Seasonal snow-cover (SSC) substantially alters surface physical properties over the Northern Hemisphere (NH). It modulates processes within the energy and water cycles, thereby influencing climatology, hydrology, geomorphology and ecology. In spring…

This qualitative inquiry focuses on Canada’s environmental assessment (EA) of the controversial—now defunct—Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline as a case study. Adapting Fairclough’s (1992) approach to critical discourse analysis (CDA) as a…

The widespread availability of Cross-laminated timber (CLT) provides opportunities to extend the use of wood beyond traditional low-rise residential construction. Although previous studies have shown that ground motion duration impacts the collapse…

I studied how microclimate variables influence the growth of white spruce trees (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) in pure and mixedwood stands in north-eastern British Columbia. My key finding is that stand composition and structure are essential…

One of the driving force that pushes a normal cell towards a cancerous state is led by unregulated control of its cellular division through the suppression of tumour suppressor genes and over expression of oncogenes. These cancer-driver genes have…

The main achievement of the thesis is the proof that 1+√17 is not a Mahler measure of an algebraic number. This answers a question of A. Schinzel posted in [6] in 2004. We also show that, theoretically, there exists an algorithm to reduce the…

Predation of fish raised and released as part of conservation aquaculture programs can pose a threat to the recovery of endangered populations. Therefore, understanding the impact of specific predators is important to inform these programs. In…