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Honour, culture & valuing change : research on local culture shift
(2019-11-20)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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The art of grief : an autoethnography exploring sibling bereavement
(2019-05-16)In this autoethnography, I explore my lived experiences of the dying and death of my brother and my grief in the six months following his death; reflect on my use of creative arts-based methods to shape and guide my grieving ... -
Protecting the information society : exploring corporate decision makers’ attitudes towards active cyber defence as an online deterrence option
(2019-04-01)Protecting the Information Society consists of using passwords, firewalls, encryption, and educating end users on the safe internet security practices. Beginning in the 1990’s a second option was briefly considered by ... -
Narratives of gender and identity of young men : education, family and community in a northern BC single industry town
(2019-03-28)This research is aimed at understanding how masculinities are developed in five males who grew up in a small northern BC community. Using narratives and autoethnography, this research shows that the community, family and ... -
The experience of older gay men living in non-metropolitan British Columbia
(2019-03-25)This dissertation explores the experience of non-metropolitan aging among 30 older self-identified gay men in Kelowna, the Southern Interior, Powell River, the Duncan-Nanaimo corridor, and on Salt Spring Island, British ... -
Decision-making in United Nations peacekeeping operations : understanding the social processes that influenced decision-making in the United Nations mission in South Sudan from January to September 2014
(2019-03-19)The civil war that started in South Sudan in December 2013 changed the country and it changed the scale and scope of the United Nations mission that was there to assist it. The purpose of this research was to uncover how ... -
In search of a theory for an age-welcoming society : reconstructing Canadian millennials’ expectations on their aging Journey
(2019-01-03)Numerous essays and research studies have been conducted with the objective to understand how the aging process is experienced and what social, economic, and political factors influence that process. Critical theorists ... -
Gimaadaasamin, we are accounting for the people : support for customary governance in Deshkan Ziibiing
(2018-11-08)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 ... -
In British Columbia’s nature programs where hearts are rooted : a multiple case study of nature education in early childhood education
(2018-09-27)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
(2018-09-27)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
(2018-09-21)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, ... -
Beyond towel recycling : sustainability as hotel business strategy
(2018-08-29)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. ... -
Every one counts : examining Aboriginal youth incarceration by gender, statistics and Witsuwit'en laws
(2018-07-24)This dissertation examines the incarceration rates of Aboriginal youth in Canada as well as Witsuwit’en legal tradition regarding youth discipline. I explore Aboriginal youth incarceration rates, and examine regional ... -
Factors affecting post-secondary pathway choices
(2018-07-24)University has long been considered the gold standard for post-secondary education. This study used a survey of current post-secondary students enrolled in a science or engineering program at an Ontario university in order ...
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