Browsing by Subject "Atlantic Canada"
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APPLYING AN ECOSYSTEM-BASED RISK MANAGEMENT APPROACH TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EELGRASS BEDS AND OYSTER AQUACULTURE AT MULTIPLE SPATIAL SCALES IN EASTERN NEW BRUNSWICK, ATLANTIC CANADA.
(2014-02-17)Both eelgrass beds (Zostera marina) and the American Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) are indigenous to Atlantic Canadian coastal waters and are equally recognized as ecological engineers. However, recent eelgrass cover ... -
Assessing and managing the ecological risk to leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) from marine oil pollution in Atlantic Canada
(2012-09-20)The critically endangered leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) migrates annually into Canadian waters. The species has been listed under the Canadian Species at Risk Act (2002) since 2003. The act legally requires ... -
Associations of Social Capital and Rurality with Adolescent Mental Health, Substance Use, and Help-Seeking in Atlantic Canada
(2016-08-18)Mental health disorders are common among adolescents, yet only a small proportion of students perceive a need for help, or receive help or use any related services. Social scientists hypothesize that social capital may ... -
THE ATLANTIC BULGE: THE ROLE OF LOW-INCOME STATUS IN EXPLAINING REGIONAL VARIATION OF ADOLESCENT WEIGHT IN CANADA
(2013-08-21)Childhood obesity has become an increasingly important public health concern in Canada. This paper provides an econometric analysis of the role of income and other explanatory factors on adolescent overweight and obese ... -
Atlantic Canadian High School Students and Alcohol-Related Harms: Are There Differences Across Sex, Sexual Orientation and Psychosocial Indicators?
(2016-08-31)Alcohol is responsible for the greatest burden of acute harms in youth aged 15-24, with one fifth reporting at least one form of harm (physical, social, legal) in the past 12 months. This study sought to determine which ... -
Atlantic Canadians’ Attitudes Toward Cultural Difference
(2017-09-01)Atlantic Canadians are often stereotyped as being unwelcoming to people who “come from away,” being too traditional, and being closed minded. However, this reputation is rarely backed up with evidence. Little scholarship ... -
Best Practices for Human Rights Education in Atlantic Canada
(2018-08-30)The purpose of this thesis is to determine the best practice for human rights education (HRE) in Atlantic Canada. Through secondary data collection and analysis, this thesis also explores if HRE should be implemented in a ... -
CHARACTERIZATION OF AIR EMISSIONS FROM PULP AND PAPER MILL FACILITIES IN ATLANTIC CANADA
(2022-10-26)A kraft pulp mill that operated in Pictou (KPMP), Nova Scotia for more than 50 years is considered a major source of environmental pollution, although its air emissions have not been widely studied. To address this gap, ... -
Characterizing Arsenic Speciation and Metallomic Profiles in Toenail Samples of Atlantic Canadians: A Matched Case-Control Study of Breast, Cervical, Prostate, Urinary, and Skin Cancers
(2020-08-31)Chronic exposure to arsenic and metals has been associated with cancer risk. The research objectives were to 1) characterize the profiles of arsenic speciation and metallomes in the toenails of several cancer groups and ... -
Child Immigrant Post-Migration Mental Health: A Qualitative Inquiry into Caregivers’ Perspectives
(2022-07-08)Middle Eastern caregivers believe their children experience mental health decline due to isolation and loneliness that they experience after migration. This study qualitatively explored the perceptions of six Middle ... -
An Examination of the Association Between Prostate Cancer, Lifestyle Factors and Mental Health Outcomes in a Matched Sample of Men from Atlantic Canada
(2021-07-06)This cross-sectional study aims to examine the association between the presence or absence of a lifetime history of prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis and current mental health outcomes (anxiety and depression) among men in ... -
FACIES DISTRIBUTION, FLUVIAL ARCHITECTURE, PROVENANCE, DIAGENESIS, AND RESERVOIR QUALITY OF SYNRIFT SUCCESSIONS FROM THE BREAKUP OF PANGEA: EXAMPLES FROM THE FUNDY BASIN AND ORPHEUS GRABEN
(2016-11-15)This study investigates the sedimentology, provenance, diagenesis, and reservoir characteristics of Late Triassic synrift successions from the Wolfville and Chedabucto formations along the margins of the Minas Basin and ... -
Incorporating concerns of coastal communities in planning and management: The case study of Port Joli and lessons learned from the Eastport Marine Protected Areas
(2012-09-20)Marine environment and resources are experiencing the degradation in Canada. Since Oceans Act was established in 1996, the Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has tried to engage a broader view of participatory governance. ... -
Localizing Rural Acadian Identities: Social and Ethnic Reproduction in Pomquet, Nova Scotia
(2022-04-14)This dissertation is an ethnographic study detailing how ethnic identities are reproduced in Pomquet, a rural Acadian community in Eastern Nova Scotia. At the turn of the twentieth century, the Acadian nationalist project ... -
Maintaining the Narrative: A Content Analysis of the Impact of Political Discourse on Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador Political Culture
(2015)The following project is an examination of political culture in Canada. More specifically, this work argues that the methods used to study political culture in Canada need to be modified to improve the relevance of political ... -
Marine transport activity in the vicinity of the St Anns Bank area of interest: potential impact on conservation objectives
(2012-09-20)The St Anns Bank area of interest (AOI) on the Eastern Scotian Shelf was announced in June 2011 and will be designated as the next marine protected in Atlantic Canada. The AOI is intersected by dense commercial vessel ... -
The Modernization of Prince Edward Island under the Government of W.R. Shaw: The Case of Educational Reform
(2014-12-12)Walter Shaw came to power in 1959 on a program to modernize Prince Edward Island, especially its education system. His program of educational reform and economic development targeted rural areas, as a way to change the ... -
“A New and Sparsely Peopled Country”: Attitudes to Immigration in pre-Confederation Nova Scotia
(2021-04-09)In the years 1862-1865, the prospect of Confederation was hotly contested in Nova Scotia. Scholars of Canadian Confederation often frame the debate as one that was most taken up by political ideologies and visions of ... -
Putting People First: Using the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach to Develop a Culturally Relevant Salmon Fishery Management Plan
(2012-09-20)First Nations in Canada interact with the fishery with distinct sets of rights and values. In Atlantic Canada the current management system, administered by Fisheries and Oceans Canada, operates under assumed neo-liberal ...
