• Relationships with Place, Conservation, and Development: Zincton Resort Case Study 

  Lawrence-Jeffery, Victoria (2023-03-21)

  In the heart of the Selkirk mountain range of southeast BC, a ski resort proposal has sparked controversy within the surrounding communities. Located north of highway 31A, the Zincton Resort proposal promises skiers and ...
• The Role of Housing Costs in Internal Migration for Immigrants to Canada by Skill Level 

  Smith, Sean (2023-03-21)

  In this project, I analyze the effects of housing prices on internal migration by immigrants of different skill levels in Canada over the 2009 to 2019 period. Endogeneity arising from the simultaneity between housing costs ...
• Using Otoliths to Age a Fish with Alternative Male Reproductive Strategies 

  Townsend, Angus (2023-03-21)

  Age estimation techniques using sagittal otoliths were performed and evaluated for the plainfin midshipman, Porichtys notatus. Two hundred and twenty-three fish (72 females, 98 guarder males, 23 sneaker males, and 30 ...
• The Role of Corruption, Economic Crisis, and Drug Enforcement Policy on Violent Crime in Mexico 

  McDonough, Aidan (2023-03-21)

  Violence in Mexico continues to climb steadily despite the large sums of funding the US and Mexican governments provide to combat drug cartels. This paper seeks to understand how Mexican and US drug enforcement policies, ...
• Eternal Records: A Sociological Analysis of Emigration Passes Used in the British India Indentured Labour Program 

  Prasad, Dominica (2023-03-20)

  British India is known to be the birthplace of several modes of surveillance that continue to occur in contemporary society. Thus, it is crucial to understand the historical roots of these modes of surveillance. Between ...
• Optimizing Index Structures to Support Semantic Queries in Relational Databases 

  Kamel, Victor (2023-03-20)

  Computers are not able to natively understand text. Thus, when text data is stored in a database, it is represented as “strings” of characters encoded using a standard such as ASCII or UTF-8. In this research, we explore ...
• Investigating the loss of Complement Factor D on Complement Activity in the Stargardt Disease Mouse Model 

  Griffith, Kaitlin (2023-03-20)

  Stargardt disease is the most common form of macular degeneration affecting children and young adults (Fujinami et al., 2015). This condition is, in part, caused by the dysregulation of the complement system leading to ...
• Was Dionysus a Music Therapist?: Therapeutic Musical Ecstasy in the Ancient Greco-Roman World 

  Hosie, Kiara (2023-03-19)

  In the Ancient Greco-Roman world, Dionysus was the deity to call upon for all things relating to intoxication, madness, and religious ecstasy. But what if he was more than simply the god of parties? By applying both ancient ...
• Study of gypsum board material properties required to maintain high indoor relative humidity in buildings in cold climates 

  Garcha, Jivtesh (2023-03-19)

  Studies have shown that building relative humidity (RH) in the range of 40% to 60% has positive effects on health, including limiting growth and transmission for both bacteria and viruses. These levels are easily obtained ...
• A Game of Bait and Prey: The Effects of the Intrinsically Disordered Loops of Fpr4 on Mediating Protein Interactions 

  Grew, Arden (2023-03-19)

  The shape of a protein is a critical determinant of its function. Shape is constituted both by ordered regions like alpha helices and beta sheets, but also by intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) whose significance we ...
• Youth Experiences in Virtual Mentorship Programs During COVID-19 

  Grohovac, Rachel (2023-03-19)

  "Background. During the pandemic, estimates of depression and anxiety among youth doubled, and services were disrupted. Research shows mentorship to be protective of youth mental health, suggesting its viability as a ...
• Student Use of AI Assistance in Software Design Tasks 

  Curtis, Callum (2023-03-19)

  Advanced artificial intelligence (AI) code completion tools like GitHub Copilot have been found to enhance software developer satisfaction, productivity, and flow. Recent studies have focused on the performance of these ...
• Building Airtightness: Are Results Repeatable? 

  Croyle, Benjamin (2023-03-19)

  Airtightness testing of buildings is a new practice in building commissioning. The goal of this testing is to help regulate and promote airtight buildings. An airtight building has many advantages including low energy ...
• Frontal Theta Differences in a High Autistic Traits Sample 

  Nazaroff, Anya (2023-03-19)

  It is known that prefrontal cortex (PFC) differences exist in autistic people in comparison to their neurotypical counterparts. It has been proposed that these structural differences may be the cause of some objective ...
• Japonisme in Early British-American Tattooing 

  Reich, Hayden (2023-03-19)

  My research considers the development of tattooing in British culture in the Victorian era. During this time, professional tattooing in Britain was in its infancy, as most preceding tattoos were done by sailors using ...
• Seeing Power, Seeing Colour: A Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis of Colorblindness Within Academic Understandings of BDSM 

  Thon, Hannah (2023-03-19)

  In my work, I use the practice of BDSM as a backdrop to critically assess academic understandings of race, specifically the dichotomy of whiteness and non-whiteness. BDSM is a practice that eroticizes power, and with this, ...
• Absolute Power and the Unsustainability of Tyranny: Seneca's Depiction of Nero's Power in "De Clementia" 

  Granirer, Jon (he/him) (2023-03-19)

  This research project examines ancient discourses concerning the limits of authoritarianism. In circa 55 CE, Seneca, a Roman philosopher and a senior advisor to the emperor Nero, published the treatise De Clementia, in ...
• Towards What Can’t Be Said: Exploring the Limitations of Language in Zen Philosophy 

  Fitzsimmons, John (2023-03-19)

  This research project aims to explore the relationship between language and experience as understood by the Zen philosophical tradition. Specifically, I draw on the thought of Kyoto school philosophers Nishida Kitarō and ...
• Modernist Imaginaries of Crisis: The Function of Crisis in Weimar 

  Moreno, Jacob (2023-03-19)

  The term crisis often designates something that is objective and ‘out there’ in the world. Indeed, historians often utilize the term crisis to bring attention to an important event or they uncritically use the term when ...
• The Relationship Between Working Conditions and Indices of Stress and Cognitive Function in Wildland Firefighters 

  Muirhead, Katie (2023-03-19)

  This study examined the relationship between working conditions and variables related to stress and cognitive function. A within-subject, observation study was conducted on 24 Wildland firefighters (9 F) across British ...

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