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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 ... -
Risk Messages about HPV, Cervical Cancer and the HPV Vaccine Gardasil: A Content Analysis of U.S. and Canadian National Newspaper and News Magazine Articles
(University of Waterloo, 2009-06-19)The HPV vaccine (Gardasil) is a significant advancement in women’s health that garnered both positive and negative media coverage. Since public opinion and population uptake of the vaccine can be influenced by media ... -
The role of knowledge co-production in climate smart agriculture in Pakistan
(University of Waterloo, 2019-12-13)To address the challeges of climate change in Pakistan, new ways of practicing agriculture and mobilizing agricultural research are required. Climate smart agriculture (CSA) is one proposed solution with implications for ... -
Rural Community Vulnerability to Food Security Impacts of Climate Change in Afghanistan: Evidence from Balkh, Herat, and Nangarhar Provinces
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-20)Climate change is taking its toll on Afghanistan. Warming temperatures and decreasing precipitation levels over the last fifty years have led to innumerable weather anomalies causing droughts, floods, unseasonal precipitation, ... -
The Safe and Sexy Project: The sexual-health needs and knowledge of street involved and homeless youth living in Hamilton, Ontario.
(University of Waterloo, 2010-06-17)BACKGROUND: Youth continue to be at high risk for STI and HIV transmission and unplanned pregnancies because of their liberal approach to sexual-health and their susceptibility toward engaging in risky activities. Youth ... -
Scaling Forest Conservation: Strategic Agency and Systems Change in the Great Bear Rainforest and Canadian Boreal Forest Agreements
(University of Waterloo, 2015-05-20)Transitioning resource industries towards sustainability poses system-wide innovation challenges. This manuscript-style dissertation analyzes two cases of Canadian forest sector innovation, the Great Bear Rainforest Agreement ... -
School Beverage Contracts & Childhood Obesity: A Case Study
(University of Waterloo, 2006)The objective of this study was to describe the issue of school beverage contracts and childhood obesity from the perspectives of a broad group of stakeholders. Specifically, the perspectives concerning contracts in two ... -
Self-Regulatory Driving Behaviour, Perceived Abilities and Comfort Level of Older Drivers with Parkinson's disease compared to Age-Matched Healthy Controls
(University of Waterloo, 2011-05-19)Introduction: Multiple studies have shown the symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) can impair driving performance. Studies have also found elevated crash rates in drivers with PD, however, none have controlled for exposure ... -
SemDQ: A Semantic Framework for Data Quality Assessment
(University of Waterloo, 2014-07-02)Objective: Access to, and reliance upon, high quality data is an enabling cornerstone of modern health delivery systems. Sadly, health systems are often awash with poor quality data which contributes both to adverse ... -
Shareholders for Sustainability? Assessing investor motivations to adopt the Principles for Responsible Investment
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-18)The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is a voluntary investor-led initiative, backed by the United Nations. Together, the six principles are meant to provide a ‘best practice’ code of conduct for institutional ... -
Silent Partners in Care: Examining Care Transitions for Caregivers of Hip Fracture and Stroke Patients
(University of Waterloo, 2011-06-16)Background: Quality of care and patient safety have been demonstrated to be at increased risk during care transitions; making older adults with complex medical issues especially vulnerable due to the multifaceted care they ... -
Situating Sino-African agricultural demonstrations in the global food order: Case studies from Rwanda and Uganda
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-21)This thesis explores two Sino-African agricultural centres in Rwanda and Uganda that demonstrate Chinese agricultural technologies, and examines them as they relate to the changing global food order. When Sino-African ... -
Small Farms, Big Impacts: A Case Study in the Development of a Sustainable Farming Livelihood for Direct-Marketing Farmers in Southwestern Ontario, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-10)Direct-marketing farms play an important role in fostering healthy communities in an era of rapid climate change and unsustainable global agro-industrial practices. Canadian cities intimately depend on foodstuffs imported ... -
Smokeless Tobacco Use among Canadian Youth in Grades 9-12
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-01)Youth represent a substantial portion of smokeless tobacco (ST) users in Canada compared to the general population. Highest prevalence of use is typically seen in males, in current smokers, and in the Western provinces. ... -
The social acceptance of energy storage in Canada and the United Kingdom: Media and public framing of an energy transition technology
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-26)Growing climate and energy security pressures call for more ambitious deployment of transformative low-carbon energy technologies worldwide. By supporting renewable energy integration and evolving power grids, energy storage ...