Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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JACK THE RIPPER’S “UNFORTUNATE” VICTIMS: PROSTITUTION AS VAGRANCY, 1888-1900
In the wake of the series of 1888 murders attributed to the unknown killer called “Jack the Ripper,” Victorian cultural authorities, and newspapers in particular, spent a great deal of time meditating on the social problem ... -
Jane Austen and the virtues.
(Dalhousie University, 2002) -
Jane Austen and the world of men: A study of male authority and responsibility in the six novels.
(Dalhousie University, 1990) -
John Lehmann editor and arbiter of taste, 1936-1950.
(Dalhousie University, 1984) -
Joint Movement Models for Angus L. Macdonald Suspension Bridge
(2014-09-12)The Angus L. Macdonald (ALM) Suspension Bridge spans the Halifax Harbour linking the Halifax Peninsula with Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The ALM was first opened in 1955 and currently accommodates approximately 50,000 crossings ... -
Jonny Greenwood Scores the Western: Music as Generic Subversion in There Will Be Blood
Of all film scores composed by popular musicians, Jonny Greenwood’s score for Paul Thomas Anderson’s western drama, There Will Be Blood (2007), is one of the most counter-intuitive and significant. Greenwood draws on his ... -
Jonson's and Shakespeare's "Comedy of Affliction"
(2011-09-06)This dissertation explores the relevance of recent studies of Aristotle’s comic theory to the central dramatists of early modern England, Ben Jonson and William Shakespeare. Applications of the Poetics to Renaissance English ... -
Juggling a way of being: A grounded theory of how one group of nurses navigates tension among personal and professional values 'in the moment'
(2013-08-22)Despite nursing’s espoused professional values of caring and social justice, some patients are stigmatized and receive discriminatory nursing care. There is a gap in existing literature about how nurses deal with the ... -
Just Care: A Relational Approach to Autonomy and Decision Making of Parents Committed to Religious or Indigenous Traditional Practices
Hamilton Health Sciences Corp. v. D.H. and B. (R.) v. Children’s Aid Society of Metropolitan Toronto tell important stories about people and relationships—and about parenthood; autonomy; religious believers and cultural ... -
Just the Tip of the Iceberg: Southern Media Depictions of Canadian Sovereignty in the Arctic
As climate change opens up the Arctic, Canada’s sovereignty in the region has received increasing attention in both federal politics and the media. Meanwhile, Inuit have lived in the Arctic since time immemorial. Many ... -
Just Trying to Relate: Exploring a Potential Middle Ground Between Relational and Distributive Egalitarian Theories
In this thesis, I explore the possibility of an egalitarian theory that reconciles distributive and relational approaches. Although I will not advance a complete and unified theory of equality, I will discuss the advantages ... -
Justice and civil disobedience : a study of Rawls, Kant and the utilitarians.
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JUSTIFIED OUTBREAK: BRINGING TOGETHER LAW, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND ETHICS DURING AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE EMERGENCY
Infectious diseases have recently found renewed significance in Canadian scholarship, with a corresponding increased interest in Canada’s overall preparedness, including legal preparedness, to combat infectious disease ... -
K-MORPH: Knowledge Morphing via Reconciliation of Contextualized Sub-ontologies
(2011-04-12)Knowledge-driven problem solving demands 'complete' knowledge about the domain and its interpretation under different contexts. Knowledge Morphing aims at a context-driven integration of heterogeneous knowledge sources--in ... -
KAPOSI’S SARCOMA-ASSOCIATED HERPESVIRUS PROTEIN, KAPOSIN B INDUCES THE SELECTIVE CATABOLISM OF PROCESSING BODIES
Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is the causative agent of the inflammatory endothelial cell (EC) cancer, Kaposi’s Sarcoma (KS). Many inflammatory mRNAs (ARE-mRNAs) are subject to constitutive decay in ... -
Keeping House: A Home For Saskatchewan First Nations' Artifacts
(2011-08-16)This thesis focuses on the development of a "Keeping House" near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Although there is an extensive artifact collection in Saskatchewan, many First Nations' artifacts are spread out throughout ... -
Keeping the Piece: Policing by Principle in Terry Pratchett's Night Watch
In Terry Pratchett’s novel Night Watch, Sam Vimes, a police commander, travels back in time, tasked with training his younger self and keeping the peace as revolution mounts. This thesis examines Vimes’ philosophies and ... -
Kelp in hot water: Direct and indirect effects of warming seawater temperature on kelp in Nova Scotia
(2015-05-26)Recent declines and losses of highly productive and diverse kelp beds have been observed globally and linked to increases in ocean temperature. Warming seawater temperatures may impact kelp populations directly or ... -
KENTUCKY AND SLAVERY: THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1792
(2010-12-06)Slavery, protected by the United States constitution, expanded as new territories opened up. Heated debate over abolition accompanied slavery’s expansion. In Kentucky’s constitutional convention of 1792, antislavery ...
