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Description: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1216353
Date: 2001
Contributors: Carol Ethel Usher (author), Barbara Herringer (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Stress management for women., Dance therapy., Stress (Psychology) -- Effect of exercise on., RA785 .U74 2000
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: The purpose of this qualitative case study is to examine the role of the Literacy Outreach Worker at ‘City School’, an adult/continuing Education program located in a school district in the British Columbia interior. The primary research question is “H...
Show moreThe purpose of this qualitative case study is to examine the role of the Literacy Outreach Worker at ‘City School’, an adult/continuing Education program located in a school district in the British Columbia interior. The primary research question is “How does a Literacy Outreach Worker (LOW) facilitate best practices in supporting an Adult/Continuing Education program?” Two sub-questions are
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Date: 2012
Contributors: Erika Dabner (author), Diane Purvey (thesis advisor), Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Education and Social Work (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Literacy -- Canada, Literacy programs -- Kamloops (B.C.)
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/tru:med
Source: Thompson Rivers University

Description: This study aimed to analyze the impacts generated in different body regions of judoists of different weight categories during falls cushioning. Four black belt judoist, with at least 14 years of experience, participated in this study: three “uke” half-...
Show moreThis study aimed to analyze the impacts generated in different body regions of judoists of different weight categories during falls cushioning. Four black belt judoist, with at least 14 years of experience, participated in this study: three “uke” half-light, half-middle and half-heavy categories were thrown in “ippon-seoi-nage” technique by a “tori” with 77 kg. A triaxial Brüel and Kjaer
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Date: 2011, 2019-09-19T21:01:17Z
Contributors: Piucco Tatiane (author), dos Santos Saray Giovana (author)
Subject: Transitory, Judo, Impact (Force), Injuries, Vibration
Type: article
Collection: info:fedora/mru:hce
Source: Mount Royal University

Description: health behaviours. The system is made up of tools centered around the narrative of the healthy heroes superhero team; a set of four children who use their natural, intrinsic traits as superpowers within everyday life. The tools encourage healthy behav...
Show more health behaviours. The system is made up of tools centered around the narrative of the healthy heroes superhero team; a set of four children who use their natural, intrinsic traits as superpowers within everyday life. The tools encourage healthy behaviours through shared parent-child experiences, providing children with the education and agency to develop lifelong resiliency skills in an entertaining
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Date: 2016
Contributors: Jessica Baratta (author), Emily Carr University of Art and Design Graduate studies (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Families, Body image, Superheroes
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/ecuad:theses, info:fedora/ecuad:mdes
Source: Emily Carr University of Art + Design

Description: 2013 Photo Documentation
Date: 2013
Contributors: Emily Ludington Ludington Emily (Creator)
Subject: Exhibition catalogs, Visual Arts
Type: sculpture (visual works)
Collection: info:fedora/ecuad:gradshow2013
Source: Emily Carr University of Art + Design

Description: Probably taken from a 1906 Steichen publication with text by Maurice Maeterlinck. Date is approximate.
Date: 1906
Contributors: Steichen, Edward Jean 1879-1973 (creator)
Subject: American,, American----------, 20th Century,, 20th Century----------
Collection: info:fedora/ecuad:wosk
Source: Emily Carr University of Art + Design

Description: Table of Contents Preface - Bev Sellars Part I: The Machinery of Colonialism It's All about the Land 10 Taiaiake Alfred Crown Title: A Legal Lie ...
Show moreTable of Contents Preface - Bev Sellars Part I: The Machinery of Colonialism It's All about the Land 10 Taiaiake Alfred Crown Title: A Legal Lie 14 Sharon Venne From Dispossession to Dependency
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Date: 2017
Contributors: Peter McFarlane (editor), Nicole Schabus (editor)
Subject: Reconciliation -- Political aspects -- Canada, Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Government relations, Indigenous peoples -- Political activity -- Canada, Decolonization -- Canada, Postcolonialism -- Canada
Type: book
Collection: info:fedora/tru:publications
Source: Thompson Rivers University

Description: Bruce reflects on the past and future of the Marpole neighbourhood.
Date: 2017-06-03
Contributors: Gregg, Bruce (Interviewee)
Subject: Sports, Marine Gateway, Shopping, Walkability, Neighborhood - Historic changes
Type: oral histories (literary works)
Collection: info:fedora/vpl:story_city_collection
Source: Vancouver Public Library

Description: This article explores the rise of ‘intactivism’, a social movement which positions itself as being against circumcision, in the pages of Hustler magazine. Intactivism has largely been studied in terms of letters to the editor of newspapers and online e...
Show moreThis article explores the rise of ‘intactivism’, a social movement which positions itself as being against circumcision, in the pages of Hustler magazine. Intactivism has largely been studied in terms of letters to the editor of newspapers and online engagement, but in this article I explore pornography. Drawing on archival research, this article considers articles published in Hustler in the
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Date: 2018
Contributors: Jonathan A. Allan (author)
Type: articles
Collection: info:fedora/irbu:FacPubs
Source: Brandon University

Description: The conditional sentence of imprisonment (CSI) is a novel form of custody that was created by Bill C-41 in 1996. Among other important objectives, it was introduced to reduce admissions to provincial correctional facilities. This article builds upon pr...
Show moreThe conditional sentence of imprisonment (CSI) is a novel form of custody that was created by Bill C-41 in 1996. Among other important objectives, it was introduced to reduce admissions to provincial correctional facilities. This article builds upon previous research to explore the use and impact of the CSI over its 21-year history. Trends over the period 1996-2016 suggest that the CSI has
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Date: 2019
Contributors: Andrew A. Reid (author), Julian V. Roberts (author)
Subject: Criminal justice, administration of--Canada, Sentences (Criminal procedure)--Canada, Corrections (Criminal justice administration)--Canada
Type: article
Collection: info:fedora/dc:24
Source: Douglas College

Description: Mining keeps making the news around the world due to its social and environmental impacts on local communities. Peru is no stranger to these types of social conflicts. In order to address my research question: ' Is mining a curse or bonanza for local c...
Show moreMining keeps making the news around the world due to its social and environmental impacts on local communities. Peru is no stranger to these types of social conflicts. In order to address my research question: ' Is mining a curse or bonanza for local communities in Peru?', I reviewed secondary literature where scholars such as Bebbington, Arellano, Veltmeyer, and De Echave question the
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Date: 2014
Contributors: Ysler Giulliana Tamblyn (author), Catherine Nolin (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Mineral industries -- Economic aspects -- Peru -- Quiruvilca., Community development -- Peru -- Quiruvilca., Indigenous peoples -- Employment -- Peru -- Quiruvilca., Indigenous peoples -- Peru -- Quiruvilca -- Economic conditions., Indigenous peoples -- Peru -- Quiruvilca -- Social conditions., HD9506.P42 T36 2014
Type: research (documents)
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:gradprojects
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: Seasons of a River is a fictional story about a woman looking back on her life. In her recollections she has to acknowledge and come to terms with the fact that her relationships with indigenous people in Canada have been inequitable and unbalanced. Sh...
Show moreSeasons of a River is a fictional story about a woman looking back on her life. In her recollections she has to acknowledge and come to terms with the fact that her relationships with indigenous people in Canada have been inequitable and unbalanced. She realizes that she has been in the role of helper, of ally, and as such has perpetuated ideas of colonization and oppression, despite her good
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Date: 2020
Contributors: Felicity Louise Edzerza (author), Dee Horne (thesis advisor), Neil Hanlon (chair), Indrani Margolin (committee member), Kristen Guest (committee member), Jane Bryce (committee member), University of Northern British Columbia English (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Indians of North America., Race relations., Race relations.--Canada., Decolonization--Canada., Fiction.
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: A system of Prolog based programs for the purpose of approximating the rank of algebraic operations of finite unary algebras is presented. The rank function is a measure of finite algebras and their algebraic operations. Rank is a recursive function us...
Show moreA system of Prolog based programs for the purpose of approximating the rank of algebraic operations of finite unary algebras is presented. The rank function is a measure of finite algebras and their algebraic operations. Rank is a recursive function used in universal algebra and was first introduced as a tool for proving strong dualizability. Logic programming. particularly Prolog, is commonly
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Date: 2000
Contributors: Richard Kenneth Little (author), Jennifer Hyndman (Thesis advisor), Charles Brown (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Prolog (Computer program language), Algebra, Universal., Natural language processing (Computer science), QA76.73.P76 L58 2000
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: Motorboat use in ecotourism is not a typical tourism-related research focus. This interdisciplinary study addresses local concerns about ecotourism-related motorboat use in Tortuguero, Costa Rica, a popular and relatively isolated ecotourism destinatio...
Show moreMotorboat use in ecotourism is not a typical tourism-related research focus. This interdisciplinary study addresses local concerns about ecotourism-related motorboat use in Tortuguero, Costa Rica, a popular and relatively isolated ecotourism destination. My study contemplates related impacts and management suggestions by incorporating social and physical science methods, tools, and techniques
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Date: 2012
Contributors: Nicholas R. Ehlers (author), Zoe A. Meletis (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Motorboats -- Costa Rica -- Tortuguero., Ecotourism -- Costa Rica -- Tortuguero., GV835.3.C8 E35 2012
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: This thesis is an auto-ethnographic description of my life as GalksiGabin, Andrew Robinson, a proud member of the Nisga'a Nation who has grown up during extremely monumental and influential times for Nisga'a people. Not only have my people been witness...
Show moreThis thesis is an auto-ethnographic description of my life as GalksiGabin, Andrew Robinson, a proud member of the Nisga'a Nation who has grown up during extremely monumental and influential times for Nisga'a people. Not only have my people been witness to the first Comprehensive Land Claim settlement in British Columbia's history, but we have found the ways and strength to make our traditional
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Date: 2009
Contributors: Andrew Robinson (author), Antonia Mills (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Niska Indians., Niska Indians -- Philosophy., Niska Indians -- History., E99.N734 R63 2008
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: A student-edited collection published as the second in a series of zines. the Little Feminist Zine (LFZ) began as a class project in a Winter 2020 Gender Sexualities and Women’s Studies (GSWS) 1101 at Douglas College. Planned as a paper zine to be dist...
Show moreA student-edited collection published as the second in a series of zines. the Little Feminist Zine (LFZ) began as a class project in a Winter 2020 Gender Sexualities and Women’s Studies (GSWS) 1101 at Douglas College. Planned as a paper zine to be distributed in “little libraries” around our Coquitlam and New Westminster campuses the project took on new life as an ezine after the sudden pandemic
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Date: 03-18-2021
Contributors: Lovepreet Smagh (editor), Samiksha Chand (editor), Jaime Yard (editor)
Subject: Feminist studies, Zines, Women's studies
Type: zine
Collection: info:fedora/dc:studentresearch
Source: Douglas College

Description: In October 2013, one of Brandon University’s servers was hacked, and the campus’s servers were isolated from the internet. This led to the loss of off-campus library services to students and faculty. To investigate the effects of this loss, the authors...
Show moreIn October 2013, one of Brandon University’s servers was hacked, and the campus’s servers were isolated from the internet. This led to the loss of off-campus library services to students and faculty. To investigate the effects of this loss, the authors surveyed Brandon University students and conducted semi-structured interviews with Brandon University faculty. The authors found that 68% of the
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Date: 2019
Contributors: Chris Hurst (author), H. Rainer Schira (author)
Type: articles
Collection: info:fedora/irbu:FacPubs
Source: Brandon University

Description: and it is understandable how this message might turn people off to the idea of using some games to teach certain things. It is important to emphasize that whether a game is intended for use in formal education (e.g., preschool, K-12, higher education)...
Show more and it is understandable how this message might turn people off to the idea of using some games to teach certain things. It is important to emphasize that whether a game is intended for use in formal education (e.g., preschool, K-12, higher education), corporate training, or other professional development, the context and activities surrounding the game are key to reaping whatever potential benefits
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Date: 2016, 2016-05-12T19:01:05Z
Contributors: Becker Katrin (author), Gopin Elisa (author)
Subject: Education, Analysis, Game design, Serious games, Instructional design, Pedagogy, Games
Type: book chapter
Collection: info:fedora/mru:scitech
Source: Mount Royal University

Description: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1301851
Date: 2006
Contributors: Miss Mieke (author), Judith Lapadat (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Self-esteem in young adults., Youths' writings., Zines., BF724.3.S35 M54 2006
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: This thesis is a description of the phonology of Stau, a Rgyalrongic language of the Tibeto-Burman family, based on original field research. Stau is spoken by approximately 23,000 people in the west of Sichuan province, China. It is an almost unstudied...
Show moreThis thesis is a description of the phonology of Stau, a Rgyalrongic language of the Tibeto-Burman family, based on original field research. Stau is spoken by approximately 23,000 people in the west of Sichuan province, China. It is an almost unstudied language. Apart from a sketch of the phonology and grammar by Huang (1991), which provides a phonetic (rather than phonemic) analysis of Stau
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Date: 2015
Contributors: A. Chantel Vanderveen (author), Roderic F. Casali (thesis supervisor), Keith Snider (second reader), Jamin Pelkey (external examiner), Trinity Western University SGS (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Stau language (Sino-Tibetan) – Phonology., Sino-Tibetan languages.
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/twu:theses
Source: Trinity Western University

Description: Sculpture made of serpentine, antler and caribou hide, Pond Inlet, Northwest Territories. Artist is Moses Koonark.
Date: 1990, 2013-12-20
Subject: Stauffer
Collection: info:fedora/au:archives
Source: Athabasca University

Description: The article focuses on the issues regarding the problems pension plans due to poor management and limitations of Canada's voluntary private pension system. It mentions security of defined benefit (DB) plans and acceptance of defined contribution (DC) p...
Show moreThe article focuses on the issues regarding the problems pension plans due to poor management and limitations of Canada's voluntary private pension system. It mentions security of defined benefit (DB) plans and acceptance of defined contribution (DC) plans for future hires and part-time workers, the self-employed and independent contractors usually have no pension coverage. It also mentions
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Date: 2018
Contributors: Benjamin Christensen (author)
Type: article
Collection: info:fedora/dc:24
Source: Douglas College

Description: This zine emerged as a class project in a Gender, Sexualities and Women’s Studies (GSWS 1101) class with Douglas College faculty instructor Jaime Yard. The planned distribution was to “little libraries” around our New West campus and our homes. When C...
Show moreThis zine emerged as a class project in a Gender, Sexualities and Women’s Studies (GSWS 1101) class with Douglas College faculty instructor Jaime Yard. The planned distribution was to “little libraries” around our New West campus and our homes. When COVID 19 social isolation measures were put in place the editorial team rapidly pivoted to bring this e-zine to you! We are extremely grateful not
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Date: 2020
Contributors: Jaime Yard (editor), GSWS 1101 (author), Kassia DeSouza (editor), Madeleine Kum (editor), Akshayaa Ravindrababu (editor), Bri Mauro (editor), Sarah McCarthy (editor)
Subject: Feminist studies, Zines, Women's studies
Type: zine
Collection: info:fedora/dc:studentresearch
Source: Douglas College

Description: limit and then return to normal weight prior to the event.Weight cutting is the use of primarily dehydration (combined with diet and exercise) to reduce ones body mass by 5-10% in a short time period. Studies in different combative sports found that s...
Show more limit and then return to normal weight prior to the event.Weight cutting is the use of primarily dehydration (combined with diet and exercise) to reduce ones body mass by 5-10% in a short time period. Studies in different combative sports found that significant weight loss using dehydration increased the risk of muscle damage and decreased energy, cognition and physical performance.
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Date: 2017-03
Contributors: Jason Soolaman (Author), Michael Gaetz (Supervisor), Jason Brandenburg (Supervisor)
Subject: Kinesiology, Mixed martial arts
Type: posters
Collection: info:fedora/ufv:studentworkposters
Source: University of the Fraser Valley

Description: Imagery is a common tool used by athletes in order to attempt to improve overall performance. Motor imagery is a mental process in which an individual rehearses a specific action which has been said to improve various athletic performance. Hypothesis: ...
Show moreImagery is a common tool used by athletes in order to attempt to improve overall performance. Motor imagery is a mental process in which an individual rehearses a specific action which has been said to improve various athletic performance. Hypothesis: There will be an increase in peak force output and an increase in RFD when a MI script is used prior to a 1RM deadlift opposed to No MI script
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Date: 2019
Contributors: Jared Collin (author), Athena Dancey (author), Patty Wallingham (author)
Subject: Weight training, Exercise, Physical education and training
Type: posters
Collection: info:fedora/dc:studentrdayposters
Source: Douglas College

Description
Date: 7/22/1992, 2008-10-15
Subject: Newspaper Article
Collection: info:fedora/au:mkostuch
Source: Athabasca University

Description: Although many scholars regard Rev 1:7, 1:8, or 1:7-8 as thematic for Revelation, they have not substantiated their claim. Revelation 1:7-8, which highlights the cosmic parousia of Jesus Christ, is the multivalent thematic statement of the Apocalypse. ...
Show moreAlthough many scholars regard Rev 1:7, 1:8, or 1:7-8 as thematic for Revelation, they have not substantiated their claim. Revelation 1:7-8, which highlights the cosmic parousia of Jesus Christ, is the multivalent thematic statement of the Apocalypse. Revelation 1:7-8 features a prominent allusion to Dan 7:13, which serves to unlock the multilayered meaning of the Apocalypse. To highlight Rev 1
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Date: 2013
Contributors: Mark A. Haukaas (author), James M. Scott (thesis supervisor), Kent D. Clarke (second reader), Trinity Western University SGS (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Bible. Revelation., Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism., Bible. Daniel
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/twu:theses
Source: Trinity Western University

Description: Excerpt from page 24 of "B.C.'s Inland Empire" by Erskine Burnett associated with this image: When it's springtime in the valley of the Shuswap you do not have to read poetry to help you out. The reaction is spontaneous. When the heat of summer, temper...
Show moreExcerpt from page 24 of "B.C.'s Inland Empire" by Erskine Burnett associated with this image: When it's springtime in the valley of the Shuswap you do not have to read poetry to help you out. The reaction is spontaneous. When the heat of summer, tempered by cool breezes off the water, enfolds the valley, you realize that your dreams of the previous winter have come true. When the enchantment of
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Date: -, 1944
Subject: Portraits, Houses
Type: photographs
Collection: info:fedora/enderby:inland
Source: Enderby and District Museum and Archives

Description: My research was to document the Elders knowledge of climate change and the impacts on caribou hunting. The Elders explained starting in the 1960-70s the weather has become warmer and drier leading to a change in hunting locations and modified hunting t...
Show moreMy research was to document the Elders knowledge of climate change and the impacts on caribou hunting. The Elders explained starting in the 1960-70s the weather has become warmer and drier leading to a change in hunting locations and modified hunting times. Changes to wind patterns as well as changes to snow and ice conditions have caused uncertain weather predictions and increased the community
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Date: 2012
Contributors: Petter Jacobsen (author), Chris Johnson (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Dogrib Indians -- Northwest Territories., Traditional ecological knowledge -- Northwest Territories., Climatic changes -- Research., Climatic changes., Dogrib Indians -- Hunting -- Northwest Territories., Caribou -- Behavior -- Climatic factors., Caribou hunting -- Northwest Territories., E99.T4 J33 2011
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: In this research, I explore my own experience of being a mental health nurse with a mental illness. A review of the nursing literature reveals that little has been written about this topic. I have chosen autoethnography as a research method for this st...
Show moreIn this research, I explore my own experience of being a mental health nurse with a mental illness. A review of the nursing literature reveals that little has been written about this topic. I have chosen autoethnography as a research method for this study, as it offers the opportunity to provide both a subjective account, in which the self is very visible in the research, and an examination of
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Date: 2015
Contributors: Peterson Ashley (author), Brandon University Faculty of Health Studies (degree granting institution)
Subject: Psychiatric nurses--Psychology, Mental illness--Public opinion, RC440.P48B45 2015
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/irbu:FacHSTheses
Source: Brandon University

Description: This thesis examines the construction of masculinity and sexuality in Michael Turner's The Pornographer's Poem. Drawing on a performative and fluid conception of gender identity, it explores how panoptic structures like the family, school, and athletic...
Show moreThis thesis examines the construction of masculinity and sexuality in Michael Turner's The Pornographer's Poem. Drawing on a performative and fluid conception of gender identity, it explores how panoptic structures like the family, school, and athletics all help to shape masculinity. Significant attention is given to the interaction between hegemonic and subversive masculinities and sexualities
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Date: 2015
Contributors: Mateusz Partyka (author), Maryna Romanets (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Turner, Michael, 1962- Pornographer's poem., Pattern perception., Pattern recognition systems., PS8589.U748 P673 2015
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: As the sole BC producers in the oil and gas industry, northeastern BC communities negotiated a Memorandum of Understanding with the Province to share revenues generated from oil and gas commercial activities. The purpose of this research was to determi...
Show moreAs the sole BC producers in the oil and gas industry, northeastern BC communities negotiated a Memorandum of Understanding with the Province to share revenues generated from oil and gas commercial activities. The purpose of this research was to determine whether this Provincial Fair Share agreement is fair within the following context: 1) As a revenue sharing program: Do municipalities feel that
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Date: 2008
Contributors: Therese Jean (author), Greg Halseth (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Gas industry -- Government policy -- British Columbia, Northern., Petroleum industry and trade -- Government policy -- British Columbia, Northern., Revenue sharing -- British Columbia., British Columbia -- Economic conditions -- Regional disparities., Resource-based communities -- Economic conditions -- British Columbia, Northern., HD9574.C23 B85 2008
Type: research (documents)
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:gradprojects
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: or 30 percent/annually. In addition, our results also indicate that the returns of rebalancing strategies during business cycles perform better than buy-and-hold strategy. However, the difference in portfolio performance of various rebalancing strateg...
Show more or 30 percent/annually. In addition, our results also indicate that the returns of rebalancing strategies during business cycles perform better than buy-and-hold strategy. However, the difference in portfolio performance of various rebalancing strategies vis-~\u2020-vis buy and hold strategy is not substantial to warrant a definitive recommendation of a particular portfolio rebalancing strategy
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Date: 2014
Contributors: Minh Lam (author), Jing Chen (Thesis advisor), Ajit Dayanandan (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Asset allocation., Portfolio management., Investment analysis., HG4529.5 .L36 2014
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: The number of days that substitute teachers are used to cover classes is on the rise, and recent research indicates that student achievement is negatively affected when the classroom teacher is away. The purpose of this mixed methods study was to colle...
Show moreThe number of days that substitute teachers are used to cover classes is on the rise, and recent research indicates that student achievement is negatively affected when the classroom teacher is away. The purpose of this mixed methods study was to collect data that would identify the key components in an effective substitute teacher supervision and evaluation model for Manitoba school divisions
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Date: 2012
Contributors: Monster R. Todd (author), Brandon University Faculty of Education (degree granting institution)
Subject: Substitute teachers--Supervision of, Substitute teachers--Rating of, Teacher effectiveness, LB2844.1.S8M66 2012
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/irbu:FacEdTheses
Source: Brandon University

Description: This project will investigate strategies that help provide cost surety to the oil sands construction industries. The project will begin with a review of the historical cost overruns and the lessons learned. The next focus point will be reviewing the de...
Show moreThis project will investigate strategies that help provide cost surety to the oil sands construction industries. The project will begin with a review of the historical cost overruns and the lessons learned. The next focus point will be reviewing the demographics of Wood Buffalo to demonstrate the changes that have occurred since the early 2000s and refute the labour availability claim. Following
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Date: 2014
Contributors: Patrick Anthony Hibbitts (author), Raymond Cox (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Oil sands industry -- Alberta -- Cost control., Oil sands -- Alberta -- Cost of operation., TN873.C2 H53 2014
Type: research (documents)
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:gradprojects
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: In 2004, over 30,000 children were affected by their parent's divorce. Based on what is deemed in the best interest of the child custody arrangements have evolved over the past 30 years resulting in both parents remaining involved in the life of their ...
Show moreIn 2004, over 30,000 children were affected by their parent's divorce. Based on what is deemed in the best interest of the child custody arrangements have evolved over the past 30 years resulting in both parents remaining involved in the life of their child post-divorce. In an attempt to keep both parents involved following a divorce, joint custody is becoming a common custody arrangements. Joint
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Date: 2012
Contributors: Jack E. Kinnear (author), Glen Schmidt (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Joint custody of children., Fathers., Parenting, Part-time., Children of divorced parents., HQ756 .K56 2011
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: This thesis consists of the first fourteen chapters of a novel about the Cariboo. The time line for the novel is during inter-war years and following World War Two. Martha Scott arrives in Vancouver in 1938 determined to find a better life for herself ...
Show moreThis thesis consists of the first fourteen chapters of a novel about the Cariboo. The time line for the novel is during inter-war years and following World War Two. Martha Scott arrives in Vancouver in 1938 determined to find a better life for herself here than the one she had in Britain. There she felt stifled as a woman and disliked the perception of women as being fit only for a life of
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Date: 2011
Contributors: Ann Tiffany (author), Dee Horne (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Women -- British Columbia -- Cariboo Region -- Fiction., Historical fiction, Canadian (English), PS8639.I5 C37 2011
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: I launched The Little Mountain Project as a response to the eviction and destruction of a social housing community in Vancouver, Canada. Utilizing hybrid digital media practices, my work encourages citizens to meet and participate in democratic process...
Show moreI launched The Little Mountain Project as a response to the eviction and destruction of a social housing community in Vancouver, Canada. Utilizing hybrid digital media practices, my work encourages citizens to meet and participate in democratic processes. The main components of this new media exploration consist of a blog and video archive, a multi-platform signage project, and a collaborative
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Date: 2012
Contributors: David Vaisbord (author), Emily Carr University of Art and Design Graduate Studies (Degree granting institution)
Discipline: Media arts
Subject: Documentary films--Digital media--Democracy--Social movement--Media--Film
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/ecuad:media, info:fedora/ecuad:theses
Source: Emily Carr University of Art + Design

Description: The purpose of this project is to thoroughly explore research and best practice guidelines related to the administration of artificial hydration in end of life care for patients diagnosed with cancer. More specifically, this project will address the qu...
Show moreThe purpose of this project is to thoroughly explore research and best practice guidelines related to the administration of artificial hydration in end of life care for patients diagnosed with cancer. More specifically, this project will address the question: is there a place for artificial hydration in end of life care? Upon reviewing the information included in subsequent sections, nurse
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Date: 2009
Contributors: Helen K. Bourque (author), Vincent Salyers (Thesis advisor), Lela Zimmer (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Terminal care -- Moral and ethical aspects., Fluid therapy -- Moral and ethical aspects., Medical ethics., RT87.T45 B68 2009
Type: research (documents)
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:gradprojects
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: At the core of this thesis is an attempt to address two primary questions: is Canada a middle power and how can we tell? As such, there are a variety of corollary questions: What is a middle power? What characteristics do middle powers have? And finally,
Show moreAt the core of this thesis is an attempt to address two primary questions: is Canada a middle power and how can we tell? As such, there are a variety of corollary questions: What is a middle power? What characteristics do middle powers have? And finally, is a state's middle power classification sourced in behavioural or capability characteristics? All of these questions are addressed here, and
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Date: 2006
Contributors: Stephen Omelus (author), Don Munton (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Middle powers., Canada -- International status., JC364 .O44 2006
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: from the biomedical model, arguing that health is more than the absence of illness and that it encompasses the whole person, not only the body. The second objective of the study was to gain a better understanding of the participants\u2019 health pract...
Show more from the biomedical model, arguing that health is more than the absence of illness and that it encompasses the whole person, not only the body. The second objective of the study was to gain a better understanding of the participants\u2019 health practices. Many argued that one needs to be proactive in order to be healthy and explained that health practices should be tailored in accordance with one
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Date: 2012
Contributors: Annabel Levesque (author), Han Li (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Health attitudes -- Canada -- Cross-cultural studies., Urban health -- Canada -- Cross-cultural studies., French-Canadians -- Health and hygiene -- Attitudes., Canadians, English-speaking -- Health and hygiene -- Attitudes., Indians of North America -- Health and hygiene -- Canada -- Attitudes., Health surveys -- Canada., RA449 .L482 2011
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: The role of the adolescent protagonist, as a critical medium through which to view society, is well established in the scholarly field of developmental fiction however, the concept of place - as it relates to societal norms, values, and expectations - ...
Show moreThe role of the adolescent protagonist, as a critical medium through which to view society, is well established in the scholarly field of developmental fiction however, the concept of place - as it relates to societal norms, values, and expectations - remains relatively unexamined. Out of Here: Exploring Locally Regulated Difference' discusses ways in which contemporary novels of female
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Date: 2014
Contributors: Denielle Wiebe (author), Robert Budde (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Place (Philosophy) in literature., Grekul, Lisa, 1972- Kalyna's song., Rosnau, Laisha, 1972- Sudden weight of snow., Toews, Miriam, 1964- Complicated kindness., Adolescence in literature, PN56.P49 W54 2013
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: Houses; Interiors; Men - - Clothing
Date: [after 1899], 2007-11-30
Subject: Roberts family fonds
Collection: info:fedora/au:archives
Source: Athabasca University

Description: of CO\u2082 emissions and emission factors for interurban transportation for the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada, and an analysis of a wide variety of emission scenarios for BC\u2019s interurban transportation system, comparing modelled emis...
Show more of CO\u2082 emissions and emission factors for interurban transportation for the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada, and an analysis of a wide variety of emission scenarios for BC\u2019s interurban transportation system, comparing modelled emissions to the 2020 and 2050 greenhouse gas reduction targets set by the province\u2019s 2007 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act. Nine modes of
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Date: 2016
Contributors: Moritz Alexander Schare (author), Ken Wilkening (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Carbon dioxide mitigation -- British Columbia., Down syndrome -- Patients -- Family relationships., Parent and adult child., Parenting., TD885.5.C3 S33 2016
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: no additional resource requirements. A key feature of this approach is a mechanism that allows for a thorough assessment of students’ work, while still permitting what is typically classified as failure with respect to the production of research results.
Show moreno additional resource requirements. A key feature of this approach is a mechanism that allows for a thorough assessment of students’ work, while still permitting what is typically classified as failure with respect to the production of research results. A brief review of some of the literature along with its benefits and concerns is presented first, followed by an outline of a model for
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Date: 2007, 2008-08-07T14:49:39Z, 2015-06-24T22:40:29Z
Contributors: Becker Katrin (author)
Subject: Video games, Games for learning, Game studies, Teaching methodology
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Collection: info:fedora/mru:scitech
Source: Mount Royal University

Description: With the continuous expansion of the oil and natural gas fields, there is growing concern regarding the impacts of oil and natural gas activities on the agricultural land base in northeast British Columbia. The Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) and Oi...
Show moreWith the continuous expansion of the oil and natural gas fields, there is growing concern regarding the impacts of oil and natural gas activities on the agricultural land base in northeast British Columbia. The Agricultural Land Commission (ALC) and Oil and Gas Commission (OGC) entered a binding contract, called the Delegation Agreement (DA), in an attempt to manage oil and gas activities on ALR
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Date: 2019
Contributors: Katie Eistetter (author), David Connell (thesis advisor), Scott Emmons (committee member), Arthur Green (committee member)
Subject: Land use, Rural--Effect of oil fields on, Land use, Rural--Effect of oil fields on--British Columbia, Northern, Land use, Rural--Effect of gas industry on, Land use, Rural--Effect of gas industry on--British Columbia, Northern
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: , little is known about them. This study aims to inspire and inform current and future nurses by exploring leadership journeys of CNA presidents. Seven nurses who have held the title of president of the CNA were interviewed. Six themes were identified...
Show more, little is known about them. This study aims to inspire and inform current and future nurses by exploring leadership journeys of CNA presidents. Seven nurses who have held the title of president of the CNA were interviewed. Six themes were identified: Relentless Incrementalism; Embracing Opportunities, , A Service Mindset, Taking the Long View, Enduring Heartbreak, and Taking a Seat at the Table. The
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Date: 2017
Contributors: Laura J. Colley (author), Maggie Theron (thesis supervisor), Sonya Grypma (thesis supervisor), Sonia Udod (third reader), Trinity Western University SGS (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Nursing., Leadership., Nurse administrators.
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/twu:theses
Source: Trinity Western University

Description: Deadlands Girl is a short young adult, fantasy fiction novel set in a post-apocalyptic Canada. The protagonist, Tabitha, is kidnapped and brought to Faerie and the novel follows her quest to come back home. Written as a response to the notion that ther...
Show moreDeadlands Girl is a short young adult, fantasy fiction novel set in a post-apocalyptic Canada. The protagonist, Tabitha, is kidnapped and brought to Faerie and the novel follows her quest to come back home. Written as a response to the notion that there are few non-historical Young Adult (YA) novels that are set in Canada, my creative thesis demonstrates that a novel can explore themes of
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Date: 2019
Contributors: Megan Elizabeth Kuklis (author), Dee Horne (thesis advisor), Robert Budde (committee member), Dana Wessell Lightfoot (committee member), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Fantasy fiction, Canada, Canadian fiction (English), Apocalyptic literature, Coming of age -- Fiction
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/unbc:dtc
Source: University of Northern BC

Description: Excerpt from page 71 of "B.C.'s Inland Empire" by Erskine Burnett associated with this image: Of course the season up there is short. The snow does not leave the valley until the end of June so that the "season" would consist of four months, - to the end
Show moreExcerpt from page 71 of "B.C.'s Inland Empire" by Erskine Burnett associated with this image: Of course the season up there is short. The snow does not leave the valley until the end of June so that the "season" would consist of four months, - to the end of October. Fishing, hunting and golf will be the attractions. As we walk up the valley we sighted three yearling cariboo and a larger bull.
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Date: -, 1944
Subject: Deer, Snow
Type: photographs
Collection: info:fedora/enderby:inland
Source: Enderby and District Museum and Archives

Description: perspectives of those who are addicted to illicit substances – a population that is arguably the most affected by drug policy.
Show more perspectives of those who are addicted to illicit substances – a population that is arguably the most affected by drug policy.
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Date: 2020
Contributors: Meghan Jansons (author), Amanda McCormick (chair), Jon Heidt (committee member), Amy Prevost (committee member), Jane Buxton (committee member), University of the Fraser Valley School of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Degree granting institution)
Subject: Drug control--Canada, Drug addiction--Social aspects--Canada, HV 5840 C3 J36 2020
Type: thesis
Collection: info:fedora/ufv:studthesis
Source: University of the Fraser Valley