- Language Development and Disorders
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Reliability and Agreement in Measurement
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Education Systems and Policy
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Family Support in Illness
- Healthcare Systems and Practices
- Community Health and Development
- Occupational Therapy Practice and Research
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
University of Alberta
2023-2025
Institut Régional de Médecine Physique et de Réadaptation
2016-2019
University of Ottawa
2019
Université de Montréal
2012
McMaster University
2008
Abstract White monolingual Anglo-American values permeate language acquisition research, which extends into public health and educational policies. “Quality of language” in parent-child interactions is often called upon to explain weaknesses the development children who are racialized, experiencing poverty, or bilingual. Indeed, many early intervention approaches build on this premise by aiming improve “quality used parents. We aimed understand conceptualizations studies interaction through...
To prepare a Canadian French translation of the PEDro Scale under proposed name l'Échelle PEDro, and to examine validity its content.
The primary objective was to produce a French-Canadian translation of AMSTAR (a measurement tool assess systematic reviews) and examine the validity translation's contents. secondary tertiary objectives were inter-rater reliability factorial construct this version AMSTAR.
Purpose: The main purpose is to produce a French-Canadian translation of the "STrengthening Reporting OBservational studies in Epidemiology" (STROBE) Statement under proposed name "outil STROBE" and assess cross-cultural validity its content. secondary examine preliminary interrater reliability. Method: A modified approach Vallerand's validation methodology was used. First, professional translators clinical practitioners produced parallel reverse "STROBE Statement." Then, committee experts...
The goal of this study was to evaluate the influence reading habits on cerebral plasticity in performance a discourse comprehension task aging. main hypothesis that participants with higher frequency and quality should exhibit reduced brain activity because be easier for them. two groups native French speakers, 16 young adults elderly adults, participated using nirS (near-infrared spectroscopy) technique. They read short stories answered true or false probes after each one. also completed...
Multilingual students, according to the deficit framework of “English language learners,” are at a disadvantage compared their monolingual peers. This fails recognize assets that accompany home development, referred as Community Cultural Wealth (Yosso 2005). In this study, we asked what do parents multilingual children identify barriers and facilitators supporting children’s development before during COVID-19? Six semi-structured interviews were conducted online with between 3 5 years old...
The main purpose of this article is to produce a French-Canadian translation the Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative studies (COREQ) scale under proposed name "échelle COREQ" and assess transcultural validity its content. secondary examine inter-rater reliability version COREQ scale.
Background: Managing palliative care issues can be challenging for adults who live in the community, especially those have advanced heart failure (HF). Little research has been conducted that examines barriers and supports related to delivery of optimal about factors influence use services this population. Purpose: The purpose study was explore perceptions community-dwelling diagnosed with end-stage HF, their informal caregivers health professionals community setting. Methods: This used a...