electronic theses and dissertations: recent submissions
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land-based pedagogies: a path to decolonizing environmental education in british columbia
(2017)the purpose of this portfolio is to provide evidence of my graduate learning and to employ this new knowledge in a manner that contributes to the rich and varied decolonization efforts that are being made by indigenous ... -
restorative practices in education: building teacher capacity and empowering student voice
(2018)how might i support educators to adopt a proactive mindset and develop the skills to respond to conflict restoratively? how might i empower 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 to take ownership for, and work toward, resolving conflicts that occur ... -
integration of international 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 - "the path of sahanubhooti"
(2018)the portfolio will focus on the increasing internationalization of programs and student populations in canadian universities. it will largely focus on the roles, support systems and responsiveness by 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ... -
laughter yoga as embodied healing and educational well-being with nishnawbe youth
(2018)this portfolio is based upon a social sciences and humanities research council (sshrc)-funded partnership development grant project entitled tikkun indigenous youth project: pedagogies of repair and reconciliation. the ... -
leadership in a flattened organization: conditions for creating sustained collective efficacy
(2018)this portfolio aims to determine the characteristics or traits that are required to lead system-wide educational change, specifically, a flattening of the traditional hierarchal structure in a school board. through a review ... -
climate change education : a portfolio
(2018)the focus of this portfolio is climate change education, with a particular emphasis on the challenges facing educators in alberta where economic matters are often prioritized over environmental ones and the lessons we can ... -
tree species diversity and stability in disturbance-driven boreal forest
(2016)disturbance is a potent driver of forests. components of disturbance such as frequency (i.e., time since last stand-replacing disturbance) and intensity (e.g., stand-replacing vs. non-stand-replacing disturbance) plays ... -
flexural bending behaviour of built-up glulam box-selection beams at ambient and elevated temperatures
(2018)the recent increasing trend of sustainable construction and advancement in the manufacturing of engineered wood have made products such as glued-laminated timber (glulam) and cross-laminated timber (clt) preferred building ... -
c-n bond formation employing palladium and nickel precatalysts containing anionic phosphinobenzimidazole ligands
(2016)in this investigation, the catalytic utility of anionic, phosphinobenzimidzoles [li(thf)2][1a] and [li(thf)4][1b] in effecting the buchwald-hartwig amination reaction was examined. specifically, the coordination chemistry ... -
the effect of leg dominance on lower limb kinematics during a 180° pivot maneuver in healthy female soccer players at three different stages of physical maturation
(2016)the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of leg dominance on lower limb kinematics during a 180° pivot maneuver in healthy female soccer players at three different stages of maturation: pre-pubertal, pubertal, ... -
autonomous navigation using image processing
(2016)in the recent years, the pursuit intelligent and self-operated machines have increased. the human user is to be completely eliminated or minimized as much as possible. it is also popular now to observe machines that are ... -
incorporating operational road planning constraints into an integrated tactical level harvest-scheduling and road-planning model
(2015)at the operational scale of forest planning, the location of roads, in a complex terrain, is a decision of major economic importance. the objective is to locate a network of roads connecting pre-selected cut-blocks, at ... -
technical and technological alternatives for aerial moose (alces alces) survey
(2017)moose (alces alces) aerial surveys provide the information needed for effective management only when they are accurate and precise. i aimed to identify gaps in and improve understanding of aerial moose surveys in north ... -
bioconversion of crude glycerol to biofuels and value-added bioproducts
(2017)increasing demand and the rising cost of fossil fuels, as well as a concern for global climate change have shifted global efforts to utilize renewable resources for the production of a ‘greener’ energy replacement. biodiesel, ... -
sedimentology and paleogeographic reconstruction of the strata in and adjacent to the sudbury impact layer in the northern paleoproterozoic animikie basin
(2016)the sudbury impact layer (s.i.l.) is dated at 1850 ma and is located between the underlying gunflint formation, with an age of 1878±1 ma that was obtained from zircons in a tuffaceous zone approximately 105 meters below ... -
effects of process operating conditions on performance and membrane fouling in submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactors (anmbrs)
(2016)submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor (sanmbr) technology is becoming an attractive alternative for industrial wastewater treatment as it improves the biological process while allowing for the recovery of energy through ... -
an intelligent system for temperature monitoring and brake drum cooling
(2018)brakes convert the kinetic energy of the moving vehicle into heat energy due to friction between fixed and moving brake parts. frequent applications of the brakes will cause overheating in brake parts, which could generate ... -
new generation of dispersants by grafting lignin or xylan
(2017)synthetic dispersants are commonly used in the stabilization of various colloidal suspensions. however, their non-biodegradable and toxic natures hamper their industrial use. the use of natural polymers as dispersants for ... -
kinetic and thermodynamic studies on pyrolysis of waste hdpe polymers
(2017)pyrolysis is a promising technology for converting waste plastic into high-value hydrocarbons, which can help to protect the environment and improve the waste management industry. available methods for finding kinetic ... -
in vivo assessment of leucine stimulated glucose uptake in brown adipose tissue
(2017)activation of brown adipose tissue in mice, through the use of the amino acid leucine, was investigated. brown adipose tissue has become a topic of interest in recent years, as activation of this tissue has been proposed ...
