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Theses/Dissertations from 2025
DANCE IS FOR EVERYONE: A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF COMMUNITY-BASED DANCE PARTICIPATION FOR OLDER ADULTS, Liliana Scatozza
The Experiences of Mothering with an Intimate Partner Violence-related Brain Injury, Emily L. Sebben Miss
Beyond the Event: Challenging the Hegemonic Account of Genocide, Isabella Sellar Voll
Grief on the margins: The death of a family member to substance use, Adair Shaw
The role of the individual in animal collectives, Tanya T. Shoot
Impact of Membrane Lipid Composition on the Structure and Function of Uncoupling Proteins 1 and 2 from Arabidopsis thaliana (AtUCP1 and AtUCP2), Elizabeth Silva
Knowledge, Efficacy, and Experience in Components of STEM Education: The Impact of Teacher Professional Development, Emily Krysten Marilyn Spencer-Mueller
Diverse Voices and Queer Optimisms: Exploring Queer Potentialities in 21st C. Young Adult Literature, Denise Springett
Rooted in Traditions: How Indigenous Nations Use Culture to Shape Policy, Nicholas S. St. Germaine
Investigating the effects of lead fishing gear on a freshwater snail (Planorbella pilsbryi) using a multigenerational and multi-omic approach, Sabrina K. St-Hilaire
(Un)Happy Frictions: Mobilising (Un)Happiness Through Subaltern Bodies in South Asian Canadian Women's Literature, Sanchari Sur
MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF SELF-CONCEPT, IDENTITY, AND MEANING-MAKING IN ADULTS WITH ACQUIRED VISION LOSS, Melinda M. Szilva
Exploring Mating Patterns: The Interplay of Genes, Environment, and Their Evolutionary Outcomes, Sanduni Talagala
Resilience and Canadian SOGIE Refugees: An Application of the "Ordinary Magic" Model, Johnny Li Tang BSc
INTEGRATING INDIGENOUS VALUES AND COMMUNITY STRENGTHS TO ACHIEVE INDIGENOUS FOOD SOVEREIGNTY AND COMMUNITY WELL-BEING IN THE KA’A’GEE TU FIRST NATION, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, Jennifer K. Temmer
Nature for All? Assessing Equitable Public Access to National Urban Parks in Canada: A Comparative Analysis, Andrew Tenute
Controls of Wetland Hydrology in the Zone of Discontinuous Permafrost, Northwest Territories, Canada, Iain Thomson
Re-imagining Care for Aging Disabled Adults, Caitlin L. Tizzard
Examining the Impact of Early Literacy Interventions on Teachers’ and Parents’ Learning and Perceptions of Early Literacy Development, Abigael Mary Hogarth Todd Miss