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Title Mitigating Natural Disaster: Conceptualization and Implementation of an International Responsibility to Protect

Excerpt This Note asserts that natural disaster-affected populations have a right to call on the international community to protect basic subsistence interests where their sovereign government is unable or unwilling to do so in the wake of a catastrophic natural disaster. First, this Note situates the right to international humanitarian assistance following a natural disaster as […]

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Author Gamble, Jennifer Lauren McCulloch

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SDGs Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Title The Inter-American Court’s Mexican Tetralogy on Military Jurisdiction: A Case for Principled Jurisprudence

Excerpt Recent Inter-American Court of Human Rights jurisprudence has resulted in major amendments to Mexican military justice law that were previously thought to be impossible, considering the historical role of the armed forces and Mexico’s civil-military pact. Yet, with a recent Supreme Court decision, Mexican law has been modified to bring it into compliance with the […]

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Author Gibbons, Cara Elizabeth Irwin

Advisor Macklem, Patrick

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Title Vibration Suppression of Large Space Structures Using an Optimized Distribution of Control Moment Gyros

Excerpt Many space vehicles have been launched with large flexible components such as booms and solar panels. These large space structures (LSSs) have the potential to make attitude control unstable due to their lightly damped vibration. These vibrations can be controlled using a collection of control moment gyros (CMGs). CMGs consist of a spinning wheel in […]

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SDGs Affordable and Clean Energy

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Title The Effect of Salvia hispanica L. (Salba) on Weight Loss in Overweight and Obese Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Excerpt Canadian statistics indicate that the incidence of obesity is rising, and that the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) within this group is significantly higher than those of a healthy weight. Preliminary evidence has shown that the oil-rich grain, Salvia hispanica L. (Salba), improves glycemic control, suppresses appetite, and affects additional cardiovascular disease (CVD) […]

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Author Choleva, Lauryn

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SDGs Good Health and Well-Being

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Title Better the Devil We Know: How Sociology Informs the Debate Over Antidumping Laws

Excerpt Trade and other governmental policy decisions are frequently made based on neoclassical economic theory, which in turn is based on simplifying assumptions that result in unrealistic predictions. In this thesis, I argue that sociology is an important social science that can help to inform economic theory in policy-making. Understanding how social relations affect market actors […]

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Author Chow, Cherrine

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SDGs Reduced Inequalities

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Title Public Engagement through the Toronto Health Policy Citizens Council: What do Citizens Value in Health Care?

Excerpt Health policy making is fraught with difficult decisions that result from conflicts between people’s values. Citizens are important stakeholders in this process, and it is through methods of public engagement that they can be involved in developing health policy. Deliberative forms, in particular, have the ability to improve decision quality and promote greater acceptance of […]

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Author Cleghorn, Michelle

Advisor Upshur, Ross

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SDGs Good Health and Well-BeingPeace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Title An Exploratory Study of the Fundamental Characteristics Influencing the Analysis and Communication Activities of Health Care Incident Reporting Systems

Excerpt Incident reporting systems offer rich opportunities for learning from errors in health care. However, little attention has been given to understanding how the implementation of reporting system characteristics impact analysis and communication activities. This research explored the characteristics of reporting systems that promote analysis and communication activities. Ten characteristics were identified through a comprehensive literature […]

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Author Colvin, Christopher

Advisor Easty, Anthony ||Trbovich, Patricia

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Title Big Gay Library: An Ethnography of the Pride Library at the University of Western Ontario

Excerpt Officially founded in 1997, the Pride Library is a pioneering Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer (LGBTQ) Canadian information-based organization. Although located within D.B. Weldon Library at the University of Western Ontario, the library maintains a primarily grassroots framework. The Pride Library case study reflects a tradition within LGBTQ communities towards preserving and disseminating information […]

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Author Cooper, Danielle

Advisor Hartel, Jenna

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Title Study of Fluid-structure Interactions of Communication Antennas

Excerpt Large structures exposed to the environment such as the collinear omni and large panel communication antennas in this research suffer damage from cyclic wind, rain, hail, ice load and impacts from birds and stones. Stresses from self-weight, ice loading and wind gusts will produce deformations of the structure that will lead to performance deterioration of […]

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Author Amador, Maby Boado

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Title Responding to the Global Injury Burden by Improving Access to Orthopaedic Medical Devices: A Qualitative Case Study of Orthopaedic Services in Uganda

Excerpt The global burden of injury is severely underappreciated and disproportionately affects low-income countries. With timely, appropriate orthopaedic treatment disability and mortality can be prevented, yet appropriate health resources are seldom available. Without orthopaedic medical devices (OMDs), quality of orthopaedic care suffers and the burden of preventable injury is exacerbated. A qualitative case study of 45 […]

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Author Bouchard, Maryse

Advisor Kohler, Jillian Clare ||Howard, Andrew

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SDGs Good Health and Well-BeingNo Poverty

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