• Centering a Métis grandmothers’ knowledge: story of grandmothers’ teachings and Métis child welfare in B.C. 

  LaFrance, Shelley Angela (2021-07-29)

  Despite decades of evidence in Canada of injustices involving child welfare systems and outstanding recommendations, the overrepresentation and harm to Indigenous children, youth, and families remain (Blackstock, 2011, ...
• Size-, species-, and site-specific tree growth responses to climate variability in old-growth subalpine forests 

  Campbell, Elizabeth M.; Magnussen, Steen; Antos, Joseph A.; Parish, Roberta (Ecosphere, 2021)

  Tree-ring data have become widely used to model tree growth responses to climate variability and gain insight about the potential effects of global warming on forests. We capitalized on a rare opportunity to develop ...
• Radical transformation: Embracing constructivism and pedagogy for an innovative nursing curriculum 

  Epp, Sheila; Reekie, Manuela; Denison, Jacqueline; de Bosch Kemper, Nicole; Willson, Melanie; Marck, Patricia (Journal of Profession Nursing, 2021)

  To effectively navigate today's complex and rapidly changing health care environments, nurses require a high level of knowledge, sound psychomotor skills, diverse thinking and reasoning abilities, and a strong ...
• How Do Energy-Economy Models Compare? A Survey of Model Developers and Users in Canada 

  Rhodes, Ekaterina; Craig, Kira; Hoyle, Aaron; McPherson, Madeleine (Sustainability, 2021)

  Governments at all levels rely on energy-economy models to design climate policy portfolios. Models vary in their purposes and methodologies, yet there is limited research comparing model characteristics and identifying ...
• How Do We Manage a Just Transition? A Comparative Review of National and Regional Just Transition Initiatives 

  Krawchenko, Tamara Antonia; Gordon, Megan (Sustainability, 2021)

  The concept of a ‘just transition’ encompasses political and policy imperatives to minimize the harmful impacts of industrial and economic transitions on workers, communities, and society more generally, and to maximize ...
• Reviewing & Relaying Best Practices for the Boards of B.C.'s Public Sector Organizations 

  Sirois, Annie (2021-05-27)

  Influenced by the major corporate governance scandals of the early 2000s, good governance is widely accepted as a key driver for organizations’ success. Now in the 2020s, boards of organizations are expected to embody the ...
• Can the combination of TasP and PrEP eliminate HIV among MSM in British Columbia, Canada? 

  Lima, Viviane D.; Zhu, Jielin; Card, Kiffer G.; Lachowsky, Nathan J.; Chowell-Puente, Gerardo; Wu, Zunyou; Montaner, Julio S. G. (Epidemics, 2021)

  Introduction In British Columbia (BC), the HIV epidemic continues to disproportionally affect the gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM). In this study, we aimed to evaluate how Treatment as Prevention ...
• Characteristics of the HIV cascade of care and unsuppressed viral load among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men living with HIV across Canada's three largest cities 

  Moore, David M.; Cui, Zishan; Skakoon-Sparling, Shayna; Sang, Jordan; Barath, Justin; Wang, Lu; Lachowsky, Nathan; Cox, Joseph; Lambert, Gilles; Noor, Syed W.; Grace, Daniel; Jollimore, Jody; Apelian, Herak; Lal, Allan; Parlette, Abbie; Hart, Trevor A. (Journal of the International AIDS Society, 2021)

  Introduction: Treatment as prevention strategies have been variously applied across provinces in Canada. We estimated HIV care cascade indicators and correlates of unsuppressed viral load (VL) among gay, bisexual and other ...
• Nature’s Role in Outdoor Therapies: An Umbrella Review 

  Harper, Nevin J.; Fernee, Carina R.; Gabrielsen, Leiv E. (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021)

  Objective: To report on the role of nature in outdoor therapies through review and summary of existing systematic and meta-analytic reviews in an effort to articulate a theoretical framework for practice. Materials and ...
• Community Led Change in a Delegated Aboriginal Agency: Utilizing Strengths and Inherent Knowledge to Decolonize Workplace 

  Czernick, Mary (2021-05-17)
• Fat bodies in space: explorations of an alternate narrative 

  Webb, Natasha K. (2021-05-03)

  For far too long ‘obesity’ and healthcare have been inextricably linked, both forming and maintaining distinct narratives responsible for the “fear of fat” North American societies have embraced. Largely unrecognized, ...
• The trade-offs of using different physician attribution methods for audit and feedback interventions in general medicine inpatient care 

  Tang, Terence (2021-05-03)

  BACKGROUND: Audit and feedback interventions have the potential to improve clinical care. Electronically captured administrative and clinical data routinely collected in Canadian hospitals may be used to provide feedback ...
• Exploring the challenges and issues facing undergraduate nursing education in one Canadian province from an institutional theory perspective: a case study 

  Sheane, Vanessa (2021-04-30)

  Aim The study aim was to explore the issues and challenges facing undergraduate nursing education in one Canadian province from an institutional theory perspective. The research questions were: What is the institutional ...
• A syndemic in nonurban gay and bisexual men in British Columbia and within Island Health 

  Hickman, Caitlin (2021-04-30)

  Inequitable HIV acquisition persists among gay and bisexual men (GBM). In 2017, GBM represented 69.8% of new HIV diagnoses in British Columbia (BC) and 80.5% of new HIV diagnoses within Island Health (BCCDC, 2019). I used ...
• Intergenerational trauma and stories of healing through Jesus 

  Mohammed, Dionne A. (2021-04-29)

  Through a storytelling/yarning methodology (Bessarab & Ng'andu, 2010) and experience centered narrative research (Patterson, 2008), three Indigenous followers of Jesus and original inhabitants of the lands currently known ...
• Haida Governance Strategies for Effective Ecosystem Based Management 

  Mays, Jacqueline (2021-04-29)

  The emerging focus in British Columbia on Indigenous self-determination over negotiated borders requires a detailed focus from governments on the acknowledgement of Indigenous entitlement and the sustainable management of ...
• "Disciples by default": women's narratives of leaving alternative religious movements 

  Pratezina, Jessica (2021-04-28)

  The study of alternative religious movements (ARMs) encompasses a wide range of groups, from Fundamentalist Mormons to Scientologists to Jehovah’s Witnesses. There is, however, little research, and almost none of it from ...
• Evaluation Capacity Case Study: Organizational Assessment and Recommendations to Build Evaluation Capacity 

  Johnson, Leah I. (2021-04-26)

  This research project completed an evaluation capacity assessment with the Immigration and Settlement Service (ISS) of Catholic Social Services (CSS), a newcomer-serving agency based in Edmonton, Alberta. The goal of the ...
• Anti-Chinese Racism in Canada Under the Shadow of COVID-19 

  Bu, Lanlin (2021-04-24)

  Racism has a long history in Canada and remains a challenge to overcome in Canada's political institutions and throughout society. From their first arrival in the 1850s, Chinese people were subjected to harsh discrimination ...
• Scaling up local climate action: A survey of climate policy priorities in the Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities region 

  Rhodes, Ekaterina; Krawchenko, Tamara; Pearce, Katherine; Shaw, Karena (Canadian Planning and Policy Journal, 2021)

  Regional planning can help functionally-connected communities share expertise and the costs of climate action and amplify collective concerns and needs to upper-level governments. Understanding communities’ climate impacts, ...

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