MA Environmental Education and Communication Theses
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Finding Arcadia : ecological agriculture and the art of being in community
(2022-03-31)Humanity’s future is dismal as long as it continues to exist devoid of community with each other and with Nature as a whole. To better observe being-in-community, this study analyzed ecological agriculture, a practice in ... -
Big sky, deep roots : an aesthetic way of knowing the prairie landscape and the implications for conservation education
(2022-01-27)Through an inter-play between practicing prairie artists, their aesthetic way-of-knowing landscapes they inhabit, and the artwork they produce as a result, this research explored how an aesthetic pedagogic approach might ... -
Meditations on meditations on meditations : encountering environmental education and its relationship with René Descartes
(2021-09-01)Within my first year of grad school, I discovered that the discourses within and surrounding Environmental Education frequently arrive at a common antagonist. Across popular and academic works alike, the ideas of seventeenth ... -
Teaching and learning in respectful reciprocity : an autoethnographical account of an educator’s apprenticeship to nature
(2021-08-26)As an environmental educator, I am interested in helping students learn from the natural world. In this phenomenological autoethnography, I outline some major lessons I learned from local nature while site-sitting, listening, ... -
The I in science : examining science education and communication through Indigenous and feminist lenses
(2021-06-10)As a Woman in science I witnessed and experienced a patriarchal system supported by a shame-based culture. My undergraduate experience as a biology student in Saskatchewan demonstrated a need for emancipatory practice ... -
Calling the circle : a personal journey to establish a collaborative professional community of environmental educators across four public school districts in British Columbia
(2021-05-05)This case study explores the conditions and motives that led to the formation of a local Chapter of environmental educators and documents the successes and challenges that occurred during the Chapter’s first year as the ... -
Ahousaht law and chinook salmon conservation in the Megin River
(2021-04-16)Clayoquot Sound is a remarkable and rare coastal temperate rainforest ecosystem on the West Coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is home to the Indigenous Ahousaht Nation and a place where chinook salmon ... -
Engaging residents in the source separation of organic household waste
(2021-03-05)This research used a multi-case study design to explore approaches used by seven Canadian municipalities to engage residents in the source separation of organic (SSO) household waste. The data is based exclusively on the ... -
Young women’s relationship to media representations of girls and women in STEM
(2021-01-05)A body of research has examined some of the reasons why there are fewer women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) related careers than men. Research shows that young boys and girls start off having similar ... -
An appreciative inquiry of youths’ experiences in the national service-learning program Ocean Bridge
(2020-12-22)Human actions may compromise the health and the social, ecological, and economic value of the ocean. In response, Ocean Wise, an ocean conservation organization, launched a national service-learning program, Ocean Bridge, ... -
An aesthetics of consumption : how trash becomes transformative through participatory arts-based research
(2020-12-15)At a time where the scale of our environmental challenges is becoming increasingly evident and our fate is at risk, human beings’ collective ability to effect the changes that could mitigate consumptive behaviour is still ... -
Emotionally supportive environmental education in practice : the meaning of workshop experiences
(2020-11-03)Threats to life on Earth, such as climate change and loss of biodiversity, are putting the long-term survival of many species in question, including humans. Unfortunately, individuals and communities can experience ... -
Noticing nearby nature : mindfulness as a pathway to nature connectedness
(2020-08-25)Paying mindful attention to our physical surroundings can be an important practice for developing and deepening nature connectedness. Fostering such connectedness is often a central goal of environmental education and has ... -
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 ... -
The role of built environment education programs in environmental education
(2020-07-22)Environmental education and urban environmental education programs seldom link or incorporate natural ecosystems with the built environment in a unified educational approach. The claim developed is that there are a number ... -
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 ... -
Onward and inward : a heuristic exploration of a self-propelled learning journey
(2019-10-11)In this autoethnographic thesis, I share my personal learning journey of an attempt to cycle across Canada. Situated in heuristic methodology, this lived-experience research arose from feelings of discontent and confusion ... -
Better than hope : in search of a defence against despair in the face of global climate change
(2019-08-16)Hope is often credited as an inspiration for action and, in difficult circumstances, a protection against despair. But ill-considered hope can be an unreliable helper. If people choose only to hope for a happy outcome, ... -
The roles of nature and environmental experiences in integrating a newcomer to Canada : an autoethnographic account of an East African becoming Canadian
(2019-08-14)It is the purpose of this thesis to explore the influence of Canada’s natural environment and the meme of environmentalism on the adaptation of newcomers to Canada. To that end, the author has chosen an autoethnographic ... -
How contributing positive real-time images of nature to a Facebook group influences city dwellers’ emotions concerning the environment
(2019-06-20)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 ...
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