This decommissioned ERA site remains active temporarily to support our final migration steps to https://ualberta.scholaris.ca, ERA's new home. All new collections and items, including Spring 2025 theses, are at that site. For assistance, please contact erahelp@ualberta.ca.
Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
To retrieve all theses and dissertations associated with a specific department from the library catalogue, choose 'Advanced' and keyword search "university of alberta dept of english" OR "university of alberta department of english" (for example). Past graduates who wish to have their thesis or dissertation added to this collection can contact us at erahelp@ualberta.ca.
Items in this Collection
- 2Chartrand, Josee M.
- 2González, José Alberto.
- 1Abdul-Bari, Mohammed
- 1Adolfo Ruiz
- 1Anderson, Sharon D
- 1Arredondo Campos, Oscar Rene
- 5Material Culture
- 4Older adults
- 3Design process
- 3Disability
- 3material culture
- 2AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Family relationships
-
Fall 2015
Throughout the twentieth century, tuberculosis (TB) was and continues to be a pressing health problem facing Canadians. Aboriginal peoples living in Canada carry a large burden of the disease with those living in the Prairie Provinces facing TB rates consistently higher than the national average....
-
Fall 2024
This thesis investigated the white linen shirt and shift in Eastern Woodlands North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. The research question was: “Through a material culture analysis of an 18th century shirt and shift, what can we extrapolate about how these objects may have affected the...
-
Thermal Protection and Thermal Comfort: An Evaluation of the Fabrics Used in Chefs’ Uniforms against Thermal Hazards in the Kitchen
DownloadSpring 2014
Workers in kitchens are at risk of burn injuries and thermal discomfort related to the hot and humid kitchen environment. However, thermal protective performance of chefs’ uniforms has received limited research attention. The purpose of the current research was to investigate how effective...