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Exploring the Feasibility of Enhancing Indigenous Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Communities for Sustainable Soybean Production in northern Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-31)Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi have been widely recognized as a promising approach to attain sustainability in the agricultural industry. These fungi have been known to offer numerous benefits to crops and have been ... -
Exploring the Importance of Saproxylic Beetles (Coleoptera) as Indicators of Forest Biodiversity and Available Resources in Kitchener, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-23)Across North America insects have generally taken a backseat to more conspicuous animals (e.g. birds, mammals) and are not regularly monitored by ecosystem managers. They commonly enter the spotlight when an insect is an ... -
Exploring the Influences of Institutions on Water Governance and Management: A First Nation Case Study
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-20)Water is vital for the lives of First Nations people, but many First Nations’ communities are persistently dealing with unsafe drinking water. Over the years studies have repeatedly conveyed the deplorable drinking water ... -
Exploring the possibility of transforming food crops for salinity tolerance using the TMT gene encoding thiol methyltransferase enzyme
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-31)Soil salinity is a serious environmental stress threatening productivity of major crops worldwide. Among the various biotic and abiotic strategies that exist, transgenic technologies provide a promising avenue to reduce ... -
Exploring the role of a health system navigator to support chronically ill older adults through health care transitions
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-30)Poorly executed transitions between health care settings can lead to poor outcomes and greater use of health care resources for older adults. Older adults with complex needs often receive care from many health care providers ... -
Exploring the use of MODIS forest transmissivity for correcting passive microwave observation of snow-covered terrain/landscape
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-30)Snow is one of the most important parts in Earth’s hydrologic cycle especially at high latitude. Observation of snow accumulation by passive microwave measurements is an effective way for estimating snow mass at the regional ... -
Exurban land cover and land market evolution: Analysis, review and computational experimentation of spatial and agent heterogeneity from the bottom up
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-25)This dissertation investigates selected empirical and theoretical aspects of land-use and land-cover change (LUCC) in exurban areas. Two challenges – observation and monitoring of LUCC, and spatially explicit modeling, are ... -
Factors Associated with Rehabilitative Service Use by Adults with Cerebral Palsy in Ontario Home Care
(University of Waterloo, 2013-05-30)Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a childhood-onset neurological disorder caused by a non-progressive lesion in the developing brain. It causes permanent motor and movement disorders, and can sometimes cause secondary cognitive, ... -
Family Meal Influence on Dietary Quality of Students in Grade Six, Seven, and Eight from Ontario and Nova Scotia
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-18)In 2004, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health Report, Healthy Weights, Healthy Lives (Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, 2004) identified the family (as well as the government, food industry, workplaces, schools, ... -
Feasibility and Initial Efficacy of Home-Based Cardiac Telerehabilitation— A Pilot Study
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-19)Background: Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is the top health problem all over the world, including China. Home-based rehabilitation after cardiac surgery has been shown to be beneficial. In our study, a clinical study has ... -
Feathered roots and migratory routes: Latin American immigrants and birds
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-22)In our current age, which some call the Anthropocene, humans experience the combined effects of accelerated human mobility and ecological changes. These changes may affect people’s well-being, including their emotional and ... -
Finance for Agriculture or Agriculture for Finance?
(Wiley, 2015-10)Food studies scholars have paid increasing attention to ‘financialization’ within the food system as private financial actors have played a growing role in various facets of the sector in recent years. While there has been ... -
Financialization, distance and global food politics
(Taylor & Francis, 2014-09-03)This paper provides a new perspective on the political implications of intensified financialization in the global food system. There has been a growing recognition of the role of finance in the global food system, in ... -
Fisher Behaviour and its Implications for the Governability of the Inshore Fisheries in Atlantic Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2020-11-17)The purpose of this dissertation is to advance a comprehensive understanding of fisher behaviour (i.e., current and former boat owners and crew who harvest multiple species) to strengthen the governability of the inshore ... -
Fisher-cetacean interactions in a coastal social-ecological system: Bycatch impacts on vulnerability and adaptation strategies for viability
(University of Waterloo, 2022-05-24)This thesis aims to understand the critical linkages between cetacean bycatch and its impact on the vulnerability and viability of small-scale fisheries (SSF) communities. Cetacean bycatch is extremely complex, having ... -
Flooded with terror: Identifying existential threat in water crisis communication and exploring gender bias in the depths of water management
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-30)The purpose of this dissertation was to advance understanding of gender inequity in water management and the ways in which threatening water communication may contribute to that inequity. Water crises are increasing with ... -
Food security and contested agricultural trade norms
(Munk School of Global Affairs: Faculty of Law, 2015)Just as it is important to uncover the historical origins of specific norms that shape the trade regime, it is also helpful to examine how those norms are then translated into policy through contemporary rules and agreements. ... -
Food security and food sovereignty: Getting past the binary
(Sage, 2014-07-01)The terms food security and food sovereignty originally emerged as separate terms to describe different things. The former is a concept that describes a condition regarding access to adequate food, while the latter is more ... -
Food self-sufficiency: Making sense of it, and when it makes sense
(Elsevier, 2017-01)Food self-sufficiency gained increased attention in a number of countries in the wake of the 2007–08 international food crisis, as countries sought to buffer themselves from volatility on world food markets. Food ... -
Food Wastage in the Region of Waterloo, Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-03)Much discussion on alleviating hunger and shaping more sustainable food production practices has focused on the production of food. More recently, an emerging body of literature has begun to focus on food wastage. Food ...