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Northern exposure: a comparison study of Alaska and Yukon models of measuring community wellbeing
(2015-02-02)
The main objective of this study is to examine models of measuring community wellbeing in Alaska and Yukon to determine if they were developed with the input of residents and if these models reflect local living conditions. ...
A GIS-based decision-support model linking urban forest benefits with sustainability goals: an application to Thunder Bay, Ontario
(2012-11-10)
Urban forests are a key piece of a city's green infrastructure, highly valued for their socioeconomic and environmental benefits. Current research demonstrates their structure and function are considerable assets to the ...
Social justice and equity : exploring the perspectives of senior administrators on whiteness and racism in postsecondary education
(2015-08-05)
This study explored senior administrators‘ perspectives on Whiteness and racism in postsecondary education. The study focused on Canadian senior administrators at postsecondary institutions located in 2 provinces and in 2 ...
Between two gazes: Kubrick's alienating aesthetic
(2015-01-13)
In his explanation of 2001: A Space Odyssey’s concluding “Stargate” sequence, Stanley Kubrick privileges its psychological and affective aspects, stating that “[the concluding sequence’s] meaning has to be found on a sort ...
Evaluation and assessment in teacher education : an analysis of the assessment culture of an Ontario initial teacher education program
(2013-02-21)
The Ontario Ministry of Education, with the shortest teacher evaluation programs in the nation, is proposing changes to the two-semester teacher education "Professional Year" in favour of a longer program. Rather than ...
Characteristics of connectivity between harvested landscapes and fixed-width riparian buffers
(2013-02-03)
Fixed-width riparian buffers are a common best management policy enforced in forested landscapes on first and higher order streams. These buffer areas are delineated along stream banks in the field, based on the presence ...
Robust H infinity model reference tracking control of singular systems using T-S fuzzy model and LMI
(2014-12-12)
In this study, a Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy model based tracking controller is proposed for nonlinear
high index singular systems with a guaranteed H1 model reference tracking performance. A
coordinate transformation is introduced, ...
Natural resource management and Indigenous food systems in Northern Ontario
(2014-12-16)
The forests and freshwaters of Northern Ontario are complex
socio-ecological systems that have provided opportunities to
sustain local lives, economies, and cultures since time
immemorial. Through nation-to-nation ...
Multicultural ways of knowing : reading the Kite Runner in a grade 11 class
(2013-02-12)
This qualitative study describes responses of twenty-eight students in a Grade 11 language arts class as they read, The Kite Runner (Hosseini, 2004), and responded to activities in the context of a multicultural unit. The ...
Traumatic Brain Injury in Older Adults: A Descriptive & Etiologic Analysis
(2015)
A two-part study was undertaken to determine the characteristics and incidence of older adults
who sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) while in Ontario home care from 2003 to 2013, and
to determine the association ...