Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses: Recent submissions
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Exploring Connection to Nature and Place for Wellbeing With Refugees Who Access Nature-Based Programs in Mi’kma’ki (Nova Scotia)
(2024-04-13)Nature-based programs are increasingly known to facilitate connection to nature and foster an array of social, physical, and emotional wellbeing benefits. The Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS) offers ... -
THOMAS RADDALL AND THE MAKING OF A PUBLIC HISTORIAN IN NOVA SCOTIA, 1945 - 1958
(2024-04-14)Nova Scotia's history and heritage sector transformed in the mid-twentieth century. This thesis argues that Thomas Head Raddall played a vital role in these transformative processes and was a valued member of the historical ... -
Living with the Volcano: Balancing Culture and Ecological Sensitivity with Tourism on São Miguel Island
(2024-04-14)The weaving of human presence between locals and tourists leaves imprints on the landscape, creating traces that impact the delicate ecological balance. Islands, such as São Miguel, embody fragile environments as their ... -
Amidst the Olive Trees: A Dalmatian Grove for Mental Rehabilitation
(2024-04-14)Suicides are one of the leading causes of death from injuries in Croatia. The groups most at risk are those struggling with mental illnesses and those over 60 — due to loneliness and loss of familial and inter-personal ... -
Response of Mexican mint (Plectranthus amboinicus) plant to various watering regimes
(2024-04-12)Plants are sessile, and their ability to reprogram their metabolism to adapt to fluctuations in soil water level is crucial but not clearly understood. A study was performed to determine alterations in morpho-physiological, ... -
Architectural Resilience In Coastal Communities: Biomimicry As A Design Tool
(2024-04-11)The coastline is a dynamic landscape feature that divides the land and sea, shaped by natural systems over billions of years. Critical climatic factors, including increased tidal action, coastal erosion, and inundation ... -
Beyond the Fields: A Media Content Analysis of the GMO Debate in Kenya and its Impacts on Women Farmers
(2024-04-11)Kenya is grappling with intense periods of drought, compromising agricultural outcomes and food security. Genetic modification (GM) is heralded as a potential solution to tackle low agricultural production by infusing crops ... -
A Total Environment: Re-Activating the Rural Town and Landscape
(2024-04-12)The purpose of this work is to help rural Canada retain its relevance in an increasingly urban world by developing an analysis and design strategy for growing established (static) settlements into the kinds of places that ... -
The Society of Consumption: Rethinking the Mall Through Textile Re-Utilization
(2024-04-14)The enclosed shopping mall, emblematic of our consumer-driven society, emerges as a pseudo-public space that exacerbates the problem of textile waste, and diminishes the malls potential to embody the qualities of an engaging ... -
My Brother’s Life Mattered: A Scholarly Personal Narrative of Grief from an African Nova Scotian Woman’s Perspective
(2024-03-30)This qualitative study used Black feminist theory (BFT) and Scholarly personal narrative (SPN) methodology to explore grief from the perspective of an African Nova Scotian woman. Using my personal narrative of the unexpected ... -
Unraveling the Seismic History of the Himalayas: Paleoseismological Insights from a Surface Rupture in Eastern Bhutan
(2024-04-11)The Himalayas are known for large, destructive earthquakes. The study of paleoseismology in this area encounters challenges due to the sparse historical records of earthquakes and the inadequacy of paleoseismic data. Thus, ... -
Multi-Decadal Habitat Changes Mapped via Remote Sensing and Implications for Juvenile Lemon Sharks (Negaprion Brevirostris) and their Nursery Areas.
(2024-04-12)Shark species currently face anthropogenic pressures, including loss of critical habitat. In Bimini, the Bahamas, two nursery areas exist for juvenile lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) with mangrove and seagrass providing ... -
An Evaluation of Global Ocean Models in the North Atlantic using BGC-Argo float Observations
(2024-04-12)Testing, evaluating, and enhancing global ocean models holds paramount significance in climate and oceanographic research, particularly for projecting climate change impacts. While the evaluation of physical model components ... -
INVESTIGATION OF LiMn0.8Fe0.2PO4 FOR Li ION CELLS
(2024-04-12)LiMnxFe1-xPO4 (LMFP) is a promising material for Li+ ion batteries. It is inexpensive and has higher energy density than LiFePO4 (LFP), making it a candidate for the next generation of Li+ ion batteries for electric ... -
Synergistic Integration of Demand Side Management, Renewable Energy Sources, Battery, and Hydrogen Storage in Hybrid Energy Systems
(2024-04-12)In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the demand for hybrid energy systems (HES). This surge is attributed to a combination of factors, including the pursuit of sustainable and resilient future energy ... -
"Do I have a big enough penis? Does it look weird? Should I have my pubes shaved?": Genital Self-Image and its Implications for Sexual Well-Being Among University Men
(2024-04-12)Genital self-image (GSI), encompassing individuals’ thoughts and feelings regarding their genital appearance and functionality, remains underexplored among men, particularly during the formative university period. While ... -
Memories of Home: An Emotional Landscape for Elderly Care
(2024-04-10)Institutional healthcare models are failing Canada’s elderly. A long culture of agism has led to the creation of sterile, visually dominant, and commodified architectural environments that lack the emotional and social ... -
Value Struggles: The Politics of Production in Rural Cuba
(2024-04-12)This dissertation examines the politics of value in contemporary rural Cuba, focusing on the agricultural region south of Havana. The Soviet bloc’s collapse in the 1990s and Cuba’s need to reconnect to the neoliberal global ... -
...of the Dead: The Rhizombie, An Indigenous-Informed Approach to Contagion
(2024-04-11)Contagion increasingly overlays other social concerns infecting our world, such as racial oppression and climate crises, and thus threatens to render all other issues invisible. This project, however, argues that contagion ... -
POPULATION CONNECTIVITY OF LOPHELIA PERTUSA (=DESMOPHYLLUM PERTUSUM) IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN: PRESENT-DAY CONNECTIONS AND FUTURE PREDICTIONS
(2024-04-11)Population connectivity refers to the exchange of individuals between spatially distinct populations and is an important process governing population dynamics. In species with a larval stage, the combination of processes ...