• The psychosocial well-being of caregivers participating in an intergenerational community-based dementia choir 

  Cervantes Navarrete, Matilde (2021-01-04)

  Compared to other kinds of caregivers, caregivers of persons living with dementia (PwD) are at higher risk of experiencing social isolation, emotional distress, and depressive symptoms which can adversely affect their ...
• Access, barriers and role of transit for homeless shelter residents in Surrey, British Columbia 

  Greenwell, Peter (2020-11-17)

  In this research, I examine the mediating role of transit and the mobility needs and experience of individuals who are homeless in the suburban community of Surrey, BC. I have used Harvey’s (2005) conception of social ...
• GULE | The masks we carry: intersectional Indigenous storytelling through visual arts narratives, film and community-governance 

  Andrade, Kl. Peruzzo de (2020-09-30)

  This thesis documents and discusses the production of a film about the Gule Wamkulu Mask Dance, in the village of Mzonde, in the area of traditional authority of Nkanda, Malawi. Through an Ubuntu framework of place-based ...
• Effective message strategies for mobile text messaging interventions targeting type 2 diabetes self-management 

  Sahin, Cigdem (2020-05-25)

  Type 2 diabetes is a life-threatening condition, and it is rapidly growing in the world. If patients receive adequate education and support, they can manage their diabetes-related tasks effectively and reduce the severe ...
• Standing up for sputc: the Nuxalk Sputc Project, eulachon management and well-being 

  Beveridge, Rachelle (2019-05-01)

  The coastal landscape currently known as British Columbia, Canada represents a complex and rapidly evolving site of collaboration, negotiation, and conflict in environmental management, with important implications for ...
• An evaluation of the alcohol total consumption model and development of the international model of alcohol harms and policies 

  Sherk, Adam (2019-04-16)

  Alcohol is the most widely used psychoactive drug on earth and continues to be responsible for a substantial burden of death and disability. Mitigating these harms is an important focus of any healthful society. Population-level ...
• Clients perspectives of managed alcohol programs in the first six months and their relational shifts 

  Hall, Shana (2019-04-10)

  Background. The prevalence of alcohol dependence, defined as being physically and psychologically dependent on alcohol, among homeless people is 8%-58% compared to 4%-16% of alcohol dependence prevalence in the general ...
• Sprouting school gardens: assessing the development and sustainable use of school gardens in Victoria 

  Topley, Aaren (2019-01-04)

  School gardens are a place to increase food literacy and food system education, empowering students to take control over their own health and food system. The core components of sustainable school gardens use have been ...
• Moving forwards backwards: exploring the impact of active engagement in reminiscence theatre with older adults in residential care with mild to moderate cognitive impairment 

  Pauluth-Penner, Trudy (2018-10-01)

  This descriptive ethno-theatre case study explored the impact of intergenerational engagement through a reminiscence theatre arts initiative on the psychosocial quality of life for older adults with mild to moderate cognitive ...
• Psychedelic revival: a mixed-methods analysis of recreational magic mushroom (psilocybin) use for transformational, micro-dosing and leisure purposes 

  Shaw, Lindsay Victoria (2018-09-06)

  Background: Following years of inactivity, psychedelic research has rapidly expanded within clinical and therapeutic fields. In particular, magic mushrooms (psilocybin), a plant-based psychedelic, have been researched for ...
• HIV/AIDS and HCV risk factors related to homelessness: Are front line workers equipped with knowledge to best support shelter clients? 

  Hastings, Sarah (2018-08-16)

  Background Shelter employees of the Victoria Cool Aid Society (VCAS) work with clients living with or at risk of contracting, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). The purpose of this ...
• The health of parents and siblings of children with a developmental disability in British Columbia 

  Marquis, Sandra Maureen (2018-07-23)

  This study used population level administrative data from the B. C. Ministry of Health to assess the health of parents and siblings of children who have a developmental disability. The study found strong evidence that ...
• Discourses of motherhood and stigma production: FASD public awareness-raising in British Columbia, 1979–2015 

  Norton, Alexa (2018-05-01)

  This study traces the evolution of motherhood discourses in 41 fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) public awareness documents produced in British Columbia from 1979–2015. These documents offer a window for understanding ...
• Anxiety among women experiencing medically complicated pregnancies: A narrative review of literature 

  Abrar, Ambar (2018-04-30)

  Background: Medical complications in pregnancy can be a significant source of stress for pregnant women and their partners. Despite this, and evidence that anxiety is very common among perinatal women, little is known about ...
• Vapour products/e-cigarettes: claims and evidence 

  O'Leary, Karin (2018-04-16)

  Vapour products (e-cigarettes) have rapidly grown in sales. While competing claims about the effects of vaping are fiercely debated within the public health community, no studies have examined the claims accepted in the ...
• Grieving online: street-involved youths’ use of social media after a death 

  Selfridge, Marion (2018-01-02)

  Grieving Online: Street-Involved Youths’ Use of Social Media After a Death conveys the context and lived experiences of 20 street-involved youth in Victoria BC, who live both on the streets and on line simultaneously (boyd, ...
• An investigation of body fat accrual in an ethnically diverse cohort of British Columbian children and youth: patterns, obesity classification, and determinants 

  McConnell-Nzunga, Jennifer (2017-09-01)

  Obesity during childhood and adolescence is a serious public health concern in Canada and globally. Obesity is a complex disease with genetic, environmental, social, and behavioural determinants. However, our understanding ...
• The relationship between alcohol and sexual agency for young women in university 

  Cusack, Erin Elizabeth (2017-06-01)

  A link between binge drinking, negative sexual health outcomes, and sexual victimization among university populations is well established in the research literature (Messman-Moore et al., 2013; PHAC, 2016; Smith et al., ...
• International volunteering and meaning-making in later life: an interpretative phenomenological exploration of the ways in which older adults find personal meaning through volunteering in developing countries, and how this impacts health and wellness in later life 

  Hughes, Sally (2016-12-22)

  Much of our current research about volunteering in later life has been conducted with respondents who dedicate their time and effort to volunteer in their home communities. Some, however, choose to travel to developing ...
• Care journeys: a multi-method exploration of long-term care service users and family caregivers in British Columbia 

  Hainstock, Taylor (2016-09-28)

  This project focused on developing a more complete picture of the event that most often occurs when an older adult’s health care needs can no longer be met in the community setting; the transition from home into a new ...

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