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Investigating the qualities of raw lithic material and the selection pressures of lithic materials from the gunflint formation, in Ontario Canada
(2018)
The study of stone tools in archaeology has advanced considerably in recent years, from the early ideas of what makes a stone anthropogenically modified to using advanced spectroscopic techniques to help determine ancient ...
Paleoecology of a wild rice (Zizania spp.) lake in Northwestern Ontario
(2018)
The high density of archaeological sites around Whitefish Lake, coupled with abundant wild rice currently growing there circumstantially indicates that this resource was economically important to precontact people. This ...
Archaeobotanical and soil chemistry investigation of a woodland site on Whitefish Lake, Northwestern Ontario
(2017)
Whitefish Lake is a large, shallow lake abundant in wild rice (Zizania palustris)
that lies near the transitional zone between the Boreal Forest and Great Lakes-St.
Lawrence forest regions of Northwestern Ontario. The ...
Women and work: analyzing the mixed economy in Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut
(2012-11-10)
This thesis examines the condition of the mixed economy from the perspective of women's work in the Nunavut community of Qikiqtarjuaq. The focus of the project was to decide if the mixed economy persists in Inuit communities ...
Soft path approach as a water management strategy: a case study in Thunder Bay, Ontario
(2014)
The purpose of this research is to examine the criteria for a soft path approach as it may apply to municipal water management in the City of Thunder Bay. A categorization of Thunder Bay's water management practices was ...
Citizen-based monitoring and lakewide management: recommendations for information sharing and partnership development in the Lake Superior Basin
(2014)
The Lake Superior Basin has a diverse range of stakeholder partnerships and citizen based monitoring programs focused on ecosystem protection, restoration and management. This research explores how partnerships for ...
Barren-ground caribou - a cyclic species: The development of a cycle-stratified harvest model and a cycle analysis of North American barren-ground caribou subpopulations
(2019)
Unlike all other members of the deer family, subpopulations of barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) exhibit fluctuations in numbers that have been described as cyclic. We created a cyclic individual-based ...
The influence of water table fluctuation on hydrarch succession in two subarctic peatlands in Eastern James Bay, Quebec
(2019)
Northern peatlands contain close to one-third of the world’s soil carbon and changes to their ecology and hydrology play a major role in the fate of these carbon stocks and the direction of their climate feedbacks. Recent ...
Evaluating consumer grade UAVs and their potential applications and implications in Ontario consulting archaeology
(2019)
Archaeological investigation is an inherently destructive process that threatens permanent
data loss if archaeological sites are inadequately recorded. While archaeologists strive to develop
innovative methods to ensure ...
Residue analysis of pre-contact small and miniature pottery: a multi-proxy approach
(2019)
Small and miniature pottery vessels are common in North American archaeological sites,
although they have rarely been the focus of study. These vessels are variously interpreted to be
mortuary or ceremonial vessels, ...