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Response of Birds to Habitat Types, Temperature, and Precipitation in Central Parkland Natural Subregion of Beaver County, Alberta
Many avian species are in decline throughout Canada. The Alberta Central Parkland Natural Subregion may provide a stronghold for maintaining avian diversity; however, large portions of this area have been affected by human ... -
From Research to Action: Exploring Knowledge Translation with Front-Line Youth Workers
This study examined how research-with-practice knowledge translation (KT) partnerships strengthen the practice of front-line youth workers (FLYWs) through examining the needs of knowledge users. Using an action research ... -
Community Resilience to Seismic Events: A Case Study of Haida Gwaii, Canada
Small, remote communities situated along the Pacific Northwest coast of British Columbia are vulnerable to seismic events including earthquakes, and near- and far-field tsunamis. These have the potential to affect community ... -
A fraud investigation plan for a false accounting and theft case
(Journal of Financial Crime, 2019)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to formulate and propose a fraud investigation plan that forensic accountants can use to investigate financial frauds. In particular, the paper sets out the structure and rationale of ... -
Interactions and Exchanges: How ‘Frequent Fringers’ Select Shows at the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival
Since 1982, the annual Edmonton Fringe Festival presents hundreds of non-juried theatrical productions by lottery application. Because theatregoing ‘Fringers’ have limited knowledge of the content of the productions on ... -
Cultural Survival Among Syrians in Cairo: The Role of Syrian Educators and Educational Centers
Syrian refugees in Egypt are using educational centers to support the preservation of their culture and way of life. This thesis takes an in-depth look at four educational centers and their cultural path through the education ... -
Clinical Nurse Educators' experiences working with Students with Mental Health Disabilities
Little research has focused on clinical nurse educators’ experiences working with students with mental health disabilities. Yet, clinical nurse educators play an important role in helping students with disabilities succeed ... -
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 ... -
Behind Closed Doors: Understanding How Canadian Companies Utilize Internal Communication to Engage Employees in Corporate Social Responsibility
Engaging employees in CSR programs contributes to the overall success and progress of these sustainability initiatives, while simultaneously increasing employee job satisfaction by adding meaning and purpose within the ... -
22. UDL-From disabilities office to mainstream class: How the tools of a minority are addressing the aspirations of the student body at large
(Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2013)Confronted by the increasingly changing and varied nature of disabilities in Higher Education (Bowe, 2000; McGuire & Scott, 2002), Disability Service providers across North America are progressively moving away from targeted ... -
Like fire to water: Building bridging collaborations between Disability service providers and course instructors to create user friendly and resource efficient UDL implementation material
(Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2014)This study presents a post-secondary campus` experience with systematic and global promotion of Universal Design for Learning. It analyzes data collected over a 24 months period, relating to course instructors’ responses ... -
A multi-perspective examination of the barriers to field-placement experiences for students with disabilities
(Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2014)In light of the innumerable changes in post-secondary environments that reflect a movement toward inclusive education and a reliance on real-world evaluations in the form of field placements, we report on our findings from ... -
Reflections on school engagement: An eco-systemic review of the Cree School Board’s experience
(In Education, 2014)25 years represents one of the first occurrences worldwide of a society having globally acknowledged that a curriculum, as a whole, did not necessarily fit a specific group, rather than the individuals not performing ... -
Making do with what we have: Using the built-in functions of a Learning Management System to implement UDL
(Ahead Journal, 2018)One of the great challenges in the increasingly rapid and systemic implementation of Universal Design for Leaning (UDL) in higher education is currently the perception instructors have that the demands on their time are ... -
7 things you should know about the 2016 key issues in teaching and learning: Accessibility and Universal Design for learning
(Educause/ELI’s Key Issues, 2016)Since 2011, ELI’s Key Issues survey has been a way for the higher education teaching and learning community to discover the common ground that cuts across differences such as Carnegie Classification and FTE counts. The ELI ... -
Exploring the student voice within Universal Design for Learning work
(Ahead Journal, 2018)One of the reasons that makes Universal Design for Learning (UDL) particularly appealing to the post-secondary sector is the fact that it is entirely focused on the design reflection of the instructor, and does not require ... -
‘What`s in a name?’ Assessing dynamic tension between Critical Theory ambitions and Neoliberal pragmatism in Higher Education Disability service provision
(International Studies in Widening Participation, 2015)The study examines the experience of a Higher Education Disability service provider as it battles the conflicting imperatives symbolised by a proposed name change for the service. One of the key dilemmas involved in the ... -
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 ... -
Comparison of Stormwater Quality Metal Impacts from Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Catchment Areas in Grande Prairie
Non-point source pollution from stormwater runoff is a growing issue for global surface water sustainability. Baseline water quality data from Bear Creek indicate metal contamination increases as the stream flows through ... -
Frameworks and models for disseminating curated research outcomes to the public
(SAGE Open, 2019)In our post-truth society, mobilizing “facts” and “evidence” has never been more important. We live in an age that is paradoxically information rich due to the proliferation of Internet Communication Technologies (ICTs) ...
