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Brave New World: The Correlation of Social Order and the Process of Literary Translation
(University of Waterloo, 2008-12-16)This comparative analysis of four different German-language versions of Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World (1932) shows the correlation between political and socio-cultural circumstances, as well as ideological differences, ... -
Bridging the Soft-Skills Gap between Canadian Post-Secondary Education and Employment through Work-Integrated Learning: A Case Study on Arts Students
(University of Waterloo, 2023-06-20)Post-secondary institutions in Canada are currently under the microscope as the unemployment rate among new graduates continue to rise. Contemporary sociologists have suggested that work-integrated learning (WIL) can be a ... -
Bringing Indigenous Voices to the Workplace
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-06)Abstract I question how Indigenous identity, relationships, and the workplace environment affect an Indigenous employee’s experience in the workplace. I had the pleasure and opportunity of hearing and now sharing the ... -
The British Invasion: Finding Traction in America
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-05)As a period of American History, the 1960s has provided historians and academics with a wealth of material for research and scholarship. Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson and Richard Nixon, the Vietnam War, the ... -
Broadcasting a Performance of Caring: Social Justice and Migrant Narratives on the CBC's Canada Reads
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-24)My dissertation argues that migrant narratives are used to facilitate a Canadian performance of caring on the popular broadcast television and radio program Canada Reads. The program brings together popular culture and ... -
Broadening the Scope of Engaged Philosophy of Science: An Empirical Analysis of Context-Dependent Barriers
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-07)Philosophers of science have increasingly been discussing the social and scientific relevance of philosophy over the last decade. These discussions have included philosophy’s role in addressing scientific problems, clarifying ... -
Bruxy Cavey and The Meeting House Megachurch: A Dramaturgical Model of Charismatic Leadership Performing “Evangelicalism for People Not Into Evangelicalism”
(University of Waterloo, 2016-03-21)Megachurch pastors—as local and international celebrities—have been a growing phenomenon since the 1960s, when megachurches began to proliferate across North America. Why are these leaders and their large congregations so ... -
Building complex number words: How and when do children learn the meaning of multipliers.
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-03)Number words or numerals are built using a compositional system, wherein a small number of words can be combined in multiple ways to represent many different numbers. Children not only have to learn the rules for combining ... -
Building Student Centred-Communities for Canada's Growing Population of Undergraduate Students
(University of Waterloo, 2014)Over the past decade, Canada’s rising post-secondary student population has resulted in the “studentification" of many university towns. Such unprecedented growth requires new strategies focused on supporting undergraduate ... -
Bullshit Makes the Art Grow Profounder: Evidence for False Meaning Transfer Across Domains
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-05)The purpose of this thesis was to explore the decision making underlying the perception of meaning in abstract art. In particular, I explore if features adjacent to the content of the art itself predominantly drive the ... -
By me, for me: Acquiring ownership through creation
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-30)Previous research has shown that people’s judgments about who owns an object depend on the amount and type of labor involved in acquiring it. While informative about the influence of labor on the acquisition of existing ... -
“By Their Own Efforts”: First Nations Health Policy in Canada, 1940s-1970s
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-20)This dissertation explores the early years of Ottawa’s 20th century integration policy with a focus on the impact of settler-colonial power and priorities on First Nations’ access to Canadian health care systems under it. ... -
Byron and Swinburne: Propagandists of the Risorgimento - The Manipulation of Historical Sources in Twin Dramatizations of Doge Faliero and Venetian Republicanism in 19th Century Italy
(University of Waterloo, 2016)This essay will argue that Lord Byron manipulated historical sources on his fourteenth-century protagonist, Doge Faliero (died 1355), in order to write his historical drama, Marino Faliero: Doge of Venice (published 1821), ... -
Cadrages contemporains sur les paysages des littératures francophones du Canada Lepage
(Université Laval, 2015)Introduction to journal issue Temps zéro nº10 Introduction au dossier : Cadrages contemporains sur les paysages des littératures francophones du Canada -
Calibration and Model Uncertainty of a Two-Factor Mean-Reverting Diffusion Model for Commodity Prices
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-28)With the development of various derivative instruments and index products, commodities have become a distinct asset class which can offer enhanced diversification benefits to the traditional asset allocation of stocks and ... -
Calibration Committees and Rating Distribution Guidance Effects on Leniency Bias in Subjective Performance Evaluations
(University of Waterloo, 2023-04-19)Firms use both calibration committees and rating distribution guidance to reduce leniency bias in subjective performance ratings. Leniency bias is the tendency to provide subordinates with higher ratings than deserved which ... -
Can children use probability to guide their choices under uncertainty?
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-01)We encounter situations in our everyday lives where we need to make decisions under uncertainty. But what kind of information do we use and what abilities are helpful to us when making decisions under uncertainty? In three ... -
Can Elicitation Methods Increase the Precision of Fair Value Estimates?
(University of Waterloo, 2016-12-21)This dissertation is motivated by recent changes in financial reporting regulation effected by the adoption of IFRS in Europe, Australia, and Canada, and SFAS 142 (FASB 2001) and SFAS 157 (FASB 2007 and 2011) in the U.S., ... -
Can Induction Strengthen Inference to the Best Explanation?
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-28)In this paper I will argue that the controversial process of inferring to the best explanation (IBE) can be made more coherent if its formulation recognizes and includes a significant inductive component. To do so, I will ... -
Can the "Strength of Connections" Account Explain Picture and Word Naming and Categorization Data?
(University of Waterloo, 2015-02-11)Potter and Faulconer (1975) reported that participants were faster to read words aloud than they were to name pictures, but were faster to categorize pictures than words. They took this as falsification of an account in ...