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Membership Retention in Scout Troops
(University of Waterloo, 2001-08-16)Factors affecting membership retention in Scout troops were examined. Scout meetings were unobtrusively observed and program information questionnaires were completed for 17 urban Scouts Canada Scout troops (age range ... -
Arab-Jewish Cooperative Coexistence in Israel/Palestine
(University of Waterloo, 2005)The current conflict between Arabs and Jews in Israel/Palestine has ruptured relations between the two peoples, and essentially divided them along geographic, economic, cultural, political, and sociological lines. Yet up ... -
I Don't Care Whose Fault It Is! Or, An Introduction to the Short-Term Forecasting Theory, Implementing Fuzzy-logic and Neural Networks
(University of Waterloo, 2006)In contradiction with much conventional economic theory, this thesis argues that successful short-term forecasting is both possible and practicable. Beginning with the assumption, and widely-held belief, that there are ... -
Second-Generation Stack Computer Architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2007)It is commonly held in current computer architecture literature that stack-based computers were entirely superseded by the combination of pipelined, integrated microprocessors and improved compilers. While correct, the ... -
Writing to Tell, Telling to Live: Reading the Storyteller in Alistair MacLeod's Short Fiction
(University of Waterloo, 2008)This essay examines the way Alistair MacLeod‘s short fiction formally and thematically invokes the presence of Walter Benjamin‘s oral "Storyteller" figure/and culture, elaborated in his 1936 essay, in order to ask broader ... -
Positive Materialsim: How Does Money Shape Family Happiness?
(University of Waterloo, 2009)Why do some families let money shape their happiness in a negative way while others control their money and shape their happiness in a positive way? Maslow (1943) described his first two levels in his Hierarchy of Needs ... -
Citizenship for a Modern Democracy: Youth Perspectives on the Canadian Multicultural Reality
(University of Waterloo, 2009)This paper explores the links between citizenship and multiculturalism in the Ontario secondary school curriculum Grade 10 Civics course and among Ontario youth. Contemporary citizenship theory suggests that a progressive ... -
Game Design Concepts
(University of Waterloo, 2009)The term “game design” is not well defined; it is used to mean many different things which oftentimes are only peripherally related to the actual design process, and many books purportedly on the subject do not adequately ... -
Maps of Human Communication: Science and the Arts
(University of Waterloo, 2009)The purpose of this thesis is to examine the function of language as a map that navigates the perception of human reality. In the thesis, attention is paid to the structure of speech, and whether or not it accurately ... -
The Write Choice
(University of Waterloo, 2009)This paper compares and contrasts movies, television, and video games from the perspective of the writer. This is done in order to determine which is the superior story telling medium. It is accomplished by examining how ... -
Realism in Contemporary Fine Art
(University of Waterloo, 2010)Usually I start out with a technical concept. I try to get as detailed as possible in regards to the logistics of how I'll carry out the work. The ideas themselves are quite intricate and so an intuitive approach to process ... -
Justice that is Healing: Responding to Domestic Violence in Aboriginal Communities
(University of Waterloo, 2011)All Aboriginal communities are dealing with the effects of domestic violence. This thesis includes an exploration of the magnitude, outcomes and conditions that have been exacerbated by domestic violence with the goal of ... -
Dissocation of Subjective and Objective Health Status in the Chinese Population
(University of Waterloo, 2011)As the general Chinese population becomes more overweight, pressure mounts to explore the reasons behind this trend. Pooling four waves of the Chinese Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) into two groups—2004 with 2006 and ... -
Impactus Finiens Orbem Terrarum: An Updated Risk Assessment of World Ending Asteroid Impacts
(University of Waterloo, 2011-12-01)As technology develops, the rate of discovering and observing space tends to relatively increase. Our understanding of how the Universe works, and how the planets interact with one another make us weary of what is to come. ... -
Imagination: A Tool with Potential
(University of Waterloo, 2012)This thesis deals with imagination as a tool in light of two academic disciplines: philosophy and education. In the history of philosophy, imagination appears as an intentional tool for cognizing, and in education, the ... -
Performimg Education: The Utopian Potential of Creative Peer-to-peer Sexual Health Education for Queer Youth
(University of Waterloo, 2012)In this cultural moment, young queers are struggling to imagine themselves and find community. A significant component of enabling a youth's self-discovery is providing access to inclusive and culturally-relevant education ... -
Defining, Demanding, and Developing the Critical Thinker
(University of Waterloo, 2013)This thesis examines critical thinking (CT) in education. Research includes a comprehensive literature review, focused on defining CT, understanding CT expectations in education, and expounding on how CT is best developed. ... -
Salacious Sade and Perverted Poe: Perversity and the quest for knowledge from 1740 to 1895
(University of Waterloo, 2014)The purpose of this thesis is to examine the role of perversity within the Self as a quest for individual knowledge. Libertine and Gothic literature will be characterized as an individualized reflection on society’s ... -
Building Student Centred-Communities for Canada's Growing Population of Undergraduate Students
(University of Waterloo, 2014)Over the past decade, Canada’s rising post-secondary student population has resulted in the “studentification" of many university towns. Such unprecedented growth requires new strategies focused on supporting undergraduate ... -
Evolving Conceptions of Time and Selfhood in Three Novels by Urula K. Le Guin: The Dispossessed, Always Coming Home, and Lavinia
(University of Waterloo, 2014)Since the 1970s, Ursula K. Le Guin has been widely recognized as an author who uses fiction as a means to address fundamental philosophical, political, and ethical questions. Of the many scholarly analyses of her work, ...