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Fall 2019

Sommers, Luke Javed

This thesis addresses the research question: What might truly “nation-to-nation” fiscal relationships look like between Canada and Alberta Treaty 6 First Nations if Treaty 6 were taken seriously? The thesis goes about exploring this question by reviewing the history of Treaty 6, based on the...

Fall 2019

Frantsi, Janita

Injuries are a serious risk to contemporary dancers. Consequently, previous research has suggested supplementary training practices, such as conditioning and somatics, as a way to prevent injuries and improve dancers’ body awareness (e.g., Allen, 2009; Franklin, 2004; Fortin & Girard, 2005)....

Fall 2019

Hosker, Christopher

In this thesis I will argue that James Joyce’s early ideological development and artistic trajectory were in large part guided by his fiercely agonistic relationship and dialectical engagement with the Irish cultural nationalist movement known as the Revival. Expanding upon Marjorie Howes’ claim...

Fall 2019

Shandal, Monica

This thesis is comprised of two essays on rural villages in India. The following will provide a brief abstract for each of the essays, where one focuses on the women’s power – infrastructure relationship (1) and another on agricultural productivity relative to men (2). (1) Inequality between...

Spring 2019

Campbell, Tiffany M.

Following the call, made by Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2015), for government to fully adopt and implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as the framework for reconciliation, those invested in Alberta’s consultation with Indigenous peoples...

Fall 2019

Gorsak, Paige

This thesis explores the affective and political currents of campus rape culture. Paying particular attention to neoliberalism’s transformation of Canadian higher education in recent decades, the author describes a “marketized” campus environment in which school reputation is frequently...

Spring 2019

Shillabeer, Evan J

Cultural psychology has typically viewed culture as an abstract system of rules that are first internalized and then employed individually. Lev Vygotsky has been largely mobilized in cultural psychology to support such an account via emphasis on the priority of semiotic mediation and the role of...

Spring 2019

Plata Enriquez, Isabel

Membrane filtration technologies have been successfully applied for the treatment of many types of wastewater. In hydraulic fracturing operations, membrane processes can be applied as a cost-effective way of removing unwanted substances from flowback and produced water (FPW) and promoting its...

Spring 2019

Garland, Laura

Remote camera traps are often applied to large mammal conservation and management programs because they are cost-effective, allow for repeat surveys, and can be deployed for long time periods. Additionally, statistical advancements in calculating population metrics, such as density, from camera...

Fall 2019

Tianhua Feng

Human CaV1.2 is a voltage-gated calcium channel (VGCC), which plays an essential role to maintain a normal cardiac function. Any abnormalities in CaV1.2 can lead to serious cardiac diseases (e.g. cardiac arrhythmias and Timothy syndrome). Thus, understanding the structure-function-dynamics...