Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Faculty of Science

Past Environmental Science Program Theses

ENVS 4902  Honours Thesis

This is a list of past undegraduate Environmental Science theses. Click on the thesis name for a link to it on DalSpace.

2020s

2029

2028

2027

2026

Liam Bendzsa, Graphite Pouch Cells Using New Additive Combinations and Mixed Salts
Raphaëlle Dupre, Artificially Recreating Freshwater Turtle Nest Scents for Olfactory Misinformation Applications
Julia MacFarlane, Integrating geospatial data into acoustic receiver array planning in the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence
Sophia Murphy, Examining Sustainable Reforestation Strategies in Nova Scotia’s Central Uplands
Hannah Nekkers, Tree Vulnerability Assessment of the Halifax Public Gardens
Rebeca Pietrosanu, Finding connection: Modeling environmental and spatial drivers of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) habitat in Napu'saqnuk (St. Mary’s River)
Samantha Rebitt,  Turning a new leaf: assessing forest stand composition in Point Pleasant Park after thinning
Meghan Runge,  River Geomorphology Shapes Fish Morphological Diversity Worldwide
Jazmine Smith, Block by Block: A Decadal Assessment of the Urban Street Trees for the Duncan-Lawrence-Allan Neighbourhood
Kate Sparling, Quantifying Vulnerability of Salt Marshes from Simultaneous Coastal Squeeze and Relative Sea Level Rise: A Geospatial Case Study of West Chezzetcook, Nova Scotia
Quinn Vikedal,  Quantifying the relationship between litter and environmental factors during tourism season in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

2025

Sasha Chilibeck, Defining the phenology of early breeding behaviours of Leach’s storm petrels in the northwest Atlantic (Hydrobates leucorhous)
Robyn Hirsch, Chemically Characterizing Native Nova Scotian Freshwater Turtle Nest Scents for Olfactory Misinformation Applications
Grace Kasouf, Fighting Future Flames: Modelling Forest Fire Vulnerability in Nova Scotia, Canada
Mary Legorburu, Investigating the effects of forestry road crossings on stream habitat health and benthic macroinvertebrate communities in Napu’saqnuk (the St. Mary’s River watershed) in Mi’kma’ki (Nova Scotia)
Faye Little, Edge Influence on Tree Regeneration After Fire in the Acadian Forest Region
Paige MacCarthy, Exploring the terrestrial carbon sink at a global scale: the effects of nitrogen fixation,nitrogen deposition and CO2 fertilization
Allie Pell, Increasing Evergreen Trees Reduces Soil Nitrogen and Aboveground Biomass Accumulation in Canadian Forest Plots

Catherine Potvin, Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals by Leach’s Storm-Petrels (Hydrobates leucorhous) in the North and South Atlantic Ocean during the Non-breeding Period

2024

Declan Burns, Predicting Olive-sided Flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) Breeding Habitats in Southwestern Nova Scotia Using LiDAR Metrics Informed by Drone Data
Rosie Bleyer, Identifying and prioritizing barriers to Atlantic salmon habitat connectivity in Napu’saqnuk (St Mary’s River), Mi’kma’ki (Nova Scotia, Canada)
Hannah Freeman, Determining the Effectiveness of Forestry Beneficial Management Practices for Olive-sided Flycatcher, a Species at Risk Bird in Nova Scotia
Sarah Macdonald, Assessing Eutrophication Vulnerability as an Indicator of Cyanobacteria Presence in Kejimkujik National Park
Kate Metcalfe, Mapping lobster habitat in the Northumberland Strait using multibeam echosounders to assess juvenile lobster conservation zone placement
Sadie Russell, Halifax residential air quality: Public perception and PM2.5 concentrations
Evelyn Rusnak, Quantifying the Impacts of Forest Management Practices on stand albedo and surface temperatures in Nova Scotia
Sana Salehi, The impact of precipitation phase and aquifer type on changing groundwater levels in mountain regions of Canada and the United States

2023

Geneva Bahen, Telling the North American beavertale: modelling Castor canadensis distribution in Mi'kma'ki (Nova Scotia, Canada)
Catherine Brenan, Where is the Carbon? Spatially Mapping Organic Carbon on the Seafloor in the Eastern Shore Islands, Nova Scotia, Canada
Lauren Lowther, An Analysis of Introductory Environmental Science Textbooks’ Approaches to Commonly Held Climate Change Misconceptions
Levyn Radomske, Characterizing the Conifer Density Gradient from the Halifax Peninsula to the Hinterlands of the Halifax Regional Municipality

2022

Ashlynn Fleming, The equity of Toronto’s urban forest: Examining the relationship between urban forest change between 2008 and 2018, resulting tree frequency, and marginalization  
Camryn Gallagher, Evaluating the Historic Change in Per Capita Nominal Consumption of Animal Products in Canada Over the Past 60 to 100 years
Emily Lannigan, Evaluating Preschool Chidlren’s Environmental Knowledge and Connection to Nature Using a Games Testing Tool
Hope Moon, Parental Factors That Affect the Connectedness to Nature of Pre-School Aged Children in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Emma Taniguchi, When clean energy is dirty: A geospatial analysis of Canadian hydroelectric dams constructed between 1981 and 2011 and demographic indicators of environmental marginalization

2021

Chiara Ferrero-Wong, Examining the Impact of the National Arts Centre’s Climate Cycle Initiative on the Environmental Knowledge, Attitudes, and Professional Practices of Canadian Theatre Artists
Nina Garrett, The effect of call similarity on call discrimination by Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) nestlings in the presence of noise
Samantha Claire Howard, Understanding Resistance to Flood Risk Mapping: A Test of Climax Thinking in Southwestern Nova Scotia
Michelle Mann, Examining the effectiveness of municipal reuse centers in Nova Scotia: Benefits and Best Practices
Sage Mosgrove, When and Where Can Farm-level Life Cycle Assessments be Used to Predict Aggregate Food System Contributions to Global Warming?
Andrew Willms, Quantifying the Causes of Human-Black Bear Conflicts in Nova Scotia

2020

Lily Barraclough, ActivScore: A Physical Activity Score for Nova Scotia
Julia Fast, Comparing the Richness of Pathogens around Open-Net Atlantic Salmon Marine Aquaculture Farms to Fallow Farms and Non-Farm Areas in Passamaquoddy Bay, New Brunswick
Jordan Haughn, The Implications of the Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) on Riparian Canopy Cover in Three Halifax Regional Municipality Parks
Peter Issekutz, A Critical Evaluation of Old-Growth Forest Definitions in Canada
Hannah Miller, Modelling the Critical Habitat of the Bicknell’s Thrush in the Cape Breton Highlands
Evan Muise, Emerging Hot Spot Analysis and Forests: A Case Study on the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid’s Invasion into Nova Scotia using Fine Spatial Resolution Satellite Imagery
Trisa Ngo, Fate of Heavy Metals in Passive Wastewater Treatment Systems of the Northwest Territories
Julia Walker, Baseline Monitoring for Determining the Effects of Streetscaping on Particulate Matter Concentrations in the Downtown Area of Halifax, Nova Scotia

2010s

2019

Julia Baak, Winter Distribution of the Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) in Atlantic Canada
Megan Fong, Static or shifting: Quantifying the relationship between income and green space in urban Halifax, Nova Scotia (2001-2016)
Amy Frost-Wicks, Modeling habitat connectivity and movement of Blanding’s turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) across a fragmented landscape in Rouge National Urban Park, Ontario, Canada

 

2018

Lauren Ballantyne, An examination of the distribution, abundance, and habitat preferences of soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) in offshore Nova Scotian waters
Emily Bibeau, Chacterizing ICI&I Textile Waste in Halifax. Nova Scotia
Adam Buchholz, Quantifying Land-use / Land Cover Change and Eutrophication in the Carleton River Watershed, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada
James Coons, Provincial Allocations of Canada’s 2030 INDC and a 2-Degree Scenario Target Using a Multi-Criteria Weighted Sum Model
Chantelle Fynn, The relationship between urban tree canopy cover and socioeconomic status in urban Halifax
Heba Jarrar, Assessing the Vulnerability of the HRM Urban and Rural Canopy to the Potential Arrival of the Emerald Ash Borer
Coleman Kettenbach, A Critical Discourse Analysis of the impact of settler colonialism on populist environmental policy
Reya Manerikar, Quantifying habitat effectiveness for bobcat (Lynx rufus), Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis), and eastern cougar (Puma concolor couguar) in Nova Scotia, Canada
Lobke Rotteveel, Effects of partial-catchment helicopter liming on stream water chemistry in West River Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia

2017

Kevin Brown, Urban surface water runoff on Dalhousie University’s Studley campus (Halifax, N.S.)
Wanying Ji, Inorganic Carbon Cycling in Scotian Shelf Waters
Yvonne Ritchie, Investigating the carbon sequestration and storage capacity of trees in a university campus environment

2016

Paige Marvel, The Lake Fletcher Phosphorus Model
Adrean Ojoleck, An Examination of 4th and 5th Grade Children’s Conceptualization of Neighbourhoods in Halifax Nova Scotia
Rachel Shin, Exploring the influence of nature exposure on decision-making
Amanda Ring, Habitat characteristics associated with redroot (Lachnanthes caroliniana) in Nova Scotia

2015

Matthew Conlin, Assessing the Energy Generation Potential of Photovoltaic (PV) Solar Panels on the Rooftops of Places of Worship Within the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM)
Marley Geddes, A New Method for Prioritizing Catchments for Terrestrial Liming in Nova Scotia
Emma Halupka, Relating nutrient availability to yield: an examination of lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium anustifolium) resource limitation in Prince Edward Island
Wendy Margetts, Old Growth among Us: A Characterization of Urban Old-Growth Forests in Halifax
Stefanie Mellon, Reconstructing past sea surface temperatures near the Iceland-FaroeRidge using alkenone paleothermometry (Uk’37 )
Caitlyn Shaye Weir, In The Red: A private economic cost and qualitative analysis of environmental and health implications for five menstrual products
Allison Welk, Association between access to neighbourhood greenness and physical activity in Nova Scotia youth

2014

Christine Angelidis, The effects of catchment liming on the calcium budget of an acidified Nova Scotia watershed
Maria Armstrong, Characterizing acid episode frequency, duration, and severity in Nova Scotia’s acidified streams
Anna Bishop, Surveying vernal pools in Halifax County, Nova Scotia to identify landscape correlates of pool features and pilot a survey methodology
Charlotte Brown, The effect of extensive green roof substrate composition on native low-bush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) and crowberry (Empetrum nigrum) growth and health
Emma Hoffman, Canine Scent Detection of an Invasive Wood-Boring Insect, the Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle, Tetropium fuscum, in Laboratory Conditions
Jie Ma, Exploring the feasibility and desirability of in-house diversion programs for disposable hot beverage cups atbthe store level in Halifax Regional Municipality
Amanda Lavallee, Spatial pattern of the shrub layer across the subarctic landscape of Churchill Manitoba
Joanna Poltarowicz, An analysis of phosphorus cycling in waste stabilization ponds (WSPs) in Nunavut 

 

2013

Haley Guest, Connecting Value and Knowledge of Marine Environmental Issues: A Social Survey in Coastal Nova Scotia
Samantha Halloran, Opportunities and Challenges of Environmental Assessment under CEAA 2012
Heather Kerr, A First-Approximation Windthrow Risk Index for Street Trees on the Halifax Peninsula
Brittany Maguire, Employee Behaviour and Sustainability in a Dining Hall at Dalhousie University
Caroline McNamee, Evaluation of Public Recreational Greenspace in Halifax for Physical Activity Promotion
Kit Moran, A Proposed Methodology for the Ambulatory Measurement of Physiological Response to Natural Restoration in Urban Green Spaces
Tiffany Vass, What is the significance of "community" wind energy? The influence of local project initiation, participation, and investment on local perceptions of small-scale wind energy projects in Nova Scotia
Erin Wilson, Reconstructing Past Storminess in Halifax Harbour through Grain-size Analysis of Marine Sediment Cores

 

2012

Jan Kucic-Riker, Extending Ecological Modernization to Developing Countries: The Case of Desertec
Jennifer Mildon, Algal Recolonization of Frog Island, Nova Scotia after Large-scale Removal of Algal Species through Anthropogenic Activity
Phuong (Philip) Ong, The Contribution of Forest Fires to PM2.5 Burden in Halifax During the Summer of 2011
Marni Sandell, The effect of snowfall on the power output of photovoltaic solar panels in Halifax, NS
Heather Semotiuk, Quantifying carbon emmissions for a small-scale organic farm in Nova Scotia: What aspects of production contribute the most to the carbon footprint? Are there opportunities for reductions of carbon emissions?
Michelle Simone, Land-Use Change and Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Community Structure in the McIntosh Run, Nova Scotia Canada
Danielle St. Louis, The Distribution of Shrubs used by Indigenous People within the Forest-Tundra Ecotone in Canada

 

2011

Kayla Blok, Business Ecosystem Services Review: A Nova Scotia Case Study
Gregory Cummings, Using Vocal Behaviour to Reform the Conservation of Canada Warblers (Wilsonia canadensis)
Gillian Fielding, Barriers to Fish Passage in Nova Scotia The Evolution of Water Control Barriers in Nova Scotia’s Watershed
Simon Greenland-Smith, Barriers and Benefits to Wetland Conservation in Agricultural Nova Scotia
Catherine MacNeil, Nova Scotia’s Carbon Tax Potential
Benjamin Ojoleck, Investigating Sustainability Professors’ Conceptualizations of Sustainability and Sustainable Universities at Dalhousie University
Gillian Pritchard, Running Head: Aboriginal Peoples, Water and Health & Well-being
Mary-Claire Sanderson, Investigating the role of call similarity in a tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) parent-offspring recognitionmechanism
Emily Sangster, How moderate agriculture affects the food web of macroinvertebrates in fresh water streams in Kings County,Nova Scotia
Emily Stewart, Spatial and Temporal Mapping of Radiofrequency Fields
Robin Tress, Benthic community structure within Eelgrass (Zostera marina) beds in southern Nova Scotia
Wendy Wilson, Bryophyte dynamics across wetland and lakeshore edges in southwest Nova Scotia

2010

Jessica MacSween, What species comprise the community of potential predators of the Piping Plover at St. Catherine River Beach?
Takuya Ozawa, Phenomenological Study of Urban Vegetable Gardening in Halifax: How Does Urban Vegetable Gardening Activity Affects the Daily Lives of the Gardeners and Their Sense of Community?
Emily Rideout, Riparian Buffer Removal and Associated Land Use in the Sackville River Watershed, Nova Scotia, Canada
Rolanda Steenweg, Foraging Ecology of Great Black-backed and Herring Gulls on Kent Island in the Bay of Fundy
Christie Verstraten, What’s in a Woodlot Management Plan? A Comparative Analysis of Requirements for Private Woodlot Management Planning in Nova Scotia

 

2000s

2009

Stephanie Daley, How Rocks Affect the Growth of Krummholz in the Mealy Mountains of Labrador
Crystal Deschambault, The Removal of Mandatory Home Economics from Quebec’s Official Education Curriculum
Anna-Sarah Eyrich, Nova Scotia’s low-bush blueberry industry: Identified areas of concern, what needs done and visions for the future 
Lara Green, Jatropha as Biofuel: An Analysis of the Possible Implications for Food Security in Mali
Amanda Klarer, Agriculture in Dambos Around Mzuzu City,Malawi; a Sustainability Assessment
Alison Koper, Wind energy in Nova Scotia’s electrical power generation sector: The development of an effective wind energy regime
Kent Muderewich, Examining The Effects of Waste Diversion on Leachate Quality
Anita Nipen, Assessing the potential for Urban Agriculture on the Halifax Pennisula
Caitlin Owens, Quantifying the temporal and spatial variation of atmospheric particles on Dalhousie Campus – a pilot study
Dale Prest, Carbon Storage in the Acadian Forest: Estimating carbon storage and associated dynamics of a privately owned small woodlot in the Acadian Forest Region
Nick Shaw, Climate change and energy security in transportation fuel, infrastructure and policy: An AHP approach

 

2008

Jessica Drysdale, Element Mobility as a  Result of  Chemical Weathering in a Granitoid Near Valparaiso, Chile
Paula Francis, Case Study: An examination of agricultural surface water use for crop irrigation in Kings County, Nova Scotia
Anthony Heggelin, Environmental and Human Factors Affecting the Population Biology of Nova Scotia Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
Gavin King, Community environmental noise and the built environment in two Halifax neighbourhoods
Meghan Lambert, Forestry Management in Cuba: An Environmental History of the 20th Century
Caitlyn MacMaster, Toward understanding fecal coliform and Escherichia coli distributions in the Annapolis River
Karen Mrema, An Assessment of Stident's Environmental Attitudes and  Behaviors and the   Effectiveness of their School  Recycling Programs
Heather Reed, Evaluating Turtle Road  Mortality Mitigation: Identifying Knowledge Gaps  and public Attitudes

 

2007

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2006

Sean Anderson, How sustainable are emerging low-trophic level fisheries on the Scotian Shelf?
Alexi Baccardax, An Investigation of Temporal and Spatial Variations of Rocky Intertidal Communities along a Kraft Pulp Mill Pollution Gradient in Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada after Pollution Abatement
Erin Balser, A partial assessment of the sustainability of the University of King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Sonja Bhatia, Envirnmental Assesment of Trees on Dalhousie's Studley Campus and Adjacent Public Lands: an Examination of the Environmental Contribution of Dalhousie's Urban Forest.
Rory Cantwell, Natural Capital Appropriation and Health: Linkages between ecological footprint analysis and human health outcomes in the twenty most highly populated cities in Canada
Anna Cross, Monitoring Changes in the Bird population of Jeremy's Bay Campground in Kejimkujik National park and National Historic Site during an Insect Outbreak
Johanna Kalkreuth, Characterizing Post-hurricane Coarse Woody Debris(CWD) and Overstorey Data in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, NS.
Jesse MacLean, Riparian Buffers as Habitat for Forest Birds in Southwest Nova Scotia
Ana Morgan, People Power: A study on bicycle driven electrical generation
Christina Thomson, Protecting the Alpine Ecozone: A feasibility Study of Trail Construction and Maintenance on the Whistler Mountain, Jasper national Park, Alberta, Canada
Ericka Wicks, A Feasibility Analysis of a Canadian Plastic Bag Tax

2005

Megan Forward, An assessment of solid waste mangement practices in East Preston, Nova Scotia to investigate the prevalence of illegal waste burning in the community
Anita Ogaa, Evaluating Wetland Goods and Services: The Burnside Engineered Wetland
Lance Richardson-Prager, Metallurgic Engineer The Reasonable Standard of Care for Assessment and Disposal of Building Material Containing Lead-Impacted Paint

2004

Ainslee Emerson, (Poli 4600 Thesis) A Policy review: Do Canada's Oceans Act, Canada's Ocean Strategy and the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea create an effective framework for sustainablemarine fisheries in Canada?
Elizabeth Hendriks, Canadian Water Consumption: An Analysis of Federal Water Legislation and Policy in the Wake of Agenda 21
Sarah Malan, Urban Water Sector Reform: An Examination of Private Sector Participation

2003

2002

2001

2000