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Fall 2023

Mohammed, Abdul-Hamid

The pressure to achieve net-zero CO2 objectives has heightened the need to evaluate energy technologies in Canada, where the oil and gas industry remains essential to the economy. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a component of Canada’s net-zero CO2 strategies and can absorb up to 90% of the...

Fall 2023

Schmaus, Lucas

Indigenous self-determination in the Canadian North has and continues to be limited by the extractive and disempowering political economy of the mining industry. This thesis reports a community-based participatory research study which evaluates the perceptions of a sample of residents a group of...

Fall 2023

Garrett, David

This thesis is composed of three studies. First study (Gold Mining and Disparities in Indigenous Infant Health in the Brazilian Amazon): Regulations in mining industries can mitigate environmental pollution and health risks. The health of indigenous communities may be disproportionately harmed by...

Fall 2023

Kobori, Hotaka

Lockdowns and other non-pharmaceutical interventions that were implemented to combat the COVID-19 Pandemic have had unintended yet profound consequences. One widely-reported consequence has been changes in people’s perceptions of the value of nature and their personal dwelling spaces. Highly...

Spring 2023

Rogers, Katherine Louisa

Across Canada, there are approximately 3 million people that identify as vegan or vegetarian. Though reasons for this diet vary across individuals and groups, a major motivator found in recent research is that consumers are concerned about their environmental footprints and are seeking diets and...

Spring 2023

Chitsaz, Sara

As global greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase, there is a growing focus on low-carbon initiatives, specifically renewable alternatives to conventional fossil fuels for energy production. Transitions to renewable energy sources may occur across scales, including community-scale energy...

Fall 2023

Skelding, Hannah S

Coal mining in Alberta has proven to be a controversial and heated topic in the past few years. The decision of the Government of Alberta to rescind the 1976 Coal Policy in 2020 provided a new context for coal mining in the province. The future of coal mining in Alberta is complicated by national...

Fall 2023

Chowdhury, Susmita

Sustainable agriculture refers to an environmentally friendly agriculture sector that ensures safe production for both current and future generations. To address climate change’s impact on Canadian agricultural production and mitigate the harmful environmental effects of agriculture, promoting...

Fall 2023

Giannitsos, Marina

Evidence suggests that property-level risk reduction against natural hazards is worthwhile, however households often don’t make these investments. The overall objective of this thesis was to understand the decision-making process concerning household investment in property-level flood protection...

Spring 2023

Sydora, Michael

Calf morbidity and mortality due to Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) is highest in the first two weeks after arrival at the feedlot. Feedlots use antimicrobial drugs (AMDs) to maintain calf health, which contributes to general antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR causes externality costs to human...