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Identifying the mental health burden of firefighters in a Northwestern Ontario professional fire service in context of COVID-19
(2022)
Mental health disorders are among the top five causes of lost-time and workplace
disability claims among Canadian firefighters, along with traumatic injuries, cancer,
cardiovascular disease, and respiratory disease ...
The promoted growth of genetically lodgepole and white spruce in Western Alberta compared to natural stocks
(2022)
Forest regeneration has been an important focus across Alberta and the rest of
Canada over recent decades. An industrial company in Alberta known as Canfor have
recently began regenerating using a genetic stock where a ...
Peak load ensemble prediction and multi-agent reinforcement learning for DER demand response management in smart grids
(2022)
The increasing number of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs), such as home batteries and Electrical Vehicles (EVs), provides an opportunity for utility companies to
develop demand response mechanisms to balance the demand ...
The effects of climate change on the growth and spawning phenology of fishes in aquatic boreal environments
(2022)
Global climate change is occurring and observed warming patterns have had significant
impacts on aquatic environments as trends in water temperature are closely related to trends in
air temperature. In ectothermic organisms ...
Characteristics, functions, and body investment of non–suicidal self–injury in individuals of Middle Eastern and European ethnicity
(2021)
The objective of the study was to investigate differences in non–suicidal self–injury (NSSI)
characteristics, NSSI functions, and body investment for individuals of Middle Eastern and
European descent recruited from ...
Tsattine People and Bison: Pre-Colonial Relationships and Ancestral Territories
(2022)
Traditional knowledge and historical records indicate that communal hunting was an
important practice for subarctic Beaver people (Dunne-zaa / Dane-zaa / Tsattine) of northern
Alberta and northeastern British Columbia. ...
Analysis on the influencing factors of forest natural regeneration in northern China
(2021)
The purpose of this paper is to clarify that the differences in natural regeneration
between the two forests in northern China are caused by precipitation, altitude, temperature, and canopy density. Similarly, the ...
Impact of weather variability and climate change on grain yield of Sable wheat in Thunder Bay, Ontario
(2021)
Cultivation of spring wheat varieties has expanded into northern areas where it is an
integral part of the crop rotations followed by the farmers. Around Thunder Bay, in Northern
Ontario, spring wheat is typically grown ...
Virtual work from home and mental health: a mixed methods systematic review
(2021)
Poor mental health is a risk factor for a number of chronic physical conditions and may
impact individuals’ ability to remain in the work force (World Health Organization, 2004b).
Further, the workplace itself may pose ...