Retrospective theses: Recent submissions
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Site analysis, rehabilitation options and recommendations for land at the mouth of the Current River
(2000)The land located at the mouth of the Current River in the City of Thunder Bay is derelict urban industrial land with significant social, ecological and recreational value to the community. A study of this land was ... -
Ground speed : its influence on the direct seeding of jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) with the Bracke scarifier
(1993)The effects that ground speed and obstacle height have upon microsite creation by the Bracke scarifier and upon the seeding characteristics of the integral seeder were studied. The study was conducted in a former gravel ... -
Developing and testing the applicability of a decision support system for the planning of juvenile jack pine thinning
(1994)An investigation was made into the applicability of a model used to assist in planning the allocation of pre-commercial thinning to juvenile jack pine stands. The hypothesis of this study was that planning pre-commercial ... -
Review and synthesis of sustainable community indicators used in monitoring forest community sustainability
(2005)The objectives of this project are: (1) to review literature related to sustainable community indicators that will include studies on: social indicators, sustainable forest management indicators, and sustainable community ... -
Natural regeneration of black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill) B.S.P.) on lowland clearcut strips near Shebandowan, Ontario
(1989)Growing conditions for black spruce natural regeneration on clearcut strips were studied near Shebandowan, Ontario. These conditions were significantly different from those present in the mature, residual forest in the ... -
Adolescent images of the future and the 'ideology of schooling' / by Susan Heald. --
(1984)The thesis addresses questions of both the methodology and the substantive content of 'cultural reproduction' studies. At the methodological level, the thesis examines the use of 'images of the future' as a tool for ... -
Regulated Health Professions Act and dental hygiene : a study of the changing social organization of health care delivery in Ontario / Lynda McKeown Mickelson
(1995)Has the new health legislation, the Regulated Health Professions Act, 1994. changed the social organization of health care delivery in Ontario? My research has shown that this new legislation, which governs twenty-four ... -
Impacts of storage, season, duration and steaming on physical properties and extractive content of aspen chips
(1995)An investigation was made into the rates of moisture content, extractives and basic wood density losses that occur when trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) wood chips are stored during different seasons ... -
Determinant variables in seasonal migration cessation
(1992)Past research into the seasonal migration of the elderly has mainly focused on how health and economic systems are affected by this group as well as how social and kinship ties are maintained by active participants. ... -
Comparison of fructose and glucose ingestion before and during endurance cycling to exhaustion
(1995)The aim of this study was to compare the effect of pre-exercise and exercise ingestion of fructose and glucose during prolonged cycling exercise. The primary purpose was to determine if ingesting fructose before and ... -
Retention of ethnic culture among Thunder Bay Finns / by Michael J. Maunula. --
(1984)The thesis addresses the question: "What are the factors influencing the level of ethnic culture retention among Thunder Bay Finns?" The investigation is focused on three characteristics: residency (urban or rural), ... -
Androgyny in feminist utopian literature : fictional challenges to stereotypic gender constructions
(2000)One emphasis in feminism has been the issue of gender stereotypes, particularly concerning their role in the construction of what are thought to be normative male and female traits and sex roles. The supposed naturalness ... -
Dutch Canadian experience : a study of perspectives
(1991)Although my family immigrated to Canada from the Netherlands when I was one year of age, I have always been aware of the fact that I have no birthright to this country which is my home. I have always been aware of two ... -
Sedimentology and stratigraphy of the northern and central metasedimentary belts in the Beardmore-Geraldton area of northern Ontario
(1987)The northern and central metasedimentary belts (NMB, CMB) are east-trending, regional (formation- to group-scale) iithostratigraphic units within the Beardmore-Geraldton Archean terrane of northern Ontario's Superior ... -
Sedimentation models for glacial deltaic successions in the Thunder Bay area
(1991)The comparison of three mapped successions in northern Ontario to glacial deltas reviewed in the literature results in the definition of four end-member depositional environments for glacial deltaic sedimentation. Similar ... -
Geology of sulphide-facies iron-formations and associated rocks in the lower Steel River-Little Steel Lake area, Terrace Bay, Ontario
(1987)The Lower Steel River - Little Steel Lake area is located about 25 km east of Terrace Bay, Ontario. Seventeen iron-formations were investigated within this metamorphosed Archean volcanic and sedimentary terrain, which ... -
Ecophysiological responses of four boreal tree species to soil nitrogen supply
(2000)The ecophysiological responses of four boreal tree species, trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.), black spruce (Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.), white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss), and jack pine (Pinus ... -
Effects of soil temperature on a coupled photosynthesis-stomatal conductance model for four boreal tree species
(2000)In order to examine the effects of soil temperature on a coupled photosynthesis-stomatal conductance model, seedlings of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx), jack pine (Pinsu banksiana Lamb. ), black spruce (Picea ... -
Feasibility of community forestry in northern Ontario : a socio-economic and biophysical evaluation framework
(1991)Community forestry has become a much-discussed form of forest land tenure and management in Northern Ontario. It is a viable approach to community economic development especially among communities that are dependent on ... -
Lithostratigraphy and provenance of the Neoarchean McKellar Harbour Sequence, Superior Province, Ontario, Canada
(1995)The McKellar Harbour Sequence is located on the shore of Lake Superior approximately 40 km west of the town of Marathon, Ontario. The Sequence was examined in detail through stratigraphic and geochemical investigations ...
