Retrospective theses: Recent submissions
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Adaptations of Euro-Canadian schools to Inuit culture in selected communities in Nunavut
(2001)This study explores educators' current and desired 'adaptations' of Euro-Canadian schools to Inuit culture, in five communities in one region of Nunavut Communities ranged in size from 800 to 3500 residents, of which on ... -
Predictors of physical activity among individuals with spinal cord injuries
(2001)This study used the theoretical framework of Pender's Health Promotion Model (HPM) to predict physical activity patterns in a sample of spinal cord injured (SCI). The model was adapted to better fit the population under ... -
Optimal trajectory control of series resonant converter
(2001)Resonant power converters have gained increased attention in industry due to various advantages over conventional pulse width modulation (PWM) converters. Resonant converters have improved transient response, reduced ... -
Modeling and control of a flexible-link manipulator
(2001)The behaviour of a flexible-link robotic manipulator is studied using an experimental apparatus. The system is modeled based on the physical laws governing system dynamics. A non-linear rigid body model is developed which ... -
Perfectionism, motivational orientation and academic performance
(2001)The present study examined the association between perfectionism and academic performance, as well as how motivational orientations (fear of failure and achievement motivation) and achievement goals (performance-approach, ... -
Effects of Tai Chi on balance and mobility in older women who are at various risk levels for falls
(2001)Physical activity has been accepted as instrumental in the maintenance of functional ability and quality of life across the lifespan. Despite the benefits of exercise, Canada's Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active ... -
Variability of ionic magnesium
(2001)With the invention o f the ion-selective electrode, ionic magnesium (iMg), the biologically active form of Mg, is a common blood assay. There is some evidence that iMg has considerable within subject variability. To ... -
"Omens of good and evidences of evil" : gender and respectability in the Thunder Bay Sentinel, 1875-1895
(2001)An exploration of late-Victorian ideals of masculinity and femininity, as well as masculine-feminine social and economic roles, through the pages of the Thunder Bay Sentinel (a weekly newspaper, Port Arthur, Ontario, ... -
Effect of oral glutamine supplementation on resting blood and saliva immune parameters in endurance trained athletes
(2001)There is considerable evidence suggesting that frequent, intense, long duration exercise is associated with adverse effects on the immune system as shown by a decrease in immune cell numbers and function. This may ... -
Relationships between timing of injury onset in the sport season and emotional response to injury
(2001)The relationship between the timing of injury onset in the sport season and athletes’ emotional reaction to sport injury was investigated. Twenty (10 male and 10 female) varsity and recreational athletes involved in the ... -
Lived experience of a traditional female Ojibway elder
(2001)This qualitative study examined the lived experience of a traditional female Ojibway Elder and her perspectives of leadership. An emergent framework of traditional female Ojibway leadership resulted from the data, and ... -
Increased meaning elaboration does not account for the picture superiority effect
(2001)Study manipulated meaning process at study (congruent/incongruent meaning questions vs. no questions) and study/test form (picture or word at study crossed with picture or word at test). Particpants were 72 psychology ... -
Alternative music : jazz and the performance resignification of identity in Ann-Marie MacDonald's Fall on Your Knees and Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley
(2001)In this thesis, I argue that Jazz, a music which finds its basis in improvisation, not only functions as music, but as an extremely potent means of political resistance to a number of systems by and through which identity ... -
Comparison of post-harvest sample designs to assess impact to organic forest soils in eastern Manitoba
(2001)Five sampling methods were developed, tested, and compared to assess soil impact from harvesting equipment on organic sites in unfrozen condition. This study pointed to the gap in the literature for such a sample design. ... -
Investigation of automatic and recollective memory in phonological association
(2001)Two experiments manipulated the study variables associative pairing, attention, and modality, in an attempt to produce process dissociations (Jacoby, 1991) between estimates of recollective and automatic memory in a ... -
Cognitive-behavioral program for young offenders : by focusing on the peer helping approach
(2001)The present study evaluated a newly developed cognitive behavioral program, the Equip program (Gibbs, Potter & Goldstein, 1995), that focuses on teaching youth to think and act responsibly through a peer helping approach. ... -
Interpretive study of four secondary level male music teachers in Northwestern Ontario
(2001)The relative dearth of qualitative studies on characteristics of exemplary secondary level music teachers buttressed the need for this thesis. I selected four secondary male music teachers deemed exemplary by members ... -
Educating resource technicians to the new concept of ecological classification systems
(2001)The topics o f Ecosystem Management (EM) and Ecological Classification Systems (ECS) are appearing more frequently in forest management literature. These systems facilitate our understanding, not only o f forests from a ... -
Yuma state : a philosophical study of the Indian residential school experience
(2001)Indian residential schools in Canada span a history over one hundred years producing a storm of controversy that is ongoing. The principal parties to this controversy include a number of Christian churches in Canada, the ... -
Efficacy of intensive case management for a concurrently disordered population
(2002)The Northwestern Ontario Concurrent Disorders Program (NOCDP) offers a multidisciplinary, assertive community treatment approach to clients with concurrent disorders, substance dependence and co-morbid severe and ...
