Dissertations & Theses @ RRU
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RRU learners can now make their theses available online through DSpace@RRU, our institutional repository: a digital archive of open access, scholarly works by RRU students, faculty and staff.
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Low-impact development : citizen chronicles from the urban underground
The participants in this study were property owners who volunteered for involvement in a residential low-impact development (LID) initiative located in Toronto, Canada. The LID entailed the installation of rain gardens for ... -
Reimagining sustainability leadership for this historical moment
The current moment of ecological emergency—characterized by disorienting change and uncertainty—invites a deeper look at what sustainability leadership is, and what it could be. This research explored how the stakeholders ... -
Development, Validation, and Piloting of a Questionnaire to Examine Personal Disaster Preparedness of People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
The vast majority of literature on chronic disease and disasters focuses on chronic disease in general, and does not examine the unique needs and vulnerabilities of people with specific chronic diseases such as Chronic ... -
“Fear Promotes the Status Quo”: Surveillance Discourses and Environmental Activism in Canada
This paper explores the topics of state surveillance and democratic participation. It examines how targeted surveillance—backed by the implicit threat of state violence—shapes the behaviour and sense of identity of Canadian ... -
Utility, usage, and perceptions of computing devices in online distance learning
This research explores learners’ perceptions of how their computing devices affect their learning within online distance learning environments. To achieve this, the study includes an exploration of computing devices, ... -
Measuring suppression : quantifying reductions in burn probability from initial attack
Rapid suppression, or initial attack (IA), is the primary method of managing new fires, with relatively low costs and high containment rates. Factors contributing to containment are well understood, but consequences for ... -
Estimation of methane potential in household food waste in the Capital Regional District
As a basis for discussing the feasibility of anaerobic digestion (AD) technology in the Capital Regional District (CRD), this research evaluated the annual methane potential in household food waste (HFW) in the CRD while ... -
Sense of place in the city : using photo voice to uncover meaningful places by newcomers of ethnic minority
This study used photo voice to enlist Bangladeshi participants in identifying places that are meaningful to them as newcomer ethnic minorities in the City of Toronto. Four themes—First Experiences, Belongingness, Diversity, ... -
Community systems and practices to prevent and respond to violence against children in Uganda : children’s perceptions and lived experiences
Violence Against Children (VAC) is a growing public health and social development problem recognized globally and specifically in Uganda. The general research objective of this study was to examine how the community formal ... -
Towards transformative learning : bridging the divide between theory and practice in secondary education
This qualitative study explored the interaction between transformative learning, sustainability education, and the Institute for Global Solutions (IGS) program. Using narrative analysis research methods, the researcher ... -
Effective usage of unmanned aerial vehicle technology in emergency operations in Canada
The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology is increasing globally and if applied in the field of Public Safety (PS), could prove useful in providing solutions to challenges in emergency operations. The purpose ... -
Inuvialuktun words for a changing climate
I conducted a qualitative research study using collaborative storytelling and conversation, Indigenous Research Methodology and Grounded Theory, through the lens of decolonization and reconciliation, to answer the question: ... -
Emotive use of language in annual municipal financial reports
Each year a number of Canadian municipalities issue their annual financial report presenting to their respective residents the summary of the fiscal year. These reports facilitate emotive use of language impacting the ... -
A participatory case study on youth’s emergency department experience through youth engagement as a change agent
My doctoral research involved a participatory case study (PCS) on youth’s emergency department (ED) experiences through youth engagement as a change agent. One of the vulnerable populations in our society, namely, ... -
Factors influencing community recovery decision making : a case study of recovery from the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfires
When large-scale disasters impact entire communities, entire communities must in turn collectively negotiate the recovery process and the associated recovery decisions. While these decisions affect the recovery outcomes ... -
Masculinities and engaging older men at seniors’ centres through social marketing
Older men are at risk for social isolation, which poses significant risks to their psychosocial health. Seniors’ centres offer opportunities for social support networks; however, older men attend far less than women. Social ... -
Dispelling stereotypes and building capacity : repairing the leaky pipeline between high school and post-secondary engineering education through participatory action research
Women make up 12.8% of the engineering population in Canada despite decades of efforts by engineering educators and practitioners to recruit and retain women. This dissertation builds on the historical context of feminist ... -
Improving internal communication in an organization with a distributed workforce
This thesis presents research conducted in an organization with several factors that created internal communication challenges. The company in this study had multiple physical locations, workers in different parts of the ... -
A study of ecosystem services that draw users to Tombstone Territorial Park and a review of potential conflict areas
This study is an evaluation of the ecosystem services (ES) in Yukon's Tombstone Territorial Park (TTP), the spatial distribution of those ES and the location of potential user conflict areas within the park. Cultural ... -
Teachers' perceptions and experiences of live dives in the classroom
Interviews were conducted with eight middle school teachers who participated, along with their students, in live-streamed scuba dives, known as “live dives”. Teachers ranked student engagement as their most important ...
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