Browsing by Subject "community"
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Advancing community safety in, on, and around the water
(2021-12-10)Adhering to the Royal Roads University Research Ethics Policy, this thesis studied the research question, How might aquatic professionals advance their commitment to keep communities safe in, on, and around the water? In ... -
Circles of learning : creating opportunity to give voice and bear witness to self, others, and nature in environmental education
(2013-03-21)By asking, “Is Circle (also known as “council”) an effective methodology for environmental education?”, this thesis explores the significance of creating Circles of learning as a communication process with implications ... -
Constitutive communication in the (re)creation of community
(2017-08-04)Given physical intervention’s lack of success in transforming neighbourhoods into communities, communication presents a compelling opportunity for study, with potential to identify tools to organize neighbourhoods into ... -
Developing leadership for Canadian museums : linking self-leadership to community relevance
(2017-02-17)In partnership with the Canadian Museums Association (CMA), the question I investigated in this thesis was, “How might the CMA facilitate leadership development among its members?” In its most recent strategic plan, the ... -
In search of a wild peace : introductory notes to a dissertation by portfolio
(2020-06-05)A recent re-tabulation of government wildlife kill data reveals that British Columbia (BC) Conservation Officers, in the last 8 years (2011-2019), have killed 4,341 black bears, 162 grizzly bears, and 780 cougars (Casavant, ... -
Living walls : building with cob
(2012-08-28)There's an interesting phenomenon happening on the South Coast of British Columbia, Canada- particularly on southern Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. Groups of women, couples and families are going back to the roots ... -
NGO program efficacy and outcomes in Eastern Nepal
(2017-06-22)The author is concerned with the question of success and its measurement regarding NGO projects in Nepal and the actual project state versus projected outcomes, and how the impact of evolving conditions and contexts affect ... -
Picking up our medicine bundles in a modern-day context : community mobilization and sustainable mental health self determination using Indigenous theory and methodology
(2020-10-13)Over the past fifteen years the Indigenous rural communities in northern Saskatchewan have experienced suicide at overwhelming epidemic rates. There seems to be a clear connection between these high suicide rates and the ... -
Police surviving and thriving following emotional trauma
(2022-01-10)In 2015, the Province of British Columbia (BC) focussed on treating and improving the mental health and well-being of first responders (BC First Responders Mental Health, 2021). At this time, the Nelson Police Department ... -
Social factors that influence rural carsharing success
(2015-01-16)This research examined what social factors influenced the success or failure of rural carsharing branches in the Kootenay Region of British Columbia, Canada. There has been limited research done on the emergent carsharing ...
