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Re-imagining a Petrochemical Landscape in Dartmouth Nova Scotia
(2016-04-07)
This thesis addresses the vast petrochemical landscape of the Imperial Oil Refinery situated within the urban context of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. The recent decommissioning of the refinery has reduced it to an arcane ...
The Source Apportionment of Airborne Particulate Matter Composition on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
(2016-04-29)
Atmospheric particulate matter has been shown to have acute and chronic health impacts, potential to negatively affect ecosystems, and plays an important role in climate forcing through its role in the formation of cloud ...
HIV and STBBI Testing: The Implications of Shifting Policy Environments
(2016-08-09)
The transition to an integrated approach to HIV and Sexually Transmitted and Blood-borne Infection (STBBI) prevention will impact testing services in Nova Scotia. In order to respond to the consequences of this policy-level ...
Designing Place Specificity in a Rural Coastal Community
(2015)
This thesis explores how place specificity can lead to new economic opportunities and act to strengthen community. Place specificity refers to the morphological and climatic qualities of a given site, and how human activity ...
Preserving the Intangible Qualities of a Building Culture: A Case Study in Windsor, N.S.
(2015)
The land-based infrastructure of the Nova Scotian boat building culture is studied in this thesis to explore how the intangible qualities of a building culture can be understood through architectural ideas. The study finds ...
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 ...
Engaging Ecology Through Architecture: Reconnecting Bedford to its Bay
(2015)
This thesis studies the relationship between the urban environment and ecosystem and the intersection between ecosystem and architectural project. While urban sites are commonly understood as separate and unique from their ...
On the "Poverty of Responsibility": A Study of the History of Child Protection Law and Jurisprudence in Nova Scotia
(2015)
This thesis presents a history of child protection law and jurisprudence in Nova Scotia. The thesis begins by examining the development of the first child protection statute in Canada, the Nova Scotia Prevention and ...
Beyond spatial segregation debates: Defining ‘social inclusion’ for people with intellectual disabilities in Nova Scotia through grounded action methodology
(2015)
Through the application of grounded action methodology, the following research issue emerged from interviews with the study’s participants in Nova Scotia: even though all participants believed in social inclusion for people ...
The Irish in Halifax, 1836-1871 : A Study in Ethnic Assimilation
(1976)
The mass emigration of rural peasants to the urban communities of America and Britain is a central episode in the history of nineteenth-century Ireland. The development of an Irish community in Halifax, Nova Scotia, is one ...