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Title: Sacred Space, Ancestors, and Authority: New Evidence of Developing Middle Formative Period Socio-Political Complexity From Ka’Kabish, Northern Belize
Type: Text, Electronic Thesis or Dissertation, Text, thesis
Creator: Lockett-Harris, Joshuah James (author)et al
Contributor(s): Haines, Helen R. (Thesis advisor), Iannone, Gyles (Committee member), Lohman, Roger (Committee member), Trent University Anthropology (Degree granting institution)
Description: The Middle Formative Period (1000 – 400 B.C.) has increasing become recognized as a critical locus in the development of Lowland Maya socio-political complexity. This period witnessed the founding of numerous ceremonial centers, substantial material cultural innovation, and the advent of mortuary practices indicating developing social differentiation. Recent excavations at the site of Ka’Kabish in Northern Belize have uncovered evidence significantly strengthening this view. Excavations underlying Plaza D-South at Ka’Kabish have revealed a series of bedrock-hewn pits containing offering caches of thousands of shell beads, forty-seven greenstone objects, and extensive ceramic evidence indicating communal ritual and feasting, which is argued by the author to represent a cosmographic diorama of the cave-riddled Underworld. Significantly, this elaborate cosmographic offering event appears to center on the secondary, bundled bedrock-cist burial of an important personage and/or ancestor who is accompanied by a number of finely crafted jade ornaments representing motifs and forms that have previously been interpreted as symbols of authority, rulership, and divine kingship. Comparable contemporary evidence from Northern Belize and beyond has been interpreted through models foregrounding site-founding, place-making, ancestor veneration, and aggrandizer driven social differentiation. By integrating and contrasting these existing models with new evidence from Ka’Kabish, this thesis argues that the mortuary, caching, and architectural practices evidenced at Middle Formative Ka’Kabish represent a glimpse into the incipience of the ideological complex, the socio-cultural processes, and the material manifestations propagating the development of subsequent Maya socio-political complexity, specifically the institution of divine kingship or ch’uhul ahau. Author Keywords: ancestor veneration, ancient Maya, greenstone cache, Ka’Kabish, Belize, Middle Formative, socio-political complexity
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Title: Finding New Roads Towards Peace: The Report of the Carnegie Commission on the Balkan Wars, 1912-1913
Type: Text, Electronic Thesis or Dissertation, Text, thesis
Creator: Hristova, Elitsa Nikolaeva (author)et al
Contributor(s): Andriewsky, Olga (Thesis advisor), Dunaway, Finis (Committee member), Cazorla-Sanchez, Antonio (Committee member), Trent University History (Degree granting institution)
Description: This thesis provides an analysis of the Carnegie Commission’s report on the causes and consequences of the Balkan Wars (1912-1913). Shortly after the closing of hostilities, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace appointed an international Commission of Inquiry to collect evidence of atrocities from the sites of war. The thesis analyzes the arguments expressed in the Commission’s report as an example of European and American attitudes towards the Balkans. The concept of Balkanism provides a theoretical framework according to which the Commissioners’ views are contextualized within the existing stereotypes of the region. Based on the correspondence available in the archives of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the memoirs and biographies of the various members of the Commission, and the information published in periodicals, this work also examines the justifications for the appointment of the Commission, the circumstances related to the investigation of atrocities and the reaction of Balkan governments to the report. Keywords: Carnegie Report, Carnegie Commission, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Balkan Wars, Balkanism. Author Keywords: Balkanism, Balkans, Balkan Wars, Carnegie Commission, Carnegie Endowment, Carnegie Report
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Title: Syrphidae (Diptera) of northern Ontario and Akimiski Island, Nunavut: new diversity records, trap analysis, and DNA barcoding
Type: Text, Electronic Thesis or Dissertation, Text, thesis
Creator: Vezsenyi, Kathryn Anne (author)et al
Contributor(s): Beresford, David V. (Thesis advisor), Schaefer, James A. (Thesis advisor), Skevington, Jeffrey H. (Committee member), Crins, William (Committee member), Trent University Environmental and Life Sciences (Degree granting institution)
Description: Syrphids, also known as hover flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) are a diverse and widespread family of flies. Here, I report on their distributions from a previously understudied region, the far north of Ontario, as well as Akimiski Island, Nunavut. I used samples collected through a variety of projects to update known range and provincial records for over a hundred species, bringing into clearer focus the distribution of syrphids throughout this region. I also analysed a previously un-tested trap type for collecting syrphids (Nzi trap), and report on results of DNA analysis for a handful of individuals, which yielded a potential new species. Author Keywords: Diptera, Ontario, range extension, Syrphidae
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Title: Laws and legalities of technology based cyber crimes
Type: Text
Creator: Fournier, Eric.
Contributor(s): Trent University Forensic Science., Tekdesk, Trent Centre for Community Based Education (TCCBE)
Description: Working with Tekdesk in Peterborough, the purpose of the research was to determine all the current laws and legalities of Canadian law and where we, as Canadians, stand compared to similarly developed countries. This report contains the current research of important Canadian Laws as found in the Criminal Code, refined by relevant case law as found on canlii.org., Dedication -- Acknowledgement -- Abstract -- Table of contents -- Key definitions -- Introduction -- Criminal code and case law -- Broadcasting Act -- Copyright Act -- Highway Traffic Act (Ontario) -- Outcomes -- New and upcoming -- Canadian comparison -- Conclusion -- Learning experience -- Recommendations -- References -- Appendix., By: Eric Fournier., Includes bibliographic references (p. 53-59)., FRSC 4980Y: Community-Based Education.

Title: Experimental eradication of invasive plant species: a laboratory report presented to Dr. Tom Whillans in [sic] Trent Centre for Community-Based Education 3830 Y
Type: Text
Creator: Crowell, Gail L.
Contributor(s): Trent Centre for Community-Based Education (TCCBE), Trent Nature Areas, Trent University Environmental and Resource Studies.
Description: Trent Nature Areas are community based recreational areas and members of the community have expressed a concern with the proliferation of Rhamnus cathartica, commonly known as the Common Buckthorn or alias European Buckthorn. To address this invasion problem, we evaluated three methods of eradication for their effectiveness: glyphosate herbicide [sic] cut and pull and cut and cover., Abstract -- Experimental eradication of invasive plant species -- Methods -- Results -- Disucussion -- Recommendations -- References -- Appendix -- Tables -- Figures., By Gail L. Crowell. --, Includes bibliographic references.

Title: The edible wild plants of the Gamiing Nature Centre: A guide to recognizing, harvesting, and eating local wild plants in the Kawartha Lakes region
Type: Text
Creator: Ludwig, Jessy.
Contributor(s): Moss, Tegan., McAdam, Rosemary., Angevaare, Vanessa., Camiing Nature Centre, Trent University Environmental Resource Studies/Science., Trent Centre for Community Based Education
Description: Introduction -- About Gamiing -- Things to consider -- Teas. Cedar. Clover. Evening primrose. Golden Rod. Heal All. Labrador. Mint. Wild rose. Raspberry. Spruce. Sumac. Sweet gale. Wild sarsaparilla. Wintergreen -- Spices. Coltsfoot. Peppergrass. Shepherd's purse. Wild ginger -- Fruits & berries. Currents. Gooseberry. Highbush cranberry. May apple. Serviceberry. Wild grape -- Mushrooms. Puffballs -- Pot herbs. Cattail. Dandelion. Day lily. Ostrich fern. Mallow. Milkweed. Plantain. Stinging nettle. Trout lily. Violet. Watercress. Wild asparagus. Wild rice -- Roots. Burdock. Jerusalem artichoke. Leeks. Wild carrot -- Poisonous plants & emergency numbers. Baneberry. Earthballs. Poison hemlock. Poison ivy. Poison sumac. Water hemlock -- Glossary -- Recommended reading., Completed for: Gamiing Nature Centre; Supervising Professor: Paula Anderson, Trent University; Trent Centre for Community-Based Education., ERST 3340H - The Canadian Food System: A Community Development Approach.

Title: Conversation circle leader: french
Type: Text
Creator: Cosgrove, Sebastian.
Contributor(s): New Canadian Centre, Trent University Modern Languages Department., Trent Centre for Community-Based Education
Description: by Sebastian Cosgrove., Date of Project Completion: March 2009., Completed for: New Canadian Centre; Supervising Professor: Yves Thomas, Trent University; Trent Centre for Community-Based Education., FREN 495.

Title: "TOUGH BUT NECESSARY"? AN ANALYSIS OF NEOLIBERAL AND ANTI-FEMINIST DISCOURSES USED IN THE ELIMINATION OF THE NEW BRUNSWICK ADVISORY COUNCIL ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
Type: Text, Electronic Thesis or Dissertation, Text, thesis
Creator: Martin, Karolyn Dawn (author)et al
Contributor(s): Changfoot, Nadine (Thesis advisor), Hobbs, Margaret (Committee member), Dobrowolsky, Alexandra (Committee member), Trent University Theory, Culture and Politics (Degree granting institution)
Description: This study demonstrates that the New Brunswick government rationalized the 2011 elimination of the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women (NBACSW) by discursively framing it as a duplication of services and as a non-essential service. The study relies on interviews with women who had been involved with the NBACSW, as well as literature about the use of neoliberal and anti-feminist discourses at the national level. I argue that the two rationalizations offered by the New Brunswick government rely on similar neoliberal and anti-feminist discourses to those used at the national level to eliminate women's institutional machinery and thus diminish women's capacities for advocacy and political representation. I argue that this discursive move positioned the province's largest women's advocacy group as an impediment to the common good of the province and as a threat to "Ordinary New Brunswickers," signalling a negative step for women in the province. Author Keywords: Anti-feminist backlash, Canadian Feminism, Canadian Women's Movements, Discourse Analysis, Neoliberalism, New Brunswick
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Title: The Spatial Dynamics of Wind Pollination in Broadleaf Cattail (Typha latifolia): A New Method to Infer Spatial Patterns of Pollen Dispersal
Type: Text, Electronic Thesis or Dissertation, Text, thesis
Creator: Ahee, Jordan (author)et al
Contributor(s): Dorken, Marcel E. (Thesis advisor), Freeland, Joanna R. (Committee member), Burness, Gary (Committee member), Pond, Bruce (Committee member), Trent University Environmental and Life Sciences (Degree granting institution)
Description: Natural populations of flowering plants rarely have perfectly uniform distributions, so trends in pollen dispersal should affect the size of the pollination neighbourhood and influence mating opportunities. Here I used spatial analysis to determine the size of the pollination neighbourhood in a stand of the herbaceous, wind-pollinated plant (Typha latifolia; broad-leaved cattail) by evaluating patterns of pollen production and seed set by individual cattail shoots. I found a positive correlation between pollen production and seed set among near-neighbour shoots (i.e., within 4 m2 patches of the stand; Pearson's r = 0.235, p < 0.05, df = 77) that was not driven by a correlation between these variables within inflorescences (Pearson's r = 0.052, p > 0.45, df = 203). I also detected significant spatial autocorrelations in seed set over short distances (up to ~ 5 m) and a significant cross-correlation between pollen production and seed set over distances of < 1 m indicating that the majority of pollination events involve short distances. Patterns of pollen availability were simulated to explore the shape of the pollen dispersal curve. Simulated pollen availability fit actual patterns of seed set only under assumptions of highly restricted pollen dispersal. Together, these findings indicate that even though Typha latifolia produces copious amounts of pollen, the vast majority of pollen dispersal was highly localized to distances of ~ 1 m. Moreover, although Typha latifolia is self-compatible and has been described as largely selfing, my results are more consistent with the importance of pollen transfer between nearby inflorescences. Therefore, realized selfing rates of Typha latifolia should largely depend on the clonal structure of populations. Author Keywords: clonal structure, correlogram, dispersal curves, pollination, spatial analysis, Typha latifolia
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Title: “It's like getting a new car without the manual”: Exploring Teacher Perceptions of Capacity to Implement Ontario’s Revised Curriculum on Indigenous Histories, Cultures, and Perspectives
Type: Text, Electronic Thesis or Dissertation, Text, thesis
Creator: Clancy, Erin (author)et al
Contributor(s): Niblett, Blair (Thesis advisor), Davis, Lynne (Committee member), Trent University Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies (Degree granting institution)
Description: This study explored teacher infusion of Indigenous curriculum content through interviews with ten non-Indigenous teachers of social studies and history. The interviews centered on teacher perceptions of preparedness to implement Ontario’s recent TRC curriculum revisions, which include more about the contributions, histories, cultures, and perspectives of Indigenous peoples. A brief analysis of Ontario’s First Nation, Métis, and Inuit Education Policy Framework is included, alongside critiques of the Eurocentrism at the heart of education systems. The interviews revealed that many of the teachers were committed to Indigenous education and learning more, but they felt unprepared and lacked resources to teach Indigenous curriculum content with confidence. This study highlighted the critical role of settler teachers in Indigenous education and the importance of teachers undertaking settler unsettling in order to be effective and appropriate in Indigenous curriculum delivery. Individual changes must occur alongside educational system decolonization with a particular focus on teacher preparation. Author Keywords: cognitive imperialism, Indigenous Education, Ontario, settler educator, settler unsettling, TRC curriculum
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Title: New Interpretations from Old Data: Changes in Extent of Occurance and Area of Occupancy for Canada Lynx and Snowshoe Hare from Fur Harvest and Museum Records
Type: Text, Electronic Thesis or Dissertation, Text, thesis
Creator: Wehtje, Morgan (author)et al
Contributor(s): Bowman, Jeff (Thesis advisor), Murray, Dennis (Thesis advisor), Fortin, Marie Josee (Committee member), Wilson, Paul (Committee member), Trent University Environmental and Life Sciences (Degree granting institution)
Description: Range contractions and expansions are important ecological concepts for species management decisions. These decisions relate not only to rare and endangered species but to common and invasive species as well. The development of the broad spatiotemporal extent models that are helpful in examining range fluctuations can be challenging given the lack of data expansive enough to cover the time periods and geographic extents needed to fit the models. Archival records such as museum databases and harvest data can provide the spatiotemporal extent needed but present statistical challenges given they represent presence-only location information. In this thesis, I used maximum entropy and Bayesian hierarchical occupancy algorithms fitted with archival presence-only records to develop spatiotemporal models covering broad spatial and temporal extents for snowshoe hare and Canada lynx. These two algorithm types are well suited for presence-only data records and can be adapted to include biological and physical processes, thus improving the ecological realism of the models. Using these modelling methods, I found the extent of occurrence (EOO) and area of occupancy (AOO) varied greatly over time and space for both snowshoe hare and Canada lynx, suggesting that management decisions for these species should include consideration of these variations. While the presence-only data were appropriate for model development and understanding changing values in EOO and AOO, it sometimes lacked the locational accuracy and precision needed to create fine scale ecological analyses, thus resulting in somewhat coarse but potentially relevant conclusions. Author Keywords: Area of occupancy, Bayesian hierarchical models, Canada lynx, Extent of occurrence, Presence-only data, Snowshoe hare
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Title: Stress Axis Function and Regulation in New World Flying Squirrels: An Assessment of Acute Stress Response, Negative Feedback, and the Role of Corticosteroid-binding Globulin
Type: Text, Electronic Thesis or Dissertation, Text, thesis
Creator: Desantis, Lanna Marie (author)et al
Contributor(s): Bowman, Jeff (Thesis advisor), Burness, Gary (Thesis advisor), Rafferty, Steven (Committee member), Wilson, Paul (Committee member), Boonstra, Rudy (Committee member), Vijayan, Mathilakath M. (Committee member), Trent University Environmental and Life Sciences (Degree granting institution)
Description: Across vertebrate taxa, the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (or the stress axis) is highly conserved, and is central to vertebrate survival because it allows appropriate responses to psychological stressors. Habitat shapes successful physiological and ecological strategies, and to appreciate how individual species respond to stressors in their environment, it is essential to have a thorough knowledge of the basic stress physiology of each species. In this dissertation, I studied the functioning and evolution of the stress physiology of New World flying squirrels. I showed that baseline, circulating cortisol levels in northern (Glaucomys sabrinus) and southern (G. volans) flying squirrels are some of the highest ever reported for mammals, indicating that their stress axes operate at a higher set point than most other species. I also assessed other aspects of their acute stress response, including free fatty acid and blood glucose levels, and indices of immune function, and showed that the flying squirrels’ physiological reaction to stressors may differ from that of other mammals. Using immunoblotting, I found that corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG) expression levels in flying squirrels appeared to be higher than previously reported using alternative methods. I also concluded however, that these levels did not appear to be high enough to provide their tissues with the protective CBG-bound buffer from their high circulating cortisol concentrations experienced by the majority of vertebrates. Thus, this arm of cortisol regulation within the flying squirrel stress axes may be weak or non-existent. Following this, I focused on southern flying squirrels and showed evidence that the second arm of cortisol regulation — the negative feedback mechanism at the level of the brain — functions effectively, but that this species is glucocorticoid resistant. Their tissue receptors appear to have a reduced affinity for cortisol, and this affinity may change seasonally to allow for the onset of other biological processes required for survival and reproduction. Due to their distinctive stress physiology, northern and southern flying squirrels may provide comparative physiologists with model systems for further probing of the function and evolution of the stress axis among vertebrates. Author Keywords: corticosteroid-binding globulin, flying squirrel, Glaucomys, glucocorticoids, physiological ecology, stress physiology
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Title: Racism in Argentina and the Blackness Problem. The Change in Perception of Afro-Descendants in Buenos Aires and the New Dimensions of Blackness in Argentina (1880-1930)
Type: Text, Electronic Thesis or Dissertation, Text, thesis
Creator: Borgatello, Juan Ignacio (author)et al
Contributor(s): Sheinin, David M.K (Thesis advisor), Wright, Robert (Committee member), Ablard, Jonathan (Committee member), Trent University (Degree granting institution)
Description: This thesis examines racism in Argentina between 1880 and 1930. The governing elite's efforts to whiten the Argentine population at the end of the nineteenth century led to the erasure and discrimination of anyone who did not have Caucasian features: Afro-descendants, mulattos, mestizos, and creoles. However, in the 1930s, whitening policies proved to have limited success. On the one hand, Afro-descendants were praised by the middle and lower classes of Buenos Aires; on the other hand, the Great Depression's effects made it clear that the Argentine population was made up of an ethnic mixture that had much darker skin tones than the whitening elite preferred. This work will show how the impact of the 1930s global crisis, as well as the enthusiasm for Afro-descendants, reinforced the racism that still existed, and will demonstrate that blackness became more than a racial but also a class connotation. Author Keywords: Afro-descendants press, Blackness in Argentina, Buenos Aires Press, Cultural Constructions, Popular Blackness, Racial Identity
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Title: Model of the Feasibility for Expanding the Multicultural Festival in Peterborough, Ontario
Type: Text
Creator: Van Beek, Christian, Vines, Joel
Contributor(s): Trent University Department of Geography, Trent Community Research Centre, New Canadian Centre Peterborough
Description: By Christian Van Beek, Joel Vines, Date of Project Submission: April 2015., Completed for: New Canadian Centre Peterborough; Supervising Professor: Susan Wurtele; Trent Community Research Centre, GEOG 4030Y - Community-Based Research In Geography

Title: Model of the Feasibility for Expanding the Multicultural Festival in Peterborough, Ontario [poster]
Type: Text
Creator: Van Beek, Christian, Vines, Joel
Contributor(s): Trent University Department of Geography, Trent Community Research Centre, New Canadian Centre Peterborough
Description: By Christian Van Beek, Joel Vines, Date of Project Submission: April 2015., Completed for: New Canadian Centre Peterborough; Supervising Professor: Susan Wurtele; Trent Community Research Centre, GEOG 4030Y - Community-Based Research In Geography

Title: Mapping poverty alleviation in Peterborough city and county
Type: Text
Creator: Stoneman, Amy.
Contributor(s): Council for Canadians Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chapter., Trent University Department of International Development Studies., Trent Centre for Community-Based Education
Description: by Amy Stoneman., Date of Project Submission: April 2013., Completed for: Council for Canadians - Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chapter; Supervising Professor: Dr. Jaqueline Solway; Trent Centre for Community-Based Education., Includes bibliography and appendices., IDST 3770Y.

Title: Civil disobedience in the Ontario Occupy Movement
Type: Text
Creator: Liebscher, Krista.et al
Contributor(s): Council for Canadians Peterborough and Kawarthas Chapter. (other) (other), Trent University (other), Department of Canadian Studies. (other), Trent Centre for Community-Based Education (other)
Description: by Krista Liebscher., Date of Project Submission: April 2013., Complete for: Council of Canadians - Peterborough and Kawarthas Chapter; Supervising Professor: Dr. Jim Struthers; Trent Centre for Community-Based Education., Includes bibliography., CAST 4770Y.

Title: Perceived barriers to boycotting the sale of bottled water at Trent University, Peterborough: a community-based research project
Type: Text
Creator: Embury, Alisha.
Contributor(s): Council of Canadians Peterborough Chapter., Trent University Environmental Resource Studies/Science., Trent Centre for Community Based Education
Description: Conducted by Alisha Embury., Completed for: Council of Canadians, Peterborough Chapter; Supervising Professor: Stephen Hill, Trent University; Trent Centre for Community-Based Education., Includes bibliographic references., ERST 3840 Community-Based Research Project.

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