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How Contributing Positive Real-Time Images of Nature to a Facebook Group Influences City Dwellers’ Emotions Concerning the Environment
With an increasing number of people living in urban centres and reports emerging about the negative human impacts to the planet, this study explores how contributing to the Facebook group Life in Reel Time influenced city ... -
Coral Reef Health: The Relationship Between Benthic Coral Cover and Feeding Behaviour of Chaetodon lunulatus in Indonesia
The coral reefs located in Wakatobi National Park, Indonesia are being altered by varying factors involved in climate change. The functional ecology of a reef system includes the physiological processes and functions in ... -
Traversing Culture and Academy
This inquiry was framed in Nuu-chah-nulth worldview. This thesis comes after the announcement of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (2015b) Calls to Action and demonstrates a collaboration toward reconciliation ... -
Towards Biocultural Diversity Conservation. Knowledge, Cultural Values and Governance of Species at Risk: The Case of the White Sturgeon (Canada) and the Mekong Giant Catfish (Thailand)
To better understand the concept of biocultural diversity and its value in species conservation, my research explored the role of local fishers’ knowledge and cultural values in decision-making about the conservation of ... -
Human health risk and bioaccessibility of toxic metals in topsoils from Gbani mining community in Ghana
(Journal of Health and Pollution, 2019)Background. Anthropogenic activities such as artisanal mining pose a major environmental health concern due to the potential for discharge of toxic metals into the environment. Objectives. To determine the distribution ... -
Convening interdisciplinary communities of practice in an institution of higher education
(Papers on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching, 2017)Communities of practice (CoP) are rich learning spaces that support knowledge creation, social engagement and practice improvement. In some university settings, there is a buoyant interest in creating and supporting ... -
Glaciers and Blueberries: Development and Trial Runs of a Field-Based Earth Science Workshop Designed for Nova Scotia Teachers
Glaciers and Blueberries was a field-based earth science workshop developed and conducted in May and October 2018 for grade 4 and 7 teachers within the Chignecto Family of Schools catchment area. Quantitative and qualitative ... -
A study of authentic assessment in an internship course
(Papers on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching, 2019)Internship courses are an active and applied opportunity to integrate educational learning programs and courses within practice settings. Individual learners in internship courses have different work internship placements ... -
The Art of Grief: An Autoethnography Exploring Sibling Bereavement
In this autoethnography, I explore my lived experiences of the dying and death of my brother and my grief in the six months following his death; reflect on my use of creative arts-based methods to shape and guide my grieving ... -
Helping Indigenous Students at First Nations University of Canada to Thrive
This thesis researched what makes Indigenous students thrive at FNUniv. The focus was specifically on the student perspective. This action research inquiry was led by an Indigenous methodology and complimented with an ... -
Carbon thoughts
(2019-05-09)Carbon Thoughts, by Nancyanne Cowell, oil mixed-media on two canvases, 48” X 36”, 2016. -
Giclees and iPads
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Book display
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Curatorial statement and team bios
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Sustainable communities website
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Social capital and agency giclee
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Research curation giclee
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Policy agendas giclee
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MC3: Meeting the climate change challenge giclee
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Co-benefits of climate action giclee
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