Publications
Every year, our members publish both peer-reviewed journal articles and community-facing reports, infographics, briefs, and other forms of public knowledge mobilization, which are sometimes called grey literature. This type of literature differs from traditional forms of academic articles published in peer-reviewed journals. Grey literature refers to the publications that come from commissioned research or research activities. As a self-supporting research institute, BU CARES relies on commissioned research and research activities for organizations and community partners. These activities and the grey literature bring significant benefits to Brandon University: (1) through community partnerships; (2) through financial benefits; and (3) with employment opportunities to students and research associates.
RESEARCH CONNECTION, a periodical publication provides information about the impact of Brandon University’s academic research and expertise on public policy, social programming, and professional practices.
Research Reports
Report on the Research Round Table on Sexually Exploited Children and Youth in Brandon, Manitoba
Children and youth in Brandon, Manitoba, are at risk of sexual exploitation. This research was conducted with multiple agencies, service providers, and educational authorities from Brandon. It shows the need for more awareness and training and explores the issues and consequences of sexual exploitation and challenges and opportunities for coordinating services.
Final Research Report: Action Research as a Catalyst for School Change: Lakeshore School Division Community Circle
This 2013 research was part of the VOICE (Vital Outcome Indicators for Community Engagement) for Children and Youth project involving the Lakeshore Community Circle and Brandon University. Three success pathways were identified: 1) technology, 2) instructional strategies, and, 3) physical spaces.
Data for this report were collected through surveys and focus group discussions. The action research projects and final reports are listed in this report by year, schools and names of participants. Findings indicated that with the use of action research, policymakers in education could identify the issues and create solutions for quality education.
Youth Development Program in Northern Manitoba
This article describes a study of the Cultural, Economic, Political, and Social Youth Leadership Development Program (CEPS), an identity-building program for disengaged youth, conducted by a community-university alliance in northern Manitoba, Canada. The study was conducted through the lens of transformative learning theory. Findings indicate participation in CEPS strengthened the physical, spiritual, emotional, and mental well-being of the quality of their lives, and provided knowledge and leadership skill development. The CEPS program also developed the participants' agency to make a difference in their lives, their families, and their communities.
Success Through Our Eyes – Indigenous Youth Perspectives
In this booklet, the Indigenous Youth Community Circle brings to light the diverse meanings of educational success from Indigenous youth across Manitoba. Indigenous youth had the opportunity to share photos along with narratives to capture their perspectives of the true meaning of success.
Seeking Mino-Pimatisiwin (The Good Life): A Photovoice Research Project
This booklet celebrates Indigenous youth success in Manitoba. The project was organized by a group of Indigenous youth leaders from around Manitoba and researchers from Brandon University. Photo images along with personal narratives focus on the Indigenous worldview of mino-pimatisiwin – the on-going process of seeking the good life.
Working Together to Support First Nation, Metis and Inuit Youth Success: A Policy Framework Prepared by the Youth Community Circle
Data have shown that FNMI youths face barriers to success, and recommended policies have failed to improve the youth’s success. The policy frameworks developed for FNMI are limited. With the assistance of Brandon University, this policy framework was designed to share FNMI’s perspectives on educational success and leadership. The framework consists of four phases of activities lead by the youth leaders.
Voices from Thompson’s 2012 CEPS Youth Development Program: Research Conducted Through the Vital Outcome Indicators for Community Engagement Project
This report describes the Cultural, Economic, Political, and Social Youth Leadership Program at the Métis Centre in Thompson, Manitoba, in 2012. Using transformative learning theory as a theoretical framework, this report discusses the experiences of participants and facilitators involved in the CEPS program. The four areas of the program were identified by Aboriginal youth as being necessary for leadership development; it incorporates a vast amount of teachings that help the youth to reconnect with their culture and traditions. The report concludes with a summary of the viewpoints of both the participants and facilitators.
Employability Assets of Employees in a Diversified Workplace
This report was aimed at developing a better understanding of the workforce in and around the City of Thompson, Manitoba. It summarized the process and outcomes of a two-round modified Delphi approach that identified the employability assets for the working-age population. Given the demographics of Northern Manitoba and the City of Thompson, a diversified workplace means that the majority of employees were of Indigenous ancestry.
Final Research Report: Needs and Gaps Analysis of Aboriginal Youth Employment
This report provides insights into Aboriginal youth employment in Brandon, Manitoba, in 2016. Seven community organizations in Brandon assisted with the distribution of surveys to a mixture of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal youths. The objectives included the identification of trends, barriers, and challenges for Aboriginal employment, to recommend actions to overcome these barriers and challenges, to identify the levels and trends of educational attainment, as well as suggesting potential partnerships. It provides the reader with recommendations for educational institutions, the Brandon Urban Aboriginal Peoples Council (BUAPC), the City of Brandon as well as employers.
Final Research Report: Scholastic Success Study of Aboriginal Students in the City of Brandon
This report presents the findings of two research projects aimed at Aboriginal youth in the City of Brandon, Manitoba, in 2015: (1) youth employment and (2) scholastic success. It identifies the challenges, barriers, and opportunities that affect scholastic success, and ultimately education achievement, and underlines the importance of implementing programs and policies to eliminate these obstacles for aboriginal youths in Brandon.
Success Through Our Eyes: A Photovoice Project
This photovoice project was designed by Indigenous youth leaders to tell their stories of success and leadership using photographs and narratives.
Cultural Proficiency Success Pathway: Thompson Community Circle
This report illustrates the value of conducting and disseminating community-based participant action research—how seemingly disparate communities and agencies can work together to benefit everyone involved. Thompson has a high population of First Nation, Métis, Inuit, and immigrant families. The report highlights the connection between school and community and the importance of incorporating frameworks that reflects students’ background and provides recommendations to eliminate barriers of inclusive education for all and to create a more culturally proficient learning environment.
Manitoba Rural Learning Consortium Program Evaluation
This 2014 report is the third and final program evaluation report as part of the three-year program evaluation plan of the mRLC. The evaluation explored an overarching question on the extent to which the mRLC had achieved its goal of collaborative, innovative professional development support of rural educators and school divisions. Two sub-questions explored administrative, organizational and professional development activities and networking opportunities.
Factors that contribute to youth at-risk mobility in 13 rural and northern Manitoba communities
The objective of this study, Exploration of Factors that Contribute to Youth At Risk Mobility in 13 Rural and Northern Manitoba Communities, is to increase knowledge and understanding of the factors that may contribute to NEET (not in education, employment, or training) youth mobility in rural and remote communities in Manitoba by undertaking a series of statistical analysis of the large data set originating from the 2010-2011 Rural Manitoba Youth Facing Barriers Project.
Rural Manitoba Youth Facing Barriers
The Rural Manitoba Youth Facing Barriers Project was aimed at expanding (1) knowledge about rural Manitoba youth facing barriers and (2) the capacity of rural and northern communities and regions to address the needs of this sub-group. The major activities of the project included data collection through youth and employer surveys; capacity-building through two workshop sessions and on-going support; the involvement of local youth advisory committees; and finally, community-based consultations that concluded with the development of 5-year action plans for each of the 12 participating communities or regions.
This report presents an analytical starting block for youth facing barriers including the key findings and aggregate analysis of (a) more than 1700 surveys from youth facing barriers living in 12 rural and northern communities or regions in Manitoba and (b) approximately 500 surveys from employers in these communities. The report begins with a presentation of the importance of youth in the workforce and some key concepts of significance to individuals, communities and organizations involved with these youth. These concepts are linked to the major findings from the youth and employer surveys. These key findings include individual factors such as the lack of high school completion, high levels of youth mobility, and the number of youth with dependent children. They also include community factors such as inclusion in social networks and structural factors such as youth and employer awareness of and participation in programs and services.
Needs Assessment Report: Brandon University Recruitment and Retention of First Nations Students
The goal of this needs assessment was to identify the challenges and opportunities for recruitment to and retention of First Nations students in particular, but all Indigenous students in general to Brandon University. Subsequently, the findings have been used to develop a comprehensive program proposal in order to develop, align and/or integrate programs that will support the recruitment and retention of First Nation and Inuit students.
Peer Reviewed articles published by our members between April 1, 2022 to March 30, 2023
Bold Names are BU CARES Members
Anyichie, A. C., Butler, D. L., Perry, N. E., & Nashon, S. M. (2023). Examining classroom contexts in support of culturally diverse learners’ engagement: An integration of self-regulated learning and culturally responsive pedagogical practices. Frontline Learning Research, 11(1), 1 – 39. https://doi.org/10.14786/flr.v11i1.1115
Anyichie, A. C., & Butler, D. L. (2023). Examining culturally diverse learner’s motivation and engagement processes as situated in a context of a complex task. Frontier in Education. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2023.1041946
Balter, A.S., Feltham, L., Parekh, G., Douglas, P., Underwood, K. and van Rhijn, T. (2023). Re-imagining Inclusion Through the Lens of Disabled Childhoods. Social Inclusion, 11(1), 1-12.
Berjisian, E., Naderi, A., Mojtahedi, S., Grgic, J., Ghahramani, M. H., Karayigit, R., Forbes, J. L., Amaro-Gahete, F. J., & Forbes, S. C. (2022). Are Caffeine’s Effects on Resistance Exercise and Jumping Performance Moderated by Training Status? Nutrients, 14(22). https://doi.org/10.3390/NU14224840
Bollman, R. D. (2022). “Density Matters and Distance Matters: Canadian Public Policy from a Rural Perspective.” In Karen R. Foster and Jennifer Jarman (eds.) The Right to be Rural (Edmonton: University of Alberta Press).
Bollman, R. D. (2023) “The Demographic Context of Rural Canada: The Size of the Indigenous and Visible Minority Population.” In C. Banack & D. Pohler (Eds.), Building inclusive communities in rural Canada. University of Alberta Press. https://www.uap.ualberta.ca/titles/1045-9781772126334-building-inclusive-communities-in-rural-canada
Butchart, S., Candow, D. G., Forbes, S. C., Mang, C. S., Gordon, J. J., Ko, J., Deprez, D., Chilibeck, P. D., & Ditor, D. S. (2022). Effects of Creatine Supplementation and Progressive Resistance Training in Stroke Survivors. International Journal of Exercise Science, 15(2), 1117–1132. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35992184/
Buzdağlı, Y., Eyipınar, C., Öget, F., Şıktar, E., Forbes, S., & Tekin, A. (2022). Taurine supplementation enhances anaerobic power in elite speed skaters: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover study. Biology of Sport, 40(3), 741–751. https://doi.org/10.5114/BIOLSPORT.2023.119990
Candow, D. G., Chilibeck, P. D., Forbes, S. C., Fairman, C. M., Gualano, B., & Roschel, H. (2022). Creatine supplementation for older adults: Focus on sarcopenia, osteoporosis, frailty and Cachexia. Bone, 162. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.BONE.2022.116467
Candow, D. G., Forbes, S. C., Roberts, M. D., Roy, B. D., Antonio, J., Smith-Ryan, A. E., Rawson, E. S., Gualano, B., & Roschel, H. (2022). Creatine O’Clock: Does Timing of Ingestion Really Influence Muscle Mass and Performance? Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/FSPOR.2022.893714
Cornish, S. M., Cordingley, D. M., Shaw, K. A., Forbes, S. C., Leonhardt, T., Bristol, A., Candow, D. G., & Chilibeck, P. D. (2022). Effects of Omega-3 Supplementation Alone and Combined with Resistance Exercise on Skeletal Muscle in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrients, 14(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/NU14112221
Delpino, F. M., Figueiredo, L. M., Forbes, S. C., Candow, D. G., & Santos, H. O. (2022). Influence of age, sex, and type of exercise on the efficacy of creatine supplementation on lean body mass: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.), 103–104. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.NUT.2022.111791
Dempster, T. S. (2022). Addressing Concerns Related to Low Student Understanding in Mathematics in Manitoba. BU Journal of Graduate Studies in Education, v14, 4–9. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1350815.pdf
Douglas, P., Runswick-Cole, K., Fogg, P. & Ryan, S. (2022). Making memories, making madness: Mad (m)others of disabled children write back through digital storytelling. Journal on Developmental Disabilities, 27(2), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6502811
Falkenhain, K., Daraei, A., Forbes, S. C., & Little, J. P. (2022). Effects of Exogenous Ketone Supplementation on Blood Glucose: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Advances in Nutrition (Bethesda, Md.), 13(5), 1697–1714. https://doi.org/10.1093/ADVANCES/NMAC036
Ferreira, L. H. B., Forbes, S. C., Barros, M. P., Smolarek, A. C., Enes, A., Lancha-Junior, A. H., Martins, G. L., & Souza-Junior, T. P. (2022). High Doses of Caffeine Increase Muscle Strength and Calcium Release in the Plasma of Recreationally Trained Men. Nutrients, 14(22). https://doi.org/10.3390/NU14224921
Flett, G., Su, C., Nepon, T., Ma, L., & Guo, L. R. (2023). The general mattering scale: Mattering versus self-esteem in predicting distress and psychosocial adjustment among early adolescents in China. The Journal of Concurrent Disorder. https://doi.org/10.54127/UXUO9895
Giannos, P., Prokopidis, K., Candow, D. G., Forbes, S. C., Celoch, K., Isanejad, M., Pekovic-Vaughan, V., Witard, O. C., Gabriel, B. M., & Scott, D. (2023). Shorter sleep duration is associated with greater visceral fat mass in US adults: Findings from NHANES, 2011-2014. Sleep Medicine, 105. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SLEEP.2023.03.013
Giannos, P., Prokopidis, K., Forbes, S. C., Celoch, K., Candow, D. G., & Tartar, J. L. (2022). Gene Expression Changes of Murine Cortex Homeostasis in Response to Sleep Deprivation Hint Dysregulated Aging-like Transcriptional Responses. Brain Sciences, 12(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/BRAINSCI12070825
Giannos, P., Prokopidis, K., Lidoriki, I., Triantafyllidis, K. K., Kechagias, K. S., Celoch, K., Candow, D. G., Ostojic, S. M., & Forbes, S. C. (2022). Medium-chain triglycerides may improve memory in non-demented older adults: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. BMC Geriatrics, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/S12877-022-03521-6
Hodge, N., Douglas, P., Kruth, M., Connolly, S., Martin, N., Gowler, K. & Smith, C. (2022). Contemplating teacher talk through a critical autism studies lens. In D. Milton & S. Ryan (Eds.). The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Autism Studies. Routledge.
Karayigit, R., Forbes, S. C., Osmanov, Z., Yilmaz, C., Yasli, B. C., Naderi, A., Buyukcelebi, H., Benesova, D., Gabrys, T., & Esen, O. (2022). Low and Moderate Doses of Caffeinated Coffee Improve Repeated Sprint Performance in Female Team Sport Athletes. Biology, 11(10). https://doi.org/10.3390/BIOLOGY11101498
Kasamali, Z. (2023). Maulana Rumi: Living as Though "There is No You and I". In M.C. Brooks & M.D. Ezzani (Eds.), Great Muslim Leaders: Lessons for Education (pp. 11-22). Information Age Publishing Inc.
Lam, M. (2023). Viral videos to combat viral vitriol: Methodological considerations for ethical engagement. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09518398.2023.2180551
Lam, M. & Mayuom, A. (2022). Promising practices and constraining factors in community-engaged research. Research Ethics. https://doi.org/10.1177/17470161221141275
Lam, M. (2022). Introduction by the Guest Editor. BU Journal of Graduate Studies in Education, 14(5). https://www.brandonu.ca/master-education/files/2022/11/BU-Journal-of-Graduate-Studies-in-Education-2022-vol-14-issue-5-5.pdf
Lam, M. (2022). Tap, Tap, Tap. BU Journal of Graduate Studies in Education, 14(5). https://www.brandonu.ca/master-education/files/2022/11/BU-Journal-of-Graduate-Studies-in-Education-2022-vol-14-issue-5-5.pdf
Lam, M. (2022). Rurality, Identity, and Motivations for Tackling Climate Change (or Not): A Duoethnography. Environmental Education Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2022.2067323
Lam, M. (2022). Promoting understanding and equity in rural Canada: The role of community education. In C. Banack & D. Pohler (Eds.), Building inclusive communities in rural Canada. University of Alberta Press. https://www.uap.ualberta.ca/titles/1045-9781772126334-building-inclusive-communities-in-rural-canada
Lam, M. & Humphreys, D. (2022). The importance of place in anti-oppressive practice. In B. Jeffrey & N. Novik (Eds.), Rural and northern social work practice: Canadian perspectives. University of Regina Press. https://opentextbooks.uregina.ca/ruralandnorthernsocialworkpractice/chapter/2-place-in-anti-oppressive-practice-rurality-decolonization-and-equity/
Machado, M., Guimarães, P., & Forbes, S. C. (2022). Safety of creatine supplementation: where are we now? Gazzetta Medica Italiana Archivio per Le Scienze Mediche, 181(7–8), 597–598. https://doi.org/10.23736/S0393-3660.22.04788-X
Mattos, D., Santos, C. G. M., Forbes, S. C., Candow, D. G., Rosa, D., Busnardo, R. G., Ribeiro, M. D., Paulucio, D., Chester, C., & Machado, M. (2023). Individual Responses to Creatine Supplementation on Muscular Power is Modulated by Gene Polymorphisms in Military Recruits. Journal of Science in Sport and Exercise, 5(1), 70–76. https://doi.org/10.1007/S42978-022-00165-1/METRICS
Musharraf, M., Baig, L. A., & Baig, Z. A. (2022). Army Public School Terrorist Attack—Perceptions and Experiences of school children of Karachi. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 38(7), 1952–1957. https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.38.7.5596
Naderi, A., Gobbi, N., Ali, A., Berjisian, E., Hamidvand, A., Forbes, S. C., Koozehchian, M. S., Karayigit, R., & Saunders, B. (2023). Carbohydrates and Endurance Exercise: A Narrative Review of a Food First Approach. Nutrients, 15(6), 1367. https://doi.org/10.3390/NU15061367
Oliveira, E. F., Forbes, S. C., Borges, E. Q., Machado, L. F., Candow, D. G., & Machado, M. (2022). Association between dietary creatine and visuospatial short-term memory in older adults. Nutrition and Health. https://doi.org/10.1177/02601060221102273
Prokopidis, K., Giannos, P., Triantafyllidis, K. K., Kechagias, K. S., Forbes, S. C., & Candow, D. G. (2023a). Author’s reply: Letter to the Editor: Double counting due to inadequate statistics leads to false-positive findings in “Effects of creatine supplementation on memory in healthy individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.” Nutrition Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1093/NUTRIT/NUAC111
Prokopidis, K., Giannos, P., Triantafyllidis, K. K., Kechagias, K. S., Forbes, S. C., & Candow, D. G. (2023b). Effects of creatine supplementation on memory in healthy individuals: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Nutrition Reviews, 81(4), 416–427. https://doi.org/10.1093/NUTRIT/NUAC064
Prokopidis, K., Kirwan, R. P., Giannos, P., Triantafyllidis, K. K., Kechagias, K. S., Forbes, S. C., & Candow, D. G. (2022). The impact of branched-chain amino acid supplementation on measures of glucose homeostasis in individuals with hepatic disorders: A systematic review of clinical studies. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics : The Official Journal of the British Dietetic Association. https://doi.org/10.1111/JHN.13076
Rajaie, S. H., Soltani, S., Yazdanpanah, Z., Zohrabi, T., Beigrezaei, S., Mohseni-Takalloo, S., Kaviani, M., Forbes, S. C., Baker, J. S., & Salehi-Abargouei, A. (2022). Effect of exercise as adjuvant to energy-restricted diets on quality of life and depression outcomes: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Quality of Life Research : An International Journal of Quality of Life Aspects of Treatment, Care and Rehabilitation, 31(11), 3123–3137. https://doi.org/10.1007/S11136-022-03146-7
Re•Storying Autism Collective (Douglas, P., Singer, K., Gillespe, E., Liska, S., & Peters, S.). (2022). Autistic, surviving and thriving under COVID-19: Imagining Inclusive autistic futures. Lateral: Journal of the Cultural Studies Association, 11(2).
Re•Storying Autism Collective (Shields, R., Easton, S., Gruson-Wood, J., Gibson, M. F., Douglas, P. & Rice, C.). (2022). Storytelling methods on the move. Special Issue, Critical Autism Studies: Methodological Incursions (Eds. A. Broderick and R. Roscigno). International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2022.2061625
Rice, C., Jones, C. T., Mündel, I., Douglas, P., Fowlie, H., Friedman, M., Harrison, E., Devan Hunter, D., Evadne Kelly, E., Madeleine Kruth, M. & Merrai, S. (2022). Stretching Our Stories (SOS): Digital Worldmaking in Troubled Times. Public: Art, Culture, Ideas, 33(66), 154-177.
Samadi, M., Askarian, A., Shirvani, H., Shamsoddini, A., Shakibaee, A., Forbes, S. C., & Kaviani, M. (2022). Effects of Four Weeks of Beta-Alanine Supplementation Combined with One Week of Creatine Loading on Physical and Cognitive Performance in Military Personnel. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(13). https://doi.org/10.3390/IJERPH19137992
Santos, H. O., Cadegiani, F. A., & Forbes, S. C. (2022). Nonpharmacological Interventions for the Management of Testosterone and Sperm Parameters: A Scoping Review. Clinical Therapeutics, 44(8), 1129–1149. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CLINTHERA.2022.06.006
Smith, C. & Moura, G. (2022). Developing a kindergarten to grade 8 rural remote learning framework: Innovation in Western Manitoba. In M. Jacobsen & C. Smith (Eds.). Online learning and teaching from kindergarten to graduate school. Canadian Association for Teacher Education. http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/40509
Smith, N., Graham, J. M., Waddell-Henowitch, C., De Moissac, D., & Lam, M. (2023). Post-secondary student belonging in a virtual learning environment during COVID-19. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 52(3), 73–84. https://journals.sfu.ca/cjhe/index.php/cjhe/article/view/189851
Su, C., & hanlou, N. (2023). Effects of stress, social support and cultural beliefs on immigrant mothers of children with developmental disabilities. INYI Journal. https://doi.org/10.25071/1929-8471.92
Su, C., Yang, L., Dong, L., & Zhang, W. (2022). The psychological well-being of older Chinese immigrants in Canada amidst COVID-19: The role of loneliness, social support, and acculturation. International Journal Environment Research. Public Health 2022, 19, 8612. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148612
Su, C., Lee, T. Y., & Flett,G. (2022). Academic mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic: Stressors, strains, and challenges in adapting to work-life enmeshment. INYI Journal. Retrieved from https://inyi.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/default/article/view/95
Tidmas, V., Brazier, J., Hawkins, J., Forbes, S. C., Bottoms, L., & Farrington, K. (2022). Nutritional and Non-Nutritional Strategies in Bodybuilding: Impact on Kidney Function. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/IJERPH19074288