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Living landscapes of Granville Lake, Manitoba
(2012-11-10)
This thesis addresses aspects of indigenous knowledge held by members of the community of Pickerel Narrows, located on Granville Lake, Manitoba as part of a larger community-based heritage research project led by Kevin ...
Heuristic approaches for energy-efficient shared restoration in WDM networks
(2014-01-22)
In recent years, there has been ongoing research on the design of energy-efficient Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) networks. The explosive growth of Internet traffic has led to increased power consumption of network ...
Dynamic bandwidth allocation in CDMA-based passive optical networks
(2014-12-18)
Fiber to the home (FTTH) technology is an attractive solution for providing high bandwidth from the Central Office (CO) to residences and small-and medium-sized businesses. The emergence of Internet Protocol-based communication ...
Embodied Transformation: Tapping into the Nature of Emergent Learning
(2016)
This dissertation describes a basic qualitative inquiry research study, regarding participant
experiences of an emergent approach to teaching in higher education. Patterns in transformative
meaning-making were a particular ...
Masculinity goes to class : gender performances and anti-oppressive perspectives in a secondary classroom
(2013-04-10)
This research explores the complicated terrain of secondary school mates' masculinity and the ways they make sense and meaning of these identities in the socio-political context of a feminist, anti-oppressive teacher's ...
Charcoal in North American boreal forests: implications for carbon storage and management
(2014-01-22)
Charcoal plays an important role in boreal soil function and carbon storage, and is present in most boreal forest soils as a result of naturally recurring wildfires. Charcoal management has been proposed as a potentially ...
The Coming and Going of Eugenics in Alberta: A Discarded History, 1928 to 1972
(2016)
Eugenics. The term brings to light a dark history. From 1928 to 1972, Canada, specifically
Alberta, championed eugenic programs as a means to control and eliminate feeblemindedness
within society. Influenced by the ...
Community gardening : exploring motivations, benefits and gardener experience
(2012-11-10)
A food system is a set of interrelated functions that includes food production,
processing and distribution, food access and utilization by individuals, communities and
populations, and food recycling, composting, and ...
The usefulness of a carpal tunnel compression assessment tool: evidence of reliability and validity in assessing carpal tunnel syndrome
(2015-02-02)
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is a medical condition (neuropathy) that affects many individuals throughout their daily lives. The condition is caused by the compression of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel space, with ...
Evaluating Wilderness Perception Mapping with the addition of 3D analysis : a case study in Pukaskwa National Park
(2012-11-10)
This research analyzed the wilderness area in Pukaskwa National Park with the use of the Wilderness Perception Mapping methodology. The research developed and employed a modified version of the Wilderness Perception Mapping ...