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Embracing the Earth: Reconnecting with Nature Through Spirituality, Art, and Climate Justice
No full textThis essay was written for the course “TH530A-A: God and Theological Reflection,” taught by Mary (Joy) Philip at Martin Luther University College, Fall 2025
Exploring Opportunities with Global Citizenship Education: Practice, Frameworks, and Curriculum Renewal
No full textEEG Correlates of Tactile Synchrony
No full textNew research on the tactile system has suggested that cortical representations of body parts are not fixed, as previously thought, and are instead dynamically maintained through constant sensorimotor information and feedback. Within the somatosensory cortex (S1), the capacity for both permanent and temporary changes have been the topic of ongoing research. The current study aimed to corroborate whether 24 hours of a finger adhesion manipulation is sufficient to elicit behavioural and electrophysiological correlates from cortical reorganization of digit representations in S1, using a behavioural paradigm outlined by Kolasinski et al. (2016). Through electroencephalography (EEG) recording during a tactile discrimination task, researchers assessed event-related potentials (ERPs) across two sessions and conditions, with half of the participants having their right index and middle fingers taped together between sessions and the remaining participants staying unbound. Two 2x2x3x8 mixed factorial ANOVAs were run to determine whether any differences in behavioural performance or ERP component amplitudes existed across sessions, conditions, digit pairs, or inter-stimulus intervals (ISI). In the behavioural ANOVA a main effect of ISI (p = 0.0048) was observed, as well as an interaction effect between Day, ISI, and Digit Pair (p = 0.044), and an interaction between Condition, Day, ISI, and Digit Pair on discrimination performance was observed (p = 0.044). In the ERP ANOVA a statistically significant interaction effect between Digit Pair and ISI on mean P215 component amplitude was seen (p = 0.0002)
Review of World War Zoos: Humans and Other Animals in the Deadliest Conflict of the Modern Age by John M. Kinder
No full textReview of World War Zoos: Humans and Other Animals in the Deadliest Conflict of the Modern Age by John M. Kinde
Investigating the Impact of Winter Exposure to Natural Environments on Perceived Health and Well-being using Geographic Ecological Momentary Assessment: A Case Study at Arrowhead Provincial Park
No full textThis study examined how winter exposure to specific natural environments influenced perceived health and well-being outcomes using Geographic Ecological Momentary Assessment (GEMA) in Arrowhead Provincial Park. Studies performed in the wintertime are limited, as is our understanding of how specific park features and/or activities impact health and well-being. To address this, GEMA was used with a video component to capture participants’ real-time experience and emotional responses in specific park locations defined by polygon boundaries. Two surveys were administered through participants mobile devices, one being an in-situ engagement survey triggered by entering a bounded location, which included a video and Brief Emotional Experience Scale (BEES), followed by a post-engagement survey. The video captured open-ended audio-visual representations of the participants\u27 experiences/emotions and the features impacting them, while the BEES captured closed ended emotional responses. The post-engagement survey collected information about the participants experience once they left an active boundary within the park. Analysis of the findings suggest that overall, subjective health and well-being outcomes in nature continue to be positively influenced during wintertime within a park setting. The results also indicate that diverse environments, natural features and recreational activities contribute to enhanced positive emotional states. A greater diversity of emotional responses were captured using the GEMA video method, which also uniquely enabled casual analysis with features, feelings and experiences of participants. For instance, positive emotions (i.e., refreshed, content, etc.) were linked with specific features (i.e., sky, sun, snow, etc.) while negative emotions (i.e., sad, worry, etc.) were rarely expressed. Although this study was limited in scale as a pilot, its findings provide valuable insight into the effects of wintertime nature exposure on human health and well-being in a park setting and offer a framework for future research employing GEMA in similar park-based health studies
The Virtue of Water: Daoist Ecological Wisdom in Fan Kuan’s Travelers Among Mountains and Streams
No full textThis essay was written for the course “TH530A-A: God and Theological Reflection,” taught by Mary (Joy) Philip at Martin Luther University College, Fall 2025
Review of “Militia Myths: Ideas of the Canadian Citizen Soldier, 1896–1921” by James Wood
No full textReview of Militia Myths: Ideas of the Canadian Citizen Soldier, 1896–1921 by James Woo
Review of “Combat Stress in the 20th Century: The Commonwealth Perspective” by Terry Copp and Mark Osborne Humphries
No full textReview of Combat Stress in the 20th Century: The Commonwealth Perspective by Terry Copp and Mark Osborne Humphrie
Review of “Maple Leaf Empire: Britain, Canada, and the Two World Wars” by Jonathan F. Vance
No full textReview of Maple Leaf Empire: Britain, Canada, and the Two World Wars by Jonathan F. Vanc