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 2014
Distinct roles of BMP and LKB1/AMPK signalling impacting ovarian cancer spheroid biology, Teresa M. Peart
The Impact of Financial Incentives for Cervical Cancer Screening in Ontario's Primary Care Delivery Models, Ciara Pendrith
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Investigations of Alzheimer Disease, Jacob Penner
Reforming Ontario Teachers (1990-2010): The Role of the College of Teachers, Janice Pennycook
Characterization of the Green Roof Growth Media, Ginevra Alessandra Perelli
Paisaje después de la tormenta, Randol Perez Salas
Just As It Should Be: Painting and the Discipline of Everyday Life, Jared R. Peters
Surgical Approach in Total Hip Arthroplasty: Patient Outcomes and Impact on Costs, Stephen M. Petis
Black, White, and Red All Over: A Thematic Analysis of Selected Canadian and American Newspapers Coverage of the 1968 Mexico City Massacre, John A.M. Petrella
Oxidative Cyclizations of Tertiary Pentenols and the Synthesis of β-Carboline Alkaloids, Geoffrey A. Phillips
Shock Metamorphic Effects in Lunar and Terrestrial Plagioclase Feldspar Investigated by Optical Petrography and Micro-X-Ray Diffraction, Annemarie E. Pickersgill
Learner Anxiety and Professional Practice Self-efficacy in Nursing Education, Joanna Pierazzo
Mental Health and Safety in Schools: Children’s perceptions and experiences, Larissa K. Pipe
Toward a Postmodern Avant-Garde: Labour, Virtuosity, and Aesthetics in an American New Music Ensemble, John R. Pippen
Understanding Women's Health Promotion in Rural Canadian Churches, Robyn Plunkett
Polynomial Identities on Algebras with Actions, Chris Plyley
Dowsing for Potential Temporary Autonomous Zones: A Psychotopology of the Alternative Lifestyles of Nomadic Artisans in Mexico, Annaliese M. Pope
Development of the Coach Identity Prominence Scale: A role identity model perspective, J. Paige Pope
Role of C-Kit Receptor Tyrosine Kinase on INS-1 Cell VEGF-A Expression in Vitro, Alexei Popell
Electrical Resistivity Tomography for Mapping Subsurface Remediation, Christopher Power
Epistemology of the Cartesian Image, Mikhail Pozdniakov
The effects of dissolution on the silicon and oxygen isotope compositions of silica phytoliths, Andrea Prentice
Fantasizing Disability: Representation of loss and limitation in Popular Television and Film, Jeffrey M. Preston
High Multiplicity Strip Packing, Devin Price
Effect of Nozzle Geometry on Jet Bed Interaction: Experiments with Commercial Scale Nozzles and Eroded Nozzles, Nicholas A. Prociw