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Reconnecting in the Third Place: Social Catalysts to Counter Loneliness and Social Isolation in Urban Environments
As contemporary pathologies of urban environments, loneliness and social isolation are consequences of increasingly fragile social networks caused by atomized and mobile customs and the erosion of social infrastructures ... -
Gather, Bridge, Weave, Dream: A Two Eyed Seeing Approach to Architecture and Design
This thesis emerges out of my belief that any tangible effort towards a future more sustainable than our present reality requires the integration and amplification of Indigenous perspectives. This thesis aims to unite the ... -
SOME METHODS FOR CAUSAL INFERENCE, WITH APPLICATION TO AN OBSERVATIONAL EPILEPSY DATA SET
Causal inference attempts to attribute a causal mechanism to a treatment in an observational study. Attributing cause is a major focus of research in bio-statistics and application to observational biomedical studies. There ... -
Using eDNA to Track Microbial and Meiofaunal Communities in the Environment Surrounding Coastal Finfish Aquaculture in Nova Scotia
Finfish aquaculture has increased globally in recent years, leading to concerns about effects on the surrounding environment. Traditionally used biological environmental monitoring techniques are often time consuming and ... -
Salt of the Earth: Redeveloping Saskatoon’s Waterfront to Promote Heritage and Community
Saskatoon’s development over the 20th century has severed the urban core from its river and potash mining has left a legacy of environmental degradation caused by salt waste. This thesis draws from Saskatoon’s origins as ... -
Maternal Energy Allocation in a Capital Breeder: The Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
Parental allocation animals is largely in the form of maternal allocation. In mammals, lactation accounts for the largest proportion of maternal allocation. Lactation is the most energetically costly aspect of reproduction ... -
Examining Subjective Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada
The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented global crisis. The viral outbreak may trigger long term lasting consequences on mental health status and well-being of citizens. This pandemic also presents an opportunity to ... -
IDENTIFYING BROAD-SCALE ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC HABITAT CHARACTERISTICS OF ANEMONE AMERICANA, CONOPHOLIS AMERICANA AND GOODYERA PUBESCENS IN NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA
The forest understory is the most biodiverse vegetation layer in temperate forests and it plays a major role in nutrient cycles, energy flow and succession following disturbance. It is often marginalized in research in ... -
The Way Forward: Ecofeminism and the Creation of Society in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction
This thesis uses an ecofeminist lens to analyze the patriarchal and anthropocentric ideologies presented in Joelle Charbonneau’s "The Testing" (2013), Scott Westerfeld’s "Uglies" (2005), and Suzanne Collins’ "The Hunger ... -
Pursuing Prefabrication: An Exploration of Building at McMurdo Station
While experimentation during the early 20th century pushed prefabrication by challenging off-site and on-site practices, it still struggles to establishes itself beyond novelty in contemporary building. The qualities of ... -
AN ANALYSIS OF CANADIAN EDUCATIONAL POLICY FOR SYRIAN REFUGEE CHILDREN FROM A SOCIAL WORK PERSPECTIVE
My study examines a sample of the ideas, plans, goals, procedures, and programs recommended in Canadian educational policies for Syrian refugee children and interrogates educational policies with a critical social work ... -
Hockey Talk: A Textured Description of Morality and Ethics in a Sporting Context
Across societies, morality and ethics manifest in many social arenas. Sports, and especially national sports such as ice hockey in Canada, are no exception. There is little consensus on the meaning of on- and off-ice ... -
Investigate the Chemistry and Agricultural Efficacy of Hydrothermal Carbonization Processed Liquid Extracted from Willow (Salix babylonica) Branches, Seafood Compost, and Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) Green Foliage
Hydrothermal Carbonization Processed Liquid (HTCPL) has been regarded as a by-product in the HTC process. This study focused on analyzing and comparing the composition and properties of HTCPL derived from willow (Salix ... -
MEASURING THE DISTRIBUTION OF NORTH ATLANTIC RIGHT WHALES (EUBALAENA GLACIALIS) ACROSS MULTIPLE SCALES FROM THEIR VOCALIZATIONS: APPLICATIONS FOR ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
The objective of this thesis was to assess the distribution of North Atlantic right whales, Eubalaena glacialis (NARW), in Canadian waters using passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) technology at daily to seasonal time-scales, ... -
North Saskatchewan Spiritual: Reconnecting with Nature in the Edmonton River Valley
A strong connection to nature, wilderness, and landscape provides the foundation onto which life is constructed. But forces of industrialization and globalization have brought us to a time in which our built environments ... -
A COMPARISON OF METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING CONFIDENCE SETS OF PHYLOGENETIC TREES USING MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD
This thesis compares six phylogenetic tests, or equivalently, methods for con- structing confidence sets of phylogenetic trees : the Kishino-Hasegawa (KH) test statistic, Shimodaira–Hasegawa (SH), two versions of the ... -
Recontextualizing a 'Sense of Place': Georges Island as Palimpsest.
Built Heritage sites, through their presence, location, and commemoration provide evidence and contextual understanding of a place’s past. Creating urban landscapes that are rich and accumulated with remnants that provide ... -
Development and Validation of a Portable fNIRS Device to Aid in Post-stroke Motor Recovery
Post-stroke physical rehabilitation has been shown to be beneficial in helping to completely or partially reduce stroke survivors’ impairment and increase their functional abilities, as well as in helping stroke survivors ... -
Towards understanding the prokaryotic contributions to cobalamin cycling in the Northwest Atlantic
Cobalamin has the potential to limit primary productivity and shape the structure and ecological interactions of marine microbial communities. The identification of major sources and sinks of this vitamin is needed in order ... -
Establishing Baseline Hydrologic Conditions of Forested Wetlands in Nova Scotia
In order to effectively restore altered wetland ecosystems to their natural state, it is critical to understand and identify the baseline hydrologic function of natural forested wetlands. An extensive dataset of water level ...
