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This thesis explores the pedagogy of vulnerability. To experience vulnerabilities in my learning, I explored art by taking risks and going outside my comfort zone to engage in art practices. Using…

Threats of violence are a relatively common phenomenon that can evoke stress and fear in their recipients; while most threats are not carried out, a portion are a precursor to acts of physical…

This study investigated the effects of Metro Vancouver's wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluents on English sole (Parophrys vetulus) hepatic gene expression using novel targeted gene…

Community courts are an alternative sentencing model targeting the underlying causes of criminal behaviour for low-level chronic offenders, aiming to improve the quality of life in the community and…

A fifth of Earth's volcanoes are covered by snow and/or ice and many have active geothermal systems that interact with the overlying ice. These glaciovolcanic interactions can melt voids into…

The increasing frequencies used in wireless communications now allow multi-element antennas (MEAs) to be physically small enough to fit on hand-held terminals. The role of the antenna is to transform…

Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ) reachability analysis is a powerful technique with applications in robotic safety, game theory. etc. HJ reachability analysis is advantageous in analyzing nonlinear systems with…

Methane accumulation in groundwater from gas migration induced by hydrocarbon extraction can lead to degradation of water quality. This research focuses on the potential impact elevated…

Tissue culture procedures for shoot development in drug varieties of Cannabis sativa L. (marijuana or cannabis) from meristems or nodes followed by rooting and acclimatization were investigated in…

The ecological roles of groundwater are rarely properly addressed in water management due to a lack of understanding of the mechanisms influencing river ecosystems and inadequate methods to assess…

The online art-literature roleplaying community, a little-known hobbyist writing group that exists on DeviantArt.com, is devoted to creativity and collaboration. Many members of the community find…

Lactation causes depletion of the maternal skeleton due to calcium resorption. Once lactation ceases, repair is achieved through bone remodeling, which involves communication between bone cell…

One approach to address climate change is to electrochemically reduce CO2 to valuable products, but it requires suitable catalysts. In Chapter 2, solution processable alpha-position octa-substituted…

Magnetic and structural studies of sputter deposited Py(an alloys, Ni80Fe20) and [Py/Fe] thin films allowed for the characterization of their magnetization dynamics properties relevant for subsequent…

Halide perovskites have quickly emerged as most promising materials in the forefront of photovoltaic and optoelectronic devices, exhibiting superb optoelectronic properties with facile solution…

Drug resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is a growing threat to human health worldwide. One way to mitigate the risk of drug resistance is to enable clinicians to prescribe the right…

This thesis examines the assertion that acceptance for gay, bisexual and queer men is growing within the context of men's sports in Canada and interrogates the ways in which this acceptance is…

Spawning Pacific salmon disturb stream ecosystems through their spawning behaviour and subsidize them via nutrients from carcasses. To further understand the net effects of spawning salmon in streams…

Denial of Service and Distributed Denial of Service attacks are major threats to communication security. These cyber attacks are evolving and becoming more difficult to identify and, hence, a number…

The time period in which juvenile salmon remain in an estuary varies greatly among and within populations, with some individuals passing through estuaries in a matter of hours, while others remain in…