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This thesis focuses on the design of tunable photoluminescence, control of supramolecular packing, and the preparation of stimuli-responsive gold(I) coordination polymers. This is explored via gold(I…

Interface as a set of cognitive relations or process, is deeply performative. As a set of phenomenological, material-discursive entanglements with the world, interface is an experience which grips us…

The integration of advanced statistical methods with cutting-edge machine learning techniques has attracted substantial attention. Within this convergence, functional data analysis (FDA) and survival…

Canada is a top destination for international students globally. Research on obtaining an undergraduate degree and its influence on future employment and fulfillment post-graduation often focus on…

Following challenges imposed by the COVID-19 health crisis, educators have navigated unprecedented shifts in program delivery, prompting critical reflections on the efficacy of leadership education.…

With an increasing resource-oriented perspective in mathematics education research focusing on language, the notion of language as a resource has been of interest to many researchers in the field.…

In a practice known as international retirement migration (IRM), tens of thousands of older Canadians – popularly known as 'snowbirds' – seasonally relocate to locations with better climate…

Psychological safety and servant leadership competencies are constructs that, individually, have amassed a robust amount of literature, but research connecting the two is still emerging. Although…

Developing critical thinking in nursing students is a vital yet challenging goal in nursing education. This research investigates nursing educators' perspectives on critical thinking development…

In the fall of 2024, I had the opportunity to visit Tanzania in East Africa as a part of a larger delegation from Simon Fraser University to support the university's global reach and engagement…

The practice of donation-based crowdfunding has grown rapidly in recent years, with more than US$30 billion raised, in donations, on GoFundMe alone. Online donation-based crowdfunding campaigns can…

Sexual harassment in online video gaming is a systemic social problem and part of a larger conversation about the treatment of women online. Frequently, sexual harassment in online gaming spaces is…

For technological applications such as portable electronics and automobiles, materials that exhibit high power density and high energy density at a low applied electric field are needed. Conventional…

Accumulation of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) in Alberta's Oil Sands Region poses a potential environmental problem if it encounters natural waters. As a result of Alberta's zero-…

Prescribed safe supply is an intervention intended to address the significant fatalities and harms associated with the unregulated drug poisoning crisis, through access to a regulated drug supply. As…

Early-transition metallophthalocyanine (PcM) chemistry, an underdeveloped area in the field of phthalocyanines, is explored in this thesis with a focus on synthesis, coordination chemistry and…

Perovskite materials constitute an important class of functional materials due to their superior functional properties including piezo-/ferroelectricity and have attracted enormous research interest…

Learning to tell stories and express ideas through an English print modality is a challenge faced by young, plurilingual children attending English language schools in Canada. Writing even very short…

Studies have shown that adults are susceptible to a cognitive bias to attribute their own knowledge of an outcome to an uninformed person when they have a plausible reason to do so. The present…

Fluorogenic RNA aptamers are important fluorescent tools that enable the direct investigation of RNA biology using optical and RNA-protein pull down methods. RNA Mango is a two-component system…