Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Water and Wind: The Fluvial and Eolian Forces Behind the Pennsylvanian-Permian Halgaito Formation, Utah
(2020-10-06)The study of dryland fluvial systems has yielded a broad and well established body of work. As rivers in semi-arid and arid environments cover nearly 50% of the present land surface, there are many modern examples to turn ... -
Water Quality Dynamics in Pockwock Lake Tributaries
(2022-06-13)In forested watersheds, carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen, and suspended sediment, are affected by hydrologic regime, landscape characteristics, and forest management practices. These constituents can impact the quality and ... -
Water-Related ecosystem services and water quality: Farmers’ perceptions and practices
(2015-04-29)Freshwater ecosystems provide numerous ecosystem services (ES) to humans. Agricultural pollution negatively impacts waterbodies and their capacity to provide ES. To reduce agricultural pollution it is crucial to understand ... -
Wave energy conversion in a random sea.
(Dalhousie University, 1997) -
Wave- and wind-driven flow on the continental shelf.
(Dalhousie University, 1995) -
Wave-current interactions in the eastern Canadian waters
(2018-11-09)This thesis examines effects of wave-current interactions (WCIs) on surface gravity waves and ocean currents over the eastern Canadian coastal and shelf waters using a coupled wave-circulation numerical model. The coupled ... -
WAVE-CURRENT-TURBULENCE INTERACTIONS IN A HIGH-FLOW TIDAL CHANNEL
(2018-04-05)Grand Passage has been identified for in-stream tidal turbine development as a predictable, high power density, renewable energy source, and is the site for this work. A shore-connected bottom mounted Acoustic Doppler ... -
The Way Forward: Ecofeminism and the Creation of Society in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction
(2021-04-08)This thesis uses an ecofeminist lens to analyze the patriarchal and anthropocentric ideologies presented in Joelle Charbonneau’s "The Testing" (2013), Scott Westerfeld’s "Uglies" (2005), and Suzanne Collins’ "The Hunger ... -
"We are fighting the world": A history of the Marashea gangs in South Africa, 1947--1999.
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"We Are Most Ourselves When we Are Changing": Michael Winter, Lynn Coady, Lisa Moore, and the Literary Reconfiguration of Atlantic Canadian Regionalism
(2009-08)Canada is a complex social space shaped by the interaction of established cultural practices with the everyday realities of globalized consumer culture. These representations challenge stereotypes that characterize the ... -
"We are Warriors": The Micropolitics of Play in Natal, Brazil
(2021-08-25)Play, in its various manifestations, has become a bedrock of child and youth centered development NGOs. Organizations have utilized activities like sport, theatre, music, and art as vehicles for pursuing specific development ... -
“We Don’t Want Hippy Money”: Contradiction and Exchange in a Local Currency System
(2018-08-31)Local currencies are non-governmental monetary systems created to address particular economic, political, or social problems within a specific geographic area. They have a long history, exist in various forms, and have ... -
"We get our education from the land": Student Perspectives of Indigenous Food Sovereignty
(2019-04-29)This qualitative study explored the perspectives of participants who attended a Summer Institute in Mi’kma’ki that focused on Indigenous food sovereignty (IFS). Particularly, how the participants’ perceived the activities ... -
We Gon' Be Alright: Race, Representation and Jazz Rhetoric in Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly
(2019-09-03)Hip-hop has become a massive phenomenon across the globe, and Kendrick Lamar is one of its biggest names. Of all his critically acclaimed work, his 2015 album To Pimp A Butterfly is considered his greatest masterpiece. ... -
'We Had Something Good and Sacred Here': ReStorying A'se'k with Pictou Landing First Nation
(2013-08-22)For generations of Mi’kmaq from Pictou Landing First Nation, A’se’k (often referred to as Boat Harbour) provided cultural, recreation, and livelihood functions. For almost 50 years, this once-healthy tidal estuary has ... -
"We just stick together": Centering the friendships of disabled youth
(2009-12-15)Friendship matters. Practical support, caring, moral guidance, enjoyment, improved health and greater life expectancy are but a few of its benefits. Despite living in a stigmatizing social environment where isolation is ... -
We Meet In The Street: Combating Youth Out-Migration In Halifax By Re-Connecting Multi-Unit Housing To The City Street
(2017-04-10)Density in smaller cities can be difficult due to slow or stagnant population growth. In Halifax, future growth of the city relies heavily on the attraction and retention of young adults. Studies show that high costs of ... -
"WE WILL HELP EACH OTHER TO BE GREAT AND GOOD": THE MEMORIAL TO SIR WILFRID LAURIER AND RESOLVING INDIGENOUS-STATE RELATIONS IN CANADA
(2011-12-13)This project explores the “Laurier Memorial,” a pivotal document written by Chiefs of the Secwépemc, Nlaka’pamux, and Syilx Nations of interior British Columbia, and presented to Prime Minister Laurier in 1910. With the ... -
We've Always Been Here: Tracing Shifts in the Portrayal of Status, Agency and Mi'kmaw Women's Activism in the Micmac News, 1971-1979
(2018-07-26)This thesis uses the Micmac News to explore the rise of status and non-status Mi’kmaw women’s activism in Nova Scotia chronologically, from 1971 to 1979. It traces change in opinion, practice and community needs over ... -
Wear and Erosion-Corrosion Behaviour of Electroless Ni-P Composite Coatings with NiTi Nanoparticle Additions
(2022-07-06)Electroless Ni-P coatings have high hardness and corrosion resistance but low toughness. The addition of super-elastic NiTi nanoparticles have been previously developed and shown to improve the coating’s ductility. However, ...