University of Winnipeg: Recent submissions
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Van Dongen: a new name in the ancestry of the Verveelen family
(New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2013-03)A power-of-attorney granted by the New Netherland colonist Daniel Verveelen in 1658 mentions his "great-grandmother Catharina Jans van Dongen." This article examines the question of whether she was the same as his known ... -
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 ... -
The Influence of Soil Nitrogen Level on Tomato Defence against Whiteflies
(University of WinnipegUniversity 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 ... -
Becoming an Oxfordian: The Phenomenology of Shifting Research Paradigms in Shakespearean Biography
(2018-06-16)This essay seeks to gain a phenomenological understanding of the journey from skepticism in the traditional biography of Shakespeare to belief that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford was the poet-playwright, and how this ... -
Anishinaabeg Kinship Diplomacy and Animal Nations: A Critical Review of Political Leadership
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2018-04)In this thesis I argue that engagement with animal nations to remake the world is an embedded practice of Anishinaabeg stories. From the perspective of my survey of the Anishinaabeg resurgence literature I conclude that ... -
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 ... -
Habitat quality, torpor expression and pathogen transmission in little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus)
(University of WinnipegUniversity of Winnipeg, 2018-03)Protection of habitat can improve survival and reproductive fitness of threatened and endangered wildlife, particularly if that habitat helps individuals maintain energy balance. Temperate bats are heterothermic and rely ... -
Community Forests Canada: A New National Network
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Exploring Conservation Authority Operations in Sudbury, Northern Ontario: Constraints and opportunities
(Environments: a journal of interdisciplinary studies/revue d’études interdisciplinaires, 2006)This research explores how the Nickel District Conservation Authority (NDCA), in Sudbury, northern Ontario was affected by provincial restructuring through a survey of budget data and programs from the period of existing ... -
Learning from community forestry experience: Challenges and lessons from British Columbia
(The Forestry Chronicle, 2009)A multiple case study approach is used to investigate community forest implementation challenges in British Columbia, Canada. Stakeholder interviews, document review and visits to the case sites (Denman Island, Malcolm ... -
Rethinking Environmental Management: Revisiting Bryant and Wilson ten years later
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Preparing for and Responding to Disturbance: Examples from the Forest Sector in Sweden and Canada
(Forests, 2011)Coping or adaptation following large-scale disturbance may depend on the political system and its preparedness and policy development in relation to risks. Adaptive or foresight planning is necessary in order to account ... -
Are community forestry principles at work in Ontario’s County, Municipal, and Conservation Authority forests?
(The Forestry Chronicle, 2012)Ontario’s County, Municipal and Conservation Authority forests have received little attention within the academic literature on community forestry in Canada. These “Agreement Forests”, as they were once called, are a product ... -
Ecosystem Perceptions in Flood Prone Areas: A Typology and Its Relationship to Preferences for Governance
(MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland, 2016)A shift appears to be occurring in thinking about flooding, from a resistance-based approach to one of resilience. Accordingly, how stakeholders in flood-prone regions perceive the system and its governance are salient ... -
Contemporary Water Governance: Navigating Crisis Response and Institutional Constraints through Pragmatism
(MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland, 2016)Water has often been the source of crises and their frequency will intensify due to climate change impacts. The Niagara River Watershed provides an ideal case to study water crises as it is an international transboundary ... -
Global Water Governance and Climate Change: Identifying Innovative Arrangements for Adaptive Transformation
(MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland., 2018)A convoluted network of different water governance systems exists around the world. Collectively, these systems provide insight into how to build sustainable regimes of water use and management. We argue that the challenge ... -
Tracking Poverty in Winnipeg’s Inner City, 1996–2006.
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Inner-City Voices, Community-Based Solutions
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Income
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Housing
(Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Manitoba (CCPA-MB), 2006)