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Under the Skin: Assessing the Ideological Underpinnings and Material Reality of Cultured Meat
(University of Waterloo, 2022-11-24)The relationship between industrial animal agriculture, resource depletion, and environmental instability has become increasingly clear in recent years. In keeping with the longstanding focus on consumers, and consumption’s ... -
Understanding and Supporting Sustainable Housing Innovators
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-16)Canadian societies have developed a paradoxical relationship with change, where we commend “bold and visionary” leaders and adventurers, yet staunchly resist major change in our own lives. Nonetheless, instances of extensive ... -
Understanding Depressive Symptoms in Individuals with Schizophrenia: Analyses Using the Resident Assessment Instrument – Mental Health (RAI-MH)
(University of Waterloo, 2007-11-05)Objective: The primary aim of this study was to better understand the role of depressive and negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia. As such, two specific research questions guide this analysis: (1) What factors ... -
Understanding Energy Contexts: An Assessment of Emerging Methods for the Thermo-Behavioural Characterization of Residential Households
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-26)Unlocking the full potential of residential-sector energy efficiency gains will require the efforts of external agents (whether in the public, private, or not-for profit sectors) engaging with individual homeowners in order ... -
Understanding Institutional Change and Resistance to Change Towards Sustainability: An Interdisciplinary Theoretical Framework and Illustrative Application to Provincial-Municipal Aggregates Policy
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-31)This study develops an interdisciplinary theoretical framework for understanding institutional change and resistance to change towards sustainability. The research rests on two leading theories of change within the social ... -
Understanding the Reasons for Part II Order Requests in Municipal Class Environmental Assessments
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-07)The practice of environmental assessment (EA) in Ontario, Canada and elsewhere has been criticized for resulting in projects that are not necessarily “good” for the environment or society, but simply “less bad.” In Ontario, ... -
Understanding the Strategic Engagement of Partner Organizations in Large Cross-Sector Social Partnerships Implementing Community Sustainability Plans
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-10)Sustainability is a grand challenge that diverse communities of interest all over the world are currently focusing on at the local and global level. At the local level, thousands of cities have decided to address their ... -
Unearthing the power in GMO discourse: An analysis of Canadian agriculture and agrifood debates
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-24)The overall purpose of this doctoral research project is to add to our knowledge and understanding of power relations embedded in discourses regarding Canadian agriculture and agrifood debates. Power can be obscured by ... -
Upland Hardwood Forest Restoration: Testing Combinations of Vegetation in the Progress of Early Restoration
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-10)Progress in early ecological restoration is a measure which has not been extensively studied in the relatively new body of literature surrounding this field of study. Early restoration is an extremely beneficial area of ... -
Urban Aboriginal Health: Using individual and contextual approaches to better understand the health of Aboriginal populations living in Toronto
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-29)INTRODUCTION: Canada’s Aboriginal population is growing at a faster rate than the rest of Canada. While Aboriginal health has improved in the last few decades, life expectancy of First Nations, Inuit and Métis continues ... -
Urban Infrastructure and Household Vulnerability to Food Insecurity in Maputo, Mozambique
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-21)Infrastructure is an important foundation for urban sustainability. Infrastructure includes both a system of institutions like banks and hospitals (known as social infrastructure) and a network of physical utilities like ... -
Urban Landscape Connectivity in Southern Ontario: Evaluating Current Approaches and Exploring the Potential of Climate Connectivity Considerations
(University of Waterloo, 2023-06-16)Landscape connectivity facilitates the movement of organisms, is important for the maintenance of ecological integrity, and supports the resilience of ecosystems to withstand the impacts of climate change. Land use change ... -
The Use of Control Interventions in Adult Mental Health Inpatient Services in Ontario Hospitals and Identification of Risk Factors
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-03)The use of control interventions (CI) such as mechanical/physical restraints (MP), chairs that prevent rising (Chair), and acute control medications (ACM) with mental health (MH) patients is not without controversy. ... -
THE USE OF ENVIRONMENTAL DNA TO CHARACTERIZE FISH ASSEMBLAGES IN TEMPERATE ESTUARIES OF VARYING LEVELS OF NUTRIENT IMPACT
(University of Waterloo, 2022-12-23)The inner region has been identified as an important area for evaluating the health of estuaries, as many riverine inputs, like excessive nutrients (eutrophication), are more concentrated here than in the lower reaches of ... -
Use of Medications for Management of Alzheimer’s Disease in Ontario’s Home Care Population
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-07)Abstract Background: Home care is an important care setting for those with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). It provides support that allows individuals with AD to remain at home and may delay the transition to long-term care ... -
The use of plant functional traits to detect changes in urban wetland management regimes within Kitchener, ON
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-14)Humans have modified their surrounding environment in ways that often lead to changes in ecosystem structure and function. Ecosystem management efforts are necessary to bring back functioning attributes of ecosystems for ... -
THE USE OF SCIENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY MAKING AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH: A CASE STUDY OF BISMUTH SHOTSHELLS
(University of Waterloo, 2005)Scientific information is required to make environmental policy that will enhance and protect the health of ecosystems. The issues placed on the policy agenda come from the interactions amongst stakeholders, decision ... -
Use of the interRAI Acute Care Assessment Instrument to Predict Adverse Outcomes Among the Hospitalized Elderly
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-01)Abstract Objectives: This research project was undertaken to review two commonly used screening instruments for the elderly who attend at hospital emergency departments in Ontario. These instruments were then contrasted ... -
The Use of Traditional Environmental Knowledge to Assess the Impact of Climate Change on Subsistence Fishing in the James Bay Region, Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-21)This thesis used traditional environmental knowledge (TEK) to assess the impacts of climate change on food security for First Nations communities located in the western James Bay region of northern Ontario. In addition, ... -
Using a Remotely Piloted Aircraft System to Investigate the Relationship between Canopy Temperature Depression and American Beech Health in Southern Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-30)The unprecedented spread of invasive pest and pathogens, along with climate change and human activity/development is degrading forest system health. American beech trees are a principal tree species that dominates Ontario’s ...