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  • Ability (re)imagined: an exploration into accessibility, accommodation, and student success at the University of Lethbridge 
    Brickley, Virginia (University of Lethbridge, Department of Women and Gender StudiesArts and ScienceDepartment of Women & Gender Studies, 2022)
  • Aboriginal nurses: Insights from a national study 
    Kulig, Judith Celene; Stewart, Norma; Morgan, Debra; Andrews, Mary Ellen; MacLeod, Martha; Pitblado, Roger (The Canadian NurseHealth SciencesDepartment of NursingUniversity of Lethbridgehttps://www.canadian-nurse.com, 2006)
    Aboriginal registered nurses have been identified as an essential group in the delivery of health services in First Nations communities. Despite this, there is a lack of information about this group of nurses in Canada. ...
  • Aboriginal Science Symposium: Enabling Aboriginal student success in post-secondary institutions 
    Kulig, Judith Celene; Duke, Michelle; Solowoniuk, Jason; Weaselfat, Roy; Shade, Cam; Wojtowicz, Bernadine; Lamb, Marilyn (Rural and Remote Health OnlineHealth SciencesDepartment of NursingUniversity of Lethbridge, 2010)
    Context: Research in the sciences is now beginning to acknowledge what many Aboriginal educators and students have experienced or witnessed in educational curricula, a general dismissal of Indigenous knowledge as being ...
  • Aboriginal ways of knowing and learning, 21st century learners, and STEM success 
    Hogue, Michelle M. (University of Regina. Faculty of EducationArts and ScienceIndigenous Student Success Cohort (ISSC)University of Lethbridge, 2016)
    Aboriginal people are alarmingly under-represented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)-related careers. This under-representation is a direct result of the lack of academic success in science and ...
  • Aboutreach : one practitioner's narrative analysis of teaching in a secondary outreach school in rural Alberta 
    Isberg, Lori Christine; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 2002Education, 2002)
    This project is about teaching in an Outreach school in rural Alberta. It is a personal, narrative journey that reflects on theoretical practice and the pedagogical shifts that I made as I came to further understand my ...
  • Aboveground biomass allocation of boreal shrubs and short-stature trees in northwestern Canada 
    Flade, Linda; Hopkinson, Christopher; Chasmer, Laura (MDPIArts and ScienceDepartment of Geograpy and EnvironmentUniversity of Lethbridgehttps://doi.org/10.3390/f12020234, 2021)
    In this follow-on study on aboveground biomass of shrubs and short-stature trees, we provide plant component aboveground biomass (herein ‘AGB’) as well as plant component AGB allometric models for five common boreal shrub ...
  • Abstractive multi-document summarization - paraphrasing and compressing with neural networks 
    Egonmwan, Elozino Ofualagba; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer ScienceArts and ScienceDepartment of Mathematics and Computer Science, 2020)
    This thesis presents studies in neural text summarization for single and multiple documents.The focus is on using sentence paraphrasing and compression for generating fluent summaries, especially in multi-document summarization ...
  • Absurd realism in postmodern American fiction: Wallace, Pynchon, and Tomasula 
    Babalola, Titilola (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of English, c2013Arts and ScienceDepartment of English, 2013)
    In this thesis, I examine absurd realism as a literary subgenre in postmodern American fiction. I define the concept of absurd realism, focusing on the features that characterize it as a postmodern subgenre. I also look ...
  • Academic status for Canadian academic librarians: a brief history 
    Jacobs, Leona (Library Juice PressArts and ScienceLibraryUniversity of Lethbridge, 2013)
    In 1975, the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) and the Canadian Association of College and University Libraries (CACUL) officially recognized the concept of academic status for Canadian academic librarians. ...
  • Access and barriers to postsecondary education: evidence from the youth in transition survey 
    Finnie, Ross; Wismer, Andrew; Mueller, Richard E. (Canadian Society for the Study of Higher EducationArts and ScienceDepartment of EconomicsUniversity of OttawaUniversity of Lethbridge, 2015)
    We exploit the Youth in Transition Survey, Cohort A, to investigate access and barriers to postsecondary education (PSE). We first look at how access to PSE by age 21 is related to family characteristics, including family ...
  • Accessing cervical cancer screening in Nigeria: exploring the experiences of Nigerian-born immigrant women in Canada 
    Fadodun, Oluwadamilola A.; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Health Sciences (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Health SciencesHealth Sciences, 2022-12)
    This research study explored the experiences of women eligible for cervical cancer screening (CCS) in accessing CCS services in Nigeria. The goal was to develop an in-depth understanding of these experiences in order to ...
  • Accountability 2.0 
    Percevault, John Edward; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 1990Education, 1990)
    No abstract.
  • Accusing the Christ Figure in Shakespearean Drama: Typological Imitations of Corpus Christi Cycle Trial Narratives 
    Berg, Jamie (Lethbridge Undergraduate Research JournalVillanova UniversityVillanova University, PA USA, 2007-01)
    At first glance, the medieval Corpus Christi plays from N-Town, Wakefield, and York detailing the events of Christ's crucifixion bear little resemblance to secular renaissance dramas, such as the plays of Shakespeare. However, ...
  • Achieving scientific literacy: an integrated curriculum approach to enhancing scientific literacy for students 
    Scott, Jennefer Dawn; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education (Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of EducationEducation, 2019)
    This paper describes the development and implementation of an innovative high school science course to improve students’ scientific literacy. The goal was to create a rigorous and thought-provoking course to engage ...
  • Acquisition of object-robbing and object/food-bartering behaviours: a culturally maintained token economy in free-ranging long-tailed macaques 
    Leca, Jean-Baptiste; Gunst, Noëlle; Gardiner, Matthew; Wandia, I. Nengah (The Royal Society PublishingArts and ScienceDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of LethbridgeUdayana Universityhttps://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0677, 2021)
    The token exchange paradigm shows that monkeys and great apes are able to use objects as symbolic tools to request specific food rewards. Such studies provide insights into the cognitive underpinnings of economic behaviour ...
  • Acute NMDA receptor antagonism disrupts synchronization of action potential firing in rat prefrontal cortex 
    Molina, Leonardo A.; Skelin, Ivan; Gruber, Aaron J. (Public Library of ScienceArts and ScienceDepartment of NeuroscienceUniversity of Lethbridge, 2014)
    Antagonists of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDAR) have psychotomimetic effects in humans and are used to model schizophrenia in animals. We used high-density electrophysiological recordings to assess the effects of ...
  • Adapting the Reno Model for Alberta 
    el-Guebaly, Nady; Currie, Shawn; Hodgins, David C.; Smith, Garry J.; Williams, Robert J. (Final Report submitted to the Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse CommissionSchool of Health SciencesUniversity of Lethbridge, 2005-06-01)
    Blaszczynski et al. (2004) are to be complemented for recognizing the need for a globally relevant and comprehensive responsible gambling game plan. Though not yet used in any jurisdiction, the Reno Model has created ...
  • Addiction, treatment, and evidence-based medicine 
    Wilcox, Sean; University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science (Lethbridge, Alta : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of PhilosophyArts and ScienceDepartment of Philosophy, 2016)
    How addiction is conceived has important practical implications for how addicts are to be treated. This paper argues that we have a horrible concept of addiction and that has led to horrible treatment results. Examining ...
  • Addiction: a runaway phenomenon of our time? 
    Lee, Bonnie K. (SciTechnolHealth SciencesUniversity of Lethbridge, 2012)
    An editorial that promotes research on therapy and rehabilitation for behavioral addictions. Addiction has become a worldwide problem, spreading beyond drugs and alcohol to encompass behaviors such as eating, gambling and ...
  • Addressing complex social problems with a multi-environmental stakeholder coalition 
    Wymer, Walter (SpringerDhillon School of BusinessUniversity of Lethbridgehttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12208-021-00279-2, 2021)
    Individuals exist within an environmental context that strongly influences their overall health and welfare. Environmental context refers to the context in which a person lives, works, and socializes. This paper presents ...