Lakehead University Knowledge Commons: Recent submissions
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BIM-based automated schedule generation in reinforced concrete-framed buildings
(2018)In the construction industry, project schedule has been regarded as a fundamental tool to complete a project under the targeted duration and cost. A sound schedule usually depends on schedulers’ construction management ... -
Design and testing of a permeable reactive barrier system for treatment of sulphate rich waters at the former steep rock iron mine, Atikokan, Ontario
(2015)Acid mine drainage (AMD) is one of the greatest challenges facing the mining industry globally. Methods for addressing this issue have been widely studied; however, few studies have addressed sites with a less common water ... -
Online condition monitoring and fault detection in induction motor bearings
(2018)Induction motors (IMs) are commonly used in industry. Online IM health condition monitoring aims to recognize motor defect at its early stage to prevent motor performance degradation and reduce maintenance costs. The most ... -
Summer distribution, abundance, movements and diet of reintroduced elk (Cervus canadensis) in habitats created by clearcutting in the boreal forest
(2016)Ontario elk restoration program involved 443 elk (Cervus canadensis) from Elk Island National Park, Alberta, re-introduced into four areas of Ontario during 1998-2001. In Northwestern Ontario, the Lake of the Woods (LOW) ... -
Assessment of hydrological drought in Northern Ontario using standardized streamflow index
(2018)Momentum is gaining for the use of a Standardized Streamflow Index (SSI) for the assessment of hydrological drought, which is an extension of the well-established and popularly used meteorological drought ... -
Stage structure must inform recovery in fish populations: a case for lake sturgeon in the Namakan River, Ontario
(2018)Lake sturgeon are a large bodied, slow maturing, intermittently reproducing acipenserid native to central North America. The species is a conservation concern range-wide because of population declines during the 19th and ... -
Lignin-based hydrogels
(2017)Currently, limited information is available on lignin-based hydrogels, but its potential in commercial applications presents a promising avenue for the utilization of lignocellulosic materials. Recent studies have employed ... -
Factors that impact the implementation and sustainability of dialectical behaviour therapy programs: a qualitative study of clinician perspectives
(2017)Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) is a psychological treatment developed for individuals experiencing significant mental health issues along with high-risk behaviours (e.g., suicidal behaviours, self-harm, substance ... -
The wellbeing of First Nations children: an exploration of indicators and evaluation of a new measure
(2018)The purpose of this project was to create, implement, and evaluate a tool designed to measure the wellbeing of First Nations children in the Robinson Superior Treaty Area. This project followed a community-based participatory ... -
The landscape of digital citizenship education in Canada from grades K-12: online privacy education
(2018)In recent years, the availability of digital devices, tablets and other media has significantly increased which has led to a series of transitions in all of social and professional life, including how we teach and learn. ... -
Different approaches to teaching English language learners in Ontario private elementary schools
(2018)There has been growing interest in the methods and programs that have been implemented in Ontario for English language learners in recent years. However, there is a dearth of research that focuses specifically on English ... -
Death education : simulating the end of life to beginning healthcare providers
(2015)The national Quality End-of-Life Care Coalition of Canada report advocates that professional healthcare education must become even more important for a systems-wide approach to handling hospice palliative and end-of-life ... -
Land-based pedagogies: a path to decolonizing environmental education in British Columbia
(2017)The purpose of this portfolio is to provide evidence of my graduate learning and to employ this new knowledge in a manner that contributes to the rich and varied decolonization efforts that are being made by Indigenous ... -
Restorative practices in education: building teacher capacity and empowering student voice
(2018)How might I support educators to adopt a proactive mindset and develop the skills to respond to conflict restoratively? How might I empower students to take ownership for, and work toward, resolving conflicts that occur ... -
Integration of international students at Lakehead University - "The Path of Sahanubhooti"
(2018)The portfolio will focus on the increasing internationalization of programs and student populations in Canadian Universities. It will largely focus on the roles, support systems and responsiveness by Lakehead University ... -
Laughter yoga as embodied healing and educational well-being with Nishnawbe youth
(2018)This portfolio is based upon a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)-funded Partnership Development Grant project entitled Tikkun Indigenous Youth Project: Pedagogies of Repair and Reconciliation. The ... -
Leadership in a flattened organization: conditions for creating sustained collective efficacy
(2018)This portfolio aims to determine the characteristics or traits that are required to lead system-wide educational change, specifically, a flattening of the traditional hierarchal structure in a school board. Through a review ... -
Climate change education : a portfolio
(2018)The focus of this portfolio is climate change education, with a particular emphasis on the challenges facing educators in Alberta where economic matters are often prioritized over environmental ones and the lessons we can ... -
Tree species diversity and stability in disturbance-driven boreal forest
(2016)Disturbance is a potent driver of forests. Components of disturbance such as frequency (i.e., time since last stand-replacing disturbance) and intensity (e.g., stand-replacing vs. non-stand-replacing disturbance) plays ... -
Flexural bending behaviour of built-up glulam box-selection beams at ambient and elevated temperatures
(2018)The recent increasing trend of sustainable construction and advancement in the manufacturing of engineered wood have made products such as glued-laminated timber (glulam) and cross-laminated timber (CLT) preferred building ...
