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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BC Digital Library initiative: Radical collaboration toward community infrastructure for Open Access
(BC Digital Library, 2019-01)The idea of the BC Digital Library is to provide a community good by “materializing” infrastructure that enables Open Access to knowledge and stories about and by British Columbia and its people. As an ongoing initiative, ... -
[Post-print] Discrimination of constructed air samples using multivariate analysis of full scan membrane introduction mass spectrometry (MIMS) data
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2018-02-28)RATIONALE: Volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds (S/VOCs) are important atmospheric pollutants affecting both human and environmental health. They are directly measured as an unresolved mixture using membrane ... -
A description of issues of hegemonic, heterosexual masculinity compared with issues of gender identity in male survivors of sexual abuse
(University of Victoria, 2001)Using the central concept of power, a social-constructionist, pro-feminist view of identity is used to describe hegemonic discourse on heterosexual masculinity in both sexually abused and non-sexually abused men. The ... -
SoTL: The party that no one really wants to go to
(Universities Canada, 2018-11-29)I sometimes imagine the scholarship of teaching and learning, or SoTL, as a party. And if it were a party, it’d be a good one: a little bit quirky and on the fringes (yes, still), held in a warehouse somewhere down by the ... -
[Pre-print] Gravitational anti-screening as an alternative to dark matter
(Nova Science Publishers, 2018-07)The theory of gravitational anti-screening is an alternative to the current theory of dark matter. It is based on a model of the analogous screening of electric charges by virtual electric dipoles that is found in QED. ... -
Malaspina's Meditation on Beauty in Nature
(Alexandro Malaspina Research Centre, 2011-02)This paper describes and assesses an essay by navigator-philosopher Alexandro Malaspina on the question of whether beauty resides in nature or in art. -
[Post-print][Book Review] Sustainability: A history
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016)Review of the book "Sustainability: A history" by Jeremy L. Caradonna (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014.) -
Postmodernism and educational research
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc., 2018-07-18)Postmodernism is an elusive concept when we attempt to connect it to educational research methodologies. This paper is a review of the literature regarding postmodernist research methodologies in education. -
Harold Steves: Unconventional planner
(Planning Institute of British Columbia, 2018)For the past 60 years Harold Steves has impacted community planning both as an activist and a politician. In these roles he has made an enormous difference in his city, in the region, and in the province. -
Teaching hypothetical/deductive reasoning in radiologic technology: Explanation games and other classroom methods
(CAMRT, 1992-10)Teaching strategies for radiologic technology education can be enhanced by the use of metacognitive techniques which promote real-world critical thinking. The aim of these techniques is to encourage students to develop ... -
Animals of ancient Vancouver Island colouring sheets
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2018)Colouring sheets showing animals that lived at the time when the rocks of Vancouver Island were formed. Sharks, ammonites, crinoids, and more! -
The Coast - Insular boundary revisited: Mid-Jurassic ductile deformation on Quadra Island, British Columbia
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2018)A research poster presented at Resources for Future Generations 2018 in Vancouver, BC. -
Petrogenesis of deformed intrusive pods in the Quatsino formation, Open Bay, Quadra Island, British Columbia
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2014)A research poster presented at Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2014 in Vancouver, BC. -
Fossils of Vancouver Island
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2013)An overview of the most interesting and most common fossils of Vancouver Island. -
Education versus training?
(Douglas College, 1997)This paper argues that the division between liberal education and training for employment is a false dilemma. -
Primary and secondary indicators
(ACTIR, 1990-10)This article argues for greater terminological exactitude in describing words used to indicate the presence and structure of reasoned arguments. -
What is critical thinking?
(ACTIR, 1989-10)This article argues for a conception of critical thinking incorporating both technical skills and autonomy of thought. -
Whatever happened to baby logic?
(ISSA, 1991)This paper argues that the inclusion of formal logic into introductory critical thinking courses can be self-defeating. -
Quantifying support
(University of Windsor, 1991)This article explores a mapping of the formal probability calculus onto the informal logic concepts of acceptability and sufficiency, concluding that while this approach is technically feasible, its value for understanding ... -
How to build a learning community: Activate, abdicate, articulate
(University Press of America, 1999)This paper argues that a successful learning community requires a classroom in which students are active, a sharing of responsibility for learning between teachers and students, and clear communication about the importance ...
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