This explainer document is the fourth in a four part series based on Research Meets Policy at SFU 2021 - a virtual summer institute hosted by the SFU Knowledge Mobilization Hub.The media is an effective channel for reaching policy makers, as it is a proven way to gain t...

Bioremediation is a promising technique for cleaning contaminated soil. We study an idealized bioremediation model involving a substrate (contaminant to be removed), electron acceptor (added nutrient), and microorganisms in a one-dimensional soil column. Using geometric...

Fish are an important part of many people’s diets, and having reliable access to fish in a nearby waterway is an important part of many communities’ health and food security. While western science provides important information about local fish resources, fishers and In...

This is the seventh lecture from the Winter 2017 offering of LIS 598 Information Policy. This lecture covers Copyright. The lecture is available as a PowerPoint with audio or video (.wmv) file. All of the underlying files including the audio is available in the .zip fil...

We prove that, for each nonnegative integer k and each matroid N, if M is a 3-connected matroid containing N as a minor, and the the branch width of M is sufficiently large, then there is a k-element subset X of E(M) such that one of M\X and M/X is 3-connected and conta...

This is the first lecture from the Winter 2017 offering of LIS 598 Information Policy. This lecture covers the scope and definition of information policy; examines the federal information policy landscape in Canada; and, looks at some challenges and issues with informat...

Benzannulated bidentate pyridine/phosphine (P^N) ligands bearing quinoline or phenanthridine (3,4-benzoquinoline) units have been prepared, along with their halide-bridged, dimeric Cu(I) complexes of the form [(P^N)Cu]2(μ-X)2. The copper complexes are phosphorescent in ...

This article sets the stage – substantively, theoretically and methodologically – for a proposed journal special issue. Its analytic focus is socialization, or the process through which actors adopt the norms and rules of a given community. I argue that it is key to und...

Présentation. Penser les frontières du social et du médical / Vincent Duclos (Université de Montréal), Marie-Ève Carle (Université de Montréal) ; Théâtres du corps (Essai) / Gilles Bibeau (Université de Montréal) ; Recasting gender and prophylactic use in China : a hist...