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    Outside the box: Outreach and programming at CUE Library
    (2025) Innes, Jenna; Laskosky, Jenn
    With creative freedom comes creative solutions! As a small library team, CUE Library often needs to do some out of the box problem solving. We’ve moved away from the traditional program in a box and expanded library support to help fit the needs of our users. Join us for a session to see what strategies we’ve implemented in courses, workshops, and outside the classroom to connect and engage with students.
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    Cultivating community: Bringing library and information services to the Indigenous community on campus
    (2025) Eke, Victoria; Ball, Tanya; Day, Maranda; Haugen, Emma
    Since 2021, Concordia University of Edmonton (CUE) Library has been working with kihêwak kâpimihâcik (formerly the Indigenous Knowledge and Research Centre) to develop library services tailored to self-identified Indigenous students on campus. This relationship has expanded to include the instructors and students in the department of Indigenous Studies. This presentation includes perspectives from the project’s key stakeholders and rights holders: Indigenous Studies students, the department of Indigenous Studies, and CUE’s Scholarly Communications Librarian (and liaison to Indigenous Studies). We braid our perspectives together to enhance academic support for Indigenous learners on campus through a variety of initiatives, such as embedded library services, student workshops, in-class presentations, publications, and research dissemination. This presentation includes perspectives from the library’s key stakeholders and rights holders – Indigenous Studies students, Department of Indigenous Studies, and CUE’s Scholarly Communications Librarian (and liaison to Indigenous Studies) – about enhancing academic support for Indigenous learners on campus through a variety of initiatives.
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    Perspectives on Indigenous Studies
    (2025) Ceratto, Vitoria; Cooper, Halie; Fiddler, Emerie; Ganter, Karlee; Jones, Jessica; Kerubo, Gloria; Kobelka, Erin; Kriewaldt, Kaylee; Labrecque, Sarah; Matlock, Ava; Yaggey, Aliyah; Mattiello, Alayna; Mira, Angelina; Pucci, Mikayla; Shannon, Nev; Sorenson, Evan; Wah, Say K.; Wingerak, Mikaela
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    An exploration of cultural perspectives related to gender and anger expression
    (2021) Tripathi, Aastha; Holton, Megan; Dhanoa, Tarleen; Lingnau, Rachel; Langille, April; Thompson, Emily; Pullin, Wendy
    Our project has focused on exploring cultural perspectives related to anger and gender. For our research, we are utilizing thematic analysis to reflect on, interpret, and present our findings. We had participants complete a Google Form with our qualitative questions. Among our eight participants, we had four who identified as South Asian (Punjabi, Pakistani, Bangladeshi), and four who identified as Caucasian. We have found that there are notable cultural influences on perspectives of anger, as well as shared gender effects. Our results indicated recurring themes of “act like a lady,” facing fear and risk, key supports, cultural stereotypes, personal reflections, and self and other. Our analysis is consistent with the literature on the challenges women face when managing and expressing anger.
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    The effects of dihydroergotamine on the developing cardiovascular system of a chick embryo
    (2021) Pecorilli, Alishia; Churchward, Matthew; Janowicz, Mariola
    Ergot alkaloids are a product of the parasitic fungus, ergot (Claviceps purpurea). Ingestion may produce life-threatening effects. Ergot poisoning can occur in either the gangrenous or convulsive forms. Since ergot inhabits forage and seed grains, livestock have an increased risk. Ergotamine, a prominent ergot alkaloid, is an agonist of the Serotonin 2B receptor subtypes (5-HT2BR), which are found in the cardiovascular system. Released 5-HT2BR is capable of eliciting vasoconstriction, valvulopathy, and prothrombotic effects. These findings have suggested that there may be impacts of ergotism on reproductive fitness or development of a gestating fetus, however prior research has not investigated this. I hypothesize that ergotamine will negatively impact heart and valve development in the chick embryo’s cardiovascular system. I predict that higher concentrations of ergotamine will produce greater impacts. My prediction is supported by the known positive correlation of ergotamine and vasoconstriction of smooth muscles and heart valves. Three Research Forum April 16, 2021 concentrations of dihydroergotamine were injected into embryos of 3 treatment groups (1?g/ml, 0.1 ?g/ ml, and 0.01?g/ml), at 1ml each. The control group did not receive dihydroergotamine. To assess heart and heart valves’ development, the 2496 hour slide mounted embryos were observed. Four of the day-14 embryos, from each treatment group, were used for heart dissections and analyses. The remaining four embryos were used for a Glycosaminoglycan-assay that tests for the presence of glycosaminoglycans, which are crucial for many functions of proper cellular growth. We have observed that as the concentration of dihydroergotamine increased the weights of the embryo’s decreased. We predict that this trend in data will also be seen in overall heart development. If the data is consistent to what we have proposed this means, there will be a significant impact on animals that ingest ergot and, therefore, needs to be explored further.