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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…

Coastal watersheds create vital freshwater habitats while also linking land and sea in important ways. However, the spatial heterogeneity and functional diversity of watersheds is poorly understood…

Cancer is a complex disease, requiring specific treatments for each type. Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is the most aggressive form of human breast cancer; however, it lacks specialized…

Decentralized machine learning focuses on learning from data distributed at multiple related sites, where due to privacy or regulatory concerns, data pooling is not an option. Examples include…

Gender disparity in sentencing is a well-documented phenomenon. An offence that may be especially susceptible to gendered disparity is intimate partner homicide (IPH), where legislation combined with…

The aim of this thesis is to explore the very pervasive, unique and specifically interpersonal nature of the please/appease survival response. The nature and origins of this response are, however,…

In the lower-mainland, British Columbia, Indo-Canadian gangs are a major topic of popular interest and crime policy. Generally, it is viewed that "defects" in Indo-Canadian culture cause…

During the ten years between 2009 and 2019, the British Columbia (BC) Ministry of Education envisioned, created, and mandated a redesigned curriculum for the province. There were significant…

Technological change invariably questions our long-held beliefs of human progress. In a global society, human-centricity is codified into our designs, technical action an exercise of power.…

Diversity is a word we are hearing more and more often in Canada. Racism is on the rise; all you need to do is turn on the news or open social media and it is impossible not to see a headline about…

Pacific Canada has a rich avifauna, however pipeline and port expansions, together with a growing human population will increase the quantity of petroleum used and potentially released into the…