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Ordinarily, mass attitude change takes place slowly if at all. Many attitudes remain relatively stable over time and even generations. American attitudes on abortion, for example, have remained…

Nobody. Unclenching the fist. is an assemblage of different media (photography and drawing) and materials (wood and soil). In this Frankenstein-esque architectural intervention, readings collide with…

To survive in this age of globalization organizations need the capacity to retain, develop, systematize, and utilize their knowledge assets. The management of an organization’s knowledge through the…

This project explores the effect of ideology on the policy-making process through a case-study analysis of the NDP majority government which governed the province from 1991-1996. The focus is…

A large proportion of new HIV transmissions on the African continent occur between long-term cohabiting HIV discordant couples. These couples have specific sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs…

When we read a book, we rarely give much thought to the format in which that book is published. But had the book not presented itself to us in a format that suited our taste and our pockets, we would…

Prescribed burning and hand-pulling are used to manage invasive plants but treatments can deferentially affect species. My objective is to determine the effect of time-since-burning and hand-pulling…

Poppers (alkyl nitrites) are vasodilators used by many gay men to relieve pain, enhance pleasure, and facilitate penetration during sex. Poppers have been studied by medical researchers since the…

Powell River’s economic fortunes have been tied to the pulp and paper mill since the city’s founding in 1911. After nearly a century of assured work and revenue, the mill began to reduce operations…

One of the contaminants possibly contributing to declining sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in the Fraser River is pesticides. In this 4-month study, the effects of environmentally relevant…

During a period where climate change is an increasing Canadian and global problem, the government of Ontario stopped accepting new contracts for its feed-in tariff program in 2016 that promoted…

The objective of this study was to test the ability of in-vitro biotransformation rates to predict in-vivo biotransformation rates and BCFs to ultimately improve chemical bioaccumulation assessment.…

Many occupational pension plans rely on intergenerational cooperation to deliver stable retirement benefits; however, this cooperation has natural limits and exceeding these limits can threaten the…

The question—what happens to emotionally repressed, distracted, detached, freedom-loving Anglo-North American visitors who come to Italy and actually encounter the alleged freedom that Italy offers?—…

Mining projects can have significant social, economic and environmental impacts on local communities. The increasing number and scale of mining projects has resulted in increasing social resistance…

This research aims to identify the challenges and opportunities to increase Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the energy sector in Uzbekistan and to identify possible ways to improve the investment…

A two-part personal narrative as an attempt to provide a memoir in letter form, written from my current self to my future self, after time and age have potentially ravaged my body and mind. Part One…

Bioconcentration factors (BCFs) are the most commonly used metric by regulatory agencies to assess the bioaccumulation of chemicals in fish. However, due to logistical and economic constraints to…

Weather Pattern #6: The Funeral Pageant was an outdoor, public procession that considered community and ecology as collaborators while contemplating themes of mortality and transformation. Taking…

Fisheries management decisions are guided by the outcomes from stock assessment models, which typically assume that fish stocks represent single homogenous populations. However, species normally…