College of Interdisciplinary Studies

Protecting the information society : exploring corporate decision makers’ attitudes towards active cyber defence as an online deterrence option

Neal, Patrick

Protecting the Information Society consists of using passwords, firewalls, encryption, and educating end users on the safe internet security practices. Beginning in the 1990’s a second option was briefly considered by ...

Narratives of gender and identity of young men : education, family and community in a northern BC single industry town

Euverman, Susan

This research is aimed at understanding how masculinities are developed in five males who grew up in a small northern BC community. Using narratives and autoethnography, this research shows that the community, family and ...

The experience of older gay men living in non-metropolitan British Columbia

Savage, Robert Mark

This dissertation explores the experience of non-metropolitan aging among 30 older self-identified gay men in Kelowna, the Southern Interior, Powell River, the Duncan-Nanaimo corridor, and on Salt Spring Island, British ...

Decision-making in United Nations peacekeeping operations : understanding the social processes that influenced decision-making in the United Nations mission in South Sudan from January to September 2014

Steeves, Jason Alan Mervyn

The civil war that started in South Sudan in December 2013 changed the country and it changed the scale and scope of the United Nations mission that was there to assist it. The purpose of this research was to uncover how ...

In search of a theory for an age-welcoming society : reconstructing Canadian millennials’ expectations on their aging Journey

Vazquez, Debora

Numerous essays and research studies have been conducted with the objective to understand how the aging process is experienced and what social, economic, and political factors influence that process. Critical theorists ...

Gimaadaasamin, we are accounting for the people : support for customary governance in Deshkan Ziibiing

Jewell, Eva

For nearly 150 years, Canada’s Indian Act has been an impetus of assimilation, dispossession, and cultural genocide of First Nations peoples. Today it continues its reign as the arbiter of First Nation-Settler Canadian ...

Accessibility of Metro Vancouver fire personnel following a damaging earthquake

Traviss, Steve (2018-10-11)

In British Columbia’s nature programs where hearts are rooted : a multiple case study of nature education in early childhood education

Myers, Susan

This research is aimed at contributing to knowledge about early childhood education (ECE) nature programs for children aged two to five years old. In the research, three cases that embed eight early childhood nature programs ...

Sustainability in the higher education of interior designers

Sherwood, Leah

This thesis addresses the question: how comprehensive are principles of sustainability in the curricula of interior design degree programs in Canada? Key trends in literature regarding sustainability in higher education ...

Articulating the GEMINI model of entrepreneurial innovation in Canada

McIntyre, Sharon Marie

This research used a comparative case study methodology to closely examine an emergent phenomenon in the field of entrepreneurship. The literature review examined interconnected shifts in social values, evolving technology, ...

Beyond towel recycling : sustainability as hotel business strategy

Almeida, Milton

Hotels are not just places where people sleep or eat; they can provide unique cultural opportunities and community experiences, and at the same time contribute to enhancing the local communities in which they are embedded. ...

Every one counts : examining Aboriginal youth incarceration by gender, statistics and Witsuwit'en laws

Whonnock, Karen

This dissertation examines the incarceration rates of Aboriginal youth in Canada as well as Witsuwit’en legal tradition regarding youth discipline. I explore Aboriginal youth incarceration rates, and examine regional ...

Factors affecting post-secondary pathway choices

Turcotte, Devon

University has long been considered the gold standard for post-secondary education. This study used a survey of current post-secondary students enrolled in a science or engineering program at an Ontario university in order ...

Community systems and practices to prevent and respond to violence against children in Uganda : children’s perceptions and lived experiences

Wamimbi, Richard Wotti

Violence Against Children (VAC) is a growing public health and social development problem recognized globally and specifically in Uganda. The general research objective of this study was to examine how the community formal ...

Towards transformative learning : bridging the divide between theory and practice in secondary education

Mitchell, Graeme A

This qualitative study explored the interaction between transformative learning, sustainability education, and the Institute for Global Solutions (IGS) program. Using narrative analysis research methods, the researcher ...

A participatory case study on youth’s emergency department experience through youth engagement as a change agent

Whelan, Trish

My doctoral research involved a participatory case study (PCS) on youth’s emergency department (ED) experiences through youth engagement as a change agent. One of the vulnerable populations in our society, namely, ...

Dispelling stereotypes and building capacity : repairing the leaky pipeline between high school and post-secondary engineering education through participatory action research

Tarnai-Lokhorst, Katherina Veronica

Women make up 12.8% of the engineering population in Canada despite decades of efforts by engineering educators and practitioners to recruit and retain women. This dissertation builds on the historical context of feminist ...