Sacred space is a prominent feature of Old Testament theology and is recognizable through structures such as the tabernacle, temple, and other places where God chooses to uniquely reveal Himself. New Testament scholarship, however, has a less uniform consensus in the way sacred …
A man, a woman, a serpent, and the forbidden fruit: the story of the Garden of Eden, chronicled in Genesis 2:4b–3:20 in the Christian Old Testament or Hebrew Bible, is one of the most enduring and recognizable narratives in or out of scripture. The Catechism of the Catholic Chur…
The Montreal Botanical Garden, a 180-acre complex comprised of over thirty outdoor and ten indoor landscapes located in the city's east-end, is the product of a Depression-era government funded Public Works project. Its founding director, preeminent botanist Frère Marie-Victorin…
Intertidal cohesive sediment systems are found throughout the world in areas of low hydrodynamic energy. These systems are ecologically and economically important but are under pressure from global warming, sea level rise and other anthropogenic influences. To protect and conser…
During the early Cold War period, the Third World began to shed the yoke of European dominance. Locked in a global chess match to extend their political footprint, the superpowers jockeyed for influence in the Third World. In the backdrop of superpower competition, the British c…
The following is a personal thesis, a creative thesis. Its main concern is the expression of love. The object of the amorous passion in these pages is not, however, a human being; rather a city, a moment and a way of being. There was a time and a place in which I felt entirely f…
This thesis investigates the feminist revisionism of the Bluebeard fairy tale through a focus on its relationship with the Eden myth. Past studies have examined the remarkable feminism of Bluebeardian literature and history, but this thesis is the first to interrogate the tale’s…