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Defining and Evaluating Cultural Safety at Seventh Generation Midwives Toronto: Exploring Urban Indigenous Women’s Perspectives on Culturally Safe Maternity Care
(2015)
In recent years, Indigenous midwifery has reemerged as a vital form of maternity care in Canada.
With the majority of practices being situated in rural and remote areas, Seventh Generation Midwives
Toronto (SGMT) remains ...
Physiological adaptations contributing to stress survival in the foodborne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni
(2015-06-15)
n spite of being considered fragile and fastidious, the zoonotic pathogen Campylobacter jejuni remains the leading cause of foodborne bacterial gastroenteritis in the developed world. Lacking many of the stress responses ...
The petrology, mineralization and regional context of the Thunder mafic to ultramafic intrusion, Midcontinent Rift, Thunder Bay, Ontario
(2015-06-15)
The 1108 Ma Thunder mafic to ultramafic intrusion is a small, 800 x 100 x 500 m, Cu- PGE (platinum group element) mineralized body, located on the outskirts of Thunder Bay, Ontario, and associated with the early magmatic ...
The impact of the teacher's questions on the learning of part-whole relations and a benchmark model in fractions
(2015-06-15)
The focus of this case study was to explore how my questions as a teacher impacted my students‟ construction of part-whole relations and their use of a benchmark model in learning fractions. The research conducted ...
The geochemistry and petrogenesis of the Ni-Cu-PGE Shakespeare deposit, Ontario, Canada
(2015-08-05)
The Shakespeare intrusion, which hosts the Shakespeare Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposit, is part of the 2.2 Ga Nipissing Gabbro magmatic event, a large mafic-ultramafic suite located in the southern Superior and Southern Province. ...
Improving mathematics teaching through professional learning groups
(2015-08-05)
In order to teach mathematics well, teachers must have a specialised knowledge of the content (Silverman & Thompson, 2008) and believe in effective teaching methods (Philipp, 2007). Research has indicated that teaching ...
Computer simulation of functional materials for therapeutic ultrasound applications
(2015-01-13)
Magnetic resonance imaging guided high intensity focused ultrasound is a potential
non-invasive treatment which uses constructive interference patterns to concentrate
ultrasound energy generated by a piezoelectric ...
Modelling groundwater flow and contaminant transport at a gold mine site in Northern Ontario
(2015-02-02)
The practices of mining and ore processing are used in many countries around the world to
extract and concentrate the valuable natural resources found within the rock bodies which
make up the earth’s crust. However, the ...
Multi-analytical residue analysis of the trihedral adze: a case study for the introduction of new methodologies in boreal forest archaeology
(2015-06-15)
This thesis aims to evaluate the use of multi-analytical residue analysis in archaeological investigations in the Boreal Forest through the examination of a specific artifact class – the trihedral and related adze tool ...
The Effect of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury on Reaction Time, Dual-tasking Reaction Time and Heart Rate Variability in Driving Simulation
(2015)
The present study was performed to address some gaps in current literature related to dual tasking, reaction time, and heart rate variability (HRV) in concussed individuals during driving simulation, and to determine the ...