• Performance Analysis of Data Mining Classification Techniques to Predict Diabetes 

  Perveena, Sajida; Shahbaz, Muhammad; Guergachi, Aziz; Keshavjee, Karim (Procedia Computer Science, 2016)

  Diabetes Mellitus is one of the major health challenges all over the world. The prevalence of diabetes is increasing at a fast pace, deteriorating human, economic and social fabric. Prevention and prediction of diabetes ...
• Re: Turning the gaze: racialized nurses’ insights into their nursing education in Canada 

  Monteiro, Andréa (2018-05-18)

  In Canada, nursing education and practice are enacted in the context of a white settler nation-state. As part of their mandates, nursing schools uphold concepts such as multiculturalism, equity, and diversity; however, ...
• Educating registered nursing and healthcare assistant students in community-based supportive care of older adults: A mixed methods study 

  Pesut, Barbara; McLean, Tammy; Reimer-Kirkham, Sheryl; Hartrick-Doane, Gweneth; Hutchings, Deanna; Russell, Lara B, (Nurse Education Today, 2015)

  Background: Collaborative education that prepares nursing and healthcare assistant students in supportive care for older adults living at home with advanced chronic illness is an important innovation to prepare the nursing ...
• The education of an indigenous woman: the pursuit of truth, social justice and healthy relationships in a Coast Salish community context 

  Underwood, Mavis Kathleen (2018-05-07)

  In 1951 British Columbia public schools opened their doors to First Nations children furthering federal government goals of assimilation. First Nations learners entered provincial public schools as a "billable commodity" ...
• Common worlding pedagogies: cultivating the ‘arts of awareness’ with tracking, compost, and death 

  Nelson, Narda (2018-05-04)

  This thesis foregrounds moments from an early childhood centre’s multispecies inquiry to grapple with the question of what pedagogies and practice might need to look and feel like to create the conditions for new ways of ...
• A storytelling approach to second-generation survivors of residential school: the impact and effects 

  McDonald, Shannon (2018-05-01)

  This thesis looks at the stories of second-generation survivors of residential school. Storytelling is the methodology utilized in this research. The practice of Indigenous storytelling is a way to transfer knowledge to ...
• Weaving the sweetgrass and porcupine quill birch box into a methodology: the living stories of chronic kidney disease for First Nations People 

  Smith, Mary (2018-04-30)

  The thunderstorm encroaches, the smoky raven like clouds float over my spirit. This writing takes place at a time of mourning, a deep and lonesome sadness for family relations who have passed over the last few years, many ...
• Living in the in-between as an Ismaili Muslim woman: an autoethnography 

  Gulamhusein, Shemine Alnoor (2018-04-30)

  This autoethnographic research project explores how a first-generation Canadian Ismaili Muslim, grapples with the tensions of belonging and identity while living in the in-between spaces of multiple social locations. Using ...
• Practicum Supervision in Child and Youth Care: A Guide for Site Supervisors 

  Awai, Sheila (2018-04-28)

  There are a number of factors that contribute to didactic practicum supervision for Child and Youth Care (CYC) students. Analyzing current human service research revealed field placement components that support learning ...
• Children's Bodies in Early Childhood Education 

  Antonsen, Connie (2018-04-27)

  This project is comprised of three separate papers that emerged from my involvement in the University of Victoria’s Investigating Quality in Early Learning Environments Project in British Columbia. Using a postfoundational ...
• Community Managed Alcohol Programs in Canada: Overview of Key Dimensions and Implementation 

  Pauly, Bernie; Vallance, Kate; Wettlaufer, Ashley; Chow, Clifton; Brown, Randi; Evans, Joshua; Gray, Erin; Krysowaty, Bonnie; Ivsins, Andrew; Schiff, Rebecca; Stockwell, Tim (Drug and Alcohol Review, 2018)

  Introduction and Aims People with severe alcohol dependence and unstable housing are vulnerable to multiple harms related to drinking and homelessness. Managed Alcohol Programs (MAP) aim to reduce harms of severe alcohol ...
• An Evaluation of the Ministry of Labour’s new Joint Health and Safety Committee Certification Training Program Standard 

  Grossman, Steven (2018-04-24)
• A review of productivity, efficiency, and engagement in University Systems 

  Thompson, Scott (2018-04-24)

  The objective of the report is to analyze and recommend solutions to improve University Systems’ employee engagement, productivity, and efficiency. The research explores employee perceptions of existing structures related ...
• Exploring healthy vending contracts as a localized policy approach to improve the nutrition environment in publicly funded recreation facilities 

  Lane, Cassandra (2018-04-19)

  Objective: Many Canadian publicly funded recreation facilities have an obesogenic environment. Researchers recommend food and beverage policies to change these environments, however further research is needed to distinguish ...
• Exploring the experiences of child and youth care workers in residential care through a constructive-developmental lens 

  Modlin, Heather (2018-04-19)

  Child and youth care workers in residential care provide support and intervention to young people who are experiencing difficulties in their lives. Caring for these young people can be complex and demanding and many child ...
• Impact of telehealth on access to care for community-dwelling older adults with chronic illness. 

  Lee, Kyoung Yong (2018-04-18)

  Telehealth has great potential for providing timely and comprehensive care to community-dwelling older adults while reducing their barriers to healthcare access. The purpose of this study is to understand how older adults ...
• Seeking justice beyond legalism: cultural appropriation of totem poles on the Pacific Northwest Coast 

  Lefroy, Isabelle (2018-04-11)

  This thesis attempts to illuminate and problematize the marriage of capitalism and colonialism that results in the widespread appropriation of Indigenous expressions of culture, and in particular, totem poles. This project ...
• Future Forward: An Economic Development Plan for New Westminster 

  Fryer, Blair (2018-04-09)

  This project identifies goals, strategies, and actions that should be pursued by the City of New Westminster’s economic development office (EDO) to promote local economic development and growth. Related, the project provides ...
• Autism and entrepreneurship: An examination of the effectiveness of self-employment as a model to address the economic isolation experienced by individuals with autism spectrum disorder. 

  Knott, Gregory (2018-04-06)

  Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are more socially isolated and economically disadvantaged than their peers with other developmental disorders and much greater than the general population (Roux, Shattuck, ...
• Forced Migrant Youth’s Identity Development and Agency in Resettlement Decision-Making: Liminal Life on the Myanmar-Thailand Border 

  Ball, Jessica; Moselle, Sarah (Migration, Mobility, & Displacement, 2016)

  Migration and refugee studies have elaborated upon themes of voice, subjectivity, and agency of mobile adults while comparatively neglecting forced migrant children and youth. Decades of armed conflict and economic collapse ...

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