College of Sustainability: Recent submissions
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Undergraduate students' climate change learning at Dalhousie University
(2024-04-24)Behaviour change, influenced by a basis of climate change knowledge is an important way for individuals to mitigate climate change. This requires the presence of climate change education in Higher Educational Institutions ... -
Dog owners and their dogs’ influence on the blue-green algae blooms at Shubie Off-Leash Dog Park, Dartmouth, NS
(Morgan, 2024-04-23)Lake Micmac by Shubie Off-Leah Dog Park in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia has been experiencing blue-green algae blooms, a cyanobacteria that can be harmful to the environment and the health of animals, including humans. As ... -
The Curatorial Anthropocene: An Analysis of Canadian Museums’ Engagement with the Climate Crisis - Exploring Perspectives on Precedent and Barriers
(2024-04-22)Museums hold the power to influence and educate the public on accessible levels, using multimedia displays and bite-sized pieces of information for digestible intake of scientific understanding and innovation. The ... -
Tide and Seek: A Coastal Adaptation and Vulnerability Assessment (CAVA) Geographic Visualization in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
(2024-04-22)Sea level rise (SLR) and storm surge events (SSE) due to climate change significantly threaten the sustainability of tourism-reliant coastal communities, such as the Town of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Coastal risk assessments ... -
Analysis of the Offshore Wind Industry with respect to Maine’s Wind Energy Act through Systematic Content Analysis
(2024-04-22)Through systematic content analysis, this thesis explores the interplay of available technology, global environmental imperatives, and political willpower in the Gulf of Maine’s offshore wind industry. Historically, Maine ... -
Financialization, Tourism, and Community Well-Being: Situating the Regulation of Short-term Rentals Within the Halifax Housing Crisis
(2024-04-29)On 1 September 2023, the Halifax Regional Municipality set in place a regulatory framework restricting short-term rentals to a host's primary residence only in residential zones throughout the municipality. Short-term ... -
An Analysis of Placemaking and Wayfinding Initiatives on the Halifax and Dartmouth Harbourwalk for Wheelchair Users
(2024-05)Considerations towards equitable practices in public spaces should be made to promote inclusivity and user-friendliness and reduce barriers. Halifax, Nova Scotia, has one of the highest rates of disabilities in Canada and ... -
The Impact Assessment Act of 2019: Meaningful Participation of Canada’s Indigenous Peoples, or Surface Level Engagement?
(College of Sustainability, 2023-04-25)The aim of this thesis was to research the extent to which the Impact Assessment Act of 2019 achieves its goal of improving Indigenous involvement in the environmental assessment process across Canada. It does so by ... -
Beyond the Implementation Gap: A Narrative Analysis of Nova Scotia’s Endangered Species Act
(2023-04-24)Many species continue to decline in numbers in Canada, despite a complex tangle of laws related to the conservation and protection of biodiversity. Nova Scotia’s standalone legislation, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) has ... -
'SUP with Nova Scotia: Characterizing Nova Scotia's Single-Use Plastic Waste within the Canadian Federal Single-Use Plastic (SUP) Ban
(2023-04-24)The use of single-use plastics (SUPs) has increased rapidly over the years, and the contribution of SUPs to global waste quantities has been rising steadily (Xanthos & Walker, 2017). In 2019 alone, Canada produced an ... -
Food For Thought: An Analysis of the Relationship Between Food Deserts and Childhood Academic Performance in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia
(2023-04-25)This study explores the relationship between geographic food deserts and sixth grade academic performance in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), Nova Scotia. An ArcGIS Pro Network Analysis was used to map geocoded grocery ... -
Seeds of Sustainability: An Analysis of Small-Scale Commercial Seed Producers in Ontario
(2023-04-21)Food and agriculture are an important part of Ontario’s economic and social identity. Seeds are some of the most basic and important inputs of these systems, both in Ontario and globally. Despite this, there is a noticeable ... -
Ethics and Effectiveness in Climate Change Communication Handbooks: A Close Reading Analysis
(2023-04-24)The field of climate change communication (CCC) seeks out ways to effectively communicate climate change topics to a less scientifically expert public. To assist climate communicators in crafting messages that have high ... -
Ecotourism as A Climate Adaption Tool: Perspectives from Local Tourism Stakeholders in Lunenburg
(2022-05-02)Climate change has posed risks to tourism industries and many coastal communities concurrently on the Canadian east coast (Lemmen et al., 2016). Future strategic planning must incorporate environmental, social, and economic ... -
Measuring Environmental Attitudes of Undergraduate Sustainability Students
(2022-04-26)Since 2013, the College of Sustainability at Dalhousie University has distributed an annual survey to students enrolled in classes offered by the Environment, Sustainability and Society (ESS) program. One purpose of the ... -
Reconciliation in Action: An Analysis of Canadian National Healing Forests
(2022-04-25)The relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada is one that is strained due to a history of cultural assimilation and genocide, fullfilled by the residential school system. Reconciliation is a ... -
Drawing the line: a Media Analysis of the Relationship Between Art and Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution in Colombia
(2022-04-22)Art has been used as a means of resolving conflicts, building peace, and mitigating the aftermath of trauma and violence all over the world. This is no different in Colombia, a country that had one of the longest and most ... -
Halifax Noise Study: Resident Perceptions into Noise Annoyance
(2022-04-22)As the population of Halifax, N.S. continues to grow and urbanization continues, as does the issue of urban noise. Experiencing noise at home or in urban environments is shown to have a myriad of negative health and ... -
A Curriculum Analysis: Evaluating the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals within the Nova Scotia Grade 10 Curriculum
(2022-04-22)In recent years there has been attention around levels of education for sustainable development (ESD) in school curricula. Education for sustainable development has been a term used to describe curricula that involve the ...
