School of Environmental Studies Graduate Projects
Projects submitted by Environmental Studies graduate students, in the Course-based Master's program, in partial fulfillment of the degree requirements.
Recent Submissions
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A Review of the Potential Concerns Regarding In Utero Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds (BTEX) in Household Paints
(2014-05-22)Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are found ubiquitously throughout the environment. Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene, a combination also known as BTEX, are common VOCs found indoors. In particular, these compounds ... -
Canopy Height Modeling for Improved Forest Biomass Inventory
(2013-09-13)In Ontario, an up-to-date forest biomass inventory is critical for forest management decisions and to ensure sustainable development. Due to recent pressures of climate change, economic downturns, and rising energy prices, ... -
Threats, Monitoring, and Policy to Present and Future Climate Change from Algonquin Park (Ontario, Canada) to the Adirondack Park (New York, United States)
(2013-05-30)Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions have been steadily increasing since the Industrial Revolution. The release of greenhouse gases and the results in changes in global climate have made it a challenge for parks and ... -
Risk of Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Project to Eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus)
(2013-04-29)Eulachon, (Thaleichthys pacificus), is an anadromous species that spawns in the Kitimat River, British Columbia. The proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline travels alongside this waterway and will put this species ... -
Comparing Two Remediation Alternatives for Diesel-Contaminated Soil in the Arctic Using Life Cycle Assessment
(2012-10-09)Contaminated sites in the Arctic pose risks to the environment and human health, and provide a major challenge to scientists attempting to carry out remediation on these sites. This project examines background information ... -
20/20 Hindsight: Examining the challenges of implementing an SEA-type policy framework in Ottawa, Ontario
(2012-04-24)Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) is a policy tool for creating environmentally and socially responsible policies, plans and programs. This unconventional policy development tool presents challenges to governing ... -
Considerations in Intervention Design to Reduce Indoor Air Pollution from Cooking with Biomass
(2011-06-13)The compilation of the two chapters of this report ultimately conveys an optimistic message, albeit one threaded with caution. Chapter 1 expounds the impact of those more common interventions on particulate emissions and ... -
A review and evaluation of treatment technologies for arsenic-contaminated groundwater in Bangladesh
(2011-06-13)Arsenic poisoning due to contaminated groundwater in Bangladesh was first discovered in 1993. Over 90% of the people in Bangladesh rely on groundwater as their major source of drinking water which has caused roughly 33 ... -
Community-Based Environmental Monitoring in Stream Ecosystems: Pointing the way to Sustainable Salmon Management on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
(2011-06-13)Community-based environmental monitoring activities are increasing across Canada. In these activities, organizations undertake the assessment of a specific ecosystem attribute, such as a species or a species assemblage, ... -
GARDENING TELLING THINKING: GARDENING AND GARDEN NARRATIVE AS PHENOMENOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION
(2011-06-13)This project weaves personal narrative with gardening and the thinking of philosopher Martin Heidegger, and although it takes place in a vegetable garden its purpose is larger. I begin as a feminist believing that new ways ...
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