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 2013
Torah in the Diaspora: A Comparative Study of Philo and 4 Maccabees, Christopher J. Cornthwaite
Features of Dormancy in Metastatic Ovarian Cancer Cells, Rohann JM Correa
Characterizing the contribution of the LXCXE binding cleft to pRB-mediated genome stability and tumor suppression, Courtney H. Coschi
Method and Metaphor in Aristotle's Science of Nature, Sean Michael Pead Coughlin
Storied Truths: Contemporary Canadian and Indigenous Childhood Trauma Narratives, Michelle Coupal
Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Hannah Arendt: The Intersection of Institution, Natality, and Birth, Nathaniel Coward
The Study of Nanophotonic Switching Mechanisms in Photonic and Metallic Heterostructures, Joel Cox
Genetic and morphological variation of butterflies in relict habitats, Lindsay A. Crawford
Telling tales out of school: Principals' narratives of the relationship between school literacy and the home literacy practices of a minoritized culture, Wendy A. Crocker
Mobilizing Insurgent Pasts Toward Decolonial Futures, Patrick Crowley
On the Physical Explanation for Quantum Computational Speedup, Michael Cuffaro
Effect of Instantaneous Load Eccentricities on the Inelastic Torsional Responses Under Bi-Directional Seismic Excitations, Xiaojing Cui
Three Solitudes and a DJ: A Mashed-up Study of Counterpoint in a Digital Realm, Anthony B. Cushing
On evolution dynamics and strategies in some host-parasite models, Liman Dai
Teachers' Mental Health Literacy and Capacity towards Student Mental Health, Tamara D. Daniszewski
The Orpheus Figure: The Voice in Writing, Music and Media, Jason R. D'Aoust
A Structured Conceptualization of Reasons to Accelerate: Words from the WISE, Lynn Dare
Regulation of eukaryotic Mcm2-7 activity, Lance F. DaSilva
A Study of Gamma Radiation Induced Carbon Steel Corrosion, Kevin Daub
Construing Natural Restorative Environments in Individuals Treated for Cancer, Adam M.B. Day
The Experience of Battle in the Sicilian Expedition: From the Great Harbour to the River Assinarus, Frank D. D'Earmo
Re-cognizing Power in the Culture of Dementia Care Knowledge, Ryan T. DeForge
Complex Shoulder Instability: The Role of the Latarjet Coracoid Transfer, Ryan Degen
Hydrogeological and Thermal Sustainability of Geothermal Borehole Heat Exchangers, S. Emad Dehkordi