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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Simcoe"”.
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Environmental policy creation, using the Lake Simcoe protection plan as a case study of success
… an increasingly prominent global issue. The Lake Simcoe Protection Plan is Canada’s first watershed legislation. This thesis examines what factors led to a successful creation process for the Plan. This research draws on interviews with non-government and government participants involved in the …
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The Utility of Microfossils in Geoarchaeology: A Case Study from Lake Simcoe, Ontario and Methodological Considerations
Eutrophication has been an issue in Lake Simcoe since the 1970s, stressing aquatic wildlife, notably economically-important cold water fish. Non-pollen palynomorphs (NPP) are more sensitive proxies of water quality than sedimentary phosphorus, and have a higher fossilization potential than …
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Water quality and biotic community response to an urban – rural land-use gradient in the Lake Simcoe watershed
Most research in the Lake Simcoe watershed (LSW) has focused on how the lake has responded to changes in nutrients sourced by agriculture, particularly after mitigation measures have been put in place to remedy the lake’s water quality. Nutrient sources from urban areas are not well understood, yet …
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Escape the experiment: a serious game for vaping education
… with vaping. In collaboration with the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, I have developed a point-and-click escape room style serious game targeted at youth aged 12-17 for learning about the risks associated with vaping. The serious game features a series of puzzles to be solved by …
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Quaternary geology of the Campbellford, Trenton, Consecon, Tweed, Belleville, Wellington, Sydenham, Bath, and Yorkshire Island map-areas, Ontario /
… time. The ice from the north (part of the Lake Simcoe lobe) and the Lake Ontario ice lobe, which were coalesced during most of late Wisconsin time, initially separated along the crest of the Oak Ridges Moraine. Available data indicate that the Oak Ridges Moraine is composed primarily of …
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Anthropogenic Lead Deposition and Four National Parks in Poland as Determined by Lead Isotope Ratios
<p>Polluted soils are recognized by having high concentrations of heavy metals, including Pb. Partitioning of metals in geochemical fractions, by sequential chemical extractions, may indicate whether a metal has been recently deposited in the soil. While concentration levels alone cannot …
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Toward a Writing Theory of Transition
This dissertation uses the spiral metaphor to explore writing experiences and begins to formulate a wider conception of writing transitions by following three experienced writers as they move across settings. Based on their texts, the stories of their experiences, and the stories of others involved …
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"With this belt [we] bind your Hearts and minds with ours": Diplomacy and Conflict in the Ohio River Valley, 1783-1793
In the aftermath of the American Revolution, the Old Northwest became a hotly contested borderland. The United States and Great Britain both laid claim to a series of posts in the region. Historical work done in this arena has tended to favor a nationalist narrative--that is to say, the perspective …