• An Examination of Indigenous Halibut Fishing Technology on the Northwest Coast of North America 

  Salmen-Hartley, Jacob; McKechnie, Iain (Arctic Anthropology, 2023-09-12)

  As global fish populations face threats from climatic change and human exploitation, the value of Indigenous knowledge and technology for guiding restoration and conservation efforts is gaining increasing recognition. ...
• Working Together: The Role of Maasai Youth in Local Economies 

  Herchak, Katelynne (2023-09-12)

  This thesis examines the relationship between Maasai youth and their role in local economies in the community of Elerai in Tanzania. Through a community-based participatory research partnership, photovoice was used as a ...
• Taking Care of Ts’aay’imts: Multi-level Governance of Eelgrass as a Blue Carbon Ecosystem 

  Woodbury, Lilly (2023-09-11)

  Governance is consistently cited as one of the major challenges to achieving conservation objectives. This observation applies to the current regulatory and policy landscape in British Columbia (BC) for blue carbon ecosystems ...
• Traders as Implementors of Sustainability in Tropical Agriculture Supply Chains 

  Silverman, Sofia (2023-09-11)

  Tropical agriculture commodities such as cocoa, coffee, and palm oil are popular ingredients across the globe. Despite their abundance, these crops have geographically few growing regions and are often concentrated in ...
• Biofouling growth risk assessment on Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) farm nets: exploring links to environmental factors 

  Johnson, Devan (2023-09-07)

  Recently, salmon aquaculture companies in British Columbia, Canada, have experienced significant fish losses resulting in tens to hundreds of millions of dollars in damages due to gill disorders and mouth lesions. Hydroids, ...
• Evaluating Viticulture Manipulations Effects on Glycoside Abundance and Diversity in Vancouver Island Pinot Gris 

  Watts, Andrew (2023-09-07)

  Common techniques to modify growing conditions of wine grapes such as leaf removal, kaolin application and cluster thinning are assumed to improve grape quality. Abundance and diversity of appropriate aroma compounds are ...
• Embodied Gender Identities Through the Lens of Movement and Dance: A Phenomenological Study of Ballet Dancers in Action 

  Sonik-Henderson, Dyana (2023-09-05)

  Academic interest in and focus on gender binaries has led to a new expanded understanding of what defines male and female bodies and experiences. What was missing, however, was academic scholarship and research that ...
• AGI, All Too Human; Nietzsche and Artificial General Intelligence. 

  Branston, Tyler (2023-09-01)

  Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are seen as the pinnacle of human technology, capable of intelligence beyond humans and a beyond-human capacity to know, create, and process the entirety ...
• The Influence of Parent Child Attachment and Parenting on Children's Emotion Regulation and Psychosocial Adjustment 

  Quistberg, Kirsten (2023-08-31)

  Emotion dysregulation is a transdiagnostic factor in the development of psychopathology (see, Aldao et al., 2010). Given that the caregiving environment is the primary context for children’s emotional development (Cooke, ...
• Camas (Camassia leichtlinii (Baker) S. Watson, C. quamash (Pursh) Greene) functional trait responses to urban pressures in Greater Victoria 

  Rolleman, Erin (2023-08-31)

  Coastal oak meadows are fragmented across an increasingly urbanized landscape in Greater Victoria with implications for great and common camas (qʷɫəɫ/KȽO,EL/Camassia leichtlinii and C. quamash) success. Both camas species ...
• Understanding Mentoring Relationships during and after COVID-19 Restrictions from the Perspective of Mentors: A Community-Engaged Participatory Approach 

  Elgharbawy, Heba (2023-08-30)

  Amidst the unprecedented challenges and uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, youth and young adults have experienced a great deal of stress and challenges. Youth mentorship has been an important resource for many youths ...
• Examining Patterns of Specificity, Generality, and Interindividual Differences in Preschoolers’ Creativity 

  Cieslik, Violet (2023-08-29)

  Creativity is a multifaceted construct that develops in a variety of different modalities. Previous research suggested that creativity is a domain-specific skill in school children and adults; however, the structure of ...
• Addressing atrocity in the Canadian state: The discourse of ‘legacy’ and the comprehension of historical injustices 

  Stilwell, Sarah F. (2023-08-28)

  As coming to terms with historical injustices have become a pressing concern for contemporary Canadian politics, a variety of discourses are engaging with what sorts of reparative responsibilities and accountabilities are ...
• Perspectives on Indigenous knowledge governance in collaborative environmental stewardship 

  Hodgson, Jean (2023-08-24)

  Growing from inherent rights to steward territories, the weaving of Indigenous knowledge into environmental stewardship is increasingly being acknowledged and mandated for, both in Canada and internationally. The deep ...
• Authority-Making on the River of Mist: Reframing the Indigenous Sovereignty Impasse 

  Mowatt, Morgan (2023-08-22)

  Indigenous sovereignty has evolved from its own frameworks of authority, distinct from those of the state, yet Indigenous assertions of authority and jurisdiction continue to be measured against those of the state by the ...
• From Diversity to Disruption: Revisiting the Keystone Species Concept 

  Shukla, Ishana (2023-08-22)

  The keystone species concept has been a staple of community ecology since its conception by Robert Paine in 1969. However, despite its prominence in community ecology, literature synthesizing the landscape of keystone ...
• Examining Cultural Differences in Recognition Memory Response Bias: An Extension of the MBBE 

  Hawily, Majd Z (2023-08-11)

  According to signal detection theory, people tested on an old/new recognition memory test adopt a liberal, conservative, or neutral response criterion. Several prior studies in our lab demonstrated that subjects showed a ...
• Within-Person Dynamics between Lifestyle Factors and Cognitive Functioning using Accelerometer-Determined Physical Activity and Mobile Cognitive Assessments 

  Vendittelli, Rebecca (2023-08-10)

  The Canadian population is fundamentally changing such that the proportion of seniors is expected to be one in four by 2030 (Government of Canada, 2014). This shift will undoubtedly be accompanied by a surge in the prevalence ...
• Sex Differences in White Matter Microstructure and Cognition in Healthy Aging 

  Ohlhauser, Lisa (2023-08-02)

  As the global population of older adults increases, it is crucial to study the healthy aging brain. Sex and gender are important determinants of health that may impact the aging trajectory, especially since women outlive ...
• Disrupting and diversifying the values, voices and governance principles that shape biodiversity science and management 

  Salomon, Anne K.; Okamoto, Daniel K.; Wilson Ḵii'iljuus, Barbara J.; Happynook hiininaasim, Tommy; Wickaninnish; Mack wiicuckum, Anne; Davidson Skil Hiilans, Allan; Gidansda Guujaaw; Humchitt Wigvilhba Wakas, Harvey L.; Happynook Mexsis, Tom; Cox weiwimtaeek, Christina; Gillette Hyuuštulth, Francis; Christiansen n'yasim, Samantha; Dragon, Dianna; Kobluk, Hannah M.; Lee, Lynn C.; Tinker, M. Tim; Silver, Jennifer J.; Armitage, Derek; McKechnie, Iain; MacNeil, Aaron; Hillis, Dylan; Muhl, Ella-Kari; Gregr, Edward J.; Commander, Christian J. C.; Augustine, Arianna (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2023)

  With climate, biodiversity and inequity crises squarely upon us, never has there been a more pressing time to rethink how we conceptualize, understand and manage our relationship with Earth's biodiversity. Here, we describe ...

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