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Today online searches for lesbian and queer podcasts return a rich listing of content for our consumption. But how did we arrive at this particular moment? And what makes a podcast or radio show…

Green technologies such as fuel cells are needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, fuel cells can experience faults such as hydrogen crossover, where hydrogen leaks through the membrane,…

This report proposes a complete framework to model the operation of a defined benefit pension plan, which contains a Canadian economic scenario generator, a stochastic mortality model, an…

Since Dr. George Stern first coined the phrase The Freshman Myth in 1966, there have been numerous studies regarding university transition. The focuses of these studies have ranged from students…

The physical supercritical fluid deposition is a method of thin film deposition that allows high molecular weight materials to be deposited onto curved and flexible substrates to form patterns with…

In recent years, HCI designers have become more aware of the limitations of designing from a human-centered perspective. More-than-human theories have emerged in HCI to highlight the pressing issues…

Psychological ownership is the feeling of "this belongs to me" that consumers may develop towards an object, idea, space, or organization. Prior research has shown that psychological…

Traditional image compression generally relies on linear transform, and does not have knowledge of the content of the image. The motivations of this thesis are to apply deep learning and computer…

Through archival analysis this research examines the Cannabis Act as a case study in the creation of the Government of Canada's Indigenous policy. After nearly a century of prohibition, the…

The majority of common cameras have an integrated flash that improves lighting in a variety of situations, particularly in low-light environments. Before capturing an image, the photographer must…

Cannabis sativa L. is grown for medicinal and recreational uses in Canada. Factors affecting tissue culture response and genetic transformation using Agrobacterium were investigated. Variables…

Why were some components of Canadian Covid-19 vaccine policy design effectively coordinated across federal-provincial-territorial (F/P/T) levels while others were not? Effective coordination of F/P/T…

There is a persisting affection for analog audio equipment developed over the second half of the 20th century. Unlike instruments based on digital technologies, early analog instruments exhibit…

This thesis proposes that the connections made between a networking apparatus and the objects it captures inscribe specific socio-spatially constituted relations that are always already exclusionary…

Sustainable methods for the management of greenhouse pathogens such as Fusarium on tomato and powdery mildew on cucumber were investigated. A systematic review of calcium nutrition and its impact on…

Northwest Atlantic ecosystems have been dramatically altered in recent decades; groundfish were overfished to low abundance and have largely failed to recover, while marine mammals, particularly…

Robotics, wearable technology, and prosthetics are all advancing thanks to the development of wireless sensing technologies. The ability of wireless passive radio frequency (RF) devices, such as LC (…

This project aims to evaluate the continued impact that terrorism has on attitudes of Jewish Israelis towards peace (captured by the Israel National Election Study). This project expanded the…

With the aim to prepare hypoxia tumor imaging agents, technetium(I) and rhenium(I) tricarbonyl complexes with dipyridylamine (L1 = N-{[1-(2,2-dioxido-1,2-benzoxathiin-6-yl)-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl]…

Of the three recognized 'Ages' of Pre-Columbian migration into the Caribbean, Lithic (6500 BC to 2000 BC), Archaic (4000 BC to AD 500) and Ceramic (400 BC to contact), evidence for the…