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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Sudbury, Ontario"”.
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Application of the cross-hole radio imaging method in detecting geological anomalies, MacLennan township, Sudbury Ontario
… property (MacLennan Township) 22 km northeast of Sudbury. Tomographic data were collected and processed at 625 kHz and 1250 kHz. One data set has the transmitter in MAC100G and the receiver in MAC104; the other “reciprocal” data set has the transmitter in MAC104 and the receiver in MAC100G. The …
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Emplacement of sharp-walled sulphide veins during reactivation of impact-related structures at the Broken Hammer Mine, Sudbury, Ontario
… deposit in the North Range of the ca. 1.85 Ga Sudbury impact structure. The sulphide vein system and associated low sulphide PGE mineralization were mined as an open pit operation over a 15-month period, providing a unique opportunity to study a complete 90-meter vertical section across a …
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Factors contributing to the non-urgent use of the emergency department by Canadian triage and acuity scale IV and V patient in Sudbury, Ontario
In Canada, it is estimated that 57% of all emergency department (ED) visits are for less-urgent or non-urgent care needs (Hodgins & Wuest, 2007). Factors that contribute to the non-urgent use of ED services include lack of resources, insufficient access to care, and lack of awareness regarding …
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Human health and environmental risk assessments: politics or science?
… with a “Community Based Risk Assessment” in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, left me rather doubtful as to the validity of both the science involved and the level of community involvement in the process. After meeting other people who had participated in the same kind of process in other …
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Graphic narrative and design in mining and apocalypse
… Set in the abandoned Stobie-Frood mine of Sudbury, Ontario, the narrative in tandem analyzes the past, present, and apocalyptic driven future of the design. By including the three-time sequences in time, the structure transcends all and becomes a character itself in this narrative. The …
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Planting the seeds: envisioning an academic pathway for Indigenous students in rural Northern Ontario
… and graduate programs at Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario. This study utilized an Indigenous research methodology and quantitative method with a few qualitative questions using REDCap online survey. The research found that while current Laurentian Indigenous students had multiple pathways …
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Regenerating Sudbury's socio-urban landscape through adaptive reuse
… derelict Northern Brewery complex in downtown Sudbury (Ontario, Canada) into a brewpub and mixed income housing development, this thesis project offers a critical response to the city’s high rates of homelessness and lack of affordable housing as well as its insufficient amount of public green …
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Positive attitudes towards older adults: characteristics of prospective partners in care
… Indigenous participants were recruited around Sudbury Ontario, ranging from 18 to 50 years of age. The results suggest that gender and personality factors warmth, reasoning, vigilance, privateness and openness to change, are predictive of positive attitudes towards older adults. These results …
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A study of millerite from Cu-Ni-PGE footwall veins, Sudbury, ON: crystal-chemistry, morphology, & geological implications
… Cu-Ni-PGE deposits, such as those occurring in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. In such localities, millerite develops as platy crystals, often forming large, cleavable masses. This is in stark contrast to the more widespread occurrence of millerite as a hydrothermal precipitate within vugs in …
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Indigenous (her)oes and their healing work: ending violence against Indigenous women and girls
… are from programs and events in London and Sudbury, Ontario. Through qualitative interviews, the researcher brings together the voices of 13 participants, 11 Indigenous leaders (Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee), one settler ally, and two Elders, who implement nine initiatives. Using the …
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Musique populaire et identité franco-ontariennes La nuit sur l'étang.
… la Nuit sur l'étang , qui a été institué à Sudbury (Ontario) en 1973. Par l'analyse des sources disponibles, elle recherche les éléments qui s'avèrent essentiels à la formulation de l'identité franco-ontarienne. Après avoir choisi trois dates charnières--la fondation en 1973, la dixième Nuit …
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Applications of Double-Difference Tomography for a Deep Hard Rock Mine
… tomography inversion was from Creighton Mine in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, and consisted of two months of data averaging 150 microseismic events per day. Three separate studies were conducted to evaluate the applications of double-difference tomography on a deep hard rock mine. These studies …
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Interactions between metal and drought stressors on plant water relationships and their effects at ecosystem level
… to be higher in the metal contaminated region of Sudbury, Ontario, compared to surrounding uncontaminated regions. Chapter 5 establishes guidelines and limitations for transporting leaves from field to laboratory when measuring leaf relative water content, a method that is important for studying …
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The Development of the SNO+ Experiment: Scintillator Timing, Pulse Shape Discrimination, and Sterile Neutrinos
… is under construction in the SNOLAB facility in Sudbury, Ontario. SNO+ will search for neutrinoless double beta decay, and will measure low energy solar neutrinos. This thesis will describe three main development activities for the SNO+ experiment: the measurement of the timing parameters for the …
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Tomographic Imaging Associated with a Mw 2.6 Fault-Slip Event in a Deep Nickel Mine
… tested using a data set from Creighton Mine in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada and includes 9,270 distinct events over 62 days. A total of 53 geophones recorded 191,856 p-waves that are able to be used for inversion. Temporal monitoring of the seismic p-wave velocity in the vicinity of a known Mw 2.6 …
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Assessing Biological Recovery of Cladocera from Sudbury-Area Lakes Using Paleolimnology
Lakes near Sudbury, Ontario, experienced widespread acidification and metal-contamination beginning in the late-19th century. These stressors caused extreme damage to regional aquatic systems and their catchments, with aquatic biota experiencing reduced species richness and, in some cases, …
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Dark Matter Search with the PICO-40L Bubble Chamber
… operating the PICO-40L experiment at SNOLAB in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. PICO-40L, the first large-scale implementation of the so-called "right side up" design, has been constructed over the past several years and has recently to gather open data for the characterization of backgrounds. Through …
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Youth Mentoring as a Viable Crime Prevention Strategy: Evidence and Ontario Policy, with Reflections from Some Mentors
… could be used as a crime prevention strategy for Ontario. It examined risk factors for youth crime and social bonding theory, the effectiveness of selected programs to prevent crime and best practices, and Ontario government reports on effective crime prevention. It also explored youth mentoring …
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Effects of restoration on carbon storage in smelterimpacted industrial barrens
… land enhanced C storage by studying a site in Sudbury, Ontario near a former Ni and Cu metal smelter that ceased operation in 1972. The site was treated by aerial liming, fertilizing, and grass and legume seeding in 1994-1997, followed by jack pine (Pinus banksiana) planting in the upland areas …
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Decolonisation as a social change framework and its impact on the development of Indigenous-based curricula for Helping Professionals in mainstream Tertiary Education Organisations
… which is based at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. I start this thesis with “opening the circle” and situating the context for my research. Next is the literature review chapter. This chapter provides a review of decolonisation-colonisation, decolonisation frameworks within …