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- 12Parkins, John (Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
- 11Parlee, Brenda (Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
- 10Boxall, Peter (Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
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Intergenerational resilience in Aklavik, NT – exploring conceptualizations, variables, and change across generations
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I explore resilience qualitatively and quantitatively with youth, adults, and elders in Aklavik, Northwest Territories, Canada. Using focus groups, semi-structured and follow-up interviews, the research questions were: How is resilience defined in Gwich’in and Inuvialuit cultures? What themes...
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Investigating Cultures of Food Security: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Gender in Rural Kongwa, Tanzania
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This thesis examines two cultural components of food security in rural Tanzania, specifically gendered mobilities and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) in the District of Kongwa. Drawing on critical and focused ethnographic principles, intra-household data was collected from 27 households in...
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Investigating smallholders' preferences for the design of REDD contracts: A case study in Akok village, Cameroon
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This thesis examines smallholders’ preferences for the design of hypothetical contracts to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) in Akok village, Cameroon. An attribute-based stated choice experiment survey was conducted to elicit smallholders’ preferences for various...
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Fall 2018
Prairie potholes are drained for the purposes of agricultural production and land development. However, restoring these drained basins is a hard sell. Three reverse auctions involving restoration identified low uptake of wetland restoration contracts by private landowners. This study explores the...
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Just for whom? Including immigrant and migrant workers of Asian descent in the energy transition dialogue in Alberta, Canada
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There is agreement amongst activists, politicians, the majority of the public and even industry stakeholders that shifting away from carbon-intensive industries is necessary to get on a path towards mitigating climate change. There is also widespread support for a transition that prioritizes the...
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Fall 2013
Polar bears (Ursus maritimus, Nanuut) are a culturally and economically important species to the Inuvialuit. As a result of climate change, the Arctic is experiencing rapid ecological changes with the potential for profound impacts on polar bear populations. The objectives of the thesis were to...
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Knowledge Mobilization for Sustainable Food Production: Nutrition Gardening and Fish Farming Communities of Practice in the Kolli Hills, India
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This study explores the importance of knowledge mobilization in the formation of more sustainable food systems. In particular, it examines the development and maintenance of sustainable food production practices that enhance food security for small farmers in the Kolli Hills, India. It uses...
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Spring 2016
Women’s land rights are increasingly advocated as an empowerment tool to spur development outcomes. However, empirical evidence of this relationship is limited. In this study we use data from peasant communities in rural Peru to explore the effect of the intra-household allocation of inherited...
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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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Mâmawihitowin: Bringing the Camps Together: Learning about Indigenous Cultural Security for Improved Maternal Healthcare
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In the Cree language, mâmawihitowin loosely translates as “bringing the camps together for a common goal”. Indigenous health outcomes are generally poorer than the mainstream population. Grounded in Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) principles, this thesis examines the development...