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Theses/Dissertations from 2025 2025

Marine and freshwater habitats used by sympatric anadromous Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus) and Dolly Varden (S. malma malma) in the central Canadian Arctic, Simon W. DePasquale Mr.

Learning in Virtual Environments with Varying Levels of Sensory Information, Maryam Derayati Far

A Window into International Relations in the Pacific Region: The Institute of Pacific Relations during the Interwar Period 1925-1937, zachary deuxberry

Reversible Degradation of Peptidoglycan by Lytic Transglycosylases, Aaron Devereaux

CONSTRUCTIONS OF SERIAL KILLERS AND VICTIMS: ANALYSIS OF TRUE CRIME DOCUSERIES, Mira Dhaliwal

The Divine Invitation to Co-creation: The Effects of Creative Practice on the Vocation of Clergy in the Anglican Church of Canada, Dawn Dickieson-Leger

Pathways to Sustainable Employment: Bridging Community Justice and Social Enterprise Programs for Criminalized Women, Alishau Diebold

Neighbourhood Resilience Planning with Renters in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Anna Do

The impacts of permafrost thaw slumps on Arctic stream ecology, Maria Dolan

USING LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY AND SPATIAL STATISTICS TO EXAMINE THE IMPACTS OF PROPOSED REMOVALS TO NATURAL HERITAGE SYSTEM AND THE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM OF ONTARIO’S GREENBELT, Brianna Downey

CHARACTERIZING THE TARGETING OF TOC159 RECEPTORS TO THE CHLOROPLAST OUTER ENVELOPE MEMBRANE AND THEIR ROLE IN THE ASSEMBLY OF DISTINCT TOC COMPLEXES, Michael Fish

“We’re Here, We’re Queer, and We’re Not Going Away” Student Policies and LGBTQ+ Students’ Experiences on Canadian Christian Campuses, Angela E. Gallo

Reinforcement Learning for Scheduling and Routing: Electric Vehicles Charging and Patrol Scheduling, MAJID GHASEMI

Evaluation of the DNAzyme GR5 for the Determination of Lead Speciation in Natural Waters, Gaganprit Gill

Measuring Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence Victimization: Scale Development and Validation, Amanda N. Godes

Shutting off stomach acidification. The role of the gastric proton pump in digestion, metabolism and growth in fish, Patricia Gomes Ferreira

Athletes' perceptions of leader humility relative to group cohesion, Anthony S. Griffo

Battling Oppression and Crafting New Identities: Case Study of the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement in Canada, Kiana Habibagahi

“People [Are] Not Dying Because Officers Aren't Following Their Training. ‘It's Because They Are.”: The Construction of Police De-Escalation of Individuals in Mental Health Crises in Canadian Media, Renée Haddock

Feeling blue: The Effects of Blue Light Exposure on Reproduction and Physiology in Drosophila melanogaster, Laura Hampel

Barriers and Strategies for Reducing Wait Times for Counselling in the Post-Pandemic Setting: Perspectives from Community-Based Sexual Assault Centres, and “This is a Societal Issue Not Just a Womxn's Issue”- Addressing the Impact of Vicarious Trauma in in Womxn-Dominated Nonprofit Gender-based Violence Services, Nat Hasulyo

Student Engagement and Resistance: Exploring the stories of African Canadian girls in high schools in southwestern Ontario, Esther R. Hayford

EXPLORING LAURIER HEALTH SCIENCES STUDENTS’ KNOWLEDGE OF LGBTQ+ HEALTH, Grace Emma Henry and Todd Coleman

Optimizing Electric Vehicle Charging and Energy Consumption: Routing, Booking, and Real-Time Traffic Integration, Md Shahed Hossen

HEAVEN IS QUIET AND TECHNOLOGIES ARE EVERYWHERE: CHINESE COSMOTECHNICS AND DYADIC APPROACHES TO INTERNATIONAL STRUCTURE, Jonathan Philip Hui

A Dance of War or Love: Applying a Gendered Lens on the Lived Experiences of Women Social Entrepreneurs in Nigeria, Grace C. Ihejiamaizu

IMMUNE PATHWAY MODULATION IN MELANOMA USING CHITOSAN NANOPARTICLE-MEDIATED DSRNA DELIVERY, Bethel C. Iwuji

Social Behavior & Personality in Corn Snakes, Maggie-Rose Johnston

Quantifying Ecological Processes Predicting Barren-Ground Caribou (Ɂetthën; Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) Occurrence Across a Heterogenous Northern Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area., Eric Jolin

Inductions of Long-Term Potentiation with Biomimetic Electromagnetic Fields in Primary Neurons, Cooper E. Kansala

Credit Risk Modelling with Occupation Times, Hiromichi Kato

The Design and Synthesis of New Materials using Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions, Lavneet Kaur and Kenneth E. Maly

Crime Modeling Using An Integrated CNN–LSTM Architecture with Embedded Self-Excitation, Pawandeep Kaur

The Effects of Mental Fatigue on Decision-Making for Collision Avoidance, Isaac M. Kelly

Palestine in Westphalian Worldmaking: The Production of the OPT as a Place through International Humanitarian-Developmental Governance, Naireen Khan

Geographies of Trauma and Healing: Resistance, Resilience, ‘Ustawi wa’, and the Lived Experiences of African Women Refugees from the EHAGL Region in Canada, Rosemary Njeri Kimani-Dupuis Dr. and Rosemary Kimani-Dupuis

“It is tiny and it is everything”: Exploring the Effects of Arts-Integrated Gardening on Experiences of Ecological Grief Through Autoethnographic Research, Christina Kingsbury

2SLGBTQ+ Contact as a Vehicle for Promoting Alternative Sexual Scripts Through Exposure to Queer and Trans Ways of Knowing, Sophie R. Landry

Moral Identity: From Theory to Research, Jean Paul Lefebvre

Contested Development: China’s Influence, Authoritarian Agency, and NGO Resistance in Uganda, Saara E. Leppanen

Comprehensive analysis of environmental particulate matter: Chemical composition and microbial assessment, Uyen T. L. Le

Dwelling Deeply with Less: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) of Urban Minimalism, Joyce Y. Li

Political Communication in A Multicultural Metropolis: Chinese Ethnic Media and the 2023 Toronto Mayoral By-Election, Dongwei Lin

“JUST CHECKING”: RACIAL PROFILING AND THE CRIMINALIZATION OF BLACK STUDENTS AT POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS, Yugita Looknauth

Unraveling the Role of Posterior Parietal and Retrosplenial Cortices on Social Approach Behaviours, Mckenna I. Lowrie

To Encounter the Other? How Journalists Make Catholic Faith-Based Organizations in Mexico and Russia (In)Visible, Xochiquetzal Luna Morales

How the Story of Jesus is Aiding This Generation of UCC Clergy to Make Sense of their Vocation in a Secular Age, Sheila Macdonald Macgregor and Sheila G. Macgregor Rev.

Exploring the Experiences of Racialized Immigrant Mothers in Contributing to Patterns of Community Life in the Victoria Hills Neighbourhood, Carmel Tatiana Mahdi Miss

“I’M GLAD YOU'RE ALIVE.” SURVIVORS’ STORIES OF LEAVING INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE WHILE BRAIN INJURED, AND THE EMBODIED EXPERIENCE OF REBUILDING LIFE AND RELATIONSHIPS POST VIOLENCE., Robyn T. Mahood

Structural Insights into Peptidoglycan O-Acetylation in Gram-negative Bacteria, Tyler Malloch

Lactate's Role in Appetite Suppression, Seth McCarthy

Environmental, Governance, and Bibliometric Research on Corporate Tax Avoidance, Harjot S. Mehmi

Capital Structure Models and Contingent Convertible Securities, Di Meng

Macroinvertebrate Communities and Food Web Structure in Tundra Streams are Shaped by Substrate Size and Beaver Impoundments, Mathew K. Mervyn

Terpenes Mitigate THC-Induced Working Memory Deficits: Behavioural Evidence of the Entourage Effect Using a 2-Component Operant Memory Task, Lara Mitchell

The Metabolic Cost of Digestion in Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, Kelsy Moffatt

Individual Differences in the Evolution of Strategies in Spatial Problem Solving, Jade T. Moussa

The Utility of The Eye Height to Shoulder Width Ratio When Determining the Passability of an Aperture, Paul R. Mysko Mr

Thermokarst can stimulate tall shrub productivity and plant-soil feedbacks in the low-Arctic tundra, Claire O'Brien

South-South Migration: Examining the Links Between Food Security and Migration from Ghana to Qatar, Bernard Owusu

The Echoes of Heartbreak: Shaping Confidence in Future Relationships Through Metaperceptions of the Past, Anika P. Patychuk

The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic Demands on By-law Officer Wellness and Work, Harveen Randhawa

WHAT IS SUCCESS? HOW PEER SUPPORT WORKERS IN ONTARIO SEE ADDICTION & RECOVERY, Ngaire Rasmussen

Co-Creation, Interpretations and Engagement with a Movement-Based Symbol for Climate Justice: A Qualitative Inquiry, Kai Reimer-Watts

The Influence of Self-Efficacy on Support Provision in People with Low Self-Esteem, Daniella Rinaldo

Investigating the Thermal Stratification Patterns of a Shallow Polymictic Boreal Shield Lake and the Effectiveness of Models in Predicting Shallow Lake Thermal Profiles, Matthew Roberts

THE BODY’S “Why?”: THERAPISTS’ EMBODIED APPROACHES TO MEANING-MAKING IN TRAUMA AND COMPLEX PTSD, Tanya D. Rock

Weight Stigma in Health-Related Undergraduate Programs, Alicia Rodney

Characterization of cellulose O-acetyltransferases: Role in Biofilm Formation, Emily C. Rodriguez

Don’t Stop Believin’: Emotion Beliefs and Daily Affective Experiences across Adulthood, Jocelyn A. Rutledge

Exploring the Role of Collective Narcissism and Ideology in Support for Reparations, Melih Can Sahin

Examining Gender Differences In Heritage Language Maintenance And Loss Among South Asian First-Generation Canadians, And The Effect On Well-Being, Amreen Sangha

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

Art/Place Making in a Settler Colonial Context: A Critical Place Inquiry on the Haldimand Tract/Kitchener-Waterloo From a White Settler Perspective, Haley Sheppard

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

From Cuffs to Compassion: The Impact of Relational Policing De-escalation Approaches on Public Perceptions of Safety, Satisfaction, Procedural Justice, and Police Legitimacy., Brook Snider

Timing of migration and seasonal movements of Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) in relation to water temperature in the Kakisa River and Upper Mackenzie River, NWT: Results from an acoustic telemetry study., Levi Snook

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

Mental Health Resource Accessibility Among Youth Convicted of an Offence in Canada and the United States: A Scoping Review, Jenna Sykes

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 THE INTERCONNECTIONS BETWEEN MITOCHONDRIAL CARRIER PROTEINS INVOLVED IN ENERGY TRANSFER: THE CASE OF UNCOUPLIG PROTEINS 2 AND 4, ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE TRANSLOCASE, AND PHOSPHATE TRANSLOCASE, Marzieh Tabefam

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

Affective Forecasting with a Chance of Collective Action: Women’s Anticipated Affect After Acting Against Sexism and its Relationship to Collective Action Intentions, Adrianna Tassone

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

NPR1 AS A TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE REGULATOR OF PIPECOLIC ACID-MEDIATED PLANT SYSTEMIC IMMUNITY, Spencer Tout

Anoxia and Re-oxygenation at Colder Temperatures in Goldfish (Carassius auratus): Effects on Oxidative Stress and Metabolites, Matthew E. Trzcinski

Technology-Enhanced Professional Development for Early Literacy: A Comparative Study of Online Teacher Learning Models in Kenya, Constanza Uribe-Banda