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Teaching Coloniality: How the Education System Impacts Indigenous and Settler Relations
(2020-05-15)This paper will highlight the findings from my MA Sociology thesis where I explore the intersections of critical pedagogy and Indigenous and settler relations in a post-Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) ... -
Techniques for enhancing the performance of bulk-driven circuits in nano-scale CMOS technology
(2014-12-10)Bulk-driven (BD) technique has been proposed to remedy the voltage swing limitation problem in modern CMOS technology. However, challenges exist when the CMOS technologies move to the nanometer-scale. The goal of this ... -
Techniques to Minimize the Dosimetric Impact of Intrafractional Motion with Improved Treatment Accuracy and Efficiency on a C-arm Medical Linear Accelerator
(2022-08-11)Stereotactic radiosurgery is a high-dose therapeutic technique for treating cranial lesions. To ensure that treatment is safe and effective several techniques are employed, namely: (1) Image guidance to ensure accurate ... -
Techniques to Overcome Data Scarcity in Deep Learning for Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Marine Mammals
(2023-10-20)Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM) is a useful technique for monitoring marine mammals. However, the large volume of data collected through PAM systems make automated algorithms for detecting and classifying sounds essential. ... -
Techno-economic assessment of solar technologies and integration strategies for the Canadian housing stock
(2012-09-07)Energy security is probably one of the most challenging issues around the world. Therefore, the focus on methods of decreasing energy consumption and consequently its associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is intensified ... -
The Techno-Economic Feasibility of a Net-Zero Energy Retrofit for a Multi-Unit Residential Building in Halifax, Nova Scotia
(2022-02-24)The building sector has a large environmental footprint that contributes to the current global GHG emissions. Implementing energy efficiency measures in the building sector will assist in reducing energy consumption and ... -
Technologies of Time : Time Standardization and Response in Britain, 1870-1900
Between 1870 and 1900 systems of communication and transportation such as the railway and telegraph presented a new landscape in which discussions about time took place in Britain. The practical issues of railway punctuality, ... -
Tectonic Evolution of the South Tibetan Detachment System, Bhutan Himalaya
(2010-12-20)Syn-convergent low-angle normal-sense detachments (LANDs) are found in many orogens around the world. However, those tectonic processes which result in their formation are little known. The South Tibetan detachment system ... -
TECTONIC HISTORY OF THE NEPEWASSI DOMAIN, CENTRAL GNEISS BELT, GRENVILLE PROVINCE, ONTARIO: A LITHOLOGICAL, STRUCTURAL, METAMORPHIC AND GEOCHRONOLOGICAL STUDY
(2016-12-21)The Nepewassi domain is a parautochthonous unit within the Central Gneiss Belt of the Grenville Province, Ontario. The Southern subdomain of the Nepewassi domain, the focus of this study, is composed of migmatitic quartz ... -
TECTONICS & MATERIAL IN THE DESIGN OF A MEDITATION CENTRE IN PEGGY’S COVE, NOVA SCOTIA
(2011-04-08)Meditation means awareness. It is a process inducing a series of steps, that leads to a state of consciousness which brings serenity and clarity. While the space we choose for meditating needs to reflect the state of clear ... -
TECTONO-MAGMATIC AND METALLOGENIC EVOLUTION OF THE LATE TRIASSIC TO MIDDLE JURASSIC HAZELTON GROUP IN NORTHWEST BRITISH COLUMBIA
(2015-03-31)The Hazelton Group (Stikine terrane) in NW British Columbia represents a regionally extensive, Late Triassic to Middle Jurassic successor arc. It records two economically important metallogenic episodes associated with ... -
TECTONOMETAMORPHIC EVOLUTION OF THE KIOSK DOMAIN, CENTRAL GNEISS BELT, GRENVILLE PROVINCE, ONTARIO: CONSTRAINTS FROM GEOCHRONOLOGY AND THERMOBAROMETRY
(2012-08-22)The Kiosk domain in the Central Gneiss Belt, southwestern Grenville Province, Ontario comprises ca.1655 Ma orthogneisses and volumetrically minor ca. 1480-1460 Ma parag- neisses that were affected by granulite-facies ... -
TELENOVELAS AND NARCONOVELAS: LOVE AND INTIMACY IN CALI, COLOMBIA
(2018-04-27)This thesis explores the importance of Latin American soap operas – henceforth telenovelas – and narconovelas – contemporary audiovisual productions inspired in the phenomenon of drug trafficking in Colombia – in the ... -
Teleology and Awareness in Aristotle's Ethical Thought
(2012-08-23)In a famous argument at the beginning of the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle argues that the function and good of the human being is the "actuality of the soul in accordance with virtue". Presenting a view critical of the ... -
Tellurite resistance of Proteus mirabilis.
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The Temne in Freetown history: Rethinking the history of the Sierra Leone Colony, 1890--1961.
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Temperature and the distribution of mature female lobsters (Homarus americanus Milne Edwards) off Canso, Nova Scotia.
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Temperature Control of Handheld Electronic Devices using Latent Heat Energy Storage
(2018-03-29)The processing power of handheld electronic devices, has increased rapidly over the last decade. Modern handheld devices are thin (<9 mm) and utilize passive temperature control strategies. The combination of these three ... -
TEMPORAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION IN THE ATLANTIC USE OF INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN: AN ECOLOGICAL STUDY FROM 2006-2007 TO 2013-2014.
(2016-05-04)BACKGROUND: The use of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) has been increasing worldwide and in Canada. The high use of IVIG can partially be explained by the publically funded health care system in Canada, higher sensitivity ...