Browsing by Subject "Social"
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Against the Current: Redefining Relationships Within Salmon Ecosystems
(2018-04-06)How cultures view nature and the environment shape how we dwell within the environment. When examining wild salmon and their habitat along the Fraser River watershed it is clear that these perceptions have had a detrimental ... -
Life Course Community: A Senior-centric Approach to an Inclusive Urban Development
(2019-08-02)This thesis challenges society’s current attitude towards aging by proposing a senior-centric approach to community design – a Life Course Community. This planning strategy supports people so they may age-in-place and ... -
NU Healing: Empowering the Margin(alized)
(2015)The correctional system in Nunavut ignores the systemic social dysfunction underlying criminality in the Territory that has been the result of several generations of social and cultural displacement. As a physical manifestation ... -
Oppression: Exploring Conceptual Potential in Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
(2020-04-29)Oppression-related concepts can deepen understandings about the ways in which occupational potential (Wicks, 2001) can become narrowed. Using these concepts incorporates philosophy and theory developed by Bourdieu, Collins, ... -
Sea level rise impacts in coastal zones: Soft measures to cope with it
(2013-02-17)Sea level rise impacts are projected to cause multiple negative consequences in coastal zones such as coastal erosion, flooding, flood-related health problems, property damage and social-economic impacts. Thus, it is ... -
Shelter to Gather: A Primitive Future for Resilient Cities in Post-earthquake Urban Environments
(2016-04-07)This thesis focuses on creating a strategic process for addressing the devastation of communities in the aftermath of earthquakes. In Christchurch, New Zealand the site of this thesis, buildings and infrastructure were ... -
Spiritual Infrastructure: Stitching a New Building Typology into the City to Serve our Spirituality
(2014-08-08)This thesis is about the exploration of a new building type that is missing from society today. The introduction of spiritual infrastructure aims to meet each individuals spiritual needs through a series of new public ... -
Two-Eyed Seeing and Architecture: Restoring Reciprocal Relationships through Design
(2022-08-10)As a Western society we have lost our sense of the rhythms of the natural world and how we fit into these regenerative cycles, which has contributed to the increasing destruction of our planet. This thesis advocates for ...
