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John G. Diefenbaker : the political apprenticeship of a Saskatchewan politician, 1925-1940
(1995)John G. Diefenbaker is most often described by historians and biographers as a successful and popular politician. His uninterrupted presence in the House of Commons, and pursuit of the top political post within his party, ... -
John Neilson : his political activities in Lower Canada, 1818-1834
(1937)Before the introduction of responsible government and party rule in Canada, individual members of the legislative body could assume an importance which today is reserved almost exclusively to the leaders of the parties. ... -
Joint analysis of longitudinal and time to event data using accelerated failure time models: A Bayesian approach
(2020-01-09)Joint modeling is a collection of statistical methods to properly handle a longitudinal response while investigating its effects on time to the occurrence of an event. Joint modeling also allows an investigation of the ... -
Joint modeling of binary longitudinal measurement and time-to-event: An application to depression and time-to-dementia
(2020-05-20)In recent years, the methodological development of joint models of longitudinal and time-to-event data has become one of the most popular areas of studies in clinical research and its application has increased substantially ... -
Joint modeling of longitudinal measurements and survival data with competing risks: application to HIV/AIDS study
(2017-06-07)Joint modeling of longitudinal measurements and survival data is a popular modeling technique in biomedical research (Wulfsohn and Tsiatis, 1997). Most of the studies in joint modeling consider only one failure type for ... -
Joke Book
(2016-09-26)Joke Book is a creative thesis, a collection of comic personal essays, somewhat in the spirit of Montaigne, in which I trace the impact of several pivotal jokes on my life. Among other digressions, I give a mathematical ... -
JOLTS : checkpointing and coordination in grid systems
(2004-08-16)The need for increased computational power is growing faster than our ability to produce faster computers. Already researchers are proposing systems that require peta-flop capable super computers, a far cry from what is ... -
Journey toward knowing : a narrative inquiry into one teacher's experience with at-risk students
(2008)The purpose of this inquiry was to retell and represent the life that I have lived as I explore how I adapted my professional practice for students in an alternative program. This naturalistic inquiry is positioned as a ... -
The journeyman musician, the phoenix, and the spiritual musician : experiences of combining music with salaried employment
(2005-03-14)A basic interpretative research design (Merriam, 2002) was used to investigate the research question, “What is the experience of being involved with music while also employed in a professional occupation?” This study ... -
Judicial Mediation in British Columbia: Moving Towards a More Effective Process
(2017-09-20)My thesis examines judges acting as mediators in the court process. I wanted to examine how judicial mediation compares to private mediation through identified best practices. Styles of mediation are examined looking at ... -
JUDICIALIZATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF RELIGIOUS MINORITY RIGHTS IN TURKEY: CASE STUDIES FROM THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
(2018-10-03)The role of courts in shaping public policy has undoubtedly increased over at least the last two decades. Several factors have contributed to this trend, including the rise of democracy around the globe as previously ... -
Judicious judgments? : judicial definitions of sexual violence : examining the impact of sexual assault legislation
(1989)In an attempt to eradicate biases in substantive law and evidentiary procedures, legislative changes were implemented for sexual offences in 1983. Historically, biases in rape law had resulted in high attrition of cases ... -
Jumping Caveman: A Tool for Manipulating Player Experience and Answering Questions in Games Research
(2018-01-30)Standard tools exist for assessing player experience; however, there are few tools for inducing play experiences. Game researchers without the resources to operationalize an experimental factor of interest as an implemented ... -
Jumping on the bandwagon : an examination of mural-based tourism as a strategy for community economic development in rural areas
(2004)As towns and cities across Canada face rapidly changing economic circumstances, many are turning to a variety of strategies, including tourism, to provide stability in their communities. Community Economic Development ... -
Just Sitting? Social Cognition and the New Sedentary Psychology
Since 2000, considerable research attention has been directed toward understanding sedentary behaviour. Today, it is widely accepted that (1) sedentary behaviour is an independent predictor of morbidity and mortality, (2) ... -
Juvenile Delinquency in Five High Schools in Shenyang, China: An Empirical Analysis under an Integrated Model
(2009)Youth crime has been increasing rapidly since the Economy Reform and Open-door Policy in 1979 and become a serious social problem in China. Researches on explanations of juvenile delinquency, however, are relatively limited, ... -
A K-BAND MICROWAVE POLARIMETER
(1987-12)Microwave radars are currently being used to examine the backscattering properties of agricultural crops. A multi-band frequency-modulated scatterometer system is in use at the University of Saskatchewan for this purpose. ... -
The kaleidoscopic nature of student occupational therapists' fieldwork experiences
(1994)Fieldwork is a complex educational process. The purpose of this study was to uncover meanings student occupational therapists made of their early fieldwork experiences -the practicum component of the curriculum. In this ... -
Kasayak The Wise Ones
(2017-09-28)In Cree there are two translations for “Elder.” There is kachayak that refers to “old people,” and there is also kasayak that means, “the wise ones.” This collection of stories stems from numerous interviews conducted with ... -
Kateryna Bryzh
(2019-03-18)The aim of the study was to examine the major linguistic and adaptation issues faced by Ukrainian immigrant children and youth in Saskatchewan. Total number of 59 participants took part in this study. Among them were 30 ...