ESS Student Work

We're excited to showcase some of the great work our ESS students have created here.  

ESS Honours Thesis Posters

2021-22

• "'Drawing the Line: A Media Analysis of the Relationship between Art and Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution in Colombia" [19.6 MB] by Maria Brightman, BA Combined Honours in Environment, Sustainability and Society (ESS) and International Development Studies. Supervised by Dr. Nissim Mannathukkaren, Department of International Development Studies.
  
  
• "Growing Pains: The Social Role of Community and Urban Gardens During the COVID-19 Pandemic" [396 KB] by Addie Burkam, BA Combined Honours in Environment, Sustainability and Society (ESS) and International Development Studies. Supervised by Elizabeth Fitting, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology.
  
  
• "Environmental Attitudes in Dalhousie's ESS Program: A Quantitative Analysis" [730 KB] by Jessica Cholette-Barr, BA Combined Honours in Environment, Sustainability and Society (ESS) and Contemporary Studies. Supervised by Laurel Schut, College of Sustainability.
  
  
• "Interference Experienced by Environmental Researchers Based on Identity Factors" [731 KB] by Samantha Chu, BMGT in Environment, Sustainability and Society (ESS). Supervised by Dr. Alana Westwood, School for Resource and Environmental Studies.
  
  
• "Dérangement and the 2020 South Shore Lobster Dispute: A New Acadian History of Nationalism, Identity, and the Maritime Fisheries" [462 KB] by Anna Gaudet, BA Combined Honours in Environment, Sustainability and Society (ESS) and History. Supervised by Dr. William Langford, Department of History.
  
  
• "Engaging Children with the Outdoors Through Free-Choice Learning: An Examination of Discovery Packs at Royal Botanical Gardens" [4 MB] by Megan Haley, BSc Combined Honours in Environment, Sustainability and Society (ESS) and Environmental Science. Supervised by Dr. Tarah Wright, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences.
  
  
• "Reconciliation in Action: An Analysis of Canadian National Healing Forests" [698 KB] by Margaret McLennon, BA Combined Honours in Environment, Sustainability and Society (ESS) and International Development Studies. Supervised by Dr Lisa Binkley, Department of History.
  
  
• "In the Eye of the Storm: Investigating the Relationship Between the Climate Conflict Nexus and Child Soldier Recruitment" [287 KB] by Julia Price, BA Combined Honours in International Development Studies and Environment, Sustainability and Society (ESS). Supervised by Andrew Bergel, Department of Political Science.
  
  
• "Halifax Noise Study: Resident Perceptions into Noise Annoyance" [420 KB] by Kayla S. Rekowski, BA Combined Honours in Environmental Science and Environment, Sustainability and Society (ESS). Supervised by Dr. Daniel Rainham, Faculty of Health.
  
  
• "Ecotourism as a Climate Adaptation Tool: Perspectives from Local Tourism Stakeholders in Lunenburg" [2 MB] by Weiyu Shi, BSc Combined Honours in Environment, Sustainability and Society (ESS) and Environmental Science. Supervised by Dr. Georgia Klein, College of Sustainability.
  
  
• "Evaluating the 17 SDGs within the Nova Scotia Grade 10 Curriculum" [482 KB] by Kaia Williams, BA Combined Honours in Environment, Sustainability and Society (ESS) and Spanish and Latin American Studies. Supervised by Heather Cray, School of Resource and Environmental Studies.

2020-21

• "Uprooted in Place: Third Culture Kids & Migrant Movement Implications" [2.6 MB] by Erin Applebe, BA Combined Honours in History and Environment, Sustainability and Society (ESS). Supervised by Dr. Lisa Binkley, Department of History.
  
  
• "An Intersectional Analysis Of Canadian International Development NGOs Approaches To Disability" [759 KB] by Juliana Luiker, BA Combined Honours in Environment, Sustainability and Society (ESS) and Sociology. Supervised by Professor David Black, Department of Political Science.
   
• "Exploring Capacities for Resilience in Response to a Pandemic: Impacts of COVID-19 on Local Food Organizations in Nova Scotia" [451 KB] by Maggie Morrison, BA Combined Honours in Environment, Sustainability and Society (ESS) and International Development Studies. Supervised by Laurel Schut, College of Sustainability.
   
• "The Role of Geography in Life Cycle Assessments of Grain Production" [323 KB] by Anne Overgaard-Thomsen, BSc Combined Honours in Environment, Sustainability and Society (ESS) and Biology. Supervised by Dr. Peter Tyedmers, School for Resource and Environmental Studies.
   
• "Past Due: Addressing Exploitative Migrant Farm Labour in a Post Pandemic Ontario" [361 KB] by Brendan Petrasek, BA Combined Honours Enviroment, Sustainability and Society (ESS) and International Development Studies. Supervised by Dr. Matthew Schnurr, Department of International Development.
   
• "Sustainability at Sea: A Study On The Integration of Environmentally Sustainable Initiatives from Canada’s Defence Policy in the Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships Project" [930 KB] by Madeleine Stinson, Honours Equivalent Bachelor of Management, Environment, Society, & Sustainability (ESS). Supervised by Andrew Bergel, Department of Political Science.
   
• "Decision Support Tools to Support Aquaculture Development in Nova Scotia With case studies in Liverpool Bay and Main-a-dieu" [410 KB] by Nicole Torrie, BSc Combined Honours in Environment, Society & Sustainability (ESS) and Environmental Science. Supervised by Dr. Jon Grant, Department of Oceanography.

ESS Honours Program Theses

You can find full honours theses from the ESS Undergraduate Honours program at the College of Sustainability's online DalSpace collection.