Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Subject "Halifax (N.S.)"
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Art Gallery as Bridge Between Port Industry and City
(2021-07-26)For centuries port industry has played a vital role in Halifax, occupying the majority of its waterfront. As shipping developed, ports moved to specialized suburban areas, allowing cities to redevelop their urban waterfront. ... -
Articulating Ecology: Brownfield Remediation, Urban Agriculture and Prospects for Community Revitalization
(2015)2015 has been declared the International Year of Soils by the United Nations. This proclamation emphasizes the soil as a basis for life and culture, its importance for agriculture, and its fragility when threatened by ... -
Back to the Future: New Metabolisms for Declining Urban Towers
(2016-08-26)As the number of residential towers increases with the growth of modern cities, we are faced with the question of how to handle the older towers that, little by little, no longer attract renters for their apartments. Is ... -
Built for Change: An Adaptive Approach to the Diversification of Halifax’s Residential Neighbourhoods
(2021-07-26)Residential patterns across Canada have longstanding social and urban qualities that are no longer suited to our current socio-economic world, including smaller and more diverse households and the need to integrate activities ... -
The Challenges of Communication: A Study of Immigrant Parents and School Staff in Halifax, Nova Scotia’s English School System
(2018-10-15)This thesis employs an anthropological approach to analyzing the communication between immigrant parents and school staff at elementary schools in the west end of Halifax. I focus on the communication process in relation ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF A 24-HOUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK AND EMISSION MODELLING SYSTEM FOR HALIFAX
(2016-08-26)The objectives of this study is to develop a 24-hour transportation network model for Halifax, to estimate emission by using the modeling system and to evaluate alternate transit infrastructure projects. A regional ... -
Eternal Landscapes: A Reframing of Monuments in the Civic Cemetery
(2022-04-18)Secular demands on space are shifting Western funerary culture away from traditional individual memorials. New burial modes omit the gravestone, and ash spreading rituals detach the act of remembering from the body. While ... -
The Eudemonic City: Architectural Principles for Urban Well-Bring
(2018-04-06)Emerging cross-disciplinary research between psychology, neuroscience and architecture is informing perspectives on urbanism and the built environment. Better understandings of ‘happiness’ and its measurement have given ... -
Exploring Access to Domestic Violence Services for Immigrant Women Survivors in Halifax and Ways to Promote Resilience Through Service Provision
(2017-08-30)The present study explores the access to domestic violence services for immigrant women survivors in Halifax. The purpose of the research is to learn how service providers can integrate an approach that is strengths based ... -
GIVEN ITS ROLE, THE HALIFAX WATERSHED ADVISORY BOARD'S ABILITY TO INFLUENCE WATER RESOURCE PROTECTION: A CASE STUDY
(2007)Stakeholders engaged in land use planning and development in Halifax County and in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) have recognized Waters Advisory Boards (W ABs) for their expertise in water resource protection for ... -
Home in the Garden: A Case Study of the Lhotsampa Refugee Community’s Use of a Community Garden in Halifax, Nova Scotia
(2016-08-26)In 2011, the Lhotsampa refugees from Bhutan who live in Halifax, Nova Scotia, worked with an immigrant services group to institute the Glen Garden community garden. Participation in the garden is especially important to ... -
I COULD STAY HERE FOREVER… IF I FIND A JOB: EXPERIENCES OF INTEGRATION AND MARGINALIZATION OF YOUTH FROM REFUGEE BACKGROUNDS IN HALIFAX
(2018-04-27)This study examines the experiences of integration and marginalization of six youth from refugee backgrounds living in Halifax. The research identifies formal and informal supports they access as well as barriers and ... -
Intentional Aging: A Contemplative Community-Based Approach to Urban Dwelling
(2016-09-01)This thesis explores the relationship between intentional communities, dwelling, and the process of aging as a sociodemographic phenomenon within urban environments through the non-theistic spiritual tradition of Shambhala. ... -
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 ... -
The longshoremen of Halifax 1900-1930; their lives and working conditions
(1977)The longshoremen of Halifax have traditionally been one of the largest groups of labourers in the city. - During the period 1900 to 1930 they began to capitalize on their numerical strength and on the potential their job ... -
Memorials for the Living: Dynamic, Engaging, and Inclusive Spaces of Remembrance
(2018-07-31)This thesis addresses the vibrant and divisive discourse surrounding architectural memorialisation. Contemporary debates on memorial architecture are often centred on the exclusion of certain groups and their perspectives. ... -
Natural [Re]connection: Facilitating the Development of Preschool Children Through Nature Rich Environments
(2020-04-14)Humans have an instinctive attraction to the living world and growing research suggests that interactions with nature makes us healthier and happier. Early childhood development theories demonstrates that it is essential ... -
Oasis in the city: A Place to Integrate Spirituality in a Multicultural Society
(2022-07-25)The growth of different cultures in Canada has been accompanied by a reduction in the influence of religion. Christian burial customs in Canada are being replaced by secular cremation and multicultural rituals, creating ... -
Re-Anchoring Bloomfield: Cross Programming a Makerspace to Foster Equity and Inclusion in North End, Halifax
(2019-08-28)This thesis proposes the creation of a Makerspace to re-anchor the Bloomfield Centre site within North End, Halifax. The Bloomfield Centre was previously a hub for making, community resources and collaboration, its closure ... -
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 ...