Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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CANADA'S MILITARY NURSES IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR: THE BLUEBIRD UNIFORM AND AUTOGRAPH BOOKS AS MATERIAL CULTURE
(2022-08-29)The history of Canada’s First World War military nurses, the “Bluebirds,” has been defined by the appearance of their light blue uniforms. This thesis uses the framework of material culture methodology to examine the ... -
CANADA-US MILITARY INTEROPERABILITY: AT WHAT COST SOVEREIGNTY?
(2012-08-21)This study examines whether Canada’s military’s interoperability with the United States affects Canadian sovereignty. The literature dealing with this subject is highly polarized arguing that such interoperability either ... -
Canada’s Adoption of Prison Needle Exchange Programs: To What Extent Does Canada Uphold International Commitments for Prisoner Care?
(2023-09-08)This thesis examines the opportunities and challenges for implementing substance-related harm reduction techniques within Canadian federal prisons. The thesis investigates how harm reduction strategies in Canadian federal ... -
CANADA’S BILL C-36, THE PROTECTION OF COMMUNITIES AND EXPLOITED PERSONS ACT: EXAMINING HOW SEX WORK IS PROBLEMATIZED IN CANADIAN POLICY AND MEDIA, AND HOW IT AFFECTS SEX WORKERS
(2021-08-31)This study addresses contemporary legislation regulating the Canadian sex industry, focusing on Bill C-36, the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act. Bill C-36, described as a ‘neo-abolitionist’ approach to ... -
Canada’s Policy Response to Refugee Young People from War-Affected Regions: The Case of Halifax, Nova Scotia
(2020-09-11)Displacement around the world has surpassed anything seen in modern history. In 2018, the UNHCR reported that 70.8 million people have been displaced worldwide, with just over half of them being under the age of 18. Of the ... -
The Canadian Anti-Doping Program and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
(2019-12-05)This thesis examines the relationship between the Canadian Anti-Doping Program (CADP) and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. First, the CADP is explored in depth, including the origins of anti-doping in Canada generally, ... -
Canadian Counsellors’ Views of Working with Individuals Considering Third Party Reproduction
(2016-09-12)Assisted Human Reproduction has altered the way people can achieve parenthood; individuals, families and nations have had to adjust. In Canada the lack of legislation for this rapidly growing area of privatized medicine ... -
Canadian Foreign Policy and Namibian Independence, 1977-1990
(1991)Namibia's independence in March 1990 marked the culmination of over a hundred years of struggle against colonial rule. For the last thirteen years, 1977 to 1990, Canada had been involved in the international efforts to ... -
The Canadian General Election of 1896 in Nova Scotia
(1967)During the first quarter century after Confederation, Nova Scotians showed a curious ambivalence in their support of federal and provincial political parties. Most outstanding was their support for the Liberal party in ... -
Canadian Maritime Security in an Era of Climate Change: The Away Game
(2010-08-27)Beyond possible sovereignty disputes resulting from melting Arctic ice, very little is said or written about the maritime security implications of climate change. What does climate change mean for Canadian maritime security, ... -
Canadian Modernist Poetry and the Rise of Personal Religions
(2021-05-17)In 1902, the American philosopher and psychologist William James published The Varieties of Religious Experience, an enormously influential text in which he famously states his preference for “personal” or non-doctrinal ... -
Canadian University Presidents on Sustainability: Definitions, Roles and Ways Forward
(2013-09-11)Increasingly, universities are being tasked with leading the way to a sustainable future. Yet little is known about how Canadian university presidents conceptualize sustainable development and the role of the university ... -
CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR AND GPR55 AS THERAPEUTIC TARGETS IN EXPERIMENTAL SEPSIS
(2017-09-15)Sepsis represents a dysregulated systemic acute inflammatory response to severe infection. Despite efforts to develop supportive sepsis therapies, none has been approved that address the immune dysregulation. The endogenous ... -
CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR MODULATION IN EXPERIMENTAL MODELS OF SEPSIS
(2014-08-25)Sepsis is a critical disease where a dysregulated immune response causes multi-organ dysfunction, leading to organ failure and eventual mortality. Early in the course of sepsis, the microcirculation of the intestine is ... -
Cannabinoid 2 receptor signalling in endotoxin-induced uveitis
(2017-08-24)Activation of the cannabinoid 2 receptor (CB2R) is anti-inflammatory in models of ocular inflammation. The objective of this study was to examine the anti-inflammatory actions of the novel highly potent and selective CB2R ... -
CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR-BASED MODULATION OF THE IMMUNE RESPONSE IN EXPERIMENTAL MODELS OF CNS INJURY
(2019-06-20)One of the most important outcome-limiting medical risks after an acute CNS injury, such as stroke, spinal cord or traumatic brain injury, is an increased susceptibility to infections. This dysregulation of the immune ... -
CANNABINOIDS REGULATE TYPE 1 CANNABINOID RECEPTOR EXPRESSION IN CELL CULTURE MODELS OF HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE
(2012-08-10)Type 1 cannabinoid receptor (CB1) levels decline in the striatum of animal models of Huntington’s disease (HD) and in the brains of human patients suffering from HD prior to other pathogenic changes. CB1 levels can be ... -
CANNFLAVINS A AND B EXERT ANTI-CANCER EFFECTS IN CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC RESISTANT BREAST CANCER CELL LINES
(2022-08-26)1 in 8 women in Canada will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime and although survival rates have increased due to increased screening and improved therapies chemotherapeutic resistance can limit treatment ... -
CANOPY AND COMMUNITY STRUCTURE OF ROCKWEED BEDS IN NOVA SCOTIA AND NEW BRUNSWICK: REGIONAL VARIATION AND EFFECTS OF COMMERCIAL HARVEST AND PROXIMITY TO AQUACULTURE
(2015-04-09)Ascophyllum nodosum (rockweed) is a significant component of intertidal rocky shore communities in Atlantic Canada. In Nova Scotia and Southwest New Brunswick, rockweed and other fucoids cover 80-90% of the intertidal zone, ... -
A CAPACITIVE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY: DETECTOR DESIGN
(2017-09-01)In this thesis, a novel capacitive detector allowing near real-time monitoring of the cranium during stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) is developed and evaluated. The variation in sensitivity (signal change per mm) was ...