University of Winnipeg: Recent submissions
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Indigenous Student-Led Decolonial Movements in Higher Education: A Case Study of the Indigenous Course Requirement at the University of Winnipeg
(University of Winnipeg, 2023-10-02)This research study seeks to explore the nature of decolonial tactics and strategies, theorized as decolonial movements, that are engaged by Indigenous students in higher education through a case-study of the Indigenous ... -
A comprehensive review of 3D convolutional neural network-based classification techniques of diseased and defective crops using non-UAV-based hyperspectral images
(Elsevier B.V., 2023-09-14)Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) is a non-destructive and contactless technology that provides valuable information about the structure and composition of an object. It has the ability to capture detailed information about the ... -
Nitrogen dynamics and nitrogen-to-phosphorus stoichiometry in cold region agricultural streams
(Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America, 2021-05-12)Cold agricultural regions are getting warmer and experiencing shifts in precipitation patterns, which affect hydrological transport of nutrients through reduced snowpack and higher annual proportions of summer rainfall. ... -
Differences in ebullitive methane release from small, shallow ponds present challenges for scaling
(Elsevier B.V., 2022)Small, shallow waterbodies are potentially important sites of greenhouse gas release to the atmosphere. The role of ebullition may be enhanced here relative to larger and deeper systems, due to their shallow water, but ... -
Structure, Function and Drought Resilience of Northern Prairie Communities, 50 Years After Grazing Disturbance
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2023-09-18)With climate change threatening the function of grassland ecosystems, conservation and restoration strategies are shifting from comparisons of species compositions with baseline conditions, to assessments of ecosystem ... -
Mathematical Modelling and Validation of Mitogenic Signaling Pathway in Breast Cancer
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2023-09-18)Applied Mathematics is becoming an integral part of predicting disease progression, including cancers. Mathematical models can be used to test novel hypotheses, develop optimized treatments schema and personalised therapies, ... -
Miyo pimatisiwin opikinawasowin: Living the good life in child rearing ways
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2023-08-14)Opikinawasowin is the Cree word for the lifelong process of growing children. Indigenous child rearing practices adopt a holistic approach while being inclusive of the family unit and the community. The tipi is the conceptual ... -
Pauline Scholarship and Jewish-Christian Dialogue
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2023-08-31)This thesis endeavours to make a contribution to the larger project of mutual understanding within Jewish-Christian dialogue, and in this regard, I address one issue—that of reading Paul within Judaism as a necessary element ... -
Securing Federated Learning Model Aggregation Against Poisoning Attacks via Credit-Based Client Selection
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2023-08-29)Federated Learning (FL) has emerged as a revolutionary paradigm in the field of machine learning, enabling multiple participants to collaboratively train models without compromising the privacy of their individual training ... -
The presentation of self in the digital age: Experiences of cyberbullying victims and perpetrators
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2023-08-21)Virtual communication has become instrumental in the digital age and it presents advantages and risks, including cyberbullying, in the lives of young people. Drawing on Goffman’s (1959) concept of the presentation of self ... -
Securing Intrusion Detection Systems in IoT Networks Against Adversarial Learning: A Moving Target Defense Approach based on Reinforcement Learning
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2023-08-23)Investigating the use of moving target defense (MTD) mechanisms in IoT networks is ongoing research, with unfathomable potential to equip IoT devices and networks with the ability to fend off cyber attacks despite the ... -
Spectroscopic analysis of modern Mg-carbonates from multiple mafic/ultramafic environments with relevance to Jezero crater, Mars
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2023-04)The detection and presence of carbonates on Mars and within Jezero crater implies and supports an extensive aqueous history during the Noachian to early Hesperian and can help with the reconstruction of paleoenvironments. ... -
Emotion Recognition with Asymmetry Features of EEG Signals
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2023-08-15)Currently the study of affective computing (AC) includes a focus on researching emotion regulation and recognition. Recent studies in this field have utilized deep learning architectures to enhance emotion recognition from ... -
A Survivor’s Narrative of Institutional Harms Experienced in Manitoba Developmental Centre and Prisons in Canada
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2023-08-17)This thesis is a case study that looks at the life story of a Black man, Dwight, who had been institutionalized at the Manitoba Developmental Centre (MDC) at the age of eleven in 1967 for three years. Dwight alleges that ... -
'I Would Like the Girls at Home': Domestic Labor and the Age of Discharge at Canadian Indian Residential Schools
(Routledge, 2014)Survivors of Canadian Indian residential schools and their descendants will often recall discharge from the schools occurring at the age of either sixteen or eighteen. In fact the discharge of students from residential ... -
Physiological and Behavioural Responses of Lake Trout to Catch-And-Release Angling
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2023-07-13)Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush), like many other native fishes in North America are a popular species typically targeted for recreational angling. Catch-and-release angling (C&R) relies on the assumption of high fish ... -
From Posthumanist Anaesthetics to Promethean Dialectics: Further Considerations on the Category of the Hysterical Sublime
(Taylor and Francis, 2023-04-25)This essay proposes a critique of posthumanist critical theory through the development of the category of the hysterical sublime, a concept first introduced by Fredric Jameson in his early writings on postmodernism. While ... -
Freedom and Alienation; Or, Humanism of the Non-All
(2022)Today, the popular concept of the Anthropocene, used to denote the human geological age, puts to question the centrality of human subjectivity as an ethical agency. Critical posthumanism, in this context, demands the ... -
Probing the relationship between ecosystem perceptions and approaches to environmental governance: an exploratory content analysis of seven water dilemmas
(Routledge, 2018)Addressing wicked ‘water dilemmas’ requires an understanding of the context within which they are embedded. This study explored perceptions of the ecosystem in terms of resilience and the governance approaches employed ... -
Crise et créativité: Réflexions sur la littérature contemporaine au Québec
(l'Association des Professeur-e-s de Français des Universités et Collèges Canadiens, 2018)