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Title The Legacy of Cuerrier: Issues Unresolved, Questions Unanswered

Excerpt A large body of jurisprudence has developed in Canada criminalizing the conduct of HIV positive persons who transmit or expose others to the HIV infection in an equivocal attempt to be seen to be doing something about individuals who are perceived to be driving the HIV epidemic. Convictions have been obtained for charges ranging from […]

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Author Mladenovic, Ninoslav

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Title “Wealth and Stealth”: The 21st Century Challenge to Comprehensive Reproductive Health Education and Services in Canada

Excerpt This qualitative study explored the information available on abortion, contraception and parenting from websites accessible to internet users in Canada. The research questions focused on a comparison of pro-life and pro-choice websites on the discourse in Canada around reproductive rights. A textual analysis was conducted of five websites, with data analyzed using phenomenological research methodology. […]

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Author Mandelis, Alexandra Dorothy

Advisor Alaggia, Ramona

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SDGs Good Health and Well-BeingPeace, Justice and Strong InstitutionsQuality Education

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Title Patients’ Incidental Access to their Hospital Paper Medical Records; What do patients think?

Excerpt The objective of this study was to explore inpatients’ opinions on their hospital paper medical records after they had incidental access to them. One hundred inpatients in the C.T. department at St. Michael’s Hospital were surveyed: 65 patients who read their records and 35 who did not. Overall, 75.4% of readers found their records easy […]

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Author Mossaed, Shadi

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Title “Nanomedicine: Governing Uncertainties”

Excerpt Nanomedicine is a promising and revolutionary field to improve medical diagnoses and therapies leading to a higher quality of life for everybody. Huge benefits are expected from nanomedicine applications such as in diagnostic and therapeutic field. However, nanomedicine poses several issues on risks to the human health. This thesis aims to defense a perspective of […]

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Author Trisolino, Antonella

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

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Title Temporal De-biasing of Behaviour in Residential Energy Consumption: Supporting Conservation Compliance Through Feedback Design

Excerpt Despite years of research in residential energy conservation, means of inducing conservation behaviour through feedback are not well understood. In this thesis I take a novel approach to feedback design by addressing temporal inconsistencies that may hinder individuals from forming an intention to conserve. To help understand conservation compliance strategies, I proposed a visual framework […]

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Author Trinh, Kevin

Advisor Jamieson, Gregory Allan

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SDGs Affordable and Clean EnergyClimate ActionLife Below Water

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Title Circulating Unmetabolized Folic Acid: Relationship to Folate Status and Effect of Supplementation

Excerpt There are increasing concerns that exposure to unmetabolized folic acid, which results from folic acid intakes that overwhelm the liver’s metabolic capacity, may be associated with adverse effects. In this study, we examined the folic acid status of women of reproductive age in relation to dietary intake and the effect of folic acid supplementation (1.1 […]

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Author Tam, Carolyn Carmen

Advisor Koren, Gideon

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Title Global Cities and their Response to Climate Change

Excerpt Decision-makers in cities have realized their pivotal role in addressing climate change, and they are responding accordingly. This thesis presents three papers that explore the process of responding to climate change in cities, highlighting the situation in selected global cities with varying economies and development priorities. The methodology for conducting an urban greenhouse gas inventory […]

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Author Sugar, Lorraine

Advisor Kennedy, Christopher A.

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SDGs Climate ActionIndustry, Innovation and InfrastructureSustainable Cities and Communities

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Title The Impact of Neighbourhood Density on the Energy Demand of Passive Houses and on Potential Energy Sources from the Waste Flows and Solar Energy

Excerpt This study demonstrates how the density of a neighbourhood affects its energy demand, metabolism (energy and material flows) and its ability to produce its own energy. Single-family detached houses and row townhouses were each modeled using passive solar housing guidelines with the DesignBuilder building energy simulation software. Energy demand is then modeled within neighbourhoods at […]

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Author Stupka, Robert

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SDGs Affordable and Clean EnergyLife Below WaterResponsible Consumption and Production

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Title Are We Chasing Rainbows?: Achieving the Decriminalization of Prostitution in Canada

Excerpt Prostitution has often been referred to as the oldest profession in the world. Yet the Canadian legislature and courts refuse to recognize it as a profession but merely as a social nuisance or worse yet a social evil. While the act of selling sex in exchange for money is technically legal in Canada, all related […]

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Author Sondhi, Shireen

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SDGs Decent Work and Economic GrowthPeace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Title Modelling the Impact of Weather Conditions on Active Transportation Travel Behaviour

Excerpt Three weather sensitive multinomial logit models are estimated using the 2001 Transportation Tomorrow Survey in order explore the relationship between weather and home-based work trips within the City of Toronto, focusing on active modes of transportation. The data is restricted to non-captive commuters who have the option of alternating between all five basic modes of […]

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Author Saneinejad, Sheyda

Advisor Roorda, Matthew J. ||Kennedy, Christopher A.

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