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Dr. Shirley Thompson -Natural Resources Institute
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Publications

Papers/Books:

-Nwankwo, U., Thompson, S., Bokelmann, W., Peters, K. & Bett, H.  (2010). The Need for Information Sharing Among Stakeholders: Lesson for Sustainable Biotechnology Adoption. American-Eurasian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 4(3): 374-385. (*.PDF)

- Diabetes Dialogue (2010). A return to Roots: Faced with a growing epidemic, Canada's Aboriginal communities look to lessons of the past in their fight against diabetes. Canadian Diabetes Association. Spring Edition, 18-25. (*.PDF)

- Thompson, S., J. Sawyer, R. Bonam and Valdivia, J.E. (2009). Building a better waste generation model: Validating models with recovery rates at 35 Canadian landfills. Waste Management 29(2009) 2085-2091. (*.PDF)

- Thompson, S. and B. Duggarili (2009). "Reducing Fossil Fuel Use in an Off-grid Community: The cost-benefit analysis of demand side management and different renewable energies". Accepted by Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. (*.PDF)

- Thompson, S. J. Sawyer, R. Bonam and S. Smith (2008). "Modeling Landfill Gas Generation to Determine Targets and Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gases". The Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management. 34 (1), February 2008. (*.PDF)

- Nichol, S. and S. Thompson (2007). "Policy Options to Reduce Consumer Waste to Zero: Comparing Product Stewardship and Extended Producer Responsibility for Refrigerator Waste". Waste Management Research, 25(3), June 2007. (*.PDF)

- Thompson, S. (2004) "From Environmental Ill to Environmental Health: Women activists taking care of Halifax, Nova Scotia" Women and Environment Magazine International, Volume 63/64. Spring 2004. (*.PDF)

- Miko, R. and S. Thompson. (2004). "Pay the Rent or Feed the Kids?: Tough Choices". Women and Environment Magazine International, Volume 63/64. Spring 2004. (*.PDF)

Thompson, S. (2003). "From a Toxic Economy to Sustainability: Women activists taking care of environmental health in Halifax" in Canadian Women Studies. V. 23. No. 1. Fall/Winter 2003, 108-114.

Isla, A. with S. Thompson. (2003). "Natural Capital Reality Check: A Case Study of Microenterprise in Costa Rica". Environmental Monitoring and Assessment: Measuring Natural Capital. 86: 171-182, Amsterdam: Kluwer Publishing.

- Carmichael, I., S. Thompson and J. Quarter (2003). "Transformative education for pension trustees". Canadian Journal for Studies in Adult Education. V.17. No. 1. (*.PDF)

Quarter, J. with Richmond, Sousa and Thompson. (2000). "Nonprofit Sector in Canada". School of Policy Studies.

Thompson, S., Mackay et al. (1999). "Modelling Zero Discharge of Four Toxic Chemicals". Journal of Great Lakes Research. v. 25.

- Thompson, S (n.d.). "Sustainability and Vulnerability: Aboriginal Arctic Food Security in a Toxic World". Breaking Ice (Chapter 3). (*.PDF)

- Thompson, S. and F. Quddus (2009). "Gender Equality and the Millennium Development Goals in Bangladesh". Development Forum. Canadian Association for the Study of International Development, Volume 2. Issue 1. (*.PDF)

- Thompson, S. (2008). "Environmental Justice in Education: Drinking Deeply from the Well of Sustainability" in Green Frontiers: Environmental Educators Dancing Out of Mechanism. (*.PDF)


Modelling strategy for great lakes

- Thompson, S. and B. Duggirala (2009). "The feasibility of renewable energies at an off-grid community in Canada". Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 13(9):2740-2745. (*.PDF)

- Peters, S. and S. Thompson (n.d.). "Women don't fish, or do they? Strengths and Threats of Shrimp Catchers Sustainable Livelihoods in Vypin, India". (*.DOC)