• Geo-archaeology and Haíɫzaqv oral history: Long-term human investment and resource use at EkTb-9, Triquet Island, N̓úláw̓itxˇv Tribal Area, Central Coast, British Columbia, Canada 

  Gauvreau, Alisha; Fedje, Daryl; Dyck, Angela; Mackie, Quentin; Hebda, Christopher F. G.; Holmes, Keith; White, Qˇíxˇitasu Yímˇázalas Elroy; Housty, Dúqva̓ísḷa William; Housty, Ĝvuí Rory; McLaren, Duncan (Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2023)

  Archaeological site EkTb-9 is located on Triquet Island in the N̓úláw̓itxˇv Tribal area of Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) Nation territory, on the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada. The results of radiometric dating and the ...
• A pilot and feasibility study evaluating the mechanisms and outcomes of neurofeedback-assisted mindfulness meditation training 

  Viczko, Jeremy (2023-11-16)

  BACKGROUND: Neurofeedback (NF) has been used for cognitive optimization in non-clinical populations and for therapeutic and rehabilitative purposes in clinical populations, as have mindfulness meditation (MM) training ...
• Leading with Indigenous Principles: Ecological Watershed Governance in British Columbia, Canada 

  Ball, Murray (2023-11-16)

  Both Indigenous and state governments grapple with drivers of ecological decline in colonial states. Ecological drivers such as resource extraction and climate warming meet in the realm of shared land and water governance. ...
• Adverse impacts of Roundup on soil bacteria, soil chemistry and mycorrhizal fungi during restoration of a Colorado grassland 

  Bueno de Mesquita, Clifton P.; Solon, Adam J.; Barfield, Amy; Mastrangelo, Claire F.; Tubman, Abigail J.; Vincent, Kim; Porazinska, Dorota L.; Hufft, Rebecca A.; Shackelford, Nancy; Suding, Katharine N.; Schmidt, Steven K. (Applied Soil Ecology, 2023)

  Glyphosate is a widely used herbicide in agricultural, domestic, and restoration settings to manage weeds and invasive plants and is the active ingredient in the herbicide formulation Roundup. Concurrently with its drastic ...
• Whalen farm revisited: 40 years later 

  Thom, Brian (The Midden, 1992)
• The Marpole-late transition in the Gulf of Georgia region 

  Thom, Brian (The Midden, 1998)
• Spirit camp 

  Morrison, Sandra; Myles, Heather; Thom, Brian (The Midden, 1994)
• Dating the Scowlitz site 

  Blake, Michael; Coupland, Gary; Thom, Brian (The Midden, 1993)
• An investigation of interassemblage variability within the Gulf of Georgia phase 

  Thom, Brian (Canadian Journal of Archaeology, 1992)

  This paper is an examination of diversity in archaeological assemblages within a culture type. The Gulf of Georgia Phase of the Northwest Coast provides an interesting, previously uninvestigated area to examine such ...
• Precarious rapport: Harlan I. Smith and the Jesup North Pacific Expedition 

  Thom, Brian (European Review of Native American Studies, 2000)
• The anathema of aggregation: Toward 21st-century self-government in the Coast Salish world 

  Thom, Brian (Anthropologica, 2010)

  There are significant tensions in state-sponsored attempts to formulate aggregated First Nations self-government bodies. In spite of decades of pressure from the Indian Act and Canada's Inherent Self-Government Rights ...
• Addressing the challenge of overlapping claims in implementing the Vancouver Island (Douglas) treaties 

  Thom, Brian (Anthropologica, 2020)

  Indigenous social and legal orders are a source for addressing the challenge of overlapping claims in exercising historic treaty rights in the territories of neighbouring nontreaty Indigenous Peoples. The Vancouver Island ...
• Why are sustainable practices often elusive? The role of information flow in the management of networked human-environment interactions 

  Crabtree, Stefani A.; Kahn, Jennifer G.; Jackson, Rowan; Wood, Spencer A.; McKechnie, Iain; Verhagen, Philip; Earnshaw, Jacob; Kirch, Patrick V.; Dunne, Jennifer A.; Dugmore, Andrew J (Global Environmental Change, 2023)

  Analyzing the spatial and temporal properties of information flow with a multi-century perspective could illuminate the sustainability of human resource-use strategies. This paper uses historical and archaeological datasets ...
• Assessing the ability to detect and identify forage fish schools and species from Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems video surveys in Coastal BC 

  Houtman, Nicola (2023-10-26)

  Remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) present a potentially efficient method for quantifying surface-schooling forage fish species in important nearshore habitats. In British Columbia, this method could help fill data ...
• Guidance on large scale hydrologic model calibration with isotope tracers 

  Holmes, Tegan L.; Stadnyk, Tricia A.; Asadzadeh, Masoud; Gibson, John J. (Journal of Hydrology, 2023)

  Standard hydrologic model evaluation and calibration approaches focus on the accurate simulation of streamflow, disregarding internal process simulations. Stable isotope tracers can provide additional information on water ...
• Substance Use Stigma and Community Drug Checking: A Qualitative Study Examining Barriers and Possible Responses 

  Davis, Samantha; Wallace, Bruce; Van Roode, Thea; Hore, Dennis (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022)

  Background: Community drug checking is an emerging response to the overdose crisis. However, stigma has been identified as a potential barrier to service use that requires investigation. Methods: A qualitative study explored ...
• How do we practice equity, diversity and inclusion in sustainable energy research? Advice for modern researchers 

  Hoicka, Christina E. (Energy Research & Social Science, 2023)

  Climate change is one of society's biggest and most existential challenges in scale and scope. The energy sector is the largest contributor to climate disruption, and low-carbon energy solutions are needed for mitigation. ...
• Fluvial Response to Climate Change in the Pacific Northwest: Skeena River Discharge and Sediment Yield 

  Wild, Amanda L.; Kwoll, Eva; Lintern, D. Gwyn; Fargey, Shannon (Water, 2022)

  Changes in climate affect the hydrological regime of rivers worldwide and differ with geographic location and basin characteristics. Such changes within a basin are captured in the flux of water and sediment at river mouths, ...
• Assessing the Effectiveness and Justice of Protected Areas Governance: Issues and Situated Pathways to Environmental Policies in Río Negro National Park, Paraguay 

  Bonatti, Michelle; Bayer, Sabeth; Pope, Kamila; Eufemia, Luca; Turetta, Ana P.D.; Tremblay, Crystal; Sieber, Stefan (Social Sciences, 2023)

  Protected areas are a fundamental element for the protection of ecological integrity and, in some cases, the livelihood of local communities worldwide. They are also embedded in socioecological systems, and their management ...
• Understanding the Diversity of People in Sex Work: Views from Leaders in Sex Worker Organizations 

  Mellor, Andrea; Benoit, Cecilia (Social Sciences, 2023)

  Criminal laws in Canada and many other countries are currently premised on the assumption of homogeneity, that is, people in sex work are cis women and girls who are being sexually exploited/sex trafficked. This perspective ...

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