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Fire performance of a novel concealed mass timber moment-resisting connection utilizing mechanically-fastened steel rods
(2020)A major hindrance to more application of engineered-wood products in the Canadian building construction market is the lack of technical documentations and guidelines for the design of timber beam-to-column connections, ... -
Fire performance of timer-concrete composite floor systems utilizing cross-laminated timber panels with self-tapping screws as shear connectors
(2023)One of the main reasons that hinder more utilization of combustible material, such as wood, as the primary construction material in tall buildings is the required duration a structure must withstand applied loads under ... -
First impressions : reconstructing language and identity in Pauline Johnson's "The Cattle Thief," Jeanette Armstrong's "Indian Woman," and Beth Cuthand's "Post-Oka Kinda Woman"
(2004)In this thesis, utilizing the works of contemporary post-colonial critics and authors, I argue that poetry is a medium through which Aboriginal women can reclaim control over the construction of Aboriginal female identities. ... -
First Nation observations and perspectives on the changing climate in Ontario's Northern Boreal: forming bridges across the disappearing "Blue-Ice" (Kah-Oh-Shah-Whah-Skoh Siig Mii-Koom)
(2017)Forests can have significant potential to mitigate climate change. Conversely, climatic changes have significant potential to alter forest environments. Forest management options may well mitigate climate change. However, ... -
First Nations Parenting and Child Reunification: Identifying Strengths, Barriers, and Community Needs
(2016)First Nations children are overrepresented in the child welfare system in Canada (Blackstock, 2003). First Nations communities are seeking to improve current service delivery models and create alternative evidence-based ... -
First Nations student engagement in secondary school: enhancing student success in a northern Eeyou community
(2015-08-05)This study investigated engagement and disengagement factors for high school students in a northern Eeyou community using a mixed methods participatory approach. A quantitative survey, administered to a stratified sample ... -
First Nations’ Equity Experts Talking about Differential Treatment, Identity Tension and Cultural Sovereignty: An Application of Weber’s Sociology
(2015)Service providers, researchers and policy makers acknowledge that First Nations, and other marginalized citizens, encounter disproportionate barriers to being heard, feeling respected, developing trust, and accessing care ... -
Fish biomonitoring in an industrial environment : the Toxicity Early Warning System (TEWS)
(2009)Industrial, agricultural and municipal effluent discharge into receiving waters continues to be a significant environmental problem. Currently, industrial effluent quality is assessed using chemical assays or by evaluating ... -
Fitness that fits: evaluating the effectiveness of an individualized, choice-based, matching tool for older adults
(2014-01-22)Background/Objective: A positive relationship exists between exercise and improved overall health; this is especially important for older adults since they have been identified as the most sedentary segment of the North ... -
Flexural bending behaviour of built-up glulam box-selection beams at ambient and elevated temperatures
(2018)The recent increasing trend of sustainable construction and advancement in the manufacturing of engineered wood have made products such as glued-laminated timber (glulam) and cross-laminated timber (CLT) preferred building ... -
Flight distances from nests and behaviours of the olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
(2017)The Olive-sided Flycatcher is a migratory species currently facing a dramatic population decline. The species is listed as threatened in Canada under the Species at Risk Act. The purpose of this study was to describe the ... -
Flocculation performance of lignin-acrylamide derivatives
(2019)Wastewater produced in different industries contains fine suspended particles that raise a number of environmental concerns due to their potential toxicity and physicochemical properties and make their removal from industrial ... -
Floristic composition and functional stability of black spruce-Kalmia shrub savannah
(2023)Scope: In eastern Canada, black spruce (Picea mariana)-Kalmia angustifolia forest revert into forest, or become Kalmia heath, or Kalmia-spruce shrub savannah (SS) depending on fire severity. My main research objective ... -
Floristic structure, composition and depth of edge influence at buffer and wildfire edges along small boreal streams
(2009)Within the boreal forest of northwestern Ontario clearcutting and fire are the most common edge-creating disturbances. Along streams, wild fire consumes the majority of trees to the edge of riparian zones. However, forest ... -
Focusing on the future: Congolese students’ perceptions of and experiences with secondary education in Nyarugusu Camp
(2020)In Nyarugusu Camp, one of the world’s largest refugee camps, only 7% of youth are enrolled in secondary school. While literature on refugee education has focused almost exclusively on organizational aspects of planning ... -
Foliage and wood production in 17- and 32- year old Pinus banksiana Lamb. of Northwestern Ontario
(1980)The objectives of this study were 1) to provide information on the above ground biomass production of young jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) stands, and 2) to evaluate the influence of crown foliage stand density, and ... -
Foliar nutrient resorption and litterfall production with stand age, overstory composition, and disturbance origin in boreal forests
(2015-01-13)Nutrient resorption (NuR) prior to developmental senescence allows for nutrient conservation in plants, driven primarily by genetics, development stage, climate and soil fertility, and litterfall is the vector for the ... -
Folk schools: slow education for fast times
(2017)Folk schools are an enduring vision of nineteenth-century Danish philosopher Nikolai Severin Grundtvig. These schools for life offer non-competitive, non-vocational, residential, youth and adult education. This thesis ... -
Food security advocacy and activism among post-secondary students: a case study of Lakehead University
(2023)This research project is a case study that explores post-secondary student food insecurity advocacy and activism at one Northern Ontario university. Using a feminist intersectional case study approach, I examine how the ...