Honours Theses

Undergraduates make significant contributions to the Department’s research output. These are often formative experiences for young scientists and professionals. Discover the quality and diversity of their work by browsing this list of titles with links to the corresponding thesis title page and abstract.

Undergraduate Honours Degree Research Projects

In the table below abstracts are available via author links. “Topics Involved” indicate types of disciplines involved in these research projects. Each was completed in April of the year indicated.

Degree

Year

Student Author

Title

envr

2020

Anna G. Doebeli

Analyzing Environmental Assessments & The Environmental Politics Of The Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project

ocgy/ geog

2020

Benjamin O’connor

Evaluating The Response Of An Arctic Ocean Model To An Observationally-Informed And Spatially Varied Distribution Of Vertical Mixing

geol

2020

Connor Lyons

The Illiance Valley Trend, Northern B.C: Implications For Silver-Bearing Mineralization In The Golden Triangle

geol

2020

Dylan W. Spence

Olivine In The Polaris Alaskan-Type Intrusion Of North-Central British Columbia: Implications For The Magmatic Evolution Of Primitive Arc Magmas And For Convergent Margin Ni-Cu-Pge Ore-Forming Systems

geol

2020

Eric D. J. Vandenburg

The E&L Magmatic Ni-Cu-(Pge) Deposit, Northwestern British Columbia: Preliminary Sulfide Petrology, Platinum-Group Element Mineralogy And Lead Isotope Systematics

envr

2020

Hanno Southam

Characterizing The Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Community Of Whitebark Pine (Pinus Albicaulis) In Mount Revelstoke And Glacier National Parks

ocgy/ biol

2020

Josianne Haag

Adsorption Of Dna To Iron Oxides

ocgy/ biol

2020

Kelsey A. Dougan

Juvenile Salmon Prey Consumption And Bioenergetics: Comparing Discovery Islands-Johnstone Strait Corridor And Rivers Inlet Feeding

geol

2020

Lars D. Gibbard

Deposit Scale Zonation In Sphalerite Colour And Chemistry In The Macmillan Pass Shms Deposits, Yukon – Implications For Deposit Genesis And Geometallurgy

ocgy

2020

Lori-Jon C. Waugh

Copper Speciation In The Strait Of Georgia

geoph

2020

Tyler Petillion

Ice-Shelf Uplift During Outburst flood Events Of Ice-Dammed Lakes; A Viscous Flexure Model

ocgy/ biol

2019

Alix Rommel

Effects Of Dissolved Silver On Two Diatom Species: Thalassiosira Oceanica And Thalassiosira Pseudonana

ocgy/ biol

2019

Elizabeth A. Smith

Characterization Of Seasonal Variation In Shell Dissolution In Limacina Helicina Pteropods In The Strait Of Georgia, Bc

geoph

2019

Meghan Sharp

Glacier-Volcano Interaction In The Katla Caldera: A Box Model Of Available Meltwater

envr

2019

Mika Miyamoto

Species Discovery Among British Columbia’s Fibre Cap Mushrooms: A More Complete Phylogeny Of The Inocybe “Praetervisa” Group

geol

2019

Rebecca Canam

Age, Petrology, And Geochemistry Of An Appinitic Lamprophyre, Hjalmar Lake, South Rae Craton, Nt

envr

2019

Shannon Bell

Pacific Northwest Black Cottonwood Populations Exhibit Negative Linear Association Between Conventional Chilling Temperatures And Bud Break Date

geol

2019

Taylor Ledoux

Thallium Mineralogy Of The Taron Epithermal Cesium Deposit: Implications For Economics, Mining, Metallurgy And The Environment

ocgy/ biol

2019

Veronica Pagowski

An Investigation Into The Epidemiology And Genetics Of Erythrocytic Necrosis Virus (Env) In The Coastal North Pacific Ocean