• Lighting fires: re-searching sexualized violence with Indigenous girls in Northern Canada 

  Chadwick, Anna (2019-10-01)

  In this thesis, I reflect on the ethical and theoretical foundations of researching (and re-searching) sexualized violence with Indigenous girls in remote communities in northern British Columbia, Canada, through a project ...
• Integrating fluid, responsive, and embodied ethics: unsettling the praxis of white settler CYC practitioners 

  MacKenzie, Kaz (2019-09-30)

  This thesis explores and seeks to unsettle the tenacity of white settler privilege in child and youth care (CYC). I first acknowledge the significant leadership of Indigenous and nonwhite activist-scholars to address the ...
• Nursing practice change: an interpretive description study of nurses working in Qatar 

  Levers, M-J. D (2019-09-27)

  Clinical nursing practice is on the cusp of significant and unrelenting change amid globalization, austerity measures and technological advancements as the world moves out of the industrial age into the knowledge age. With ...
• A pilot project exploring the feasibility of enlisting health information & support networks to enable health information seekers, using semantic web middleware 

  Gardner, Jesse William (2019-09-27)

  My Thesis posits a novel method of utilizing emerging web semantics, through HTML5 markup; to improve experience of Health Information seekers through a framework for creating functional, tailored Health Information Resource ...
• Dream/hope/love/create/act (and back): a collaboration in the dis/ability field 

  Sahlstrom, Jessica (2019-09-27)

  Dream/Hope/Love/Create/Act (and back) is a collaborative arts-based research project on the experiences that support workers have with enacting support, care and education practices in the disability support and education ...
• Women in Leadership: Interpersonal networks in the navigation of gendered barriers in the BC Public Service 

  Carnie, Jennifer (2019-09-26)

  The study determines how women in BC Public Service leadership use informal relationships to strategically navigate systemic barriers to leadership success. For example, do women build fluid and intuitive, undocumented ...
• Learning to teach: Teaching assistants (TAs) learning in the workplace 

  Korpan, Cynthia Joanne (2019-09-19)

  Through an exploratory qualitative, interpretive frame that employed an ethnographic methodological approach, this research focuses on teaching assistants (TAs) teaching in a lab, tutorial, or discussion group. Nine TAs ...
• A population-level study of the mental health of siblings of children who have a developmental disability 

  Marquis, Sandra M.; McGrail, Kimberlyn; Hayes, Michael V. (SSM – Population Health, 2019)

  This study used population level administrative data for health service utilization from the Ministry of Health, British Columbia, Canada to assess the mental health of siblings of children who have a developmental disability. ...
• Risky business? Understanding the educational experiences of street-involved youth 

  Vetrone, Laura (2019-08-30)

  The purpose of this thesis research is to better understand the experiences of street-involved youth in educational institutions. Data for this study was collected through a five-wave panel study of street-involved youth ...
• EU regional cooperation and governance of its eastern neighbourhood: a compilation of six research papers 

  Shaban, Tatsiana (2019-08-30)

  The European Union (EU) governance is very complex. Also, in order to have an impact on the democratic transformation of national settings in its Eastern Neighbourhood there is a need for the EU to govern more effectively. ...
• Towards a Representative Health and Social Service System in the NWT 

  Jorgensen, Arlene F. (2019-08-21)

  Introduction This intention of this project is to identify actions the Northwest Territories Health and Social Service Authority (NTHSSA) can take to increase the representation of indigenous Aboriginal employees in their ...
• Does theory align with practice? An evaluation of the Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society’s Newcomer Wraparound Support Program 

  Kalman, Evelyn (2019-08-13)

  There are a variety of programs throughout Canada aimed to help newcomers successfully settle and integrate into Canadian society. The focus of this study is the Newcomer Wraparound Support Program (NWSP) offered through ...
• Best practices in community planning: is there a better approach to local planning policy? 

  Dutton, Jenna (2019-08-09)

  How can best practices in community planning be used to develop a more adaptive, innovative, and community focused local area planning approach? This research project serves to analyze best practices in community planning ...
• An analysis of health information technology-related adverse events: technology-induced errors and vendor reported solutions 

  Pequegnat, Victoria (2019-08-07)

  Health information technology has been widely accepted as having the potential to decrease the prevalence of adverse events and improve workflows and communication between healthcare workers. However, the emergence of ...
• Strengthening Corporate Registration at the Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch 

  Betz, Dennis (2019-08-02)
• Strategies for Reducing Barriers to Innovation at Public Services and Procurement Canada Pacific Region 

  Ma, Baggio (2019-08-02)

  This report looked for ways that the project client, Public Services and Procurement Canada Pacific Region, could reduce barriers to innovation. Reducing these barriers can create an environment where employees feel they ...
• Cosmos and the Curriculum: Observatory Public Programming and the K-12 School System 

  Niebergall, Charmaine (2019-07-31)

  Children can be inspired at a young age when they go on local school field trips, including local national historic sites, science museums, and active scientific research facilities. This project’s client, the Friends ...
• Strengthening Community-University Partnerships: University of British Columbia Okanagan Community Service Learning Program 

  Burgess, Mia (2019-07-26)

  Introduction This project explored the experiences of current nonprofit partners of the University of British Columbia Okanagan’s (UBC-O) Community Service Learning (CSL) Program. The research sought to understand, from ...
• Beyond Science and Technology: Creating Planetary Health Needs Not Just ‘Head Stuff’, but Social Engagement and ‘Heart, Gut and Spirit’ Stuff 

  Hancock, Trevor (Challenges, 2019)

  I have been involved in studying and working within what is now called the Anthropocene for almost 50 years, and in all that time, not only have we failed to make much progress, but the state of the Earth’s ecosystems has ...
• National Evaluation of Canadian Multi-Service FASD Prevention Programs: Interim Findings from the Co-Creating Evidence Study 

  Rutman, Deborah; Hubberstey, Carol (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2019)

  Since the 1990s, a number of multi-service prevention programs working with women who have substance use, mental health, or trauma and/or related social determinants of health issues have emerged in Canada. These programs ...

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