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Adolescent pregnancy in rural communities: a multifunctional support center
(0025-03-03) Archer, Kirsten; Karpan, Cynthia (Interior Design); Nancekivell, Shaylene (Psychology); Roshko , Tijen
This research explores the application of Roger S. Ulrich’s Supportive Design theory to a multi-functional support center for adolescent mothers. Ulrich’s theory posits that well-being is enhanced by environments that reduce stress through factors like control, social support, and positive distractions. The research acknowledges the significant stress faced by adolescent mothers due to unplanned pregnancies, including emotional turmoil, educational uncertainties, and relationship challenges. The proposed support center aims to mitigate these stressors by incorporating key elements of Supportive Design, including: Control: Providing residents with agency over their environment through features like personalized living spaces, adjustable temperature controls and flexible access to various spaces within the center. Social Support: Fostering a sense of community through shared spaces, opportunities for peer interaction and access to supportive services. Positive Distraction: Integrating Biophilic design principles, such as natural light, views of nature, and the incorporation of natural materials, to enhance environment’s calming and restorative qualities. Biophilic design, drawing on the work of Edward O. Wilson and Stephen Kellert, emphasizes the innate human connection to nature. By incorporating natural elements and fostering a connection to the natural world, the center aims to reduce stress, improve mood, and enhance overall well-being for the adolescent mothers. The research emphasizes the crucial role of social support in the lives of adolescent mothers, drawing on theories by Francis Cullen and others. It highlights the link between social support and improved mental health, effective parenting, and better educational and employment outcomes. By integrating Supportive Design principles, incorporating Biophilic design elements, and addressing the critical need for social support, the proposed center aims to create a nurturing and empowering environment that enables adolescent mothers to thrive and break the cycle of poverty and adversity.
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In search of Net Positive Carbon Grain Farming in the Northern Great Plains: innovation in policy and practice
(0025-05-20) Rourke, David; Entz, Martin (Plant Science); Haque, Emdad (Natural Resources Management); Orr, Mary-Jane (Natural Resources Management); Glenn, Aaron (Natural Resources Management); Chowdhury, Atahural (University of Guelph); Davidson-Hunt, Iain
This thesis addresses the opportunities that exist for grain farms to help mitigate anthropogenic global warming. The thesis developed Rourke’s General Farm Practice Change Theory, then uses that theory to develop a Net Positive Carbon Grain Farming Framework along with a Global Warming Mitigation Credit Framework. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted for sixteen cases involving participants from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The research is a qualitative exploratory participatory narrative case study. The data was transcribed via UM Zoom and uploaded to NVivo where it was coded and queried for emerging themes. Data was also collected to calculate estimates of emissions, CO2 sequestration, contribution margins, and production output. From this data I was able to determine a Net Positive carbon grain farming score as well as a Sustainable Farm Index rating. During the interview, each participant was asked 10 questions on each of 12 Beneficial Management Practices, BMPs. A 1 to 5 scale was used to record their response and then fed into a tool developed for the study labelled as BERT /E. The BERT/E tool considers the following variables: beliefs (B), economics (E), regulatory (R), technology (T), and the farmer’s physical and mental energy (E) to make a change. BERT/E scores are an indicator of the farmers BMP adoption score. This study yielded both theoretical advancement as well as practical outcomes. The practical outcomes included identifying two participants whose farms are currently Net Positive. This included identifying the BMPs they used to become Net Positive and how their approach differed from the overall group. I was also able to assemble 50 recommendations that would improve the ability of the twelve BMPs to assist farmers in becoming Net Positive. Ultimately, the findings of this work demonstrate that grain farms can be instrumental in tackling anthropogenic global warming.
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The Senate in the Canadian constitution
(1899) Duncan, David M.
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Education as a medium of civilization
(1900) Dearden, John C.
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The Mosaic Cosmogony
(1900) Lang, David
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Ancient and modern tragedy as exemplified by the trilogy of Aeschylus and the MacBeth of Shakespeare
(1901) Cross, John Hanna
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Wordsworth as an educator
(1902) Ireland, William Wellington
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The organ : its evolution : some famous instruments
(1902) Fletcher, Robert Donald
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The influence of civilization on the North American Indian
(1902) MacPherson, Robert James
The question is not a new one. Indeed, so much has been said and written on the subject that one might be tempted to think the literature treating of it altogether out of proportion to its importance. Certainly this literature has been so long in accumulating that we are at least led to suppose that nothing new can be said, and that any importance there is in the question was realized long ago. This, however, is not true, for much that is in print on the Indians might, just so far as their well-being is concerned, have been left unwritten. The one thing that gave it birth was the fascination of a subject so congenial to minds fond of real and rarest incident. The history of no other people can afford so much delightful romance, or startling adventure, or courageous enterprise, compressed in so short a period, as can that of the Indians of North America. Hence it is only to comparatively few of the legion of authors that the material importance of the subject has at all appealed, and therefore by even a lesser number that it has been treated in a judicious and interested manner.
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Smallpox, vaccination and inculation
(1903) Andrew, W. J.
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Real property
(1903) McCrossan, George E.
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The evolution of the English drama
(1903) Henry, Gertrude Esther McClellan.
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The Vestal Virgins
(1903) Phair, Ernest E.
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A consideration of Canadian verse
(1903) Condell, Angus Tyndall
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Heredity
(1903) Smith, Edwin.
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Greek poetry
(1904) Sweatman, William Andrew Travers.
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School hygiene
(1904) Watson, Hugh William
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Rome under Augustus and Britain under Victoria compared
(1904) Farrow, Arthur William
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The industrial and commercial growth of England
(1904) Bryant, James Fraser
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Bishop Butler's ethical theory
(1904) Logan, Maggie Frances