This study seeks to demonstrate and illustrate the archival potential of films. Theoretically grounded in ontological writing about archives by Jacques Derrida and Diane Taylor, this thesis recognises the act of archiving and of perpetuating knowledge in material form as…

The HIV-1 protein Nef plays an important role in HIV-1 pathogenesis, both in humans and mouse models. Indeed, transgenic (Tg) mice expressing Nef under the control of the human CD4 promoter develop many phenotypes that closely resemble those of AIDS…

As climate change continues to drive glacier retreat in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru, the fraction of dry season runoff derived from groundwater baseflow is increasing. Therefore, it is necessary to improve our understanding of proglacial hydrogeology to forecast how groundwater…

The rising cost of unplanned hospital readmissions has sparked calls for identifying medical system failures, best practices, and interventions in order to reduce the incidence of avoidable readmission. Readmissions currently account for 18% of total hospital admissions among Medicare patients…

Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed and the second leading cause of cancer deaths in Canadian women. The most devastating and deadly feature of the disease is the emergence of metastases. Breast cancer most commonly metastasizes to bone, often…

Modern agriculture has led to fundamental changes in the phosphorus (P) cycle that pose agronomic and environmental challenges at all scales. Phosphorus is a non-renewable resource that is critical to food production because of its role as an essential plant…

This qualitative study explored the educational and occupational decisions of emerging adults from a small Caribbean island (referred to as "SCI") during a time of robust socioeconomic and infrastructure development, followed by a sudden change in the labor market resulting…

This thesis focuses on Mean Field Game (MFG) theory with applications to consensus, flocking, leader-follower and major-minor agent systems. The MFG methodology addresses a class of dynamic games with a large number of minor agents in which each agent interacts…

Collaborative information behaviour is an emerging area in information science that deals with the identification, seeking, searching, and use of information by two or more people to accomplish a task. This dissertation investigates the collaborative information behaviour of senior undergraduate…

Hip fracture is a major public health problem in many developed nations. An estimated 30,000 hip fractures occur each year in Canada. To initiate adequate preventive measures, a thorough understanding of hip fracture patients' characteristics and the healthcare services they…