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The sacred impetus behind creative empowerment in poetry : a comparative study of black women poets Catherine Acholonu and Lorna Goodison
(2005-10-31)Examining poetry under the rubric of religion, geography, and gender provides a lens through which I read postcolonial literatures, thus positing new emphasis in literary studies, and suggesting for African women empowerment ... -
SAD Phasing of Proteins Using Xenon Gas
(2015-07-06)Structural biology is a branch of science related to biochemistry, biophysics, and molecular biology that deals with the molecular structures of biological macromolecules, in particular nucleic acids and proteins. ... -
"The safest place": Anti-oppression in Spoken Word Poetry
(2013-01-18)Current approaches to anti-oppressive education in Saskatchewan and in Canada are in dire need of re-evaluation. Outdated approaches to “inclusiveness” include multicultural celebrations, ethnic food fairs, and “nonracist,” ... -
Safety and feasibility of a six week resistance training program in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
(2013-10-03)BACKGROUND Chronic pain is a common condition in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), affecting their ability to participate in physical activity, a necessary and integral part of a child’s growth and maturation. ... -
Safety of 12-month creatine supplementation combined with resistance training in older adults
(2015-02-12)Introduction: Creatine is a nitrogen-containing compound that is found in many supplements that claim to increase muscle mass and there is increasing evidence that creatine supplementation can increase muscle mass in older ... -
The sale of law : ethical advising and advocacy in light of billing for civil litigation services
(2016-02-16)This thesis identifies the financial incentives of litigants and lawyers to behave in certain ways in relation to civil litigation files. By identifying such incentives, this thesis raises questions about the extent to ... -
Salem Bland and the social gospel in Canada
(1961)This study was initially to be an examination of the idea of history in the social gospel in Canada. The paucity of material was prohibitive, however, and led to an attempt to remove that obstacle to some degree. Further, ... -
Saline lake ichnology : composition and distribution of cenozoic traces in the saline, alkaline lakes of the Kenya Rift Valley and Eocene Green River Formation, U.S.A.
(2010-12)A detailed study was made of the composition and distribution of modern and fossil animal and plant traces around saline, alkaline lakes in tectonically active, closed lake-basins. Modern and Pleistocene traces that were ... -
Salinity Mitigation for Potash Mine Sites: Synergistic Cation and Anion Removal Using a Dual-Adsorbent
(2017-01-12)Potash (KCl) mining generates large quantities of tailings and brine which can impact proximate aquifers, elevating the concentrations of Na+, K+, and Cl-. To desalinate brine-impacted groundwater near potash mines and ... -
Salt stress tolerance in potato genotypes
(2009-08)Soil salinity affects over 20% of the world’s irrigated land. Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), the most important vegetable crop worldwide, is relatively salt sensitive. However, relatively little work has been done on salt ... -
Salve Creek: a novel
(2015-09-21)The novel Salve Creek tells the story of Xavier Creed, a young man murdered in a small industry town in contemporary Northern Alberta. When Xavier goes missing the night of a large bush party, no one notices his absence. ... -
Samarium-Doped Fluorophosphate and Fluoroaluminate Glasses for High-Dose High-Resolution Dosimetry for Microbeam Radiation Therapy
(2020-05-19)Microbeam Radiation Therapy (MRT) is an important and developing radiotherapy technique that uses spatially fractionated doses, several orders of magnitude larger than that of the doses used in conventional radiation ... -
Sample Size Evaluation and Comparison of K-Means Clusterings of RNA-Seq Gene Expression Data
(2019-01-18)The process by which DNA is transformed into gene products, such as RNA and proteins, is called gene expression. Gene expression profiling quantifies the expression of genes (amount of RNA) in a particular tissue at a ... -
Samsara unlimited : towards an ecology of compassion
(2006-11-18)This paper describes the philosophical and functional framework of the MFA thesis exhibition Samsara Unlimited: towards an ecology of compassion. Samsara Unlimited was designed as a conceptual social artwork that would ... -
SAND DUNE ENVIRONMENTS IN FIRST NATIONS LIFEWAYS: HOLISTIC INTERPRETATION FOR THE MIDDLE AND LATE PRECONTACT PERIODS ON THE NORTHERN PLAINS
(2019-01-31)Over the past forty years, archaeologists have identified hundreds of Middle and Late Precontact archaeological sites in sand dune areas across the Northern Plains. Varying from isolated finds to complex multi-component ... -
SANDERLING (CALIDRIS ALBA) POPULATION STRUCTURE AND POLLUTANT EXPOSURE AT MAJOR WINTER AND MIGRATORY STOPOVER SITES INCLUDING CHAPLIN LAKE, SASKATCHEWAN
(2016-11-09)Sanderling (Calidris alba) are a long distance migratory shorebird species found across a large range of coastal winter sites throughout North, Central and South America. As with many of the long distance migrant shorebirds, ... -
Sapiente
(2019-02-05)Lessons in life are vast. Throughout our life we are presented with a series of events, situations and people that I believe are necessary in developing our purpose, deepening our connection with others and most importantly ... -
The Saskatchewan adult attendance centre project (1979-84) : a case history
(1987-01-01)The purpose of this case history was to view the development of the Saskatchewan Adult Attendance Centre Project through the perspective of currently accepted, but selected, adult education philosophy, principles, and ... -
The Saskatchewan Anti-Tuberculosis League : a study in the organization of public health activity
(1955)In the province of Saskatchewan the tuberculosis control program is entrusted to a non-official, but tax supported, health agency - the Saskatchewan Anti-Tuberculosis League. To the writer's knowledge, this organization ... -
Saskatchewan Builds an Electrical System
(1968-09)During the 1890's, within a decade of the establishment of the world's first central generating stations, similar installations appeared in what later became Saskatchewan. Following the granting of provincial status, ...