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Theses and Dissertations by U of T Students

Tspace thesis and dissertation collection.

•   U of T Doctoral Theses Collection (2009 – current)
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Catalogue Access to U of T Theses and Dissertations

• An Advanced Search of the Catalogue with Format set to Thesis retrieves Master’s and Doctoral Theses in the  U of T Library collection.

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses @ University of Toronto Database

• Searching the ProQuest customized database retrieves theses and dissertations by U of T students.

How can I find a University of Toronto thesis?

There are a few options available to you:

• You can check  TSpace , the university's research repository. TSpace holds Masters theses and Doctoral dissertations from 2009 onwards as well as some older digitized materials.  
• You can check Library and Archives Canada Thesis Portal   that contains many electronic theses and dissertations from the University of Toronto  
• You can search Dissertations & Theses: Full Text (ProQuest).  
• You can search the library catalogue. Once you have done a keyword search for your topic, you can use the 'Format' category to the left to filter just the theses.You will first need to click on 'Books' - if there are theses available, they will be displayed. You could also use 'thesis' as one of your keywords in your search.  
• Older dissertations and theses are available through the University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services (UTARMS) The Archives holds Masters theses from 1897 - 1989 and Doctoral theses from 1900 - 1985. https://discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/university-of-toronto-archives-and-records-management-services  :

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School of Graduate Studies

Electronic theses & dissertations: faqs.

1. If I publish a paper as a graduate student at U of T, can it still be used as part of my thesis?

Yes, we do allow graduate students to include research published in a conference, book, or journal as part of their thesis; indeed, this has become standard practice in many disciplines. It is important, however, to be aware of copyright issues. When you have your research published, you usually sign some type of agreement with the publisher. You should read that agreement carefully before signing, making sure you understand and agree with the terms and conditions. If you don’t, you may want to request changes to the agreement to ensure you can use the material in your thesis. The agreement should be explicit about what future rights of use you retain. If you want to include the material in a dissertation, the best way is to retain your copyright.

2. If I publish a paper as a lapsed graduate student and am currently working at another university, can I still use this publication as part of my thesis later on? Do I have to be enrolled at the time of publication?

Any thesis research or data collection must be done as a registered University of Toronto graduate degree student and not as an employee at another institution. A publication on work done while a registered student that you submit while lapsed may be included in the thesis subject to the approval of your department and SGS.

Keep in mind that as a registered graduate student you own or co-own the intellectual property that you create as part of your work for academic credit; however, if you are employed for the purpose of doing the work, the work usually belongs to your employer.

3. Does the University have any rules concerning a joint paper as part of a thesis at U of T?

Scholarship is often pursued through collaboration with other scholars and researchers so intellectual property can be jointly created and jointly owned; this is usually the case in laboratory sciences where research is often the result of group interaction. There are no clear rules concerning how much or what kind of contribution is required in a joint (co-authored) paper if it is to be part of a thesis; this should be determined in conjunction with the supervisor and/or the graduate unit.

Joint (co-authored) papers may be included as part of your thesis if intellectual property issues are worked out in advance and approval is sought from your graduate unit. In all cases of joint publication, there should be a statement in the thesis explaining the nature of the collaboration and the contribution of the thesis author. Note however, the University of Toronto does not permit joint (co-authored) theses.

Submission Criteria & Procedures

4. When is my thesis ready to be submitted to SGS?

Once your thesis is in final, defended, corrected, approved form, it is ready to submit. Be sure that your thesis, ETD meets the technical and production requirements. (See the Formatting web page). You will find the checklist on this page helpful.

5. How do I submit an Electronic Thesis/Dissertation (ETD)?

Follow the online instructions on the digital library repository .

6. Do I still need to submit a paper copy?

Maybe. SGS does not require a paper copy, but your department or graduate unit may require you to provide a bound paper copy or copies. Please check with them.

7. If I need to submit a bound copy to my department, where should I go?

If you require a binding service, you may contact the U of T Bookstore Thesis Services . This is only an option; you may use any binding service that you prefer.

Electronic Thesis: Advantages

8. What are the advantages of submitting an electronic thesis?

Electronic theses have many advantages. ETD submissions will be on line in full colour, while microfiche and digitized versions of paper theses were processed in black and white only. ETD submissions allow the author to retain the highest quality of embedded images. In addition to the principle text-based PDF thesis file, ETD submissions can also include supplementary files in a variety of formats, enriching the text-based thesis in ways not possible with a paper submission.

In addition, accessibility and ease of use are greatly improved, better achieving the goal of enriching the world with the knowledge that your work has produced. For you personally, citation rates have been found to increase dramatically, and plagiarism of your work is inhibited because it could be so readily detected.

Documentation

9. What documentation is needed?

Paper copies of the following documents must be handed in to the Doctoral Examinations Office or the Master’s Office at the School of Graduate Studies in order to be authorized to submit an ETD:

• Restrict Release form signed by the chair of your department is required if an embargo/restriction is to be placed on the release date of your ETD
• written confirmation (email is fine) of completion of editorial corrections or minor revisions specified by a doctoral final oral examination committee.

10. Are there specific formatting requirements?

Yes. Please see the Formatting page. There is also a file naming convention that you must follow.

11. How do I create a PDF file of my thesis?

A PDF conversion tool is included in the digital library repository . Adobe Acrobat writer or Acrobat Professional software (or other PDF writer programs) are required. University of Toronto Libraries (416-978-4357) has computers equipped for PDF conversion. Your department may also be able to provide you access to PDF conversion software. Student versions of Adobe Acrobat software can be purchased at the Computer Shop of the U of T Bookstore. Other PDF authoring software is also available online for little or no cost.

12. What if I need help formatting my thesis?

First, see the Formatting web page; the template may solve your problems. Colleagues are an obvious source of information, and the Doctoral Examinations Office or the Master’s Office can assist you or direct you to further help. Technical support is available through the digital library repository .

The Information Commons at Robarts Library, 416-978-4292 or [email protected] , has computers equipped with all the software you need. Staff there are knowledgeable about most of the issues you may encounter.

OISE students will find the necessary equipment and software in the OISE library; staff can provide assistance. Workshops may also be planned. OISE students can inquire at the registrar’s office, 416-978-1639, or the OISE library.

13. I want to use previously published material in my thesis. What permission is needed?

Please see the Copyright  page.

14. When will my ETD be available online?

ETD submissions are available on the ProQuest website approximately five to six weeks following your convocation, and at  T-Space a few weeks after that. Your thesis will be part of the T-Space collection at the library and part of the National Library of Canada’s collection.

Changing ETDs

15. What if I notice mistakes and/or changes that need to be made after submitting my ETD?

Contact the Doctoral Examinations Office or the Master’s Office , respectively, for a doctoral or master’s thesis issue. A correction or change can only be made with the authorization of SGS prior to the release of your thesis after convocation, and it may require the written approval of your supervisor. Your ETD must be the approved, final version of your thesis. You will not be able to make a change to your thesis once the thesis has been released after convocation.

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Master of Information Theses

Last Updated: April 27, 2022, 3:02 PM ET

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These bibliographies are compiled and updated by the Inforum / Learning Hub.

This bibliography lists all known theses and final research papers produced by students as an optional degree requirement for the following degree designations:

• Master of Information (MI): 2010–present
• Master of Information Studies (MISt): 1995–2010
• Master of Information Science (MIS): 1988–1998
• Master of Library Science (MLS): 1963–1995

Links to electronic and print copies of theses are provided where available. Up until 2009, the Inforum / Learning Hub collected print archival copies of completed theses.

Theses Directory (by Author Last Name)

To use the directory below, please select the first letter of the author’s last name:

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Abrishamkar, Sadra. (2013). Goal-oriented know-how mapping (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Ali, Natasha. (2011). Information and decision making processes leading to corporate failure: Enron and red flags (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Ambler, Scott William. (1994). The design of a portable meeting enhancement tool (MIS research report). University of Toronto.

Anderson, Milo Taylor. (2014). Bread or circuses? Parsing representative and representational democratic discourse on U.S. political blogs (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Athanasiu, Eva. (2016). Survivance stories: Indigenous resistance and cultural labour in Canada (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Austin, Zubin. (1997). The pharmaceutical industry and disease state management : An information strategy in context (MIS research report). University of Toronto.

Babcock, Glenys. (1979). The influence of selected reading materials on school children’s attitudes toward Canadian Indians (MLS research report). University of Toronto.

Batts, Michael. (1974). On the feasibility of citation indexes in the humanities (MLS research report). University of Toronto. 1974.

Beckman, Margaret. (1969). Documentation system for the organization of government publications within a university library (MLS thesis). University of Toronto.

Bélanger, Marie-Eve. (2010). The annotative practices of graduate students: tensions & negotiations fostering and epistemic practice (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Benjamin, Alison. (2010). Making conformance work (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Bialkowski, Voytek (2011). Navigating textual space (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Boa, Krista. (2003). Smart card, weak effort?: Consultation in the Ontario smart card project (MISt thesis). University of Toronto. Alternatively, find it on ProQuest .

Boon, Natalie. (1998). Faculty adoption of computer and Internet technology in environmental studies at the University of Toronto (MISt research report). University of Toronto.

Bowles, George E. (1983). The validity of historio-bibliography in the developing sciences : The case of library science (MLS research report). University of Toronto.

Brown, Barbara E. (1968). Records and procedures in the technical services department of the Library of Parliament (MLS thesis). University of Toronto.

Burt-D’Agnillo, Madelin. (2023). Getting coached: The information experience of life coaching clients (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Burwasser, Suzanne M. (1973). Some characteristics of library science periodicals : An investigation of authorship, subject matter, and citations (MLS research report). University of Toronto.

Callahan, Alison Victoria. (2009). Contextual cocitation: Augmenting cocitation analysis and its applications (MISt thesis). University of Toronto. Alternatively, find it on ProQuest .

Camisso, Jamon. (2010). Embedding metadata: Exploring the ontology of hybrid digital material object (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Carrier, Lois Jacqueline. (1968). Undergraduate use of reserve material in six selected subjects (MLS research report). University of Toronto.

Carter, Rodney George Simpson. (2005). The other archives : The archival value of photographs of anonymous people (MISt thesis). University of Toronto. Alternatively, find it on ProQuest .

Chan, Juliana. (1995). An evaluation of displays of bibliographic records in OPACs in Canadian academic and public libraries (MIS research report). University of Toronto.

Chan, Sharly. (2018). Canadian Privacy Advocacy Groups and Bill C-51 (MI Thesis). University of Toronto.

Chang, Li. (1995). Query language translation for multiple retrieval systems (MIS research report). University of Toronto.

Chien, Elise H. M. (2005). Informing and involving newcomers online : Users’ perspectives of Settlement.org (MISt thesis). University of Toronto. Alternatively, find it on ProQuest .

Chui, Victoria. (2023). Towards human-centered models in healthcare: Development of practical applications for surgical wards (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Cocca, Christopher. (2007). Towards improved visual support for i* modelling (MISt thesis). University of Toronto. Alternatively, find it on ProQuest .

Colquhoun, Joan. (1978). An exploratory bibliometric analysis of the literature of music history (MLS research report). University of Toronto.

Conte, Sho. (2019). Design and evaluation of an interactive tactile aid to support older adults’ adoption of technology (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Coons, Virginia (Ginger). (2011). Colour standardization: Its past and a possible future (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Cooper, Danielle. (2011). “Big gay library”: Ethnography of the Pride Library at UWO (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Cross, Trevor. (2023). A tailored fit: Design and evaluation of a website structure self-tailoring option for older adults (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Cybulski, Alexander. (2014). Playing spy games: A surveillant platform study of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Cyr, Sylvio. (2009). The effect of personality differences, knowledge types, and sharing targets on the psychological costs and benefits perceived in knowledge sharing decision situations (MISt thesis). University of Toronto. Alternatively, find it on ProQuest .

Czajkowski, Katrine (Katy). (2021). Patients’ information uses in an online health community (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

D’Angelo, Maria Elisabeth. (2001). Chained books, disciplined readers: Exploring the institutional context of reading (MISt research report). University of Toronto.

De Angelis, Inessa. (2024). Torrential Twitter: Climate change, female politicians, and harassment . (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Deng, Xiao Xue. (2006). Intentional modeling for enterprise architecture: Managing knowledge about “why” to support change (MISt thesis). University of Toronto. Alternatively, find it in on ProQuest .

Detlor, Brian T. (1994). An integrative approach to determining information needs and uses: A case study of a natural gas marketing firm (MIS research report). University of Toronto.

Di Monte, Lauren. (2015). The blinking eye: Biometrics and the technologization of privacy (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Dishy, Aaron. (2018). Swalling misandry a survey of the discourse strategies of the r/ the Red Pill on Reddit (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Dockstator, Michael. (2019). Administrative intelligence: Exploring balanced Human-AI decision-making relationships in Canadian administrative contexts (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Dow, Rustam. (2012). The impact of end-user support on electronic medical record success in Ontario primary care: A critical case study (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Dube, Richard J. (1983). Determining the roles of the monograph in a developing discipline: A citation analysis of the monograph literature in the Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1970-1981 (MLS research report). University of Toronto.

Duncan, James. (2019). Negotiating citizenship: Mediatized migration and the Canadian data border (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Dupuis, Rachel M. (2001). “Touch her right here” versus “him and his G-spot”: How different are portrayals of the opposite sex in men’s and women’s magazines? (MISt research report). University of Toronto.

Dutton, Ian R. (1979). The communication of technological innovation through literature: An investigation to determine how information about technological innovation diffuses through literature until it reaches the literature of library and information science (MLS research report). University of Toronto.

Ekeh, Bryan. (2023). The guidance signal building algorithm: A method to guide neural abstractive summarization (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Evans, Ferrin (Scott). (2022). “Next Stop, Sagville”: Covid-19, Precarious Labour and Queer Post/Memory on Fire Island (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Evans, Karen. (1982). York University Libraries contingency planning manual: A guide to construction and implementation (MLS research report). University of Toronto.

Fichter, Darlene. (1987). Report of an exploratory study investigating the non-resident use of public library collections (MLS research report). University of Toronto.

Foster, H. Marie. (1977). An investigation into the philosophical models of librarianship conveyed to students in professional schools of library science (MLS research report). University of Toronto.

Fournier-Tombs, Eleonore. (2013). A new architecture of the public sphere: Online deliberation at the Liberal Party of Canada’s 2011 Extraordinary Convention (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Fraser, Darla Ellen. (2004). Information, parenting, and childhood development (MISt thesis). University of Toronto. Alternatively, find it on ProQuest .

Frohmann, Bernd Peter. (1981). A bibliometric analysis of the literature of cataloguing and classification (MLS research report). University of Toronto.

Furness, Colin David. (1999). Paper versus computer screen presentation: Quality and credibility judgements of text documents (MISt research report). University of Toronto.

Gamba Bari, Antonio. (2010). Critical assessment of customization discourse in information systems design (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Ghajar-Khosravi, Shadi. (2008). An evaluation of systems for presenting, endorsing, and evaluating credentials in online communities (MISt thesis). University of Toronto. Alternatively, find in on ProQuest .

Gignac, Patrick. (1994). A design of evaluative tools for bibliographic retrieval search sets in on-line public access catalogues (MLS research report). University of Toronto.

Gottlieb, Lisa. (2000). User preferences in the classification of electronic bookmarks: Implications for a shared system (MISt research report). University of Toronto.

Govindarajan, U. (1993). Students’ perceptions of the library and computer lab support at the Faculty of Library and Information Science, University of Toronto (MIS research report). University of Toronto.

d’Haenens, Leen. (1989). Machine translation of non-literary texts (MIS research report). University of Toronto.

Hamilton, Evan. (2015). Open for reporting: An exploration of open data and journalism in Canada (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Haehnel, Christopher (Kit). (2023). Intimate Monsters: On Disorder, Trans* Embodiment, and Futurity (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Hance, Jennifer. (1996). Evaluation of the print and electronic resources of the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit (MIS research report). University of Toronto.

Harpham, Bruce Thomas. (2009). The role of civil society organizations in the net neutrality debate in Canada and the United States (MISt thesis). University of Toronto. Alternatively, find it in print .

Harris, Gwen. (1994). Business case justification for special libraries (MLS research report). University of Toronto.

Haythornthwaite, Caroline. (1992). Communication patterns of a co-located academic research group (MIS research report). University of Toronto.

Hilts, Andrew. (2011). A knowledge structuring framework to support the design of social media for online deliberation (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Howarth, Lynne. (1979). The function of bibliographic searching in the organization of technical services: A study of five medium-sized academic libraries in Ontario (MLS research report). University of Toronto.

Imam, Halle. (2021). Resequencing identity: African Americans and direct-to-consumer genetic testing (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Jiang, Dongwei. (1993). The methods of analyzing retrieved document sets in information retrieval (MIS research report). University of Toronto.

Jiang, Zhuoran. (2019). Modeling for social network privacy design (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Johnston, Anne Wall. (1978). Retrieval comparison of title keywords vs controlled vocabulary in the subject field of alcoholism (MLS research report). University of Toronto.

Kabakova, Polina. (2019). Monitoring the short-term outcomes of project-based UXD community-engaged learning courses (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Kabir, Imran. (2008). Representation and reorganization of Web accessibility guidelines using goal graphs and design patterns (MISt thesis). University of Toronto. Alternatively, find it on print .

Kalirai, Manveer. (2022). The Discoverability of Intelligent Personal Assistant Skills through Voice Interfaces (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Kanarek, Damian R. (1996). Internet content and access control of obscene and offensive materials: Canadian analysis of the present situation and predictions for the future (MIS research report). University of Toronto.

Kirby, Penney P. (1997). A preliminary evaluation of the peer support, information and referral service at Willow: The Ontario Breast Cancer Support and Resource Centre (MISt research report). University of Toronto.

Klinger, Jessica. (2021). Information-seeking drug professionals: Information practices of peer harm reduction workers in Toronto (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Knapp, Margaret Elizabeth Douglas (Basterfield). (1963). Use of films in Canadian libraries (MLS thesis). University of Toronto.

Krauss, Armin Martin. (2010). Dynamic categorization: What we can learn from the emergent arrangement of physical artifacts in libraries (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Kruus, Kaia. (1993). A proposed interface design for a multi-target database searcher (MIS research report). University of Toronto.

Kwok-Chung-Yee, Lily. (1993). A dynamic help program for recommending moves in online searching (MIS research report). University of Toronto.

Lam, Margaret. (2011). Online music knowledge (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Lamont, Laura E. (2024). Information Outdoors: Exploring the Information Behaviour of Hobby Campers . (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Langdon, Graeme Hamish. (2012). The info-immersive modalities of film documentarian and inventor Roman Kroitor (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Lauder, Adam. (2006). Marketing subjects: Bertram Brooker and the vitalist construction of consumer subjectivity (MISt thesis). University of Toronto. Alternatively, find it on ProQuest .

Lee, Chun Hin Justine. (2022). VRNNGAN: A recurrent vae-gan framework for synthetic time-series generation (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Lee, Sze Hang. (2015). A bibliometric analysis of the field of records management: A case study of Records Management Journal, 1989-2013 (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Li, Thomas. (1994). Vocabulary Assistance System (VAS): Development and evaluation of a multiple thesaurus system (MIS research report). University of Toronto.

Li, Yunpeng. (2016). Word representation using a deep neural network (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Lim, Jungeun (June). (2021). Gendered voices in Japanese popular music: A data-driven analysis (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Liu, Tianyi (Tina). (2022). Shared Affects: Chinese Canadian Engagement & Community Building in Subtle Asian Traits (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Luk, Annie T. (1996). Evaluating bibliographic displays from the users’ point of view: A focus group study (MIS research report). University of Toronto.

Mackwood, Daniel J. (2017). Wholesale broadband access and regulatory appeals in the Canadian telecommunications industry: An institutional analysis (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

MacLean, Mora. (1979). The use and adaptation of Canadiana subject heading copy in a sample of catalogues (MLS research report). University of Toronto.

Mahetaji, Kaushar. (2022). The Platformization of TikTok: Examining TikTok’s Boundary Resources (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Mather, David. (1992). A natural language interface to support queries of bibliographic and fulltext databases (MIS research report). University of Toronto.

Mathisen, Emily. (2010). A textual analysis of book reviews of critically acclaimed and chick lit novels, 1998-2008 (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Matz, Robert. (2022). Affect and art: the Emotional labor of the Instagram follower (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Mazloomi, Rod. (2023). Exploring the conversations of a motivational interviewing Chatbot: A topic modeling approach (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

McCaughey, Steve. (1990). Impact of a proposed time and attendance system on a retail company (MIS research report). University of Toronto.

McCord, Curtis. (2016). Making digital polity spaces: Encoding democracy into information systems (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

McDiarmid, Mary. (2004). Survey of hospital library managers’ attitudes toward volunteers in Ontario hospital libraries (MISt thesis). University of Toronto. Alternatively, find it on ProQuest .

McKee, Penelope. (1980). Weeding the Forest Hill branch of Toronto Public Library by the Slote method: A test case (MLS research report). University of Toronto.

McKenna, Christine. (2021). Canadian election integrity initiatives and domestic disinformation: Investigating the 2019 Canadian federal election across sectors (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

McKnight, Kirsten J. (2001). The information needs of bone marrow recipients, family and friends: A list-serv compared with traditional resources (MISt research report). University of Toronto.

Mersereau, Michel. (2015). The abiotic Internet: Internet mediation through organizational practice at Na-Me-Res (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Merriman, Vinca Sachi. (2017). Not just roleplay: How rules shape identity exploration and community creation in LARP and tabletop games (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Michaud, Michael. (1978). Obsolescence and scatter: A synchronous citation analysis (MLS research report). University of Toronto.

Mittermeyer, Diane. (1977). The literature of library science administration: A citation analysis (MLS research report). University of Toronto.

Moneta, Aurelia. (1988). User reaction to an online search assistance system (MIS research report). University of Toronto. Find it in the Canadian Journal of Information Science, 14 (September 1989): 16-31.

Moon, Seh Young (Erina). (2022). Towards Better Algorithms for the Public Sector: Developing Computational Narrative Analysis Methodology to Unpack Biases in Child Welfare Systems (MI Thesis). University of Toronto.

Nangalama, Martha Leah. (1995). Computers in retail stores: Point of sale technology and cashier work (MIS research report). University of Toronto.

Nasser, Nikoo. (2012). Goal structuring of a knowledge domain (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Nauman, Laura L. (1993). The adoption of electronic mail in social service agencies: A case study (MIS research report). University of Toronto.

Niles, Rebecca. (2012). Thresholds of engagement: Integrating image-based digital resources into textual scholarship (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Oxford, Gerry. (1998). Developing a model for Web-based distance-learning environments using an object-oriented framework: A case study (MIS research report). University of Toronto.

Palikarova, Stella. (2016). The information body: A sociomedical theory of disability and the ethics of the brain-machine interface (BMI) (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Park, Lucia. (1990). The adoption and implementation of CD-ROM databases: An interview study (MIS research report). University of Toronto.

Peco, M. John. (1994). A comparative study of corporate computer training programs: A look at a gas utility and an insurance company (MIS research report). University of Toronto.

Piercy, Jocelyn. (2008). Declining participation of female students in computer studies programs at an Ontario college: What stands in their way? (MISt thesis). University of Toronto. Alternatively, find it on ProQuest .

Pope, Andrew T. (1974). Bradford’s Law and the periodical literature of information science (MLS research report). University of Toronto.

Powell, Stefan. (1997). Prototyping of a Web authoring and mounting system for the Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto (MIS research report).

Quirk, Linda E. (2005). E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake): A descriptive bibliography (MISt thesis). University of Toronto. Alternatively, find it on ProQuest .

Radford-Grant, Carol. (2007). A study of a voyage: Developing archival descriptive standards in Canada from 1987-1996 (MISt thesis). University of Toronto. Alternatively, find it on ProQuest .

Rashid, Raisa. (2008). Representing emotions with animated text (MISt thesis). University of Toronto.

Rayan, Tamara. (2020). Archival imperialism: An analysis of racial hierachy in the Six Day War files (MI Thesis). University of Toronto.

Reano, Victor. (1993). Analysis of usage of UTLink: The University of Toronto’s online catalogue and information system (MIS research report). University of Toronto.

Ree, Robert. (2011). 3D printing: Convergences, fictions, fluidity (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Rehman, Nuzhat Sameen. (2014). Sharing illness experiences on Twitter: Conversations of parents with children diagnosed with cancer (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Resch, Gabriel. (2013). Vision-based augmented reality for formal and informal science learning (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Roberts, Sarah. (2014). The classifying work of immigration policies in Canada: A critical analysis of the temporary foreign workers program and access to settlement services (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

Rokay, Moska. (2019). Archives of Muslims in Canada (MI thesis). University of Toronto.

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Rowlandson-O’Hara, Sam. (2020). From forests to formulas: Contextual examination of composers’ sources, materials, and practices involving creative insight (MI Thesis). University of Toronto.

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U of T study highlights tension between Canada’s climate and housing goals

A study led by researchers at the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering shows that Canada will not be able to meet its targets for both new housing and emissions reductions without significant changes to residential construction practices (photo illustration by Adrian So/elxeneize/edb3_6/Envato Elements)

Published: July 3, 2024

By Tyler Irving

Canada cannot simultaneously meet its targets for emission reductions and new housing unless there’s a drastic change in construction practices, according to research from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering.

The new study, published in Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability , found that if Canada is to stay within its emissions targets, homes built in 2030 will need to produce 83 per cent fewer greenhouse gas emissions during construction compared to homes built in 2018.

“Our analysis shows that in 2018, which is the latest year for which we have the data, the construction sector in Canada was responsible for the equivalent of 90 megatonnes of CO2,” says Shoshanna Saxe , an associate professor in the department of civil and mineral engineering and one of the senior authors of the study. “That was about eight per cent of Canada’s total emissions at the time, but we were not producing nearly as much housing as we needed then, let alone what we need now. To restore housing affordability, we need to triple the rate of housing construction by 2030.”

At the same time, Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions target for 2030 is to be 40 per cent below 2005 levels, which works out to 443 megatonnes, Saxe notes.

“That means that unless things change, by 2030 nearly half of all the allowable emissions in Canada would be due to construction alone.”

Saxe is the director of U of T’s Centre for the Sustainable Built Environment (CSBE) , which carries out research on the construction and urban design pathways that will enable Canada to meet its housing and infrastructure needs while curbing greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris Agreement, an international climate change treaty enacted in 2015.

The CSBE team’s first step was to quantify the scale of the challenge – but they faced hurdles in gathering data on the construction industry’s carbon footprint.

“What we found was that this data is split across many different parts of the economy: manufacturing, buildings, transportation, etc.,” Saxe says. “There are also questions around consumption versus production: if a piece of steel is made in China and used for a building in Canada, whose emissions are those?

“Until now, it’s been difficult to get a picture of the construction sector as a whole, which is partly why it’s been overlooked.”

Hatzav Yoffe , a post-doctoral fellow and lead author on the paper, used what’s known as an environmentally extended input-output model to conduct a high-resolution, top-down analysis of Canada’s construction sector.

The researchers calculated that residential construction was responsible for the largest share of total construction emissions, at 42 per cent.

Their model also enabled them to ask another question: given the expected increase in housing construction, how much would emissions per constructed home have to decrease by in order to stay within emissions targets?

“You can’t just take the overall 40 per cent reduction target and apply that to the construction sector. That won’t be enough, because you are also tripling the rate of housing construction,” says Saxe.

The other members of the research team included  Keagan Rankin , a PhD student in the department of civil and mineral engineering,  Daniel Posen , an associate professor in the department of civil and mineral engineering and Christian Bachmann , associate professor at the University of Waterloo.

While the study throws the tension between Canada’s housing targets and its climate targets into sharp relief, Saxe and her colleagues believe it is still possible to reconcile the two – and are researching ways to tackle the challenge.

“For example, if you build more densely, you use fewer materials to build the same number of units. If you are strategic about where you place those units, you don’t have to build as many new roads or sewers to service them,” Saxe says.

“We can also think about changing the balance between housing construction and other types of infrastructure, such as oil and gas infrastructure.

“At the end of the day, if we’re going to build what we need while avoiding the most catastrophic impacts of climate change, we need to seriously think about how we can deliver more with less.”

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