• Organic matter decomposition at a constructed fen in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region in Alberta, Canada 

  Coulas, Matthew (University of Waterloo, 2019-03-13)

  Resource mining and extraction in northern Alberta has resulted in substantial disturbances across a variety of ecosystems, including fen peatlands. Provincial regulations require companies to reclaim disturbed areas to ...

• Rethinking restoration ecology of tallgrass prairie: considering belowground components of tallgrass restoration in southern Ontario 

  Cray, Heather (University of Waterloo, 2019-03-13)

  Agriculture, urban development, and woody encroachment have reduced the North American tallgrass prairie ecosystem to less than 1% of its historical extent. The remnants of this now rare habitat are currently challenged ...

• Taking the Pulse of Canada's Industrial Food System 

  Koberinski, Jodi (University of Waterloo, 2019-01-31)

  In the context of catastrophic climate change, reducing climate implications of food systems is a central challenge. Shifting diets away from meat towards protein-rich pulses reduces climate change-related pressures while ...

• The feasibility of field based mechanical compression to reduce the capillary barrier effect and increase CO2 sequestration in a restored cutover peatland 

  Gauthier, Tasha-Leigh (University of Waterloo, 2019-01-28)

  Ten years after restoration was implemented at the Bois-des-Bel peatland (BdB) in Quebec, there was limited hydrological connectivity between the regenerated Sphagnum moss and the remnant cutover peat due to the formation ...

• Deeper Burning Increases Available Phosphorus, Promotes Moss Growth, and Carbon Dioxide Uptake in a Fen Peatland One-Year Post-Wildfire in Fort McMurray, AB 

  van Beest, Christine (University of Waterloo, 2019-01-25)

  Carbon storage in northern peatlands is estimated to be ~795 Tg, equivalent to ~40% of atmospheric CO2. Peatlands are dominant features of the Western Boreal Plains (WBP), which are experiencing a regime shift to a ...

• Climate Change Vulnerability of St Lucia Tourism 

  Sutton, Megan (University of Waterloo, 2019-01-24)

  The UN IPCC reports that global annual average temperature has increased by approximately 1°C since the pre-industrial era, and projects that it will rise up to 5.7°C by 2100, depending on the emissions scenario, leading ...

• "Because your environment is looking after you": The role of local knowledge in climate change adaptation in the Cook Islands 

  de Scally, Diamir (University of Waterloo, 2019-01-23)

  Pacific Island countries, like the Cook Islands, are often considered to be extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Changes in the frequency and intensity of climate-related hazards is expected to be one ...

• Exploring Risk Perception of an Emerging Environmental Health Risk: A case study of allergic disease in youth team sport in Ontario, Canada 

  Cardwell, Francesca S. (University of Waterloo, 2019-01-23)

  Asthma is the most common chronic disease among children worldwide, and approximately 3.8 million Canadians are diagnosed. Although the relationship is complex, participation in physical activity is recommended as part of ...

• An Exploratory Methodology for Quantifying Land-cover Patterns Along Permanent Open-water and Disturbance Levels for Large-Scale Wetland Reclamation 

  Ridge, Jennifer (University of Waterloo, 2019-01-23)

  Wetlands are multi-functional systems that provide a disproportionate number of ecosystem services given the spatial extent they occupy both nationally and globally. The ecological functioning of these wetlands is dependent ...

• Can the Caribbean Live within the Doughnut? Environmental and Social Performance of Five Island Nations 

  Jia, Wei (University of Waterloo, 2019-01-23)

  This study examines the social and environmental performance of five Caribbean nations (Trinidad & Tobago, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba) using the Safe and Just Space (SJS) framework proposed by Kate Raworth ...

• A Spatial Analysis of the Nansen Ice Shelf Basal Channel, Using Ice Penetrating Radar 

  Wray, Peter (University of Waterloo, 2019-01-21)

  The stability of floating ice shelves in the Antarctic is of great concern as their current thinning and future collapse will release mass from grounded ice sheets into the ocean, contributing to sea level rise. The study ...

• Light Rail Transit in the Region of Waterloo: A qualitative examination of urban rail’s effects on real estate, development and urban identities 

  Cook, Justin (University of Waterloo, 2019-01-11)

  Transit oriented development has become a staple of contemporary planning practice that is applied in cities throughout the world to help guide the development of sustainable, economic, and social outcomes in urban regions. ...

• Understanding scuba divers’ response to coral bleaching: An application of Protection Motivation Theory 

  Verkoeyen, Stephanie (University of Waterloo, 2019-01-07)

  Numerous studies have shown that healthy coral reefs are important to the dive experience. Thus, the expected increase in frequency and magnitude of coral bleaching events has the potential to alter global flows of dive ...

• Pedestrian Activity Model for prioritizing investment – A case study of sidewalk snow clearing in the City of Waterloo 

  Shinoda, Bishoi (University of Waterloo, 2019-01-07)

  This research emphasizes the needed integration for the empirical field of pedestrian modeling and the practical field of public works services. This is illustrated by focusing on the winter sidewalk maintenance delivery ...

• "It's Farcical!": Theories, Models, and Recommendations to Improve Public Consultations During Ontario School Closure Reviews 

  Jull, Mark (University of Waterloo, 2018-12-21)

  School closure review processes in Ontario are highly contested and deeply divisive. Though schools are central to their host communities, the closure review process largely ignores the community impacts. Existing research ...

• Preferential flowpaths and fertilizer placement influence subsurface P transport across soil textures and seasonal conditions 

  Grant, Kirsten (University of Waterloo, 2018-12-14)

  Agricultural tile drains are a source of phosphorus (P) contributing to eutrophication. Preferential flowpaths can rapidly transport P to tile drains, but their activation in different soil textures and under variable ...

• A Comparative Analysis of the Institutional Impact on the Green Bond Markets in India and China 

  Saravade, Vasundhara (University of Waterloo, 2018-12-07)

  Introduction: Climate finance has played a crucial role in addressing climate change impacts through the funding of various adaptation and mitigation efforts around the world. One such tool that has mobilized vast amounts ...

• Corporate Sustainability and Financial Performance of Bangladeshi Banks 

  Chowdhury, Rezaul Karim (University of Waterloo, 2018-12-07)

  Purpose- This study analyzes the connection between the sustainability performance and financial performance of Bangladeshi banks to ascertain whether the implementation of sustainability regulations has an impact on ...

• Community choices: Pathways to integrate renewable energy into indigenous remote community energy systems 

  Karanasios, Konstantinos (University of Waterloo, 2018-12-05)

  Community owned renewable energy generation (electricity and heat) is often associated with improving reliability and affordability of supply, increasing local wellbeing, empowering through new revenues, business opportunities ...

• Bioretention cells under cold climate conditions: Effects of freezing and thawing on water infiltration, soil structure, and nutrient removal 

  Ding, Brenden; Rezanezhad, Fereidoun; Gharedaghloo, Behrad; Van Cappellen, Philippe; Passeport, Elodie (Elsevier, 2019-02-01)

  Bioretention cells are a popular control strategy for stormwater volume and quality, but their efficiency for water infiltration and nutrient removal under cold climate conditions has been poorly studied. In this work, ...

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