VIU: Recent submissions
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Urban environmental degradation: Causes and solutions [pre-print]
(Nova Science Publishers, 2016)This chapter summarizes the nature of urban environmental degradation, and its ideological and institutional roots. These have to do with the often pro-development orientation of municipal councils, the dependence of ... -
A tale of three universities: Sustainability, from theory to practice
(Western Division of the Canadian Association of Geographers, 2015-03)From 2012 to 2014, we conducted an applied policy analysis of sustainability policy and practice at three universities in British Columbia: University of British Columbia, Royal Roads University, and Vancouver Island ... -
Zhonghua da di tu
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 1922)Map of China. Text in Chinese. -
Images and reality of First Nation women
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2017-06-20)The turn of the twentieth century was a time when it was believed Aboriginal population numbers were rapidly declining. As the prevailing belief in the demise of these people persisted, a belief that continued into the ... -
Individual and collective relationships with British Columbia's coastal landscape in Roderick Haig-Brown's "On the Highest Hill"
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2017-06-19)My presentation is on individual and collective relationships with BC’s coastal landscape in Roderick Haig-Brown’s novel, "On the Highest Hill". Using the main character, Colin Ensley, I consider how individualism and ... -
From brown to green? Planning for sustainability in the development of Southeast False Creek
(University of Waterloo, 2001-01)Southeast False Creek is an area of largely derelict industrial land close to the downtown core of Vancouver that is currently being planned as a model "sustainable community." The initiative has evolved over the past ... -
Implementing Arthur Manuel's vision: Unsettling B.C. and Canada
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2017-06-15)The theme for the 2017 BC Studies conference, "(Un)Settling British Columbia" was influenced by the work of Arthur Manuel and his book "Unsettling Canada: A National Wake-up Call" (2015, written with Grand Chief Ron ... -
Application of weakly ionized plasmas for materials sampling and analysis
(IEEE, 1991-12)The use of weakly ionized plasmas as spectroscopic sources for materials sampling and analysis is reviewed. Plasma sources currently used for this purpose include direct-current and alternating-current plasmas, inductively ... -
Ontario community sustainability report - 2007
(The Pembina Institute, 2007-06)This study provides a snapshot of the sustainability of selected communities across Ontario in recent years. The study employs 33 indicators in three broad categories (smart growth, livability and economic vitality) to ... -
BC sprawl report 2004: Economic vitality and livable communities
(Smart Growth BC, 2004)In 2001, Smart Growth BC undertook a study of sprawl in B.C. and explored some of the linkages between sprawl, quality of life, and infrastructure efficiency in selected communities. This study builds upon the work from ... -
The politics of Aboriginal title in British Columbia: from the Referendum to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2017-05-04)Over the course of the last decade and a half, we have interrogated key intersections of the political economy of natural resource development and ongoing geographic strategies of colonialism in BC. Studying Gordon Campbell’s ... -
Exceptional CO2 tolerance in white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) is associated with protection of maximum cardiac performance during hypercapnia in situ
(University of Chicago Press, 2011)White sturgeon rank among the most CO2-tolerant fish species examined to date. We investigated whether this exceptional CO2 tolerance extended to the heart, an organ generally viewed as acidosis intolerant. Maximum cardiac ... -
Juvenile Atlantic and shortnose sturgeons (family: Acipenseridae) have different hematological responses to acute environmental hypoxia
(University of Chicago Press, 2005)Experiments were conducted to determine the behavioral and physiological responses to acute hypoxic challenges in Atlantic (Acipenser oxyrinchus) and shortnose (Acipenser brevirostrum) sturgeons. We measured the ventilatory ... -
Lab-on-a-chip technology for a non-invasive and real-time visualisation of metabolic activities in larval vertebrates
(SPIE, 2015-06-01)Non-invasive and real-time visualisation of metabolic activities in living small organisms such as zebrafish embryo and larvae has not yet been attempted due to profound analytical limitations of existing technologies. ... -
Interaction of osmoregulatory and acid-base compensation in white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) during exposure to aquatic hypercarbia and elevated salinity
(The Company of Biologists, 2015-09)Migratory fishes encounter a variety of environmental conditions, including changes in salinity, temperature and dissolved gases, and it is important to understand how these fishes are able to acclimate to multiple ... -
UnSettling downtowns
(Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2017-05)Presentation of VIU's cultural mapping project, with the focus on Downtown Nanaimo,BC. -
Could thermal sensitivity of mitochondria determine species distribution in a changing climate?
(The Company of Biologists, 2014-07)For many aquatic species, the upper thermal limit (Tmax) and the heart failure temperature (THF) are only a few degrees away from the species' current environmental temperatures. While the mechanisms mediating temperature-induced ... -
Low-O2 acclimation shifts the hypoxia avoidance behaviour of snapper (Pagrus auratus) with only subtle changes in aerobic and anaerobic function
(The Company of Biologists, 2013-02)It was hypothesised that chronic hypoxia acclimation (preconditioning) would alter the behavioural low-O2 avoidance strategy of fish as a result of both aerobic and anaerobic physiological adaptations. Avoidance and ... -
Intrinsic mechanical properties of the perfused armoured catfish heart with special reference to the effects of hypercapnic acidosis on maximum cardiac performance
(2009-05)The armoured catfish, Pterygoplichthys pardalis, is known to be extremely tolerant of environmental hypercarbia (elevated water CO2 tensions), which occurs in their natural environment. In addition, previous studies have ... -
Physiological and molecular mechanisms of osmoregulatory plasticity in killifish after seawater transfer
(The Company of Biologists, 2008-08)We have explored the molecular and physiological responses of the euryhaline killifish Fundulus heteroclitus to transfer from brackish water (10% seawater) to 100% seawater for 12 h, 3 days or 7 days. Plasma [Na+] and [Cl–] ...
