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Two-station Rayleigh wave tomography of Canada
(2022-11-21)Seismic tomography is a common method used to study the lithosphere and can reveal evidence of past and present tectonic and geodynamic processes. In largely aseismic areas such as central and eastern Canada, single-station ... -
Changing relations of agricultural land tenure and access in the Canadian Prairies
(2022-12-16)Amid trends of privatization, financialization, and decreasing access to agricultural land, there is a call for more sustainable and equitable land tenure and access. In response, I present four cases as interventions into ... -
Winnipeg-based elementary school teachers’ perspectives on food allergy management and practices: a qualitative investigation
(2023-01-17)Introduction Food allergy affects approximately 7.0% of children worldwide. Children spend most of their waking hours at school, yet, teachers, who have the majority of contact with children during all school day, ... -
Land cover classification and assessment of carrying capacities and stocking rates of crown lands in Manitoba
(2022-12-14)Understanding the carrying capacity and the stocking rates of crown lands is critical for the beef industry in the Prairies that relies heavily on these lands for grazing. The overall goal of this study was to examine the ... -
Modeling the jaw mechanics of Dimetrodon (Synapsida: Sphenacodontidae)
(2022-11-22)In this work, I investigate the biomechanics of a 295-million-year-old proto-mammal, Dimetrodon, using a series of models and experiments to recreate their jaw as accurately as possible. Using a combination of 2D images ... -
Vertebrate faunal assemblages of the Late Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway in Manitoba
(2022-12-26)The Late Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway (WIS) vertebrate community zonation hypothesis of two distinct biogeographic subprovinces based upon the distribution of tetrapod fossil occurrences is re-examined for the first ... -
Moral self-convictions: uncontested pleas and Canadian criminal law
(2023-01-17)An uncontested plea allows criminal defendants to self-convict without requiring the state to prove its case against them. Uncontested pleas may be inculpatory, exculpatory, or non-inculpatory. Guilty pleas are inculpatory ... -
The influence of the Arctic sea ice extent variability over the northern South American precipitation
(2022-12-05)The arctic sea ice is presenting unprecedent retreat and some research state that the arctic region is warming three to four times faster than the rest of the world. At the same time, middle latitudes have experienced ... -
Effects of age and time of first calving on greenhouse gas emissions from simulated beef farms grazing four stockpiled forage treatments in late fall/early winter
(2022-12-22)The impacts of age (2 vs 3 yrs), time (March vs June) of first calving and stockpiled forage quality (TDN) for late fall/early winter grazing on whole-system greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and net revenues from cow-calf ... -
Effects of phytase with or without multi-carbohydrase supplementation on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, and bone traits in nursery pigs
(2023-01-15)The aim was to determine the effects of supplementing increasing doses of phytase (PHY) alone or in combination with a multi-carbohydrase (MC) blend to a P-deficient diet of nursery pigs on growth performance, nutrient ... -
The right to truth in theory and practice: a critical reflection on a practicum placement at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
(2022-11-29)Truth must come before reconciliation. A right to truth has been proposed but has not yet been recognized as binding international law. This paper explores the theoretical unpinning of a right to truth for victims of human ... -
Examining attitudes towards a proposed sugar-sweetened beverage tax among urban Indigenous adults using a decolonizing lens
(2023-12-09)Background: Taxation of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) is a leading public health tool to reduce consumption and associated health outcomes. Compared to other racial/ethnic groups in Canada, off-reserve Indigenous populations ... -
Ghost creeks: reconnecting with the lost waters of Winnipeg
(2022-12-22)Winnipeg has been shaped socially and geographically by the waters that passed through it. Since settler development began, there has been a constant struggle between natural processes and development. The low lying land ... -
It needs to be said: exploring the lived realities of the Grandmothers and Aunties of Métis scholarship
(2022-09-20)Through visiting with 13 self-identifying Métis women born between 1949 and 1969 whose work began to appear in the late 1970s and raising our awareness of their contributions, connections, motivations, and scholarship, we ... -
Exploration of the development, implementation, and value of digital storytelling for older adult clients of a community-based organization: a case study
(2022-12-22)Background: Emerging evidence on DST for older adults suggests positive findings that lend support for providing older adults with opportunities to participate in DST; however, such opportunities are limited. For community ... -
Sedimentary processes in large, regulated river systems in the Canadian subarctic
(2022-12-15)The goal of this thesis is to develop an improved understanding of sedimentary processes along the Nelson River system in the subarctic region of Canada. Sediment sources and transport dynamics in Lake Winnipeg, the Upper ... -
The tensor rank problem over the quaternions
(2022-12-30)In this thesis, we give the maximal rank (the best possible upper bound) of quaternionic tensors in the some small cases. Decomposition of a quaternionic tensor into simple tensors in the some of these cases are discussed. ... -
Deep learning for microbiome-based disease prediction and rheumatoid arthritis hand joint detection
(2022-12-15)The presence of gut microbiome can have a significant impact on a person’s health and diseases. Gut microbiome that are collected from different locations tend to have different measurement even though they are the same ... -
Médias et vitalité sociolinguistique en Fransaskoisie
(2023-01-04)Médias et vitalité sociolinguistique en Fransaskoisie se veut une étude qui vise à interpréter la relation qu’entretiennent les Fransaskois avec divers médias francophones et son rapport avec la vitalité sociolinguistique ... -
Examining the asynchronous behaviour of the Upernavik Isstrøm in northwest Greenland
(2023-01-03)The Upernavik Isstrøm, located in northwest Greenland, consists of five marine-terminating glaciers (referred to as U0 to U4, north to south) that have all been responding asynchronously to climate change. All five outlets ...