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Summary Report: Coastal Access Workshop on Building Strategies and Relationships for Connecting with the Shore
(Dalhousie University, Marine Affairs Program, 2025-10-01) Manuel, Patricia; Harrison, Hannah L.; Winkler, Nicolas; Kofahl, Mike; Guptill, Bryson; Fleming, Anthea; Eisner, Samuel
Are Risk and Injury Integral to the Experience of Skateboarding?
(2005-08) Black, Karen Jacqueline Louise; Not Applicable; Master of Science; Department of Community Health & Epidemiology; Not Applicable; unknown; Not Applicable; Brenda Beagan; Eric Mykhalovskiy
Based on observations, and on group and individual interviews with fifteen young men in Halifax, Nova Scotia, this qualitative study investigates the experiences and subculture of skateboarders, exploring their perceptions of risk and injury in the sport. Skateboarders enter a subculture with distinctive norms and values. The subcultural identity includes adherence to an unwritten code of conduct in which disdain for authority co-exists with respect for skill and style, mutual encouragement, and absence of overt competition. Skateboarders do not appear to be reckless risk-takers; rather they demonstrate commitment and self-discipline, seeking physical and psychological self-mastery through careful calculation of ability and risk, employing strategies of injury prevention that include step-wise skill progression and knowing how to fall. Injury is unavoidable if the skateboarder is to master the sport. In the context of the norms and values of this sport, widespread use of protective gear is unlikely. Injury prevention might better attend to the naturalistic strategies skateboarders already employ.
Getting Paid to Party? Uncorking the Labour of Bottle Service Girls
(2025-08-20) Emma Robertson
Research in the sociology of work has a tendency to neglect the specific labour processes of women working in the nightlife industry. Since bottle service is increasingly emblematic of emerging cultural sectors, research must pay attention to the effect of flexibilization strategies and sexualized labour on workers’ treatment and experiences in this industry. By critiquing three popular discourses about bottle service work, this thesis reveals the exploitative and precarious nature of bottle service in which ‘bottle girls’’ labour and bodies are commodified and appropriated in work. Considering that much of bottle girls’ labour is immaterial, performed outside of work, and frequently conflates labour and leisure, the extent and intensity of their work demands are obscured. By positioning bottle service work as 1) ‘easy’ work, 2) for ‘fast cash,’ 3) in a ‘glamourous’ job, bottle girls internalize their work as menial and do not expect conventional labour protections, job security, or benefits. In analyzing bottle girls’ lived experiences, this thesis identifies the functions of these three perceptions of bottle service to benefit the nightclub and seeks to unpack them.
DEVELOPMENT OF A SCALABLE PROCESS FOR EXTRACTING AND PRESERVING ANTHOCYANINS OF HASKAP BERRIES FOR VALUE-ADDED PURPOSES
(2025-09-26) Costa, W.H.K Damith; Yes; Master of Science; Department of Plant, Food and Environmental Sciences; Not Applicable; n/a; Yes; Dr. Sonil Nanda; Dr. Stephanie Collins; Dr. H.P Vasnatha Rupasinghe
Haskap berries are rich in anthocyanins. Optimal ultrasonication-assisted extraction
(UAE) conditions were established to recover anthocyanins from dehydrated haskap
berries (540 W; 62 °C; 64 min), which provided a total anthocyanin content (TAC) of 16
mg cyandin-3-O-glucoside (C3G) equivalence (C3GE)/g dry weight. Extracted haskap
berry anthocyanins can be microencapsulated by partially replacing maltodextrin with
inulin, demonstrating a promising substitute coating material. The developed microcapsule
using maltodextrin and inulin (1:1, w:w) had comparable characteristics to microcapsules
prepared by 100% maltodextrin in terms of C3G encapsulation efficiency (40%), moisture
content (6%), water activity (aw 0.17), particle size (5.1 μm), and protection of TAC at 35
°C after 6 months storage. Furthermore, haskap berry anthocyanins (10 and 50 μg/mL)
reduced significantly intracellular reactive oxygen species and lipid accumulation in
hepatocytes in vitro. This study concludes that microencapsulated haskap berry
anthocyanins as a potential functional food ingredient or natural health product for
steatosis management.
Working Tidal: Making Peace with the Avon River
(2025-09-21) Armour, Duncan; Not Applicable; Master of Architecture; School of Architecture; Not Applicable; Rashida Zakia; Not Applicable; Peter Henry; Roger Mullin
This thesis explores the role of architecture in mediating ecological restoration and social reconciliation along the Avon River in Windsor, Nova Scotia. In response to the contested legacy of the Windsor Causeway, the project proposes a tidal amphitheatre, a pedestrian bridge, and an indoor theatre, each designed to respond to the Bay of Fundy’s tidal rhythms. Drawing from fluvial geomorphology, Indigenous treaty rights, and climate adaptation, the design frames water as a collaborator rather than an obstacle. The architecture responds to the movement of the River, turning parts of the site into spaces where people can witness the tide’s return. Through sensory engagement and ecological integration, the project reimagines public infrastructure as both a learning space and a tool for participation. Rather than offering fixed solutions, the architecture embraces change, acting as a medium that communities can witness, respond to, and begin to repair the ecological and cultural divide of a fragmented river system.
LEVERAGING ESG FOR ACCESS TO JUSTICE: REIMAGINING THIRD PARTY FUNDING FOR PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION
(2025-09-23) Michael, Odugbemi; Not Applicable; Master of Laws; Faculty of Law; Not Applicable; NA; Not Applicable; Professor Matthew Dylag; Professor Nayha Acharya; Professor Camille Cameron, KC
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 16 aims to "provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels." However, achieving this goal faces significant obstacles, such as the high cost of legal services, which create barriers for individuals seeking justice. This thesis examines how corporations can enhance access to justice through a corporate led funding for Public Interest Litigation (PIL) via a Third-Party Funding (TPF) model referred to in this thesis as “Public Interest Litigation Fund” (PILF). This thesis draws inspiration from the Ontario Class Proceeding Fund (CPF). The thesis argued for traditional TPF practices, shifting the focus from financial returns to one that emphasizes social value within the framework of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors. It concludes by proposing that corporations contributing to the PILF as part of their ESG strategies can earn both institutional and non-institutional credits by ESG rating organizations, for incentives for their active participation.