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Knowledge, governance, and sustainability in the T'Sou-ke First Nation
(2023-02-21)This case-study explores the experience of the T’Sou-ke First Nation in their effort to implement their vision of self-sufficiency, sustainability, and cultural and environmental renewal using their traditional values and ... -
Ktunaxa knowledge and governance : reframing cumulative effects assessment and management
(2019-05-08)Since the arrival of Canadian colonial administration, the Ktunaxa Nation has experienced many different types of land and resource development by outsiders within their homelands and the cumulative impacts of these ... -
Land use rifts and landscape multifunctionality in Richmond, BC
(2017-12-22)Interfaces of agricultural land reserve (ALR) and adjacent land uses in Richmond, BC were mapped in Google Earth and characterized based on their structural and multifunctional attributes using multi-criteria approach, ... -
Landfill leachate : an alternative water source for Alberta oil and gas development
(2020-09-25)The Alberta oil and gas industry continually seeks ways to reuse wastewaters within the context of environmental regulations. This thesis examines the use of landfill leachate as an alternative source to freshwater in the ... -
Landscape protection and urban development setbacks : establishing policy recommendations for the city of Red Deer
(2013-08-09)As urban municipalities grow, local governments are tasked with balancing the economic, political, social, and environmental needs of their communities in an effort to develop sustainable urban planning policies. This ... -
Landscaping and water use : a look at outdoor watering practices and water consumption in Sherwood Park, Alberta
(2013-11-27)Municipal water conservation programs often highlight water-wise landscaping as a method to reduce household water consumption. To determine if any relationships between landscaping and home water consumption exist in ... -
Leading change from the inside-out : negotiating the psycho-social in sustainability engagement
(2013-01-17)This study explores how sustainability practitioners understand and engage with the subjective psychological dimensions of `social mobilization'. At this particular moment, there exists scant research into precisely how ... -
Leading the way to sustainability : a First Nation's case study in self-sufficiency
(2017-01-17)Alderville is a First Nation community in southern Ontario, Canada. Recently, Alderville First Nation has emerged as a leader in clean energy. Guided by a shared community interest, Alderville has undertaken a large solar ... -
Learning for Planetary Habitability: A Lived Experience Study With Senior Earth System Scientists
(2017-08-25)This autoethnographic study investigates the lived experiences of seven senior Earth system scientists to explore the human process of learning about the Earth as a whole, life-sustaining system, and to learn what it is ... -
Learning to find a sustainable balance : a case study of the Reynolds flexible studies program
(2017-12-06)The Province of British Columbia is currently implementing a revised curriculum for the K-12 school system to provide opportunities for schools to reassess and initiate unique and novel learning programs. The Grade 9/10 ... -
Learning to teach in unfamiliar lands : a wandering educator's autoethnography on the influence of place
(2018-02-20)Using reflexive narrative autoethnography, I explored the influence of living and teaching in unfamiliar places on ecologically-minded teachers. I collected data through personal reflections and interviews with four teachers ... -
Life history and bioenergetic modelling of adfluvial-lacustrine coastal cutthroat trout predation in the Capilano Reservoir : implications for endangered steelhead, coho salmon and future holistic watershed management strategies
(2012-02-20)Coastal cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii) are the apex predator in the Capilano Reservoir. This thesis investigates cutthroat predation via bioenergetic modelling and demography, and genetic analysis of ... -
Life in action : conversations on making and being
(2020-05-19)This is a study of thresholds. Pay attention as you cross, and especially as you return because you will always be somewhere new, and you will never be the same person. My research draws on qualitative material from ... -
Light-growth relationships of conifers on wet and dry sites in the interior rainforests of British Columbia
(2012-06-15)Unpredictability surrounding climate change has prompted questions about forest productivity and biodiversity. Uncertainties exist regarding the future composition of current ecosystem envelopes, including ICH forests. ... -
Lights, camera, environmental action : messages in youth environmental videos
(2010-03-16)An Inconvenient Truth was a catalyst for change in the way many adults think about the environment. North American youth are perpetuating the dominant consumerist paradigm, and will need to change their attitudes and ... -
Listening and being listened to : insights from environmental communicators
(2020-07-31)By virtue of listening to texts, to Silence, to self, and to the experiences of four environmental communicators from the Master of Arts in Environmental Education and Communication program at Royal Roads University, this ... -
Lived experiences and emergent practices : eight conversations with Metro Vancouver urban environmental educators
(2022-07-29)Urban environmental education (UEE) as a sub-genre of environmental education is still a relatively novel field of study, but an especially relevant one in Canada given its population’s concentration in urban centres. ... -
Local ecological knowledge of mountain goats in the Skeena Region of British Columbia and its importance to wildlife management
(2022-02-10)The Skeena Region of British Columbia is home to 49% of the province’s mountain goat population. Mountain goats have cultural, economic, and ecological value in the Skeena Region. However, despite continual efforts by the ... -
Long-term native temperate grassland responses to warming, precipitation and defoliation in Central Alberta
(2018-12-13)Canada’s northern temperate grasslands are a large and valuable natural resource that provides widespread social, economic and environmental benefits to Canadians. Understanding how grassland vegetation is affected by ... -
Low-impact development : citizen chronicles from the urban underground
(2018-07-10)The participants in this study were property owners who volunteered for involvement in a residential low-impact development (LID) initiative located in Toronto, Canada. The LID entailed the installation of rain gardens for ...
