Title: by Dr Callum Dewsnap Thesis defended on October 23, 2025 Department of Physics & Astronomy, Western University Thesis advisor: Dr. Sarah Gallagher & Dr. Pauline Barmby Abstract: The properties of galaxies that host active galactic nuclei (AGNs) offer clues to the conditions that enable accretion onto supermassive black holes. A galaxy’s morphology can provide significant information on the evolutionary processes underway. By modelling the surface brightness profiles o

by Dr Claude Cournoyer-Cloutier Thesis defended on July 30, 2025 Department of Physics & Astronomy McMaster University Thesis advisor: Dr. Alison Sills Abstract: Star formation is a clustered process, which naturally leads to the formation of binaries and star clusters. This clustering is most important for massive stars, which most often form in dense clusters and in close binaries. Massive stars are the dominant source of energy in young massive star clusters (YMCs) due

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