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Title Effect of Slope and Aspect on Litter Layer Moisture Content of Lodgepole Pine Stands in the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains of Alberta

Excerpt For two fire seasons in Nordegg, Alberta, a system of in-stand weather stations were arranged along a north and south aligned valley and combined with collection of destructive fine fuel moisture content data in order to quantify variations due to differences in slope and aspect. South-facing sites were found to be slightly warmer (1.5°C), less […]

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Title Characterization of Reductive Dehalogenases in a Chlorinated Ethene-degrading Bioaugmentation Culture

Excerpt Perchloroethene and trichloroethene are among the most persistent groundwater pollutants, and Dehalococcoides is the only known species that can degrade these compounds completely to non-toxic ethene. Characterization of the reductive dehalogenase (RDase) enzymes responsible for dechlorination is important to understanding this process. A series of dechlorination assays were performed with whole cell suspensions and cell-free […]

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Author Chan, Winnie Wing Man

Advisor Edwards, Elizabeth A.

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Title Inclusionary Zoning, Brownfield Development and Urban Governance: Understanding Affordable Housing Production in Concord’s City Place and Pacific Place Developments

Excerpt Maintaining affordable housing in Canadian cities remains a challenge for municipal governments. With few political and financial resources, local governments often turn to zoning bylaws to protect affordable housing opportunities. This research focuses on the development and implementation of inclusionary zoning programs in Toronto and Vancouver. In order to understand the value of these policies, […]

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Author Balfour, Cameron

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SDGs Sustainable Cities and Communities

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Title Seismic Analysis of Steel Wind Turbine Towers in the Canadian Environment

Excerpt The seismic response of steel monopole wind turbine towers is investigated and their risk is assessed in the Canadian seismic environment. This topic is of concern as wind turbines are increasingly being installed in seismic areas and design codes do not clearly address this aspect of design. An implicit finite element model of a 1.65MW […]

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Author Nuta, Elena

Advisor Christopoulos, Constantin||Packer, Jeffrey A.

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SDGs Affordable and Clean EnergyIndustry, Innovation and Infrastructure

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Title There is No Choice: Examining Somali Parents’ Experience with Special Education

Excerpt We now have a student population that is culturally, linguistically and economically diverse. This, in turn, has resulted in school board initiatives in response to this diversity, primarily; it appears, in ways that harden social class and racial divisions in the society (Roberston & Kushner, 2006). One clear example of this is the over-representation in […]

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Author Mahamed, Fowzia

Advisor Livingstone, David W.

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Title The Role of Social Support and Psychological Resources in Depression in People Living with HIV/AIDS: Examining the Mediating Role of Mastery and Self-esteem

Excerpt The present study explored the influence of social support and psychological resources on depression in people living with HIV/AIDS. The mediating role of mastery and self-esteem was examined. Factor analysis of the MOS-SSS supported three dimensions of social support. Findings from a predominantly gay male sample of unemployed individuals living with HIV/AIDS in the Toronto-area […]

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Author Lyons, Sarah Jane

Advisor Gillis, Joseph Roy

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SDGs Decent Work and Economic GrowthGender Equality

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Title Displaced Burmese in Thailand: Refugee Policies and Impact on Access and Rights, 1988-2008

Excerpt My thesis research centres on the question, how have refugee policy formation and ground level implementation impacted the conditions and experiences of displaced Burmese in Thailand from 1988 to 2008? I examine the effects of the production of subject categories through Thai national laws and practices, a bilateral agreement, and the United Nations Convention on […]

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Author Kalnin, Elizabeth

Advisor Coloma, Roland Sintos ||Quarter, Jack

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SDGs Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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Title Effectiveness of School Policies Prohibiting Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Use

Excerpt The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of school policies aimed to reduce adolescent alcohol and marijuana use. More specifically, the study investigated whether more severe school policy measures are related to the increased or decreased instances of overall alcohol and marijuana use on and beyond school grounds among grade 10 and […]

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Author Glisic, Marija

Advisor Hong, Guanglei

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Title French as a Second Language: A Publisher’s Perspective

Excerpt This study examines French-as-a-second-language (FSL) learning in Canada through the lens of an educational publisher. The fields of language and policy planning, second language learning, and educational publishing provide a focus for the study. The principal purpose of this thesis is to identify key stakeholders in second language learning and to analyze the impact of […]

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Author Biggar, Beverley

Advisor Labrie, Normand

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Title Bridging Theoria and Praxis: Performance Assessments of Water Transmission and Distribution Systems

Excerpt This thesis is broken into two parts. The first part, Chapters 1 – 7, focuses on work completed performing partial performance assessments in two case studies: the region of Peel in the Greater Toronto Area, and Tláhuac, Mexico. In both, pressure transients were monitored using high-speed sensors. The second part, Chapters 8 – 10, proposes […]

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Author Illaszewicz, George

Advisor Karney, Bryan William ||El-Diraby, Tamer

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