Browsing Retrospective theses by Title
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Winter-summer comparison of psychological factors in seasonal mood changes / by Robert P. Dew.
(2008)"Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is characterized by the regular onset and remission of depressive episodes during the fall/winter months and remission during the summer. The present study compared psychological differences ... -
Within and between-species competition and individual tree growth in a young jack pine-aspen stand
(1986)The competitive relationship between jack pine (Finns banksiana Lamb.) and trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) was studied in an 8-year-old mixed stand in North Central Ontario, Canada. During the summer of 1984, ... -
Wizards of Motion : evaluation of a helmet intervention program / by Pamela K. Marsh.
(2007)Lakehead University's Wizards of Motion program is designed to introduce students to the application of mechanics to the analysis of human motion. The Wizards Grade 7 helmet intervention module provides a unique opportunity ... -
Women in leadership in health care and education
(1998)This phenomenological study is an examination of the experiences of eight women from Northwestern Ontario working in leadership positions in health care or education. The data was obtained from two interviews with each ... -
Women principals and conflict
(2004)The main purpose of this study was to explore the ways in which women principals perceived and resolved conflicts. The second purpose was to produce research on women principals and conflict from a uniquely female Canadian ... -
Women science teachers' experiences during a time of transition
(2005)With the projected mass retirements of male secondary school teachers, Ontario Ministry of Education statistics suggest that female teachers will - for the first time in Ontario history - constitute the majority of Ontario ... -
Word attributes predict the speed of translation from English to French : (Do they do so by facilitating first language processing?)
(1993)It has been found that some attributes of a word predict how easy it will be to translate that word into a second language (Murray, 1986) . It is not clear whether these attributes are specific to translation itself or ... -
Working-out : women's work at a leisure facility
This thesis investigates women's formal and informal marginalization at work, focusing on employment and job assignments in the aquatics department of a leisure facility in Thunder Bay. I outline the theoretical ... -
Workplace support for employees with cancer / by Behdin Nowrouzi.
(2008)PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to survey human resource personnel about how their northeastern Ontario workplaces assist employees with cancer. METHODS: This crosssectional study sent surveys to 255 workplaces in ... -
Workshop intervention approach to nursing stress management
(1996)This research project presented a total of six twelve-hour stress management workshops to twenty-eight female registered nurses. They were recruited from general hospitals, medical offices, and nursing homes. Topics ... -
Worldviews in transition : the changing nature of the Lake Nipigon Anishinabek Metis
(2003)In Northwestern Ontario (NWO) there is a need to assure a more complete understanding of the Indigenous voice. The researcher, who examined existing theories and research methodologies in sociology, determined that these ... -
Writing bodies into history : Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace and The Blind Assassin / by Tamara Arthur.
(2008)Historical fiction simultaneously can be used to document history while also questioning traditional history and ways of knowing. In particular, Margaret Atwood’s historical fiction questions traditional history and ... -
Writing women's lives : the fictional aesthetic of Alice Munro
(1997)When questioned by interviewers about matters of craft, Alice Munro is usually vague in her responses, once insisting that she has "no idea how to write a story" (The Globe and Mail) E. I). Her reluctance to make any ... -
X-ray diffraction and Rietveld structural refinement of selected fluoroperovskites
(2000)This study presents an X-ray diffraction analysis and Rietveld structural refinement of selected synthetic fluoroperovskite-type compounds including the Na1-xKxMgF3 solid solution series in addition to synthetic analogues ... -
Yield and morphological responses of wild blueberry (vaccinium spp.) to forest harvesting and conifer release treatments
(1997)This thesis synthesizes three papers on the effects of forestry practices on the growth and fruit production of lowbush (V. angustifolium) and velvet leaf (V. myrtilloides) blueberry in i) young jackpine, ii) boreal ... -
Young adolescents' comprehension of literary texts as mediated by the reinterpretation - representation of literary texts through drama : a literary unit on humane and environmental education
(2003)This qualitative study describes the relationship between young adolescent readers’ comprehension of environmentally-themed literary texts and the representation and reinterpretation of those texts through drama. The ... -
Young offender recidivism over a 28-month follow-up period
(1992)This follow-up study investigated 81 former young offenders of the Thunder Bay Youth Centre to determine the rate of recidivism and to evaluate predictor variables. Correctional records were used and both a liberal and ... -
Yuma state : a philosophical study of the Indian residential school experience
(2001)Indian residential schools in Canada span a history over one hundred years producing a storm of controversy that is ongoing. The principal parties to this controversy include a number of Christian churches in Canada, the ...