Graduate Theses



We will be moving to an e-thesis model for final submission of Ph.D. and Masters level theses as of May 1, 2011.  Students defending from that point onward will be expected to file their final thesis via Digital Commons on the library website. 

Digital Commons Geography & Earth Sciences Theses

Information for PhD Students

The following information is for PhD students who are close to defending.

Below are the defense scheduling timetable and urls that contain important information on the defense process and deadlines.

 

PH.D. Theses

2012

Andrew Clark, Understanding determinants of active travel Any interested faculty members and graduate students can attend.

Kate Mulligan, Dengue and Development: A Critical Political Ecology

Madeline Lee, Curvatura analysis of aeromagnetic data for geological intrepretation and quality control

Liliana DeMiglio, Sustaining Palliative care teams that provide home-based care using a shared care model.

Aman Gill, Changing Marketing Strategies in the Canadian Housebuilding Industry: From Mass Production and Mass Markets towards Niche Markets and Consumer Segmentation, c. 1945 - 2000

Iris Lenauer, Structural Analysis And 3d Kinematic Restoration Of The Southern Sudbury Basin, Ontario.

Kath Fisher, Health Status and the Determinants Shaping Health in a Canadian Old Order Mennonite Community

Sara Edge, The socio-spatial construction and negotiation of knowledge, power and influence in the governance of environmental health risks from toxic chemicals in Canada

Sandra Micucci, Social Capital and Health in Multiple Communities: A Mixed Methods Study

Dan Thompson, Wildfire impacts on peatland ecohydrology

 

 

Master Theses

2012

Jeanette Eby, MA., Gathering Places And Neighbourhood Sense Of Place: Exploring Single Women’s Experiences Across The Life Course

Claire Atkins, MA., Revitalizing Hamilton’s Heart: Business Owners and the Prospects for King Street Downtown

Nwanneoma Ngonadi, M.Sc., Using PLFA to constrain microbial distribution related to S cycling in oil sands composite tailings during reclamation

Alex Fitzgerald, MSc., Calculating the groundwater contribution of phosphorus and nitrogen to a small urban stream, Barrie, Ontario

Tom Lavery, MA.,The Justice of Urban Change: Assessing the Sustainability and Justice of Urban Change Using an Integrated Urban Model

Benjamin Garden, MA., Telecommuting Travel Behavior: Examining the Influence of Work Status On Distance and Mode Choice in the National Capital Region

Steven Baisley, M.Sc., Effect of Drying Induced Afforestation on Peatland Ecohyrdrology Implications for Wildfire Vulnerability

Kristina Cimaroli, MA., The Frequency of Blood Donation in Canada: An Exploration of Individual and Contextual Determinants

Jenny Cho, MA., Exploring the Health and Health Care Experiences of Refugee and Refugee Claimant Women in Hamilton, Ontario: A Qualitative Study

Martin Clark, M.Sc., Deformation in Fossil and Active Convergent Tectonic Regions: Examples from Sudbury, Ontario and Rhodes, Greece.

Michelle Molon, M.Sc. Quantitative, Non-destructive Estimates of Forest Coarse Root Biomass Using 3-D Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR).

Adrian Klisz, MA. The Effects of Augmented Reality Computing on Microgenetic Developments of Place in Unfamiliar Spaces

Kate Stephenson, M.Sc. Seasonal Sulfur Biogeochemistry of Oil Sands Composite Tailings Undergoing Fen Reclamation

Kim Devotta, MA., The Role of Care Environments in the Experience of Breast Cancer Care

Yui Hashimoto, MA., “Understanding experiences of food insecurity for lone mothers in Hamilton, Ontario”

Jarin Esita MA., “Accessibility And The Allocation Of Clinic Resources To Optimize Blood Donor Yield A Case Study of the Hamilton CMA”

Fallon, M.Sc. “Multi-Frequency Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) Study of GlaciofluvialOutwash Deposits, Limehouse, Ontario”