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Read all about it! Comparing media discourse on energy storage in Canada and the United Kingdom in a transition era
(Elsevier, 2020-12-01)Energy storage (ES), both grid-scale and behind-the-meter, will depend largely upon domestic acceptance of the technology in the public sphere. Recognizing the role that media play in this socio-technical process, we compare ... -
A realistic account of evidence-informed tobacco control practice in Ontario public health agencies
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-06)Policy-makers, research funders, and practitioners acknowledge the need for theories about the uptake of scientific evidence into policy and programs to reduce population-wide risk factors for the major avoidable chronic ... -
Rehabilitation Therapy Services For Older Long–Stay Clients in the Ontario Home Care System
(University of Waterloo, 2013-02-15)BACKGROUND Rehabilitation therapies are effective for older persons in home-based settings, and have the potential to save money for the health system, while also improving the quality of life for older adults who may ... -
Reintegrating Canadian Agriculture and Ecological Land Management
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-21)There are three distinct motivating factors behind this research: 1) ecosystems are threatened across Canada and require locations within which to establish or re-establish natural features to support native species; 2) ... -
The Relationship Between Schools, Friends and Smoking Initiation in Elementary School Students
(University of Waterloo, 2005)Smoking rates among senior students have been related to smoking initiation in younger students. Opportunities to select smoking friends may be one explanation, however our understanding of this process has been limited ... -
Relationship of Driving Comfort to Perceived and Objective Driving Abilities and Future Driving Behaviour
(University of Waterloo, 2007-08-30)Introduction: Bandura’s self-efficacy theory postulates that confidence is a stronger determinant of behaviour than one’s actual skills or abilities. The Day and Night time Driving Comfort Scales (D-DCS and N-DCS) are new ... -
Relationships among the number of food stores around schools, school level academic performance and school neighbourhood household income
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-27)Abstract Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the number of food stores (FS) within 500m, 1000m and 1500m of Region of Waterloo schools and describe them by type: full-service restaurants, fast food restaurants, ... -
Relationships between Quality of Life and Selected Resident and Facility Characteristics in Long Term Care Facilities in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-04)Background: Quality of life (QoL) of long term care facility (LTC) residents is being recognized as an important outcome of care by LTC providers, researchers, and policy makers. For residents, measurement of QoL is a ... -
Remedial agriculture: Reconciling ecological restoration and agriculture in the design of a wetland complex
(University of Waterloo, 2004)Reconciling human landscapes with wildlife needs can demand innovative solutions. Enhancing wildlife conservation in agricultural landscapes requires habitat restoration; returning marginal farmlands to wetlands in a way ... -
Remembering Water: Immigrant water narratives in Waterloo Region
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-06)What water priorities are embedded in the personal water narratives of immigrants in Waterloo Region? How can immigrant water meanings transform local waters? The purpose of this qualitative research was to understand ... -
Researching Global Environmental Politics in the 21st Century
(MIT Press, 2016-02-01)This forum article highlights three major research trends we have observed in the journal Global Environmental Politics since 2000. First, research has increasingly focused on specific and formal mechanisms of global ... -
Resident Perceptions of Tourism in a Rapidly Growing Mountain Tourism Destination
(University of Waterloo, 2006)It is generally agreed that tourism results in both positive and negative impacts for residents of tourism destinations. There is a need to study resident perceptions of tourism because local residents are the ones who ... -
Resource allocation in the public health sector: Current status and future prospects
(University of Waterloo, 2013-10-01)Background: Funding practices in Ontario's acute care sector have undergone a substantive shift away from ‘lump-sum funding’ towards a combination of population-needs and performance-based financing (MOHLTC, 2013). In ... -
Respecting Outcomes in Collaborative Processes: a low water response case study
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-15)Government agencies in Canada are increasingly using collaborative approaches to inform decision-making for complex policy problems. Collaborative approaches encourage participants to share resources and knowledge to build ... -
Responsibility to the rescue? Governing private financial investment in global agriculture
(Springer, 2017-03)This paper examines the recent rise of initiatives for responsible agricultural investment and provides a preliminary assessment of their likely success in curbing the ecological and social costs associated with the growth ... -
Rethinking Biodiversity Conservation in an Era of Climate Change: Evaluating Adaptation in Canada’s Protected Areas
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-26)Protected areas worldwide face significant threats from rapid climatic and associated ecological change. The need to adapt to the impacts of climate change on biodiversity has been widely acknowledged for two decades; ... -
Rethinking Flood Risk Management
(University of Waterloo, 2022-02-07)ABSTRACT Damages due to flooding have increased significantly in recent years and are predicted to rise globally despite many attempts by governments to mitigate flooding. Since 2015, global efforts to reduce the risk of ... -
Rethinking restoration ecology of tallgrass prairie: considering belowground components of tallgrass restoration in southern Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2019-03-13)Agriculture, urban development, and woody encroachment have reduced the North American tallgrass prairie ecosystem to less than 1% of its historical extent. The remnants of this now rare habitat are currently challenged ... -
The right tree at the right place: Exploring urban foresters' perceptions of assisted colonization
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-25)Urban forests feature harsh growing conditions for trees. Urban trees are surrounded by heavy anthropogenic disturbances, they often have low genetic diversity, and it is difficult for managers to maintain them because of ... -
RISK COMPREHENSION OF ONLINE COLORECTAL CANCER INFORMATION: AN ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH NUMERACY
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-03)Introduction: Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer among Canadians and the second leading cause of cancer deaths. In this age of chronic disease and shared decision-making, individuals are encouraged and ...