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Institutional open access (OA) policies can act as a solid foundation on which to build university-wide support for open access. This is the first paper to reflect on the entire process of developing…

Beginning in late 2017, the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (INDU Committee) undertook a statutory review of Canada’s Copyright Act. This article examines the recommendations…

Based on a socio-spatial analysis of the restructuring of Guangzhou, China, from 2000 to 2010, this study explores the spatiality of gentrification. We argue that gentrification processes in…

With the advent of high throughput sequencing technologies, there has been a great deal of work on producing large-scale biological data. One of the fundamental steps for informing clinical intuition…

What might a dissertation look like, if it were also an adventurer's journal? This is an inquiry about neuroatypicality and disability. It is also about role-playing game storyworlds,…

Existing eco-feedback designs that focus on residential energy conservation aim to create energy awareness and encourage consumers to reduce excessive use. A shortcoming that is common in many…

Advances in data analytics and data-driven tools have significantly changed how federal parties campaign to win highly competitive election races in Canada. Despite these advances, federal parties…

On the fourth and final episode of The Trip Diary, Steve Tornes speaks with Bowinn Ma and Uytae Lee about their public engagement work involving transit systems, as well as the possible futures of…

Including equity in energy sector modelling to ensure more just energy planning decisions is a complex and crucial issue that remains largely unexplored. This thesis explores the potential for…

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Amyloid positron emission tomography (amyloid-PET) is a non-invasive, in-vivo, tracer-specific neuroimaging that detects amyloid plaques in the brain. Studies have confirmed that 18F-…

With archaic coding techniques, there will be a time when it will be necessary to modernize vulnerable software. However, redeveloping out-of-date code can be a time-consuming task when dealing with…

Background: Increasingly, children and youth are turning to hospitals for support during mental health crises. We therefore set out to identify what puts young people at risk for rehospitalization…

The International Health Regulations (IHR), revised in 2005, is the legal framework for the coordination of global efforts “to prevent, protect against, control and provide a public health response…

Hosts are commonly exposed to multiple pathogens. Co-infecting pathogens may compete for resources, interact through the host immune system or interfere directly with each other. Moreover, resource…

Schools and educational systems have as their express purpose to provide support for students throughout their learning, but they also have the power to harm. It goes without saying that no student…

This thesis is composed of three essays on the applications of computational and empirical methods in financial economics. Chapter 1, Transaction Fee Economics in the Ethereum Blockchain, is co-…

Salt marshes are considered effective "blue carbon" sinks and potential NCSs. However, using blue carbon ecosystems in climate change mitigation requires reliable quantification of area and…

The Shuswap Metamorphic Complex (SMC) in southeastern British Columbia exposes penetratively deformed rocks exhumed from the deepest structural levels of the Canadian Cordillera. U-Th-Pb monazite…

This practitioner inquiry explores the diversity of practices that I have held collectively during my doctoral journey and how they have informed my wellbeing both within my professional and personal…

Big genomic resources such as UK Biobank involve hundreds of thousands of subjects and are being established for prospective epidemiological cohort studies with the goal of improving the screening…