Faculty and Staff: Scholarly Work, Research, and Creative Activity
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This collection includes products of scholarly activity, research and creative work by members of the VIU faculty and staff.
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[Book review] Public realm: The new makers handbook
(Planning Institute of British Columbia, 2023-02)Don Alexander reviews "Public realm: The new maker's handbook" by Michael A. von Hausen ([Victoria, B.C.]: Tellwell Talent, 2020). -
A research agenda for graduate education
(Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2022-12-21)Sean Toal reviews "A research agenda for graduate education" by B. Mitchell (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2021). -
[Book review] Commanding hope: The power we have to renew a world in peril
(The Navigator, 2022-12-15)Don Alexander reviews Commanding hope: The power we have to renew a world in peril by Thomas Homer-Dixon (Toronto: Vintage Canada, 2022). -
Strengthening the indomitable spirit of nurses: Piloting targeted resilience education
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2022-12)This pilot project aimed to test the effectiveness of a resilience education program for nurses. Building & sustaining a strong foundation of resilience & well-being are key for nurses to maintain mental health, cope with ... -
Molecular phylogenetics and systematics of two enteric helminth parasites (Baylisascaris laevis and Diandrya vancouverensis) in the Vancouver Island marmot (Marmota vancouverensis)
(Elsevier, 2022-12)Island biogeography can promote rapid diversification and speciation via geographic isolation and novel selection pressures. These same factors can threaten the persistence of island endemics by limiting gene flow and suitable ... -
Key ingredients for university leadership in fostering climate action
(Western Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers, 2022-11)British Columbia has been badly hit by the effects of the climate crisis over the past year. This makes examining university climate policies especially timely. In what follows, the policies of three universities are ... -
Developing a new engineering technologist career pathway from first-year engineering
(Canadian Engineering Education Association, 2022-11-01)Successfully completing an engineering degree often requires at least four or five years of intense study by students, and many of these students start their programs with a limited sense of what an engineer is or does. ... -
Getting traction in planning education: Vancouver Island University's update
(Planning Institute of British Columbia, 2022-11)An update on the Master of Community Planning program at Vancouver Island University. -
Addressing structural violence and systemic inequities in education: A qualitative study on Indigenous youth schooling experiences in Canada
(Sage, 2022-11)In this qualitative study we demonstrate the critical ways that Indigenous youth experience structural violence and systemic inequities in the context of education. In particular, this youthengaged study explores three ... -
Diversity among rare and common congeneric plant species from the Garry oak and Okanagan shrub-steppe ecosystems in British Columbia: Implications for conservation
(Canadian Science Publishing, 2022-09-27)It is often assumed that the northern peripheral populations of species’ ranges are genetically depauperate due in part to founder effects from postglacial colonization. The majority of federally protected plant species ... -
Long-term impact of COVID-19 on the first-year engineering experience at a mid-sized teaching focused university
(American Society of Engineering Education, 2022-08-23)This paper discusses the COVID-19 adaptions made within the first-year engineering design curriculum, and reflects on their impact fulfilling the required learning outcomes, mitigating student mental health issues, and ... -
A twosome from Susan Juby
(The British Columbia Review, 2022-07-01)Dana McFarland reviews two books by Susan Juby, Me three (Toronto: Penguin Random House Canada, 2022) and Mindful of murder (Toronto: HarperCollins Canada, 2022). -
Variability in the unregulated opioid market in the context of extreme rates of overdose
(Elsevier, 2022-06-01)Background: Drug checking uses analytical chemistry technologies to report on the composition of drugs from the unregulated market to reduce substance use-related risks, while additionally allowing for monitoring ... -
Measurement of diacetyl and related compounds in coffee roasteries and breweries
(Oxford University Press, 2022-06)α-Diketones such as diacetyl (2,3-butanedione) and 2,3-pentanedione are generated during the roasting and fermentation of foods and are also used as flavoring compounds. Exposure to these compounds has been associated with ... -
Continuous video capture, and pollinia tracking, in Platanthera (Orchidaceae) reveal new insect visitors and potential pollinators
(PeerJ Publishing, 2022-05-09)Orchids often have specific pollinators, which should provide reproductive isolation, yet many produce natural hybrids. Platanthera dilatata and P. stricta differ in floral morphology but often co-occur, overlap in ... -
In history's shadow: Child welfare discourses regarding Indigenous communities in the Canadian Social Work journal
(University of Victoria School of Child and Youth Care, 2022-04-21)This article reviews all items in the Canadian Social Work journal over its almost 90-year history that relate to child welfare practice in an Indigenous context. We review the journal contents as a way of understanding ... -
Rapid and accurate etizolam detection using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy for community drug checking
(Elsevier, 2022-04)Background: In British Columbia, Canada, illicit opioids have been increasingly combined with etizolam, a benzo- diazepine analog, that continues to challenge popular portable drug checking technologies as it is often ... -
A 40 year (contextualized) social work journey
(Sage, 2022-03-01)Employing critical autoethnography, this article conveys how over my four decades of social work, I have come to adopt a contextualized social work stance and identifies what emerge as four key areas of contextualized ... -
Membrane sampling separates naphthenic acids from biogenic dissolved organic matter for direct analysis by mass spectrometry
(ACS Publications, 2022-03-01)Oil sands process waters can release toxic naphthenic acids (NAs) into aquatic environments. Analytical techniques for NAs are challenged by sample complexity and interference from naturally occurring dissolved organic ... -
Arctic tourism in times of change: Uncertain futures - from overtourism to re-starting tourism
(Nordic Council of Ministers, 2022-02-24)This report presents the findings of the third and final workshop and field course hosted by the project Partnership for Sustainability: Arctic Tourism in Times of Change funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Arctic ...
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