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Habitat linkages and highway mitigation using spatially-explicit GIS-based models
(2012-12-13)I identified suitable locations for highway wildlife crossing mitigations across the TransCanada Highway (TCH) in the area of Mount Revelstoke and Glacier National Park (MRGNP), British Columbia. Highways fragment natural ... -
Harm reduction through housing first: an assessment of the Emergency Warming Centre in Inuvik, Canada
(Harm Reduction Journal, 2017)Background: This research examines the effectiveness of an Emergency Warming Centre (EWC) in Inuvik, Canada, at reducing rates of morbidity and mortality for homeless persons with concurrent disorders (mental health ... -
Harnessing low carbon pathways to thermal energy provision : a multi-case study of Metro Vancouver, B.C.
(2016-01-25)This research will explore the drivers and barriers that affect the implementation of renewable fuel sources in thermal energy provision in the Metro Vancouver region of B.C. Through a multi-case study methodology employing ... -
Harvesting community
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Having a laugh? the role of humour in adolescents’ climate change communication
(2018-03-27)This mixed methods study was guided by the research question: How does the use of humour in secondary students’ communications about climate change relate to their feelings and actions towards climate change? It used an ... -
Health literacy in Toronto : applying the TOFHLA to identify the gap between physician and patient
(2016-10-26)This study takes a modern approach applying the TOFHLA to Torontonians in order to identify some of the contributing factors impacting the physician-patient divide. The TOFHLA questionnaire with added customized pre-screening ... -
Healthcare organizations' twitter communication : an integrative review
(2018-12-13)This integrative literature review examines how healthcare organizations communicate in Twitter and how they can communicate on Twitter. Twitter provides healthcare organizations with new ways to engage with the public and ... -
Heart of the Nation
(War Heritage Research Initiative, 2018-02-03)On Parliament Hill, at the heart of the Peace Tower, is a sanctuary created for remembrance and reflection. The Memorial Chamber was originally designed and dedicated to the Canadians who died during the First World War. ... -
A Heart’s Knowledge
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Heavy metal content and potential health risk of geophagic white clay from the Kumasi Metropolis in Ghana
(Toxicology Reports, 2016)Geophagia is the craving for non-food substances and commonly practiced among pregnant women and children. Consumption of geophagic clay samples can have serious implications on the health of the consumers as a result of ... -
Help! I don’t feel safe : journeys of psychological safety shared by psychiatric nurses
(2022-11-15)This inquiry explored the psychological safety and coping strategies of registered psychiatric nurses (RPNs). The healthcare sector has struggled with workplace safety, bullying, and mental health support for nurses, all ... -
Helping First Nations children-in-care develop a healthy identity
(2009-12-01)Grounded theory was used to collect and analyze data from a literature review and the lived experience with First Nations participants, a non-First Nations caseworker, and an Indigenous scholar in order to answer questions ... -
Helping Indigenous students at First Nations university of Canada to thrive
(2019-05-15)This thesis researched what makes Indigenous students thrive at FNUniv. The focus was specifically on the student perspective. This action research inquiry was led by an Indigenous methodology and complimented with an ... -
Heritage volunteering management – approaching the younger volunteers in British Columbia
(2021-03-09)In Canada, volunteers significantly contribute to the core value of heritage sector – the continuation of histories, traditions, and experiences. However, volunteers from the younger generations have not yet been attracted ... -
The hidden mark : an ethnographic examination of visibility in heavily tattooed professionals
(2014-05-08)Few social boundaries still exist regarding tattooed individuals in Western society, yet the professional workplace remains a barrier to heavily tattooed individuals today. The historical stigma attached to heavily tattooed ... -
Hierarchical leadership, ableism and avoidance : coach and administrator conflict in the Canadian para sport system
(2022-09-15)The para sport system across Canada is relatively new in relation to the Canadian sport system that serves able bodied participants. Given the relative newness of the system, combined with the inherent ableism and lack ... -
High-rise firefighting : firefighter preparedness to life-safety vulnerabilities
(2021-04-29)The city of Toronto is experiencing rapid growth in vertical settlement patterns with the construction of very tall high-rise residential buildings that are classified as super high-rise’s by the Ontario Building Code. Due ... -
Hitching my head to my heart : a lived experience study of ecological embodied cognition
(2013-09-24)In this autoethnographic personal narrative, I share my multifaceted journey of developing ecological embodied cognition in the context of climate change, specifically in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia. ... -
Home is where the heart is : the connection between home and the heart transplant journey
(2021-08-30)Every year more and more Canadians are diagnosed with heart failure. For some who receive this diagnosis, a heart transplant is required. Heart transplants are not performed in every province in Canada; thus, patients and ... -
Home/Self/Ecology/Politics
(SAGE Publications, 2006)Building on Deleuzian philosophy, deep ecology, Carol Ronai's model of the layered text, andWendell Berry's post-9/11 writings, the author recollects his story of ourWest and reflects on the meanings of home for the self ...
