Dalhousie University Libraries: Recent submissions
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Radical Self Critique: An Analysis of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution
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Impacts Of Climate Change On Metal Contamination In Well Water Through Saltwater Intrusion, Flooding And Drought
(2024-05-01)Climate change can exacerbate groundwater contamination via secondary effects like droughts, floods, and saltwater intrusion. This thesis analyzed the influence of climate change factors on metal contamination in groundwater ... -
Two Years Before the Mast: Reading Between the Lines
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Their Situation Led Their Actions: How Situation-ism Explains the Common Perpetrators' Actions During the Holocaust
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The Refuge Episode 10: Nothing About Us Without Us: Meaningful Youth Engagement
(The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition, Dalhousie University, 2023-12-13)Welcome to the tenth and final episode of The Refuge. In this episode, we discuss an issue that we’ve come to view as essential to the integration of children and youth with refugee experience in Canada – the meaningful ... -
The Refuge Episode 9: Starting Over: Refugee Youth and Interrupted Schooling
(The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition, Dalhousie University, 2022-11-01)Welcome to the ninth episode of The Refuge in which we discuss experiences of youth who arrive in Canada with interrupted schooling. What are the challenges of re-entering the school system? What supports are needed for ... -
The Refuge Episode 8: Youth Involvement in Research & Community Programs
(The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition, Dalhousie University, 2022-06-21)Welcome to the eighth episode of The Refuge in which we discuss the importance of involving youth in research and community programs. This episode speaks to researchers, community organizations, and service providers – ... -
The Refuge Episode 7: Supporting the Mental Health of Refugee Youth
(The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition, Dalhousie University, 2022-05-05)For Mental Health Week, we’re bringing greater awareness to the mental health challenges often faced by refugee youth. Pre-migration experiences—including separation from or loss of family—often result in PTSD, depression ... -
The Refuge Episode 6: Five Years of Settlement: Syrians in Canada
(The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition, Dalhousie University, 2022-01-25)The arrival of a large number of Syrian refugees between 2015-2017 was transformative for Canada. In this episode of the Refuge, we reflect on what we have collectively learned from the experience of Syrian refugees settling ... -
The Refuge Episode 5: COVID-19: Refugee Families' Challenges and Resilience
(The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition, Dalhousie University, 2021-10-26)The COVID-19 pandemic challenged all of us; however, for many refugee families, social isolation, online learning, and stay-at-home orders compounded challenges they were already facing. At the same time, the resilience ... -
The Refuge Episode 4: Here and There: Language Learning and Wellbeing in Canada and Germany
(The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition, Dalhousie University, 2021-09-23)Welcome to the fourth episode of The Refuge! Coinciding with the start of the new academic year, we continue our discussion of refugee children’s wellbeing and language learning; focusing on supports available in schools ... -
The Refuge Episode 3: Learning the Language: Supporting Refugee Youth Learning English
(The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition, Dalhousie University, 2021-09-07)Welcome to the third episode of The Refuge in which we discuss learning English as a new refugee in Canada, and how language affects and is in turn affected by integration. Our guests are Fida Alfandi, a youth who ... -
The Refuge Episode 2: Transitions: Settlement, School, and Work
(The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition, Dalhousie University, 2021-08-12)Welcome to the second episode of The Refuge in which we are joined by Praise Mugisho, a former refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo now living in Nova Scotia, Dr. Ifeyinwa Mbakogu, a social worker and Professor ... -
The Refuge Episode 1: Welcome To The Refuge
(The Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition, Dalhousie University, 2021-08-12)In this introductory episode, we are joined by Michael Ungar, CYRRC’s Scientific Director, Simone Chia-Kangata, CYRRC’s Project Manager, and Nabiha Atallah, Advisor of Strategic Initiatives at Immigrant Services Association ... -
3D simultaneous quantification of SPIO and Gadolinium Contrast Agents In Vivo using MR Fingerprinting
(2024-04-30)Molecular imaging is a powerful asset to a range of disciplines, allowing for precise, noninvasive, longitudinal imaging of a myriad of biological processes. Magnetic resonance molecular imaging offers the ability to perform ... -
Parenting and Working: Parents Working as Doctors Returning from Parental Leave
(2024-05)There is an abundance of research on maternity leave in terms of economic impacts, gendered impacts, and health but there is less research on qualitative experiences of returning from leave and navigating a career while ... -
Contemporary Apparitions: Ghost Stories as Personal Narratives
(2024-05)Storytelling, an integral part of the human experience, encompasses a diverse range of narratives, with ghost stories standing out as a near-universal phenomenon. While anthropologists and folklorists have long been ... -
Settling on Nova Scotia: Exploring the Meaning of Home after Relocating During the Covid-19 Pandemic
(2024-05)Since 2016, Nova Scotia has experienced an upswing in migration to the province after decades of out-migration. The Covid-19 pandemic accelerated this phenomenon, with an estimated population growth of over 20,000 people ... -
The Gag City Grammar Police: Language and Algorithmic Community on Stan Twitter
(2024-05)Barbz are a group of fans who have formed an online community devoted to Nicki Minaj. Known broadly as a ‘stan’ group, they form speech communities on Twitter/X and present as a closed group despite remaining public. Taking ... -
Trend or Treatment? Stigma, Social Challenges, and the Burdens of Managing Celiac Disease
(2024-05)Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease estimated to affect about 1% of the global population (Biesiekierski et al., 2014). It is managed only through strict lifelong adherence to a gluten free diet. However, this diet ...