Browsing Student Research Collection by Title
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Walking our talk : discovering benefits of dialogue on collaboration, shared leadership, and empowerment at the frontline among members of a neonatal intensive care unit interdisciplinary team in Victoria, British Columbia
(2016-04-12)Healthcare teams caring for vulnerable patients and families have an opportunity for meaningful impact. However, a traditional paradigm that power is affiliated with hierarchy and formal titles may inhibit collaborative ... -
Walking the talk : leading change-related communications in Girl Guides of Canada–Guides du Canada, British Columbia Council
(2017-09-21)This interpretive phenomenological study used an appreciative inquiry-based methods approach to explore how Girl Guides of Canada―Guides du Canada, BC Council could leverage its organizational values to communicate and ... -
Water literacy in Central and Southern Alberta : how five watershed education programs foster a relationship between humans and the land/water they depend on
(2017-12-22)Alberta is the driest province in Canada; however, residents do not often recognize the relationship between their own water uses and the health of the watershed they reside in. Therefore, there is a recognised need for ... -
Water quality assessment of Paradise Creek, Strathcona Provincial Park
(2012-07-16)The purpose of this study was to determine the water quality of Paradise Creek and its impacts on the ecosystem of Paradise Meadows. Five water samples each were taken from a reference site and two test sites during the ... -
West coast waters : fishing this place
(2015-01-15)Utilizing ethnographic and autoethnographic approaches this research explores the culture of recreational sport fishing around the southern tip of Vancouver Island. Grounded in the interpretivist paradigm, this research ... -
“We’re not just Canadian” : identity negotiations of Canadian Sikh women living with their in-laws
(2017-08-29)It may be unusual to hear about married couples choosing to live permanently with the husband’s parents, especially in Canada. However, it is common knowledge among Canadian Sikhs that the tradition of patrilocality remains ... -
What are the attitudes of off-highway vehicle users towards their environmental impacts?
(2019-03-14)This study was designed to illuminate how Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) users view their impact on, and relationship with, the environment. The target group for this study were individuals who rode any vehicle classified as ... -
What are the beliefs of women who lead?
(2017-05-05)The focus of this study was to discover what beliefs women leaders hold and provide an opportunity to share their advice with future leaders. Adhering to Royal Roads University Research Ethics policies, ten women, from ... -
What big teeth you have : an educational approach to wolf conservation
(2015-07-24)As the subject of deep-seated cultural and historical antipathies and revulsion, the wolf presents a unique challenge for wildlife educators working to promote its conservation and value as a species while they are forced ... -
What happens when we walk? Exploring how walking in nature influences childhood well-being
(2017-02-07)This research explored how walking with grade four students in natural spaces within their community on a weekly basis influenced their well-being. Qualitative data was collected through the use of focus groups and ... -
What is Canadian experience, eh? A financial industry perspective
(2013-09-17)This research identifies the dimensions of Canadian experience from the perspective of recruiters in the financial industry. Lack of Canadian experience is a systemic barrier to successful economic adaptation of new ... -
What results from a program designed to facilitate the reduction of the environmental footprint of the employees of an oil and gas company in Calgary, Alberta?
(2010-09-16)Employees at Statoil Canada participated in an action research, cooperative inquiry-based program that was designed to facilitate the reduction of their office environmental footprint. The program was designed using a ... -
What's that smell? Exploring the factors that influence environmental performance at Alberta's kraft pulp mills
(2015-07-09)Kraft Pulp mills are the most significant anthropogenic sources of total reduced sulphur (TRS) emissions in the world. My research had two objectives. First, to determine how the regulatory framework influences TRS ... -
What's the story? : an exploration of North America's pipeline industry's sustainability reporting practice
(2014-12-05)With an aim of identifying specifically what North America's pipeline industry discloses and fails to disclose in its sustainability reporting, this study undertook a disclosure index analysis based on the GRI's G3 framework ... -
What’s that noise? The blogged lived experiences of mental health conditions (MHCs) through interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA)
(2021-11-30)Mental health is a significant part of our lives, with one in three Canadians braving a mental health condition (MHC) such as generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), major depressive disorder (MDD), social anxiety disorder ... -
When nature speaks : evoking connectedness with nature in children through role-play in outdoor programming
(2013-01-09)Research was conducted to determine if role-play, when utilized within environmental education programs, could strengthen feelings of connection to nature in children. Six classes participated in the study through taking ... -
When the river rises : a case study of Kwantlen First Nation’s management of flood risk
(2021-07-05)This research follows case study methodology and explores how and why the Kwantlen First Nation (KFN) face risks associated with freshet flooding on IR6 McMillan Island, the lands that they presently occupy and primarily ... -
Where Did That Come From? Indigenous Activists Discuss the Creation of Canada’s National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Inquiry
(2017-06-26)Nine Indigenous activists and writers share their thoughts in this audio documentary on how Canada's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women's national inquiry came to rise in political importance during Canada's 2015 federal ... -
“Whimsical and fun and weird and interesting” : prosocial community in minecraft
(2017-09-04)Over 700 million people worldwide are socializing and spending time, sometimes significant amounts, in online multiplayer games, and these social spaces can be important sites of community. Unfortunately, levels of civility, ... -
“Why won’t they mix?”: barriers to Indigenous/non-Indigenous youth relationships in Yukon high schools
(2020-01-10)The Yukon territory is home to fourteen First Nations, eleven of them self-governing. Close to 25% percent of the Yukon’s population is Indigenous. In the 5 high schools of the Yukon’s capital city of Whitehorse however, ...
