Theses/Dissertations from 2015
The Spirit of Haudenosaunee Youth: The Transformation of Identity and Well-being Through Culture-based Activism, Bonnie M. Freeman
‘WATER IS LIFE’: EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PLACE IDENTITY, WATER AND ADAPTIVE CAPACITY IN FORT RESOLUTION, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA, Jennifer A. Fresque-Baxter
Plans as Emotion Regulation Tools? Examining the Consequences of Planning on Affect, Rebecca Friesdorf
Embracing the Grey Zone: Navigating flexible boundaries at Welcome Inn Community Centre, Carly H. Gaylor
Perceptions of Determining Factors: A Case Study of Eviction Risks of People Who Hoard in Waterloo Region, Emily J. Gibson
Pushing the Limits: International Land Acquisitions in Comparative Perspective, Ariane Goetz
DUNE AND COASTAL EVOLUTION IN ISLA SALAMANCA NATIONAL PARK, COLOMBIA, Juan Felipe Gómez
Imagining Accomplishments from Differing Visual and Temporal Perspectives, Deanna C. Hall
Community Detection Detailed for Online Social Networks, Christopher J. Hogan
The Effect of Emotion on Associative and Item Memory, Priyanga Jeyarathnarajah
The Relationship between Personality Traits, Goal Orientation, and Preferred Paths to Value Creation: The Case of Latent Entrepreneurs., Michael J. Kay PhD
STEPPING OUT OF THE DIRT: A CASE STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF REFLECTIVE EXPRESSIVE WRITING ON MALE TEENS RECENTLY RELEASED FROM A CLOSED CUSTODY FACILITY, April D. King Ms.
Growth Potential in Relationships: A Promotion-Focus Perspective, Amanda E. Kohler and Justin Cavallo
A CRITICAL REVIEW OF ONTARIO’S BLUE BOX PROGRAM: IDENTIFYING AND TESTING BEST PRACTICES IN PRINTED PAPER AND PACKAGING RECYCLING, Calvin Lakhan
The therapeutic contributions of somatosensory feedback during exercise for those with Parkinson's disease, Matthew T. Lasswell
Changing Theories of Change: Strategic Shifting in Implicit Theory Endorsement, Scott Leith
BILL 13 (THE ACCEPTING SCHOOLS ACT): ONTARIO LEGISLATION MANDATING SUPPORT FOR LGBT STUDENTS IN PUBLICLY-FUNDED SCHOOLS, Renato M. Liboro Jr.
TENTATIVE SECURITIES: 26/11, ISRAEL AND THE POLITICS OF MOBILITY, Rhys A. Machold
Neither War, Nor Peace: Everyday Politics, Peacebuilding and the Liminal Condition of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Northern Ireland, Branka Marijan
Canadian Christian Nationalism?: The Religiosity and Politics of the Christian Heritage Party of Canada, Leah A D McKeen
An Analysis of Quality for Volunteered Geographic Information, Joel C H Meier
The Effect of Training Older Adults in Tai Chi and Compensatory Stepping on Balance Control, Hannah L. Moore Miss
Moral Identity Development in Adulthood, Lourdes Andrea Murua
An Exploration of the Wheel-Induced Feeding-Suppression, Stephen Benjamin Peckham
The Reinvention of the Canadian Armed Forces Chaplaincy and the Limits of Religious Pluralism, Michael T. Peterson Rev. Dr.
The Reinvention of the Canadian Armed Forces Chaplaincy and the Limits of Religious Pluralism, Michael T. Peterson Rev. Dr.
The Development and Application of a Measure to Assess the Interpersonal Qualities of Self-Talk, Elizabeth L. Price
EXPLORING THE MOMENTS AND MEMORY OF TOURIST EXPERIENCES IN PERU, Sarah Quinlan Cutler
Dancing with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Mixed Methods Investigation, Nicole Reinders
Critical Champions or Careless Condemners? Exploring News Media Constructions in Cases of Wrongful Conviction, Katherine Rozad
From lending in the Andes to thriving in Latin America: CAF’s continuity, growth and long-term financing in the region, Veronica Rubio Vega
“Don’t Talk about It”: Investigating the Effects of PEI’s Cultural Silence on Abortion Access and Advocacy from the Perspective of Advocates and Support People, Emily A. Rutledge
Gender Differences in Pay Equity: An Examination of the Working Adolescent, Melanie L. Saari
Three Essays on Default Risk in Capital Markets, Laleh Samarbakhsh
DEFENSE AGAINST DEFENSIVENESS: HOW IMPORTANT PERSONAL VALUES CAN PROMOTE MORE ADAPTIVE RESPONSES TO SEVERE ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT, Kathryn Schuett
FALLING MEN IN 9/11 AMERICAN FICTION, Justin D. Shaw
A Living Wage for All Manitobans?: Perspectives from the Private Sector, Paul Campbell Sheridan
Exploring Interactions Between Police and People with Mental Illness, Krystle L. Shore Ms.
"Where's the support?": An Exploratory Study of Supports for Primary Caregivers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the Toronto Region, Nicole H. Siron
MAPS OF MARGINALIZATION: EXPLORING THE HEALTHCARE EXPERIENCES OF MEN AND WOMEN WITH FIBROMYALGIA, Michelle J. Skop
Police on Camera: The Impact of Watching User-Generated Police Videos on Students’ Attitudes towards the Police, Daniel N. Smith
Motivations to Gamble in Younger and Older Adults, John Bryan R. E. Smith
THE TEAM APPROACH TO THE PSYCHOLOGICAL REHABILITATION OF INJURED ATHLETES: WHAT IS THE COACH’S ROLE ANYWAY?, Leanne Smith
Characterization of the Trans-plasma Membrane Electron Transport System in the Myelin Membrane, Afshan Sohail
THE EFFECTS OF LAMPRICIDE 3-TRIFLUOROMETHYL-4-NITROPHENOL TOXICITY ON THE GILLS OF LARVAL SEA LAMPREY AND NON-TARGET RAINBOW TROUT AND LAKE STURGEON, Lisa A. Sorensen
The Lived Experiences of Sandwich Generation Women and Their Health Behaviours, Allison Steiner
Transient Trunk Flexion: The Potential to Alleviate Low Back Pain During Prolonged Standing, Danielle M. Stewart
“Are the girls out to bingo? And is “Frenchie” gettin tipsy? On a Sudbury Saturday night”: Gambling among Older Francophones in North-Eastern Ontario, Éric R. Thériault
"It's a Very Silent Pain": A Phenomenological Study of Women Who Are in a Relationship with a Sexually Addicted Spouse, Jacqueline S. Thibodeau
EMS Use by the Young Adult Population in the Region of Waterloo, Karen J. Totzke
Impact of Biofilm Formation and Composition on Antibiotic Resistance in Environmental Isolates of Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp., Raluca Tutulan
ENHANCING CANADIAN GIRLS’ RESILIENCE THROUGH GIRLS-ONLY PROGRAMMING, Ayesha Umme-Jihad
Understanding The Physiological Effects of Suspended Material on Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Tyler J. Weinhardt
Hunting for 'Paper Gangsters': An Institutional Analysis of Intelligence-led Policing in a Canadian Context, Crystal Weston
Promoting Fairness in the Workplace: Identifying and Overcoming the Barriers to Managerial Fairness in Organizations, David B. Whiteside
Backward Planning: Examining Consequences of Planning Direction for Time Prediction, Jessica Wiese
Once A Thief, Always A Thief? How Time, Implicit Theories, and Race Affect Moral Judgments, Sarah L. Williams
PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BcsC; AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT OF BACTERIAL CELLULOSE EXPORT, Emily D. Wilson Ms
Social Factors Influencing Early Reading Development from Kindergarten to Grade One in English-speaking Public Schools in Ontario and Quebec, Katherine Wood
Masjids, Ashrams and Mazars: Transnational Sufism and the Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship, Merin Shobhana Xavier
THE APPLICATION OF HAND SWITCH COSTS TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING BIMANUAL MOVEMENTS: AN INVESTIGATION THROUGHOUT THE LIFESPAN, Gordon Young
The Benefits of Information Sharing in Carrier-Client Collaboration, Hossein Zolfagharinia
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
CHARACTERIZING dsRNA PRODUCTION IN VIRUS-INFECTED FISH CELLS, Amal Brek Aloufi
Physical fitness characteristics of an active firefighter population serving an urban area, Michael R. Antolini
A HEART-BASED SUFI MINDFULNESS SPIRITUAL PRACTICE EMPLOYING SELF-JOURNEYING, Faruk Arslan
Comparative study of factors influencing seed germination and seedling longevity in Cuscuta (dodder, Convolvulaceae), Behrang Behdarvandi
A Structure-Function Analysis of the Arabidopsis Chloroplast Import Protein atTic20, James H. Campbell
Positive Moral Emotions and Moral Identity Development: The Difference between Authentic and Hubristic Pride, Victoria Casey
A MICROGENETIC APPROACH TO EXAMINING SET FOR VARIABILITY: AN EXPLORATION OF EARLY READING DEVELOPMENT, Phil R. Cave M.A.
Diversity and Evolution of the Multicellular Protuberances in Cuscuta (Convolvulaceae) and the Function of the Stomatiferous Protuberances in Cuscuta subgenus Grammica, Courtney J. Clayson
THE EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, OPERATORS, AND THEIR TARGET GENES ACROSS PROKARYOTES, Marc del Grande
Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension Intervention: A Focus on Students in the Late Elementary Grades, Melissa L. Dol
Response to mental health calls: The frontline perspectives of police officers, communicators and administrators, Sarah C. Dougall
INTERDEPENDENCE AND INTERPERSONAL INFLUENCE AMONG INDIVIDUAL SPORT TEAMMATES, Blair Evans
Musical chairs in a boreal peatland: how permafrost thaw reverses successional processes, Mélissa M. Fafard
Gait Initiation Mechanics in Concussed Varsity Athletes, Adam Harper
Emerging From The Wreckage: The Exploration of Mental Health, Stigma, and My Experiences of Living With Obsessive-Compulsive "Disorder", Katelyn P. Harrington
Time, Perspectives, Verbs, and Imagining Events, Jeffrey P. Hong
An Exploratory Examination of Families Engaged in an Adventure Running Kids Program, Heather Isnor
Fight the Dead, Fear the Living: Post-Apocalyptic Narratives of Fear, Governance and Social Control, Samantha Lynn Kolpin
Microbial community characterization and pathogen profiling of land-based aquaculture systems using culture-based and molecular-based fingerprinting techniques, Nicole S. Kteily
Integrated spatial analysis of volunteered geographic information, Haydn Lawrence
A Side of Justice Rarely Seen: Professional Perspectives Toward Youth Justice and Sentencing Procedures in the Exploratory Context of Canada and Russia, Serge Lokshin M.A.
The role of body size on the outcome of mating interactions in Drosophila melanogaster, Adam C. Lounsbury
Quantifying Rooftop Solar Power for the City of Waterloo, Ontario, Shawn W. MacDonald
Modeling and Analysis of Value-Based Healthcare Delivery, Tannaz Mahootchi
Relative Equilibria of Isosceles Triatomic Molecules in Classical Approximation, Damaris Miriam McKinley
Urdu as a First Language: The Impact of Script on Reading in the L1 and English as a Second Language, Amna Mirza
Genome Jigsaw: Implications of 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene Fragment Position for Bacterial Species Identification, Jennifer Mitchell
ZOMBIES IN BACTERIAL GENOMES: IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF PREVIOUSLY VIRULENT PHAGE, Scott Mitchell
Comparative Analysis of Selected Model Species used in Intervertebral Disc Research, Lauren A. Monaco
Investigating the Persistence and "Naturalization" Potential of Salmonella in Non-host Environments using Culture-based and Molecular-Based Fingerprinting Techniques, Robyn L. Morrison