Browsing by Subject "Halifax"
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An Arborist's Approach to Building Regeneration: Planting Trees in Obsolescent Soil
(2020-07-16)Given the environmental impact of utilizing non renewable resources in the open loop carbon cycle of build-use-demolish, it is imperative to effect a fundamental change in how the urban landscape is developed. This thesis ... -
A Bank Clerk at War: The Great War Diary of Nova Scotian A.I.M. Taylor, 85th Battalion C.E.F.
(2020-04-15)This thesis is an exploration of the previously unpublished diary of Aleck Taylor, a private of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War. Taylor’s methodical daily entries offer a unique opportunity for both ... -
Better Planning from Better Understanding: Incorporating Historically Derived Data into Modern Coastal Management Planning on the Halifax Peninsula
(2012-09-20)As the terrestrial and marine effects of climate change continue to intensify, the value of native habitats like coastal wetlands is becoming clear. A sound understanding of how these ecosystems work is of vital importance ... -
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea? Union Prospects and Deliberative Debate in Nova Scotia’s Public Sphere, 1863-1864
(2014-08-11)This thesis explores Nova Scotia’s 1863-1864 public union debates and examines the roles of political liberalism and loyalism in the colony’s deliberative public sphere. It argues that these debates were thematically broad, ... -
Big Shoes to Fill: An Investigation of the Halifax Food Footprint
(2017-04-17)In response to increasing urbanization and demand for local food, this study aims to contextualize the land area needed to feed urban Halifax, Nova Scotia, through the calculation of a food footprint. Derived from ecological ... -
"Bluenose Effrontery": Dr. William Johnston Almon and the City of Halifax During the United States' Civil War
(2013-08-27)Popular historiography of the U. S. Civil War has traditionally underemphasized the war’s foreign dimension and the role outside support and potential recognition played in the conflict. Recent literature, however, has ... -
The Challenge of Youth Engagement in Local Government: Exploring the Use of Youth Councils in Amherst and Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia
(2014-04-04)Youth councils are an increasingly popular tool that both government and non-governmental organizations use to inform policy and program development, to increase the participation of young people, and to improve the ... -
Commuting in Halifax, Nova Scotia: Exploring Midlife Women's Perceptions and Experiences of Active Transportation
(2010-09-16)Nova Scotia is one of the least active provinces in Canada and is experiencing rising levels of obesity and related diseases. Women in Canada have low rates of participation in physical activity, despite the many benefits. ... -
CONNECTING PLACES: A PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO RAPID TRANSIT FOR THE HALIFAX REGION
(2012-05-29)Connecting Places: A Pragmatic Approach to Rapid Transit for the Halifax Region explores the potential for the development of a simple, cost-effective rapid transit system for the Halifax Region, specifically for parts ... -
Deconstructing Young Adults' Religious (Dis)engagement in Statistics Canada's Religiosity Index
(2013-04-03)This research explored whether Statistics Canada’s religiosity index is an adequate measurement tool to capture the degree of young adults’ (aged 15-29) religious engagement in contemporary Canada. The impact of the agency’s ... -
Defunding Halifax Police with an Art Historical and Contemporary Framework in Architecture
(2023-07-19)Policing and surveillance contribute to the segregation and oppression of marginalized communities across North America. The police state’s power is maintained through architecture and urban design, making the architect ... -
DEO, LEGI, REGI, GREGI: UNIVERSITY OF KING'S COLLEGE, 1920-1945
(2022-08-31)The period from 1920 to 1945 was critical in the University of King’s College’s history. During this quarter century, the university was destroyed by fire, moved from Windsor to Halifax, federated with Dalhousie University, ... -
“Don’t Throw Glitter on our Carpet”: Cultivating Queer Safe Space(s) in Halifax
(2020-04-14)This project examines 2SLGBTQ+ safe spaces in Halifax to understand the experiences people have in these spaces and the cultivation work involved in maintaining them. Informed by queer and intersectional theories, the ... -
Encouraging Interaction: Neighbourhood-Specific Computational Design
(2019-04-05)Most high-density urban housing, while successful in meeting escalating population and financial demands, fails to sustain the local identity and community that make cities desirable. While high density typologies tend to ... -
Environ(mental) Architecture: How Architecture Shapes Our Mental Health Through the Use of Public Space
(2019-04-05)This thesis examines the potential of architecture to improve mental health through the design of public space. To determine the programmatic needs of a site, this document uses a human perception framework to analyze the ... -
‘FIGHTING IN THE DARK’: CHARLES FREDERICK FRASER AND THE HALIFAX ASYLUM FOR THE BLIND, 1850 - 1915
(2011-08-19)The Halifax Asylum for the Blind, the first residential school for blind children in Canada, opened its doors in 1872 as a charitable institution with educational goals. This work explores the foundation of the Asylum in ... -
Four Architectural Design Methods for the Active Perceiver: A Study of Phenomenology and Place in the Architectural World
(2019-08-22)Dissecting the work of phenomenologist Maurice Merleau-Ponty, this thesis aims to generate a collection of design methods founded in theories of perception and place. In an effort to comprehend the intangible aspects of ... -
Geology of Halifax and Colchester Counties
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Halifax meteorology 1874
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Home is Where the Hearth is: Recognizing and Building Identity in an Urban Residential Area
(2015)This thesis report explores the relationships between the built environment, the social fabric of a neighbourhood, and a sense of belonging to a community. The fabric of a neighbourhood community is shaped by the ...