Undergraduate Students

The Faculty of Health Sciences Student Research Bursary Program : http://www.health.uottawa.ca/research/grants/student_research_bursary.htm

Dr. Bourgeault supervises undergraduate research projects in the Bachelor of Health Sciences program (HSS 4900) in either the fall or winter term. The following students have undertaken such projects with Dr. Bourgeault. Those interested in doing such a project are encouraged to submit the following application

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Kate Kienapple

Programme: Health Sciences Programme, University of Ottawa

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  • Project Title: The Role of Recruitment Agencies in the Migration of Health Workers 01-04/12
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  • Research Projects: 4th year project (HSS 4900), Health Sciences Programme, University of Ottawa
  • Publications & Presentations: n/a
  • Where are you now? n/a

Shabnaz Siddiq

Programme: Health Sciences Programme, University of Ottawa

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  • Project Title: Translating Maternity Care Initiatives from one Community Hospital to Another 05-08/12
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  • Research Projects: 4th year project (HSS 4900), Health Sciences Programme, University of Ottawa
  • Publications & Presentations: n/a
  • Where are you now? n/a

Brieanne Olibris

Programme: Health Sciences Programme, University of Ottawa

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  • Project Title: Maternity care decisions made by late childhood, adolescent, and early adulthood cancer survivors. 01-04/12
  • Project Description: This research seeks to examine patterns of CAM use amongst cancer survivors during pregnancy, and illuminate existing trends. Of particular interest are the forms of CAM used and why. Ultimately, the study will contribute to a knowledge base from which health care professionals can draw to deliver more individualized care to survivors.
  • Research Projects: 4th year project (HSS 4900), Health Sciences Programme, University of Ottawa
  • Publications & Presentations: The Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics Poster Conference (2012)
  • Where are you now? n/a

Katherine Choi

Programme: Health Sciences Programme, University of Ottawa

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  • Project Title: Exposure and Disclosure: The effects of the chemicals on treeplanters and how the regulation of that information compares between provinces. 09-12/11
  • Project Description:  A study into the treeplanting industry, focussing primarily on female health and the lack of standardization for policies throughout Canada.
  • Research Projects: 4th year project (HSS 4900), Health Sciences Programme, University of Ottawa
  • Publications & Presentations: n/a
  • Where you are now? Employed in a healthcare related field, Applied to Medical School and Graduate Studies

Mary Commandant

Programme: Health Sciences Programme, University of Ottawa

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  • Project Title: Source Country Perspectives on the Migration of Health Personnel (SCoP-MoHP): The Case of India. 01-04/11
  • Project Description: The SCoP-MoHP study seeks to examine:
  • the present picture of, and recent historic trends in the migration of highly skilled health personnel in India;
  • the most critical consequences, according to those ‘on the ground’ in India, of the migration of highly skilled health workers that should be examined and how these consequences could be ‘measured’ to optimize the potential for comparative policy analyses; and
  • the range of program and policy responses that have been considered, proposed and implemented to address these critical causes and consequences of health worker migration from India to high-income countries, and the outcomes of these responses.

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Tiffany Holdsworth-Taylor

Programme: Health Sciences Programme, University of Ottawa

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  • Project Title: Depiction of Childbirth on the Internet: A comparison of text and video. 09-12/09
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  • Research Projects: 4th year project (HSS 4900), Health Sciences Programme, University of Ottawa,
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  • Where you are now? n/a

Alanna Courtright

Programme: Arts & Sciences Program, McMaster University

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  • Project Title: Postpartum Depression in the Context of Midwifery Care. 09/07-04/08
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  • Research Projects: 4th year Thesis Course, Arts & Sciences Program, McMaster University
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  • Where you are now? MD Candidate Class 2014 McMaster University

Nadia Oryema

Programme: Bachelor of Health Sciences Program, McMaster University

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  • Project Title: The Impact on Source Countries of the International Migration of their Health Care Professionals. 09/07-12/07
  • Project Description: This research focused on the international migration of health care workers from developing to developed countries, looking specifically at trends in Malawi and Canada. In particular, it assessed the viability of increased medical school enrolment in both developed and developing countries to address health human resource shortages.
  • Research Projects: 3rd year Independent Study Course, Bachelor of Health Sciences Program, McMaster University. Followed up with 4th year thesis ‘Self Sufficiency of Medical Human Resources: Comparing Canada and Malawi’
  • Publications & Presentations: Keeping Their Health Workers: "Source" Country Approaches to Self Sufficiency
  • Where you are now? University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine