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2022-09-16 Senate Minutes and Agendas
No full textMinutes and Agendas for September 16th, 2022 meeting of Saint Mary's University Senate
Foods and beverages marketed in major food retailer flyers : a repeat cross-sectional study in the Canadian food environment
Get PDF1 online resource (93 pages) : illustrationsIncludes abstract and appendices.Includes bibliographical references (pages 82-89).Grocery flyers are an important component of the informational food environment that
can affect food purchasing behaviour. This thesis used a repeat cross-sectional design to examine
the food group content and nutrient profiles of foods and beverages marketed in Canada’s largest
food retailer’s flyers in 2014, 2017, and 2021. The largest proportions of flyer items were baked
products (11%), non-alcoholic beverages (10.7%) and milk and dairy (10.2%). Least
healthy/ultra-processed items, as coded by three nutrient profiling systems, made up a substantial
proportion of flyer content (Canada’s Food Guide (CFG): 58.5%, Ontario’s Policy/Program
Memorandum no. 150 (PPM150): 45.3%, NOVA (not an acronym) Level of Processing
classification: 51.2%); however, the healthiest/un/minimally processed groups of items followed
(CFG: 33.6%, PPM150: 36.6%, NOVA: 27.8%). The only feature of the flyer that consistently
predicted healthiness was a food being on the first page of the flyer, and not store type,
geographic region, or publication year
Dalhousie Settlers - by Lot from Annapolis Royal
No full textThese tables identify soldiers who served in various units of the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars and subsequently settled along the Annapolis Road. This document shows the established area named after commander Dalhousie (on the stretch of road nearest Annapolis Royal)
Motivations for community-led placemaking : a case study from Hubbards, Nova Scotia
Get PDF1 online resource (iv, 83 pages) : coloured charts, coloured graphsIncludes abstract and appendix.Includes bibliographic references (pages 76-79).Placemaking is a phenomenon that occurs in many parts of the world to enhance the livability,
attractiveness, and/or identity of places for their residents and visitors. This thesis explores
motivations for citizen-led placemaking at a community scale. Specifically, a community-led
placemaking initiative titled the Hubbards Streetscape Project (HSP) taking place in Hubbards,
Nova Scotia, is examined as a case study. The HSP’s progress between June 2020 - the time of
its inception - and February 2022 was considered. Qualitative data were gathered via semi structured interviews (n = 9), an online survey (n = 91), analysis of the HSP Facebook group,
and observation of discourse during an online public consultation. Based on the research
findings, it is argued that there are three interconnected motivations for community-led
placemaking: 1) a desire to guide place change to accommodate residents’ place attachment and
sense of place; 2) interest in enhancing the identity and livability of a place so it can reach the
potential its residents feel that it has; and 3) recognition of a gap in coherent place governance
and management that can be filled by residents. The power of social media as a catalyst for
placemaking and opportunities for future research are also discussed
Everything to offer or something to prove? : discourse of women entrepreneurship policy in Canada
Get PDF1 online resource (iii, 222 pages)Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-222).The aim of this research is to explore how government policies position female entrepreneurs in
Canada in order to understand and positively impact inclusive women entrepreneurship policy
reform in Canada. By using discourse analysis with a post-structuralist feminist theory
theoretical framework, I consider how language is formed in such a way that the discourse of
women’s entrepreneurship, in the context of the Government of Canada women entrepreneurship
policy, is reinforcing traditional gender roles. As a data source, I used the publicly available,
website-based text from the WES Ecosystem Fund as well as the website-based text of the 53
funded programs/agencies of the WES Ecosystem Fund. Three main discourses emerged from
my research. In analyzing the various texts, I conclude that the women entrepreneurship strategy
aligns with the classic liberal feminist approach whereas other branches of the government have
evolved to a more social feminist approach. I suggest that the post structuralist stance has been
critical to developing feminist advancements, which challenge the notion of female essentialism
and assumptions of shared subordination arising from a homogeneous biological identity and
socio-economic positioning. I have shown that the focus on performance and growth ignores
issues on gender equality and gender/power relations even in a country that refers to itself as a
feminist government. My research supports the theoretical finding by other researchers that the
dogged focus on providing entrepreneurship training to women with the hope that more women
will become entrepreneurs is inadvertently creating bigger barriers by “othering” a woman as
someone that needs to be fixed before she can become an entrepreneur. The wording found in the
Women Entrepreneurship Strategy Ecosystem Fund and the corresponding funded programs,
from a post structuralist feminist theory lens, put women in a subordinate position to men and
thereby risk sustaining a male norm
Designing power scheduling algorithms for electric vehicles and energy storage systems in bi-directional markets using mixed-integer programming
Get PDF1 online resource (xv, 201 pages) : colour illustrations, colour charts, graphs (some colour)Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-201).Optimal battery scheduling for electric vehicles and energy storage systems when cooperating with renewable energy generation in behind-the-meter applications is studied in this thesis in the framework of Mixed-Integer Programming (MIP). High capability in obtaining global optima in optimization problems has made MIP a popular tool in smart grid research and particularly for battery scheduling problems. One important issue with regards to the battery cycling, is the battery degradation which could complicate the Unit Commitment (UC) models. This is because the battery wear model can be nonlinear and difficult to be incorporated into a UC problem. To address the existing research gap, in this thesis a battery degradation model has been introduced to be incorporated into a short-term MIP battery scheduling model to estimate the capacity loss of a Liion battery caused by irregular charging and discharging events.
Hence, a MIP UC model is developed in this work which incorporates the introduced battery wear model. Based on that, the UC problem for a home-based microgrid is investigated and different UC strategies have been presented to minimize the operation cost as well as the capacity loss of batteries and the carbon footprint for a home equipped with a smart residential microgrid. The impact of the resolution of a home UC model on the capacity loss of batteries is another studied subject in this work, where hourly and intra-hourly granularities are compared in terms of the battery aging. A Controller-Hardware-in-the-Loop (C-HIL) setup is developed to measure the performance of the
UC strategies as well as the battery degradation rates. Optimal battery scheduling in applications with multiple beneficiaries such as workplaces with electric vehicle (EV) charging stations is also investigated in this work by studying different UC strategies that take into account the interests of system operators and EV users to different extents. The results of this work show that the presented MIP UC models, that incorporate the introduced battery wear model, can be solved for real optimums in different smart grid applications
Town, nation and empire : the memory and commemoration of the first world war in St. Marys, Ontario, 1918 - 1939
Get PDF1 online resource (131 pages) : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour mapsIncludes abstract and appendices.Includes bibliographical references (108-114).St. Marys, a small town in southwestern Ontario, was like many other communities in the British
Empire in its experiences remembering and commemorating the losses of the First World War.
Analysis of the town’s memorial sites, the names on its cenotaph, and speeches at Armistice/Remembrance Day ceremonies unveil commonalities in St. Marys’ experience in remembering the conflict within Canada, Newfoundland, Britain, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand during the postwar period. The intimacy and disruption of the war is evident in the examples of those men whose names found their way onto the memorial despite having only briefly lived in St. Marys, or having never lived there at all. This demonstrates the impact of the war on ordinary Canadians. It also reveals jurisdictions seeking a newfound national identity within an imperial context, while local communities dealt with loss, sacrifice, and even a renewed duty to Empire
Cyberslacking
Get PDF1 online resource (80 pages) : chartsIncludes abstract and appendices.Includes bibliographical references (pages 55-69).A new measure of cyberslacking was created. The mediational effects of
organizational commitment on the relationship between transformational, passive, and abusive
leadership styles and cyberslacking were proposed and explained using the social exchange
theory. In a two-wave longitudinal study, Data was collected from 399 participants. Time 1 data
was divided into sample A (n=199, exploratory factor analysis) and sample B (n=200,
confirmatory factor analysis). Using time 2 data (N=253) a second CFA was conducted and
tested a structural equation model examining the mediational effects of organizational
commitment on the relationship between leadership styles (transformational and passive) and
cyberslacking over time.
The cyberslacking measure was found to be reliable and to have good fit. It appears to be
a strong alternative for researchers who are interested in looking at cyberslacking in the
workplace who are interested in collecting data on a wide array of cyberslacking behaviors.
Convergent validity was found for the new online sexual behaviors and gaming factors of the
measure. Self esteem and external locus of control were found to have different relationships
with the factors of cyberslacking. The mediational effects of organizational commitment on the
relationship between leadership styles and cyberslacking were found to be non-significant.
Transformational leadership was found to have a significant positive relationship with affective
organizational commitment, and abusive leadership was found to have a significant positive
relationship with cyberslacking. This suggests further research should be conducted to gain a
better understanding into the underlying mechanisms of cyberslacking
Barriers to advancing high-growth women entrepreneurs and founders
Get PDF1 online resource (108 pages) : charts (some colour), graphs (some colour)Includes abstract and appendices.Includes bibliographical references (pages 90-102).The main aim of this thesis is to analyze three different areas of policy-making that are
essential to supporting women in entrepreneurship and innovation. Namely, political priorities,
policy design and implementation, and networks. In this thesis, I argue that the Canadian
government needs better capacity for policy-making, and to do so must be informed of important
barriers and drivers that impact women entrepreneurs and founders success. The literature review
suggests that women founders and entrepreneurs are not being considered first, nor has the
Canadian political agenda for increasing participation in entrepreneurship and innovation been
developed with a gender bias towards women. This thesis uses a two-stage case analysis method
and conducts interviews with twenty-four high growth women entrepreneurs and founders. The
findings reveal that women entrepreneurs and founders continue to experience the same
constraints, such as, access to financing, education, networking, and industry support. The main
implications of this study suggest new barriers not yet researched that exist for women
entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs in Canada. This work will inform new policy design and
increase the strength of policy implementation to further the Canadian federal priority of
advancing women in entrepreneurship and innovation
A methodology to assess sustainability in medical device design
Get PDF1 online resource (vi, 96 pages) : illustrations, charts (some colour)Includes abstract and annex.Includes bibliographical references (pages 86-93).The medical device design and development process is highly interdisciplinary and complies with stringent regulatory requirements and safety standards to de-risk the product. Medical device designers generally give considerable attention to functional, performance, and safety requirements during development, while sustainability takes the backstage. In this thesis, we have developed a methodology to incorporate sustainability in medical device development. We offer a set of sustainability evaluation criteria to assess design concepts and develop mitigation strategies to improve the design. A case study on a surgical guide was carried out to demonstrate the usefulness of this methodology. A mini-Delphi study with eight design experts was conducted in Singapore to evaluate the methodology's benefit, effectiveness, interpretability, comprehensiveness, and usability. The results suggest that the methodology is comprehensive and beneficial to the designers in identifying and developing sustainability-impacting design elements and making informed design decisions in incorporating sustainability at the early stage of the medical device design process