Audrey Giles
Biographic Data
| ID | 3615257 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Audrey Giles |
| GIVEN NAMES | Audrey |
| FAMILY NAME | Giles |
| SIGNATURE | GILES A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ottawa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Introduction to Special Issue. ‘A half century of Canadian leisure research
2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the first Canadian Congress on Leisure Research (CCLR). This special issue contains papers presented at CCLR17, the most recent CCLR which was held at the University of Ottawa in May, 2023. The theme of CCLR17 was ‘A half century of Canadian leisure research: Towards a more inclusive future’. Reflective of CCLR17’s theme that focused on inclusion, unlike previous CCLR special issues that were published in only o…
A half century of Canadian leisure research
Road safety, health equity, and the built environment
For professionals working in urban Canadian transport and injury prevention sectors HE concerns influenced their perspectives of the BE and BE change. These results illustrate a growing need for HE to guide BE change work and consultation processes. Further, these results contribute to ongoing efforts in the Canadian urban context to ensure that HE is at the forefront of BE policy change and decision-making, while promoting existing strategies to…
The extractives industry
In this paper, we critically examine the ways in which the extractives industry in Canada is engaging in partnerships with Indigenous-led organizations that promote Indigenous cultural practices through leisure and cultural programmes. We examined two cases in Canada, the Northwest Territories On The Land Collaborative that partners with Dominion Diamond and Diavik Diamond Mines, and the Urban Native Youth Association, an organization that is par…
Community-based participatory research and integrated knowledge translation
BACKGROUND: Better use of research evidence (one form of "knowledge") in health systems requires partnerships between researchers and those who contend with the real-world needs and constraints of health systems. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) and integrated knowledge translation (IKT) are research approaches that emphasize the importance of creating partnerships between researchers and the people for whom the research is ultimatel…
The United States Does Cair About Cultural Safety
Purpose: This article examines the concept and use of the term cultural safety in Canada and the United States. Design: To examine the uptake of cultural awareness, cultural sensitivity, cultural competence, and cultural safety between health organizations in Canada and the United States, we reviewed position statements/policies of health care associations. Findings: The majority of selected health associations in Canada include cultural safety w…
Development and Preliminary Validation of a Comprehensive Questionnaire to Assess Women’s Knowledge and Perception of the Current Weight Gain Guidelines during Pregnancy
The aim of this study was to develop and validate an electronic questionnaire, the Electronic Maternal Health Survey ( EMat Health Survey ), related to women's knowledge and perceptions of the current gestational weight gain guidelines (GWG), as well as pregnancy-related health behaviours. Constructs addressed within the questionnaire include self-efficacy, locus of control, perceived barriers, and facilitators of physical activity and diet, outc…
Negotiating Difference
Aboriginal perspectives on experiences in sport in Canada are largely missing from the existing body of literature on sociocultural aspects of sport, but this is especially the case in terms of Aboriginal people from the Maritimes region of Canada. Such an absence impedes our understanding of sport as an important cultural institution that can be used to normalize certain social practices, as well as challenge them. In this paper, we aim to contr…
Mobility and Nunavut Inuit youth
In this paper we examine the impacts of the mobility that Nunavut Inuit youth experience with Northern Youth Abroad (NYA), a Canadian volunteer travel program that sends northern youth to southern Canada and Botswana. Using a case study approach and drawing from archival research and interviews with 10 former participants, a staff member, and a member of the board of directors, we argue that NYA illustrates how volunteer travel programs for Indig…
Commentary
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Shared Decision Making with Aboriginal Women Facing Health Decisions
Shared decision making (SDM) may narrow health equity gaps by engaging clients with their health care providers in decision making; little is known about SDM interventions with Aboriginal people. This study describes the health decision-making experiences of Aboriginal women by identifying decision needs, supports, and barriers. An interpretive descriptive qualitative study was conducted from January to June 2013 with an advisory group using a mu…
A rural school’s closure
In this study, we employed social ecological theory and socialist feminist theory to explore a rural school closure𒀙s impacts on residents of Limerick, SK. Our findings from participant observation, focus groups, and semi-structured interviews indicate that prior to the school𒀙s closure, male and female volunteers within both the school and broader community contexts largely displayed traditional gender roles; however, the school𒀙s closure cau…
A Rural School’s Closure
Private and Moral Authority, Self-Determination, and the Domestic Transfer Objective
Sport for development and peace (SDP) is a contemporary term for practices that have a long history, particularly in Canada’s provincial and territorial north, and especially with Aboriginal peoples for whom the region is home. Using a postcolonial international relations feminist approach, theories of global governance and private authority, and by exploring recent literature on self-determination in the context of Aboriginal peoples, we investi…
Railway Accidents and NineteenthCentury Legislation
ocusing on railway company accidents, consideration is given to the rationale behind the judicial doctrine of 'common employment', and the defences of 'assumption of risk' and 'contributory negligence', used to bar victims from receiving legal reparation. Evidence suggests that it was not until 1897 when the Workmen's Compensation Act abandoned the 'fault' principle that the majority of accident victims were able to claim compensation. This artic…
Crime Scene to Court
Forensic science has been variously described as fascinating, challenging and even frightening. If you have only a vague concept of what forensic science is, this book will provide the answer. Aimed at non-scientists, or those with limited scientific knowledge, Crime Scene to Court covers all three main areas of an investigation where forensic science is practised, namely the scene of the crime, the forensic laboratory and the court. Coverage inc…
Private and Moral Authority, Self-Determination, and the Domestic Transfer Objective
Sport for development and peace (SDP) is a contemporary term for practices that have a long history, particularly in Canada’s provincial and territorial north, and especially with Aboriginal peoples for whom the region is home. Using a postcolonial international relations feminist approach, theories of global governance and private authority, and by exploring recent literature on self-determination in the context of Aboriginal peoples, we investi…
A rural school’s closure
In this study, we employed social ecological theory and socialist feminist theory to explore a rural school closure𒀙s impacts on residents of Limerick, SK. Our findings from participant observation, focus groups, and semi-structured interviews indicate that prior to the school𒀙s closure, male and female volunteers within both the school and broader community contexts largely displayed traditional gender roles; however, the school𒀙s closure cau…
Railway Accidents and NineteenthCentury Legislation
ocusing on railway company accidents, consideration is given to the rationale behind the judicial doctrine of 'common employment', and the defences of 'assumption of risk' and 'contributory negligence', used to bar victims from receiving legal reparation. Evidence suggests that it was not until 1897 when the Workmen's Compensation Act abandoned the 'fault' principle that the majority of accident victims were able to claim compensation. This artic…
The extractives industry
In this paper, we critically examine the ways in which the extractives industry in Canada is engaging in partnerships with Indigenous-led organizations that promote Indigenous cultural practices through leisure and cultural programmes. We examined two cases in Canada, the Northwest Territories On The Land Collaborative that partners with Dominion Diamond and Diavik Diamond Mines, and the Urban Native Youth Association, an organization that is par…
Shared Decision Making with Aboriginal Women Facing Health Decisions
Shared decision making (SDM) may narrow health equity gaps by engaging clients with their health care providers in decision making; little is known about SDM interventions with Aboriginal people. This study describes the health decision-making experiences of Aboriginal women by identifying decision needs, supports, and barriers. An interpretive descriptive qualitative study was conducted from January to June 2013 with an advisory group using a mu…
Crime Scene to Court
Forensic science has been variously described as fascinating, challenging and even frightening. If you have only a vague concept of what forensic science is, this book will provide the answer. Aimed at non-scientists, or those with limited scientific knowledge, Crime Scene to Court covers all three main areas of an investigation where forensic science is practised, namely the scene of the crime, the forensic laboratory and the court. Coverage inc…
Railway Accidents and NineteenthCentury Legislation
ocusing on railway company accidents, consideration is given to the rationale behind the judicial doctrine of 'common employment', and the defences of 'assumption of risk' and 'contributory negligence', used to bar victims from receiving legal reparation. Evidence suggests that it was not until 1897 when the Workmen's Compensation Act abandoned the 'fault' principle that the majority of accident victims were able to claim compensation. This artic…
A rural school’s closure
In this study, we employed social ecological theory and socialist feminist theory to explore a rural school closure𒀙s impacts on residents of Limerick, SK. Our findings from participant observation, focus groups, and semi-structured interviews indicate that prior to the school𒀙s closure, male and female volunteers within both the school and broader community contexts largely displayed traditional gender roles; however, the school𒀙s closure cau…
A Rural School’s Closure
Private and Moral Authority, Self-Determination, and the Domestic Transfer Objective
Sport for development and peace (SDP) is a contemporary term for practices that have a long history, particularly in Canada’s provincial and territorial north, and especially with Aboriginal peoples for whom the region is home. Using a postcolonial international relations feminist approach, theories of global governance and private authority, and by exploring recent literature on self-determination in the context of Aboriginal peoples, we investi…
Mobility and Nunavut Inuit youth
In this paper we examine the impacts of the mobility that Nunavut Inuit youth experience with Northern Youth Abroad (NYA), a Canadian volunteer travel program that sends northern youth to southern Canada and Botswana. Using a case study approach and drawing from archival research and interviews with 10 former participants, a staff member, and a member of the board of directors, we argue that NYA illustrates how volunteer travel programs for Indig…
Commentary
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Shared Decision Making with Aboriginal Women Facing Health Decisions
Shared decision making (SDM) may narrow health equity gaps by engaging clients with their health care providers in decision making; little is known about SDM interventions with Aboriginal people. This study describes the health decision-making experiences of Aboriginal women by identifying decision needs, supports, and barriers. An interpretive descriptive qualitative study was conducted from January to June 2013 with an advisory group using a mu…
Development and Preliminary Validation of a Comprehensive Questionnaire to Assess Women’s Knowledge and Perception of the Current Weight Gain Guidelines during Pregnancy
The aim of this study was to develop and validate an electronic questionnaire, the Electronic Maternal Health Survey ( EMat Health Survey ), related to women's knowledge and perceptions of the current gestational weight gain guidelines (GWG), as well as pregnancy-related health behaviours. Constructs addressed within the questionnaire include self-efficacy, locus of control, perceived barriers, and facilitators of physical activity and diet, outc…
Negotiating Difference
Aboriginal perspectives on experiences in sport in Canada are largely missing from the existing body of literature on sociocultural aspects of sport, but this is especially the case in terms of Aboriginal people from the Maritimes region of Canada. Such an absence impedes our understanding of sport as an important cultural institution that can be used to normalize certain social practices, as well as challenge them. In this paper, we aim to contr…
Community-based participatory research and integrated knowledge translation
BACKGROUND: Better use of research evidence (one form of "knowledge") in health systems requires partnerships between researchers and those who contend with the real-world needs and constraints of health systems. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) and integrated knowledge translation (IKT) are research approaches that emphasize the importance of creating partnerships between researchers and the people for whom the research is ultimatel…
The United States Does Cair About Cultural Safety
Purpose: This article examines the concept and use of the term cultural safety in Canada and the United States. Design: To examine the uptake of cultural awareness, cultural sensitivity, cultural competence, and cultural safety between health organizations in Canada and the United States, we reviewed position statements/policies of health care associations. Findings: The majority of selected health associations in Canada include cultural safety w…
The extractives industry
In this paper, we critically examine the ways in which the extractives industry in Canada is engaging in partnerships with Indigenous-led organizations that promote Indigenous cultural practices through leisure and cultural programmes. We examined two cases in Canada, the Northwest Territories On The Land Collaborative that partners with Dominion Diamond and Diavik Diamond Mines, and the Urban Native Youth Association, an organization that is par…
Road safety, health equity, and the built environment
For professionals working in urban Canadian transport and injury prevention sectors HE concerns influenced their perspectives of the BE and BE change. These results illustrate a growing need for HE to guide BE change work and consultation processes. Further, these results contribute to ongoing efforts in the Canadian urban context to ensure that HE is at the forefront of BE policy change and decision-making, while promoting existing strategies to…
Introduction to Special Issue. ‘A half century of Canadian leisure research
2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the first Canadian Congress on Leisure Research (CCLR). This special issue contains papers presented at CCLR17, the most recent CCLR which was held at the University of Ottawa in May, 2023. The theme of CCLR17 was ‘A half century of Canadian leisure research: Towards a more inclusive future’. Reflective of CCLR17’s theme that focused on inclusion, unlike previous CCLR special issues that were published in only o…
A half century of Canadian leisure research
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