Browsing by Subject "Northwestern Ontario"
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Building and Sustaining Authentic Partnerships – Business Readiness and Relationships with Aboriginal Communities in Northwestern Ontario
(2015)In order to foster the future economic growth of Northwestern Ontario, cooperation and partnership with key groups are necessary. This exploratory case study identifies new economic trends in industry, focusing on ... -
Chemoreception in invasive rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus): learning and adaptation in aquatic ecosystems of Northwestern Ontario
(2012-11-10)Crayfish utilize chemosensory cues, in addition to other sensory inputs, to mediate a variety of fundamental life processes. Exotic species, like the rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus), are known to employ a broader ... -
Critical reflection in the secondary classroom: anti-oppression education
(2014-01-22)This thesis argues that schools are sites where an ideology of colonialism is reproduced through the roles of the institution, the educators (and their education), the students and the absence of an integrated community. ... -
Exploring Health Care Providers’ Perspectives of Care Practices, Facilitators, and Barriers Experienced when Managing Childhood Obesity in Rural Northwestern Ontario Communities
(2015)Previous literature has identified that rural communities have a higher obesity prevalence than their urban counterparts. In comparison to the rest of the province, childhood obesity rates are significantly higher in ... -
Exploring well-being in a First Nation community : a qualitative study / by Lana Ray.
(2008)First Nations people hold the worldview that all human and non-human beings are interconnected. This worldview is imperative to the well-being of not only individuals, but to the community and land as well because it ... -
Finding food deserts : a spatial analysis of food security in Northwestern Ontario (1996-2006) / by Sarah Wintle.
(2010)The purpose of this study is to examine the state of food security in Northwestern Ontario communities by identifying food deserts, or neighbourhoods with high levels of social deprivation and limited access to nutritious ... -
Geochemistry and PGE mineralization of the Kitto intrusion : a product of Mesoproterozoic plume magmatism through fault bounded archean crust, East Nipigon Embayment, Northern Ontario
(2007)The Kitto intrusion is a Mesoproterozoic 1117.7 ±1.8 Ma peridotitic to gabbroic intrusion, that formed as a result of plume magmatism and was emplaced along Mesoproterozoic and Archean faults in the East Nipigon Embayment ... -
Geology and alteration associated with the Hamlin Lake VMS system, Shebandowan Greenstone belt, Northwestern Ontario, Canada
(2008)The Hamlin Lake area is located approximately 120 km southwest of the City of Thunder Bay, Ontario within the Shebandowan greenstone belt of the Wawa Subprovince, Superior Province. The purpose of this study was to understand ... -
Geology, geochemistry and geochronology of the Hemlo East property, Schreiber-Hemlo Greenstone Belt, Ontario
(2014-01-22)The Hemlo East property is located approximately 50 kilometres east of the town of Marathon, Ontario and is situated within the Schreiber-Hemlo greenstone belt of the Wawa-Abitibi Terrane of the Archean Superior Province. ... -
In/visible families : exploring the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, trans-identified, and two-spirited parents in Northern Ontario school communities / by Natalie Rowlandson.
(2010)The purpose of this study was to learn about the nature of interactions between Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer, Trans-identified, and Two-Spirited (LGBQTT) parents and their children’s teachers and school principals. A case ... -
Influence of culverts on small stream fish communities in Northwestern Ontario / by Eric K. Berglund.
(2007)Stream crossings may alter fish habitat and fragment lotic environments, which could alter fish movement in stream reaches and lead to changes in fish community structure and population dynamics at the local and riverscape ... -
Influence of regeneration method on juvenile jack pine clear wood static bending properties and specific gravity / by Karen L. Jackson.
(2008)The effects of regeneration method on three wood properties of jack pine, along different vertical positions, grown in northwestern Ontario were evaluated. A multi-staged nested sampling design was used to randomly select ... -
Internet use of linguistic minorities within a dominant culture : a case study of Francophones in Northwestern Ontario / by Nicole Corbett.
(2007)Outside the province of Québec, Francophones are often marginalized with regard to availability of products in their language. The Internet, a growing phenomenon, is marketed as a tool, which provides information and ... -
Landscape indicators of Old Tower Road archaeological site (DbJm-6), Thunder Bay District
(2015-10-21)This thesis addresses two research objectives. The first investigates landscape factors in the paleo-environment which may have influenced the geographic positioning of an archaeological site near Thunder Bay. The time ... -
Lithogeochemistry of the sedimentary stratigraphy and metosomatic alteration in the Musselwhite gold deposit, North Caribou Lake belt, Superior province, Canada : implications for deposition and mineralization
(2008)The Musselwhite gold deposit, 100% owned and operated by Goldcorp Inc., has cumulatively produced in excess of 2 million ounces since opening in 1997 and has a projected mine life through 2013. It is situated in the North ... -
Lumber recovery, a leaf area model, and water use in response to commercial thinning, for plantation grown black spruce (Picea mariana [Mills] B.S.P.) / by Steven M. Young.
(2008)Three black spruce (Picea mariana [Mills] B.S.P.) plantations (Airstrip, Boom Lake and Tyrol Lake), in northwestern Ontario, with varied stand densities (2806 stems ha[superscript -1], 2285 stems ha[superscript -1], and ... -
Mapping recreation use patterns and forest values : a Canadian boreal forest case study / by Perrine, Lesueur.
(2008)People attribute values to the places they use for forest recreation. Such values are often difficult to access and even more difficult to incorporate in forest management and planning. As potential sources of conflict in ... -
Middle holocene archaeology and paleoenvironments of the Thunder Bay region, Lake Superior basin
(2012-11-10)This thesis describes the analysis of a deeply buried peat deposit discovered in a cutbank along the Kaministiquia River near Thunder Bay, Ontario. This exposure yielded a large sample of well-preserved plant macrofossils ... -
Mineralization and tectonic setting of the Norton Lake Region, Uchi subprovince
(2005)The Norton Lake region is located approximately 50 km northeast of Fort Hope within the northernmost unnamed assemblage of the Miminiska-Fort Hope greenstone belt of the Uchi Subprovince, northwestern Ontario. An ... -
Neuropsychological study of northern Native male solvent abusers / by Cameron Dokis.
(2008)Solvent abuse constitutes a major health concern in all ethnic groups because of its serious social, medical, and neuropsychological consequences. The present study examined the neuropsychological consequences of long-term ...
