Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Orr, Amanda, Thesis advisor (ths): Stotesbury, Theresa, Thesis advisor (ths): Wilson, Paul, Degree committee member (dgc): Stotesbury, Theresa, Degree committee member (dgc): Wilson, Paul, Degree committee member (dgc): Stock, Naomi, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Access to human blood for forensic research and training in bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA) can be difficult due to many ethical, safety and cost concerns. Mammalian blood alternatives can be sourced, especially from local and willing abattoirs, but some concerns remain, and the added difficulties of high variation and species-specific differences in cellular components pose other… more Full Text: The design of DNA-containing biomaterials for forensic science A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT UNIVERSITY …
Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>For the Road is a study of the modes of transmission of ideas within the Counterculture in its different forms. It is a genealogy of movements that define themselves "against" what is established as "Culture". The philosophy of the Beat Generation does not come out of nowhere and in turn, many recent movements are indebted to the Beat Generation. The goal of this… more Full Text: FOR THE ROAD TOWARDS A DEFINITION OF COUNTERCULTURE A study of Ginsberg and Kerouac and their literary predecessors, Blake and Swedenborg, and their successors, followed by Zero, a free form narrative. A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate …
Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Sacco, Michael David, Thesis advisor (ths): McCaskill, Don, Thesis advisor (ths): Esteva, Gustavo, Degree committee member (dgc): Zohar, Asaf, Degree committee member (dgc): Dockstator, Mark, Degree committee member (dgc): Penados, Filiberto, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This intercultural rediscovery of Indigenous cacao culture draws upon Environmental Studies, Intercultural Studies, Indigenous Studies, Anthropology and Agroecology. The methodological antecedent for this kind of symbolic food study of cacao is the work done by Gustavo Esteva and others on the civilizational importance of maize. Similarly, the rediscovery of the Indigenous Knowledge of… more Full Text: REDISCOVERING THE ECOLOGY AND INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE OF CACAO FOREST GARDENS AND CHOCOLATE A dissertation submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctorate of Philosophy in the Faculty of …
Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Levasseur, Patrick, Thesis advisor (ths): Watmough, Shaun, Degree committee member (dgc): Aherne, Julian, Degree committee member (dgc): Sager, Eric, Degree committee member (dgc): Emilson, Erik, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Mining and smelting degraded landscapes are characterised by heavily eroded soils that are acidic, contaminated with toxic metals, and depleted of essential nutrients. Regreening degraded landscapes has been proposed to support global carbon (C) mitigation measures and protect biodiversity. One of the world's largest regreening programs in the City of Greater Sudbury, Canada has… more Full Text: The biogeochemistry of regreened forests on a mining and smelting degraded landscape A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in the Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and …
Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>It is through spending time outside that we develop the ecological literacy and caring attachments to the land that will lead to greater concern and responsibility for the more-than-human world. But intermediate students in the formal education system are taught almost exclusively indoors, especially in winter. If Canadian teachers remain mostly inside when it is cold, they forego many… more Full Text: I want to do so much more, but I just do not know what to do: Intermediate Teachers’ Interactions with the Outdoors in Winter A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor …
Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Poulin, Laura Iona Leone, Thesis advisor (ths): Skinner, Mark W, Degree committee member (dgc): Fox, Mary, Degree committee member (dgc): Patrick, Donna, Degree committee member (dgc): Woodend, Kirsten, Degree committee member (dgc): Brassolotto, Julia, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Aligning health services with aging populations is the fundamental issue of modern Canadian health policy, yet rural older populations still experience compromised patient safety and poor-quality care as they transfer between care settings. As such, contemporary scholars acknowledge that more contextually sensitive studies are needed to better understand the unique health and care… more Full Text: RURAL OLDER ADULT TRANSITIONS IN CARE 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 Science TRENT UNIVERSITY Peterborough, Ontario, …
Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This dissertation offers a historical look at the book cover as a material object of particular significance. As a part of the bibliographical tradition, the cover binds the book not only to its reader, but also to the culture that gives it meaning. Consequently, by chronologically reviewing the book cover through a mix of historical and fictional accounts, this study had as its goal to… more Full Text: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE BOOK COVER A doctoral 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 Science TRENT UNIVERSITY Peterborough, …
Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Davis, Catherine Anne, Thesis advisor (ths): Bruce, Cathy, Degree committee member (dgc): Sherman, Paula, Degree committee member (dgc): Bell, Nicole, Degree committee member (dgc): Crowe, Melody, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>ABSTRACTASSEMBLING THE BRAID: ALDERVILLE FIRST NATION, LEARNING FROM THEIR WALK IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
Catherine Davis
Alderville First Nation is a small, dynamic Anishinaabe First Nation community in central Ontario with the distinction of having one of the first federal residential schools in Canada, established in 1838. Access to education, both on and off reserve, has been… more Full Text: ASSEMBLING THE BRAID: ALDERVILLE FIRST NATION, LEARNING FROM THEIR WALK IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences …
Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This dissertation traces the emergence of the "transgender predator" discourse on social media. Taking its cue from the 2019 British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal case Yaniv v. Various Waxing Salons, in which a white Canadian trans woman named Jessica Yaniv unsuccessfully filed a series of complaints against a number of racialized cisgender aestheticians claiming that they… more Full Text: Contemporary Discourses About Trans Women: The Making of the “Transgender Predator” A doctoral 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 …
Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Cytokinins (CKs) are a pervasive group of growth-promoting signaling molecules spanning every kingdom of life. Their roles are best known in plants, where they act as phytohormones controlling nearly all aspects of plant growth and development. CKs continue to be detected in new organisms, posing questions about their roles in such widespread forms of life. The research presented in this… more Full Text: CYTOKININS IN Dictyostelium discoideum: NEW INSIGHTS FOR EXPANDED ROLES DURING THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE SOCIAL AMOEBA A dissertation submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of …
Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Beaton, Andy, Thesis advisor (ths): Metcalfe, Robert A, Thesis advisor (ths): Buttle, James M, Degree committee member (dgc): Franklin, Steven E, Degree committee member (dgc): Tolson, Bryan A, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Understanding snowpack variability is important as it plays an imperative role in environmental, hydrologic, and atmospheric systems. Research questions related to three linked areas were investigated in this thesis: 1) scaling issues in snow hydrology, 2) forest-snowpack relationships, and 3) methods of integrating snow water equivalent (SWE) into a hydrologic model for a large,… more Full Text: SNOWPACK ESTIMATION AND MODELLING ACROSS SCALES USING FIELD-BASED AND REMOTELY SENSED DATA IN A FORESTED REGION OF CENTRAL ONTARIO A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor …
