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Item The Impact of a Volunteer-Based Transitional Care Program on the Recovery of Older Adults in Victoria, B.C.(2023-09-19) Denux, NatalieThis research project consisted of an evaluation of Return to Health, a transitional care program for vulnerable older adults recently discharged from hospital. Return to Health is a 90-day volunteer-based program offered free of charge, where volunteers provide clients with home support services such as grocery shopping, setting up meal plan services, picking up prescriptions, transportation to appointments, companionship, and more. The aim of the project was to determine the impact of the program on the recovery of isolated and frail older adults who have recently had a hospital stay. The methodology of the evaluation consisted of analyzing available data on the program to characterize its service delivery, identify its major successes and challenges, learn from past client stories, and determine the lessons that can be imparted to others who may want to implement the program elsewhere. Furthermore, similar programs and alternative home support services offered in British Columbia were compared to the Return to Health program to determine its role in the healthcare system. The evaluation found that the program is generally very successful in assisting vulnerable older adults to recover at home and provides a much-needed service to low-income clients.Item Processing sushi / cooked Japan: Why sushi became Canadian(2008-12-30T19:11:50Z) Tachibana, Rumiko; Demirdirek, Hulya; Craig, TimothySushi is a widely consumed food in North America. Along with other ethnic cuisine and food items it is subject to fusion and localization. This thesis explores the transformation of sushi in Victoria, BC, on the basis of an extensive survey, participant observation, and interviews with producers and consumers. The physical and symbolic transformation of sushi is analyzed both from the vantage point of business and cultural trends. It is shown that sushi became a food item different to what is known as sushi in Japan. This makes Victoria as one of the North American markets which threatens the Japanese national identity. This study thus not only reveals the local process of transformation of sushi but also shows how a food item becomes a multi-vocal symbol. While consumed by North Americans as healthy and exotic in its transformed style, it becomes a politically significant concern of national identity in Japan.Item To Share or Not to Share: Exploring the depths of digital identity through an entrepreneurial lens(2022-09-07) Crowder, LillianAs founders build and grow their ventures, most establish an entrepreneur identity (Burke, 2016). Today, most founders create and make extensive use of a venture-specific website to support their firms. In advance of this study, we observed that some founders present a well-developed digital identity on their websites, while other founders do not. Existing identity research both online and offline offers little guidance to help explain this observed difference. Moreover, current research on online identity construction is highly fragmented (Huang et al., 2021). This study’s focus is on answering the research question: What accounts for the observed differences in founders’ digital identities online? We undertake to answer this question adopting a qualitative method, conducting 34 depth interviews with founders across Canada. This study’s findings will inform identity control theory (Marcia, 1993), and will help entrepreneur support organizations to better prepare entrepreneurs in managing their digital identities.