College of Sustainability: Recent submissions
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The Impact Assessment Act of 2019: Meaningful Participation of Canada’s Indigenous Peoples, or Surface Level Engagement?
(College of Sustainability, 2023-04-25)The aim of this thesis was to research the extent to which the Impact Assessment Act of 2019 achieves its goal of improving Indigenous involvement in the environmental assessment process across Canada. It does so by ... -
Beyond the Implementation Gap: A Narrative Analysis of Nova Scotia’s Endangered Species Act
(2023-04-24)Many species continue to decline in numbers in Canada, despite a complex tangle of laws related to the conservation and protection of biodiversity. Nova Scotia’s standalone legislation, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) has ... -
'SUP with Nova Scotia: Characterizing Nova Scotia's Single-Use Plastic Waste within the Canadian Federal Single-Use Plastic (SUP) Ban
(2023-04-24)The use of single-use plastics (SUPs) has increased rapidly over the years, and the contribution of SUPs to global waste quantities has been rising steadily (Xanthos & Walker, 2017). In 2019 alone, Canada produced an ... -
Food For Thought: An Analysis of the Relationship Between Food Deserts and Childhood Academic Performance in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia
(2023-04-25)This study explores the relationship between geographic food deserts and sixth grade academic performance in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), Nova Scotia. An ArcGIS Pro Network Analysis was used to map geocoded grocery ... -
Seeds of Sustainability: An Analysis of Small-Scale Commercial Seed Producers in Ontario
(2023-04-21)Food and agriculture are an important part of Ontario’s economic and social identity. Seeds are some of the most basic and important inputs of these systems, both in Ontario and globally. Despite this, there is a noticeable ... -
Ethics and Effectiveness in Climate Change Communication Handbooks: A Close Reading Analysis
(2023-04-24)The field of climate change communication (CCC) seeks out ways to effectively communicate climate change topics to a less scientifically expert public. To assist climate communicators in crafting messages that have high ... -
Ecotourism as A Climate Adaption Tool: Perspectives from Local Tourism Stakeholders in Lunenburg
(2022-05-02)Climate change has posed risks to tourism industries and many coastal communities concurrently on the Canadian east coast (Lemmen et al., 2016). Future strategic planning must incorporate environmental, social, and economic ... -
Measuring Environmental Attitudes of Undergraduate Sustainability Students
(2022-04-26)Since 2013, the College of Sustainability at Dalhousie University has distributed an annual survey to students enrolled in classes offered by the Environment, Sustainability and Society (ESS) program. One purpose of the ... -
Reconciliation in Action: An Analysis of Canadian National Healing Forests
(2022-04-25)The relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada is one that is strained due to a history of cultural assimilation and genocide, fullfilled by the residential school system. Reconciliation is a ... -
Drawing the line: a Media Analysis of the Relationship Between Art and Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution in Colombia
(2022-04-22)Art has been used as a means of resolving conflicts, building peace, and mitigating the aftermath of trauma and violence all over the world. This is no different in Colombia, a country that had one of the longest and most ... -
Halifax Noise Study: Resident Perceptions into Noise Annoyance
(2022-04-22)As the population of Halifax, N.S. continues to grow and urbanization continues, as does the issue of urban noise. Experiencing noise at home or in urban environments is shown to have a myriad of negative health and ... -
A Curriculum Analysis: Evaluating the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals within the Nova Scotia Grade 10 Curriculum
(2022-04-22)In recent years there has been attention around levels of education for sustainable development (ESD) in school curricula. Education for sustainable development has been a term used to describe curricula that involve the ... -
Teitiota v. New Zealand - A Groundbreaking Case, or the First of Many?
(2022-04-22)In 2015, Ioane Teitiota applied for asylum in New Zealand under the term "climate refugee". Soon after he brought the case to the High Court of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees , however the claim was ... -
Growing Pains: The Social Role of Community and Urban Gardens During the COVID-19 Pandemic
(Dalhousie University, 2022-04-22)Gardening became a popular activity throughout the COVID-19 pandemic as it was seen as a safe and productive way to spend time. During the initial lockdowns in the spring of 2020, many garden supply stores ran out of seeds, ... -
Interference in Environmental Studies and Sciences: Understanding how Identity Factors Influence Experienced Interference
(2022-04)The ability for all environmental researchers to effectively practice and communicate their research is important because it can influence policy and decision-makers. However, my research found that interference in ... -
Dérangement and the 2020 South Shore Lobster Dispute: A New Acadian History of Nationalism, Identity, and the Maritime Fisheries
(2022-04)Between September and November of 2020, Nova Scotians witnessed the most violent resource-based conflict in the province’s recent history. Following the launch of the Sipekne’katik Nation’s livelihood fishery on the Saint ... -
Engaging Children with the Outdoors Through Free-Choice Learning: An examination of Discovery Packs at Royal Botanical Gardens
(2022-04-19)As an increasing number of people move into urban centers in Canada, it is important to find innovative ways for people to build an understanding of the natural world, as well as an affinity towards it. Museums, science ... -
In the Eye of the Storm: Investigating the Relationship Between the Climate-Conflict Nexus and Child Soldier Recruitment
(2022-04-18)Despite the growing concern around climate change as a conflict threat multiplier, limited research has been done on how climate factors will change specific conflict patterns. At the same time, international institutions ... -
The Emotional Labour of Indigenous Post-Secondary Students: A Trauma-Informed Autoethnography
(2021-04)Indigenous students in post-secondary institutions often become labelled ‘Native Informants’-- coerced into offering their lived experience(s) and/or knowledges of Indigenous worldview(s), oppression, and culture to benefit ... -
Uprooted in Place: Third Culture Kids and Migrant Movement Implications
(2021-05-04)This paper explores the correlation and differences between migrant groups and Third Culture Kids (TCKs) to determine the impact of moving countries on mental health and the concepts of belonging, tradition, memory and ...