CCRAH Research Seminars
Tentative schedule for the Fall 2024 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.
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Special Seminar - Thrusday November 23 |
Irene Blackberry, La Trobe University | Transforming aged care: innovations from down Under. |
November 28 |
CCRAH Faculty |
Ask the Faculty Panel: A Student-Centric Seminar |
2022 -Seminar
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 |
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 |
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 --- |
2020-DATE |
PRESENTER(S) |
TOPIC |
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 |
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 |
April 28 |
Joshua Lawson |
TBA |
DATE | PRESENTER(S) |
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 |
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 |
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. |
Nov 13, 2018 |
No seminar |
Fall Midterm Break |
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 |