Supervised Master of Spatial Analysis (MSA) Major Research Papers and Theses / Environmental Applied Science and Management (EnSciMan) Ph.D. Dissertations

Hafsa Hasan - MSA completed September 2023 (part-time) (Toronto Metropolitan University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title: A Study of Urban Forest and Greenspace Inequality in Mississauga and Brampton Using Remote Sensing and NDVI
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Takoda Kemp - MSA Thesis completed September 2022 (Ryerson University)
Masters Thesis Title:Soil Analysis via Remote Sensing and Artificial Intelligence for Precision Regenerative Agriculture
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Vera De Wit - MSA Thesis completed May 2022 (Ryerson University)
Masters Thesis Title:Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis Change Detection in a Shrinking City: Detroit, Michigan, 2014-2018
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Samuel Emard - MSA completed September 2021 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title: Time Series of a Forest Canopy: Detecting Changes using the Visible Atmospherically Resistant Index and a low-cost Drone
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Nicolas Karwowski - MSA completed September 2021 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title: Foundations of Burkina Faso’s Great Green Wall: Vegetation Growth in the Sahel since 1990
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Danielle Mitchell - Ph.D. completed September 2017 (Ryerson University)
Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Visualizing the Big Three: Geospatial Interpolation of Heavy Metal Sediment Contamination in Lake Erie
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Scott Mackey - MSA completed September 2017 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title: Modeling Photovoltaic Solar Farm Site Suitability using a Multi-Criteria Evaluation in southern Ontario, Canada
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Christine Valancius - MSA completed September 2015 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title:Comparing the Cooling Ability of Green Spaces in Suburban and Urban Areas using LST and NDVI
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Amy Buckland - MSA completed September 2014 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title:Spatial Analysis of LEED Projects in the Toronto and Vancouver Census Metropolitan Areas from 2001 to 2013
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Danielle Mitchell - MSA completed September 2014 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title: Identifying Salinization through Multispectral Band Analysis: Lake Urmia, Iran
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Michael Chambers - MSA completed September 2013 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title: Predictive Power of Film Attributes with respect to Audience Demographics
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Cameron Hare - MSA completed September 2013 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title: Assessing Ozone and Fine Particulate Matter Concentrations and Trends in Ontario, Canada, 2003 - 2012
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Lisa-Jen Ferrato - MSA completed September 2012 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title: Comparing Hyperspectral and Multispectral Imagery for Land Cover Classification of the Lower Don River, Toronto
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John Floroff - MSA completed September 2012 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title: Creating a Wildfire Model from Remote Sensing of Boreal Forests in Northern Ontario (Download PDF)

Christian Krnic - MSA completed September 2012 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title: Spatial Distribution of Contaminant Concentrations in the St. Marys River
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Tony Wu - MSA completed September 2012 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title: Monitoring Land Cover Change in Ontario’s Greenbelt Region from 1985 to 2005
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Adrian Gawedzki - MSA completed September 2011 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title: Assessing Anthracene and Arsenic Contamination in Buffalo River Sediments
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Amy Kluke - MSA completed September 2011 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title: Dieldrin Concentrations in Great Lakes Sediment: Spatial and Temporal Trends
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Grant McCartney - MSA completed September 2011 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title: Investigating Forest Disturbance Using Landsat Data in the Nagagamis Central Plateau, Ontario, Canada
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Sangita Mhatre - MSA completed September 2011 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title: Remote Sensing of Invasive Species, Phragmites Australis on Georgian Bay Islands National Park Shorelines
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Ezhil Baskaran - MSA completed September 2010 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title: Understanding Spatial Patterns of South Asian Commercial Activity in the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area (CMA)
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Daniel Szuba - MSA completed September 2010 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title: Comparison of Interpolation Methods for the Spatial Mapping of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Lake Ontario
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Peter Rodriguez - MSA completed September 2009 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title: Assessing the Geographic Distribution of Mercury and Lead in Buffalo River Sediments
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Juan Carlos Molina - MSA completed January 2009 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title: Coffee Quality Zonation in the Montecillos Mountain Range, Honduras
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Marie-Claude Archambault - MSA completed September 2008 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title: Analysing Sediment Property Trends for Three Coastal Bays in Nova Scotia using Kriging
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Sergio Barrios Jr. - MSA completed September 2008 (Ryerson University) - (co-supervisor Dr. T. Hernandez)
Masters Major Research Paper Title: Urban Sprawl and Neighbourhood Vitality in Toronto: A GIS and Remote Sensing Analysis
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Chris Harrington - MSA completed September 2006 (part-time) (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title: GIS Application for Aquatic Barrier Mitigation in the Upper Thames River Watershed
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Daniela MacLeod - completed September 2006 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title: A GIS-Kriging Approach and Analysis of Historical Sediment Contamination in Lake Superior
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Paul (Baorong) Du - MSA completed September 2005 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title: Urban Change Detection and Analysis in the Greater Toronto Area from 1972 to 2004 Using Remote Sensing and GIS
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Connor Houston - MSA completed September 2005 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title: High Cost Neighbourhoods: A Perspective on the Health Care Cost of Unintentional Injuries
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Kevin Finney - MSA completed September 2004 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title: Utilizing Pansharpened LANDSAT 7 Imagery to Detect Urban Change in the Vancouver Census Metropolitan Area: 1999-2002
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Mike Harlow - MSA completed September 2003 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title : Urban Development Detection within the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority for the Period 1991 – 1999 using Landsat TM and ETM+ data
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Darren Sutton - MSA completed September 2003 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title : A GIS-Based Flood Forecasting Model for the Duffins Creek Watershed, Ontario
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Dan Jakubek - MSA completed September 2002 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title : Predicting the Contamination between Sites of Sediment Core Measurement in Lake Ontario
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Jacqueline Montain - MSA completed September 2001 (Ryerson University)
Masters Major Research Paper Title : Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Analysis into Public Health Applications
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