Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations from 2009 by Title
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Expert on her own body: contested framings of risk and expertise in discourses on unassisted childbirth
(2014-01-22)In spite of transitions to the culture of childbirth in late 20th century developed nations, the past decade has seen a rise of a new movement advocating for unassisted childbirth – that is, childbirth managed entirely by ... -
Exploiting semantic similarity models to automate transfer credit assessment in academic mobility
(2021)Student mobility or academic mobility involves students moving between institutions during their post-secondary education, and one of the challenging tasks in this process is to assess the transfer credits to be offered ... -
Exploration of contrastive learning strategies toward more robust stance detection systems
(2023)Stance Detection, in general, is the task of identifying the author’s position on controversial topics. In Natural Language Processing, Stance Detection extracts the author’s attitude from the text written toward an issue ... -
Exploration of exercise motivation and adherence among individuals living with cancer following participation in a structured group-based exercise program
(2015-06-15)Background/Objectives: Previous literature has found that exercise participation for individuals living with cancer has a multitude of benefits and is recommended for rehabilitation following cancer treatment. It has ... -
An exploration of image recognition in archaeological starch analysis
(2023)The goal of this thesis was to produce a statistical method of assigning species to starch granules recovered from eastern North American archaeological assemblages. Starch grain analysis is an archaeobotanical tool that ... -
Exploration of inflammasomes as targets for therapy of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection
(2018)Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a common Gram-negative opportunistic bacterial pathogen capable of infecting humans with compromised natural defenses and causing severe pulmonary disease. It is the major cause of severe chronic ... -
An exploration of mathematics discourse in a reform-oriented classroom and its role in the development of strategies and big ideas in early addition and subtraction
(2015-02-02)The focus of this video case study was to analyze the role of social norms (discourse in a learning community), sociomathematical norms (math discourse in a learning community), and my teaching in facilitating these norms ... -
An exploration of the impact of cultural food beliefs and attitudes on the acceptance of the dietary recommendations for type 2 diabetes
(2011)The purpose of this research is to discover culturally shared local beliefs and attitudes towards foods that may impact the acceptance of dietary recommendations for the management of Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM) amongst Ojibwe ... -
An exploration of university students' experiences with depression
(2016)This thesis explores how university students have experienced depression during their life in an attempt to develop a greater understanding of current mental health issues. Links between depression and schooling were also ... -
Explorations in the Practice of Eco-art: A Phenomenological Arts-informed Research Project
(2015-08-25)This study investigated the genre of eco-art through a phenomenological arts-informed research project to augment current practices and inspire new art and art/science initiatives in schools and communities. Incorporating ... -
An exploratory study of compassionate, companionate, and passionate love throughout relationship course and the lifespan
(2015-06-15)This study examines how passionate, companionate, and compassionate love are experienced throughout the temporal course of a romantic relationship and throughout the lifespan. It was hypothesized that passionate love would ... -
Exploring a Potential Means of Measuring Running Economy above Anaerobic Threshold
(2016)Running economy (RE) is an important predictor of endurance performance. To date, the typical methods of measuring RE involves calculating an athlete’s VO2 (ml-1·kg−1·km−1) at a known speed during a physiological steady-state. ... -
Exploring a school health committee's role in school based health promotion
(2012-11-10)This study examines the role that a School Health Committee (SHC) plays in enhancing school-based health promotion. Designed in collaboration with the local district health unit to inform practice, a qualitative case study ... -
Exploring cooking, culture, and equity in collective cooking spaces: a case study of roots to harvest
(2021)This thesis explores how non-profit organizations can use Collective Cooking Spaces (CCS) to support the populations they serve, integrate culture into their programming, and address equity issues. The research presented ... -
Exploring food system assessments as a contribution to sustainability and equity: a case study of the Thunder Bay + area food strategy community food system report card
(2023)The corporate food regime has contributed to a number of negative outcomes that include land, water, and ecosystem degradation; human health concerns; marginalization of smallholder farmers and urban agriculture producers; ... -
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 older adult male participation in a free, biweekly, group-based, indoor walking initiative
(2018)Aging is an inevitable part of life that ushers individuals across the life course (Bryant, Corbett, & Kutner, 2001; Kirk-Sanchez & McGough, 2013; Song & Kong, 2015). The chronological age of 65 is mainly associated with ... -
Exploring opportunities and constraints associated with protected areas in Northern Ontario, Canada / by Izabela Anna Wozniczka.
(2009)In recent years, there have been increasingly more protected areas established as an attempt to preserve the biodiversity of coastal and terrestrial ecosystems. In Canada, government agencies have set a goal to protect 12% ... -
Exploring the effect of predator experience on Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) behaviour and predator recognition
(2020)Recreational and commercial fisheries are important resources that can be vulnerable to disruption by invasive species, particularly the introduction of top predators into water systems that have not previously supported ...