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Zooarchaeological analysis of sites EeRb 77 and EeRb 140 on Tk'emlúps te Secwépemcúlecw [Tk'emlúps traditional territory], in Kamloops in the Interior Plateau, British Columbia was…

Here I investigated the role of two putative "supplemental cues", temperature and social factors, on timing of egg-laying in a local population of European starlings, Sturnus vulgaris, a…

The biological soil crust (biocrust) is the community of mosses, lichens, algae, and cyanobacteria that live at the uppermost soil layer. Biocrust can improve the quality of reclamation substrates,…

Research into terrorism risk profiles has long been an integral part of the political science, psychology, and criminology fields. Before 9/11, debates on the importance of rational choice and/or…

Who's the White Guy? Land, water, and relational dis/embodiments on Unceded Coast Salish Territories is an experimental autoethnography that explores the Settler positionality of the author, a…

Background: The main cohort of Canadian-born students entering postsecondary education has decreased over the last decade due to Canada's low birth rate [1] while Canada's international…

Long QT Syndrome type II (LQTS2) occurs due to defects in hKCNH2, which encodes the Kv11.1 (hERG) cardiac potassium channel. Multiple hKCNH2 transcripts (hERG1a, hERG1b and hERG-uso) are expressed in…

Unlike traditional battery systems, vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) have been gaining attention in the past years due to their advantages of flexible, scalable design and long-life cycle for…

The rise of international education and the institutional push for it in Canada necessitates further investigation in the K-12 public sector, for which there is limited research. This dissertation…

The microporous layer (MPL) in polymer electrolyte fuel cells is known to enhance performance and durability of the membrane electrode assembly. However, the design and functional understanding of…

I investigated mate location and nectar foraging behaviour in the diurnal yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, and the crepuscular house mosquito, Culex pipiens. High-speed video recordings revealed…

The ability to respond quickly to a perturbation is essential to the survival of an animal. As animal size increases, several features that influence response time also change—larger animals suffer…

This study sought to understand how social connection might play a role in the career development of those facing barriers to employment. The Ambassadors Program, which took place over one week at a…

Presence of vessels in the ocean has a significant impact on northern resident killer whales (NRKWs). In this study, we investigated the effects of physical disturbance caused by vessels on NRKWs…

Maritime heritage has long been an afterthought in Canada by comparison to terrestrial heritage. Terrestrial resources are more frequently encountered because of the rate of land development and an…

This thesis focuses on manipulating the electronic properties of metallophthalocyanines (MPc). The ring-oxidized, radical zinc phthalocyaninato cation was isolated and structurally characterized.…

Clean water is essential for human survival, yet many communities in British Columbia (BC) do not have access to this resource. Boil water advisories are one identifier of this problem. There are…

Student demographics in BC show the rapid increase in the diversity of the student population. Furthermore, increasing enrollment of international students at the elementary and secondary schools…

Skeletal muscle is a complex three dimensional material; it differs from many other materials in its ability to activate and produce force, and is fundamental in locomotion. Its intricate structure…

We derive conditions that guarantee the stability of Markov Chains in the presence of stochastic model error. To do this, we adapt existing theory on the convergence of perturbed stable Markov Chains…