Browsing Graduate Theses, Dissertations and Projects by Title
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“I am Deliberate and Afraid of Nothing”: Using Body Mapping as a Research Tool to Explore HIV Risk Among Youth in Soweto, South Africa
(2015-10-28)In 2012, I used Body Mapping to explore personal experiences of HIV risk among 6 young men and 4 young women, ages 18-19, in Soweto, South Africa. Using a series of arts-based exercises designed to foster participant ... -
"I Have No One, I Need Someone": Contextualizing Amanda Todd Within the "My Secrets" Video Genre
(2015-03-19)Using affect theory and feminist content analysis, this thesis situates the social media disclosures of BC teenager Amanda Todd within a larger genre of youth trauma videos on YouTube. Amanda's story has been deployed by ... -
“I Just Connect With the Horses”: Equine Assisted Learning as a Tool for Developing Social Skills and Resiliency in At-Risk Youth
(2014-10-14)This study describes the experiences reported by at-risk youth in a four-day, equine assisted learning (EAL) program and evaluates the impact of the program on the youths’ social skills and resiliency. A multi-strategy ... -
The I of the Storm: An Assessment of Celebrity and the Social Construction of Hurricane Katrina
(2008-09-15)Recent theory on the role of celebrity in a contemporary context emphasizes the unique manner in which celebrity pervades public discourse. This thesis examines the interrelationship between celebrity and disaster theory ... -
I'm still learning: the lived experience of disengagement from school of five young aboriginal women
(2007-08-13)This study sought to understand the lived experience of disengagement from formal schooling of five young Aboriginal women in a mid-Northern community. Using the qualitative methodology of narrative inquiry, and through ... -
I. Progress in Directed ortho Metalation and II. Generating Chirality in Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica
(2009-09-27)Chapter 1 constitutes a review of current methods of aromatic substitution focusing on Directed ortho Metalation (DoM) and Directed remote Metalation (DreM). The field of mesoporous silica is reviewed in Chapter 2, focusing ... -
IaaS Cloud Service Selection using Case-Based Reasoning
(2016-02-12)Cloud computing provides on-demand resources and removes the boundaries of resources' physical locations. It allows vendors to save upfront infrastructure costs and focus on features that discriminate their businesses. ... -
Ice Association in Microbes
(2012-09-18)Microbes have a remarkable ability to adapt to a host of environmental stressors, including low temperature, high pressure and osmotic stresses. The adaptations of resistant microbes to low temperatures are varied, and ... -
Ice-binding proteins adsorb to their ligand via anchored clathrate waters
(2011-08-09)The main success of my thesis has been to establish the mechanism by which antifreeze proteins (AFPs) bind irreversibly to ice crystals, and hence prevent their growth. AFPs organize ice-like water on their ice-binding ... -
The Iconography of Rembrandt's Depictions of the Holy Family (in a domestic setting)
(2008-06-04)The main topic of discussion in this thesis is the iconography of two etchings and five paintings of the Holy Family in a domestic or domestic/workshop setting. All of these works were, at one time, attributed to Rembrandt ... -
ID Troubles: The National Identification Systems in Japan and the (mis) Construction of the Subject
(2008-05-30)Modern Japan established three kinds of national identification (ID) systems over its population: Koseki, Alien Registration, and Juki-net. The Koseki system is a patriarchal family registration of all citizens. It began ... -
The Ideal Immigrant: Deconstructing Immigrant Success Stories in Ontario Immigrant Settlement Agencies
A common narrative of “successful” immigrants often depicts individuals who are hard working, resilient in adverse situations, and have a positive can-do attitude. Such characterization of newcomers attributes immigrant ... -
Identical Origins, Divergent Paths: Filial Responsibility Laws in Canada and the United States
(2016-10-03)This dissertation examines the origins of filial responsibility laws in Canada and the United States, laws which prescribe that adult children have an obligation of support which is owed to their parents. Filial responsibility ... -
Identification and Characterization of a Novel Antisense Non-Coding RNA from the T-DNA Locus of Rosewood, an Activation-Tagged Poplar Tree
(2015-07-29)Activation-tagging is a functional genomics technique where strong enhancers are inserted randomly into target genomes and can over-activate endogenous genes. When interesting phenotypes occur as a result, it can lead to ... -
The Identification and Characterization of an Inner Acrosomal Membrane Associated Protein, IAM38, Responsible for Secondary Sperm-Zona Binding During Fertilization
(2008-11-27)During mammalian fertilization, the exposure of the inner acrosomal membrane (IAM) after acrosomal exocytosis is essential for the secondary binding between sperm and zona pellucida (ZP) of the oocyte, a prerequisite for ... -
Identification and characterization of E2A-PBX1 genomic binding sites using ChIP-seq and bioinformatics
(2014-07-16)A translocation between chromosomes 1 and 19, referred to as t(1;19), results in expression of the chimeric, oncogenic transcription factor E2A-PBX1 in cases of B-progenitor acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Previous studies ... -
Identification and characterization of GmCaMK1: a novel calmodulin-binding receptor-like kinase from nodules of soybean (Glycine max)
(2010-02-03)Ca2+ functions as a second messenger in all eukaryotes. Such Ca2+ signaling is used to coordinate plant responses to numerous stimuli, both developmental and environmental. Ca2+ signals are often transduced via the action ... -
Identification and characterization of N-glycosylation and structural genes involved in flagellation of methanogenic archaea from the genus Methanococcus
(2007-07-19)The archaeal flagellum is a unique motility structure. Although functionally similar to the bacterial flagellum, the archaeal flagellum shares more similarities to the bacterial type IV pilus. Using the methanogenic archaea ... -
Identification and characterization of transcriptional targets of TAZ in human breast cancer
TAZ is a transcriptional co-activator and an effector of the Hippo signaling pathway. Since its discovery in 2000, we have gained tremendous insights into the roles TAZ plays in development and disease. TAZ acts as an ... -
Identification and characterization of ΔNp63 as a novel transcriptional target negatively regulated by TAZ in mammary tumorigenesis
(2014-08-25)The transcriptional co-activator with PDZ-binding domain (TAZ) is a key downstream component of the Hippo pathway that plays important roles in animal size control, stem cell renewal, differentiation and tumorigenesis. We ...