Dissertations & Theses @ RRU
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RRU learners can now make their theses available online through DSpace@RRU, our institutional repository: a digital archive of open access, scholarly works by RRU students, faculty and staff.
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Honour, culture & valuing change : research on local culture shift
(2019-11-14)Assertions that organizational change initiatives experience high rates of failure suggests knowledge about how culture shifts is incomplete. Framed in the context of Operation HONOUR, the Canadian Armed Forces’ effort to ... -
Rituals Expressing Gratitude to Nature and Pro-Environmentalism: A Multiple Case Study of Long-Term Participation
(2019-10-17)Since time immemorial, many traditional and Indigenous cultures across the globe have ritually expressed gratitude to the natural world. Within Western academic thought, the study of gratitude is an emerging field that ... -
Onward and inward : a heuristic exploration of a self-propelled learning journey
(2019-10-11)In this autoethnographic thesis, I share my personal learning journey of an attempt to cycle across Canada. Situated in heuristic methodology, this lived-experience research arose from feelings of discontent and confusion ... -
Like semaphore in the dark : there must be a better way to communicate
(2019-09-30)The World’s newest nation, South Sudan, is struggling to hold itself together. The Canadian government has recognized the need to aid the population as the country attempts to right itself; and yet, doing so without engaging ... -
Exploring assessment measures to enhance the practical understanding and application of recovery capital for addiction service providers
(2019-09-27)With the primary emphasis in addiction research being problem-focused, centered around the pathophysiology and psychobehavioural aspects of active addiction, there is much to learn and many inspiring discoveries to be made ... -
Bridging cultural barriers through relational approaches : supporting trauma informed emergency care at West Coast General Hospital
(2019-09-26)The dark colonial history, in which our current health system is rooted, affects how Indigenous populations engage with emergency care services. This inquiry examined how First Nations surrounding the Port Alberni area can ... -
The Cumberland commons : a forest ethnography
(2019-09-24)This study is a forest ethnography, which is an ethnographic genre that explores “what forests are” and “how they came to be” primarily by examining the complex social histories of those that live near forested spaces. ... -
Oil sand tailings water in the Athabasca River
(2019-09-19)This study developed a screening level methodology for surveillance of oil sands process-affected water that had potentially migrated to groundwater in the oil sands development area of northern Alberta, Canada. We pilot ... -
Staying relevant in changing times : fixing the roof while the sun is shining
(2019-09-18)This research engaged Destination Imagination’s (DI) British Columbia Division in dialogue with an appreciative stance to explore what it means for this nonprofit, volunteer-driven organization to stay relevant in a changing ... -
Environmental perceptions among Indo-Canadian, Sri Lankan Canadian and Filipino-Canadian communities in Surrey, British Columbia
(2019-09-18)The purpose of this thesis is to understand the perspectives of the environment among Indo-Canadian, Sri Lankan-Canadian and Filipino-Canadian immigrant communities who reside in Surrey, British Columbia. Environmental ... -
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 ... -
Into the back 40 : middle-aged women, divorce, resilience, and outdoor programs
(2019-09-17)This study examines the relationship between multi-day nature-based outdoor programs, resilience development, and divorced women between the ages of 40 and 60. The overarching purpose of the study was to determine what ... -
Aquatic health effects of biotechnical streambank restoration of the Elbow River in an urban environment
(2019-09-17)Streambank stabilization that uses non-living and living design elements, called biotechnical restoration, is an increasingly common approach to stream restoration design. With this increase in use, it is important to ask ... -
Residence life managers' engagement with race and privilege
(2019-09-11)This research employed the methodological approaches of Collaborative Developmental Action Inquiry (CDAI) and Participatory Action Research (PAR) to facilitate conversations about race and privilege within the Residence ... -
Front-line perspectives : conceptualizations of trauma, adversity, resilience, and community and social support
(2019-09-07)This qualitative graduate-level study examines front-line community and social service professionals’ conceptualizations of resilience and the role of community and social support among survivors of trauma or adversity and ... -
Strengthening the charitable sector leadership gap in Ontario
(2019-08-30)The Ontario charitable sector is in a vulnerable situation, as the current leadership is approaching retirement, resulting in a shortage of upcoming leaders to replace them. Excellent programs are available to train new ... -
Increasing water temperatures from changing climate and their effects on the survival of adult sockeye salmon, (Oncorhynchus nerka) on Snake River in the Columbia Basin
(2019-08-29)As a consequence of climate change, many populations of sockeye salmon in the U. S. Pacific Northwest are now experiencing significantly warmer river conditions during their spawning migration from the ocean to their ... -
Evaluating the potential impacts of reintroduced plains bison (Bison bison bison) contained in a soft-release pasture in Banff National Park
(2019-08-26)Plains bison (Bison bison bison) have been absent from Banff National Park (BNP) since before its establishment, primarily due to over-hunting in the 19th century. Reintroducing bison to BNP is an important step to restore ... -
A narrative analysis of religious journalism’s approach to disaster reporting
(2019-08-19)This qualitative study examines the description of disaster events in religious journals in order to better understand how faith communities access their faith traditions and master narratives to encourage, motivate, and ... -
Better than hope : in search of a defence against despair in the face of global climate change
(2019-08-16)Hope is often credited as an inspiration for action and, in difficult circumstances, a protection against despair. But ill-considered hope can be an unreliable helper. If people choose only to hope for a happy outcome, ...
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