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Materials used in electrochemical reactions can be designed to increase the rate of a chemical reaction occurring in an electrochemical system but can suffer from inefficiencies (e.g., bubble…

With the growing number of international students in higher education institutions, understanding the experiences and challenges of these students is an essential step in facilitating their academic…

This thesis theorizes that the interlinked crises of wounded relationality and environmental degradation are exacerbated by the marginalization of deeply relational epistemologies in the formal…

Canadian correctional services rely on volunteers to support and rehabilitate offenders. This study focuses on a faith-based program, the Man-to-Man/Woman-to-Woman (M2/W2) Prison Mentorship program.…

Through qualitative interviews, I explored the perspectives of educators, counsellors, and community partners about cannabis educational programs for youths and the challenges they face. This…

When a crime is caught on camera, investigators may use face matching to identify a suspect with a physical appearance that matches the perpetrator in the footage. Typically, the identification is…

This thesis presents a study exploring a novel approach to career interventions by integrating public speaking techniques with career construction theory in a workshop format. It addresses the…

I developed a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) project with a partnering international institution for my intercultural communication students. This project was designed to enhance…

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 virus a global pandemic, mandating workers to work remotely, if possible. The pandemic resulted in an everlasting change…

The feeling of connection is integral to our well-being and well-functioning society. This thesis explores interaction design that could invite a genuine felt connection to oneself, others, and the…

Advanced maternal age mothers are at greater risk of pregnancy complications such as preeclampsia and stillbirth. In humans, exercise benefits the mother and fetus, reducing the risk of developing…

The challenges to the electricity distribution networks, due to time-varying distributed energy resources (DER's) and dynamic modern loads such as electric vehicle (EV) charging, are manifested…

Atmospheric rivers (ARs) influence floods, droughts, and snowpack levels in southwest British Columbia (BC), making their variability consequential to the region's water resources. While…

The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of post-secondary administrator's experience and perceptions of their career. Administrators are vital to the smooth operations of post-…

Kelp is an ecologically, economically, and culturally important species that is facing global declines. This pilot project investigated if declines in Bull Kelp in the Saturna Island Interim…

Historically place-based education has not been taught and created by Indigenous people, thus leaving Indigenous students feeling underrepresented in the curriculum in the public education system (…

With the recent advent of Text-to-3D models based on Text-to-image diffusion models, they are increasingly being integrated into Computer Graphics pipelines, facilitating creative 3D design tasks in…

Happily-ever-after and happy-for-now (HEA-HFN) stories influence women's expectations of intimate relationships and inform their understandings of what it means to be in love and to love. With…

This thesis addresses the challenge of learning contextual visual concepts from limited image sets. We leverage pre-trained text-to-image diffusion models and introduce a novel optimization framework…