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Influence of Trust Concerns and Benefits of Visibility on Participation in Green Electricity Programs: a Case-Study of Residential Solar-PV Systems in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2013-02-22)This study examines two of the reasons that prevent people from taking part in green electricity programs: trust concerns that these programs may raise, and lack of benefits that come with visibility of participants’ ... -
Integrating Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change in Orissa, India: Coupling Entrepreneurial Agricultural Mechanization with Village-Based Biodiesel Production
(University of Waterloo, 2010-09-10)India’s strong agrarian economy, global location and climatic zoning make it highly vulnerable to the potential effects of climate change. Recent evidence of shortening cropping seasons has raised interest among academics ... -
Integrating supportive housing into the continuum of care in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-31)Background: An essential component of managing the health care system effectively as the population ages is to provide care to seniors in the care setting that can best meet their needs. The majority of seniors wish to ... -
Interaction and linkage in the Canadian tobacco control community: Implications for the research process
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-28)Study Purpose: This research aimed to: (1) understand interactions between researchers and policy-makers in the Canadian tobacco control research community and, (2) explore the relationship between interaction and alignment ... -
Interactive Processes and Evidence-Informed Knowledge Use in Public Health: The Example of Youth Physical Activity in the SHAPES-Ontario KE Extension
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-23)Objective: Significant investments to address childhood obesity require that we understand the factors that facilitate the use of research among public health practitioners in order to support evidence-informed strategies. ... -
INTERPRETATION OF PROCESSES IN DEVELOPING A NEW PROVINCIAL EDUCATION POLICY TO INCREASE STUDENT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(University of Waterloo, 2009-10-01)Objective: Significant efforts have been made to address childhood obesity. Overtime we have realized obesity requires strong political leadership and population level interventions, considering there are many environmental ... -
Interpreting Barriers to Energy Efficiency within Southern Ontario Municipal Buildings: A Case Study
(University of Waterloo, 2012-02-21)Recent concerns regarding climate change, environmental degradation, human health and energy security associated with the consumption of energy have raised questions about the sustainability of current energy systems. ... -
An Inventory and Recommendations for the Management of High Priority Invasive Alien Plants in Point Pelee National Park
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-29)Point Pelee National Park in Ontario, Canada has been affected by a long history of human activity. This activity has encouraged the establishment of approximately 276 exotic invasive plant species. These plants decrease ... -
Investigating Consensus-Seeking Partnerships in Water Governance: A Case Study of Southern Alberta
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-06)Growing demand for public involvement in environmental governance combined with recognition that top-down approaches often are not well suited to dealing with local concerns has led to increased use of collaborative ... -
Investigating Food Waste Diversion and Compost Use in Urban Agriculture for Soil Management in Mwanza, Tanzania
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-16)African countries are urbanizing at a rapid rate. Studies on African agriculture have focused on rural food production, but research on urban agriculture may be key to ensuring urban food and soil security. In this ... -
Investigating regional electronic information exchange as a measure of healthcare system integration: Making the invisible visible
(University of Waterloo, 2013-10-01)BACKGROUND Integrated healthcare systems are believed to be enabled by the electronic exchange of clinical information. Canada and other national health systems are making substantial investments in information technology, ... -
Investigating the efficacy of voluntary initiatives for reducing horticultural introductions of invasive species
(University of Waterloo, 2012-02-21)The horticultural industry is responsible for approximately half of the invasive plant introductions in North America. To reduce these introductions, voluntary initiatives are preferred over government regulations. This ... -
Investigating the Feasibility of Establishing a Biosphere Reserve on the Northeast Coast of St. Lucia
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-28)The feasibility of establishing the northeast coast of St. Lucia as a UNESCO-designated Biosphere Reserve was investigated. A Biosphere Reserve is a concept of sustainability that attempts to harmonize development, the ... -
Investigating the Impact of “other foods” on Aboriginal Children’s Dietary Intake Using the Healthy Eating Index – Canada (HEI-C)
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-28)Introduction: The high prevalence of obesity in Aboriginal Canadian youth is a major public health concern. Although little is known about the diets of children on-reserve, it is hypothesized that high intake of low ... -
Investigating the impacts of time-of-use electricity rates on lower-income and senior-headed households: A case study of Milton, Ontario (Canada).
(University of Waterloo, 2010-02-23)Through the Smart Metering Initiative in the Canadian province of Ontario, all residential electricity customers will be converted from a tiered rate regime to a time-of-use (TOU) rate regime by the year 2010. Although TOU ... -
Investigating the Process of Developing a KDD Model for the Classification of Cases with Cardiovascular Disease Based on a Canadian Database
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-10)Medicine and health domains are information intensive fields as data volume has been increasing constantly from them. In order to make full use of the data, the technique of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD) has ... -
Investigating the Relationship between Householders’ Engagement with Feedback and Electricity Consumption: An Ontario, Canada Case-Study
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-22)In this study, 22 homes in Milton, Ontario had their electricity consumption monitored for between seven and 15 months, and they were provided access to their data via an online webportal. The webportal provided appliance-level ... -
Investigating the sustainability and resilience criteria for evaluation of land use plans and related policies: The case of rural Niagara
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-29)Most land use plans and policies, including those concerning growth management, are created in urban hubs (Afshar, 1994; Summer, 2005). My interest in this thesis started by asking the question: What are the criteria that ... -
An Investigation into the Consequences of Performing Emotional Labour in Mental Health Care
(University of Waterloo, 2011-04-28)Performing emotional labour in health care has been widely studied. However, there is a gap in the literature regarding mental health care. Therefore, the aim of this study was to identify (1) the method of emotional labour ... -
Investigation of Milk and Alternatives Intake and the Impact of School Nutrition Programs in First Nations Schoolchildren
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-31)Objectives: To assess the intake of milk and alternatives, calcium, and vitamin D in on-reserve First Nations youth in Ontario, Canada; and the relationship of these nutrients to body mass index. To assess the impact of ...