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Browsing Masters Theses by Thesis (Discipline) "Atlantic Canada Studies Program"
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1997)"Conscious Choice of Convenience" examines the rationale for the decision to relocate the Mushuau Innu of Davis Inlet, Labrador to Sango Pond. Relocation is viewed as an ill-conceived response to a difficult situation. The ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1996)The Halifax Metropolitan Area has several tracts of land in a natural or underdeveloped state. Studies suggest the best possible use for these areas is in recreation. McNabs Island, Lawlor Island and the Thrumcaps have ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1988)This work compares patterns of development and underdevelopment in New England and Atlantic Canada. Certain similarities in history and geography have invited speculation on the cause of very different growth paths observed. ...
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(2014)Silver Sands Beach, in Cow Bay, Nova Scotia, has been subject to a polarized history. Beginning in the mid-1800s, it enjoyed local and non-local fame, alike, as an immensely popular summer destination. However, in the ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2018)The Halifax Citadel National Historic Site was one of the federal government’s early big heritage development projects. This study sets out to explore the development of the Halifax Citadel as a tourist destination and ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2008)The Halifax Gazette , the first newspaper published in what would become Canada, has been dismissed the "timid" product of a "docile" printer dependant on government patronage. This study explores the relationship between ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2016)Following is an exploratory study of Nova Scotian women’s infant feeding experiences based on data gathered from two focus groups – one with Canadian-born mothers and one with mothers who had migrated to Canada in early ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1997)The diary of Almira Bell, a young unmarried school teacher living in Barrington, Nova Scotia during the 1830s, enables one to reconstruct the history of a rural pre-industrial Maritime community and to map the inner and ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2002)This thesis examines Acadian community leadership over the span of the deportation era. While certain aspects of leadership have been discussed in previous studies, there has not been a serious review of leaders and their ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2011)There are over 400 municipally designated heritage buildings in the Halifax Regional Municipality. These buildings have been evaluated using a set of predetermined criteria created to measure a building's historical and ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1992)This paper, through an examination of Nova Scotian literature, analyses changing attitudes towards the Micmac in Nova Scotia from 1788 to 1900. The roots of stereotypes held by non-natives are explored as well as the ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1993)This thesis examines the role of the Indian Act and Department of Indian Affairs in the underdevelopment of the New Brunswick Maliseet communities of St. Mary's and Tobique. It encompasses various aspects of the social, ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1998)Dr. Arthur Samuel Kendall was born in Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia on 25 March 1861 when Sydney was a tranquil market centre and garrison town built on the south-east shore of Sydney harbour. He lived most of ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2020)This thesis explores the changing nature of medicine and health care in Newfoundland and Labrador during the early twentieth century. It does so by examining the early career of Dr. Cluny Macpherson, a physician from St. ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2000)Research concerning Canadian urban reform in the early 20th century has generally neglected to include the activities in the City of Halifax. While cities such as Toronto, Montreal and Winnipeg were thought to have been ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2021)Coastal archaeological sites in Nova Scotia, as in many jurisdictions around the world, are at risk of damage or destruction due to the impacts of climate change. Residents in a region of southwest Nova Scotia exhibit a ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2004)The role of the community newspaper in rural communities is crucial. It is an important vehicle by which people from various communities and with varied interests communicate with one another. It is the way communities ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2017)In 1963, Nova Scotia began a complicated history with formalised citizen engagement practices as a vehicle to ensure citizen input into the policy making process. From Voluntary Economic Planning to Voluntary Planning, ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2013)From 1749–1755, a migration of Acadians from Nova Scotia saw hundreds relocate to Île Saint-Jean and Île Royale. Among them, following the founding of Halifax, were the Acadians of Chezzetcook, Mirliguèche and those living ...
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(Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1986)Female reformers of Victorian Nova Scotia played a critical role in interpreting and shaping both their world and their womanhood. As industrialization transformed the modern capitalist order, Maritime women in the last ...
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