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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Beyond Living the Dream: Psychosocial Dimensions of Working in a Modern Aquarium
This research explores the psychosocial dimensions of a poorly understood profession: the professional aquarist (fish caretaker) in a modern aquarium. Using a qualitative and psychoanalytically-informed methodology, this ... -
Re-energizing the Not-for-Profit Sector: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Expenditures
Discourse related to expenditures in the not-for-profit sector limits the capacity for these organizations to invest in long-term, sustainable solutions for change. Using a Foucauldian perspective and a Faircloughian ... -
The Meat of the Matter: Using Social Marketing to Influence Red Meat Purchase Behaviour
The production and consumption of red meat presents a significant threat to environmental health and sustainability at a global scale. This study evaluates community-based social marketing tools as a means of reducing red ... -
The Effects of Learning through Play on Postsecondary Student Engagement
This research project investigated the effects of integrating play into postsecondary coding classes. The activities included a series of Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) themed activities such as board games, ... -
Identifying Solutions for Brownfield Redevelopment of Former Landfill Sites in the City of Delta, Metropolitan Vancouver
In Canada, planners and policy makers are continuously seeking ways to improve the quality of life in urban areas, including the redevelopment of brownfield sites such as former landfills. The City of Delta, Metropolitan ... -
GIMAADAASAMIN, WE ARE ACCOUNTING FOR THE PEOPLE: SUPPORT FOR CUSTOMARY GOVERNANCE IN DESHKAN ZIIBIING
For nearly 150 years, Canada’s Indian Act has been an impetus of assimilation, dispossession, and cultural genocide of First Nations peoples. Today it continues its reign as the arbiter of First Nation-Settler Canadian ... -
A study in current emergency exercise design processes in Canada
The purpose of this qualitative study was to discover how Canadian emergency management professionals design their exercises and the common elements in the exercise design practice. Academic literature and practice guidance ... -
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Collaboration in British Columbia Environmental Assessments within the Mining Sector
An effective Environmental Assessment (EA) process in British Columbia (BC) is desirable for many reasons, though perhaps most importantly it can help ensure industrial development is conducted in an environmentally ... -
Nature Buddies: Students Leading Students in a Nature Inquiry
This case study explores how a weekly, interdisciplinary, school-based Nature Buddies program influences grade seven students’ ideas about leadership, kindergarten students’ response to place- based learning and teachers’ ... -
‘BRRAAPPPING’ In the North – Daily Avalanche Bulletins, BC Mountain Snowmobilers and Avalanche Skill Training Uptake
British Columbia is a rewarding region for winter backcountry travel. Studies acknowledge that compared to backcountry skiers, relatively little is known about snowmobilers as a user group, or their attitudes toward avalanche ... -
In British Columbia’s nature programs where hearts are rooted : a multiple case study of nature education in early childhood education
This research is aimed at contributing to knowledge about early childhood education (ECE) nature programs for children aged two to five years old. In the research, three cases that embed eight early childhood nature programs ... -
Sustainability in the higher education of interior designers
This thesis addresses the question: how comprehensive are principles of sustainability in the curricula of interior design degree programs in Canada? Key trends in literature regarding sustainability in higher education ... -
Articulating the GEMINI model of entrepreneurial innovation in Canada
This research used a comparative case study methodology to closely examine an emergent phenomenon in the field of entrepreneurship. The literature review examined interconnected shifts in social values, evolving technology, ... -
Contaminant exposure history of yellowknife bay fish : a story of slimy sculpin, burbot, and lake whitefish from otolith microchemistry analysis
The thesis examined the otolith microchemistry of slimy sculpin, burbot, and lake whitefish from Yellowknife Bay, Northwest Territories, in relation to the Giant Mine Remediation Project. Trace elements analyzed included ... -
Information security’s perception of phishing tactics
This research develops qualitative knowledge from the information security industry about communication tactics as a type of security vulnerability in infosec. These perspectives included security practitioners and popular ... -
Terra Firma and the digitally co-present migrant : exploring the significance of landscape for the newcomer
This thesis presents an interpretative phenomenological analysis in anecdotal narratives of several digitally co-present migrants’ agency, access, and attachment process in the context of their new geography, the landscape ... -
Beyond towel recycling : sustainability as hotel business strategy
Hotels are not just places where people sleep or eat; they can provide unique cultural opportunities and community experiences, and at the same time contribute to enhancing the local communities in which they are embedded. ... -
Developing a conceptual measurement framework for measuring access to justice in post-conflict settings
Access to justice has been recognized as an essential component of peace, sustainable development and conflict resolution. The international community acknowledged this significance with the 2015 adoption of the United ... -
Mapping bioregional place attachment in the Battle River Watershed
The Make your Map project engaged volunteer participants to artistically identify special places in the Battle River watershed, and describe the values and experiences that make those locations significant. This research ... -
Reconciliation in the news : a framing analysis of residential schools and the TRC in Canadian national newspapers
The news media play an important role in our society by framing issues and helping to set the public agenda. However, through the use of framing, news media can also privilege entrenched interests and particular worldviews. ...
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