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Variation among 532 genomes unveils the origin and evolutionary history of a global insect herbivore
(Nature, 2020-05-08)The diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella is a cosmopolitan pest that has evolved resistance to all classes of insecticide, and costs the world economy an estimated US $4-5 billion annually. We analyse patterns of variation ... -
Strengthening our connection to nature and building citizens of the Earth
(UNESCO, 2020-01-28)The authors elaborate on the dangers of rampant consumerism and attempt to explain why most humans are disconnected from the realities of our depleting planet and are not taking action to instigate change to ensure a ... -
Electronic and Magnetic Properties of MAX Phase (Cr1-xGdx)2AlC and Er3AlC Alloy
Bulk samples of (Cr1-xGdx)2AlC with X = 0, 0.0025, 0.01, 0.025, 0.05 and Er3AlC compound were synthesized using the arc melting technique. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, magnetic susceptibility, and ... -
Colorism: An Understanding of the Multiplicity of Voices Among Black Women and How Their Experiences Inform Their Postsecondary Lives
In my M.Ed. program, I reflected on and applied a social and cultural lens to my experiences with colorism. Through this process of reflection and my review of anti-racist literature I began to question how the hegemonic ... -
From Academic to Personal: Addressing Asianness in Ontario Education
This study explored the complexities of Asian Canadian experiences in educational spaces. In particular, I considered how various stereotypes and discourses of Asianness contribute to an environment in which Asian students ... -
Playbuilding for Environmental Literacy: A Guidebook Resource for Secondary Educators
This MRP presents a guidebook resource for secondary educators who wish to use the method of Playbuilding (PB) in the classroom to investigate the environmental literacy (EL) of their students. EL is a set of skills that ... -
Composures
(Small Walker Press, 2020)A collection of brief contributions on the theme of care by members of the Research Centre in Interdisciplinary Arts and Creative Culture at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, in the Centre for Studies ... -
Against limits: A post-structural theorizing of resistance in leisure
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)In its recognition of oppositional behavior as informed and political, resistance offers us a way to explore the interconnections between leisure and politics in meaningful ways. However, for the concept to have utility ... -
A Good Place for What? Placing ‘Value’ in Youth Centres
(Taylor and Francis, 2019-07-02)In this paper, we investigate the discursive context of community-based youth centres to critically interrogate ideas and practices concerning leisure, youth, and youth centres. Using publicly available documents and data ... -
Risk, nostalgia, and the production of the ideal childhood in online commentary on children’s outdoor play
(Taylor and Francis, 2019-11-25)We use Foucauldian discourse analysis to examine comments posted online in response to news articles that reported on one Canadian neighbourhood’s ‘ban’ on children’s outdoor play. Our analysis showed that reader comments, ... -
Activity analysis of thermal imaging videos using a difference imaging approach
(Elsevier, 2020-05-18)Infrared thermal imaging is a passive imaging technique that captures the emitted radiation from an object to estimate surface temperature, often for inference of heat transfer. Infrared thermal imaging offers the potential ... -
Thermal Imaging and Physiological Analysis of Cold-Climate Caribou-Skin Clothing
(Arctic Institute of North America, 2019-11-05)Protective clothing is essential for human existence in the Arctic, and caribou-skin clothing has played a pivotal role for millennia. Although people with northern experience often extol caribou-skin clothing, few scientific ... -
Development of homeothermic endothermy is delayed in high-altitude native deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus)
(The Royal Society Publishing, 2019-06-28)Altricial mammals begin to independently thermoregulate during the firstfew weeks of postnatal development. In wild rodent populations, this isalso a time of high mortality (50–95%), making the physiological systemsthat ... -
A Long-Term Study on Massasaugas (Sistrurus catenatus) Inhabiting a Partially Mined Peatland: A Standardized Method to Characterize Snake Overwintering Habitat
(Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 2020-05-15)Temperate snakes occupy overwintering sites for most of their annual life cycle. Microhabitat characteristics of the hibernaculum are largely undescribed, yet are paramount in ensuring snake overwintering survival. We ... -
An oversimplification of physiological principles leads to flawed macroecological analyses
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Characterization of Neutral Sphingomyelinase Isoforms in Skeletal Muscle Mitochondria
Skeletal muscle is composed of fiber types that differ in mitochondrial content, antioxidant capacity, and susceptibility to apoptosis. Ceramides have been linked to apoptosis by increasing mitochondrial permeability, a ... -
Educational Leadership: Examining the Influence of Transactional and Transformational Leadership Theory in Educational Leadership Discourse
This conceptual analysis of higher educational leadership explores the influence of transactional and transformational leadership theories on 21st century leadership discourse. Applying an in-depth understanding of ... -
Understanding Post-secondary Student Mobility and its Impact on Wellbeing
There are approximately 30,000 Brock University and Niagara College students making their way around Niagara region to attend school, engage in social activities, and contribute to the local economy through their employment ... -
Barriers to Success in Postsecondary Studies for Students With Disabilities: An Analysis of Current Policies and Practices
Students with disabilities who wish to pursue education at the postsecondary level are impacted by various factors, including: differences between practices and policies at the secondary and postsecondary level, transition ... -
How to Mend a ‘Good’ Education: A Settler Autoethnography
Though White Settler educators who profess a critical pedagogy take up the project of decolonization with heartfelt enthusiasm, many of them remain unaware of the ways they unconsciously embody, and are complicit in, ...