual Conference |
| October 31 | Dr. Julie Kostinuk | RaDAR Primary Care Memory Clinics: Research Projects to Date |
| November 14 | Alyson Kelvin | Team work makes the dream work: Tackling Long COVID in Saskatchewan with a multidisciplinary group of researchers and clinicians |
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Special Seminar - Thrusday November 23 |
Irene Blackberry, La Trobe University | Transforming aged care: innovations from down Under. |
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November 28 |
CCRAH Faculty |
Ask the Faculty Panel: A Student-Centric Seminar |
2022 -Seminar
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2022-DATE |
PRESENTER(S) |
TOPIC |
| Jan 11 | Cancelled | The Agricultural Health & Safety Network Programs |
| Jan 25 | Angelica lang | Musculoskeletal disorders in farmers and functional task testing protocols: an Ergonomics Lab update |
| Feb 8 | Debra Morgan | Rural Dementia Action Research (RaDAR) Team: Overview and update |
| Feb 21-25 | Mid-term Break | |
| Mar 8 | Juan Ianowski | The contribution of pulmonary ionocytes to cystic fibrosis lung disease |
| Mar 22 | Kaitlin Merkowsky | Characterizing Lung Inflammation in Agricultural Respiratory Exposures Between the Sexes |
| Apr 5 | Bisma Ikram | Vision Problems Among Sleep Deprived Canadian Adults |
| Apr 19 | Allison Cammer & Josh Lawson | Nutrition Interventions & Dietitian Involvement in the Treatment of COPD: A Systematic Review |
| Oct 25 | Niels Koehncke | Welcome to CCHSA & Seminar Series |
| Nov 1 | Julie Kosteniuk | Health Service Utilization by Rural and Remote Memory Clinic Patients Before and After Diagnosis |
| Nov 15 | Josh Lawson | The relationship between childhood asthma and mental health conditions |
| Nov 29 | Kaitlin Merkowsky | One of these things is not like the other – Sex Differential responses to agricultural exposures |
| Dec 13 | Muhammad Imran | Identification and Quantification of Sperm Head Plasma Membrane Proteins Associated with Male Fertility |
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2021-DATE |
PRESENTER(S) |
TOPIC |
| Jan 19 | Roman Koziy |
Diagnostic Markers for Detection of Eradication of Joint Infection in Horses |
| Jan 26 | No seminar | |
| Feb 2 | Allison Cammer |
End of life nutrition care: A national survey of LTC RDs |
| --- Winter Mid-term Break --- | ||
| Feb 23 |
Modeling Obesity Rate with Spatial Auto-correlation: A Case Study |
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| March 2 | Seshni Naidoo |
Nutrition Care and the Long Term Care House Model–An Emerging Trend |
| March 9 | Stacey Lovo |
Nisitohtamowin - Understanding Each other and Working Together |
| March 16 | Virginia Deobald |
Nurses’ Experience using Nonpharmacological Interventions for Persons Living with Dementia in Rural Long Term Care Facilities |
| March 23 | TBA | |
| March 30 | Donna Goodridge |
Development and Evaluation of an App to Support Caregivers of People with Dementia: A Mixed Methods Study |
| Oct 12 | Niels Koehncke |
CCHSA: Welcome and Orientation |
| Oct 26 | Melanie Bayly |
The psychological and social wellbeing of older adults living alone with cognitive impairment |
| Nov 9 | George S. Katselis |
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Salivary Biomarkers using Mass Spectrometry-based Omics |
| Nov 23 | Ulfat A. Khanam |
Application of machine learning in predicting and validating asthma phenotypes among rural and urban children |
| Dec 7 | Shelley Kirychuk |
Occupational Hygiene Respiratory Exposures and Health: Anticipating, Recognizing, Assessing, and Controlling Physical, Chemical, Biological, and Ergonomic Stressors |
| Dec 21 | J. A. Dosman, P. Pahwa & J. Seeseequasis |
Results from the First Nations Sleep Health Project |
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2020-DATE |
PRESENTER(S) |
TOPIC |
| Sept 22 | Niels Koehncke | CCHSA Welcome and Orientation |
| Sept 29 | Sharleen Jahner |
The Psychologically Traumatic Experiences of Rural Registered Nurses Who Live and Work in the Same Community |
| Oct 6 | Lynette Epp | Truth and Reconciliation in Indigenous Health Research – A Case Study in the U of S College of Medicine |
| Oct 27 | Josh Lawson |
Mental Health and Asthma among Children |
| No seminar | --- Fall Mid-term Break --- | |
| Nov 3 | Upkardeep Pandher | Respiratory Inflammation and Agricultural Exposures: Combined or Individual Exposure to Lipopolysaccharide and Glyphosate |
| Nov 10 |
No seminar |
--- Fall Mid-term Break --- |
| Nov 17 |
Reimagining Rural and Remote Physiotherapy in Saskatchewan: A World Café Multi-stakeholder Event |
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Next seminar is January 5th, 2021 | |
| --- Holiday Break --- |
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2020-DATE |
PRESENTER(S) |
TOPIC |
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January 7 1:30-3:30 |
Cook Ross Everyday Bias for Healthcare Professionals |
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January 14 |
CO2: A unrecognized contributor to lung inflammation? |
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January 21 |
High frequency parental texting while driving before and after the 2018 Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus crash |
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January 28 |
High Risk? Indoor Cannabis Producers’ Perceptions of Occupational Health and Safety |
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February 4 |
An Ergonomic Evaluation of Exoskeleton Use in Agriculture |
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February 11 |
Mindfulness and leadership |
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February 18 |
No seminar - Winter midterm break |
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February 25 |
Our journey with a team and technology health care delivery approach in partnership with Pelican Narrows, a Northern Saskatchewan Cree First Nation |
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March 3 |
Digital tools for delivery of dementia education for healthcare providers of people living with dementia |
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March 10 |
The effects of RESP-AID (an herbal formulation) on asthma |
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March 17 |
Radiation protection for equine veterinary workers: what are their safety practices and associated radiation doses? |
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March 24 |
TBA |
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March 31 |
The psychologically traumatic experiences of rural registered nurses who live and work in the same community |
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April 7 |
Luan Chu |
TBA |
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April 14 |
Comfort feeding and end of life nutrition care within the Canadian long-term care context |
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April 21 |
Lynette Epp |
TBA |
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April 28 |
Joshua Lawson |
TBA |
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TOPIC |
| January 15 | Kate Langrell | Copyright for Researchers |
| January 22 |
Prairie Swine Centre: Research Update and Collaborative Opportunities |
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| January 29 |
Establishing Lung Cancer Attributable Costs Using Saskatchewan Health Administrative Data: A Methodological Study |
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| Feburary 12 |
Review of Current and Future Advances in Genomic Diagnoses |
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| february 26 |
Qualitative Methods - A Primer for Quantitative Researchers, by a Quantitative Researcher |
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| March 5 |
The rising issue of overexertion and its silent influence on workplace injuries involving pushing and pulling tasks |
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| March 12 |
Issues and Interventions in Rural Dementia Care |
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| March 19 |
Getting to the Bottom of Shoulder Pain: Do Bovine Rectal Palpations Cause Musculoskeletal Disorders? |
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| March 26 |
Examining the Relationship Between Leadership, Facilitation, and Short Term Sustainability of a Dementia-Specific Training Program in Rural Long-Term Care Homes |
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| April 2 |
Predictors of the First Asthma-related Hospitalization after diagnosis: A Retrospective Birth Cohort using the Saskatchewan Health Databases |
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| April 9 |
Rethinking Leadership and Relationality in Research with Indigenous people |
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April 23 |
An Analysis of the Psychologically Distressing Experiences of Rural Registered Nurses and Perceptions of Organizational Support |
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| September 10 | Niels Koehncke |
Welcome and Orientation |
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September 17 |
Use of Proteonics in Biomarker Discovery for Chronic Diseases |
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September 24 |
Is there a relationship between physical activity and chronic back disorders? Analysis of three Statistics Canada surveys |
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October 1 |
Writing successful grants – While avoiding common pitfalls |
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October 8 |
Using desktop micro-computed tomography to evaluate structural properties of the vertebral endplate |
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October 15 |
Employee Engagement Survey (results and feedback) |
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October 22 |
A scoping review of dementia-related education and support service availability, accessibility and use in rural areas: Barriers and promising solutions |
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October 29 |
Modelling rare events data using penalized regression methods with application to Occupational Injury Study |
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November 5 |
Radiance cohousing - A friendly green community in the heart of Saskatoon |
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November 12 |
No Seminar |
Fall Midterm Break |
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November 19 |
The Experience of Physical Activity for Métis Older Adults |
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November 26 |
Estimating joint loading in occupational settings and activities of daily living: A biomechanical perspective |
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From December 3-31 |
Christmas break |
There will be no seminar |
| Date | Presenter(s) | Topic |
| September 11, 2018 | Debra Morgan and Shelley Kirychuk |
CCHSA Welcome and Orientation |
| Sept 18, 2018 |
Use of Videoconferencing to Deliver Physiotherapy Services: A Scoping Review of Published and Emerging Evidence |
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Sept 25, 2018 |
Needs Assessment for Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV/AIDS Collaborative Programming in Saskatchewan, Canada |
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Oct 2, 2018 |
Workplace Safety: a CCHSA discussion of resources and policies *Note that webex will not be offered for this seminar* |
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Oct 9, 2018 |
Add Your Voice to The Conversation Canada |
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Oct 16, 2018 |
Model Building Using Artificial Neural Networks |
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Oct 23, 2018 |
Prevalence of Dementia in Austrian and Czech Nursing Homes (*Note special time and location. For webex details and room directions, contact dpm142@mail.usask.ca 10:30-11:30 am - Health Sciences B450) |
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Oct 30, 2018 |
Thunderstorm Asthma |
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Nov 6, 2018 |
Technologies for Treatment of Indoor Air |
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Nov 7, 2018 |
Grzegorz Brozek, Visiting Scholar |
E-cigarettes and Novel tobacco Products - An Epidemiological Approach. For webex details contact dpm142@mail.usask.ca - 10:00 - 11:00. |
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Nov 13, 2018 |
No seminar |
Fall Midterm Break |
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Nov 20, 2018 |
Risk-taking and Health in Rural Adolescent Populations: A National Study |
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Nov 27, 2018 |
Mental Health and Asthma among Children |
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Dec 4, 2018 |
Predictors of Continuity of Care among Children with Asthma in Saskatchewan |
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Dec 11, 2018 |
Strong Bones Across the Lifetime |
