A to Z List of Contributors

Remembering the work of our elders: Ray Spaxman

Alexander, Don (Planning Institute of British Columbia, 2019)

A profile of Ray Spaxman, who has long been a leader in the field of planning, architecture, and urban design.

Two decades of variable retention in British Columbia: A review of its implementation and effectiveness for biodiversity conservation

Beese, William J.; Deal, John; Dunsworth, B. Glen; Mitchell, Stephen J.; Philpott, Timothy J. (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

Kim, Amy; Wang, Shuoqi; McCunn, Lindsay; Prozuments, Aleksejs; Swanson, Troy; Lokan, Kim (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

Nachtsheim, Suzy (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

Stiwich, Kendra D.; McCunn, Lindsay J.; Dayal, Chantey (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

Kennedy, Joseph H.; Palaty, Jan; Gill, Chris G.; Wiseman, Justin M. (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

Grant, Jannine (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

Alexander, Don (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

Vandergrift, Gregory W.; Hessels, Arden J.; Palaty, Jan; Krogh, Erik T.; Gill, Chris G. (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

Alexander, Don (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)

Angelstad, Martin A.; Krogh, Erik T.; Agnes, George R.; Gill, Chris G. (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

Alexander, Don (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

McFarland, Dana; Hyman, Ben; Sifton, Daniel; Cocchia, Anita; Daniels, Caroline; Lew, Shirley; Sprout, Bronwen; Stewart, Dave (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

Richards, Larissa C.; Davey, Nicholas G.; Fyles, Thomas M.; Gill, Chris G.; Krogh, Erik T. (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

Seinen, Albert Christopher (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 ...