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"For any who have the Power": John Milton's the Tenure of Kings and Magistrates (1649) and the ideology of oligarchic republicanism in the English Revolution
(University of Winnipeg, 2002-03)
John Milton's political philosophy, and its relation to the events and ideologies of the English Revolution (1640-1660), is the subject of fierce debate among literary scholars and students of political thought. In 1977 ...
On the Evaluation of Pattern Match Queries in Large Graph Databases
(University 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 ...
Indigenous Identities and Nation-Building within Canadian Urban Centres: Relevance for Algonquin Nationhood
(University 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 ...
Duck Populations and the Oil and Gas Industry in the Boreal Plains of Alberta
(University of Winnipeg, 2018-03)
The boreal forest of northern Alberta supports a large portion of North America’s breeding duck population in addition to being an area of importance to the petroleum industry. Breeding duck surveys in the Boreal Plains ...
Chief Paskwa’s Pictograph: Revisiting Treaty Four Through an Anishinaabe Philosophy
(University of Winnipeg, 2020-02-23)
This research provides an understanding of Treaty Four 1874 through an Anishinaabe philosophy using Anishinaabe (Ojibway) research methods. Prior research conducted has been done by primarily non-Anishinaabeg, therefore, ...
Functional Relevance of N-myristoyltransferase as a Biomarker for Colorectal Cancer
(University 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 ...
Behavioural Responses of Wood Frog (Lithobates Sylvaticus) Tadpoles to Diluted Bitumen
(University of Winnipeg, 2019-04-25)
The study of behaviour in ecotoxicology allows for a broader understanding of the effects of pollution in an ecosystem. Amphibians are vulnerable to contaminant exposure, especially during early life stages when they are ...
The Influence of Soil Nitrogen Level on Tomato Defence against Whiteflies
(University of Winnipeg, 2018-03)
Whiteflies are one of the leading causes of tomato yield loss worldwide. Phloem feeders, including whiteflies, prefer foliage with high nitrogen (N) content because organic N is a limiting factor for herbivores. Since soil ...
Hibernation Behaviour of Little Brown Bats (Myotis lucifugus)
(University 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 ...
"We are the land, and the land is us": Connecting Indigenous Perspectives on Climate Change in the Canadian Prairies.
(University of Winnipeg, 2018-12-11)
Owing to years of Indigenous lobbying, organizing, and scholarship, recent decades have
seen growing engagement with Indigenous peoples and their knowledges in environmental
management, policy-making, and research around ...