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Connecting the Storied Landscape of the Shubenacadie
(2020-08-19)
For more than 100 years, the Shubenacadie has been forgotten by the collective consciousness of many Nova Scotians.
This thesis examines the cultural practices of the Mi’kmaq, the Acadians, and the British as they engaged ...
Eternal Landscapes: A Reframing of Monuments in the Civic Cemetery
(2022-04-18)
Secular demands on space are shifting Western funerary culture away from traditional individual memorials. New burial modes omit the gravestone, and ash spreading rituals detach the act of remembering from the body. While ...
Framing the Forest: Restoring Nova Scotia's Hidden Landscapes of Extraction
(2022-04-12)
Nova Scotia is home to vast areas of ecologically unique and sensitive Acadian forest, almost all of which has been cut down and regrown several times, damaging its integrity as habitat for wildlife and as economic and ...
Tidal Gardening: An Architectural Response to Flood Mitigation on the Salmon River
(2022-07-07)
As climate change intensifies and sea-levels rise, flooding is once again a problematic event that is predicted to occur more and more frequently worldwide. The destructive power of the flood is a real threat to our habitat, ...
Constructing New Narratives to Reveal Diverse Identities in Richmond, BC
(2022-07-07)
With the capitalist expansion of urban cities today, different physical and social forces exist, collaborate and challenge each other on the land we call home. In Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, where multi-ideologies ...
Narrative City: Latin American Home-City Landscapes in Halifax, Nova Scotia
(2023-08-22)
Storytelling lies at the center of cultural production and exchange. In smaller immigrant
communities without dedicated cultural infrastructure and established networks of
gathering spaces, oral storytelling functions ...
Spectacular Attractions: Tourism and Environmental Engagement in Niagara Falls
(2021-07-27)
This thesis begins by studying the dual reading of Niagara Falls as an awe-inspiring
natural wonder and as a commodified spectacle for touristic consumption. However, the
relics of its early hydroelectric exploitation ...
A Total Environment: Re-Activating the Rural Town and Landscape
(2024-04-12)
The purpose of this work is to help rural Canada retain its relevance in an increasingly urban world by developing an analysis and design strategy for growing established (static) settlements into the kinds of places that ...
Transformative Landscapes: Deinstitutionalizing Mental Healthcare Through the Urban Park
(2024-04-29)
People are a product of their environment; the psychological and physical well-being of individuals are continually shaped by life experiences, relationships, community culture, and environmental conditions. Historical ...