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Quesnel, Danika A.

Western University 
Scholarship@Western 
Inspiring Minds – Showcasing Western’s Graduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity 
September 2021 
Feel the Burn 
Danika A. Quesnel 
Western University, dquesne4@uwo.ca 
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Citation of this paper: 
Quesnel, Danika A., "Feel the Burn" (2021). Inspiring Minds – Showcasing Western’s Graduate Research, 
Scholarship and Creative Activity. 205. 
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/inspiringminds/205 
 
 
“Feeling the Burn” 
 
Eating and movement is engrained into every part of our human life. However, both these 
lifestyle behaviours can become tainted, leading to eating disorders and dysfunctional exercise. 
In eating disorder treatment, rehabilitating one’s relationship with food is commonplace. Yet 
treatment leaves no room for the rehabilitation of dysfunctional exercise. Dysfunctional 
exercise is when exercise has gone from enjoyable to torturous, making the eating disorder 
worse, harder to treat and leading to a greater likelihood of relapse. Clinicians worry immensely 
about dysfunctional exercise but feel that they lack the tools to address it in treatment. Thus, 
the Safe Exercise at Every Stage (SEES) guideline was created to facilitate the management of 
dysfunctional exercise in treatment and build clinical confidence. As a SEES author, my research 
focuses on implementing the guideline into clinical practise and evaluating if it can help 
clinicians feel more confident in addressing dysfunctional exercise in eating disorders. 


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Feel the Burn

Brudnicki, Alexis K

Western University 
Scholarship@Western 
Inspiring Minds – Showcasing Western’s Graduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity 
September 2021 
Combating sexual harassment in the baseball industry 
Alexis K. Brudnicki 
Western University, abrudnic@uwo.ca 
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Citation of this paper: 
Brudnicki, Alexis K., "Combating sexual harassment in the baseball industry" (2021). Inspiring Minds – 
Showcasing Western’s Graduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity. 207. 
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/inspiringminds/207 
Sexual harassment in the workplace and related power dynamics have become increasingly prevalent 
topics in the mainstream media in recent years, but over the last several months added attention has been 
drawn to their prevalence in the baseball industry. Seeking to propose potentially feasible, desirable, and 
implementable solutions to combat sexual harassment in baseball, and to minimize consequences and 
harm for those who report sexual harassment, my work seeks to combine firsthand experience with 
research focusing on sexual harassment in male-dominated industries, its effects, reporting harassment, 
and the consequences of reporting. Among the key findings are the significance of organizational climate 
as a predictor of sexual harassment, as well as areas where improvements can be made. Suggested policy 
improvements include addressing gaps to accommodate non-employees who come into contact with 
baseball employees, creating informal channels for reporting, and offering advocacy to those who report. 


Combating sexual harassment in the baseball industry

Poon, Fanny

Western University 
Scholarship@Western 
Inspiring Minds – Showcasing Western’s Graduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity 
September 2021 
Thin Film Coatings on Cathode Materials in Lithium Batteries 
Fanny Poon 
Western University, fpoon6@uwo.ca 
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Citation of this paper: 
Poon, Fanny, "Thin Film Coatings on Cathode Materials in Lithium Batteries" (2021). Inspiring Minds – 
Showcasing Western’s Graduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity. 210. 
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/inspiringminds/210 
Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are the energy storage technology currently used in electric 
vehicles (EVs). Unfortunately, EVs have limited mileage compared to gasoline vehicles, 
meaning that many drivers who would like to curb fossil fuel emissions are nonetheless 
reluctant to buy them. One way to improve the mileage is to replace the liquid electrolytes 
in LIBs with a solid-state electrolyte, converting them into all-solid-state lithium batteries 
(ASSLBs) which are able to provide more energy. ASSLBs offer additional advantages, 
such as improved safety and wider operating temperature range. Compatibility and stability 
issues exist nevertheless between the cathode and solid-state electrolyte battery materials. 
My research focuses on the application of thin film coatings on the cathode to effectively 
protect the cathode and prevent these issues from occurring. In my research, I prepare and 
assemble batteries, which I then test to gain an understanding on how the coatings affect 
the battery performance.  
 


Thin Film Coatings on Cathode Materials in Lithium Batteries

Yosieph, Lily

Western University 
Scholarship@Western 
Inspiring Minds – Showcasing Western’s Graduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity 
September 2021 
Exploring the Mental Health Experiences of African, Caribbean, 
and Black Youth in London, Ontario 
Lily Yosieph 
Western University, lyosieph@uwo.ca 
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Citation of this paper: 
Yosieph, Lily, "Exploring the Mental Health Experiences of African, Caribbean, and Black Youth in London, 
Ontario" (2021). Inspiring Minds – Showcasing Western’s Graduate Research, Scholarship and Creative 
Activity. 225. 
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/inspiringminds/225 
This thesis explores how the mental health of African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) youth in 
London, Ontario has been understood and affected by their identities. Interviews were carried out 
with thirteen young women and two young men (n=15) between the ages of seventeen and 
twenty-one. The data revealed various meanings and experiences related to mental health in the 
lives of ACB youth, such as pressure to stick to restrictive behaviours regarding gender and 
health, the strategies they used to seek help, and the barriers they faced accessing mental health 
services. They expressed frustration with the stigma of mental illness in their communities and 
recommended increased representation of ACB resources. Their insights can provide a sense of 
assurance to ACB youth in other Canadian cities that there is potential in addressing the stigma, 
encouraging one another to seek help, and changing the cultural narrative of mental health in 
future ACB generations.  
 


Exploring the Mental Health Experiences of African, Caribbean, and Black Youth in London, Ontario

Adjei, Patrick

Western University 
Scholarship@Western 
Inspiring Minds – Showcasing Western’s Graduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity 
September 2021 
Inspiring Minds Activity 
Patrick Adjei 
Western University, padjei@uwo.ca 
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Citation of this paper: 
Adjei, Patrick, "Inspiring Minds Activity" (2021). Inspiring Minds – Showcasing Western’s Graduate 
Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity. 228. 
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/inspiringminds/228 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Western University 
Inspiring Minds 
Indigenous and Black Engineering and Technology 
Scholarship 
Patrick Adjei 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Indigenous and Black Engineering and Technology (IBET) fellowship is organized by six 
Universities: McMaster, Waterloo, Western, Ottawa, Queen’s, and Toronto. The IBET 
fellowship is emplaced, to fill the gap of groups that are unrepresented, in industry leadership 
roles and academia in Canada. These groups are Blacks and Indigenous, as seen, represents a 
relatively small fraction of the people in, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics 
(STEM), and lesser in numbers in leadership roles in the industry and academia. 
  
The six universities listed above, are attempting to make a more inclusive landscape. With 
beliefs, this attempt can make the youth of these unrepresented groups more inspired toward 
STEM, and in general, a hope the youth would have an aptitude to learn. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
- IBET Fellowship. (n.d.). Faculty of Engineering - Western University. Retrieved June 8, 2021, 
from https://www.eng.uwo.ca/graduate/funding/IBET-Fellowship.html 
- PhD Funding for Indigenous and Black engineering students. (n.d.). Faculty of Engineering - 
Queen’s University. Retrieved June 8, 2021, from https://engineering.queensu.ca/future-
students/graduate/ibet-scholarship.html 
 


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