Seismic Performance of Reinforced Masonry Shear Walls with Different Masonry Boundary Element Configurations Layane Hamzeh A Thesis In the Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Civil Engineering) at Concordia University Montréal, Québec, Canada March 2021 © Layane Hamzeh, 2021