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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
There are many individuals that enabled my doctoral journey come to its fruition. I am
deeply grateful to the colleagues, friends, and family who inspired, supported, and contributed in
various ways throughout the process of this thesis to whom the amount of thanks that I owe is
immeasurable.
It has been my good fortune to work with a doctoral committee that both inspired me and
demonstrated remarkable patience in waiting for my research to mutate into form. In particular,
this project could not be possible without the support and input from my advisor and mentor,
Kim Schonert-Reichl, who has deeply inspired my thinking. Her intellectual generosity, wisdom,
and guidance were unending and are gratefully appreciated. Jim Frankish has provided continued
support, guidance, and the link to population health promotion research as well as the physical
space to contain the project — thank you. Jane Garland's understanding of depression in
adolescents has been profound, insightful, and practical and I am deeply thankful for the advice
and continued thoughtful direction in this project. I would also like to thank Larry Green who
propelled me into the doctoral program and provided the initial foundation and gentle guidance,
and opened the door to health promotion thinking and space in which to complete this thesis. Bill
Reynolds's directive support and advice in assessment criteria for depression in adolescents at
the initial phase of the process has been invaluable.
There are also a number of people who have facilitated the process in different capacities
to whom I extend my warm gratitude. The Interdisciplinary Studies' unique environment for
graduate study made possible for my project to take on interdisciplinary flight. Bruno Zumbo has
provided amazing methodological advice at a critical time early in the study. Phil Davis has
provided statistical guidance and gentle support at the onset of the research journey. Amanda
Walker has been my other set of eyes during data administration whose consistency, integrity,
and support are appreciated. To my friends, Leslie, David, and Marnelle who would always be
ready to listen and provide support particularly in the first phase of the project.
I am thankful for my siblings for their pride, and of course my family, Ross, Maiya, and
Rebecca who are unwavering in their belief, presence, and love.
Finally, I would like to acknowledge the support of the teachers, the school personnel,
and above all, the adolescents in this study, who I know, worked so hard at providing me with
their written voices to help make this study a reality.
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