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- 3Parkins, John (Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
- 2Anders, Sven (Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
- 1Anders, Sven (Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
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- 1Cundill, Georgina (Environmental Science)
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Spring 2021
The dairy industry in Canada has undergone huge changes in the last few decades. While the average annual milk production per cow grew over three times by 2015 (average rose to 8.65 Hectolitres per and reached 9.5 Hectolitres in 2018) from 1995 levels (2.5 Hectolitres a year per cow on average),...
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Competition between Private Label and National Brand for Differentiated Food Category: A Canadian Retail Case
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Retailers in Canada have introduced private labels to gain vertical bargaining power over manufacturers’ national brands and to establish customer loyalty. Product differentiation in quality and increasingly product formulation is an emerging trend for both private labels and national brands in...
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Exploring dimensions of place-power and culture in the social resilience of forest-dependent communities
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Over the last decade, the forest industry in Canada has been severely impacted by post-Fordist shifts in economic, political and land-tenure regimes, as well as ecological impacts related to climate change. Because of these impacts, many forest-based communities have lost mills and jobs and have...
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Spring 2013
Culture provides a lens through which to increase our understanding of community responses that both contribute to and detract from a population’s food security. This qualitative study using semi-structured interviews, observations and visual methodology identifies how culture is manifested...
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Fall 2017
Mines operate throughout the world to keep up with the growing demand for mineral resources. While economic development depends on the minerals mines extract, there can be environmental, economic, and social effects to areas and communities nearby. This thesis focuses on the impact of mining on...
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Moving through uncertain times: A morphogenetic approach to understanding people's response to crisis in two forest community contexts in rural British Columbia
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The degree to which individuals have agency to respond during crisis, and the degree to which social structure and culture influence their course of action, present compelling questions for understanding social change. The tradition of examining the interplay between agency and social structure,...
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Planning for the Future of Urban Mobility: Interviews with Planning Professionals in Five Major Canadian Cities
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Given that our urban centres have been dominated by the private car for a hundred years, this thesis asked what is next for Canadian cities. Previous research on the future of urban mobility, and specifically city planning and autonomous vehicles, has been from an American or Australian context....
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The use of market intelligence and producer decision-making as a driver of industry competitiveness: A producer perspective on the Canadian and Irish beef industries
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The Canadian and Irish beef industries are facing numerous challenges ranging from domestic consumer concerns, margin pressures, uncertainties around new trade agreements and developments in key export markets. These issues present competitive threats but also offer potential new opportunities to...
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Fall 2013
The overall purpose of this dissertation is to identify the demand of fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) and to analyze the issues of brand level competition in FMCG markets product categories at the Canadian retail level. The analysis develops and applies industrial organization and price...