Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Title
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Architecture for All: Democratization of the Profession as a Necessity
(2021-08-05)The profession of architecture typically relies on a client-based system, in which clients with money for a building describe their needs to an architect. Architects thus serve only those with financial resources. While ... -
Architecture for Community Support and Urban Agriculture
(2023-04-12)Food insecurity has become a significant global challenge as food systems are controlled by large scale food retailers and supermarkets that distance the consumer from local fresh food. Alongside this model, a bottom-up ... -
ARCHITECTURE FOR LIVING WITH DYING AND DEATH: THE DESIGN OF A HOSPICE AND FUNERARY COMPLEX IN HALIFAX, NS
(2014-08-06)Since 1900, Western culture has distanced itself from death and now depends on funeral homes to manage the care of the dead. Today, Western families have little interaction with the deceased in the interval between death ... -
Architecture for New Energy Futures: Community and Infrastructure in a Post-Coal World
(2023-07-20)For the past 300 years, the coal mining industry has fundamentally shaped the landscapes and communities of Cape Breton, which hosts the majority of Nova Scotia’s fossil fuel infrastructure. This thesis mobilizes Cape ... -
The Architecture of Care: Maintenance Cycles for an Intentional Caregiving Community
(2018-04-06)This thesis celebrates the work of care, caregiving for a person and caretaking for a building. It argues that these two maintenance processes are worthy drivers of architectural design as they are central to the relationship ... -
The Architecture of Gender and Health: A Holistic Life-Cycle Based Approach to Women’s Reproductive Health in Moncton, New Brunswick
(2015)This thesis investigates the role of architecture in women’s health. The proposal consists of a facility in downtown Moncton, New Brunswick that provides reproductive and health services in both on-site and outreach ... -
The Architecture of Memory: Creating Personal Memory Within the Collective
(2012-08-13)This thesis explores the theoretical, psychological, and phenomenological notions of the singular personal memory and the collective memory through civic architecture. The main design guidelines are inspired by the ancient ... -
Architecture of Reconciliation on the Lachine Canal: A Story of Decolonization over Seven Generations
(2023-07-07)This thesis proposes strategies for architecture to redress the impacts of colonization and industrialization that have overshadowed and erased Indigenous narratives from public memory in lands and waters of Tiohtiá:ke ... -
Architecture of submarine channel levees.
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Architecture of The Bayanihan: Speculative Design In The Pacific Typhoon Belt
(2023-04-12)The Philippines is at the brunt of today’s climate wrath, with typhoon winds reaching 300 km per hour. These storms create real-life dystopian scenarios, with people from informal communities especially vulnerable to ... -
ARCHITECTURE WITHIN THE ECOTONE: REVEALING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CITY, PEOPLE, AND WATER THROUGH THE DESIGN OF AN AQUARIUM ON HALIFAX’S WATERFRONT
(2013-08-22)The primary area of study for this thesis is public aquarium design. Through the study of previous proposals for an aquarium in Halifax, significant aquarium facilities around the world, and the technical requirements for ... -
Architectures and algorithms for stable and constructive learning in discrete time recurrent neural networks.
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Are all smokers the same? The impact of nicotine and non-nicotine factors on cigarette smoking among Light and Intermittent, and Daily Dependent Smokers
(2019-08-07)Light and/or intermittent smokers (LITS) and daily dependent smokers (DDS) differ in their smoking patterns and motivations, but the role of nicotine in such differences is unclear. This study assessed the independent and ... -
Are Human Rights an Effective Remedy? Children, Sexual Violence, and Criminal Justice in Ethiopia
(2014-08-08)This thesis is an in-depth examination of the rights of child victims of sexual violence seeking legal redress in the Ethiopian criminal justice system. It explores children’s susceptibility to various injustices as they ... -
Are Immigrants More Likely to Retire Later Than Canadian-Born Workers
(2012-12-14)The work participation rate is one of the most important factors that affects the Canadian economy and early retirement can have an important negative impact on this rate. This paper focuses on differences in the preferences ... -
ARE MEASUREMENTS OF HIP EXTENSION AND ANTERIOR PELVIC TILT TAKEN FROM STATIC PHOTOGRAPGHS DURING A CONSTRAINED FORWARD LUNGE TEST VALID AND RELIABLE IN HEALTHY ADULT RUNNERS?
(2011-09-06)The aim of this study was to determine the concurrent validity, test-retest intra-rater reliability, and test-retest inter-rater reliability of photographic measures of anterior pelvic tilt range of motion (APT ROM) and ... -
ARE THE NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF COMPUTER USERS AS IDENTIFIED THROUGH A PARTICIPATORY ERGONOMIC APPROACH REFLECTED IN THE CONTENT OF A TYPICAL OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY OFFICE ERGONOMIC EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATION?
(2012-08-28)Using a participatory ergonomic approach, this research explored if the self-identified needs and concerns of computer users are reflected in a typical occupational therapy office ergonomic educational presentation. While ... -
Are there anisotropies in covert and overt visual orienting?
(2010-09-01)Two recent studies suggest that Inhibition of Return (IOR) varies in magnitude as a function of target location for overt orienting tasks but not covert orienting tasks. Unfortunately, methodological differences between ... -
Are we just playing games? Examining the motor skill and physical activity benefits of two after-school programs.
(2013-08-14)This project measured the effectiveness of after school physical activity programs which emphasized moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and motor skill improvement. Children (n=41) from sport-based program and ... -
Are we out to lunch? Are the dietary strategies we share on social media effective in mitigating climate change?
(2019-12-13)To mitigate climate change, it is necessary to shift global dietary patterns towards lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. How the public pursues this goal is important, and social media data offer an opportunity to assess ...
