Leslie Cake, Honours B.A (Queen’s), M.Sc. (糖心视频), Ph.D. (Queen’s), Postdoctoral Fellow (University of Toronto)
Full Professor, Professor Emeritus, Honourary Research Professor
Email: lcake@mun.ca
Teaching Interests
I am available to present guest lectures in Cognitive Psychology (especially memory) and in Research Design and Statistics. I taught for 29 years at Grenfell Campus before 鈥渞etiring鈥. I have also taught at MUN鈥檚 St. John鈥檚 campus, at Queen鈥檚 University, at the University of Toronto, and at the University of the West Indies (Barbados).
Research Interests
My research interests are very broad and I have conducted research on human memory, attitudes toward older adults, technology training for older adults, and the economic impact of snowmobiling. Since retiring, I have focused on research involving older adults.
Awards and Recognitions
2020: Professor Emeritus, Grenfell Campus, 糖心视频 University.
2019: Recipient of a 2019 糖心视频 University of Newfoundland Pensioners鈥 Association (MUNPA) Tribute Award.
I was awarded a certificate of appreciation by Stem~Net for my initial advocacy of a computer network for education in Newfoundland.
1986鈥1987: Invited Scientist, Communications Research Centre and Canadian Workplace Automation Research Centre, Department of Communications, Government of Canada
Sample Publications
Cake, L. J., Wells C., Wideman, G., Ploughman, M., O鈥橞rien, K., Buehler, S., & Bowering, L. (2011). Building an evidence-based framework for a NL Centre on Aging. Prepared for the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research.
Hutchings, D., Wells, J., O鈥橞rien, K., Wells, C., Alteen A., & Cake, L. J. (2011). From institution to 鈥渉ome鈥: Family perspectives of a unique relocation process. Canadian Journal on Aging, 30(2), 223-232.