• Negotiating parental leaves in corporate Alberta 

  Fraser, Tatum; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of SociologyArts and ScienceDepartment of Sociology, 2021)

  This thesis inquiry has analysed the ways in which parental leaves are experienced by those working in medium to large corporations in Alberta. The aim of this research was to discover the implications of parental leave ...
• The Teaching Quality Standard and learner engagement: High school students’ perceptions 

  Evans, Karie Jean; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of EducationEducation, 2021)

  What indicators of quality teaching, as defined by the Teaching Quality Standard (TQS) (Alberta Education, 2018c), are perceived by Alberta high school students to be of importance to their intellectual engagement? Do ...
• Quantifying plant community change at Waterton Lakes National Park over the past 25 years 

  Lloren, Jed Immanuel; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Biological SciencesArts and ScienceDepartment of Biological Sciences, 2021)

  Plant communities are changing in response to natural and anthropogenic drivers. However, we know little about how different drivers have affected Rocky Mountain plant communities over the past few decades. In 2017, a ...
• Senescence in duckweed: an interspecific comparison and the influence of temperature 

  Paiha, Austin Paul; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Biological SciencesArts and ScienceDepartment of Biological Sciences, 2021)

  The focus of this thesis was to compare the life history traits of three species of duckweed and investigate the impact of temperature on duckweed lifespan. A generalized pace and shape framework was employed to measure ...
• Behavioural and neurophysiological expression of visual categorization in the mouse medial prefrontal cortex 

  Pais, Rui; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of NeuroscienceArts and ScienceDepartment of Neuroscience, 2021)

  Categorization is a process that allows organisms to classify and respond to individual elements of any given experience based on their shared similarities, and to generalize their behavioural output to novel stimuli that ...
• A cross-section study: secondary traumatic stress in emergency department nurses in Alberta 

  Dirk, Brittany Paula; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Health Sciences (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Health SciencesHealth Sciences, 2021)

  Death, trauma, violence, and heavy workloads are regular occurrences that contribute to the stressful emergency department (ED). Repeated exposure to these stressors may result in secondary traumatic stress (STS). This ...
• What does it mean to "stand on guard for thee"? Detuning the Canadian national anthem 

  Stewart, Tyler J; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Cultural, Social, and Political ThoughtArts and ScienceDepartment of Cultural, Social, and Political Thought, 2021)

  At their core, national anthems attempt to unite citizens of the nation through music. While “O Canada” might endeavour to unify the country in song, this research-creation project unsettles and detunes the anthem to ...
• Suffering and pain: Racialized immigrant women’s use of mental health services in Lethbridge, Alberta 

  Parvin, Mst Shahina; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of SociologyArts and ScienceDepartment of Sociology, 2021)

  Drawing on in-depth interviews with 13 racialized immigrant women, this research explores experiences of using mental health services in Lethbridge, Alberta. The women’s narratives serve as a thread linking psychiatric, ...
• Population growth and its effect on labour productivity in Ghana 

  Ablordeppey, Suzzie; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of EconomicsArts and ScienceDepartment of Economics, 2021)

  This study analyzes population growth and its effect on labour productivity in Ghana. In addition to the main objective, the study looks at the various factors affecting overall labour productivity, labour productivity in ...
• White nation building and sex between men in the British Columbia and Washington press, 1866 to 1910 

  Rieger, Jillian Grace; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of HistoryArts and ScienceDepartment of History, 2021)

  This thesis examines the representations of sex between men in the British Columbia and Washington press from 1866 to 1910. During this period, B.C. and Washington newspapers covered both local and international sex scandals ...
• Interaction studies of human DEAD-box helicases with viral non-coding RNA 

  Nelson, Corey Rhys; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Chemistry and BiochemistryArts and ScienceDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 2021)

  Mosquito-borne illnesses are responsible for millions of deaths every year. Some of the most common diseases spread include Japanese Encephalitis, Zika, and Rift Valley Fever Virus. This thesis seeks to describe the ...
• Knowing and being known: the qualities that make a long-term care facility a home 

  Douziech, Aimee; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Health Sciences (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Health SciencesHealth Sciences, 2021)

  There has been consistent pressure to transform long-term care (LTC) facilities into more homelike settings. The concept of home within institutionalized care-based living environments is not well understood. For this ...
• Maternal investment and offspring viability in vervet monkeys 

  Varsanyi, Stephanie E.; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of PsychologyArts and ScienceDepartment of Psychology, 2021)

  Primate infants are dependent on their mothers for their early nutritional and social needs, which allows mothers to exert a large influence over their infant’s early development. Vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) ...
• Public health nurses in rural communities immunize during influenza pandemics: what meanings do they attach to the experience? 

  Torrie, Carmen Ann; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Health Sciences (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Health SciencesHealth Sciences, 2021)

  The H1N1 influenza pandemic (pH1N1) in 2009 was the first opportunity in history to administer vaccine on a grand scale. In Alberta, Canada public health nurses (PHNs) were the primary administrators of pandemic vaccine ...
• Connecting in the coulee: a hermeneutic study of young children’s place-based experiences 

  Patten, Lisa Marie; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education. (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of EducationEducation, 2021)

  This study is a hermeneutic inquiry into the questions, How do place-based experiences cultivate a child’s sense of place? and How do place-based experiences impact student engagement? It explores student perspectives of ...
• Effect of copper nanoparticles on rainbow trout olfaction and recovery 

  Razmara, Parastoo; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Biological SciencesArts and ScienceDepartment of Biological Sciences, 2021)

  Fish depend on olfaction for reproduction and survival. Here, using molecular to behavioural endpoints, we compared the effect of two neurotoxic contaminants, Cu ions (Cu2+) and copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) on rainbow trout ...
• An ecological approach to empathy 

  Avram, Christa Michelle; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of PsychologyArts and ScienceDepartment of Psychology, 2021)

  Two restrictive habits of seeing currently dominate empathy research in psychology: 1. the vertical worldview, which assumes that the reality of behaviour lies in hidden levels; 2. dualism, which assumes a binary arrangement ...
• Drinking water security in rural Ghana: the implications of community experiences for policy 

  Dosu, Benjamin; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Geography and EnvironmentArts and ScienceDepartment of Geography and Environment, 2021)

  Notwithstanding its rise in use, the term water security lacks a consensus of how it is conceptualized and applied in different contexts and disciplines. Drawing on a conceptual framework that involves a plethora of several ...
• Potential canonical framework for quantum-classical dynamics 

  Amin Hemeida, Mustafa; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Physics and AstronomyArts and ScienceDepartment of Physics & Astronomy, 2021)

  Dynamical brackets lie at the heart of fundamental physical theories. They are Lie brackets that obey the Leibniz rule with respect to a suitable composition product. The pair ``composition product'' and ``dynamical ...
• Conservation genetics of Roosevelt Elk in British Columbia 

  Gazeley, Ian Frederick; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Biological SciencesArts and ScienceDepartment of Biological Sciences, 2021)

  Species reintroductions have the potential to cause bottleneck events resulting in increased genetic drift, reduced genetic diversity and increased inbreeding, with potentially negative fitness consequences. Wildlife ...

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