Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Historical and contemporary processes shaping population genetic structure in an anadromous fish (Osmerus mordax)
(2014-04-04)The spatial scale at which populations are genetically structured is of immense interest for the understanding of a species’ ecology and evolutionary biology. This can have important implications for management of resources ... -
Historical variations in pelagic fish communities and their causes.
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HISTORIOGRAPHY OF EXCLUSION: TRACING THE IMPACT OF COLONIAL RULE ON MUSLIM MARGINALIZATION IN BRITISH INDIA
(2023-12-12)This thesis explores the historical roots of Muslim marginalization in British India, emphasizing the transformative impact of colonial rule on socio-political dynamics. It delves into the historiographical narratives that ... -
A history of iron technology in Igboland, c.1542-1900.
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HIV and STBBI Testing: The Implications of Shifting Policy Environments
(2016-08-09)The transition to an integrated approach to HIV and Sexually Transmitted and Blood-borne Infection (STBBI) prevention will impact testing services in Nova Scotia. In order to respond to the consequences of this policy-level ... -
HIV Testing in Nova Scotia: An Indigenous Perspective on Access and Acceptability
(2017-09-05)Understanding the relationship between race/ethnicity and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) provides insight into HIV testing behaviour (PHAC, 2014). Nationally, Indigenous peoples of Canada represent a higher rate of ... -
Hive Mind: The City in the Age of the Autonomous Automobile
(2019-08-22)The adoption of autonomous vehicles and the integration of an internet-based general purpose technology platform into urban environments will catalyze the formation of a new system of automobility in the 21st century, ... -
Hockey Talk: A Textured Description of Morality and Ethics in a Sporting Context
(2021-04-08)Across societies, morality and ethics manifest in many social arenas. Sports, and especially national sports such as ice hockey in Canada, are no exception. There is little consensus on the meaning of on- and off-ice ... -
Holistic carrying capacity for salmon aquaculture: The implication of social values
(2022-08-24)The increasing need to consider multiple pressures and take a more holistic approach to management of aquaculture has prompted the development of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)’s Ecosystem Approach to Aquaculture ... -
Home in the Garden: A Case Study of the Lhotsampa Refugee Community’s Use of a Community Garden in Halifax, Nova Scotia
(2016-08-26)In 2011, the Lhotsampa refugees from Bhutan who live in Halifax, Nova Scotia, worked with an immigrant services group to institute the Glen Garden community garden. Participation in the garden is especially important to ... -
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 ... -
A Home Within the City : Transitional Housing for Homeless Individuals in Toronto
(2009-07)This thesis explores the idea of home for the homeless individual who has made the decision to seek assistance for issues of addiction or mental illness and wants to transition to permanent housing in the future through ... -
Homeless Bound: A Search for Digital Literacy within the Realm of Social Media
(2012-08-24)Social media usage trends within the homeless community are not well documented. To date, few studies have examined how the poor navigate and/or build relationships in online environments, and whether these activities ... -
Homogeneous Integer-Valued Polynomials of Three Variables
(2018-06-15)A polynomial f in Q[x,y,z] is integer-valued if f(x,y,z)is an integer, whenever x, y, z are integers. This work will look at the case where f is homogeneous and construct polynomials such that the denominators are divisible ... -
Homolytic and heterolytic energies of alkyl-X bonds and ionization potentials of alkyl radicals, alkanes and haloalkanes.
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HOOKED ON FOOD WASTE: CHARACTERIZING POST-PRODUCTION SEAFOOD LOSSES AND THEIR LIFE CYCLE IMPACTS ALONG VARIOUS SEAFOOD SUPPLY CHAINS
(2019-09-06)Food waste is an increasingly important phenomenon in public and academic discourse. In my thesis, I set out to explore this topic by reviewing published literature examining the efficacy of food waste reduction in ... -
Hopeless Poetics in Ecological Poetry
(2013-08-26)In this thesis I theorize hopelessness in contemporary Canadian ecological poetry in contrast to capitalist ideology and activist discourse. Drawing on Tim Lilburn’s work, I identify two varieties of hopelessness: despair ... -
HORMONAL REGULATION OF CARBOXYPEPTIDASE-D GENE TRANSCRIPTION IN BREAST CANCER CELLS
(2015-04-28)Carboxypeptidase-D (CPD), bound to the plasma membrane, cleaves C-terminal arginine from extracellular substrates. Arginine is converted to nitric oxide (NO), which can promote tumour progression. We have previously ...