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Title Understanding Physical Activity from the Perspectives of Children with Complex Heart Defects, their Parents and their Cardiologists

Excerpt Children with complex heart defects lead sedentary lives that limit involvement in peer activities, impact their growth and development, and jeopardize their long-term health. The goal of this research was to better understand the factors that influence daily moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), which is associated with physical and psychological health. The physical activity levels of […]

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Title Place Differentiation: Redeveloping the Distillery District, Toronto

Excerpt What role does place differentiation play in contemporary urban redevelopment processes, and how is it constructed, practiced, and governed? Under heightened forms of interurban competition fueled by processes of globalization, there is a desire by place-makers to construct and market a unique sense of place. While there is consensus that place promotion plays a role […]

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Author Mathews, Vanessa Kirsty

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SDGs Sustainable Cities and Communities

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Title “Experience is the Best Teacher.” Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) among Ethno-Racial Minority Communities in Toronto: A Phenomenological Study

Excerpt Since de-institutionalization, numerous community based treatment modalities have been implemented to provide treatment for individuals diagnosed as seriously and persistently mentally ill. CTOs are a recent addition to the community mental health care system designed to provide outpatient mental health services to seriously mentally ill clients and using legal mechanisms to enforce a contractual obligation […]

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Author Mfoafo-M'Carthy, Magnus

Advisor Williams, Charmaine

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Title Violent Conflict and Social Capital in Ethnically-polarized Developing Countries

Excerpt This dissertation explores the problem of violent ethnic conflict in ethnically polarized developing countries using the concept of social capital. Ethnically polarized developing countries typically have high levels of intra-ethnic social capital (social capital existing within groups) but low levels of inter-ethnic social capital (social capital existing between groups). Violent conflict can be averted by […]

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Author Miedema, Theresa

Advisor Trebilcock, Michael

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SDGs Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Title Indigeneity, Warfare & Representation: The Zapatista Case (1994-2003)

Excerpt This thesis deals with issues of indigeneity, warfare and representation as they relate to the Zapatista struggle in Chiapas, Mexico between the years of 1994-2003 –a period widely known as a period of low intensity warfare. During this period, militants of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) engaged fiercely in the creation and defence of […]

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Author Molina-Alfaro, Irma

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Title Mental Health Issues and Work: Institutional Practices of Silence in a Mental Healthcare Organization

Excerpt Over the past decade, mental illness in the workplace has become a key issue in the health and business communities, fueled in part by recognition of the high prevalence rates and significant costs for individuals and organizations. Although research in the field is starting to emerge, there are significant gaps in what is known, particularly […]

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Author Moll, Sandra

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SDGs Decent Work and Economic GrowthGood Health and Well-Being

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Title “Living Cadavers” in Bangladesh: Ethics of the Human Organ Bazaar

Excerpt The “miracle” success of transplant technology, alongside the commercialization of health care, and the increasing polarization between rich and poor have created the conditions for an illegal but thriving trade in human body parts. Based on 15 months of challenging fieldwork, my research examines the ethics of the organ bazaar, particularly the experiences of 33 […]

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Author Moniruzzaman, Md

Advisor Cunningham, Hilary

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SDGs Gender EqualityGood Health and Well-BeingNo Poverty

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Title Racing Solidarity, Remaking Labour: Labour Renewal from a Decolonizing and Anti-racism Perspective

Excerpt The study examines how Aboriginal workers and workers of colour experience union solidarity and explores the necessary conditions for the remaking of solidarity and the renewal of the labour movement. Grounded in anti-colonial discursive framework, the study analyzes the cultures and practices of labour solidarity through the lived experiences of Aboriginal activist and activists of […]

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Author Ng, Winnie Wun Wun

Advisor Jackson, Nancy

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SDGs Decent Work and Economic GrowthQuality Education

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Title Behind the Mask: Determinants of Nurses’ Adherence to Recommended Use of Facial Protective Equipment to Prevent Occupational Transmission of Communicable Respiratory Illness in Acute Care Hospitals

Excerpt Background – Communicable respiratory illness is a serious occupational threat to healthcare workers. A key reason for occupational transmission is failure to implement appropriate barrier precautions. Facial protective equipment, including surgical masks, respirators and eye/face protection, is the least adhered to type of personal protective equipment used by healthcare workers, yet it is an important […]

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Author Nichol, Kathryn Anne

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Title Biomedical and Psychosocial Factors Associated with Pain and Disability after Peripheral Nerve Injury

Excerpt The main objective of my dissertation was to evaluate the biomedical and psychosocial factors associated with pain and disability in patients following traumatic upper extremity nerve injuries. This was approached by conducting 3 studies. The first study surveyed peripheral nerve surgeons regarding the assessment of pain in patients with nerve injury. The results showed that […]

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Author Novak, Christine

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