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Waakia’ligan: Community Voices on Housing at Garden Hill First Nation, Manitoba
(2018)This research analyzed the housing crisis in Garden Hill First Nation (GHFN) through interviews with 11 key informants knowledgeable about culturally appropriate housing and other relevant issues. Government policies have ... -
The waiting game: a critical analysis of childcare waiting lists in Winnipeg
(2012-01-04)Winnipeg is a city with high rates of child poverty, a high Aboriginal population, and a chronic shortage of childcare spaces. Some neighbourhoods have more and better services than others – yet all areas of the city have ... -
Waiting time to health services
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Waiting-line problems with priority assignment, and its application on hospital emergency department wait-time
(2011-11-02)The aim of this thesis is to first give a brief review of waiting line problems which often is a subject related to queueing theory. Simple counting processes such as the Poisson process and the duration of service time ... -
Walk with me: sharing space along the path
(2017)This qualitative participatory action-based re-search explores Indigenous and non- Indigenous women’s learning practice within grassroots community groups in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Privileging Indigenous women’s perspectives ... -
Walkability audits in winter cities: planning for a healthier Canada
(2017)As connections are drawn between physical activity and the built environment, various elements have emerged as key contributors to the viability of walking as a form of transportation, including land-use patterns, architecture ... -
Walking cadence to attain a minimum of moderate aerobic intensity in people at risk of cardiovascular diseases
(2014)Problem: Walking cadence (steps/minute) is used to prescribe walking intensity. For healthy adults, the recommended cadence is generally 100 steps per minute to reach moderate intensity. However, the required walking ... -
Walking cadence: A novel strategy to improve the proportion of inactive older adults who reach the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines
(2015)Problem: Only 13% of older adults reach the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines (CPAG) aerobic activity recommendations. Walking cadence (steps per minute) is a strategy proposed to increase walking at the intensity ... -
Walking the talk! Re-invigorating accessible healthy food retail as an anchor of urban livelihood: a shopping list for planners
(2015)Between the 1970s and 2014, Winnipeg experienced dramatic change in the distribution of healthy food retailers in inner-city neighbourhoods. Winnipeg’s “active core” neighbourhoods identified through Dr. David Gordon’s ... -
The Wall Slide Test, a measure of knee extensor strength
(2001-07-01)'Purpose'. To develop and evaluate a clinical test for assessment of knee extensor strength using a mathematical algorithm (Wall Slide Algorithm - WSA) to compute the knee extensor resultant joint moment (RJMk). 'Methods'. ...