Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Muir, Gillian, Thesis advisor (ths): Brown, Glen, Degree committee member (dgc): Nol, Erica, Degree committee member (dgc): Metcalfe, Robert, Degree committee member (dgc): Hu, Baoxin, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>The fine-scale controls of active layer dynamics in the subarctic at the southern edge of continuous permafrost are currently poorly understood. The goal of this thesis was to understand how environmental conditions associated with upland tundra heath, open graminoid fen, and palsas/peat plateaus affected active layer thermal regime in a subarctic peatland in northern Canada. Indices of… more Full Text: Active layer thermal regime in subarctic wetlands at the southern edge of continuous permafrost in Canada A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the Faculty …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This thesis explores the importance of Indigenous languages and their revitalization, as well as the roles and responsibilities of schools through the perspective of Anishinaabemowin public school teachers in the Nogojiwanong, Peterborough ON, area. Three teachers were interviewed and have shared valuable insight into how they became teachers, how the language is taught in their schools… more Full Text: ANISHINAABEMOWIN TEACHER PERSPECTIVES OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION IN NOGOJIWANONG PUBLIC SCHOOLS A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of …
Year: 2022, 2022
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Spice, Kevin Gerard, Thesis advisor (ths): McCaskill, Don, Degree committee member (dgc): Fontaine, Jerry, Degree committee member (dgc): Zohar, Asaf, Degree committee member (dgc): Shukla, Shailesh, Degree committee member (dgc): Newhouse, David, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>In the 1980's, Hollow Water First Nation citizens created a healing movement to address community issues from an Indigenous perspective resulting in the development of the Community Holistic Circle Healing (CHCH) in 1989. The CHCH organization developed a Community (Restorative) Justice process as an alternative to a Western-based Justice approach to address issues such as domestic… more Full Text: KEEPING CIRCLE: THE RISE, MAINTENANCE, DECLINE, AND RE-ENVISIONING OF HOLLOW WATER FIRST NATION HEALING MOVEMENT PROCESS AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the …
Year: 2022, 2022
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Name(s): Creator (cre): van Vliet, Elizabeth, Thesis advisor (ths): Epp, Michael, Thesis advisor (ths): Synenko, Joshua, Degree committee member (dgc): Epp, Michael, Degree committee member (dgc): Synenko, Joshua, Degree committee member (dgc): Pendleton-Jiménez, Karleen, Degree committee member (dgc): Mitchell, Liam, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This thesis examines the ways in which body image is discussed in online settings. There are three different communities discussed: body positivity, proED (pro-eating disorder), and body neutrality. Both body positivity and proED content are fairly popular online, and both have found significant support and followers on various social medias. In this thesis, I argue that both of these… more Full Text: A SMILE AND A NEUTRAL ATTITUDE: AN EXPLORATION OF BODY IMAGE DISCUSSIONS ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A BODY NEUTRAL PERSPECTIVE A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This research explores how the value of sustaining the natural world could become foundational to senior level policy decisions in Canada and how Indigenous Knowledges and Peoples could play a key role in such a paradigm shift. It is a trans-disciplinary study that draws on scholarship in Indigenous Studies, Sustainability Studies and Public Policy and existing report recommendations and… more Full Text: Governance as If Our Lives Depended On It: The Natural World - More than One Voice at the Cabinet Table A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the …
Year: 2022, 2022
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Abstract: <p>This thesis is written in three parts and supported throughout by feminist critical pedagogical analysis and a narrative methodological approach. In Part I I lay a theoretical groundwork that weaves the Freirean roots of critical pedagogy with its more contemporary theories in application to K-12 schooling, and with feminist thinking, most notably Sara Ahmed whose work has moved me both… more Full Text: Along the Path: Hope and Despair of a Veteran Activist Educator A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education in the Faculty of Arts and Science Trent University …
Year: 2022, 2022
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Hays, Joseph Ronald, Thesis advisor (ths): Niblett, Blair, Degree committee member (dgc): Pendleton-Jiménez, Karleen, Degree committee member (dgc): Nichols, Naomi, Degree committee member (dgc): Tremblay, Katie, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This study examines critical pedagogy as a novel approach to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) education at Peterborough Police Service (PPS). To begin, the present
study examines hypermasculinity and isolationism as cultural traits in policing that serve
as barriers to DEI education. Later, results of focus groups with PPS members that
investigated negative and positive… more Full Text: From Cultural Barriers to Educational Breakthroughs: Application of Critical Pedagogy to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Education at Peterborough Police Service A Thesis submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>In Ontario, mainstream education often does not meet the individual learning needs of high school students who experience marginalization. Alternative school programs may offer these students greater support and flexibility in completing their high school diploma. While previous research on alternative education in Ontario is thorough, it is limited to the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). To… more Full Text: MARGINALIZATION AND ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION IN ONTARIO: EXPLORING STUDENT EXPERIENCES IN THE CITY OF PETERBOROUGH A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education in the …
Year: 2022, 2022
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Abstract: <p>Increased mining activity in the Canadian Arctic has resulted in significant changes to the environment that may be influencing some tundra-nesting bird populations. In this thesis I examine the direct and indirect effects of mining on birds nesting in the Canadian Arctic. I first perform a literature review of the effects that mining in the Arctic has on northern environments and… more Full Text: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BIRD DENSITIES AND DISTANCE TO MINES IN NORTHERN CANADA A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science In the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Fournier, Cory, Thesis advisor (ths): Manseau, Micheline, Thesis advisor (ths): Wilson, Paul, Degree committee member (dgc): Manseau, Micheline, Degree committee member (dgc): Wilson, Paul, Degree committee member (dgc): Simmons, Deborah, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Understanding genetic structure, connectivity, and movement of a species iscritical to management and conservation. Genetic network approaches allow the analysis
of genetic information with flexibility and few prior assumptions. In chapter one, I tested
the ability of individual-based genetic networks to detect fine-scale structure and
connectivity in relation to sampling efforts. My… more Full Text: GENETIC NETWORKS TO INVESTIGATE STRUCTURE AND CONNECTIVITY OF CARIBOU AT MULTIPLE SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALES A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Allwood Portillo, Mark, Thesis advisor (ths): Bordo, Jonathan, Degree committee member (dgc): Cammaer, Gerda, Degree committee member (dgc): Junyk, Ihor, Degree committee member (dgc): Cazorla Sánchez, Antonio, Degree committee member (dgc): Fenner, Angelica, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>From Altdorfer and Poussin to Cézanne, Monet and to the Group of Seven, landscape has been a focal point of artistic inspiration for most of what we think of as modern art history. In contemporary times the concept and representation of landscape has shifted from visions of an idealized and exalted place to notions of the landscape as a ruins and site of ecological disaster. Because of… more Full Text: LANDSCAPE AND ITS DISCONTENTS – ART AND RUINS, A CRITICAL TOPOGRAPHY IN WORD AND IMAGE A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): D'Angelo, Stephanie, Thesis advisor (ths): Fitzsimons, Rodney, Degree committee member (dgc): Conolly, James, Degree committee member (dgc): Iannone, Gyles, Degree committee member (dgc): Buell, Matt, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This study explores different ways of interpreting mainland and Knossian burial customs and assessing the manner in which they were used to explore themes of political and social status. In order to complete this study, correspondence analysis was applied to 98 tombs from Bronze Age (1700-1360 BCE) Knossos, Pylos, and Mycenae. Through the use of CA 14 hidden clusters and two hypotheses… more Full Text: A Statistical Analysis of the Hidden Patterns Found in the Burial Customs of MM/MH III – LM/LH IIIA1 Mainland Greece and Knossos A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>I drew on Bourdieu's theory of capital and theorized that different forms of economic, cultural and social capital which injured workers possessed and/or acquire over their disability trajectory may affect certain outcomes of permanent impairments. Using data from a cross-sectional survey of 494 Ontario workers with permanent impairments, I measured workers' different… more Full Text: Assessing factors associated with wealth and health of Ontario workers after permanent work injury A thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the Faculty of …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): DeBues, Max, Thesis advisor (ths): Eimers, Catherine, Degree committee member (dgc): Watmough, Shaun, Degree committee member (dgc): Mohamed, Mohamed, Degree committee member (dgc): Mueller, Jessica, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Row crop agriculture and associated land use practices including tile drainage and conservation tillage have been cited as a probable cause of re-emerging eutrophication in the
lower Great Lakes. In this thesis, I sought to quantify and evaluate the effect of agricultural land
cover and land use changes on total phosphorus (TP) and nitrate-nitrogen (NO3-N)
concentrations and export in… more Full Text: THE EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND USE CHANGE ON NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS IN NORTH SHORE LAKE ONTARIO TRIBUTARIES A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Amino acids make up proteins, which are the building blocks of life. A balance of amino acids is needed to maintain a healthy state. Tyrosine (Tyr) is synthesized from the metabolism of phenylalanine, which is an essential amino acid, meaning it can only be obtained from the diet. It is related to many metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases. Tyr can undergo post-translational… more Full Text: USING FLUORESCENT CARBON DOTS FOR BIOSENSING APPLICATIONS OF AMINO ACIDS A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master Science in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This thesis examines how political and social issues have molded and alteredCanada's penal system since the nineteenth-century. From early Anglo-Canadian society to Joseph Archambault's 1938 Report of the Royal Commission to Investigate the Penal System of Canada, the Canadian penal system waxed and waned against social and political tides. As rehabilitative justice took hold… more Full Text: How Did We Get Here? Exploring Socio-Political Influences in Canadian Penitentiaries: 1800-1955 A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts and …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) recruitment has declined substantially in several regions of the Laurentian Great Lakes since the establishment of non-native dreissenid mussels in the early 1990's. In Lake Huron, the reasons for the observed recruitment declines are currently unknown and there is limited knowledge about larval life stage. In our study, we determined whether… more Full Text: Larval lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) recruitment dynamics in Lake Huron A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the Faculty of Arts and Science …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Jenkins, Deborah A., Thesis advisor (ths): Schaefer, James A, Thesis advisor (ths): Lecomte, Nicolas, Degree committee member (dgc): Conolly, James, Degree committee member (dgc): Ray, Justina, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Central to wildlife conservation and management is the need for refined, spatially explicit knowledge on the diversity and distribution of species and the factors that drive those patterns. This is especially vital as anthropogenic disturbance threatens rapid large-scale change, even in the most remote areas of the planet. My dissertation examines theinfluence of land- and sea-scape… more Full Text: ISLANDS, UNGULATES, AND ICE: THE RESPONSE OF CARIBOU TO A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Organismal nutrition lies at the interface between biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem, dictating the transfer of energy and nutrients across trophic levels. Our ability to detect nutritional limitation in consumers is reliant on a priori knowledge of dietary history due to our inability to differentiate nutrient stress based on body-wide responses. Molecular physiological… more Full Text: NUTRIGENOMICS OF DAPHNIA: EXAMINING EFFECTS OF NUTRIENTS ON THE DAPHNIA PULEX TRANSCRIPTOME AND IDENTIFYING NUTRITIONAL PHENOTYPES A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Doctor …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Katanda, Yeukai, Thesis advisor (ths): Hutchinson, Tom, Thesis advisor (ths): Thompson, Karen, Degree committee member (dgc): Sharifi, Mehdi, Degree committee member (dgc): Van Eerd, Laura, Degree committee member (dgc): Hooker, David, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Ontario grain corn is highly valuable, accounting for 60% of Canada's total corn output. Grain producers are increasingly interested in including cover crops (CCs) in their cropping systems, but they have concerns regarding successful CC establishment and potential adverse competitive effects on corn yield and nutrient status. One option to improve the success of CC establishment is… more Full Text: INTERSEEDED COVER CROPS IN ONTARIO GRAIN CORN SYSTEMS: POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR CORN NITROGEN UPTAKE, SOIL HEALTH, AND RESIDUE DECOMPOSITION A thesis submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the …
