Browsing University of Winnipeg Theses by Issue Date
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Indigenous Identities and Nation-Building within Canadian Urban Centres: Relevance for Algonquin Nationhood
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2013-06-03)I document and analyze, using a decolonization framework, historical and contemporary understandings of Indigenous identities, focusing primarily on Indigenous Canadian identity in urban centres. I describe the reconstruction ... -
The Tłı̨chǫ Agreement and Small Acts of Freedom: From Self-Government to Self-Determination
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2013-06-12)(No abstract provided.) -
Cis-Regulatory divergence and expression of ryanodine receptor paralogues in Medaka (Oryzias latipes)
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2013-06-12)Ryanodine receptors (RyRs) are large homotetrameric proteins that in mammals are encoded by three genes: RyR1 in skeletal muscle; RyR2 in cardiac and smooth muscle; and RyR3 which is expressed in a diversity of cell types. ... -
Cain and Abel: Reimaging Stories of Violence
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2013-06-24)This thesis uses a close reading of the Cain and Abel narrative to offer an interpretation grounded in feminist theology, which imagines a world with less violence. It draws on sources from the social sciences, peace and ... -
Habitat Characterization and Biology of the Threatened Dakota Skipper (Hesperia dacotae) in Manitoba
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2013-10-09)The Dakota Skipper, Hesperia dacotae, is a threatened butterfly restricted to fragmented prairies in the Interlake, southwestern Manitoba and southeastern Saskatchewan in Canada. Currently there is limited data on the life ... -
Renewed Spirit in Winnipeg's North End: An emerging Aboriginal young adult co-creative leadership model
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2014-09-02)This thesis argues that the Winnipeg youth movement, “Meet Me at the Bell Tower” (MMBT), offers a new form of spiritual, cultural, and political renewal. Qualitative data drawn from interviews of youth leaders in this ... -
Gikinoo'amaagowin Anishinaabeg
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2014-09-25)This thesis analyzes the roles and responsibilities of Anishinaabe Ogichidaakwe (woman warrior) using Anishinaabe and Western methodologies. As an Anishinaabekwe I use Anishinaabe language to engage in my responsibility ... -
Hibernation Behaviour of Little Brown Bats (Myotis lucifugus)
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2014-09-25)For temperate endotherms (i.e., mammals and birds) energy costs are highest during winter but food availability is lowest and many mammals depend on hibernation as a result. Hibernation is made up of energy-saving torpor ... -
Using Behaviour to Understand Conservation and Management Strategies for Threatened Little Brown Bats (Myotis lucifugus)
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2014-11)Captive assurance populations can help preserve populations in the face of rapid declines that cannot be mitigated in the wild. Individual behavioural tendencies or personality may affect how easily different individuals ... -
Exploring Drumming/Song and its Relationship to Healing in the Lives of Indigenous Women Living in the City of Winnipeg
(The University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2014-12)This is an exploratory study on drumming/song and its relationship to healing in the lives of Indigenous women living in the City of Winnipeg. The participants of this study included urban-based Indigenous women actively ... -
A Granular-based Approach for Semisupervised Web Information Labeling
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2015-04-22)A key issue when mining web information is the labeling problem: data is abundant on the web but is unlabelled. In this thesis, we address this problem by proposing i) a novel theoretical granular model that structures ... -
Indigenous Anglicans in Canada: A New Agape and the Path to Self-Determination
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2015-04-22)The encounter between Indigenous peoples and settlers in North America is rife with challenges and missed opportunities, and marred by colonial domination, resulting in great harm to Indigenous people. The Anglican Church ... -
Re-activation of Human Endogenous Retrovirus-K in Neuroinflammatory Disease
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2015-07)A new appreciation of the microbiome is changing the way we perceive human health and disease. The holobiontic nature of humans is even etched into our DNA in the form of viral symbionts. Empirical evidence for the presence ... -
Breeding Ecology of Wild and Captive-released Burrowing Owls (Athene cunicularia) in Southwestern Manitoba
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2016)Burrowing Owls (Athene cunicularia) once occupied grassland ecosystems in the western Provinces of Canada, as far east as Winnipeg, Manitoba, and west into the southern interior of British Columbia (B.C.). No single factor ... -
Millennial fire history reconstruction in the boreal forest of south-central Canada using lake-sediment charcoal, tree-ring and archival records
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2016)The Canadian boreal forest has been developing since the end of the last glaciation approximately 10,000 years ago. During this time, fire has modified the development of the forest by altering species distribution, stand ... -
Legendre Moments Explorations via Image Reconstruction
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2016-06-29)Legendre Moment has been applied in image reconstruction since early years. In this research, a numerical integration method is proposed to improve the computational accuracy of Legendre moments. To clarify the improved ... -
Prolegomena To An Anglican Discussion of Authority: The Role of History on The Current Crisis
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2016-07)Authority is problematic. It is problematic in theory, and it is problematic in practice. According to the Lutheran theologian Günther Gassmann, "The issue of authority has been a perennial problem in the framework of ... -
Indigenous Food Systems: A Viable Alternative to Food Security; A Case Study of the Irigwe Indigenous People of Kwall, in Bassa Local Government Area of Nigeria
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2016-08)Despite the central role that Indigenous foods can potentially play in meeting people’s food security needs in Nigeria, it has continually been ignored by Government and policy makers. With 65% of Nigerian’s considered ... -
Functional Relevance of N-myristoyltransferase as a Biomarker for Colorectal Cancer
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2018)Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in Canada. The high mortality rate for CRC patients demonstrate the urgent need for a convenient, accurate and cost-effective screening test, which could ... -
On the Evaluation of Pattern Match Queries in Large Graph Databases
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2018-01)Recently, graph databases have been received much attention in the research community due to their extensive applications in practice, such as social networks, biological networks and World Wide Web, which bring forth a ...