Lakehead University Knowledge Commons: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Expansion of the applicability of the Truce-Smiles rearrangement
(2022)The Truce-Smiles rearrangement is a synthetically useful and easily performed reaction which can be used to condense multiple steps of a synthesis. The nucleophilic aromatic substitution in this reaction produces a chiral ... -
Design of polarization reconfigurable beam-steerable and frequency tunable FPMS based SIW-slot antennas
(2022)With the rapid evolution of modern and smart communication technologies such as 5th generation of mobile network (5G), (internet of things) IoT, Autonomous Vehicles, Aviation Technology, etc., the need for reconfigurable ... -
Effects of a second wood ash application to soil on Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P. and Picea glauca (Moench) voss growth and foliar nutrition and soil chemistry
(2022)As the Canadian biomass energy sector grows, so too does its production of by-products such as wood ash from the combustion of wood biomass for energy. Wood ash can be land applied with the goal of increasing the ... -
Localization error bounds for 5G mm-wave systems under hardware impairments
(2022)Localization and location aware systems are expected to be counted as one of the main services of 5G millimeter wave (mmWave) communication systems. mmWave communication systems are offering a large bandwidth from 30-300 ... -
Energy-efficient electronic health monitoring system with wireless body area networks
(2022)Recent evolution and technological advancement in wireless communications and micro electronics have enabled enhanced research trends toward wireless body area networks (WBANs). This emerging new field of research ... -
Brief of professor Phil Lord in opposition to the proposed class action settlement in Leung v. Uber Canada Inc. et al.
(Elsevier, 2022)This is a Brief submitted in opposition to the proposed class action settlement in Leung v. Uber Canada Inc. et al. -
Tackling the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned and paths forward
(Elsevier, 2022)This Research Note draws upon the paper I presented at the conference, published in the Manitoba Law Journal, to consider the persisting issues governments face as they continue to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. It ... -
Book Review: L'action collective : ses succès et ses défis (Recension : L'action collective : ses succès et ses défis)
(Elsevier, 2021)English Abstract: Book review of L'action collective : Ses succès et ses défis by Catherine Piché French Abstract : Recension de L'action collective : Ses succès et ses défis par Catherine Piché -
Moral panic and the war on drugs
(Elsevier, 2021)This Article analyzes the War on Drugs as a social phenomenon. It argues that such an analysis, which rejects the assumption that collective, institutionalized behavior is generally rational, can help us understand key ... -
Black lives matter: On challenging the soul of legal education
(Elsevier, 2021)In 2020, the Black Lives Matter movement moved to the fore. Many Americans understood for the first time that racism persists in countless aspects of American society and that the legacy of our past is deep and structural. ... -
Religious legitimacy
(Elsevier, 2021)This article seeks to demonstrate both the importance of expertise and scholarship in framing a religion’s claim of legitimacy in law, and how expertise can be harnessed by a religious group to gain this legitimacy. From ... -
Free vaccines and lost privileges
(Elsevier, 2022)Governments are resorting to incentives to put the COVID-19 pandemic behind them. Using Canada as a case study, this paper discusses how governments have used positive and negative incentives to increase vaccination rates, ... -
Ending poverty
(Elsevier, 2021)This paper summarily lays out one potential legislative solution to poverty and homelessness in developed countries. This solution would be a government program offering loans to noncreditworthy individuals, repaid through ... -
Popping the cap
(LexisNexis, 2021)On a beautiful summer night, Pritie Patel called up her friends. They decided to go out in Montreal’s Old Port. Around 1 AM, as Patel and her friends were returning home, Patel walked across a stopped train. There were no ... -
Cultivating humility
(Taylor & Francis, 2021)This article focusses on the role of humility in the law school. It argues in favour of a culture where humility is consciously cultivated in law students. Section I considers the grading curve, a quintessentially North ... -
Power in the Image | Visual Literacy in the Age of COVID-19
(2022)The aim of this portfolio is to explore a journey of research examining the role of photography and visual literacy in contemporary society through the lens of COVID-19 media coverage, attending to the misrepresentation ... -
Say my name: name-based racial microaggressions in Ontario’s K-12 school system
(2022)Names have long been connected with an individual’s perception of themselves and their identities. Studies have shown that negative experiences with one’s name can impact a student’s sense of self and belonging, and their ... -
The invasion of garlic mustard in North America and control measures
(2022)The purpose of this report is to investigate the impact of garlic mustard invasion on forest and control measures. Invasive species often cause harm to local ecosystems. Garlic mustard is an invasive herb native to Europe ... -
Assessing the feasibility of low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle data collection and automatic tree detection to determine silviculture stand stocking status in BC
(2022)The objective of this research was to evaluate the capabilities and limitations of low-cost UAV-collected silviculture data derived from Digital Aerial Photogrammetric point clouds. Four regenerating forest stands with a ...