Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Occupational Therapy and Inclusion in Child Care Environments
(2012-12-11)The purpose of this descriptive study was to determine whether and how Canadian occupational therapists contribute to child care inclusion. Over 200 Canadian paediatric occupational therapists completed a web based survey ... -
Occupational Therapy in Community Mental Health: Paper versus Practice
(2016-12-09)Community mental health teams (CMHTs) commonly include workers with different educational backgrounds in dual roles including generalist (e.g., case manager) and specialist duties (e.g., occupational therapist) (Culverhouse ... -
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY INTERVENTIONS FOR RESTRICTED AND REPETITIVE BEHAVIORS WITH AUTISM
(2020-01-21)Restricted and repetitive behaviors (RRBs) are a problematic behavior experienced by individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder that potentially interferes with engagement in meaningful occupations for that person. The ... -
Occupational Transition of Smoking Cessation in Women: More than Just Butting Out
(2013-04-02)This qualitative study used interpretative phenomenological analysis to explore the question, How do women cigarette smokers experience and perceive their occupational transition from smoker to non-smoker? The sample ... -
OCCUPATIONAL WELL-BEING AND BURNOUT IN PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKERS WORKING LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES
(2014-12-02)Personal Support Workers (PSWs) who work in nursing homes may be at risk of developing burnout; however, those PSWs who meet their occupational needs may have a decreased risk. This study was designed to examine the relation ... -
Occupational well-being and resilient ageing in older women with mental illness
(2020-04-17)Background. Canada has an ageing population. The importance of identifying innovative and effective ways to promote and maintain health in older adults is of upmost concern, including utilizing an individual’s strengths ... -
Occupy gardens? A case study of the People's Peas Garden in Toronto, Canada
(2014-12-19)The purpose of this study was to investigate the nature of guerilla gardening as a possible means for political change. This study traced the historical roots of the People’s Peas Garden (PPG), a garden planted without ... -
Occupy Hong Kong: Blossoming in the Gaps
(2020-09-08)In addition to rapidly increasing political repression in recent years, the people of Hong Kong have long suffered economic repression, facing challenges such as severely constrained living space and world-leading inequality. ... -
Occupying the Threshold: Voids as Opportunities
(2016-04-08)Cities begin as vast vacant land; when physical form is inserted a void is created. Infrastructure is the foundation that enables the growth, mobility and exchange of cities and their inhabitants. As these infrastructures ... -
Occurrence of hexazinone-resistant red sorrel (Rumex acetosella L.) and evaluation of spring non-bearing year and autumn bearing year herbicides for red sorrel management in lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.) fields in Nova Scotia
(2020-08-28)Weeds are a major limiting factor in wild blueberry production and compete with wild blueberries for space, light, moisture, and nutrients. Red sorrel is a common creeping herbaceous perennial weed in commercially managed ... -
Ocean Ambient Noise Field Modelling and the Optimized Noise Term
(2023-03-16)The objective of this thesis is to determine the frequency and wind-wave forcing dependent effective sea surface noise source level per unit area (NSL/A) extracted from the hourly minimum sound power levels of six month-long ... -
Ocean Back: Inuit-led Governance for the Future of Fisheries in Nunatsiavut
(2023-07-14)Fisheries governance represents a key opportunity for upholding the rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. But how to fulfill these rights, and how to ensure that Indigenous Knowledges, values, and priorities guide ... -
Ocean Literacy: Examining the Inclusion of the Ocean Literacy Principles within High School Science Courses in Nova Scotia
(2018-04-06)The defining feature on earth, the ocean is an essential component in enabling the existence of life on earth. As anthropogenic threats to the ocean increase, it is integral for individuals to become ocean literate to ... -
Ocean Model Validation and Downscaling for Subseasonal-to-Seasonal Prediction
(2020-11-26)Subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) prediction is a global effort to forecast the state of the atmosphere and ocean with lead times between two weeks and a season. This thesis explores the feasibility of S2S prediction of the ... -
OCEAN SOUND FIELD CHARACTERIZATION USING PROCESSING TECHNIQUES BASED ON NOISE SPATIAL COHERENCE
(2022-04-12)The spatial coherence of ambient noise can be used for noise-based inversion studies using appropriate coherence models. The main findings of this thesis are presented in four chapters. In chapter 2, using a two-component ... -
Ocean states: Archipelagic regimes in the Law of the Sea.
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ODYSSEUS AND THE SONG OF ARES AND APHRODITE: MĒTIS AND MOICHEIA ON OLYMPUS AND ON EARTH
(2016-09-01)Since antiquity, Hephaestus in the song of Ares and Aphrodite has been seen as a paradigm for Odysseus. Similarities have been noted between Odysseus’ dispute with Euryalus and Hephaestus’ capture of Ares, while the violence ... -
OF CRYMSEN TISSUE: THE CONSTRUCTION OF A QUEEN. IDENTITY, LEGITIMACY AND THE WARDROBE OF MARY TUDOR
(2011-12-15)Clothing, together with other bodily adornments, is a valuable tool for communicating loyalty, identity and status. The coded messages inherent in the interplay between garments, bodies and society play a fundamental role ... -
Of Factory Girls and Servings Maids: The Literary Labours of Working-Class Women in Victorian Britain
(2009-12-17)My dissertation examines the political and formal aspects of poetry written by working-class women in England and Scotland between 1830 and 1880. I analyse a poetic corpus that I have gathered from existing publications ... -
Of Suffering and Social Norms: Social Workers' Conceptions of Trauma in Canadian Children and Youth
(2021-08-04)Social workers have long been involved in moral regulation projects. Historically and currently, children and families are frequently acted upon by social workers to govern and shape a morally desirable population. With ...
