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Open relationships are a common form of consensual non-monogamy wherein partners consent to extra-dyadic sex with the expectation that outside experiences do not encroach upon the dyadic relationship…

This thesis examines two of the first cooperative housing developments built in Vancouver, British Columbia since a resurgence of development began in 2012. This case study sought to understand what…

Over half of the food produced in Canada is lost or wasted leading to negative environmental impacts and rising levels of food insecurity. The circular food economy (CFE) has been proposed by…

In 2022, Canada opened its doors to 91,760 refugees who sought asylum upon their arrival. Kinbrace Community Society offers temporary housing for refugee claimants during their first three to six…

Using a sample of 762 sexual homicide cases from the Sexual Homicide International Database (SHIeLD), the current study examines the crime-commission process of the pre-crime, crime, and post-crime…

Research on gentrification in Canada has been traditionally limited to large urban centres like Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal and more recently, into suburban areas adjacent to them. In…

VR sickness, a form of motion sickness induced by Virtual Reality (VR) experiences, remains a significant challenge in the widespread adoption and usability of VR technologies. Despite its impact,…

In this study, we compare the pattern of benefit payments of a lifetime pension pool following the framework of Piggott et al. (2005) under different risky asset models for homogeneous and…

Production and use of engineered nanomaterials have grown substantially in recent years, leading to an increased potential for occupational exposure to these materials. Health and safety data remains…

Access issues to potable waters around the planet is the motivation for research in desalination technologies. One class of materials that is a research focus for desalination membranes are zeolites…

The cathode materials in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) require improvements to address issues such as surface degradation, short circuiting, and the formation of dendrites. One such method for…

The oxygen evolution reaction represents a key source of inefficiency for green hydrogen production. In general, persistent bubbles that grow on the surfaces of an electrode obstruct a portion of the…

Microscope projection photolithography (MPP) offers a versatile method of prototyping microscale devices. The benefits of MPP include the ability to create features at a variety of dimensions, the…

The realization of robotic intelligence requires the robots to autonomously sense, plan and control themselves within unknown environments. With the advancements in machine learning and deep neural…

Navigation in virtual environments, particularly multiscale virtual environments (MVEs), presents fundamental challenges. MVEs, spanning from atomic to galactic scales, require users to control…

The fusion of virtual reality (VR) and interactive gaming has elevated horror games like Resident Evil 7 to unprecedented immersion and presence, generating more intense mediated experiences among…

For my project, I have chosen to create a set of beginner readers and translate them into sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim (Squamish Language). This project is designed to be used within our xwmelch'tsn…

Muscle mass significantly shapes skeletal muscle behavior and might partially clarify why traditional massless Hill-type models struggle to predict larger muscle functions in dynamic, submaximal…

The eighth edition of the Fact Book is based on the 2021 Census and also supplemented with data from national health surveys, such as the Canadian Community Health Surveys, and other targeted surveys…