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This study examines how international aid workers perceive the relationship between aid programs and cultural violence in Northern Burkina Faso. Using a qualitative case study design, the research…

The Kv7.5 K+ channel regulates membrane potential and neuronal excitability and genetic variants are associated with epileptic encephalopathy, intellectual disability, and neurodevelopmental…

Experiences of early-life adversity (ELA) have consistently been associated with higher risk of physical and mental health problems across adolescence and adulthood. Empirical evidence suggests that…

The decarbonization of personal transportation is critical to global climate mitigation efforts, and zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) are widely recognized as a key technology for reducing emissions…

Natural scenes contain a wide range of intensities spanning multiple orders of magnitude. This high dynamic range (HDR) can be perceived by our visual system without problem. However, the low dynamic…

Despite Canada's success in attracting highly educated immigrants (Finlayson and Globerman, 2025), many newcomers face challenges in finding jobs that match their premigration experience and…

This dissertation combines three studies, which explore aging experiences and the volunteer landscape among older adults in Canada, with a focus on ethnocultural diversity of the population, and the…

The transition to zero-emission marine transportation in Indigenous coastal communities highlights opportunities and challenges for small-vessel users. This study explores user perceptions of small…

This research examines how orientation operates within contemporary mediascapes shaped by overlapping infrastructures, algorithmic circulation, and uneven conditions of visibility. It approaches the…

The Comprehensive Assessment of Psychopathic Personality (CAPP) is a lexically-based conceptual model of psychopathy (Cooke et al., 2004, 2012). This model has spurred the development of several new…

Airborne bacteria occur at extremely low biomass and experience strong environmental stress, making their recovery, viability assessment, and downstream analysis challenging. Although liquid…

This Master's thesis examines the securitisation of climate change in Canada's 44th Parliament (2021–2024) by analysing parliamentary debates through Political Discourse Network Analysis. Applying…

Despite decades of research, many data visualizations remain difficult to comprehend especially when they involve unfamiliar or complex representations. Existing efforts to improve comprehension…

The p-Laplacian and infinity Laplacian play a central role in nonlinear partial differential equations and geometric applications such as distance approximation, particularly in the large-p regime.…

Personal wellbeing is shaped by interconnected factors including mood, sleep, physical activity, nutrition, and physiological states. While the proliferation of wearable devices and mobile health…

Although sleep and memory consolidation have been widely studied, and brain signal complexity has been investigated across diverse neural contexts, their integration, particularly across vigilance…

Chronic wasting disease is a fatal prion disease in animals of the Cervidae family that continues to spread across North America. Indigenous Peoples have lived on the continent for millennia…

Wearable technologies are increasingly adopted and positioned as tools for brain health, yet evidence of their impact on the cognition of healthy adults remains limited and fragmented. This thesis…

This project focuses on how to implement outer enclitics, which are also referred to as second-position clitics, into Hən̓q̓əmín̓əm̓ language learning resources, such as stories, without the ability…