Satellite imagery can be analyzed to offer a preliminary regional assessment of mine tailings indicators, enabling identification before performing in-depth fieldwork. Nova Scotia, Canada, still retains mine tailings ...

My thesis tells a story of self-healing and self-empowerment, a story of how I obtain intellectual, emotional, and spiritual growth through spiritual research on American Zen Buddhism. As a female Chinese immigrant in ...

Heat waves are one of the most common weather events happening in recent decades, posing threats to public health especially in urban built-up environments. This study employs geospatial techniques to evaluate urban heat ...

This thesis analyzes the OD2016-D2 dredge rock samples collected from a flank of Lomonosov Ridge, a major topographic feature in the Arctic Ocean. U-Pb- and Hf-isotopes were analyzed for 719 detrital zircon grains from ten ...

This thesis argues that the Black student experience in Atlantic Canada is explicitly limited by racist practices. Kuwodza further argues that Atlantic Canadian post-secondary institutions are built on a legacy of systemic ...

International development organizations have been argued to be sites of contestations where power is invoked to maintain the othering of developing countries. Guided by Western liberal feminist ideas, international development ...

By invitation from the community, a geophysical survey was performed on two potential Black Loyalist burial sites in Birchtown, Nova Scotia, in a preliminary effort to verify local traditions regarding their existence and ...

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) is a culturally, economically, and ecologically important species in Eastern Canada. Populations have been declining in recent decades, which can have negative implications for livelihood, ...

This study analyzes the collective biographies and worldview of the members of the American Office of Strategic Services’ Art Looting Investigation Unit (ALIU) during and after the Second World War, with an emphasis on six ...

Amidst growing global forest fragmentation, understanding the impacts of edges on forest ecosystems has become increasingly important for researchers and conservationists. However, the expanding scope of edge creation ...