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Is the Green Lab program really that Green? An Analysis of Sustainable Laboratory Programs at Dalhousie University
(2023-04)Within many university laboratories, waste and inefficient use of resources is garnering greater attention as a part of efforts to create a more sustainable campus. One way universities are taking action is by implementing ... -
An investigation into food-insecurity felt by undergraduate student living off campus attending Dalhousie’s Studley Campus
(2023-04)Our group surveyed and interviewed undergraduate students living off-campus who attend classes on the Studley campus at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia. As a group, we developed questions based on a mixture of priorly ... -
An Investigation of the Perception of Dalhousie University Undergraduate Students on Green Transportation Use To and From Dalhousie’s Studley Campus.
(2023-04)We conducted a survey to verify the practicality of green transportation on campus and to understand the perspective of Dalhousie University students on green transportation for use to and from its Studley campus. The ... -
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 ... -
Catch It If You Can: Determining the Appropriate Areas for Tree and Shrub Plantings on Dalhousie University’s Four Campuses
(2023-04)In an era of increasingly extreme weather events exacerbated by the climate crisis, cities could benefit greatly from increasing the density of trees and shrubs in their urban landscapes. With three locations in Halifax ... -
The Feasibility of Dalhousie University’s Studley Campus’s Designation as a “Bee Campus” ™ Through Student Support of Pollinator-Friendly Initiatives.
(2023-04)The western honeybee (Apis mellifera) plays a significant role in most pollination networks globally (Hung et al. 2018). Bee City Canada™ is an organization that supports the establishment of bee sanctuaries in cities ... -
Student Perceptions on incorporating ‘Native Plant’-- Focused Green Spaces on Dalhousie University’s Studley Campus.
(2023-04)The idea behind this research is to grasp Dalhousie student interest for the presence of green spaces and their curiosity in the involvement of creating and maintaining these areas. Our specific research question being ... -
How the Consumption Habits of Students on Dalhousie Studley Campus Would be Impacted by the Implementation of More Sustainably Operated Food Organizations
(2023-04)The objective of this research study was to understand how the implementation of more sustainably operated food organizations at Dalhousie University would influence the consumption habits of students on Studley campus. ... -
Clothing Consumption Behaviours and Perceptions Among Dalhousie Undergraduate Students: A Comparative Study of Environmental Science/Sustainability Program Students and Students in Other Programs
(2023-04)Fast fashion has been a topic of large-scale scrutiny for many years. The fast fashion industry is known for its many sustainability and ethical shortcomings, being a significant source of both pre- and post-consumer ... -
Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges of Implementing Electronic Waste Disposal Sites on Dalhousie’s Studley and Sexton Campuses
(2023-04)The objective of our research is to investigate the accessibility of electronic waste (e-waste) disposal methods on Dalhousie campuses, with the overarching question: How can we increase electronic waste disposal accessibility ... -
An Analysis of Introductory Environmental Science Textbooks’ Approaches to Commonly Held Climate Change Misconceptions
(2023-04)A climate literate public is becoming increasingly important as the threats of climate change grow (Johnston 2019). Climate literacy is taught across introductory environmental science courses in higher education ... -
Telling the North American beaver tale: modelling Castor canadensis distribution in Mi'kma'ki (Nova Scotia, Canada)
(2023-04)The American beaver (Castor canadensis) is a keystone species of both significant ecological and biocultural importance in Mi'kma'ki (Nova Scotia). In North America, several environmental covariates are known to influence ... -
Where is the Carbon? Spatially Mapping Organic Carbon on the Seafloor in the Eastern Shore Islands, Nova Scotia, Canada
(2023-04)Coastal sediments contain some of the largest stocks of organic carbon on earth and play a vital role in influencing the carbon cycle. Protecting organic carbon hotspots is essential to mitigating climate change since ... -
Characterizing the Conifer Density Gradient from the Halifax Peninsula to the Hinterlands of the Halifax Regional Municipality
(2023-04)The urban-forest tree-species composition is influenced by the urban environment and thus by daily anthropogenic activity. However, in the naturalized woodlands, species composition is primarily influenced by natural ... -
Investigating pyrite genesis and relation to gold at the Lone Star Deposit, YT
(2023-04)The Klondike region of the Yukon Territory, Canada, is famous for extensive placer deposits, recovering over 20 million oz since discovery, but lacks any major defined bedrock resources. As a result of a surge in exploration ... -
Machine Learning Focal Mechanism Inversion for Hydraulic Fracturing Induced Earthquakes
(2023-04)Hydraulic fracturing has been found to be a major contributor to the increase in induced seismicity worldwide, with pore pressure, poroelasticity, and coulomb stress transfer identified as the three main triggering ... -
Petrology and Geochemistry of Ignimbrites from the Bears Brook Volcanic Group, Arisaig, Antigonish County, Nova Scotia.
(1978-03-15)A chemical study of the ignimbrites of Arisaig, Nova Scotia, was undertaken to determine their geochemical character, any variations within flow units, and their relationship to associated volcanics. The ignimbrites are ... -
Structural Analysis of the George River Group at North Mountain, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
(1978-03-15)Several different explanations of the structure of the George River rocks at North Mountain have been suggested in the past, none of which has proved to be very satisfactory. Milligan has proposed that the structure is ... -
Regional Geochemical Variations of Upper Cenozoic Volcanic Rocks in the Andes
(1978-03-15)Regional variations in the chemical composition of Miocene-to-Recent volcanic rocks from the Central Andes are investigated on the basis of 260 chemical analyses compiled from the literature in addition to 25 new analyses ... -
An Application of Pleistocene Geology to Mineral Exploration in Southwestern Nova Scotia
(1978-03-15)An esker complex near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia has been investigated to determine the mode of origin of the eskers and to evaluate their usage in mineral exploration. Field work involved describing sections through eskers, ...