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Rationale: The vesicular nucleotide transporter (VNUT) is crucial for loading adenosine triphosphate (ATP) into vesicles. ATP acts as a neurotransmitter in the central and peripheral nervous systems…

Across diverse biomes and climate types, plants use water stored in bedrock to sustain plant transpiration. Bedrock water storage (Sbedrock), in addition to soil moisture, thus plays an important…

Canadian literary magazines play a key role in writers' and editors' careers and in maintaining a healthy literary ecosystem. From the 1970s to the present day, feminist literary magazines…

This thesis chronicles the research undertaken to create and deploy an indoor robot navigation system with limited sensors. The project was completed in three distinct phases, with each stage…

In August 2023, the Government of Saskatchewan revised Chapter 46 of The Education Act, 1995, requiring teachers to inform parents if students under 16 wish to change their name, pronouns, or gender…

Like many other global cities, the Canadian city of Vancouver's industrial lands are home to a broad range of essential functions. These add value and support the fundamental operations serving…

An insightful lecture by Indigenous political leader Khelsilem at Simon Fraser University, hosted by SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Khelsilem will delve into the journey of…

Dr. Svitlana Matviyenko, SFU Assistant Professor of Critical Media Analysis, explores recursive colonial operations in Ukrainian Polissia.
The production of the Chornobyl Zone of Exclusion…

SFU professor emeritus from the School of Communication, Andrew Feenberg, launches his new book on important radical philosopher Herbert Marcuse, The Ruthless Critique of Everything Existing: Nature…

Artist Henry Tsang, historian Jack (John Kuo Wei) Tchen, and urban geographer Andy Yan talk about their approach to the use of data and archives to counter master narratives that have defined and…

Seagrass meadows are categorized as blue carbon ecosystems as they are coastal marine environments that contribute immensely to atmospheric carbon dioxide reduction. Despite the importance of their…

This thesis investigates the Cultural Education Program, a Canadian federal government program which began in 1971 with goals to fund cultural education centres for Indigenous citizens. As Red-Power…

3D digital human has become the fundamental technique of numerous downstream applications, including movie and game production, augmented and virtual reality communication, as well as virtual try-on…

Effective water management is required to enable polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) to operate efficiently, particularly at the high current densities needed to make them relevant for…

Comprehending the causal relations between random variables is of paramount importance across various disciplines in science. The gold standard for uncovering causal connections is through Randomized…

The Southern Resident killer whale (SRKW) population is declining, with prey availability predicted to be the largest threat to their recovery. Decreasing quality and quantity of Chinook salmon have…

Equitable gender representation in British Columbia's legislature continues to be a challenge. In this study, I build on the existing literature to examine the experience of women politicians in…

Vancouver's Temporary Modular Housing (TMH) program was meant as an intervention to help address the housing needs of those experiencing homelessness; however, it faced significant community…

There has been growing attention in the forensic psychology literature to the potential benefits of formally including more positively-oriented attributes like protective factors in the risk…

The Brutal Joy unfurls Black vernacular line dance and sartorial gesture as intellectual discourse, reverie, and devotion to Black-living. As a scored improvisation for dance, light, and sound, The…