In the workplace, a substantial portion of life is dedicated to work, offering sustenance, social connections, and individual identity. However, individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) face significant underemployment ...
The current study was designed to explore the relationship between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and crime classifications to determine how the three different ACE categories differ as a function of four crime ...
Effective evidence-based interventions to support workforces in preventing and reducing burnout are required. A longitudinal, randomized wait-list control study (N = 89 leaders) was conducted to test the effectiveness of ...
The rise of virtual interviewing technology, notably Asynchronous Video Interviews (AVIs), has transformed personnel selection practices worldwide due to their cost and time efficiencies. Yet, research on potential biases ...
With a resurgence of anti-LGBTQIA+ propaganda in Canada, this thesis addresses the source of a long history of hatred of trans people in conservative Christian communities, and the belief that trans and Christian identities ...
The Coordinate Detector is an arrangement of 2352 plastic scintillators that detects recoil
electrons, or other charged particles, originating from collisions of a high-energy electron
beam on a hydrogen target within ...
Yazbek MacDonald, Austin Joseph(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-04-10)
Tendons, functionally categorized as positional or energy-storing, have differing structures and mechanical properties but are both susceptible to damage. Tendinopathy is a chronic condition that exhibits repetitive ...
McNamara, Evan Riley(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-04-23)
In the Bay of Fundy dykelands, efforts are underway to determine the trade-offs of ecosystem services between maintaining man-made dykes and restoring them back to the salt marsh habitat that existed in their place prior ...
Sarmiento Salazar, Laura(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-05-01)
This study examines the impact of women-led initiatives on community resilience in San Miguel, Colombia, after the reported armed conflict that occurred between 1990 and 2004. I investigate the importance of embroidery and ...
This research examines the multifaceted challenges faced by immigrant and refugee
women who are survivors of severe domestic violence in Canada through a social
ecological lens. By exploring individual, relationship, ...
Keenan, Claire C.(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-04-30)
This thesis examined levels of knowledge, myth acceptance, and perceptions of personal safety around sex trafficking among Nova Scotian young adults. Violence condition and citizenship were manipulated in this vignette ...
Grimes, Alexandra Taylor(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-04-24)
This thesis research examines the intertwining of domesticity and criminality in recent
television series Animal Kingdom and Sons of Anarchy. I argue that the series’ key mothers, Smurf and Gemma, challenge ...
Roy, Aritra(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-04-11)
Exploring neutron-rich nuclei near the drip-line exposes exotic phenomena, including neutron halo or skin and the (dis)appearance of the existing magic numbers. A systematic study of point proton radii along an ...
In 2018, Canada became the second country in the world to legalize recreational cannabis. As legalization plays out, investigation of changes in public health outcomes related to cannabis use and impaired driving is required. ...
Jewell, Daniel A.(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2023-09-06)
Satellite imagery can be analyzed to offer a preliminary regional assessment of mine tailings indicators, enabling identification before performing in-depth fieldwork. Nova Scotia, Canada, still retains mine tailings ...
Hasan, Md Mehedi(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary’s University, 2024-03-25)
Heat waves are one of the most common weather events happening in recent decades,
posing threats to public health especially in urban built-up environments. This study employs geospatial techniques to evaluate urban heat ...
Robertson, Logan Sidney(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2022-04-26)
This thesis analyzes the OD2016-D2 dredge rock samples collected from a flank of Lomonosov Ridge, a major topographic feature in the Arctic Ocean. U-Pb- and Hf-isotopes were analyzed for 719 detrital zircon grains from ten ...
Kuwodza, Itai Ashley(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-02-12)
This thesis argues that the Black student experience in Atlantic Canada is explicitly
limited by racist practices. Kuwodza further argues that Atlantic Canadian post-secondary
institutions are built on a legacy of systemic ...
McCarthy, Colleen M. K.(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-01-01)
On August 12, 2021, a tragic mass shooting occurred in Plymouth, England, starting the
exploration into the roots of hatred and extremism, particularly among young white men. This investigates the intersectionality of ...
Baidoo, Loretta(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2024-01-23)
International development organizations have been argued to be sites of contestations where power is invoked to maintain the othering of developing countries. Guided by Western liberal feminist ideas, international development ...