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The Libraries of Royal Roads University and Vancouver Island University collaboratively offer VIURRSpace to digitally preserve and showcase selected scholarly and creative works of the universities, together with special collections that represent the unique character of the region.
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Reconciliation in the News: A Framing Analysis of Residential Schools and the TRC in Canadian National Newspapers
The news media play an important role in our society by framing issues and helping to set the public agenda. However, through the use of framing, news media can also privilege entrenched interests and particular worldviews. ... -
Supporting a Growing International Student Population at Saskatchewan Polytechnic
This thesis examined how can Saskatchewan Polytechnic Student Services (SPSS) and the School of Business more effectively support international students to improve the student experience. This is a timely topic, as it is ... -
Animals of ancient Vancouver Island colouring sheets
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2018)Colouring sheets showing animals that lived at the time when the rocks of Vancouver Island were formed. Sharks, ammonites, crinoids, and more! -
The Coast - Insular boundary revisited: Mid-Jurassic ductile deformation on Quadra Island, British Columbia
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2018)A research poster presented at Resources for Future Generations 2018 in Vancouver, BC. -
Petrogenesis of deformed intrusive pods in the Quatsino formation, Open Bay, Quadra Island, British Columbia
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2014)A research poster presented at Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2014 in Vancouver, BC. -
Fossils of Vancouver Island
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2013)An overview of the most interesting and most common fossils of Vancouver Island. -
Education versus training?
(Douglas College, 1997)This paper argues that the division between liberal education and training for employment is a false dilemma. -
Plan Canada - Volume 39, Number 1 (January/February 1999)
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 1999)Montréal 1999: The city and its region / La ville et sa région / La ciudad y su región -
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(Canadian Institute of Planners, 1999)Table of contents for Plan Canada - Volume 39, Number 1 (January/February 1999). -
About the theme of the 1999 CIP/OUQ conference - why should we be interested in the city-region?
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 1999)The essential goal of the 1999 CIP Conference in Montréal can thus be stated as follows: to ensure that planners, here and abroad, individually and collectively, play a central role and are fully capable of exercising their ... -
Primary and secondary indicators
(ACTIR, 1990-10)This article argues for greater terminological exactitude in describing words used to indicate the presence and structure of reasoned arguments. -
What is critical thinking?
(ACTIR, 1989-10)This article argues for a conception of critical thinking incorporating both technical skills and autonomy of thought. -
Leadership development in a mid-sized manufacturing firm
This thesis employed appreciative, action research engagement to explore how a mid-sized manufacturing firm could better develop and leverage leadership within its manufacturing division from a constructionist viewpoint. ... -
Metropolitan planning in Montréal: 1960-1998
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 1999)During the 1950s and 1960s, the conditions for a radical transformation of metropolitan Montreal were in place. This article retraces the major steps of this evolution. First, it reminds us that the city at the end ... -
The city and its region or the region and its city?
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 1999)An explicitly critical perspective of the Conference theme is used to inform an exploration of the contemporary city-region planning challenge and to argue for an alternative operative philosophy to the current ... -
Planning challenges in Latin America
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 1999)In anticipation of the upcoming 1999 CIP/OUQ Conference, this article attempts to explain some of the key emerging planning issues affecting Latin America. For the first time in CIP's 80-year history, this Conference ... -
Nouvelles réalités régionales, nouvelles pratiques d'urbanisme : Un exemple, le logement social
(Canadian Institute of Planners, 1999)Pour les urbanistes, le phénomène de régionalisarion de l'urbain a des impacts bien au delà de I'organisation et de la planification du territoire. Transports, environnement, santé ... ; tous les champs de practiques ... -
Whatever happened to baby logic?
(ISSA, 1991)This paper argues that the inclusion of formal logic into introductory critical thinking courses can be self-defeating. -
Bud to blossom : an intuitive, auto-phenomenological inquiry into maturation and transformation through vision fasting
This thesis examines the effect of a vision fast experience on worldview from an auto-phenomenological perspective. Using an intuitive inquiry methodology, the study is conducted through five iterative cycles of hermeneutic ... -
The design of a virtual patient based learning model as a process to improve second language learning and cultural competence for healthcare professionals
People of Spanish-speaking origin with limited English proficiency is an increasing demographic in many U.S. communities. This group faces language and cultural barriers that affect access to quality healthcare and patient ...
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