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From Missionary to Linguist: An Account of Silas Tertius Rand, 1810-1889
(2017-04-06)
Silas Tertius Rand was a nineteenth-century Nova Scotian Baptist linguist and missionary, although he struggled with the latter. The Mi’kmaq had little interest in converting to the Baptist faith; many of them had joined ...
Measuring Emergency Care Network Population Coverage Using Location-Allocation Models and Geographic Information Systems
(2017-08-31)
The objective of this thesis is to measure how the Nova Scotia Emergency Care Network, consisting of Emergency Departments (EDs) and Collaborative Emergency Centres (CECs), covers the population, and provide a tool to ...
"They Are Here to Stay"? Foreign Nurses on Temporary Work Permits in Nova Scotia, Canada
(2017-08-31)
Foreign nurses are moving to Canada on temporary permits, and gaining employment in the Nova Scotian healthcare sector. In this dissertation, I argue that their experiences of movement and work are conditioned by a complex ...
ROLE OF CO-OPERATIVES IN FACILITATING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: AN EXPERIENCE FROM NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA
(2019-05-01)
Attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will require concerted effort throughout societies everywhere. Although co-operatives, as community-embedded local organizations, have been promoted in advancing SDGs, ...
Contingent and Continuum: Simeon Perkins and “Loyalist” Nova Scotia, 1773- 1785
(2019-04-05)
Nova Scotia remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolution. The majority of the population had close ties with New England, which raises the question of why Nova Scotia adopted this position during the ...
A qualitative exploration of sexually transmitted and bloodborne infections (STBBIs) in a Canadian province: the utility of the social ecological model in understanding and reducing the spread of STBBIs in Nova Scotia
(2019-12-12)
Rates of sexually transmitted and blood borne infections (STBBIs) have been on the rise over the last two decades in Canada. The goal of this study was to better understand the local factors contributing to the spread of ...
Reconnecting with the Sky: A Journey Through Nova Scotia's Cultural Landscape
(2019-08-13)
This thesis challenges our Western understanding of the sky by exploring the ethnoastronomy of the Mi’kmaq, Acadian, and Black Loyalist people of Nova Scotia, located along Canada’s Atlantic coast. It proposes four ...
Made in Cape Breton: Examining the Relationship Between Craft Practice and Place
(2019-08-21)
In this thesis, I examine the relationship between craft practice and place, situating my case study on Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Island. I consider the dynamics of how craft is made, marketed, and distributed in relation ...
The elephant in the market: Unearthing provincial policy alignments and perceived challenges to grow the impact of the farmers market sector in Nova Scotia, Canada
(2020-12-15)
Farmers markets (FMs) have identified potential as sustainable forms of economic life. However, they are rarely studied for their contributions to official sustainability policy. This study evaluates how FM activities align ...
The effect of community of discharge on length of stay for unplanned hospitalizations: An indicator of community care integration?
(2020-08-07)
Objective: Adjusted hospital length of stay (LOS), widely used to benchmark hospital
efficiency, does not account for community-driven variation. We estimate the extent to
which community affects LOS for unplanned ...