Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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What are they counting on? An investigation of the role of working memory in math difficulties in elementary school-age and university students
(2011-08-04)Math difficulties (MD) are nearly as common as difficulties with reading. Despite this, MDs have received much less attention from researchers and we have yet to define a core cognitive process for MD. Knowledge about a ... -
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? INVESTIGATING VISUAL OBSERVATIONAL BEHAVIOUR OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS AND UNTRAINED OBSERVERS
(2015-01-06)Assessments within occupational therapy frequently are dominated by observation-based information gathering. However, it remains unknown how therapists gather and interpret visual information, and there have been few ... -
What Do Users Want From a State of the Environment Report? A Case Study of the State of the Scotian Shelf Report
(2016-04-29)This thesis is a case study of awareness and use of the State of the Scotian Shelf (SoSS) Report, a state of the marine environment report produced by the Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). The study utilized ... -
What Factors Enable Therapists To Engage In The Occupation Of Evidence-Informed Occupational Therapy Practice
(2016-12-08)Engaging in evidence informed practice is an important competency for occupational therapy practice in Canada. The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand how occupational therapists are currently using evidence ... -
WHAT GETS COUNTED GETS DONE: A POLICY ANALYSIS OF THE BARRIERS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS TO COLLECT DISAGGREGATED RACE-BASED HEALTH DATA
(2019-11-28)An emerging aspect of public health research indicates that race operates as a factor in producing health inequities for racialized groups. Researchers have little ability, however, to demonstrate the extent of this impact ... -
What is the culture (i.e., values and beliefs) of a Pediatric Emergency Department (ED) in providing care to children/youth who arrive in the ED primarily for care regarding a mental health concern?
(2014-12-17)Children/youth with mental health concerns are presenting to Pediatric Emergency Departments (ED) at increasing rates. Staff in the ED feel ill equipped to provide care. The introduction of the Emergency Mental Health and ... -
WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATE OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTICE WITH CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH COMPLEX TRAUMA?
(2020-01-21)There has been a recent increase in the understanding of the effects of complex trauma on children and adolescents. Occupational therapists are using their knowledge of sensory based interventions with this population. A ... -
What is the Effect of Garment Work on Women's Health and Empowerment in India? An Analysis of India's National Family Health Surveys
(2012-04-03)Evidence suggests that employment for women can reduce poverty and inequality resulting in improved living standards. The garment industry is an important source of income for Indian women. This thesis tested the effects ... -
WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF IMMIGRATION ON THE CHANGES OF SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING FOR NATIVE-BORN CANADIANS?
(2013-12-10)This paper investigates how the immigration ratio affects the subjective well-being of native-born Canadians. I use microdata from the Canadian Community Health Survey during the period 2009 to 2010 and employ ordered ... -
What is the Experience of Christian Occupational Therapists?
(2011-09-06)Spirituality is contentious in occupational therapy. Theoretically ill-defined and under-researched by the profession, spirituality is difficult for therapists to address in practice. Relatively few guidelines exist for ... -
What Makes Brand TikTok Videos Engaging? An Elaboration Likelihood Model Perspective
(2022-12-09)Short-form videos in social media are growing in popularity and becoming a promising channel for marketing. This study explores consumer engagement in brand short-form videos by investigating the effect of five non-content ... -
What makes people share news on social media? Exploring the moderating role of perceived fakeness
(2022-12-12)Social media platforms help individuals form social relationships. They enable the quick spread of information. One of the most common misuses of these platforms is the creation and sharing of fake or misleading news or ... -
What Trans* Folks Talk About When They Talk About Voice: Learning About Voice Feminization on Reddit
(2020-07-17)This thesis project is an in-depth analysis of the voice feminization advice given by trans* people on the subreddit r/transvoice. The purpose of this project is to learn more about voice feminization from the perspective ... -
What Works, Why, and How? The Effect of Educational Interventions on Health Professional Learners’ Causal Beliefs and Attitudes Towards Indigenous Peoples’ Experiences with Historical and Ongoing Colonialism
(2023-03-20)Racism towards Indigenous Peoples continues to exist in the Canadian healthcare system, with potentially fatal outcomes. Given the historical and ongoing effects of colonialism in Canada, the Truth and Reconciliation ... -
What's in a word? An fMRI investigation of silent single word reading in children in grades 2 and 3
(2023-08-11)Amidst a large body of research investigating reading development, a lack of information remains concerning the brain regions engaged during word reading in developing readers. Thus, the present study aims to validate ... -
WHAT’S AT STEAK? ECOLOGICAL ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY AND THE ETHICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR GLOBAL LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION
(2010-05-14)Achieving environmental s¬ustainability in human organization is the defining challenge of the modern era. In light of the inability of the existing economic paradigm to provide for sustainability objectives, novel approaches ... -
WHAT’S YOUR NEXT MOVE? MULTIPLE SPATIALLY DEFINED RESPONSE BIASES AFFECT CONSECUTIVE EYE AND ARM MOVEMENTS.
(2018-07-18)Inhibition of return (IOR) is an orienting phenomenon thought to promote efficient visual search by biasing attention, eye movements, or both, toward novel locations. When IOR is present, reaction times (RTs) are slowest ... -
When Hyper-visibility, Invisibility, Ableism and the (dis)Abled Body Collide
(2024-04-16)This thesis explores the historical and contemporary scrutiny of the (dis)Abled body, emphasizing the pervasive ableism manifesting in everyday interactions across various societal sectors, including higher education, the ... -
When the Messiah Comes: The Postsecular Messianic in Contemporary Literature
(2021-05-05)Despite proclamations about the death of God and the decline of religious institutions throughout the twentieth century, questions of secularism and religion are currently being re-thought through the lens of postsecularism. ... -
When Worlds Elide: Mughal Texts on Iranian Kingship, Religion, and Culture in the Sixteenth Century
(2020-12-17)Mughal texts demonstrate a fundamental shift in official attitudes towards contemporaneous Iran from 1526 to 1605. While these texts initially presented a submissive imperial position, they later depicted the Mughals as ...