Browsing by Subject "Migration"
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A catalogue of the birds of Prince Edward Island
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Citizenship, Memory, Identity: Life Histories of Palestinian Migrants to Canada
(2019-11-28)My thesis describes the significance of refugee camp experiences on Palestinian migrants to Canada. I portray the ways in which political solidarity and individual aspirations relate though life history interviews with ... -
Food Acculturation Pattern of International students in Halifax
(2016-04)International students experience lots of food related challenges when they migrate from their home country to a new country. One such food related challenge international students in Halifax experience is dietary changes, ... -
Forgotten Ecologies: Architecture for Natural Coexistence within Albertan Agrarian Landscapes
(2023-07-19)Western epistemologies based on a dualism between man and “nature” have created economic systems at war with ecological systems. The segmented Alberta prairie landscape perpetuates this dualistic thought through economic ... -
The Haitian-Dominican Contradiction: Migration and Development in the Dominican Republic
(2017-07-26)This thesis explores the connection between migration and development in the Dominican Republic, specifically in regards to people of Haitian descent there. To examine the connection, perceptions held by Dominican citizens ... -
Hospitality or Hostility? The Detention of Irregular Arrivals and Asylum-seekers in Canada as explained by the Hostile Environment Framework
(2022-08-19)Between April 2019 and March 2020, Canada detained 8,825 immigrants. This evidence runs contrary to the image of Canada as a migration haven. In the context of rising anti-immigrant policies in the Global North, Canada has ... -
Individual Variation in Migration Speed of Upriver-Migrating Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River in Relation to Their Physiological and Energetic Status at Marine Approach
(University of Chicago Press, P.O. Box 37005 Chicago IL 60637 USA, [mailto:help@press.uchicago.edu], [URL:http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/], 2008)Little research has examined individual variation in migration speeds of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) in natural river systems or attempted to link migratory behavior with physiological and energetic status on a ... -
Influence of Extrinsic Factors on Movements and Reproductive Success of Leach's Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa).
(2017-03-03)Small pelagic seabirds are valuable indicators of changes in marine ecosystems because they range widely and feed at low trophic levels, and so respond rapidly to changes in ocean conditions. Globally, rapid climatic ... -
MAIDS, MEDIA, AND MIGRATION: FILIPINO NEWS MEDIA IN MONTRÉAL AND THE TRANSNATIONAL LIVES OF LIVE-IN CAREGIVERS
(2011-05-05)This thesis explores the role of media in the lives of live-in caregivers in Montréal by looking at two Filipino newspapers and mainstream news coverage on Filipinas and the Philippines. While Filipino newspapers elaborate ... -
On some of the rarer birds of Nova Scotia
(William Gossip, 1870) -
Pacific Salmon in Hot Water: Applying Aerobic Scope Models and Biotelemetry to Predict the Success of Spawning Migrations
(University of Chicago Press, P.O. Box 37005 Chicago IL 60637 USA, [mailto:help@press.uchicago.edu], [URL:http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/], 2008-12)Concern over global climate change is widespread, but quantifying relationships between temperature change and animal fitness has been a challenge for scientists. Our approach to this challenge was to study migratory ... -
Phenological observations in Nova Scotia and Canada, 1901
(The McAlpine Publishing Co. Ltd., 1903) -
Picturing Halifax: Young Immigrant Women and the Social Construction of Urban Space
(2017-04)This study explores the social construction of space in the lives of young immigrant women. Drawing upon data from photo-elicitation interviews, I analyze how young women who recently immigrated to Canada interpret and ... -
Temporarily “Essential”: Canadian News Media Coverage of Migrant Agricultural Workers during the COVID-19 Era
This thesis analyzes news media representations of the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) to consider how the program and its workers are framed among stakeholder groups with particular attention to the COVID-19 ...