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- 1Aggarwal, Pradeep Kumar
- 1Ahmad, Waseem
- 1Akalu, Girmaw Abebe
- 1Alonge, Funmi
- 1Armstrong, Patricia Gail
- 24Department of Political Science
- 13School of Public Health
- 11Department of Sociology
- 10Department of Zoology
- 8Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science
- 8Department of Biological Sciences
- 3Deutsch, Clayton (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 3Epp, Roger (Political Science)
- 3Frishkopf, Michael (Music)
- 3Williamson, Deanna (Human Ecology)
- 2Anders, Sven (Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
- 2Anders, Sven (Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
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Fall 2013
This dissertation examines the relationship between Canadian newspapers, the development of Alberta’s oil sands, and neoliberalism. It uses both content and discourse analysis to analyze coverage of oil sands development in six English-Canadian newspapers between October 1, 2005 and October 31,...
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Canadians’ Anti-Masking Attitudes on Twitter During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Several countries recommended universal masking as a preventive health measure to contain the spread of COVID-19 before public health officials in Canada started endorsing public mask wearing. In the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, public use of face masks was controversial. Many...
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Cannabis use among Canadian university students: Norm perceptions and interest in online supports
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Cannabis is one of the most widely used and misused substances, yet research on plausible intervention targets and strategies to reduce cannabis use is underdeveloped. This thesis addressed these issues in two secondary analyses of population survey data in the 2018 Campus Experiences with...
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Cardiovascular Disease Risk factors in Canadian-born and Immigrant Children and Youth in the Canadian Health Measures Survey
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Immigrants make up almost 20% of Canada’s population. Recent adult immigrants to Canada are generally in better health than those born in Canada. However, we know little about whether this is also the case in children. We compared mean levels and prevalence of adverse levels of CVD risk factors...
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Spring 2022
In this dissertation, I identify an aesthetic tradition in settler literary texts that parallels the settler state’s political response to such policies as multiculturalism and Reconciliation. I argue that modern Canadian fiction in English continues the tradition of romantic art in Hegel’s...
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Characterization and Control of Cyclic Variability in a Gasoline/Natural Gas Dual-Injection Spark Ignition Engine
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Reducing the cyclic variability of a gasoline/natural gas dual injection spark ignition engine using minimum variance control is the subject of this thesis. Cylinder pressure is used to calculate four combustion metrics, the standard deviation of which is used as an indicator of cyclic...
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Children’s and Fathers’ Perceptions of Fathers’ Use of Structure, Negative Control, and Autonomy Support
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The current study investigated fathers’ and children’s perspectives of fathers’ use of structure, negative control, and autonomy support parenting behaviours in relation to children’s internalizing, externalizing, and adaptive behaviours, and father-child attachment. Researchers interviewed 55...