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Stabilizing the technoscientific witness: a history of controversy, medicolegal practice, and the Ontario sexual assault evidence kit
Over its thirty-four years in Ontario, the Sexual Assault Evidence Kit (SAEK) has gained credibility as the objective technoscientific witness of sexual assault. This dissertation traces the Ontario Sexual Assault Evidence ...
Landscapes in transition: planning for uncertain futures and alternative scenarios in resource-dependent regions
Resource-based regions face a unique set of challenges and vulnerabilities regarding environmental, social, and economic sustainability and stability. Such regions are characterized by complex relationships with the landscape ...
Enriching mathematics expectations in grade one with a Reggio-inspired emergent curriculum
"This thesis researches the mathematics learning of young children. In a school seriously invested in the Reggio Emilia experience for ten years, grade-one learning is project based. I pose the question is it possible to ...
Safe schools for (almost) everyone: the Christian Right's resistance to Ontario's LGBT inclusive 'Accepting Schools Act'
The Christian Right is an important and influential voice in contemporary political discourses and popular culture within Canadian society. This research seeks to analyze the discourses and framing strategies utilized in ...
Regional climate modeling over Ontario using the WRF model
Global climate models (GCMs) are widely used to study climate change. Due to their coarse resolutions, GCMs cannot resolve some microscale and mesoscale processes such as topographical effects. Dynamic downscaling simulations ...
Traces of motion: making the learning visible in creative dance education
What is the learning that happens in creative dance in an elementary school setting? Can pedagogical documentation, inspired by the educators of Reggio Emilia, make this learning visible to the various stakeholders in ...
Health insurance coverage for breast cancer care: a feminist political economy perspective on women's experiences in Ontario and New York
This thesis examines how the health insurance systems of Ontario and New York impact women's health insurance experiences in relation to breast cancer care. The analysis provided draws on insights from feminist political ...
The experience of food insecurity for rural families : nursing practice and policy implications
Food insecurity is a problem for almost 1 in 10 Canadians (Tarasuk & Vogt, 2009). There is a growing body of literature citing the negative physiological, social, and emotional consequences of food insecurity, yet little ...
The lived experience of internationally educated nurses with developing intercultural competence in Ontario after watching communication vignettes
Internationally educated nurses (IEN s) are nurses who obtain their nursing license outside of Canada. IENs face many challenges when trying to transition into the Canadian healthcare system. This is largely due to their ...