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Item Open Access 10,000 Drowned: Commemorating the Caribou(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2020-01) Orr, Margaret Grace; Garneau, David; Streifler, Leesa; Chambers, RuthThis exhibition commemorates a caribou herd that drown during their fall migration in 1984. The disaster occurred when Hydro-Quebec opened the Caniapiscau reservoir spill gates two hundred and seventy miles upstream from Limestone Falls on the Caniapiscau River. This caused the river level to rise and send a torrent of water towards the Ungava Bay. At their traditional river crossing, thousands of caribou were swept over the falls and drowned. This paper supports my MFA graduating exhibition, 10,000 Drowned, installed in The Fifth Parallel Gallery from November 25 to December 6, 2019. 10,000 Drowned is an installation of six large oil paintings representing the land, sky, water, fire, four directions, and the migration of caribou. There are also four large ceramic vessels representing air, water, land, and fire, and one hundred ceramic antlers representing the lost caribou. In addition, a video installation shows the caribou’s point of view as they travel over the land and then drown. The exhibition is my delayed response to my anguish over this disaster. I grew up on the land situated around the Chisasibi River in Northern Quebec. Through my Cree and Inuit relatives, I absorbed a lot of knowledge about how to live with the land and animals; how to survive using only basic of tools. These teachings come from how we relate with the natural environment and with one another. This paper describes my life and community. This background is essential to understanding the meaning of the caribou and this event in our lives. Through stories and by reflecting on my research process, I hope to offer insight into how contemporary forms of Indigenous art-making continue from traditional Cree knowledge practices. I returned to the site of the drownings many times. I mapped the caribou migration territory from a bird’s-eye view. I talked to elders and others about this event. But it was only when I took this experiential research method to a deeper embodied level that I got close to the meaning of this event. Only by submerging myself in icy water, feeling what drowning was like, was I able to complete my connection with these beings.Item Open Access Aboriginal Dispossession and Proletarianization in Canadian Industrial Capitalism: Creating the Right Profile for the Labour Market(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2013-07) Bird, John Albert; McIntosh, Tom; Zhu, Yuchao; Farney, Jim; Sponer, MarcThe central theme of this paper revolves around the dispossession of Aboriginal peoples (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit) from their traditional socio-economic means of production and their subsumption into the industrial-capitalist mode of production. The investigation is a hypothesis about the historical proletarianization process regarding Aboriginal peoples in Canada stemming from dispossession. The analysis utilizes a critical political economic approach primarily in regard the revolutionary power of private property relations as the competitive antithesis to traditional-subsistence economy relations. Positing the facts of Aboriginal proletarianization within a political economic framework is an addition to the critique of capital. The research of the paper is anchored within: the numbered treaty framework and its application, the disciplinary methods of residential schooling systems, assimilation into proletarian ethics, and contemporary statistics about Aboriginal cohorts within the Canadian labour market. The historical research provides evidence about Aboriginal socio-economic dispossession and the contemporary data provides evidence regarding present-day conclusions of the initial industrial-proletarianization processes. Keywords: numbered treaties, residential schools, Aboriginal labour, Aboriginal history, political economy, industrial capitalism, proletarian, Karl Marx.Item Open Access Accessing Intimacy: The Experience of Younger Long-Term Care Residents(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2019-05) Sawatsky, Meghann Leslie; Johner, Randy; Kikulwe, Daniel; Genoe, RebeccaThe sex and intimacy needs of persons with disabilities are increasingly highlighted in research, particularly during the last two decades. There is also research to examine the experience of staff within long term care related to the sex and intimacy needs or behaviours of long-term care residents. However, there is limited research examining the experience of sex and intimacy from the viewpoint of residents, particularly younger residents of long-term care. This qualitative research study uses a phenomenological approach to explore the experiences of persons with disabilities, under the age of 70, living in a long-term care facility, accessing a sexual and intimate life. Four participants were recruited using a purposive, criterion sample. Through the data analysis, a central theme of It’s About Belonging emerged along with four subordinate themes, which include; Being Different From Others, New Relationships and Connections, Being Left, and Staff Facilitated. The discussion includes suggestions for increased education related to sexuality and intimacy for long-term care staff, the need for increased social work support, and long-term care alternatives. Improvements to the current long-term care system, such as smaller community homes, increased investment in community care are some ways in which the isolations experienced after moving to long term care could be alleviated.Item Open Access Accroitre la collaboration entre l'ecole et la communaute: comment le curriculm peut-il servir de pont entre les familles et l'ecole?(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2020-07) Mouhmoud, Ahmad; Phipps, Dr. Heather; Boutouchent, Dr. Fadila; Yoh, Dr. AbdoulayeRésumé Cette étude qualitative aborde le thème de la collaboration entre les familles et l’école et ce, en lien avec le curriculum scolaire. Des chercheurs comme Larivée (2011), Sheldon (2009), Deslandes (2001), Đurišić et Bunijevac (2017) ont tour à tour apporté des résultats de recherche qui démontrent que la collaboration profite aux écoles, aux élèves et aux familles. Les objectifs de cette étude portent sur la collaboration en général et sur le curriculum comme moyen de collaboration en particulier. Il s’agit donc d’identifier des voies et moyens qui faciliteraient la collaboration entre la famille et l’école et de voir comment le curriculum scolaire pourrait jouer un rôle pour soutenir cette collaboration. Une étude qualitative a été menée auprès de dix familles d’une école d’immersion française en Saskatchewan pour recueillir leurs opinions et perceptions par rapport à la collaboration et au curriculum. L’approche qualitative a été choisie, car selon Wahnich (2006), elle permet de comprendre l’opinion des gens et ce qu’ils en pensent. L’analyse des données a permis de ressortir que les familles ayant accepté de participer à l’étude présente dans ce rapport sont toujours prêtes à s’engager en matière de collaboration si les acteurs de l’éducation les invitent et les associent aux prises de décisions. La reconnaissance des parents comme fonds de connaissances (Moll, Amanti, Neff, et Gonzalez, 2001) et comme partenaires vitaux de l’éducation ainsi qu’une communication ouverte entre acteurs encouragent cette collaboration. Les parents interviewés ont une préférence en matière du contenu de la communication. Ce contenu doit porter sur les affaires académiques et, plus précisément, sur ce que les enfants apprennent et comment ils travaillent dans la classe. Quelques suggestions à l’endroit du ministère de l’Éducation et des divisions scolaires consistent à soutenir les parents en leur offrant des outils et des opportunités afin qu’ils puissent jouer pleinement leur rôle de partenaires. Mots clés : collaboration, curriculum, communication, famille/école.Item Open Access Achieving net-zero CO2 emissions from indirect co-combustion of biomass and natural gas with carbon capture using a novel amine blend(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2022-09) Avor, Esther Praise; Idem, Raphael; Jia, Na; Supap, Teeradet; Narku-Tetteh, Jessica; Torabi, FarshidDue to the aggravating effect of climate change as a result of unprecedented levels of greenhouse gases, particularly CO2, in the atmosphere, the need to minimize CO2 emissions into the atmosphere has become very crucial. The energy sector remains the largest source of CO2 emissions, therefore, a technology which allows for achieving netzero CO2 emissions in this sector is imperative. This research work evaluated the possibility of achieving net-zero emissions (on the minimum) through the application of co-combustion of natural gas and biomass for electricity generation. Based on the study, it is was identified that indirect co-combustion of natural gas with biomass (in the form of producer gas) with carbon capture technology is the way to go towards achieving net-zero CO2 emissions. To effectively describe the process as being a net-zero CO2 emissions approach, Life Cycle Assessment data was applied to the various processes involved in the indirect co-combustion of biomass and natural gas coupled with carbon capture technology. In the first phase of this work, 5M MEA, which is the benchmark solvent for CO2 capture was used as the worst-case scenario to determine the ratio of producer gas-to natural gas (on energy basis) sufficient for achieving net-zero CO2 emissions. Using the SaskPower forecasted electricity generation capacity for 2025/2026 as a case study and applying LCA data to 5M MEA as the solvent for CO2 capture, it was determined that on energy basis, 14.5% of producer gas (balance natural gas) is sufficient for achieving netzero CO2 emissions while satisfying the set electricity generation target. The next phase of the work was to develop an amine blend with an improved CO2 removal efficiency compared to the bench-scale 5M MEA. Four different blends were screened to assess their respective performance against 5M MEA. These included 2:2 AMP: 1-(2HE) PRLD, 2:2 AMP: DEA-1,2-PD, 3:1 1-(2HE) PRLD: AMP and 3:1 1-(2HE) PRLD: DEA-1,2-PD bi-blends. Among these solvents, 2:2 AMP: 1-(2HE) PRLD was the optimum solvent as it demonstrated a high CO2 absorption-desorption parameter compared to the other blends. The absorption parameter for 2:2 AMP:1-(2HE) PRLD was 4.5% higher than that for 5M MEA and the desorption parameter 1,667% higher than 5M MEA. In the last phase, the increased CO2 removal efficiency of the solvent was applied to LCA data to determine the ratio of electricity generation from natural gas and producer gas towards achieving net-zero CO2 emissions when the optimum solvent developed is used in place of 5M MEA. It was determined that at a desorption temperature of 110℃, nearly all the CO2 in the rich amine for the optimum was removed. The CO2 removal efficiency of this solvent is about 31% higher than that for 5M MEA, implying this solvent allows for the removal of higher amount of CO2 in the flue gas stream. From the life cycle massessment, using 2:2 AMP: 1-(2HE) PRLD as the absorbent for CO2 capture in place of 5M MEA, it was determined that the producer gas requirements on energy basis, for cocombusting indirectly with natural gas towards achieving net-zero CO2 emissions is just about 8%. The findings from this work demonstrates that co-combusting biomass with natural gas (which is a lesser emitter of CO2 compared to other fossil fuels) allows for satisfying the energy demands while achieving net-zero CO2 emissions when CO2 capture is applied. The major limitation that has faced the application of bioenergy with carbon capture technology has been concerns over its competition with farmlands for food production. The results obtained from this work has showed that lower amount of biomass would be needed for energy generation via co-combustion with natural gas towards achieve net-zero emissions when a solvent with an improved CO2 removal ability is used as the absorbent in the CO2 capture process.Item Open Access Acimowin Anaskanak - Story Scrolls: A Methodology of First Nations Art Practices as a Healing Tool(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2017-08) Benjoe, David Lyle; Pete, Shauneen; Garneau, David; Robertson, Carmen; Sasakamoose, JoLee; Stonechild, BlairThis study utilizes visual art as a tool to encourage survivors of Indian Residential Schools to share their experiences as a means toward connecting with community and fostering healing. This work is informed by personal and familial experiences and is inspired by First Nations Plains peoples who understood the power of visual art and story as a medicine for trauma. Story Scrolls use historically inspired visual artwork and oral methodologies to create contemporary Indigenous art. Due to the traumatization that occurred to First Nations children in Indian residential schools, many have not shared their personal stories. Story Scrolls combine visual art creation, Indigenous art history and activity based learning as a therapeutic way for those who attended and those dealing with intergenerational trauma from the Indian Residential School system. This study presents an Indigenous-inspired methodology that focuses on contemporary First Nations people facilitating their own story sharing sessions painted on scrolls of canvas; it is called Acimowin-Anaskanak, Story Scrolls.Item Open Access An Action Research Study: EAL and Content Teachers Collaborating to Support All Students at a Secondary School(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2015-04) Keil, Trudy Lynn; Sterzuk, Andrea; Wessel, Warren; Salm, Twyla; Madigan Peercy, MeganAs the number of English as an Additional Language (EAL) students increases in Saskatchewan schools, there is a need for language and content teachers to work collaboratively. This study describes the implementation of an action research project involving the researcher as an EAL teacher collaborating with three content teachers and another EAL teacher serving as a “critical friend” (Costa and Kallick, 1993). Teachers used the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (Echevarria, Vogt, & Short, 2008) for structuring specialized instruction. Data included pre- and post-interviews, lesson plans and reflective journals. Grounded theory informed the theoretical framework and the data analysis. In order to reflect upon the progress of collaborative efforts, the Five Levels of Collaboration developed by Davison (2006) were used. Findings show that teachers developed professionally and were able to better support EAL students. One of the primary recommendations includes the necessity of administration to timetable common preparation times or teaching times. Establishing such supportive structures allows for collaborative partnerships to exist which provide teachers with greater opportunities to develop professionally for the purpose of better supporting EAL students. Keywords: collaboration, content, EAL, SIOPItem Open Access Active eavesdroppers detection system in multi-hop wireless sensor networks(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2022-08) Abedini, Masih; Al-Anbagi, Irfan; Laforge, Paul; Shahriar, NashidWireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are vulnerable to eavesdropping attacks that endanger their privacy, confidentiality, and authenticity. As the broadcast nature of the wireless channel makes it susceptible to eavesdropping by adversaries, the detection of eavesdroppers in wireless networks can lessen the chances of more damaging attacks. Historically, researchers have attempted to reduce the risk of covert eavesdropping through the use of cryptographic protocols, information-theoretic solutions, and transmission range control. These methods are not suitable for WSNs with resource constraints. It is noteworthy that active eavesdroppers are legitimate nodes that are compromised by adversaries to eavesdrop on traffic while performing their normal responsibilities in ad-hoc networks. Detecting such malicious nodes slows the ongoing destructive attacks. In this thesis, we present a novel Active Eavesdroppers Detection (AED) system for homogeneous multi-hop WSNs. The AED system consists of two major modules: a Monitoring module and a Detection Engine module. The Monitoring module plays a vital role in the AED system to provide accurate measurements for the Detection Engine module. The Detection Engine module is provided with a lightweight detection engine module that employs the Z-test method and runs on edge devices. Regarding measurements, we first use intra-node delay measurements as the input feature of the AED system. To measure intra-node delays of nodes, the Monitoring module employs an out-of-band monitoring system using static nodes, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or both of them. According to simulation results in the Cooja and MATLAB environments, the AED system can detect active eavesdroppers who relay packets to their neighbors. However, it fails to detect active eavesdroppers who do not forward packets for any reason, like placement at the network’s border. To solve this problem, we propose to use Round Trip Time (RTT) as a measurement for the AED system. The monitoring module requests nodes for responses, and the AED’s detection engine can detect active eavesdroppers in WSNs based on the response delay. We focus on three potential monitoring systems for this measurement: static monitoring nodes, UAV-based monitoring, and neighborhood monitoring. To find the optimal places for static monitoring nodes, we utilize a Genetic Algorithm(GA), and to find the path of flight for UAVs for measuring RTT, we use Hamiltonian path planning. The simulation results indicate that the RTT-based AED system can detect active eavesdroppers regardless of their locations, with a high detection rate (≥ 90%) and a low false-positive rate (≤ 5%) and outstanding performance (AUC ≈ 0.97). In addition, we analyze and discuss the network overhead, advantages, and disadvantages of the in-band neighborhood monitoring system.Item Open Access Acute Psychological Stress and Food Intake in Humans: A Scoping Review(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2021-06) Clause-Walford, Drew; Totosy de Zepetnek, Julia; Gordon, Jennifer; Candow, Darren; Fiocco, AlexandraIn response to stress, stress-sensitive systems, including the sympathetic-adrenal-medullary (SAM) axis and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, are activated to enable the individual to engage in the fight-or-flight response resulting in catecholamine (e.g., epinephrine and norepinephrine) and cortisol release. Stress-induced cortisol secretion has been shown to elicit a decrease, increase, or no change in the homeostatic mechanisms of food intake (e.g., appetite, appetite hormones, food intake). However, homeostatic control can be overridden by hedonic (or pleasure-inducing) mechanisms. Stress can increase cravings of unhealthy palatable food causing alterations in food preference (e.g., sweet foods), enhancing the motivation for their acquisition (i.e., food reward). Mapping the evidence and identifying gaps of acute psychological stress on food intake regulation serves as the purpose of this scoping review. Methods: Four databases (PubMed, Medline, Web of Science, PsycInfo) and grey literature were searched using predetermined keywords. Participant characteristics, types of stressor used, food intake mechanism assessed, and the primary findings were extracted. Results: Of 9953 abstracts, 37 articles were included for data extraction. Stress increased food cravings and liking for palatable foods and heightened the food reward response, while some studies expressed no change. Studies favoured the measurement of homeostatic mechanisms (primarily food intake), suggesting the need for non-homeostatic measurements, particularly food reward. Conclusions: Overlap between homeostatic and non-homeostatic mechanisms (e.g., subject’s inability to dissociate between homeostatic hunger and hedonic hunger), types of psychological stressors used, study design (e.g. time course of assessing outcome measures post-stressor), and the influence of moderating variables (e.g., cortisol reactivity, emotional eating, body mass, chronic stress, dietary restraint) aid in the explanation of incongruous results pertaining to acute psychological stress and food intake. In addition to establishing standardized protocols for assessing the effects of acute psychological stress on food intake regulation, three areas of focus for future research should be placed on: (1) increasing appetite hormone assessment (e.g., GLP-1, leptin, ghrelin), (2) developing appropriate definitions/theories for non-homeostatic mechanism assessment (e.g., distinguishing food reward from food craving), and (3) expanding the research population to explore how sex, age, and body mass status may influence food intake regulation in response to acute stress.Item Open Access Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference Systems (ANFIS) - Based Model Predictive Control (MPC) for Carbon Dioxide Reforming of Methane (CDRM) in a Plug Flow Tubular Reactor for Hydrogen Production(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2013-01) Essien, Ememobong Ita; Ibrahim, Hussameldin; Mehrandezh, Mehran; Idem, Raphael; Shirif, Ezeddin; deMontigny, David; Azam, ShahidThe current sources of our energy supply are plagued with many problems, and the impact on the climate is of grave concern. To preserve and sustain our environment, a non-polluting and renewable energy source is required. Hydrogen (H2), when extracted from one of its many sources during carbon dioxide (CO2) capture, is considered a non-polluting, efficient and environmentally sustainable energy source. In this research work, the control of a pilot-scale reformer for the production of hydrogen was studied. Hydrogen was produced through the carbon dioxide reforming of methane (CDRM). This process was used to convert methane (CH4) and carbon dioxide into hydrogen. A high methane conversion was maintained by controlling the temperature in the reformer at the thermodynamically desired level. The control strategy applied to this process was the model predictive control (MPC) based on an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) model. MPC has, among other advantages, the ability to predict the response of the system over a given prediction horizon. Experimental results showed that the ANFIS model was able to accurately replicate the response of the process to changes in temperature. Based on the ANFIS model, an MPC strategy was formulated for the process.Item Open Access Adaptive Quality of Service and Trust Based Lightweight Secure Routing Algorithm for Dense Wireless Sensor Networks(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2021-01) Pathak, Aditya Kalpesh; Al-Anbagi, Irfan; Bais, Abdul; Hamilton, Howard; El-Darieby, MohamedWireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are group of wireless devices that are deployed in an adhoc manner and are generally left unattended. The main advantages of WSNs are that they are simple to use, allow the use of inexpensive sensor nodes, and have good scalability. WSNs are useful in object tracking, periodic monitoring, and event detection applications. However, the inherent characteristics of the WSNs, such as limited resources and low computation, make them vulnerable to various types of security attacks. Therefore, security mechanisms are needed to secure the network and protect against various security attacks. Conventional security mechanisms, such as cryptography (encryption/decryption) and authentication based systems, are generally used to ensure the security of traditional networks. However, due to the resource constrained nature of WSNs, conventional security mechanisms can be too resourceheavy to allow the reliable and lightweight operation of a WSN. Therefore, providing security, while maintaining Quality of Service (QoS) and energy efficiency, represents an important research challenge in the design of WSNs. In this thesis, we critically investigate the problem of security provisioning in WSNs. We identify challenges, limitations, and requirements for implementing security with QoS and energy efficiency for dense WSNs. We find that the security constraints for WSNs have not been well discussed in the literature. Also, the simultaneous optimization of energy, QoS, and security has not gained much attention. We develop two novel algorithms that address the above issues in WSNs and optimize energy, QoS, and security using a metaheuristic technique known as Ant Colony Optimization (ACO). These algorithms are called Dynamic Trust-aware Secure Routing (DTSR) and Lightweight Secure Routing (LSR). DTSR improves the connectivity and improves the tradeoff between coverage and lifetime for dense WSNs. Furthermore, LSR provides an improved method for the detection and isolation of a compromised node by using direct and indirect trust calculations for dense WSNs. We show through analytical and simulation results that our presented algorithms can outperform existing techniques in terms of network lifetime, average routing delay, and packet delivery ratio. Also, we perform an analysis of network lifetime over varying network sizes to find a good range of nodes for the effcient performance of the algorithm. Furthermore, we present a runtime analysis of the algorithms to understand the simulation time in the MATLAB environment based on changing network size.Item Open Access Addiction Services for Parents with Addiction in Regina, Saskatchewan(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2014-09) Myers, Carissa Jean; Sanchez, Miguel; Hunter, Garson; Krieg, Brigette; Hampton, MaryThe research question that guides this thesis is: are the addiction services in Regina and area meeting the needs of parents with addictions and their families in Regina and area? The goal was to research the treatment services available to parents with substance abuse problems, and to determine whether the interviewed service providers assess these services as meeting the needs of those parents and their families. This study used a qualitative, multiple case study method to interview five service providers who work in addiction service agencies in Regina, Saskatchewan. The service providers were all front-line staff at various addiction service agencies in Regina, Saskatchewan. Overall, these service providers expressed insufficient resources for parents struggling with substance abuse in Regina and area. Participants discussed barriers to successful recovery for parents with addictions, characteristics that make a program more successful for parents with addictions, gaps in services in the community, and strengths in services in the community. Regarding the overall expression of insufficient resources in the community, the participants identified lack of family treatment programs, lack of cooperation between agencies, and lack of funding for addictions services for parents in Regina and area as the main problem areas.Item Open Access Advanced Music Training and Executive Function: A Neurocognitive Study(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2011-12) Sabir, Shamma Miriam; Alfano, Dennis P.; Arbuthnott, Katherine D.; MacLennan, Richard; Maslany, W. GeorgeThe objective of this study was to assess the relationship between advanced music training and neurocognitive functioning, with specific focus on executive function, working memory, and tactile interhemispheric transfer. Twenty professional musicians and a comparison group of 19 individuals with no formal music training or performance experience completed a battery of measures of executive functioning, working memory, and interhemispheric transfer. The musician group had an average of 20.4 years (SD = 9.6) of formal music training and had started formal music training at a mean age of 5.8 years (SD = 2.5). Results revealed significantly better performance of the musicians group on the Word, Colour, and Interference portions of the Stroop Test and on a test of tactile interhemispheric transfer. These findings provide support for the idea that advanced music training has a positive relationship with some aspects of executive function and interhemispheric transfer, and may have implications for the potential use of music training for therapeutic purposes, as well as for educational programming and policies regarding early music education in the classroom.Item Open Access Advocates’ Perspectives on Decriminalization and Safety Strategies for Female Sex Workers(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2014-06) Laczko, Kendall Leanne; Stewart, Michelle; Ruddell, Richard K.; Anderson, A. Brenda; Hampton, MaryStreet-level sex workers are at a high risk for physical and sexual violence as a result of the stigmatization and marginalization of the sex trade industry. This thesis investigates the perceptions held by Regina sex worker advocates concerning the role of decriminalization as it relates to the safety of female sex workers. It examines the advocates’ perceptions on the type and extent of violence experienced by sex workers and the possible strategies or solutions to increase their safety. The data collected from eight semi-structured interviews with local advocates was analyzed using Attride- Stirling’s thematic network analysis. The findings of this research indicate that Aboriginal women, many of who are struggling with poverty, addictions, and social exclusion are overrepresented in the Regina sex trade. According to the advocates’ perceptions, Regina sex workers experience high levels of violence on a daily basis. This research suggests that the physical, sexual, and emotional violence sex workers experience is part of larger systemic issues that are shaped by colonialism, racism, and gender inequality. Thus, the advocates interviewed for this project argued in favour of an alternative regulation approach to sex work in Canada in order to increase the safety of sex workers and reduce the threat of violence.Item Open Access Aen Loo Pawatamihk: Inherited and Personal Memories Shared Through Storytelling and Mediated Interactions with More-Than-Human-Beings(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2020-03) Ouellette, Dianne Lynn; Staseson, Rae; Farrell-Racette, Sherry; Ramsay, Christine; Archibald-Barber, JesseThis critical engagement paper represents the fundamental framework conducted for my MFA thesis project, Aen loo Pawatamihk: Inherited and Personal Memories Shared Through Storytelling and Mediated Interactions with More-Than-Human Beings. My project connects storytelling, photography, video, and audio recordings of personal encounters with animals and the land. Autoethnographic research paves a path for reconciliation as I discover my Métis identity. This qualitative research with more-thanhuman interactions is a creative, cultural, social, and ecological narrative analysis, exploring hidden colonial truths of inherited and personal trauma. Representation of mediated interactions demonstrates personal stories and connections with animals and the land, reflecting on colonization. In this paper I am engaging Indigenous epistemology with Anishinaabe kwe scholar Kathleen E. Absolon's research on Indigenous wholistic knowledge and ways of knowing. I include Blackfoot researcher, and Indigenous advocate, Leroy Little Bear's understanding of traditional Indigenous knowledge. I also include Métis scholar Dr. Angela Snowshoe's notion of holistic healing through more-than-human interactions. By embracing Absolon, Little Bear, and Snowshoe's theories, I practice Indigenous methodologies with my autoethnographic research and decolonize through the camera lens as I prove my spiritual connection to animals and the land. The purpose of this project is to bring awareness of my colonized family and our ancestral history in a post-colonial time. In this era of Truth and Reconciliation, I choose to share personal stories, and interactions with animals and the land because I feel this connects me to my ancestors. Also, I choose to convey personal and inherited memory by displaying my relationships with more-than-human beings as sequenced stories using photography interwoven in an artist book, with a QR code, that links to an interrelated short video.Item Open Access Agent-Based Household Energy Consumption Model for the City of Regina(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2012-06) Lee, Su Jin; Benedicenti, Luigi; Jin, Yee-Chung; Chan, Christine; Yang, Xue DongThe Regina household energy consumption model is designed to estimate residential energy consumption for the city of Regina using agent-based technology. The impact of social and economic factors on the levels of energy consumption has been taken into account. It is built on Complexity & Organized Behaviour Within Environmental Bounds (COBWEB) technology, which is a platform design for multi-agent simulation. COBWEB was developed to study agent adaptation to environmental variability and change. The Regina household energy consumption model uses COBWEB’s agent technology to represent the households and people within the households of the city of Regina in 2003. Each household agent and each human agent in the household behaves based on its own strategy. The model explores the behaviours of agents, which represent demographic change and household energy consumption adapted to a complex environment. The annual residential energy consumption of 8.869 PJ was found to be within 3% of the SHEU 2003 estimate and within 5% of the REUM estimate for the city of Regina, an acceptable level of agreement. The Regina household energy consumption model, which integrates agent-based technology, is proposed as a new approach to estimate the energy consumption of the city of Regina.Item Open Access Algal control and prevention technologies for Lake Diefenbaker irrigation canals(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2023-03) Gebreselassie, Samuel Teclemariam; Young, Stephanie; Huang, Gordon; Sharma, Satish; Idem, RaphaelThe Lake Diefenbaker irrigation project makes up an extensive 500 km of canals that officially began in July 2020. These canals contain pumps for increased and enhanced irrigation throughout southern and central Saskatchewan. However, the efficiency of the canals is hindered by the growth of filamentous algae. The filamentous algae are a nuisance and block pumps, making it difficult for water to be distributed to all the desired locations within the province. Currently, a synthetic chemical, Magnacide H, is utilized to control the growth of the algae at the cost of approximately $1 million per year, which is high cost. This study, as such, seeks to review, evaluate, compare, and develop algal prevention and control technologies as well as propose a suitable canal design option that would minimize algae growth. Five field trips to Lake Diefenbaker Irrigation Canals were conducted in June, July, August, September, and October to ascertain the factors contributing to the canal's algal blooms. Tests were also conducted to determine the canal's suitability for irrigation to check whether the key parameters were within the optimal range. According to the test results, all the parameters were within the recommended Saskatchewan irrigation guideline. This study considers three algal prevention and treatment options: 1) Non-toxic dyes and colorants, 2) microbubbles and nanobubbles, and 3) Ultrasound technology. The use of microbubbles and nanobubbles technology was selected as the most suitable option. Although highly efficient, the other options failed because of their high costs and low location suitability. Furthermore, the study recommends that the modified canal design be deeper, narrower, sloped, or trapezoidal. Such a design is recommended because it can limit the amount of sunlight entering the water. In addition, deepening the canal's edges with an inclination ratio of 2:1 can help control the growth of algae by minimizing the number of shallow areas that receive sunlight penetration. As research and testing for algal control and prevention methods are still relatively new, further research is required to understand the effectiveness of algal control and prevention technologies fully.Item Open Access Algebraic and Measurable Sub-Product Systems(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2018-12) Krumer, Daniel; Floricel, Remus; Argerami, Martin; Farenick, Douglas; Mobed, NaderOur main goal, in this thesis, is to conduct a thorough investigation of the math- ematical concept of sub-product system in relation to both quantum dynamical sys- tems and product systems. This notion originates in W. Arveson's pioneering work in non-commutative dynamics theory [5, 7]. The concept has been further extended and analyzed from various perspectives by D. Markiewicz [22], O. Shalit and B. Solel [28], and B.V.R. Bhat and M. Mukherjee [10], among others. The fundamental theme of this thesis is the analysis of relationship between sub- product systems and quantum dynamical semigroups, with emphasis on the role played by certain measurable structures, a role which has often been neglected in the literature. iItem Open Access "all alongingly the way": Ontology and Longing in bpNichol's The Martyrology(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2016-11) Desjarlais, Jeremy Michael; Riegel, Christian; Purdham, Medrie; Wells, LynnbpNichol’s (1944-1988) long poem, The Martyrology (published between 1972 and, posthumously, 1993), is a work that is comprised of text, illustrations, and musical notations. Its sheer length, both in time of composition and page range, as well as its reach, in its thematic inclusion and incorporated written styles, constitute its demanding and comprehensive form. Critics have neglected to examine the poem as a work preoccupied with the philosophy of ontology—the study of being—through a literary mode of longing. Instead, The Martyrology is treated as a work that is substantiated by history and mythology, as opposed to the ubiquitous theme of the existence of personal and poetic selfhood. The efforts of this thesis are dedicated to identifying The Martyrology as an ontological long poem—or, a poem that longs for its ontology—through the following operations of being: journeying, semiotics, and corporeality. In combination, these three facets of the poem assemble a more appropriate and totalizing understanding of Nichol’s text. The Martyrology’s language is of chief concern to this thesis—repetition, puns, etymology, spacing, enjambment, and orthographic convention and deviation are all examined in an effort to consider and claim an ontological perspective for this poem. Continually, all 9 volumes of the poem rely on language that is expressive of journeying, semiotics, and corporeality in the formulation of linguistic and poetic identity. The Martyrology, then, longs to investigate its ontological impetus to long.Item Open Access Altering the Pattern: Willing Self-Sacrifice as an Embodiment of Free Will in Guy Gavriel Kay’s The Fionavar Tapestry(Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, 2015-07) Storey, Samantha; Ruddick, Nicholas; Johnnston, Susan; Battis, Jes; Taylor, DenaThis study analyzes the role of willing self-sacrifice in Guy Gavriel Kay’s trilogy The Fionavar Tapestry. I begin by detailing anthropological studies about sacrifice which provide the critical framework for this thesis. I contrast Kay’s trilogy with J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy and claim that they have fundamentally different worldviews. Tolkien’s worldview is primarily providential where every act of free will only reinforces the plan. In Kay’s trilogy, free will is often counter to a divine plan and acts of free will can and do alter that plan for the better. I analyze the trilogy by focusing on specific instances of willing self-sacrifice in each volume and showing how those instances either alter the divine plan, in this case The World Tapestry, or result in its successful completion. I draw the conclusion that Kay approaches the problem of fate and free will differently from other fantasy authors, specifically Tolkien, and that he takes a more secular approach to the ideas of sacrifice and free will.