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“I am an Indian and live on the Indian Reserve”: history, culture, politics, colonialism, and the (re)making of Chief Billie Hall
(2012-09-24)Exploring the experiences of one Aboriginal man, Chief William (Billie) Hall of the Tzeachten reserve (located within the City of Chilliwack, BC), as documented by him in his journals covering the period 1923-1933, this ... -
“I can hear it in the way they look at me...”: Gay and Lesbian University Students’ Lived Experiences with Blatant and Subtle Interpersonal Discrimination
(2011-11-04)In certain contexts (e.g., university campuses), it seems that subtle, rather than blatant anti-gay/lesbian behaviours are more likely to be perpetrated by heterosexuals (Jewell & Morrison, 2010). However, the nature of ... -
"I Cannot Sleep": Patient Experiences and the Meanings of Madness at Bethel Hospital, 1713-1815
(2019-09-09)This thesis examines the history of the Bethel Hospital for 'lunatics' in Norwich, the second public institution for the mad in Britain, from its 1713 founding until 1815. Combining a patient-centred approach with methods ... -
“I got peace and stability”: women’s perceptions of contraceptive use in Sidama, SNNPR, Ethiopia
(2015-05-28)ABSTRACT Most of the documented benefits of contraceptive service lack in-depth exploration of the lived experiences of service users. This study of contraceptive users in the Sidama Zone, Southern Region, Ethiopia; was ... -
I Love You Like Hell
(2019-09-18)My full-length thesis play, I Love You Like Hell, about the romance, marriage, subsequent separation, and ultimate fate of the modernist literary figures Frederick Philip Grove and Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, ... -
"I should not have come to this place" : complicating Ichabod's faith in reason in Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow
(2010-11)Tim Burton’s films are largely thought to be exercises in style over content, and film adaptations in general are largely thought to be lesser than their source works. In this project, I argue that Burton’s film Sleepy ... -
“I think myself as good as anybody” : nationalism, manliness, space and identity in Boswell’s London Journal
(2010-09)James Boswell (1740-1795), biographer of Samuel Johnson and lifelong diarist, provided one of the most detailed descriptions of eighteenth-century London life in his London Journal: 1762-1763. In it, Boswell chronicled his ... -
'I Wanna Rock:' A Critique of Gender Essentialism in Metal Music Scholarship
(2017-10-17)As Metal Music Studies (MMS) emerges as a field it is important that members of the field who research gender remain critical of the ways in which we do so. Protecting the autonomy of women participants in both MMS studies ... -
"I'm a Stepping Stone to their Healing": An exploratory study of the role of treatment providers in Aboriginal women's healing from problematic substance use and experiences of violence
(2012-09-26)The association between women’s problematic substance use and their experiences of trauma and violence is well established in the literature. Research has demonstrated high rates of physical and sexual abuse among women ... -
"I'm better now": Sexual offender narratives of moral habilitation
(2014-08-28)Moral habilitation is the intentional and directed shaping of a new subjectivity in accordance with a culturally sanctioned, pro-social standard of daily ethical conduct. Treatment programs for sexual offenders are enterprises ... -
IBM COMPATIBLE 9-TRACK TAPE SYSTEM FOR THE PDP-8 COMPUTER
(1969-09)A control unit design to operate a 9-track tape system with a PDP-8 computer is described in detail. In addition to providing a local bulk storage facility, the tape system is designed to operate on IBM Compatible 800bpi ... -
Ibrutinib as a potential therapeutic option for HER2+ breast cancer – the role of STAT3 and p21
(2019-12-16)Treatment options for HER2 overexpressing breast cancer are limited, and the current anticancer therapies are associated with side effects. Tyrosine kinases perform crucial roles in cell proliferation, differentiation, and ... -
ICHNOLOGY AND SEDIMENTOLOGY OF MIOCENE SHALLOW- TO MARGINAL-MARINE DEPOSITS OF NORTHWESTERN VENEZUELA: ANIMAL-SUBSTRATE INTERACTIONS IN MODERN AND ANCIENT WAVE INFLUENCED COASTAL SYSTEMS
(2018-04-24)The study of trace fossils is of paramount importance to recognize different depositional environments within coastal systems, which usually display a mosaic of shorefaces, deltas, lagoons and bays along the same coast. ... -
ICHNOLOGY OF HOLOCENE GLACIOMARINE SEDIMENTS: MAKTAK, CORONATION AND NORTH PANGNIRTUNG FJORDS, BAFFIN ISLAND, CANADA
(2012-04-19)North Pangnirtung, Coronation and Maktak fjords are situated on Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island, Canada, having a common freshwater source related to the melting of the Penny Ice Cap. Bottom photographs and Holocene ... -
ICHNOLOGY OF THE EDIACARAN–CAMBRIAN TRANSITION: THE SOLTANIEH FORMATION OF NORTHERN IRAN AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR UNDERSTANDING THE CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION
(2017-01-18)The Ediacaran–Cambrian transition is one of the most critical events in Earth history, a time of marked biological and sedimentary changes. The nature of the Cambrian explosion has been a major topic of discussion and ... -
ICHNOLOGY OF THE EDIACARAN–CAMBRIAN TRANSITION: THE SOLTANIEH FORMATION OF NORTHERN IRAN AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR UNDERSTANDING THE CAMBRIAN EXPLOSION
(2017-01-18)The Ediacaran–Cambrian transition is one of the most critical events in Earth history, a time of marked biological and sedimentary changes. The nature of the Cambrian explosion has been a major topic of discussion and ... -
Ichnology, depositional dynamics and sequence stratigraphy of the Plio-Pleistocene Orinoco Delta: Mayaro and Morne L’Enfer formations, southern Trinidad
(2016-01-05)During the Late Pliocene and early Pleistocene, when the paleo-Orinoco delta system transited over the Amacuro Shelf and reached the paleo-shelf-break along the southeastern shoreline of Trinidad. At this time onwards, the ... -
Ichnology, depositional environments and stratigraphy of the Upper Ordovician Stony Mountain Formation in the Williston Basin, Canada
(2018-03-05)Ordovician epeiric sea carbonates in intracratonic basins of Laurentia are enigmatic due to their unique depositional settings in the absence of modern analogs. Multiple approaches, including the study of both lithofacies ... -
Ichnology, Sedimentology and Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction of the Lower Cambrian Addy Quartzite, northeastern Washington State, U.S.A.
(2012-02-23)The Addy Quartzite is a tide-dominated shallow-marine unit of heterolithic nature found in northeast Washington State. The Addy is Early Cambrian in age and reflects sedimentation during a global transgression along the ... -
The Ideas of Sophia Dixon
(1987-10)Sophia Dixon is a Danish immigrant to Canada who became a Woman President of the Uni ted Farmers of Canada (Saskatchewan Section). Because she filled this office when the organization was going into politics, Dixon was ...