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Taking action to re-localise the global food system : if not now, when?
(2022-02-15)This dissertation reports on a three-year participatory action research (PAR) initiative aimed at re-localising the food system in a specific locale in Canada. It describes the process from theory to practice of building ... -
Talking each other home: leadership and cultural safety in MAiD
(2021-12-20)Set against the backdrop of increased accessibility to Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) across Canada, and an emerging sense of urgency around addressing racism in health care in BC, this First-Person Action Research ... -
Talking with our mouths full : performance and feasting as intercultural dialogue
(2015-07-16)In May 2015, Vancouver Moving Theatre produced The Big House, a theatrical feast in which culturally significant food, art, and narratives were shared. The intent was to create a space for "coming together". The feast was ... -
Teacher professionalization in the age of social networking sites: Identifying major tensions and dilemmas
(Learning, Media, and Technology, 2015)As teacher education students become professionals, they face a number of tensions related to identity, social participation, and work-life balance, which may be further complicated by social networking sites (SNS). This ... -
Teachers' perceptions and experiences of live dives in the classroom
(2018-04-24)Interviews were conducted with eight middle school teachers who participated, along with their students, in live-streamed scuba dives, known as “live dives”. Teachers ranked student engagement as their most important ... -
Teaching and learning in respectful reciprocity : an autoethnographical account of an educator’s apprenticeship to nature
(2021-08-26)As an environmental educator, I am interested in helping students learn from the natural world. In this phenomenological autoethnography, I outline some major lessons I learned from local nature while site-sitting, listening, ... -
Teaching boundary setting in Canadian nursing programs : unveiling the hidden curriculum
(2022-11-29)Background: Several studies discuss boundary setting as a skill for health professionals in therapeutic relationships. This study seeks to understand how the skill is taught in public post-secondary nursing programs and ... -
Teaching in Iran: Culture and consequences
(Intercultural Education, 2018)The purpose of this paper is to examine cultural effects on interactions within a Canadian MBA program delivered in Iran. The analysis helps illuminate some of the important cultural differences between the countries and ... -
Teaching with Instructional Software
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Team and community building online: Using technology to enhance the student experience
(EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology, 2016)With the ongoing move toward blended and team-based learning in post secondary education, there is a need for greater understanding of how to support virtual teams in their work and as they build learning communities online. ... -
Team and community building online: Using technology to enhance the student experience
(EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology, 2016)With the ongoing move toward blended and team-based learning in post secondary education, there is a need for greater understanding of how to support virtual teams in their work and as they build learning communities online. ... -
Team biographies
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Teams, trust, and social flow : a grounded theory exploration
(2016-06-06)What is the role of trust when a team is in social flow? This research is my second exploratory step to discovering the answer. The model that emerged from this research predicts that social flow is grounded in inter-personal ... -
Tech team technology support model and new technology adoption at Calgary Girls' School
(2015-11-20)Technology use and adoption in innovative ways is a challenge facing users in today's work and learning environments. Having physical access to technology is not the simple solution to fully integrated use of that technology. ... -
The techne of making a ferry: a non-representational approach to passengers’ gathering taskscapes
(Journal of Transport Geography, 2011)Drawing upon ethnographic data collected in British Columbia’s ferry-dependent island and coastal communities, non-representational theory, and mobility studies literature this article examines the process of making, or ... -
Technologies of the sky: a socio-semiotic and critical analysis of televised weather discourse
(Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2007-04)We offer a critical reading of televised weather reporting and forecasting discourse. We analyze text obtained from a US affiliate station of The Weather Channel over three days when a winter front advanced through the ... -
Technology for capacity development : one union's perspective
(2015-08-06)Unions exist to advocate for fair wages, equality, safe work environments, and professional practice supports on behalf of workers. This case study engaged union members in a collaborative participatory action research ... -
The technology of hope : twitter and the #BringBackOurGirls campaign
(2015-09-01)On April 14, 2014 Boko Haram, an Islamic militant group, abducted 274 girls from a secondary school in the Chibok region of northeastern Nigeria. The mass abduction of the Chibok girls shook Nigerians and spurred a social ... -
The TED word list : an analysis of TED talks to benefit ESL teachers and learners
(2016-01-28)To enhance TED Talk usability in ESL classrooms, I created a TED Talk corpus and determined a list of high-frequency vocabulary unique to the TED corpus. The investigation also determined the percentage of General Services ... -
Telling a different story : a counternarrative on Black graduates’ experiences at Canadian post-secondary institutions
(2021-05-05)All too often, narratives in media, public discourse, and some scholarship in the United States and Canada focus on low access and retention rates of black students attending post-secondary institutions. Although it is ...
