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Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Capturing in-situ Feelings and Experiences of Public Transit Riders Using Smartphones, Rafik Said and Rafik Said
Cold War by “Other Means”: Canada’s Foreign Relations with Communist Eastern Europe, 1957-1963, Cory Scurr
GOING BEYOND THE BEST INSUFFICIENT OPTION: AN EXPLORATION OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP INITIATIVES WITHIN TWO NON-PROFIT SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS IN ONTARIO, Amy Joyce Shuttleworth
The Political Ecology of Water Justice: A Case Study of Tripoli, Lebanon, Fatima Sidaoui
Students' Experiences of the Scent-Free Initiative at the Faculty of Social Work, Tanya Marie Smith
THREE ESSAYS ON LIQUIDITY IN MODERN MARKETS, Konstantin Sokolov
“Serial killers are interesting, they’re not heroes”: Moral boundaries, identity management, and emotional work within an online community, Michael Spychaj
"GOING THE DISTANCE SO OUR FOOD DOESN'T HAVE TO": CASE STUDIES OF CREATIVE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AT CANADIAN AND UK UNIVERSITIES, Lori Stahlbrand
The Risk of Risk: An Exploration of the Impact of “Risk” on Child Welfare Decision-making, Jill K. Stoddart
"It ain't easy being on the streets": Understanding the Needs of Street-Involved Youth in Southern Ontario through a Client-Centred Approach, Samantha Danielle Styczynski
Size and Shape Control in Metal Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites, Tomendro Subedi
Assessing Resilient Post-Disaster Recovery of A Flash-Flood-Prone Area: A Study of the City of Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Abdurazag Tammar
Desiring to Appear Moral versus Being Moral: Development of Moral Hypocrisy and Moral Integrity, Kathleen Tamming
Climate and Capitalism: English Perceptions of Newfoundland's Natural Environment and Economic Value, 1610-1699, Joshua Tavenor
An Examination of Imagined Contexts: The Unreliability of Context-Dependent Memory Effects in Recall, Caitlin J. I. Tozios
WHY BE MORAL? MORAL MOTIVATION ACROSS CONTEXT AND AGE, Rosemary Victor Abdou
Exploring Police Officers' Perceptions of Mobile Crisis Rapid Response Teams Within a Nodal Policing Framework, Trevor Viersen
Young Leader's Sustained Engagement in Environmental Action: A narrative inquiry, Sara Wicks
The Science of Defence: Security, Research, and the North in Cold War Canada, Matthew Shane Wiseman
Moving and Improving: Investigating Physical Activity Patterns for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Kristen Wright
Behavioral Ecology of an Invasive Species: Habitat and Mate Preference(s) in Drosophila Suzukii, Yvonne Young, Natasha Buckiewicz, and Tristan AF Long Dr.
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
More than Stone and Iron: Indigenous History and Incarceration in Canada, 1834-1996, Seth Adema