• Navigating Conservative Drug Policy in Ontario's Safe Consumption Sites: A Critical Investigation of Harm Reduction Policy and Practice 

  Arlt, Stephanie (2023-02-09)

  As harm reduction is increasingly integrated into social and health services and programs, it is essential to recognize the tension between healthcare provided by mainstream institutions and the values of harm reduction. ...
• White Settler Racial Caucusing: Exploring How and to What Extent Racial Caucusing Motivates White Settlers to Address Indigenous-specific Racism 

  Devereaux, Fiona (2023-01-03)

  This mixed-method study involving white settler staff in the Faculty of Human and Social Development at the University of Victoria explored how and to what extent racial caucusing motivates white settlers to address ...
• An intersectional exploration of alternative menstrual management strategies amongst menstruators in a Canadian context 

  Majewski, Courtney (2022-12-22)

  In this thesis I work to understand what factors influence low-income menstruators' decisions to use alternative menstrual management strategies in the Canadian context. In order to provide a critical review of the factors ...
• Elders Living with Dementia: Nuu-Chah-Nulth First Nations Family Perspectives on Elder Healthcare 

  Aro, Cheryl Lavern (2022-09-21)

  In Canada, the literature regarding First Nations people’s experiences with dementia is sparse, as is the literature relating to the health and wellness of Indigenous dementia caregivers. Colonization has imposed physical, ...
• "Crisis" in the Four Pillars: A Mixed Methods Discourse Analysis of Human Security and Overdose in BC 

  Fraser, James (2022-09-07)

  The crisis of overdose deaths in British Columbia (BC) continues into its seventh year. This thesis applies a human security lens to a mixed methods computer-assisted discourse analysis on a corpus of public-facing documents ...
• Utility of electronic decision-support tools for patients with head and neck cancer 

  Stringer, Eleah (2022-04-29)

  Background: Patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) carry a clinically significant symptom burden, alterations in function (e.g. impaired ability to chew, swallow, and talk), and decrease in quality of life. Furthermore, ...
• COVID-19 and pregnant and parenting women who use drugs: exploring the impact of stigmatization on help-seeking behaviour 

  Nichol, Emily (2022-04-28)

  Stigma surrounding substance use has been documented as a roadblock to recovery, posing a greater barrier to care for some populations more than others. In particular, pregnant and parenting women are an often overlooked ...
• The experience of ostomy surgery in young women with inflammatory bowel disease 

  Clark, Ashley (2022-02-11)

  Background: Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a chronic, relapsing, autoimmune disease, affecting one in every 150 Canadians. Failure to induce remission of IBD with pharmacotherapy can necessitate surgical interventions, ...
• A feminist post structural analysis of trauma informed care policies in BC 

  Seeley, Terri-Lee (2021-09-17)

  My study examines trauma informed practice (TIP) policies in BC, Canada. My chosen methodology, what is the problem represented to be (WPR) (Bacchi 2009), makes politics visible in policies. I am interested in the effects ...
• “Day by day: coming of age is a process that takes time”: supporting culturally appropriate coming of age resources for urban Indigenous youth in care on Vancouver Island 

  Mellor, Andrea Faith Pauline (2021-07-16)

  The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s first call to action is to reduce the number of Indigenous children and youth in care, including keeping young people in culturally appropriate environments. While we work towards ...
• Including people who use drugs in the development and delivery of harm reduction programs, services, and drug policy: a scoping review of the literature 

  Wojcik, Sarah Anne (2021-05-03)

  Background: People who use drugs (PWUD) are disproportionately burdened by rates of HIV and Hepatitis C, more likely to experience stigma, social exclusion, and as a result, have poorer health outcomes. To mitigate these ...
• Needs, preferences and decision-making regarding long-term residential care: South Asian older adults' and family caregivers' perspectives 

  Jamal, Sherin (2021-04-20)

  The aging Canadian population is becoming increasingly ethno-culturally diverse primarily due to immigration. This, together with research indicating increased likelihood of long-term residential care (LTRC) use at older ...
• Motivation and behavioural regulations of children and youth related to physical activity intensity during the COVID-19 pandemic 

  Comeau, Elizabeth (2021-04-08)

  Background. Physical activity (PA) in children and youth is a necessary behaviour for health across the lifespan. Play and leisure time PA has also been declared as a right for children under the United Nations Convention ...
• The impact of cannabis on the use of alcohol and tobacco: findings from observational studies of Canadian medical cannabis patients 

  Lucas, Philippe (2021-04-06)

  Background A growing body of research suggests the therapeutic use of cannabis may affect the use of other substances, including reducing the use of alcohol, tobacco and prescription drugs such as opioid analgesics. ...
• 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 ...

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