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Examining the Impact of the National Arts Centre’s Climate Cycle Initiative on the Environmental Knowledge, Attitudes, and Professional Practices of Canadian Theatre Artists
(2021-04)The current literature on the role of the Arts in sustainability suggests that environmental themes introduced in different forms of art (i.e. theatre, sculpture, music) can change the way people feel about environmental ... -
Examining the Smoke-free and Scent-free Policies at Dalhousie University
(2004-04)For our Greening the Campus project we chose to focus on the scent-free and smoke-free policies at Dalhousie University. Our main objectives for this project were to find out how many of the Dalhousie students are aware ... -
EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF SUBAQUEOUS DISPOSAL OF ACID GENERATING SULPHIDE MINERALS IN THE MEGUMA SUPERGROUP, SOUTHERN NOV A SCOTIA
(1999-04-15)Development and construction projects that require the disturbance and excavation of sulphide rich bedrock in Halifax and southern Nova Scotia produce large quantities of waste rock material. This material poses a high ... -
EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF CATION EXCHANGE BETWEEN FORMATION WATERS AND SANDSTONES AND SHALES, PHALEN COLLIERY, CAPE BRETON
(1998-04-15)The Phalen Colliery mines coal from the Phalen seam in the Upper Carboniferous Sydney Mines Formation. Flooding events in the colliery since 1992 warrant an investigation of the origin and chemical history of the inflow ... -
Experimental Investigations of Viscous Remanent Magnetization Using a Continuous Measurement System
(1979-03-15)This study showed that with a simple circuit modification this new continuous measurement system of viscous remanent magnetization (VRM) can be made more flexible as a far as the magnitude of the applied field and VRM ... -
Experimental Melting of Biotite Plus Plagioclase Plus Quartz Plus Or Minus Muscovite Assemblages and Implications for Crustal Melting
(1995-08)In order to understand the role of mica-rich rocks as a source of granite magmas, a series of melting experiments was performed on two different starting materials. The first composition is a model biotite gneiss consisting ... -
Experimental study of reaction textures in volcaniclastic kimberlites
(2019-04-15)Some of the most famous diamond deposits are associated with Kimberly-type pyroclastic kimberlite facies (KPK) located within diatreme part of kimberlite pipes. The origin of this type of kimberlite is one of the most ... -
Exploded xenoliths, layered granodiorites, and chaotic Schlieren associated with the eastern contact of the South Mountain Batholith
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EXPLORATORY RESEARCH INTO THE ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOURS OF DALHOUSIE FACULTY OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES AND POSSIBLE CHANGES TO DECREASE THE FACULTY’S IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT
(2007-04)Dalhousie University has an incredible opportunity and responsibility to influence and shape the way its faculty, staff and students choose to live and face the decisions they are confronted with daily. Dalhousie must be ... -
Exploring barriers to off-campus outdoor recreation among International and Domestic students attending the Dalhousie University Studley campus.
(2023-04)The aim of our research was to address the question: What are barriers to accessing off-campus recreational outdoor activities among Undergraduate students attending the Dalhousie Studley Campus? Is there a significant ... -
Exploring physical feasibility and land-use value: Parking facilities at Dalhousie, Studley campus
(2015-04)Land-use in urban environments is an integral component of the functioning and efficiency of a city. It is desirable to design an urban landscape to utilize all of the available space. Dalhousie University in the city of ... -
Exploring the economic feasibility of implementing a reusable container program on Dalhousie University’s Studley Campus
(2015-04)The main objective of this research project was to find out whether a reusable/sealable container program would be economically feasible at the Dalhousie Food Services (DFS) vendors. Our focus was to ask the vendors, and ... -
Exploring the feasibility and desirability of in-house diversion programs for disposable hot beverage cups at the store level in Halifax Regional Municipality
(2014-03)Disposable hot cups are associated with various environmental problems including increased pressure on landfills caused by their disposal. The objective of this study is to support decision-making for improved waste ...