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Access, universal design and the sustainability of teaching practices: A powerful synchronicity of concepts at a crucial conjuncture for higher education
(Indonesian Journal of Disability Studies, 2017)Sustainability in Higher Education is usually interpreted as a concept applying solely to operations management and energy policy. Though the applicability of the concept to social justice is immediately tangible, few ... -
ACES : connecting youth to the environment through outdoor education
(2011-07-11)ACES is an integrated curriculum program that has been a part of the Yukon public education system since 1989. This study explores the impacts of this place-based outdoor education program on the participants‟ relationships ... -
Achieving sustainability in Canadian households through sustainability leadership created by a coaching program
(2017-07-24)This thesis analyzed a green coaching program administered by the David Suzuki Foundation that aims to spread household level sustainability practices in Canada and builds leadership for sustainability. The inquiry asked ... -
Achieving zero waste in multi-unit residential buildings
(2017-01-18)Multi-unit residential buildings (MURB) house 60% of Vancouver, BC’s population and, presently, occupants of MURBs in Metro Vancouver only achieve a waste diversion rate of 24%. My research identifies barriers impacting ... -
Acknowledgements
(Royal Roads University, 2016-06-01)We are very appreciative of our colleagues at Royal Roads University, including the faculty, librarians, and staff who have provided support, ideas, contributions, and feedback during the preparation of this volume. We ... -
Action shift : cyclically reflexive constructivist grounded action research informs pragmatic collaborative natural resource management strategies and tools for consideration by Fisheries and Oceans Canada, pacific region
(2012-04-26)Grounded theory methodology blended with action research can provide creative approaches to addressing policy-oriented questions with practical outcomes. Practical policy-oriented research outcomes are illustrated through ... -
Adventure learning: Educational, social, and technological affordances for collaborative hybrid distance education
(Quarterly Review of Distance Education, 2008)Adventure learning (AL) is a hybrid distance education approach that provides students with opportunities to explore real-world issues through authentic learning experiences within collaborative learning environments. ... -
Adventure tourism operators and snowmobilers : managing interactions
(2013-11-27)Anecdotal information indicates that conflict exists between Adventure Tourism Operators (ATOs) and snowmobilers in the backcountry of British Columbia. Focusing on the Sea-to-Sky Corridor, a survey was conducted among ... -
Advocacy confidential : narrative accounts of youth engaged in environmental and social justice advocacy
(2014-11-10)This study explores the phenomena of burnout as a social construct with youth engaged in social change movements. Using a dialogic narrative methodology I interviewed seven youth engaged within environmental and/or social ... -
Aerodrome of Democracy
(War Heritage Research Initiative, 2018-02-03)130,000 pilots and other aircrew through the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP) trained in Canada during the Second World War. Because of the wide-open spaces, proximity to American technology, and that it ... -
An alcoholic forever? A critical discourse analysis of Alcoholics Anonymous construction of identity development in addiction recovery
(2015-09-03)Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) largely dictates the treatment of alcohol addiction in the United States and Canada. This exclusivity for treating alcohol-related health issues has created problems among individuals who struggle ... -
Amazed, appreciative, or ambivalent? Student and faculty perceptions of librarians embedded in online courses
(Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 2014-08-15)With the continuing trend toward university courses being offered online, there is corresponding need for academic librarians to support students in those digital spaces. We developed a sustainable model for embedding ... -
#AmWriting : how authors negotiate their individual creative labour on social media
(2018-01-31)In this participatory arts-based research project, I tasked four poetry and fiction writers, with a creative project to determine how the individual nature of the author’s creative labour is negotiated on social ... -
An analysis of the role of moralizing in Conflict Performance and behavior
(2019-01-15)In this thesis, I use the Insight approach and autoethnography to examine my own performance in a conflict that occurred during group work. I capture and analyze empirical data and develop theoretical implications about ... -
An argument for analogue : how can an indie magazine structure Its digital framework to increase print viability?
(2019-09-18)Digital media consumption of magazines is becoming increasingly ubiquitous, yet print remains significant in this genre. The purpose of this study is to determine a model of publishing in which an independent magazine’s ... -
An autoethnographic exploration of family-based emergent nature learning
(2017-04-04)Through autoethonography, I explored emergent nature learning in a family context. I facilitated and journaled about eighty-five family-based nature experiences with my own family, ten of which included other families. I ... -
An evaluation of wastewater treatment technologies for the purpose of recirculation in aquaculture facilities with a focus on an unsubmerged bioreactor
(2017-07-14)As aquaculture continues to grow worldwide, land-based aquaculture facilities can be ideal because a large volume of fish can be produced in a small area. With growth comes the concern of water usage and wastewater management. ...
