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Fall 2022
This study explores the acceptance of wind energy amongst rural landowning farmers in Alberta as they are a demographic that will be directly involved in and affected by wind energy development in the province. This thesis project uses data from an online survey completed by 401 Albertan...
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Fall 2022
Canada’s National Housing Strategy (2017) identifies LGBTQ2 people and newcomers (including refugees) as vulnerable groups within Canada’s housing system. Members of each group are known to experience significant barriers to housing in Canada. However, the unique experiences of LGBTQ refugees—who...
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Autonomous Mothers and Social Policy: How the CCTB, UCCB, and Alberta Child Care Subsidies Govern Women's Autonomy in Motherhood
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Liberalism’s conceit is the separation of the private from the public sphere, a conceit that, in turn, supports a common sense in which families are understood to be private entities that exist outside the purview of the state. And yet, Canadian income support programs clearly demonstrate the...
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Beaux temps dans l’Ouest : Étude sociolinguistique de la morphosyntaxe du français albertain
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La légitimité de la francophonie hors Québec est souvent remise en question. Pourtant, peu d'études existent sur le français de l'Ouest canadien (surtout en morphosyntaxe, voir p. ex Hallion Bres 2006). Trop peu est donc connu sur le parler des francophones de l’Ouest (et par extension, sur la...
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Spring 2010
Tactile and proprioceptive input provided by weighted vests is thought to decrease sensory modulation dysfunction in children with autism. This study investigated behavioural and physiological effects of weighted vests for ten children with autism, ages 3 to 10, in a classroom setting. A...
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Fall 2015
Gilmet, Teryn Evelyn Renee McFarlane
Broiler breeders require feed restriction to maintain high production rates of hatching eggs. However, feed restriction, conventionally managed during the rearing period through skip-a-day feeding, creates welfare concerns as broiler breeders exhibit behaviours indicative of hunger and...
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Spring 2010
Although a relationship between women’s work and use of child care is well-established, little is known about women’s beliefs about who (family or society) is responsible for this care. Using data from a province-wide survey, path analysis determined how beliefs about caregiving predict women’s...
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1984
Doctoral thesis. Results of an examination of eleven Boreal Mixedwood forest stands. Tested three hypotheses regarding the relationship between plant community development and root distribution.
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Biological soil crusts in Alberta’s grasslands: increasing our knowledge of their taxonomy, diversity, and sensitivity to drought and defoliation
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Biological soil crusts (BSCs) play a central role in the biodiversity, health, resilience, and function of drylands like Alberta’s grasslands. In Alberta, much of the biocrust cover consists of lichens, and many crusts are dominated by species of Cladonia. Despite the drought-resistant nature of...
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Bitumen Extraction, Indigenous Land Conflicts, and Environmental Change in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region, 1963-1993
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This dissertation examines the first development phase of the Alberta oil sands industry from the 1960s to the early 1990s. It draws on public and private records from archives in Canada and the United States, the results of collaborative research with the Fort McMurray Métis, and oral history...