• The ‘Rules of the Game’ in Public Sector Collaboration 

  Pollard, Ben (2023-02-01)

  This dissertation explores the role of institutions (as ‘the rules of the game’) in attempts to foster public sector collaboration to address cross-cutting policy issues in agencified jurisdictions. The dissertation develops ...
• Queering food sovereignty: “it feels like building community; to joyfully gather around food” 

  Williamson, Connor I (2023-01-30)

  This thesis seeks to fill the current gap in food sovereignty literature by bringing queer farmers perspectives and voices into the academic discourse. The focus of the analysis is if queer farmers in Canada are practicing ...
• Understanding the relationship between income inequality and carbon dioxide emissions: the Canadian context 

  Conrad, Noah O. (2022-12-05)

  This thesis examines the evolution of income inequality in Canada from 1997 to 2019 through the Gini coefficient and the share of income of the top 10% of income earners. These metrics are then used to evaluate whether ...
• The Relative Effect of Supportive and Transformational Leadership on Emotional Exhaustion and Turnover Intention in Front-line Homeless Sector Workers 

  Wilson, Scott (2022-09-28)

  The front-line homeless-sector workforce provides an essential service in an often emotionally-taxing environment that leads to high turnover. However, there has been limited research focused on front-line homeless sector ...
• Developing the Program Evaluation Framework for Investment Agriculture Foundation of British Columbia 

  Ali, Zulfiqar (2022-09-27)

  This thesis aimed to gain an in-depth understanding of effective program evaluation frameworks, particularly in the agriculture sector. Specifically, the analysis was focused on assessing monitoring and evaluation of public ...
• The Need for a Multiple Accounts Cost-Benefit Analysis of COVID-19 Response Measures in British Columbia 

  De Almeida, Steven (2022-09-22)

  By reviewing pre-existing academic literature, research, and data (both international and domestic), this report examines information from a variety of sources to contextualize the threat of COVID-19 against the negative ...
• Prospects for Endogenous Development: Understanding Community Capacity in the Keremeos Area of British Columbia 

  Shemilt, Jeff (2022-09-20)

  This study explores how local community economic development actors in rural settings view prospects for bottom-up (i.e., endogenous) development through a case study of the Keremeos area in British Columbia. The study ...
• An Early Exploration of Evaluation Practices under Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy 

  Mack, Amanda (2022-09-02)

  The newly released Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP) aims to gender mainstream all stages of Canada’s international development projects with the goal of using a “truly feminist approach that supports the ...
• Designing Ethical Research Protocols for Social Research: An analysis of key ethical elements in human participant research using a case study about timing child protection mediation 

  Craig, Victoria (2022-08-30)

  This thesis examines different components of ethical research: vulnerability, sensitive research topics, Indigenous participants, informed consent, protecting participant privacy, and minimizing harm. Each element is ...
• "Heard you got a great pandemic plan, would you mind sharing it?": COVID-19 Pandemic Planning and Response in Local Governments in British Columbia 

  Greer, Sarah (2022-08-19)

  The COVID-19 pandemic has pressured governments to plan and implement policies to protect their citizens and economies. In British Columbia (B.C.), all local governments needed to plan and respond to the pandemic emergency ...
• The impact of relational permanency and mentorship on care leavers in British Columbia 

  Lobbezoo, Allyssa (2022-05-02)

  The Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) has identified the importance of permanency for children and youth in care, defined as “permanent, stable relationships” which “are a major determinant of whether ...
• Pumping up building decarbonisation: the role of policy awareness in heat pump adoption among Canadian homeowners 

  Corbett, Meghan (2022-03-30)

  Heat pumps are a key technology for decarbonising residential buildings, yet their current market share in Canada remains very low at approximately 5%. To promote heat pump adoption, governments in Canada have introduced ...
• Federal policy evolution, newcomer integration and data reporting: the strengths and weaknesses of Canadian immigration policy 

  Ray, Devraj (2022-01-25)

  Among the different immigration streams in Canada- family reunification, economic immigrants and refugee protection- newcomers have cited diverse experiences. This is problematic since Canada has a goal of increasing its ...
• Complaint handling that ‘works here’: the drivers and barriers of effective complaint handling in the BC local government context 

  Prosser, Andrew Edwin (2022-01-24)

  Complaint handling is an effective tool for public sector governance. Effective complaint handling improves relationships between organizations and citizens by fostering trust and accountability, helps address gaps in ...
• Filial piety Confucian familism with its special connection to the treatments of elderly people 

  Jin, Jiahui (2021-12-23)

  Against the backdrop of successful family planning in China, the aging of the society’s population is increasing. With the increasing number of older adults, the support of the elderly has become a significant issue for ...
• Barriers to implementation of open data strategies in small, medium, and large municipalities in British Columbia 

  Toogood, Shannon (2021-12-23)

  This thesis aims to provide a current understanding of the open data movement at the municipal government level in British Columbia. The focus of the analysis is to identify barriers municipal public servants have encountered ...
• “What do we want and how do we get there” - A comparative review of First Nations Comprehensive Community Plans in British Columbia 

  Kobzik, Juraj (2021-12-06)

  First Nations are important regional development actors, and yet, their development ambitions and goals have often been ignored or poorly understood by settler governments. Since 2004, the federal government has supported ...
• Understanding energy-economy models: survey evidence from model users and developers in Canada 

  Craig, Kira (2021-08-06)

  Energy-economy models are important tools used by policy-makers and researchers to design effective climate policy. However, there has been limited research that compares models against consistent characteristics to ...
• Examining career plateau in the public service 

  Darling, Sean (2020-05-25)

  Career plateau research is heavily focused on the private sector at the management level. There are few studies which examine career plateau in the public sector and no studies of career plateau in the Canadian core public ...
• Governing cross-border sharing of genetic data: a new border frontier 

  Herman, Katherina (2020-02-12)

  The information contained within an individual’s DNA is arguably the most intimate form of information which uncovers a person’s past, present and future. The risk of misuse and discrimination resulting from the inappropriate ...

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