School of Environmental Studies Undergraduate Theses
In ENSC 501 and 502, students work on their own independent research projects under the supervision of a faculty member in the School of Environmental Studies. In this course, students gain experience in the full range of activities involved in doing research, including project design, data analysis and interpretation, literature review, scientific writing, oral presentation and interactive collaboration with colleagues. Assessment is based in part on the submission and defense of a thesis.
Recent Submissions
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Low Effort Management of Basil (Ocimum basilicum) Growth in an Aeroponic System
(2018-05)Empowering individuals in high-density urban environments with the tools to affordably grow their own food with minimal effort could be a solution to sustainably increase global food security. Aeroponic farming could ... -
Review of ClearView™ Herbicide for Use in the Lennox and Addington County Management of Noxious Weeds
(2018-04-27)Wild Parsnip and Giant Hogweed are noxious and invasive weeds that can cause intense injury to humans that come into contact with them. To combat the issues caused by the pervasive spread of these plants in Ontario, ... -
Use of environmental DNA to investigate the distribution of microcystin-producing Microcystis in Eastern Ontario
(2018-05)The emergence and persistence of algae blooms, comprising multiple toxicity-producing cyanobacteria genera, pose great threats to aquatic environments, to many native species, and to human health. In Ontario, cyanobacteria ... -
Assessing Pet Rabbit Welfare Based on General Discussion on Human-Animal Relationship
(2018-05)Pets are popular worldwide, and more than half of human population keep pets. Cats and dogs have the highest percentage of being kept in households, and the population of rabbits is about one-tenth of cats or dogs. Humans’ ... -
Ecological Restoration on the Oak Ridges Moraine: in the context of provincial policies in the GTA
(2018)Conducted an qualitative analysis of ecological restoration (ER) on the Oak Ridges Moraine (ORM). Evaluated the evolution of ER practices from the inception of the Oak Ridges Moraine Act (ORMA) in 2001 to the recent ... -
Using Feminist Theories to Explore Human-animal Relationships: Pigeons in the City
(2017-04)The unequal human-animal relationships regard human beings as superior to other species. They exit in various kinds of human-animal interactions (i.e. our consumption of animal products, and our use of animals as tools or ... -
Evaluating the Impact of Geophysical Variables on the Bacterial Contamination of Private Wells in Southern Ontario
(2017-04-24)Bacterial contamination in groundwater is not often analyzed beyond local and regional scales. The presence of bacterial contaminants in the groundwater of southern Ontario has been observed, and several areas have been ... -
Forms of Arsenic in Sediments in Yellowknife Bay, NWT, Canada
(2017)One of the largest abandoned gold mines in the Northern Territories, Canada is Giant Mine, located on the north shore of Yellowknife Bay, 5km north of the Yellowknife City. Operating from 1949 to 1999, Giant Mine produced ... -
An Assessment of the Environmental Sustainability of the Canadian Beef and Dairy Industries
(2017)While the beef and dairy industries are amongst the most important sectors in Canadian agriculture, their environmental impacts and sustainability have been increasingly called into question. Cattle have been found to be ... -
Sustainable Transportation Planning: York Region as a Case Study
(2017-04)Increasing population and greater demand for convenient transportation has resulted in more vehicles and corresponding negative effects on society and the environment. As a result, sustainable transportation planning that ... -
Comparison of white and black spruce growth within the Boreal Forest-Tundra ecotone in the Northwest Territories
(2017-04-24)The current and predicted implications of climate change are one of the most pressing global issues we face today. There is a strong indication that forests, especially in northern ecozones such as the boreal forest, are ... -
An Assessment of the Influence of Industry Communication on Public Perception of Nuclear Energy: A Case Study of Pickering, Ontario
(2017-04-21)Increasing concerns over climate change have created a global resurgence in interest for the use of nuclear energy (World Nuclear Association, 2017). Canada is in a position to become a world leader in the nuclear industry; ... -
Policy factors influencing domestic food security for marginalized communities: Kingston, Ontario focus.
(2017-04-24)This paper investigates the influence of policies on domestic food security in Canada and their influence on the foods provided by food accessibility programs. Through a literature and documentary review, relevant policies ... -
The comparative toxicity of two Canadian diluted bitumens to developing yellow perch (Perca flavescens)
(2017-04-21)Increasing demand for diluted bitumen (dilbit) has led to the development of the Alberta oil sands industry and the expansion of current and future transcontinental pipelines. However, the growth of oil transportation has ... -
The use of coastal lagoon sediments to track the long-term hurricane history of Jamaica, West Indies
(2017-04)Long-term data are needed to properly assess the influence of anthropogenic climate change on Atlantic hurricane frequency, however hurricane records are inconsistent prior to the development of modern monitoring techniques. ... -
The impact of climate change on mycotoxin contamination in cereal grains and the implications for children’s health in Canada
(2017-04-18)Climate change is currently the most pressing environmental concern, especially for northern climatic regions like Canada. Climate change impacts a wide variety of environmental factors that in turn alter vegetative ... -
An assessment of mineral development adjacent to Kluane National Park and Reserve, Yukon
This study assessed the potential for competing land use along the boundaries of national parks in northern Canada to impact the wilderness character of these parks, using Kluane National Park and Reserve (KNPR) in the ... -
INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF GESTATIONAL EXPOSURE TO THE FLAME RETARDANT, TRIPHENYL PHOSPHATE, ON MATERNAL LIVER IN C57BL/6 MICE
(2016-04-07)Due to the recent banning of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE), the use of other flame retardants has increased, including triphenyl phosphate (TPP), an organophosphate ester flame retardant, which is contained in many ... -
Ecosystem-Based Management of Hydropower Facilities in the Bridge-Seton Watershed of British Columbia
Hydroelectric power has long been a cheap and easy source of renewable energy that is becoming more and more popular amid a world-wide transition to a low-carbon economy. However, hydropower facilities can have detrimental ...
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