Year: 2026, 2026
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>The diversification of mammals has been shaped by climatic fluctuations and geological changes over millions of years. Among them, shrews (Soricidae) stand out as one of the most diverse mammalian lineages. Shrews are found on most continents and have evolved remarkable adaptations at the species and population levels. Although evolutionary studies of shrews have been limited by a lack… more Year: 2026, 2026
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Kaszecki, Emma, Thesis advisor (ths): Saville, Barry J, Thesis advisor (ths): Emery, R. J. Neil, Degree committee member (dgc): Morrsion, Erin N, Degree committee member (dgc): Thompson, Karen A, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Acid mine drainage (AMD) and metal-contaminated tailings represent some of the most inhospitable aquatic environments on Earth, characterized by low pH, elevated metal concentrations, and chronic carbon limitation. Yet these systems support microbial consortia with remarkable resilience. Among the most conspicuous inhabitants is Euglena mutabilis, an acidophilic protist traditionally… more Year: 2026, 2026
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Kim, William David, Thesis advisor (ths): Huber, Robert J, Degree committee member (dgc): Donaldson, Michael, Degree committee member (dgc): Shafer, Aaron, Degree committee member (dgc): Saville, Barry, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>The neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs), collectively referred to as Batten disease, are a group of neurodegenerative diseases that affect all ages, primarily children. Batten disease is caused by mutations in 1 of the 13 ceroid lipofuscinosis neuronal (CLN) genes (CLN1-CLN8, CLN10-CLN14), each of which causes an NCL subtype when mutated. One of the NCL subtypes, CLN5 disease, is… more Year: 2026, 2026
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Lopez Aleman, Jose Alberto, Thesis advisor (ths): Dorken, Marcel E, Thesis advisor (ths): Freeland, Joanna R, Degree committee member (dgc): Shafer, Aaron AB, Degree committee member (dgc): DiLeo, Michelle F, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Hybridisation is an important evolutionary mechanism with diverse outcomes, including the formation of new lineages, the exchange of alleles between species, or their extinction through genetic swamping. In some cases, hybrids exhibit higher fitness than their parental species, which can lead to hybrid invasions that threaten ecosystems. In North America, hybridisation between the native… more Year: 2026, 2026
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Abstract: <p>This dissertation, titled "Echoes of Injustice: Regulating Indigenous Masculinity through Canadian Legal and Colonial Systems, "examines how the Canadian criminal justice system—through its denial of colonial violence and its regulation of Indigenous masculinity—has contributed to the ongoing criminalization and marginalization of Indigenous men. By critically engaging with… more Year: 2026, 2026
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Seneviratne, Dev, Thesis advisor (ths): Martic, Sanela, Thesis advisor (ths): Emery, Neil, Degree committee member (dgc): Oleschuk, Richard, Degree committee member (dgc): Moorthy, Arun, Degree committee member (dgc): Burr, Wesley, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Amyloid fibrils are fibrous protein aggregates that arise from misfolding and self-assembly processes, collectively referred to as amyloidosis. These aggregates are strongly associated with incurable neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Elevated levels of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Blanchard, Dane Alexander, Thesis advisor (ths): Aherne, Julian, Thesis advisor (ths): Gordon, Mark, Degree committee member (dgc): Aherne, Julian, Degree committee member (dgc): Gordon, Mark, Degree committee member (dgc): Dang, Huy, Degree committee member (dgc): Koprivnjak, Jean-François, Degree committee member (dgc): Mangal, Vaughn, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM), a chemically diverse family of organic compounds defined by their ability to absorb ultraviolet and visible light, is a critical constituent of numerous environmental systems, including freshwater lakes. Industrial operations in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR, Alberta, Canada) are major sources of acidic inorganic gases and organic… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Abstract: <p>Diversity of flowers in flowering plants is understood to facilitate mating success, and yet understanding the relationships between plant sexual diversity and mating patterns remains a challenge. In this thesis, I used Sagittaria latifolia, an aquatic plant with unique sexual systems, to investigate relationships between plant sexual diversity, mating patterns, and reproductive success… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Knott Fife, Shelley, Thesis advisor (ths): Bell, Nicole, Thesis advisor (ths): Iannacci, Luigi, Degree committee member (dgc): Brunette-Debassige, Candace, Degree committee member (dgc): Wall, Barbara, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This dissertation focuses on the special education of First Nation students in Ontario. The primary researcher is an Anishinaabekwe with decades of experience in special education. Taking an Indigenized qualitative research methodology drawing on the Two-Eyed Seeing Framework (TESF) and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) exploring disability discourse, this study explores what '… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Brown, Taylor Marie, Thesis advisor (ths): Burness, Gary, Degree committee member (dgc): Davy, Christina, Degree committee member (dgc): Mastromonaco, Gabriela, Degree committee member (dgc): Wilhelm, Sabina, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Globally, fledglings of more than 50 seabird species are vulnerable to stranding in human settlements near their colonies as they leave their nests for the first time. This phenomenon has been attributed to attraction toward and disorientation by artificial light at night (ALAN). Grassroots rescue programs find more birds in illuminated locations than in dark ones, but it is unclear to… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Abstract: <p>This study aimed to develop a culturally responsive teacher framework and evaluation tool for educators at Seabird Island Community School (SICS) and other Stó:lō First Nations community schools in British Columbia. Drawing from the perspectives of educators at SICS, the research sought to provide direction for wise pedagogical practices and establish effective evaluation methods rooted… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Yang, Yaochong, Thesis advisor (ths): Mitchell, Liam, Thesis advisor (ths): Epp, Michael, Degree committee member (dgc): Manning, Paul, Degree committee member (dgc): Lamarre, Thomas, Degree committee member (dgc): Pendleton Jimenez, Karleen, Degree committee member (dgc): Synenko, Joshua, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This research examines the digital game through the subject of the Apocalypse, both in its literal revelatory form and its colloquial disaster form. To accomplish that, it employs Louis Althusser's concept of structural causality as a springboard for a structure-based interrogation of interlocked systems. Drawing a comparison between Ian Bogost's definition of black-box… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Abstract: <p>This dissertation sought to examine how reactionary influencers on YouTube are able to create 'gateways' towards audience tolerance and even desire to enact violence against marginalized groups, particularly those groups relating to gender performance. for the purposes of YouTube moderation. This dissertation uses the perspectives of affect theorists Ahmed, Berlant, and Tomkins… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Abstract: <p>The Selkirk First Nation (SFN) community safety officer (CSO) program in Pelly Crossing, Yukon, was established in 2019 to better respond to SFN citizen needs and fill the operational gaps of the RCMP. The SFN CSO program offers a unique example of a decolonized, Northern Indigenous community led CSO program operating in the Far North rooted in self-determination and self-governance… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Cullingham, Sarah Catherine, Thesis advisor (ths): Skinner, Mark, Degree committee member (dgc): Changfoot, Nadine, Degree committee member (dgc): McClelland, Alex, Degree committee member (dgc): Doll, Agnieszka, Degree committee member (dgc): Penner, Devin, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>A new regime governing cannabis production, distribution, and access came into effect across Canada in 2018. With the passing of the Cannabis Act (2018) a new legal cannabis industry began taking shape across the country, with specific manifestations at the local and provincial levels. In this study, I take up the standpoint of people who use cannabis and explore how access is organized… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Smith, Ewart Anthony, Thesis advisor (ths): Emery, Neil NE, Thesis advisor (ths): Narine, Suresh SN, Degree committee member (dgc): Martic, Sanela SM, Degree committee member (dgc): Kisiala, Anna AK, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>The study examines the phytochemical and phytohormone profiles of two ecotypes of Doliocarpus dentatus (Capadulla) from Guyana with an emphasis on their potential therapeutic applications, particularly in the context of erectile dysfunction. The research concentrates on the red and white ecotypes, which are visibly differentiated by the colouration of their inner and outer bark; moreover… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Prewer, Erin, Thesis advisor (ths): Kyle, Christopher J, Degree committee member (dgc): Donaldson, Michael, Degree committee member (dgc): Shafer, Aaron, Degree committee member (dgc): Saville, Barry, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Molecular and genomic tools provide a deeper understanding of the ecology and evolution of species and their capacity to adapt to changing selective pressures, where diversity is presumedly linked to higher fitness and evolutionary potential. Molecular tools can also illustrate how historical processes affect contemporary genetic variation to predict how current population trends may… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Baranik, Lauren Alexandra, Thesis advisor (ths): Nicol, Heather, Degree committee member (dgc): O'Donoghue, Mark, Degree committee member (dgc): McCartney, Leslie, Degree committee member (dgc): Dunaway, Finis, Degree committee member (dgc): Slowey, Gabrielle, Degree committee member (dgc): FitzMaurice, Kevin, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This is a community-based research project investigating the ability to meet a vision of co-governance. This dissertation investigates the effectiveness of the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) as a treaty-implementing institution under Chapter 12 of the Umbrella Final Agreement (UFA). The UFA, a modern treaty between Yukon First Nations (YFNs), Canada, and… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Baecklund, Tristan Mackenzie, Thesis advisor (ths): Kyle, Christopher J, Degree committee member (dgc): Donaldson, Michael, Degree committee member (dgc): Shafer, Aaron, Degree committee member (dgc): Brown, Glen, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Heterogeneous environments impose discordant selective pressures on natural populations, where disparate biotic/abiotic factors and variable population connectivity, yield mosaic patterns of genetic variation on the landscape. The ability to maintain or change genetic mosaics of populations becomes key to persistence, as species increasingly need to adapt to rapidly changing… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Bare, Evan, Thesis advisor (ths): Murray, Dennis, Thesis advisor (ths): Hossie, Thomas, Degree committee member (dgc): Bogart, Jim, Degree committee member (dgc): Wilson, Chris, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Measuring biodiversity has become increasingly complex as biologists and ecologists have gradually learned more about how biotic systems are structured and interact. Given the wide range of tools, techniques and approaches now in use to quantify biological diversity, it is useful to consider different "dimensions of diversity" to classify these measurements and provide context… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Abstract: <p>Methylobacterium spp., a dominant and functionally conserved group of plant-associated bacteria, have long been recognized for their roles in promoting host growth, stress tolerance, and phytohormone modulation. This body of work collectively repositions Methylobacterium not only as a plant growth-promoting genus but also as a promising agent of microbiome-mediated crop protection.… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Abstract: <p>A meta-analysis revealed that while there is often a greater degree of contamination of soils and sediments with metals, contamination by mercury (Hg) is a large concern owing to its toxicity at low concentrations. The case study in Guyana characterized Hg and concentrations of other metals (As, Cd, Co, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn) in soil and sediment within gold mined areas. Metal… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Abstract: <p>Innovative strategies to manage copious waste streams by upcycling feedstocks to valorized products which are then used in environmental remediation applications is an attractive circular economy model. This thesis explores this approach using waste wood generated from the milling of Chlorocardium rodiei (greenheart), a tropical hardwood species abundant in Guyana. We evaluate the… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Abstract: <p>This thesis explores the remediation of naphthenic acids (NAs) from oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) using activated carbon (AC) derived from petroleum coke (PC) chemically activated with potassium hydroxide. The research aims to identify the most effective method for the adsorptive removal of NAs by optimizing the use of economically viable KOH quantities and to apply Fourier… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Abstract: <p>Since the mid-Pleistocene, evolutionary histories of North American species were shaped by extreme climatic oscillations involving major range and habitat shifts at a rapid pace. The peopling of the continent and the subsequent human colonisation waves created further pressures affecting North American faunal and plant populations. Cervidae (deer family) are a diverse group which arrived… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Trefzger Clarke, Lisa Joyce Helena, Thesis advisor (ths): Pendleton Jimenez, Karleen, Degree committee member (dgc): Boucher, Lisa, Degree committee member (dgc): Handlarski, Denise, Degree committee member (dgc): Cole, Jenn, Degree committee member (dgc): Arraiz Matute, Alexandra, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This study examines the formal, informal, and non-formal learning experiences offeminist-identified counsellors and psychotherapists working within the Violence
Against Women (VAW) and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) sector of community-
based social services in Ontario, Canada. Using critical, feminist polyethnography and
intersectional and feminist theories, this study discusses the… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Abstract: <p>This thesis examines contradictions in approaches to fashion cataloging and exhibition by considering how the fashion artifact is used as physical evidence for public memory of the past. As a memorial practice and timekeeper, fashion demands a complex cultural understanding of artistic production, aging, and history. How does this understanding of fashion as a cultural index and… more Year: 2025, 2025
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Abstract: <p>Crop losses due to pathogens, pests, and weeds account for 20–40% of global production, with fungal pathogens responsible for the most significant yield reductions and economic impact. The diseases caused by fungi spread through dormant spores, which protect its genetic material under adverse conditions. Dormancy is maintained until favorable germination conditions are met. Despite their… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Abstract: <p>Contemporary struggles with Indigenous identities in Canada are deeply rooted in the historical and ongoing impacts of colonization, which have left profound and lasting effects on different geographical regions across the country. These struggles are multifaceted, encompassing complex questions surrounding who qualifies as Indigenous and what criteria are used to authenticate claims of… more Full Text: THE RESURGENCE OF INDIGENOUS ONLINE IDENTITIES AND COMMUNITIES A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT UNIVERSITY Peterborough (Nogojiwanong), …
Year: 2024, 2024
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Penney, Chantelle, Thesis advisor (ths): Wilson, Chris C, Thesis advisor (ths): Burness, Gary, Degree committee member (dgc): Scott, Graham, Degree committee member (dgc): Craig, Paul, Degree committee member (dgc): Freeland, Joanna, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Climate change is a major conservation concern, especially for many cold-adapted species. The rate of warming due to climate change will likely outpace adaptive responses, and many populations will likely need to rely on phenotypic plasticity to cope with environmental warming. It is currently unclear whether plasticity in physiological responses to warming will be sufficient to offset… more Full Text: WITHIN-GENERATION AND TRANSGENERATIONAL THERMAL PLASTICITY IN COLD-ADAPTED SALMONIDS OF THE GENUS SALVELINUS A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the …
Year: 2024, 2024
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Acoustic communication is vital for mediating interactions between individuals and their environment. From echolocating bats to isolated rodent pups, ultrasonic vocalizations are a useful mechanism for producing localized and cryptic acoustic signals. Flying squirrels have been demonstrated to produce almost exclusively ultrasonic calls which is rare in both squirrels and mammals, though… more Full Text: The ecological, evolutionary, and behavioural context of ultrasonic vocalizations in flying squirrels A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty …
Year: 2024, 2024
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>The Wabigoon River is known for an historic mercury (Hg) pollution source, caused by a chlor-alkali facility operating in the 1960s. As legacy Hg contamination continues to cause serious adverse health effects to the local communities living in the Wabigoon River region, it is imperative to undertake additional research to understand the deposition and transport of historical mercury in… more Full Text: Assessing Mercury and Methylmercury levels in the Wabigoon River with special aten�on on mercury methyla�on A Thesis Submited to the Commitee on Graduate Studies in Par�al Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty …
Year: 2024, 2024
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Mountain, Antoine Bear Rock, Thesis advisor (ths): McCaskill, Don, Degree committee member (dgc): Begay Jr., Manley, Degree committee member (dgc): Devine, Bonnie, Degree committee member (dgc): Jackson, Lucy, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>My research into Et'sehch'i, the Traditional Dene Burial Practices, is a comprehensive study into how smaller groups, clans, of our northern Dene understood and handled matters of funerals. The research focuses on the Dene community of Radelie Koe, Fort Good Hope in the Northwest Territories of Canada, my home community. In these Pre-Contact times, there weren't any of the… more Full Text: Et’sehch’i; The Traditional Dene Burial Practices A Knowledge Basket Pathway B Written Component submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy In the Faculty of Arts and …
Year: 2024, 2024
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Solmundson, Kirsten, Thesis advisor (ths): Wilson, Paul, Thesis advisor (ths): Bowman, Jeff, Degree committee member (dgc): Patterson, Brent, Degree committee member (dgc): Manseau, Micheline, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Globally, wildlife populations are experiencing increasing rates of range loss, population decline, and extinction. Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) have experienced dramatic declines in both range and population size across Canada over the past century. Boreal caribou (R. t. caribou), one of twelve Designatable Units, have lost approximately half of their historic range in the last 150 years… more Full Text: CONSERVATION GENOMICS OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR CARIBOU A dissertation submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT UNIVERSITY …
Year: 2024, 2024
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Nikawiy narratives including Mother to daughter, nation to nation, spirit and intent, and Treaty Enforcement are based on nikawiy (my mother's) teachings that I interpret as my inherent role as Nehiyaw iskwew (Cree woman) specifically for governance and numbered Treaty Enforcement. My methodology 1is also based on nikawiy's Circle of Life, Pimatisiwin, Calendar (Poitras, 1996)… more Full Text: nikāwiy to ôtānisa Narratives- nehiyaw (Cree) mother to daughter stories for inherent role of nehiyaw-iskwewak in Governance and Numbered Indian Treaty Enforcement. Treaty Four and Treaty Six. A Dissertation Draft Submitted to the Committee of Graduate …
Year: 2024, 2024
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Roy, Tyler, Thesis advisor (ths): Vreugdenhil, Andrew AV, Degree committee member (dgc): Parnis, Mark MP, Degree committee member (dgc): Shetranjiwalla-Merchant, Shegufta SM, Degree committee member (dgc): Rafferty, Steven SR, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p> Naphthenic acids are a major contaminant of concern and a focus of much research around remediation of oil sand process affected waters, OSPW. Using activated carbon adsorbents are an attractive option given their low cost of fabrication and implementation. A deeper evaluation of the effect naphthenic acid structural differences have on uptake affinity is warranted. In this thesis an in… more Full Text: The Characterization of Model Naphthenic Acid Adsorption onto Activated Carbons: Effects of both Textural and Functional Properties A Thesis submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor …
Year: 2024, 2024
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Long-term avian population declines, particularly for the avian insectivore guild, are a conservation concern. With widespread and continuing population trends, climate change and its negative effects on avian food resources is a plausible cross-species driver. My goal was to evaluate whether bottom-up trophic effects of climate change could be influencing avian populations. I used a… more Full Text: Bottom-up pathways for arthropods and forest breeding birds in a southern Ontario forest. 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: 2024, 2024
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Warnar, Hendrik Matthew, Thesis advisor (ths): Hill, Stephen, Degree committee member (dgc): Graham, Amanda, Degree committee member (dgc): MacKinnon, Shauna, Degree committee member (dgc): Newhouse, David, Degree committee member (dgc): Abele, Frances, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This thesis focuses on the Atoskiwin Training and Employment Centre of Excellence (ATEC) in NelsonHouse, Manitoba, and its contribution to Aboriginal adult education and the economic development of
the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN). The study examines ATEC within the larger history of NCN's
relationship with its land, hydroelectric development in northern Manitoba, and Wahbung:… more Full Text: ABORIGINAL ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING: THE HISTORY OF HYDRO DEVELOPMENT IN MANITOBA AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ATOSKIWIN TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT CENTRE IN NISICHAWAYASIHK CREE NATION A Thesis Submitted to the School for the Study of Canada TRENT …
Year: 2024, 2024
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Abstract: <p>This dissertation focuses on the intersectionality between images posted on social media and social rules in the lives of young people. The findings are based on thirty-four qualitative interviews with young social media users where photo-based methodologies were employed. From these interviews, three key themes emerged: 1) Posting and sharing images are connected to identity exploration… more Full Text: “WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE WORLD...I TAKE A PHOTO”: AN EXPLORATION OF THE AFFECTUAL AND SOCIAL COMPLEXITIES OF SHARING AND SEEING IMAGES IN YOUTH DIGITAL CULTURE A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the …
Year: 2024, 2024
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Abstract: <p>Animals are essential to freshwater biogeochemistry and productivity. Through their excretion, aquatic consumers release bioavailable nutrients and carbon that can vary with animal taxonomic rank, trophic position, and abiotic factors such as light and nutrient supply. In fresh waters, light and nutrient supply is often modulated by dissolved organic matter (DOM), a "murky"… more Full Text: Animal-mediated elemental cycling across time, space, and animal functional traits A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and …
Year: 2024, 2024
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>ABSTRACT</p><p>Development of Forest Degradation Indicators from Long-term Trajectories of Multispectral Satellite Images, and their Projections into the Future
under Climate Change, in Ontario, Canada</p><p>Md. Mozammel Hoque</p><p>Ontario forests are affected by natural and anthropogenic disturbances leading to forest degradation, which significantly… more Full Text: Development of Forest Degradation Indicators from Long-term Trajectories of Multispectral Satellite Images, and their Projections into the Future under Climate Change, in Ontario, Canada A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in …
Year: 2024, 2024
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Crutzen and Stoermer's (2000) announcement of the Anthropocene draws attention to the agentic nature of the nonhuman world as it appears to be striking back against human intervention through an environmental crisis that is threatening humans and nonhumans alike. Their narrative reveals complex relationalities where humans are now revealed to beinseparable from the nonhuman world… more Full Text: “Re-membering” a Disappearing Coast: A Diffractive Reading of Lyme Regis between Persuasion and the Anthropocene A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of …
Year: 2024, 2024
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Population cycles are characterized by predictable temporal oscillations in population size and are influenced by densities of both predators and prey. These oscillations are influenced by the predator functional response, i.e. the influence of prey density on predator kill rate. The Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) is a predatory mammal with cyclic northern populations driven by snowshoe… more Full Text: Behavioural responses of Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) to cyclic declines in the snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of …
Year: 2024, 2024
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Fisher, Kyle S., Thesis advisor (ths): Vreugdenhil, Andrew, Degree committee member (dgc): Slepkov, Aaron, Degree committee member (dgc): Gaspari, Franco, Degree committee member (dgc): Ponnurangam, Sathish, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This thesis describes the preparation, optimization, functionalization, and characterization of activated carbon materials sourced from a petroleum coke feedstock for the tailored removal of heavy metal species in contaminated waters. The goal of this work is to develop an understanding of the mechanisms that drive adsorption of heavy metals onto activated carbon surfaces. By determining… more Full Text: The Investigation of Heavy Metal Adsorption on Modified Activated Carbon Materials A Thesis submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctorate in Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and …
Year: 2024, 2024
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Bonar, Maegwin, Thesis advisor (ths): Northrup, Joseph M, Thesis advisor (ths): Shafer, Aaron BA, Degree committee member (dgc): Koen, Erin, Degree committee member (dgc): Schaefer, James, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Animal migrations are ubiquitous and one of the most threatened ecological processes globally. Because of the multifaceted nature of migration – seasonal movements between home ranges – it can be difficult to tease apart the underlying mechanisms influencing this behaviour. It is necessary to understand these mechanisms, not only to deepen our fundamental understanding of migration in… more Full Text: The ecology and evolution of animal migration – an integrative approach to the drivers of phenotypic variation A dissertation submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy …
Year: 2024, 2024
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Bailey, Tanya Ann, Thesis advisor (ths): Epp, Michael, Degree committee member (dgc): Pendleton Jiminez, Karleen, Degree committee member (dgc): Bellamy, Brent, Degree committee member (dgc): Anastakis, Dimitry, Degree committee member (dgc): McGuire, Kelly, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>An interesting question arises upon viewing the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz (MGM). The main character Dorothy Gale faces a long arduous journey on foot. Why did she not have a car? Women had formed strong associations with the automobile in its early years, yet they appeared to have weaker associations with the automobile a few decades later. A look back to three other "Dorothies… more Full Text: THREE DOROTHIES: WOMEN, CAR CULTURE AND THE IMPACTS OF WAR IN THE GENDERING OF THE AUTOMOBILE 1908-1921 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: 2024, 2024
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Maracle, Gabriel Karenhoton, Thesis advisor (ths): Newhouse, David R., Degree committee member (dgc): Shpuniarsky, Heather, Degree committee member (dgc): Dockstator, Mark, Degree committee member (dgc): Sinclair, Raven, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Indigenous men are disproportionally incarcerated in the Canadian criminal justice system. A disproportionate number of Indigenous men who are incarcerated have also been through the foster care and adoption system. A good deal of them are disconnected from their cultures, traditions and communities. For many the prisons are the first times that they encounter Indigenous Knowledge (IK),… more Full Text: Supporting the Good Mind and the Healing Journey: An Inquiry into Indigenous Healing Service Delivery A thesis submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty …
Year: 2024, 2024
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Although stormwater management ponds (SWMPs) are frequently used to mitigate flooding in urban areas, we still do not fully understand how these systems impact water quality in a watershed. Currently, most research focuses on the effectiveness of SWMPs to retain nutrients during high flows, even though there is potential for internal nutrient releases to occur in these systems during low… more Full Text: NUTRIENT DYNAMICS AND STOICHIOMETRY IN STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PONDS 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 Science. TRENT …
Year: 2024, 2024
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Although stormwater management ponds (SWMPs) are frequently used to mitigate flooding in urban areas, we still do not fully understand how these systems impact water quality in a watershed. Currently, most research focuses on the effectiveness of SWMPs to retain nutrients during high flows, even though there is potential for internal nutrient releases to occur in these systems during low… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Abstract: <p>Long-term avian population declines, particularly for the avian insectivore guild, are a conservation concern. With widespread and continuing population trends, climate change and its negative effects on avian food resources is a plausible cross-species driver. My goal was to evaluate whether bottom-up trophic effects of climate change could be influencing avian populations. I used a… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Warnar, Hendrik Matthew, Thesis advisor (ths): Hill, Stephen, Degree committee member (dgc): Graham, Amanda, Degree committee member (dgc): MacKinnon, Shauna, Degree committee member (dgc): Newhouse, David, Degree committee member (dgc): Abele, Frances, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This thesis focuses on the Atoskiwin Training and Employment Centre of Excellence (ATEC) in NelsonHouse, Manitoba, and its contribution to Aboriginal adult education and the economic development of
the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN). The study examines ATEC within the larger history of NCN's
relationship with its land, hydroelectric development in northern Manitoba, and Wahbung:… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Abstract: <p>Contemporary struggles with Indigenous identities in Canada are deeply rooted in the historical and ongoing impacts of colonization, which have left profound and lasting effects on different geographical regions across the country. These struggles are multifaceted, encompassing complex questions surrounding who qualifies as Indigenous and what criteria are used to authenticate claims of… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Fisher, Kyle S., Thesis advisor (ths): Vreugdenhil, Andrew, Degree committee member (dgc): Slepkov, Aaron, Degree committee member (dgc): Gaspari, Franco, Degree committee member (dgc): Ponnurangam, Sathish, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This thesis describes the preparation, optimization, functionalization, and characterization of activated carbon materials sourced from a petroleum coke feedstock for the tailored removal of heavy metal species in contaminated waters. The goal of this work is to develop an understanding of the mechanisms that drive adsorption of heavy metals onto activated carbon surfaces. By determining… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Roy, Tyler, Thesis advisor (ths): Vreugdenhil, Andrew AV, Degree committee member (dgc): Parnis, Mark MP, Degree committee member (dgc): Shetranjiwalla-Merchant, Shegufta SM, Degree committee member (dgc): Rafferty, Steven SR, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p> Naphthenic acids are a major contaminant of concern and a focus of much research around remediation of oil sand process affected waters, OSPW. Using activated carbon adsorbents are an attractive option given their low cost of fabrication and implementation. A deeper evaluation of the effect naphthenic acid structural differences have on uptake affinity is warranted. In this thesis an in… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Abstract: <p>Acoustic communication is vital for mediating interactions between individuals and their environment. From echolocating bats to isolated rodent pups, ultrasonic vocalizations are a useful mechanism for producing localized and cryptic acoustic signals. Flying squirrels have been demonstrated to produce almost exclusively ultrasonic calls which is rare in both squirrels and mammals, though… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Solmundson, Kirsten, Thesis advisor (ths): Wilson, Paul, Thesis advisor (ths): Bowman, Jeff, Degree committee member (dgc): Patterson, Brent, Degree committee member (dgc): Manseau, Micheline, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Globally, wildlife populations are experiencing increasing rates of range loss, population decline, and extinction. Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) have experienced dramatic declines in both range and population size across Canada over the past century. Boreal caribou (R. t. caribou), one of twelve Designatable Units, have lost approximately half of their historic range in the last 150 years… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Abstract: <p>Crutzen and Stoermer's (2000) announcement of the Anthropocene draws attention to the agentic nature of the nonhuman world as it appears to be striking back against human intervention through an environmental crisis that is threatening humans and nonhumans alike. Their narrative reveals complex relationalities where humans are now revealed to beinseparable from the nonhuman world… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Abstract: <p>Nikawiy narratives including Mother to daughter, nation to nation, spirit and intent, and Treaty Enforcement are based on nikawiy (my mother's) teachings that I interpret as my inherent role as Nehiyaw iskwew (Cree woman) specifically for governance and numbered Treaty Enforcement. My methodology 1is also based on nikawiy's Circle of Life, Pimatisiwin, Calendar (Poitras, 1996)… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Penney, Chantelle, Thesis advisor (ths): Wilson, Chris C, Thesis advisor (ths): Burness, Gary, Degree committee member (dgc): Scott, Graham, Degree committee member (dgc): Craig, Paul, Degree committee member (dgc): Freeland, Joanna, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Climate change is a major conservation concern, especially for many cold-adapted species. The rate of warming due to climate change will likely outpace adaptive responses, and many populations will likely need to rely on phenotypic plasticity to cope with environmental warming. It is currently unclear whether plasticity in physiological responses to warming will be sufficient to offset… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Bailey, Tanya Ann, Thesis advisor (ths): Epp, Michael, Degree committee member (dgc): Pendleton Jiminez, Karleen, Degree committee member (dgc): Bellamy, Brent, Degree committee member (dgc): Anastakis, Dimitry, Degree committee member (dgc): McGuire, Kelly, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>An interesting question arises upon viewing the 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz (MGM). The main character Dorothy Gale faces a long arduous journey on foot. Why did she not have a car? Women had formed strong associations with the automobile in its early years, yet they appeared to have weaker associations with the automobile a few decades later. A look back to three other "Dorothies… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Abstract: <p>Wildlife translocation programs are widely employed as a strategy to reintroduce extirpated species into regions they once inhabited but no longer do. Reintroduction programs can be successful at re-establishing extirpated populations and also provide unique opportunities to study post-reintroduction population dynamics and behavioural ecology. The wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is a… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Abstract: <p>The Wabigoon River is known for an historic mercury (Hg) pollution source, caused by a chlor-alkali facility operating in the 1960s. As legacy Hg contamination continues to cause serious adverse health effects to the local communities living in the Wabigoon River region, it is imperative to undertake additional research to understand the deposition and transport of historical mercury in… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Bonar, Maegwin, Thesis advisor (ths): Northrup, Joseph M, Thesis advisor (ths): Shafer, Aaron BA, Degree committee member (dgc): Koen, Erin, Degree committee member (dgc): Schaefer, James, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Animal migrations are ubiquitous and one of the most threatened ecological processes globally. Because of the multifaceted nature of migration – seasonal movements between home ranges – it can be difficult to tease apart the underlying mechanisms influencing this behaviour. It is necessary to understand these mechanisms, not only to deepen our fundamental understanding of migration in… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Brant, Holly Karennenha:wi, Thesis advisor (ths): Nicol, Heather, Degree committee member (dgc): Brant Castellano, Marlene, Degree committee member (dgc): Graham, Katherine, Degree committee member (dgc): Milloy, John, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>For this study, I asked Tyendinaga's healthcare professionals if they had any solutions to make the healthcare system run more smoothly when working with settlers. I wanted answers to four questions: 1. what role does our culture play in implementing or delivering mental/physical/spiritual/emotional midwifery/health/social services? 2. are there any gaps in services, or more… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Abstract: <p>ABSTRACT</p><p>Development of Forest Degradation Indicators from Long-term Trajectories of Multispectral Satellite Images, and their Projections into the Future
under Climate Change, in Ontario, Canada</p><p>Md. Mozammel Hoque</p><p>Ontario forests are affected by natural and anthropogenic disturbances leading to forest degradation, which significantly… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Abstract: <p>This dissertation focuses on the intersectionality between images posted on social media and social rules in the lives of young people. The findings are based on thirty-four qualitative interviews with young social media users where photo-based methodologies were employed. From these interviews, three key themes emerged: 1) Posting and sharing images are connected to identity exploration… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Mountain, Antoine Bear Rock, Thesis advisor (ths): McCaskill, Don, Degree committee member (dgc): Begay Jr., Manley, Degree committee member (dgc): Devine, Bonnie, Degree committee member (dgc): Jackson, Lucy, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>My research into Et'sehch'i, the Traditional Dene Burial Practices, is a comprehensive study into how smaller groups, clans, of our northern Dene understood and handled matters of funerals. The research focuses on the Dene community of Radelie Koe, Fort Good Hope in the Northwest Territories of Canada, my home community. In these Pre-Contact times, there weren't any of the… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Abstract: <p>Animals are essential to freshwater biogeochemistry and productivity. Through their excretion, aquatic consumers release bioavailable nutrients and carbon that can vary with animal taxonomic rank, trophic position, and abiotic factors such as light and nutrient supply. In fresh waters, light and nutrient supply is often modulated by dissolved organic matter (DOM), a "murky"… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Abstract: <p>Population cycles are characterized by predictable temporal oscillations in population size and are influenced by densities of both predators and prey. These oscillations are influenced by the predator functional response, i.e. the influence of prey density on predator kill rate. The Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) is a predatory mammal with cyclic northern populations driven by snowshoe… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Name(s): Creator (cre): Maracle, Gabriel Karenhoton, Thesis advisor (ths): Newhouse, David R., Degree committee member (dgc): Shpuniarsky, Heather, Degree committee member (dgc): Dockstator, Mark, Degree committee member (dgc): Sinclair, Raven, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Indigenous men are disproportionally incarcerated in the Canadian criminal justice system. A disproportionate number of Indigenous men who are incarcerated have also been through the foster care and adoption system. A good deal of them are disconnected from their cultures, traditions and communities. For many the prisons are the first times that they encounter Indigenous Knowledge (IK),… more Year: 2024, 2024
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Abstract: <p> Since the 1960s, post-secondary institutions (PSIs) across Chi'Mikinak (the Great Turtle) have been learning how to engage with Indigenous Knowledge Holders and their knowledges in academic programs and research, to decolonize, to support Indigenous-led initiatives, and make systemic, transformative, and reconciliatory change. This work explores what practices support and nurture… more Year: 2023, 2023
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 …
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 Year: 2023, 2023
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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 Year: 2022, 2022
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Abstract: <p>In 1995, Donald Judd's Chinati Foundation held its inaugural symposium titled "Art in the Landscape". During the roundtable discussion, walking artist Hamish Fulton asserted that there are fundamental differences between his art and American Land Art. Drawing on Fulton's assertion, this dissertation argues for the redefinition of British environmental art,… more Full Text: TENDING TO PLACE FROM HERE TO THERE: STUDIES IN THE PLACE-WORK OF AESTHETIC CHOROGRAPHY A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of 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>The replacement of petroleum with renewable feedstock for energy and materials has become a priority because of concerns over the environment and finite nature of petroleum. The structures of the available natural biomass feedstocks fall short in delivering key functionality required in materials such as lubricants and phase change energy storage materials (PCMs). The approach taken in… more Full Text: MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURES FOR IMPROVED BIOMATERIALS DERIVED FROM VEGETABLE OILS – APPLICATION TO ENERGY STORAGE AND LUBRICANTS A dissertation submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>The purpose of this qualitative study is to investigate Anishinaabe women's Traditional Teachings and pedagogies in a contemporary context. Through this exploration, I have uncovered the tensions, challenges, and strengths that Anishinaabe gaashiyag (mothers) face when engaging with these Traditional Teachings and pedagogies. The research methodology I have used is a branch of… more Full Text: ANISHINAABE MOTHERHOOD: THE ACT OF RESISTANCE BY RESURGING TRADITIONAL TEACHINGS AND PEDAGOGIES A Thesis submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy In the Faculty of Arts …
Year: 2022, 2022
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Abstract: <p>This dissertation is about Forests, their loss and the grieving that arises from their loss. The loss of ancient and old-growth forests by way of clearcutting and or anthropogenically driven disturbances, including climate change, presents the quandary of loss of both biological and cultural diversity. Following Umeek's/E. Richard Atleo's term, I suggest that "dis-ease… more Full Text: ON FORESTS, WITNESS TREES, AND BEARS: AN EXPLORATION OF SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL AND MULTISPECIES WITNESSING AND GRIEF A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Species are faced with a variety of challenges in the environment, including natural challenges, such as variability in ambient temperature, and anthropogenic threats, such as habitat transformation associated with urbanisation. Understanding how animals respond to these kinds of challenges can advance the field of behavioural ecology and guide management decisions for wild species. Yet… more Full Text: Behavioural ecology and population dynamics of freshwater turtles in a semi-urban landscape at their northern range limit A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor 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
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
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): 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 …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Cousins, Richard James, Thesis advisor (ths): Epp, Michael, Degree committee member (dgc): McLachlan, Ian, Degree committee member (dgc): Mroz, Daniel, Degree committee member (dgc): Manning, Paul, Degree committee member (dgc): McGowan, David, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Why show things that aren't people acting like people? In the field of animation, it's a surprisingly big "why?", because it's a "why?" that doesn't lead to any sort of doctrine of ontology, of inevitability, of manifest destiny, or of anything like that. But it does lead to another "why?"—"why did anthropomorphic depictions of… more Full Text: CARTOONS AIN’T HUMAN: REFLECTIONS ON THE USES AND MEANINGS OF ANTHROPOMORPHISM IN MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN ANIMATED SHORTS A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Vanderwolf, Karen J, Thesis advisor (ths): Davy, Christina, Thesis advisor (ths): Kyle, Christopher, Degree committee member (dgc): Donaldson, Michael, Degree committee member (dgc): McAlpine, Donald, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a skin disease of bats caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans (Pd) that damages flight membranes during hibernation and can lead to death. The disease causes mortality of multiple bat species in eastern North America and is spreading into western North America. Future impacts of WNS on naïve bat populations are unknown. Variation in host… more Full Text: THE MYCOBIOME AND SKIN CHEMISTRY OF BAT WINGS IN RELATION TO WHITE-NOSE SYNDROME A dissertation submitted to the Committee of 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): Showalter, Anne Louise, Thesis advisor (ths): Chivers, Sally, Thesis advisor (ths): Steffler, Margaret, Degree committee member (dgc): Loiselle, Andre, Degree committee member (dgc): Bailey, Suzanne, Degree committee member (dgc): Marchessault, Janine, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Memorable Movie Watching: Viewer Ruminations about Memory in Four Canadian Films and their IMDb User Reviews explores how four Canadian films released in the decade around the turn of the millennium tell stories of memory and remembering, and how User Reviewers writing on the IMDb.com engage with, respond to, and re–remember those narratives filtered through their own remembered personal… more Full Text: MEMORABLE MOVIE WATCHING: VIEWER RUMINATIONS ABOUT MEMORY IN FOUR CANADIAN FILMS AND THEIR IMDB USER REVIEWS 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
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Zelenskiy, Alexey, Thesis advisor (ths): Penney, James JP, Degree committee member (dgc): Bailey, Steven SB, Degree committee member (dgc): Mitchell, Liam LM, Degree committee member (dgc): Flisfeder, Matthew MF, Degree committee member (dgc): Synenko, Joshua JS, Degree committee member (dgc): Epp, Michael ME, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>The goal of this dissertation is to formulate a critique of embodiment through the lens of Lacanian psychoanalysis and in the context of digital media and intelligent technologies. Along with psychoanalysis, our research methodology and philosophy are informed by Badiou's philosophy of the event, Stiegler's philosophy of technics and infrastructuralism in media studies. Our… more Full Text: THE BREACH, DIGITAL DISRUPTION, THE EVENT: PSYCHOANALYTIC AND PHILOSOPHIC CRITIQUE OF EMBODIMENT A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Ful llment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Wall, Barbara Moktthewenkwe, Thesis advisor (ths): Sherman, Paula, Degree committee member (dgc): Whyte, Kyle P., Degree committee member (dgc): Doerfler, Jill, Degree committee member (dgc): Borrows, John, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Indigenous Knowledges and intellectual tradition emanate from relationship with land, water, spirit, and the beings of Creation. Knowledge mobilization occurs intergenerationally and through these relationships. The Bodwewaadmii Anishinaabeg have lived in relationship with the Great Lakes since the formation of the lakes. Our stories and practices demonstrate our intimate ties to land,… more Full Text: It Flows from the Heart: Bodwewaadmii Anishinaabekwewag Nibi Waawiindmowin 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 …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): McFarlane, Samantha Amy, Thesis advisor (ths): Wilson, Paul J, Thesis advisor (ths): Manseau, Micheline, Degree committee member (dgc): Bowman, Jeff, Degree committee member (dgc): Steenweg, Robin, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Variation in habitat quality and disturbance levels can strongly influence a species' distribution, leading to spatial variation in population density and influencing population dynamics. It is therefore critical to understand how density can lead to variability in demographic responses for effective conservation and recovery of species. My dissertation illustrates how density and… more Full Text: LANDSCAPE FITNESS: INTEGRATING DENSITY, FAMILIAL NETWORKS AND POPULATION DYNAMICS FOR THE CONSERVATION OF BOREAL WOODLAND CARIBOU A dissertation submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Line transect sampling and photographic-identification (photo-ID) are common survey techniques for estimating the abundance and distribution of cetaceans. Combining these approaches in the field ('combined LTPI' surveys) and using data from both components has the potential for generating comprehensive ecological knowledge that can be far more valuable than when these… more Full Text: COMBINING LINE TRANSECT SAMPLING AND PHOTOGRAPHICIDENTIFICATION SURVEYS TO INVESTIGATE THE ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF CETACEANS A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor …
Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>In 1995, Donald Judd's Chinati Foundation held its inaugural symposium titled "Art in the Landscape". During the roundtable discussion, walking artist Hamish Fulton asserted that there are fundamental differences between his art and American Land Art. Drawing on Fulton's assertion, this dissertation argues for the redefinition of British environmental art,… more Year: 2021, 2021
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Abstract: <p>Owen Sound Bay, which is located within the traditional territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation (SON), is contaminated as a result of historical industrial and shipping activity. Gross contamination of the sediments in the inner part of the Bay (i.e., Owen Sound Harbour) includes high concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and other organic compounds, as well as metals… more Full Text: A collaborative ecotoxicological risk assessment of in-place pollutants in Owen Sound Bay, Lake Huron within the Saugeen Ojibway Nation Territory A thesis submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Mahdavi, Mir Hussain, Thesis advisor (ths): Hodges, Hugh, Degree committee member (dgc): Donaldson, Jeffery, Degree committee member (dgc): Rouselle, Duane, Degree committee member (dgc): Junyk, Ihor, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>The central question of this research is "What is poetry?" The ambiguity and unintelligibility of the question itself forces the writing to take two different approaches to it. The first approach is to define poetry not by what it is but by how it is related to the human being and to the world. Seeing poetry as its relation to Being allows a definition of poetry based on its… more Full Text: Speaking of Being: Poetry as the Psychoanalysis of Presence; From Language to Lalanguge 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 …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): McDonough, Andrew Michael, Thesis advisor (ths): Watmough, Shaun A, Degree committee member (dgc): Aherne, Julian, Degree committee member (dgc): Hutchinson, Tom, Degree committee member (dgc): Sager, Eric, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>In this study we seek to better understand the potential effects of short-term (5-year) N fertilization on jack pine forest biogeochemistry, vascular plant community composition and to project a temporal endpoint of nitrogen leaching below the major rooting zone. Aqueous ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) was applied above the forest canopy across five treatment plots (20 x 80 m) four times… more Full Text: Ecosystem Response to Above Canopy Nitrogen Addition in a Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana) Forest in the Athabasca Bituminous Sands Region of Northeastern Alberta, Canada A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in the Partial Fulfilment of the …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This doctoral research project is a part of the quest for an inclusive telling of Canada's national identity and will focus on the creation of a memorialization Keeping Place model to commemorate the Indian Residential School system in Canada. My dissertation is interdisciplinary and contributes to the fields of cultural history, memory and post-colonial studies. In response to the… more Full Text: “The Darkest Tapestry”: Indian Residential School Memorialization at the Keeping Place at Fort Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan. A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Hines, Kelly Dorothea, Thesis advisor (ths): Hollinger, Veronica, Degree committee member (dgc): Junyk, Ihor, Degree committee member (dgc): Egan, Kelly, Degree committee member (dgc): Cecchetto, David, Degree committee member (dgc): Howes, Moira, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Untitled (dissertation 4.2) offers a performative take on the political implications of digital archives. I argue that technological developments and their increasing ubiquity has not resulted in more reliable archives; it has facilitated the exacerbation of what Jacques Derrida calls mal d'archive—or archive fever—which refers to the institutionally supported passion to preserve… more Full Text: UNTITLED (DISSERATION 4.2) A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT UNIVERSITY Peterborough, Ontario, Canada © Copyright …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Euglena gracilis is an enigmatic and adaptable organism that has great bioremediationpotential and is best known for its metabolic flexibility. The research done in this
dissertation addresses (1) how growth conditions impact cellular composition, and (2)
how chemometric approaches (such as statistical design of experiments and artificial
neural networks) are viable alternatives to the… more Full Text: Using ultra high-resolution mass spectrometry to characterize the biosorbent Euglena gracilis and its application to dysprosium biosorption A dissertation submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>The Hudson Bay region is a sensitive environment, where anthropogenic (e.g., dams, diversions, and/or reservoirs) impacts have increased in recent decades, potentially influencing the functioning of the ecosystem. Dissolved organic matter (DOM) entering Hudson Bay comes from both terrestrial (allochthonous) and aquatic (autochthonous) sources. The chemical composition of DOM is important… more Full Text: Composition and Transformation of Dissolved Organic Matter in Hudson Bay, Canada 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 …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Fleming, Kaitlyn Julia, Thesis advisor (ths): Beresford, David V, Thesis advisor (ths): Schaefer, James A, Degree committee member (dgc): Smith, M. Alex, Degree committee member (dgc): Abraham, Kenneth F, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Basic biogeographic information is lacking for many species, such as where species are found, and how they dispersed there. Using ground beetles collected during 2008-2015 from across northern Ontario and Akimiski Island, Nunavut, I present new information on ground beetle distribution in this eastern Nearctic boreal forest, including 2 first Canadian records, 9 first provincial and 48… more Full Text: Biogeography of Carabidae (Coleoptera) in the Boreal Forest A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfilment for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT UNIVERSITY Peterborough, Ontario, …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Connecting academia to industry is one important way to advance towards meeting the United Nations (UN) Sustainability Goals (SDGs).1 Sustainability can be applied to all industrial sectors with the SDGs being implemented by 2030.2 This research contributes to the SDGs by investigating a way to remediate an industrial waste stream in the egg-breaking industry. If adopted, this would… more Full Text: Extraction and Characterization of Hyaluronic Acid and Collagen from Eggshell Membrane Waste: An Industrial Recycling Process A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>The influence of stress exposure on the body temperature of vertebrates has been known for nearly two-thousand years. While the proximate mechanisms supporting this phenomenon are well described, the ultimate mechanisms remain enigmatic. In this thesis, I propose a novel hypothesis which states that changes in body surface temperature (henceforth "surface temperature")… more Full Text: SURFACE TEMPERATURE REGULATION DURING STRESS EXPOSURE: EVIDENCE OF A TRADE-OFF BETWEEN THERMOREGULATION AND THE PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS RESPONSE IN BIRDS A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Scotland, Kevin, Thesis advisor (ths): Vreugdenhil, Andrew J, Degree committee member (dgc): Zenkina, Olena, Degree committee member (dgc): Parnis, Mark, Degree committee member (dgc): Zelisko, Paul, Degree committee member (dgc): Atkinson, Bill, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This thesis describes the synthesis, application and evaluation of a UV crosslinked 3-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane-derived coating formulation. This is a two-component sol-gel system with 3-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (MaPTMS) and tetraethoxysilane (TEOS). Herein we show that if we change the co-solvent required for solubilizing MaPTMS from the more common methanol and… more Full Text: UV-Curable hybrid sol-gel materials: The development and application of a 3methacryloxypropytrimethoxysilanederived coating A Thesis submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctorate of …
Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Campos Navarrete, Marisol, Thesis advisor (ths): Zohar, Asaf, Thesis advisor (ths): Newhouse, David, Degree committee member (dgc): Magallanes Blanco, Claudia, Degree committee member (dgc): Furgal, Christopher, Degree committee member (dgc): Ibarra Mateos, Marcela, Degree committee member (dgc): Dockstator, Mark, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>This thesis shows and emphasizes the importance of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) in informing collaborative efforts that promote sustainable economic development in Indigenous communities. It tells the story of a participative research study undertaken with six Tseltal communities located in the Region Selva of Chiapas, Mexico, in the context of the Covid19 pandemic of 2020 and early 2021.… more Full Text: EXPERIENCING BUHTS’AN QU’INAL FROM SHACHEL JWOHC’ A’TEL THROUGH SNA'EL YA'BEYEL STUC TE BIN AY MA'YUC: FOSTERING LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN TSELTAL TERMS A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the …
