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The National Hockey League (NHL) Entry Draft has been an active area of research in hockey analytics over the past decade. Prior research has explored predictive modelling for draft results using…

Compared to traditional homelessness and poverty, RV/vandwellers are not a well-studied topic in the social sciences. This research project fills an empirical research gap on RV/vandwellers living as…

Accessibility is a crucial consideration for literary festivals, as it allows a greater community of people to participate and engage at these events, particularly people with visible and invisible…

This report describes the information literacy units the research team developed for Diana Cukierman’s CMPT 320 and CMPT 115 students in 2019 and 2021, respectively. Cukierman and Hendrigan, the PI,…

Vapor compression refrigeration is the dominant technology used in air conditioning systems in almost all industrial, automotive, and residential applications. Vapor compression refrigeration is…

Marine noise pollution is recognized as a stressor to endangered southern resident killer whales (SRKW) in the Salish Sea, Canada and USA. Low-noise locations can be identified using geographic…

Perovskite materials, which constitute one of the most important categories of functional materials due to their superior piezo-/ferroelectric properties, have attracted enormous research interest in…

In northern latitudes during the cold season, adding a dehumidification system can raise the total energy consumption of greenhouses by 80%. Developing an efficient dehumidification system for…

During the past few decades, optical devices are frequently being used in medical applications to image lesions and malignancies, and to assist with surgical procedures. An endoscopic procedure…

This project investigates the associations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with occupational exposures through respiratory symptoms and lung function measures for the Canadian…

Applications of radioactivity include nuclear medicine and nuclear power, with both industries seeing increased usage and demand every year. Yet, the dangerous nature of the radioactive decay makes…

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by loss-of-function mutations to the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein (CFTR). The last decade has seen the development and clinical…

Adults with intellectual disabilities have been largely excluded from research into humanistic counselling approaches, and peer-reviewed studies that explore the use of existential psychotherapy with…

This thesis explores the existential entanglement of autographic and algorithmic media, in an arts-based research process I call neural painting. This process engages in the intentional perturbation…

Studies examining behavioural responses to emotional stimuli usually report one of two patterns of responses to negative stimuli. Some studies find faster responses to negative material. Other…

Background: Maternal exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution during pregnancy may impair children's social and behavioral development. My objectives were to assess (1) the impact of…

Doomscrolling --- excessively scrolling through or reading about worrying news on the Internet --- has become a modern phenomenon. Of the many online spaces for doomscrolling content, the r/collapse…

Diagnosis of oral cancer involves collecting multiple biopsies to increase the likelihood of sampling the most pathologic site within a lesion. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) allows for…

My research delves into the world of dance education, seeking to find the essential resources and support systems required for successful integration of dance across elementary school curricula. I…

Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) has become a way to understand human well-being through developing a healthy identity, managing emotions, building healthy relationships, and making responsible…