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Spring 2022

Miller, Andrea

Transitions towards renewable energy at all scales are urgently needed to meet current targets for climate action and renewable electricity generation. Indigenous communities across Canada are increasingly investing in clean energy initiatives, energy efficiency measures, and renewable energy...

Spring 2022

Huang, Michael S.

Public wildfire management agencies are presented with a momentous responsibility: to protect life, property and infrastructure from the devastation of wildland fire, while operating at a level of expenditure justifiable to taxpayers. At a time when climate change drives more extreme fire...

Spring 2022

Iskander, Abram

The objective of this project was to consider the feasibility of possible alternatives to the current Agri-Stability program. These alternatives consist of customizable area-based whole-farm program where payments are based on a regional trigger. Problems, associated with designing a simple...

Spring 2022

Cunningham, Hannah

The management of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Alberta is a complex issue that affects multiple stakeholders, including Indigenous communities who highly value the affected species both nutritionally and culturally. Despite the relevancy of CWD management to the livelihoods of these...

Spring 2022

Malzoni, Marina Mendonca de Almeida

In contrast with the growing public pressure for sustainable agriculture, most Canadian farmers have not prioritized adopting socially responsible production practices. In this context, empirical analysis of farmers’ responses to public demand has been crucial to assisting the agricultural sector...

Spring 2022

Wheeler, Kyle D

This project sought to determine the effect of grazing management decisions on operation wealth; specifically, to determine both the wealth maximizing system for producers and to determine the impact on producers who adopt more intensive management systems. Adoption of four grazing management...

Spring 2022

Jiwon, Kim

This study examines Canadian public preferences for the use of genomic selection in breeding dairy cows for four main traits– feed efficiency, methane emission reduction, enhanced disease resilience, improved cow fertility as well as the use of antibiotics. Since this research information might...

Fall 2021

Syme, Jennifer N.

With over 300 new varieties of wheat registered in the past 15 years (Canadian Food Inspection Agency, n.d.), Canadian wheat producers have plenty of options to choose from when deciding which variety(ies) to grow. However, each year, wheat acreage in Western Canada is concentrated in a select...

Fall 2021

Herlein, Kalli

Wildfire management agencies are increasingly interested in the efficiency of wildfire suppression as they work to protect human lives and communities from wildfire damages under constrained management budgets. In Alberta, climate change is expected to increase the length of the wildfire season...

Spring 2021

Xie, Lusi

Understanding how human behavior influences and is influenced by environmental resources that are outside of markets is challenging but crucial for policy evaluation and regulatory decisions. This thesis presents three studies that examine non-market behavior associated with environmental...