MA Environmental Education and Communication Theses
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Sparking cultural transformation through dialogue
(2022-12-13)This study explores the transformational potential of dialogue to spark cultural change. Our society faces critical environmental challenges, and numerous studies demonstrate the power of dialogue to engage individuals in ... -
The impact of human-dog bonds on sense of place
(2022-12-08)This study used a photo-ethnography mixed method to determine how participants' sense of place is impacted by their relationships with their companion dogs. Study participants submitted photos and joined semi-structured ... -
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. ... -
Pedagogy of place : an exploration of teachers' lived experience with place-based education in School District 57 (Prince George, BC Canada)
(2022-07-26)My research explored the lived experience of elementary school teachers in Prince George, Mackenzie, and Valemount BC (School District 57), to better understand and support them in their journey to include place-based ... -
A decolonial love story : matriarchs living In kinship with mother earth
(2022-06-06)This research is both partial autoethnography and ethnography. It is the telling of a decolonial love story intended to challenge the more dominant, patriarchal narrative through storytelling. Wisdom shared from matriarchs ... -
Discovering the elements of success for outdoor education programs in public high schools
(2022-05-28)The study reported for this thesis sought to examine the design and process elements that are significant attributes for the successful implementation and sustained operation of programs of outdoor education (OE) in high ... -
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 ...
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