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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Two decades of variable retention in British Columbia: A review of its implementation and effectiveness for biodiversity conservation
(Springer Nature, 2019-07-23)Stand-level retention is an important component of sustainable forest management which aims to balance ecological, social and economic objectives. Long-term retention of mature forest structures at the time of harvesting ... -
Commissioning the acoustical performance of an open office space following the latest healthy building standard: A case study
(MDPI, 2019-07-09)Healthy building design guides are cogent and necessary. While elements that contribute to healthy buildings are multifactorial, the perception of sound versus noise is subjective and difficult to operationalize. To ... -
In the hot seat: experiences of faculty members adjusting to the role of department chair
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2019)This study examined the lived experiences of faculty members in a post-secondary institution who had become the Chair of their department. The purpose of the study was to explore how the experience had affected the individuals ... -
Woolly stories: An art-based narrative approach to place attachment
(University of Saskatchewan, 2019-06-01)When people join an institution, no assurance of positive social connection exists. The mechanisms of psychological attachment to institutions are not well understood. However, place attachment is a predictor of individual ... -
[Post-print] Rapid analysis of fentanyls and other novel psychoactive substances (NPS) in substance use disorder patient urine using paper spray mass spectrometry
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2018-08-15)RATIONALE: Drug overdose deaths due to fentanyls and other novel psychoactive substances (NPS) are on the rise. The higher potencies of fentanyl analogs compared with morphine require new technologies to identify and ... -
Fantasy Island
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2019-04-11)Fantasy Island is a collection of poems by Vancouver Island University student and Nanaimo resident Jannine Grant exposing the illusions and impacts of colonialism on Vancouver Island and beyond. Historic and ongoing ... -
[Post-print] [Book review] America's urban future: Lessons from north of the border
(Routledge, 2017)Review of the book "America's urban future: Lessons from north of the border" by Ray Tomalty and Alan Mallach (Washington, DC: Island Press, 2015). -
[Post-print] Paper spray mass spectrometry for the direct, semi-quantitative measurement of fentanyl and norfentanyl in complex matrices
(Elsevier, 2018-04)Background: Fentanyl is a potent, synthetic opioid at the centre of an international health crisis that has seen thousands of fatal overdoses. Most analytical methods focus on the detection of fentanyl in blood and/or ... -
Remembering the work of our Elders: Arthur Manuel
(Observer Media Group, 2018-11-06)One of the great elder statesmen of social change whose vision and persistence has made a difference in our world is Arthur Manuel, who passed away suddenly in January 2017. -
[Post-print] Online measurement of phthalate-particulate matter interactions by membrane introduction mass spectrometry (MIMS)
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2018-02-23)To enable further study and assessment of indoor inhalation exposure risk, an online apparatus enabling measurement of semi-volatile compound partitioning on household particulates was developed. An example method for ... -
Remembering the legacy of Shirley Chan: Saving Vancouver's Chinatown neighbourhood
(Planning Institute of British Columbia, 2019)A profile of community activist Shirley Chan, and her role in saving Vancouver's Strathcona neighbourhood from expropriation and demolition during the 1950s and '60s. -
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.
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