Theses/Dissertations from 2020
FLIPPING THE EXERCISE NARRATIVE: An Exploration of Middle-Aged Adults’ Lived Experiences After Making a New Year’s Resolution to Exercise, David McIlwraith
Navigating Islands’ Political Geographies: The Case of the 'Maduro Migrations' from Venezuela to Trinidad and Tobago, Shiva Mohan
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT A TIME: EXPLORING HOW STORYTELLING AND MEMORY AFFECT BEHAVIOURAL INTERVIEW PERFORMANCE RATINGS, Sara A. Murphy
A Genomic Investigation of the Stomach Phenotype in Teleosts, Louis Pfeifer
Boreal Subarctic Lake Water Quality, Zooplankton Communities, and Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities in Areas Impacted by Wildfire, Thomas J. Pretty
LGTBQ+ COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS OF POLICE AND POLICE INVOLVEMENT IN PRIDE CELEBRATIONS IN A SMALL ONTARIO CITY: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY, Priscilla Ramjit
EXAMINING DISABILITY IN THE REGION OF WATERLOO: PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PROGRAMMING AND CAREGIVING, Nicole J. Reinders Luymes
Effects and modes of action of exogenous androgens on gonadal steroidogenesis in male mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus), Robert Rutherford
Assessing threats and mitigation for Scarlet Ammannia (Ammannia robusta) in Southwestern Ontario, Kayla Salive
Age, Access, and Sweets-Motivation, Gehan Senthinathan
Reducing Meat Consumption: Drawing on Participatory Action Research to Explore Ways of Engaging in a Process of Meat Consumption Reduction, Brittany Spadafore
Tradition as Flow: Decolonial Currents in the Muslim Atlantic, Jason Sparkes
Concussions in Minor League Hockey Players: The Impact of Rowan’s Law on Coaches, Niya St Amant
THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES: TRANSITIONING TO ADULTHOOD AND THE ROLE OF INDEPENDENT FACILITATION, Emily Christine Tang
A QUALITATIVE EXPLORATION INTO THE SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCES OF HEALTHCARE SERIAL KILLERS, Florence Tang
Transforming relations: Anishnawbe Natural Law in the “Ring of Fire”, Darren Thomas
Tough but not enough: Female university athletes self-reported mental toughness, Kerrie Trottier
Effects of phosphorus on mycorrhizal colonization of wetland plants under natural and controlled conditions, Miriah Tucker
A Qualitative Investigation into the Influence of a Mental Health Physical Activity Intervention on University Students, Heather M. Tunks
Narcissistic worldview: How narcissism relates to perceptions of conflict and exploitative behaviour, Nicola Urquhart
(Subjective) Time Heals All Wounds: The Competing Roles of Objective and Subjective Time in Reactions to Past Events, Sarah L. Williams
ABIOTIC CONDITIONS, ALGAL BIOMASS & FISH GROWTH RATES AFFECT FISH MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS IN TWO SUBARCTIC LAKES, Ari Yamaguchi
An Evaluation of the Timeline as a Memory Retrieval Aid for Children’s Recall of Specific Details from a Repeated Event, Huan Huan Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Biogeochemical and hydrological impacts of a low-severity wildfire in the wetland-dominated zone of discontinuous permafrost, Caren J. Ackley
Towards Secure and Fair IIoT-Enabled Supply Chain Management via Blockchain-based Smart Contracts, Amal Eid Alahmadi
REFUGEES FROM SYRIA CAUGHT BETWEEN WAR AND BORDERS: A JOURNEY TOWARDS PROTECTION, Maissaa Almustafa
Characterizing the cellulose-modifying enzyme BcsG from Escherichia coli, Alexander Anderson and Joel T. Weadge
Connectedness to Nature and Pro-Environmental Behaviour from Early Adolescence to Adulthood: A Comparison of Urban and Rural Canada, Daniel Anderson
Free, Prior, and Informed Decision-Making About Proposed Development on Indigenous Territories in Northern Ontario, Courtney Arseneau
Spatial Big Data Analytics: The New Boundaries of Retail Location Decision-Making, Joseph M. Aversa
Riparian Zone Soil Microbial Community Dynamics: Interactions with Nutrient Loadings, James Bannister
EXPLORING THE FEMALE AUTISM PHENOTYPE: PERSONAL IDENTITY FORMATION AND WELL-BEING IN AUTISTIC FEMALES, Erinn Nell Barry
Rationality in Bargaining by Finite Automata, Jim Bell
Started from the future now we're here: The effect of planning direction on motivation, Kaylee Boulton
“INVISIBLE” PARENT EXPERIENCES OF HOMELESSNESS AND SEPARATION FROM THEIR CHILDREN IN CANADA, Rachel A. Caplan
Spinal Motor Neuron Excitability During Fatigue, Nathalie Cecire
Neurogenesis and Hippocampus- and Olfactory-Dependent Learning in the Goto-Kakizaki Rat, Alanna Chalk
Older Adults’ Social Networks and the Role of a Telephone Helpline Program, Harmanpreet (Preet) Chauhan
Going back to the soil: An integrated approach to farming., Renée V. Christie
Changing the Narrative of Social Determinants of Health: Messaging for Ontarians, Emily Churchill
The task at hand: fatigue-associated changes to corticospinal excitability during writing, Kezia Cinelli
Environmental factors associated with benthic macroinvertebrate communities in Arctic lakes, Northwest Territories, Rachel Cohen
Role commitment and team cohesion in youth interdependent sport, Taylor Coleman
Vertex coloring with forbidden subgraphs, Yingjun Dai
Exploring Psychological Readiness to Return to Sport After Injury, Scott Donald
The Ghost Story of the Great War: Spiritualism, Psychical Research and the British War Experience, 1914-1939., Kyle Falcon
Multiscale Mathematical Modelling of Nonlinear Nanowire Resonators for Biological Applications, Rosa Fallahpourghadikolaei
Access to the Healthcare System for ACB People Living in Waterloo Region, Ontario: A Racial and Socio-ecological Examination, Tiyondah Fante-Coleman
Toward Using High-frequency Coastal Radars for Calibration of S-AIS Based Ocean Vessel Tracking Models, Ben Freidrich
Long-term effects of a universal program on child welfare youth's psychosocial outcomes, Alexis Gilmer and Colleen Loomis
Separability and Vertex Ordering of Graphs, Elizabeth Gorbonos
Sense of Community in Young Adulthood and its Relation to Early Childhood Experiences, Madeline Gritzan
Exploring Profiles of LGBTQ Social Wellbeing in Waterloo Region, Canada, Kendra Hardy
Exploring the potential neuromuscular adaptations associated with sprint interval training, Samer Hassan
Investigating the Antiviral Effects of Vig-3 from Rainbow trout, Shanee Herrington-Krause
The Use of Public Consultation to Construct Sex Work Related Policies, Ryan Horan
THE MUSLIMAH PROJECT: A COLLABORATIVE INQUIRY INTO DISCRIMINATION AND MUSLIM WOMEN’S MENTAL HEALTH IN A CANADIAN CONTEXT, Brianna Hunt
Dispersal as a Buffer Against Zooplankton Community Change in Response to Fluctuating Salinity Levels on the Great Plains, Mercedes Huynh
Second Language Acquisition and Acculturation Differences Between Immigrants and Refugees, Ali Jasemi
Cosmic ray sensors for the continuous measurement of Arctic snow accumulation and melt, Anton Jitnikovitch
Context is everything: an investigation of Spanish River Carbonatite and its effects on soil-plant-microorganism systems, James MC Jones
Happy or Hangry Families: Does kinship mediate cooperation and cannibalism in Drosophila melanogaster larvae?, Lucas Khodaei
The Effect of Taking a Paternity Leave on Men’s Career Outcomes: The Role of Communality Perceptions, Anja Krstic
HADRIAN IV (1154-1159) AND THE “BULL” LAUDABILITER: A HISTORIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW, Sebastian Lidbetter
Blurred lines: A phenomenological study of maternal-child interconnection., Laura MacGregor
Adventures in Time and Space: What Shapes Behavioural Decisions in Drosophila melanogaster?, Heather Malek and Tristan AF Long Dr.
Expression, Purification, Functional Characterization and Crystallization of Three Porphyromonas gingivalis Gene Products, Katarina Mandic
THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF A DISASTER TYPOLOGY TO ENHANCE OPERATIONAL EMERGENCY PLANNING FOR K-8 PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO, Patricia Martel
Transformative Social Work Education: Student Learning Needs and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action, Garrison McCleary
Never Seen Before--Again: Aesthetic Adaptation and Transmedia Storytelling Networks in the Age of Digital Cinema, Mike McCleary
Parents who kill: Media constructions of male and female filicide cases, Mary McCluskey
THE EFFECT OF LOADING RATE ON ANNULUS FIBROSUS STRENGTH FOLLOWING ENDPLATE FRACTURE, John McMorran
The Impacts of Gold Mining on Vegetation and Mycorrhizal Colonization in Northern Canada, Sarah Mediouni
The Mockery of Things: Material Culture and Domestic Ideology in the Detective Fiction of Anna Katharine Green, Claire Meldrum
Moral Development in the Online Context, Sarah Mitchinson
Exploring the Personhood and Citizenship of Persons with Disabilities among Konkombas in Rural Ghana, Festus Moasun
EXAMINING THE POTENTIAL INVOLVEMENT OF SEX HORMONES ON APPETITE REGULATION IN FEMALES ACROSS THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE, Sara Cabral Moniz
Competition or facilitation: Examination of interactions between endangered Sida hermaphrodita and invasive Phragmites australis, Samantha N. Mulholland
Factors Affecting Biofilm Formation in Oral Pathogenic Bacteria of the Red Complex, Sidney Nechacov
The Gender Gap in Start-up Funding: The Role of Investors' Benevolent Sexism, Nhu Nguyen
Processing Youth Adventure Wellness Experiences: Poetic Representations of Youth’s Peace Bus Experiences, Ty TH Nguyen
Diversity and Evolution of Seeds in Cuscuta (dodders, Convolvulaceae): Morphology and structure, Magdalena Olszewski
Perceived Social Support and Identity Formation in Bereaved University Students, Katherine Ottley
EXPLORING CASE VARIABLES PREDICTIVE OF HISTORIES OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN INCIDENTS OF POLICE-INVOLVED FIREARM FATALITIES IN CANADA, Michael Ouellet
The Legitimation & Networked Unification of #NoDAPL: Diverse Discourses of Value Validate a Collective Identity, Jacqueline Marie Ouellette