• Getting the Most Out of Charitable Donations: Options for North Saanich to Consider 

  May-Poole, Tanner (2019-01-15)

  This research report provides a review of North Saanich’s current methods to accept donations and determine the potential options for North Saanich to regulate donations from residential groups that would benefit North ...
• Adapting Metro Vancouver's Transportation System to be Senior-Friendly 

  Williams, Stephanie (2019-01-10)

  Objectives: The objective of this project is to determine ways in which Metro Vancouver’s transportation system can be adapted to be senior-friendly. Metro Vancouver is experiencing an aging population and will need a ...
• Mature girls, squirrelly boys, and “wily” risk; gendered risk in outdoor adventure education 

  Tilstra, Elisabeth (2019-01-02)

  This thesis critically analyzes how gender intersects with risk processes and practices in outdoor adventure education. I focus on how language, binary logic, and societal norms work together to gender risk and offer three ...
• Applications of x-ray computed tomography polymer gel dosimetry 

  Maynard, Evan David (2018-12-24)

  Radiation therapy, one of the most common forms of cancer treatment, is continually evolving with the introduction of new technology, more complex treatments and more advanced radiation dose calculations. To ensure the ...
• Exploring peripheral member engagement in a virtual health care professionals’ network 

  Ying, Ho-Wang Tom (2018-12-21)

  Peripheral members, or lurkers, make up the majority of membership in an online network, but not much is known about them as they are not publicly active (e.g. Post online). Data on the lurker population of Nurses and ...
• Exploring service integration in Campbell River's homelessness support system 

  Gaylor, Andy; Neufeld, Ronald (2018-12-20)

  This research project examines how greater forms of service integration within the City of Campbell River’s homeless support system can be applied to improve outcomes for the area’s homeless. Drawing from the literature ...
• Government attention on wicked problems 

  Lepore, Walter (2018-12-20)

  This doctoral dissertation consists of three separate but related studies that describe and explain government attention on wicked problems as a two-level phenomenon (the individual and the organizational) illustrating ...
• Consumer medication information: memory, perceptions, preferences, and information needs 

  Monkman, Helen (2018-12-19)

  INTRODUCTION: Electronic health resources are becoming prevalent. However, consumer health information is still predominantly text based. Relying on text alone to deliver health information may not be the most effective ...
• Inventory improvement and optimization of pharmacy Automated Dispensing Cabinet (ADC) 

  Marefat, Mehdi (2018-12-17)

  Abstract Introduction Emerge of Automated Dispensing Cabinets (ADCs) has helped hospital pharmacies to expand their monitoring and controls beyond pharmacy walls. It has provided opportunities for hospital pharmacies ...
• A review of the BC Sheriff Services threat assessment process 

  Bell, Jackie G. (2018-12-13)

  Threat and risk assessments conducted by the BC Sheriff Services Integrated Threat Assessment Unit (ITAU) inform protective measures to reduce risk of targeted violence towards employees and the public at provincial ...
• Restorative justice and sexual assault: Canadian practitioner experiences 

  Burgar, Taryn (2018-12-13)

  This thesis examines the use of restorative justice with cases of sexual assault in Canada through the perspective of practitioner experience. It concludes that restorative justice for sexual assault is an innovative and ...
• Exploring the Feasibility and Costs and Benefits of Solar Carports for the Calgary Parking Authority 

  Polivchuk, Jessica (2018-12-11)

  Solar carports – structures that shade parked vehicles, protect vehicles from the elements, and generate renewable electricity using solar photovoltaic (PV) panels – present a unique and interesting opportunity for existing ...
• A Shifting Position: Responding Restoratively to Sexualized Violence at Post-Secondary Institutions in Waterloo Region 

  Martin, Leah (2018-12-10)

  Recent, high-profile cases of sexualized violence on Canadian post-secondary campuses have drawn attention to the frequency of these incidents, the prevalence of underreporting, and the inadequacy of institutionalized ...
• Wezesha Project Evaluation: Assessing the Impact of Microcredit on Poverty in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo 

  Boomer, Michael (2018-12-08)

  The following document is an evaluation to assess the impact of Wezesha Project at alleviating poverty in the lives of its beneficiaries. Wezesha Project is a poverty focused microcredit program operating in the ...
• The next chapter: a practical guide for individuals, families, communities, social workers, and organizations supporting indigenous youth aging-out of care 

  Mahikwa, Robert (2018-12-07)

  This research utilized Indigenous methodologies rooted in oral traditions, storytelling practices, and the Medicine Wheel teachings to examine how individuals, families, communities, social workers, and organizations can ...
• Climate Change, An Unwelcome Legacy: The Need to Support Children’s Rights to Participate in Global Conversations 

  Vaghri, Ziba (Children, Youth and Environments, 2018)

  The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) articulates children's rights to be heard and to participate in decisions that affect them. In spite of widespread ratification of the CRC, and the recognition of youth ...
• Wiring the brain for participation through active listening and active learning 

  Vaghri, Ziba; Covell, Katherine; Clow, Holly (The Canadian Journal of Children’s Rights, 2018)

  Opportunities for participation are generally conceived to be provided through structures in the child’s environment. Here we make the case that a prerequisite to meaningful participation is providing children with an early ...
• Evaluating a post-implementation electronic medical record training intervention for diabetes management in primary care 

  Randhawa, Gurprit Kaur (2018-12-05)

  Electronic medical records (EMR) can be used by Primary Care Physicians (PCP) to support diabetes care in a proactive and planned way. Although the majority of Canadian PCPs have adopted an EMR, advanced use of the EMR is ...
• The Limits of Policy Analytics: Early Examples and the Emerging Boundary of Possibilities 

  Longo, Justin; Dobell, Alan Rodney (Politics and Governance, 2018)

  Policy analytics has emerged as a modification of traditional policy analysis, where the discrete stages of the policy cycle are reformulated into a continuous, real-time system of big data collection, data analytics, and ...
• In the name of cancer nursing: organizational change and oncology practices 

  Stevenson, Roberta Lynn (2018-11-22)

  This dissertation studies a process of change as evidenced in the everyday conduct of cancer nursing within the context of the ambulatory care setting. The purpose of this study was to explicate relationships of leaders ...

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