Welcome to the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies' Electronic Theses & Dissertation site. These pages are dedicated to help you find all the information you might require in order to format and successfully submit your graduate thesis for examination and publication electronically.
Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) are prepared as text-based PDF files. ETDs can contain non-text elements such as sound, video, and hypertext links. ETDs are available through Scholarship@Western, Western's digital library repository, and also released to the world-wide web with priority in many search engines, enabling scholars worldwide to locate, search, and download the University of Western Ontario's ETDs.
The most significant benefit is the dramatic increase (50-250%) in citation impact that results from electronic publishing. This leads to increased rewards from universities, in the form of promotion and increased salary, and from granting agencies.
Other benefits include:
- publicity for research - authors of electronic theses become more widely known and their reputations are enhanced
- easy worldwide access to your theses for colleagues and collaborators
- easy worldwide access to theses for job and grant applications
- a raised profile for research institutions
- reduced costs at the point of graduation since there is no need to have multiple copies printed.
For an overview of the Electronic Thesis and Dissertation process at The University of Western Ontario, please refer to any area from our site dedicated to supporting ETD at Western:
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
School-based physical activity in children: An evaluation of the Daily Physical Activity program in Ontario elementary schools., Ian T. Patton
Exploring the Experiences of Black International Caribbean Students at a Canadian University, Francillia Paul
The volunteer work of newly-certified unemployed teachers in Ontario schools, Jennifer C. Pearce
Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioural Correlates in Children with Psychopathic Traits, Vanessa Leanne Pedden
Supporting Students with Varied Spatial Reasoning Abilities in the Anatomy Classroom, Kelly Pedersen
Reactivity of Dimethylplatinum(II) Complexes with Peroxides, Kyle R. Pellarin
Elucidating the Function of Transplanted Islets of Langerhans and Predicting Their Ability to Reverse Diabetes, Andrew R. Pepper
Enacting Occupation and Identity: Perspectives of Children and Their Parents, Shanon K. Phelan
The (m)Health Connection: An Examination of the Promise of Mobile Phones for HIV/AIDS Intervention in Sub-Saharan Africa, Trisha M. Phippard
Indigenous Peoples under International Law: An Asian Perspective, Tashi Phuntsok
The Aftermath of Intergenerational Trauma: Substance Use Risk and Resiliency, Laurel E. Pickel
Attachment and Information Seeking Strategy Preference in Romantic Relationships, Jennifer C. Pink
Placental insufficiency resulting in fetal growth restriction alters synaptic development and neuronal myelination in guinea pigs at term, Karolina Piorkowska
Neuroplasticity in the Mesolimbic System Induced by Sexual Experience and Subsequent Reward Abstinence, Kyle Pitchers
Olympism, Ethics and The Rio 2016 Olympic Games Preparations: An Ethical Analysis, Dana Poeta
Neuromuscular Function Following Lengthening Contractions, Geoffrey A. Power
A Case Study Comparison of Direct Selling Alternative Food Networks in Belo Horizonte, Brazil and Toronto, Canada, Erin M. Pratley
Wind field measurements around photovoltaic panel arrays mounted on large flat-roofs, R Nicolas Pratt
Being an Austrian mother with rheumatoid arthritis: An institutional ethnography about the social organization of everyday life, Birgit Prodinger
Cerebellar degeneration in harlequin mice is associated with inflammation unaltered by low-dose phenobarbital treatment, Anita Prtenjaca
Relations of Mathematics Teacher Education Research Categories with Pre-Service Teacher Education Syllabi, Leslie-Anne R. Purdy
Hydrodynamics and Micro Flow Structure of Gas-Solid Circulating Turbulent Fluidized Beds, Maozhan Qi