title: Inverse scale invariant feature transform models for object recognition and image tagging.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 70

subject:
Computer vision -- Mathematical models.
Image processing -- Digital techniques.
Pattern recognition systems.
Optical pattern recognition.
TA1634 .H37 2009

abstract: This thesis presents three novel image models based on Scale Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) features and the k-Nearest Neighbors (k-NN) machine learning methodology. While SIFT features characterize an image with distinctive keypoints, the k-NN filters away and normalizes the keypoints with a two-fold goal: (i) compressing the image size, and (ii) reducing the bias that is induced by the variance of keypoint numbers among object classes. Object recognition is approached as a supervised machine learning problem, and the models have been formulated using Support Vector Machines (SVMs). These object recognition models have been tested for single and multiple object detection, and for asymmetrical rotational recognition. Finally, a hierarchical probabilistic framework with basic object classification methodology is formulated as a multi-class learning framework. This framework has been tested for automatic image annotation generation. Object recognition models were evaluated using recognition rate (rank 1) whereas the annotation task was evaluated using the well-known Information Retrieval measures: precision, recall, average precision and average recall.

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title: Perceptions of the 2009 impact of curriculum implementation on teaching practices of social studies 12 teachers in Northwest Alberta.

type: Text thesis

contributor: University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)

format:
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Number of pages in document: 79

subject: Social sciences -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Alberta -- Evaluation.

subject: Education, Secondary -- Curricula -- Alberta.

subject: H62.5.C3 M55 2010

abstract: Initial teacher perceptions of the impact of the new Alberta Social Studies curriculum on teaching practices were examined. Social Studies teachers in Northwest Alberta were surveyed, quantitatively and qualitatively, about the use of critical thinking skills in their teaching practices before, and after, implementation of the Grade 12 curriculum. Quantitatively, no significant differences in teaching practices were found. Neither were there any differences in teaching practices found when teachers were differentiated by the variables of sex, total teaching experience, Social Studies teaching experience and department size. However, there were increases found in workshop attendance. Qualitatively, the results aligned with the literature related to teachers' concerns of time, resources, technology, collegial support, professional development, and classroom environment only one exception related to teacher experience was found. School administrators, professional development planners, curriculum designers, and assessors of the implementation of new curricula would find this study of interest. --P. ii.

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title: Amplifying voices of development: Insights from Indigenous Maya leaders of El Quiche, Guatemala.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 181

subject: Mayas -- Guatemala -- Ethnic identity.

subject: Mayas -- Civil rights -- Guatemala.

subject: Indians of Central America -- Guatemala -- Ethnic identity.

subject: Rural development -- Guatemala.

subject: F1435.3.E72 P43 2011

abstract: The concept of development is under immense scrutiny. By questioning what is development and development for whom?' a re-thinking of these practices is underway throughout the world. Critical development practitioners are seriously evaluating development' to better understand the divided views between the North and South from a richly interdisciplinary perspective. In my thesis, I present findings of a recent research project in which I sought the perspectives of eight Indigenous Maya leaders of El Quiché, Guatemala. Based on interviews conducted in September 2010 in the Guatemalan highland city of Santa Cruz del Quiché and surrounding area, I attempt to better understand the meaning(s) of the word development from an Indigenous perspective, and how a self-determined vision of life best suits local communities. Based on their lived experiences, the Indigenous Maya interviewees asserted that development' practices prescribed by the local government and country's elites, as well as outside non-government organizations and multinational corporations, are not in the best interests of the Indigenous population. I attempt to highlight how the imposition of the development' itself has become, to these leaders, synonymous with forms of racism, inequality, exclusion, oppression and a loss of Indigenous identity and culture. Rather, Maya leaders in El Quiché stress the right to self-determined development, cultural preservation and a more holistic vision of life for individuals and communities. --P. ii.

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title: Environmental degradation in the Russian north: a security threat to Canada?

format:
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Number of pages in document: 120

subject: Canada -- National security.

subject: Canada -- Foreign relations -- Russia (Federation)

subject: Security, International -- Environmental aspects.

subject: National security -- Environmental aspects -- Canada.

subject: JX1515 .T74 1998

abstract: This thesis examines the expansion of the concept of security to include environmental threats. Contrary to conventional opinion the expansion of security can take place not only in terms of global security, but also national security. In order to demonstrate this, the thesis studies the threat posed to Canada from environmental degradation in the Russian North. This study includes not only an analysis of the threats that exist to Canada, but also an examination of the Canadian governments' responses to these threats. The analysis demonstrates that in most cases the Canadian government has failed to properly identify and properly address these environmental threats and thus there is a need for a re-evaluation of the scope of national security.

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title: Temperature preference and distribution of juvenile Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) in the Williston watershed, British Columbia Canada.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 102

subject: Arctic grayling -- Effect of temperature on -- British Columbia -- Williston Watershed.

subject: Arctic grayling -- Habitat -- British Columbia -- Williston Watershed.

subject: Arctic grayling -- British Columbia -- Williston Watershed -- Geographic distribution.

subject: Arctic grayling -- Behavior -- British Columbia -- Williston Watershed.

subject: QL638.S2 H39 2011

abstract: The habitat requirements of juvenile Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) were assessed in the Williston watershed, British Columbia, where the population is currently red-listed (critically imperiled). Temperature preferences of juvenile Arctic grayling was assessed behaviorally using a shuttlebox system, and an information theoretic approach analysis of logistic regression models was used to evaluate the influence of environmental factors on the distribution of juvenile Arctic grayling throughout the Williston watershed. Temperature preference of juvenile Arctic grayling did not vary between the two tributaries in the watershed (p = 0.77) and the average preferred temperature was 16.84 ± 0.66 °C (n = 28). Comparisons of the preferred temperature to ambient water temperatures suggested that juvenile Arctic grayling will avoid areas where maximum water temperature is above the preferred temperature. There was a positive association between juvenile Arctic grayling occurrence and stream order (SO) and stream order multiplied by distance from the Williston reservoir (SDRxSO), as well as a negative association with the mean daily water temperature variance (varT) and average water temperature (aveT). Overall these findings suggest that large river systems are important juvenile Arctic grayling habitat and management decision should be made to ensure protection of this habitat throughout the range of this species. --P. ii.

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title: The Salmon Disturbance Regime: Effects on Biofilm, Sediment and Water.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 108

subject: Salmon -- Habitat.

subject: Biofilms.

subject: Stream ecology.

subject: Salmon -- Spawning.

subject: River sediments -- Research -- British Columbia -- Horsefly River.

subject: SH167.S17 A43 2010

abstract: Recent work in salmon spawning streams has shown that sediment resuspended during nest construction aggregates with salmon organic matter to form suspended particles called flocs. These nutrient-rich flocs interact with streambed biofilms suggesting a potential floc trapping mechanism that drives biofilm growth. Using the Horsefly spawning channel, the role of biofilms in trapping fine sediment was evaluated as a mechanism of salmon-derived nutrient processing. In the active spawn period, biofilm was reduced in abundance while the streambed sediment infiltration was at its highest level. During salmon die-off, downstream biofilm abundance recovered to pre-spawn values indicating a nutrient pulse over a small scale. With the re-established biofilm layer, sediment was increasingly trapped at the streambed surface by biofilms. This increase in biofilm abundance will likely influence the nutrient dynamics at all levels of the stream foodweb. Biofilms transfer increases in productivity to higher trophic levels. This transfer has a positive effect on the next generation of juvenile salmon growth and survivorship. --P.ii.

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title: Living in colliding worlds: Exploring cultural tensions in "Three Day Road" and "Monkey Beach".

format:
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Number of pages in document: 114

subject: Canadian literature -- Native authors -- History and criticism.

subject: Canadian literature -- Indian authors -- History and criticism.

subject: Boyden, Joseph, 1966- . Three day road.

subject: Robinson, Eden. Monkey beach.

subject: PS8089.5.I6 S65 2011

abstract: The most dramatic effect of the colonization process is that the colonized are forced to occupy multiple conflicting spaces. Since Aboriginal peoples are caught between traditional viewpoints and mainstream European thought, they struggle to find a space where they can negotiate their identity. Both Three Day Road and Monkey Beach depict the windigo and sasquatch / b'gwus living in what Homi K. Bhabha refers to as a liminal space' ..., and illustrate how both the windigo and sasquatch / b'gwus are caught between the cultural understandings of both European descendants and Aboriginal peoples. By illuminating the roles of windigo and sasquatch/b'gwus in both contemporary literature by Aboriginal writers and Aboriginal oral tradition, my thesis reflects my struggles with the tensions between Eurocentric concepts of knowledge, culture, and values of spirituality and diverse Aboriginal worldviews. --P. iii.

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title: Hostility, smiling and elicited emotional experiences: Considerations for health outcomes.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 61

subject:
Health risk assessment.
Resilience (Personality trait)
Emotions -- Health aspects.
RA427.3 .E25 2013

abstract: Resilience is an increasingly invoked theoretical construct to explain why and how people manage to retain their health despite experiencing adversity. Improved vagal tone (higher heart rate variability HRV) is supported in the literature as an indicator of positive cardiovascular health outcomes. Utilizing a measure of HRV as a proxy for health resilience outcomes, historical datasets of healthy undergraduate students were utilized to elucidate the relationship between measured hostility (high and low), evoked emotions (happy and angry) and smiling behaviours to better understand some factors contributing to positive physiological health (i.e., heart rate variability as an indicator of positive health outcomes). Results indicate that smile parameters vary meaningfully as a function of the type of elicited emotion interview participants undergo and as a function of gender and hostility level. However, the smiling behaviour was not predictive of physiological outcomes. --Leaf ii.

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title: Elementary school counsellors' perceptions of their role with families

contributor: Ritchie, Jennifer Vivienne Martha (author)

format:
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Number of pages in document: 98

subject: Counseling in elementary education.

subject: Parent-teacher relationships.

subject: Home and school.

subject: Education, Elementary -- Parent participation.

subject: LB1047.5 .R58 2001

abstract: Elementary school counsellors (ESC) play a crucial role in facilitating partnerships between family and school. lbis study explores ESCs' perceptions of their role with families. lbis qualitative, inductive research utilizes a descriptive/ exploratory approach. The participants were four ESCs, with backgrounds in teaching, and elementary school counselling, working in elementary schools within one school district in the Northern British Columbian public school system. Data were obtained using semi-structured interviews. Interviews were transcribed verbatim, and data analysis processes included: sorting, coding, categorizing, and memoing. The participants discussed a number of ways of working with families to promote the child's progress in school. A variety of role and family related challenges emerged from the participants' discussions. Strategies to address these challenges are explored. Findings from this study indicated that ESCs use consultation processes to work in partnership with families, and with the child, to support the child's positive academic and social development.

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title: Seasonal variability of fine-grained sediment morphology in a salmon-bearing stream.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 160

subject: Suspended sediments -- Environmental aspects -- British Columbia -- O'Ne-eil Creek.

subject: Salmon -- British Columbia -- O'Ne-eil Creek.

subject: Stream ecology -- British Columbia -- O'Ne-eil Creek.

subject: GB1399.9.C2 M33 2003

abstract: No abstract available.

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title: Of Cycles and Disturbances.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 126

subject:
Nature in literature.
Nature -- Poetry.
PN48 .F67 2012

abstract: As a hybrid text, Of Cycles and Disturbances is blend of creative and theoretical writing that explores the complex and sometimes destructive relationship humans have with nonhuman environments. While writing towards an apprenticeship of the land, my creative and theoretical texts explore: language and story memory and things remembered connection to place and a rooted sense of place the relationship between home and the wild the negative effects of resource extraction and processing on nonhuman environments and my complicated relationship with resource extraction. By combining lined poetry, prose poems, experiential creative non-fiction, photographs and a theoretical framework, my thesis surrounds and works towards an understanding of nature and my own involvement in the cycles and disturbances of the wild. The forces that work to transform and destroy nature and the ways in which poetry can work against those forces as both a form of activism and a didactic tool is the focus of this project. --Leaf ii.

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title: The impact of climate change and harvest of mountain pine beetle stands on streamflow in northern British Columbia.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 87

subject: Ecohydrology -- British Columbia -- Goathorn Creek Watershed.

subject: Ecohydrology -- British Columbia -- Moffat Creek Watershed.

subject: Streamflow -- British Columbia -- Goathorn Creek Watershed.

subject: Streamflow -- British Columbia -- Moffat Creek Watershed.

subject: Logging -- Environmental aspects -- British Columbia -- Goathorn Creek Watershed.

subject: Logging -- Environmental aspects -- British Columbia -- Moffat Creek Watershed.

subject: QH541.15.E19 H57 2010

abstract: This research examines the impact of climate change and MPB harvest on streamflow in northern British Columbia using the Hydrologiska Byr~\u2022ns Vattenbalansmodell-Environment Canada model (HBV-EC) a semi-distributed conceptual hydrologic model. Streamflow for the Goathorn Creek watershed in Telkwa is modeled under the IPCC A1B, A2 and B1 emissions scenarios. The TreeGen downscaling method and four global climate models were used to generate future climate. Global climate models used were the Canadian developed CGCM3, ECHAM5 from Germany, GFDL-CM2.1 from the United States and CSIRO-Mk from Australia. Under all climate scenarios HBV-EC modeled a 16 percent reduction in mean annual flows the timing of spring peak flows was also forecast to occur up to 30 days earlier in the year. A change in the timing of peak flows and an overall reduction in mean flows will have important implications for water managers, domestic users and industrial development within the Bulkley Valley. The HBV-EC model was also used to model Moffat Creek streamflow under various harvest scenarios for mountain pine beetle stands. The model predicted an increase in streamflow with an increase in harvest area. When compared to measured streamflow it was however found that average spring discharge during the MPB epidemic was 14 percent lower than it had been during the previous 30 years. The low spring discharge during the MPB epidemic appeared to be related to the 9 percent decrease in SWE for the same years however further investigation is required.

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title: Interrelationships between weather, parasitic insects, and barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) behaviour in Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 167

subject: Barren ground caribou -- Behavior -- Climatic factors -- Canada, Northern.

subject: Barren ground caribou -- Effect of global warming on -- Canada, Northern.

subject: Insects -- Behavior -- Climatic factors -- Canada, Northern.

subject: QL737.U55 W58 2010

abstract: The Bathurst barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus) herd decreased by 90% from 1986-2009. Increased intensity of insect harassment due to climatic warming is hypothesized as a factor contributing to the decline. I monitored weather, trapped insects, and recorded caribou behavior during 2007-2009. Oestrid fly (Oestridae) presence, and mosquito (Culicidae) and black fly (Simuliidae) activity/abundance were best explained by temperature, wind speed, light intensity, barometric pressure, relative humidity, vegetation, topography, and location. Time of day and growing degree days also affected mosquito and black fly levels. Conditions favouring mosquito activity declined, while those favouring black and oestrid fly activity increased since the mid 1980s. Mosquitoes had relatively little effect on caribou behavior. Insect avoidance increased when oestrids were present or black flies were active at moderate-high levels. Understanding differential effects of macroparasites on Rangifer behavior is necessary to predict herd dynamics in the context of a changing climate across northern Canada. --P.ii.

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title: Abandonment or autonomy: How do social workers know the difference?

format:
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Number of pages in document: 144

subject: Social work with older people -- British Columbia.

subject: British Columbia. Adult Guardianship Act.

subject: Guardian and ward -- British Columbia.

subject: Older people -- Services for -- British Columbia.

subject: HV1475.B8 H65 2010

abstract: The Adult Guardianship Act proclaimed in British Columbia in 2000 was a legal response that provides a mandate for designated agencies to look into reports of vulnerable adults who are abused, neglected, or self neglected. Important guiding principles are embedded in the legislation intended to safeguard the principal of autonomy. This legislation requires designated agency staff to be simultaneously responsible for the mandate to care for vulnerable adults who are experiencing abuse, neglect, or self neglect and to uphold the principle of the right to autonomy. This qualitative research study describes the experiences and decisions social workers encounter in adult guardianship practice with older adults, particularly as it relates to the ethical dimensions of the practice. Results suggest that social workers look for and find ways to balance support for both autonomy and care by improvising ethical jazz. Questions were raised about the viability of integrating adult protection and health care. --P. ii.

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title: Determination of density and moisture content of wood using Terahertz time domain spectroscopy.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 83

subject:
Wood -- Density -- Measurement.
Wood -- Moisture -- Measurement.
Terahertz spectroscopy.
TS835 .A36 2014

abstract: Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy was used to simultaneously predict the density and moisture content of four wood species (Aspen, Birch, Hemlock and Fir). Using a fixed value for the dielectric function of water, it was found that moisture content was systematically underestimated at low moisture contents, which results from changes in the dielectric function of water as it goes from free to bound in nature. The variation of the dielectric function of water with moisture content was studied further, and the results show that the dielectric function of water does indeed change with moisture content. The results are a large step forward in our understanding of wood-water interactions at Terahertz frequencies, and therefore useful for applications in wood science. --Leaf i.

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title: Simulating past and future mass balance of Place Glacier using a physically-based, distributed glacier mass balance model

format:
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Number of pages in document: 253

subject: Glaciers -- Research -- British Columbia -- Place Glacier.

subject: Roads -- Design and construction -- Social aspects -- Ontario -- Almaguin Region.

subject: Roads -- Economic aspects -- Ontario -- Almaguin Region.

subject: Roads -- Social aspects -- Ontario -- Almaguin Region.

subject: GB2430.B8 A79 2015

abstract: The objective of this study is to develop a physically-based distributed glacier mass balance (GMB) model for Place Glacier, British Columbia, Canada, and apply the model to develop the historic and the future mass balance. The model is forced with climate data from Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS) mesoscale atmospheric model output from 1979-2008 for developing historic mass balance on Place Glacier. The model is also run in the future (2009-2040) to develop a projection of mass balance. The model simulated the historic glacier-wide summer and winter balance on Place Glacier satisfactorily. For all years, root mean squared error (RMSE) in simulated summer and winter balance are 0.43 m water equivalent (w.e.) and 0.27 m w.e., respectively. Over the period of 29 years, the model simulated a cumulative net mass balance of -33.72 m w.e. The model outperformed both empirical temperature index (TI) and enhanced TI models in simulating summer balance on Place Glacier when forced with the same RAMS variables. A linear regression model based on Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) technique is used for downscaling future climate projections from a suite of Global Climate Models (GCMs). The cross-validation of downscaled daily air temperature showed a strong correlation with the validation dataset (r~ =0.85, p <0.05). However, the RMSE in downscaled daily air temperature is large (=2.4~C). With spatially average correlation of 0.38 and RMSE of 7.5 mm day\u207b~ , the model for daily precipitation performed less satisfactorily in downscaling large-scale precipitation. For all variables, the error statistics improved with the monthly model. Future GCM projections form CanESM2, MIROC-ESM, MPI-ESM-LR, and HadGEM2-ES, are considered for downscaling. CanESM2 predicted a large negative glacier-wide net mass balance of -2.50 m w.e. for Place Glacier in the future. For the remaining GCMs, the average of net mass balance is \u20130.96 m w.e. The average of the cumulative mass loss predicted from GCMs other than CanESM2 is -31 m w.e. From 2009-2040, CanESM2, MIROC, MPI and HadGEM2 predicted an area loss of 52%, 28% and 22%, respectively. Overall, all downscaled GCMs, except CanESM2, performed better in predicting future mass balance for Place Glacier.

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title: Perinatal outcomes for Bella Coola General Hospital:  1940 to 2001.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 44

subject: Obstetrics -- British Columbia -- Bella Coola -- History -- 20th century.

subject: Newborn infants. -- Medical care -- British Columbia -- Bella Coola.

subject: Bella Coola General Hospital. Obstetrics -- Evaluation.

subject: Rural hospitals -- British Columbia -- Bella Coola.

subject: Rural women -- Health and hygiene -- British Columbia -- Bella Coola.

subject: RG518.B8 M33 2004

abstract: No abstract available.

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title: Building alliances to understanding and working with students affected by fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 184

subject: Children of prenatal alcohol abuse -- Education.

subject: Special education teachers.

subject: LC4806 .D43 2013

abstract: The purpose of this thesis was to examine the question, What are the differences in the attitudes and beliefs between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal teachers with regards to students with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)? I randomly selected Aboriginal (n=5) and non-Aboriginal teachers (n=5) to participate in a semi-structured interview and to complete a series of 13 vignettes with the researcher. The teachers represented five schools in northwestern BC three at the local high school and seven from four elementary schools. I assessed the interview data qualitatively and the vignettes quantitatively. The data revealed that there were many shared beliefs between the two groups of teachers. The differences were apparent in their variant orientations, or the nuances in behaviour. Many of the dominant orientations were similar between the two groups. I conclude the thesis with recommendations for further research and present my conclusions for the study. --Leaf ii.

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title: Source apportionment of fine and coarse fraction particulate matter in Prince George and Kelowna, British Columbia.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 155

subject: Air -- Pollution -- Measurement.

subject: Air -- Pollution -- Research.

subject: Particles -- Environmental aspects -- Research.

subject: Air -- Pollution -- British Columbia -- Prince George.

subject: Air -- Pollution -- British Columbia -- Kelowna.

subject: TD884.5 .A45 2009

abstract: This study examined ambient airborne fine and coarse fraction particulate matter collected from sampling locations in Prince George and Kelowna, BC, during the period October 2005 to September, 2006. The samples were analyzed for endotoxin concentration, and a chemical analysis was performed to determine elements present. Endotoxin concentration were found to be greatest at high temperatures and moderate values of relative humidity. Positive matrix factorization was performed on the Kelowna sample set. Six sources were identified for the fine fractions: wood burning, which contributed 38% to total modeled concentration, residential wood burning (27%), vehicle emissions (19%), soil (12%), agricultural dust (3.5%), and secondary particles (0.5%). Five coarse fraction sources were isolated: soil (representing 32% of modeled concentration), agricultural dust (29%), road salt (15%), residential wood burning (13%), and secondary particles (11%). --P. ii.

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title: Hollow her out: Gendered corporeality and violence in Edna O'Brien's "Down by the River".

format:
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Number of pages in document: 124

subject: O'Brien, Edna. Down by the river.

subject: Human body -- Social aspects -- Ireland.

subject: Human body -- Political aspects -- Ireland.

subject: Patriarchy -- Ireland.

subject: Gender identity -- Ireland.

subject: PR6065.B7 Z75 2008

abstract: This thesis combines literary representation of hollow feminine bodies with contemporary cases of patriarchal authority over woman's bodies. Attorney General v. X (1992), an abortion case reflected in O'Brien's Down by the river (1998), outlines the control Irish courts hold over women. Because notions of hollow feminine bodies, or female bodies as vessels for political, religious and filial meaning are longstanding, their effects on female body identity are ultimately excessive. I outline how patriarchal political and religious constructions divide feminine experience by separating the feminine body from feminine identity. Aligning women with Ireland herself, the thesis illustrates an entrenched ideology of Irish feminine insecurity over possession of self and body. Ireland is an interesting case study because inseparable politics and religion create unavoidable, violent, and forceful oppressions of woman's agency. Colonization of feminine bodies further perpetuates the repressive culture of gendered corporeality, and validates masculine authority's possession of bodies as vehicles for cultural transference.

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title: Diastereoselective spiroannulation of phenolic derivatives: Effect of steric hindrance on the diastereoselectivity.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 119

subject:
Phenols -- Analysis.
Diastereoisomers.
Stereochemistry.
QD341.P5 S87 2009

abstract: The objective of this study was to determine the effect, if any, that steric factors have on the oxidative spiroannulation of simple phenols bearing substituents that are increasing in size. Specifically, we wanted to determine whether or not the diastereoselectivity of the reaction would improve. To do so, the synthesis of five phenols was carried out from which four of the five spiroether targets were synthesized. Based on the [superscript]1H-NMR of these four compounds, it was found that the diastereoselectivity in these reactions did not improve it actually decreased. The fact that the diastereomeric ratios did not improve with increasing steric factors provides evidence that the spiroannulation is not affected by the size of the group attached to the 3-position. Instead, it gives supporting evidence that the stereoelectronic effect and location of the substituent has greater effect to the overall outcome of the reaction. --P.ii.

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title: Studying the efficacy and service users' experience of a cognitive behaviour therapy group for adults experiencing anxiety and/or panic in a community mental health setting.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 170

subject: Cognitive therapy -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Group psychotherapy -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: RC489.C63 H6 2010

abstract: This study examines the efficacy of a psycho-educational group for adults experiencing anxiety and/or panic using cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) at a community mental health agency. A pre-post design was used to measure target behaviours related to anxiety and/or panic and post-intervention interviews were conducted to explore the service users' experience of the group process, content and outcome. The five pretest-posttest (Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3, Mobility Inventory for Agoraphobia, Quick Inventory of Depressive Sympotomatology and Agoraphobic Cognitions Questionnaire) measure eight target behaviours. Seven of the eight target behaviours for the average client showed significant improved functioning after the group in: (1) affective and somatic symptoms of anxiety (general anxiety), (2) anxiety sensitivity, (3) panic attack intensity, (4) while alone, severity of avoidance behavior of certain common situations, (5) while accompanied, severity of avoidance behaviour of certain common situations, (6) severity of depressive symptoms, and (7) frequency of certain fearful thoughts. The target behaviour, number of panic attacks experienced per week did not show any significant change from before and after the group. For the qualitative interviews, content analysis was used to analyze the verbatim interview transcripts. Seven superordinate themes emerged from the data: (1) joining the group and expectations of the groups, (2) the group experience, (3) coping strategies, (4) strengths, likes and highlights of the group (5) weaknesses, dislikes and low points of the group and individuals suitable or unsuitable for the group, (6) suggestions, and (7) the interviewee's environment. There is a lack of studies investigating the efficacy and service users' experience of group CBT on anxiety and panic in community settings without using strict exclusion criteria. This study is an extension of this research and explored the latter in the context of northern British Columb

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title: Theatre for health: "Playing" the price of colonialism on the health of indigenous peoples in Saik'uz territory.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 104

subject: Carrier Indians -- Health and hygiene -- British Columbia -- Vanderhoof Region.

subject: Community theater -- British Columbia -- Vanderhoof Region -- Psychological aspects.

subject: E99.T17 S77 2014

abstract: Strong evidence exists that anti-Indigenous racism is built into the fabric of Canadian society and that it is a determinant of Indigenous peoples' health. Colonial policies that historically de-humanized and dislocated Indigenous peoples in order to open territory for European settlement continue to have a negative impact on Indigenous health status today. A mixed methods study combining data from focus groups, individual interviews, participant observation field notes, and surveys explored the use of community-based theatre as a means to ameliorate racism-based health inequities in Saik'uz territory in Northern British Columbia. The findings suggest that community-based theatre provides an effective means for enhancing trust and building relationships within community, and between the traditionally racially divided communities of Saik'uz and the neighbouring District of Vanderhoof. Relationships of trust are crucial elements that contribute to greater well-being for those living in Saik'uz territory. --Leaf ii.

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title: Clinical perspectives on the integration of mainstream mental health approaches and traditional aboriginal healing practices.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 109

subject: Mental health counseling -- Cross-cultural studies.

subject: Mental health counselors -- Training of.

subject: RC466 .R65 2014

abstract: The purpose of my thesis was to describe the perspectives of child and youth mental health clinicians on the integration of mainstream mental health approaches and traditional Aboriginal healing practices. Research participants consisted of four clinicians currently employed by the Ministry of Children and Family Development, who have delivered services in the Northern region of British Columbia within the last twelve months. The literature review examined a variety of topic related areas, including: Cultural Safety Research Considerations Aboriginal Mental Health Mainstream Mental Health Approaches Traditional Aboriginal Healing Practices Integrated Mental Health Approaches and Considerations for Rural Practice. I applied a qualitative research approach, guided by the tenets of a constructivist lens. The process of examining my research findings involved the application of a Thematic Analysis approach. My research findings support the need for future research that would expand the scope and applicability of findings. These findings suggest that clinicians see the value of integrated approaches in both their practice and in outcomes for their clients. In addition, findings suggest that clinicians perceive the limitations of mainstream approaches as potential barriers to the efficacy of therapeutic interventions. Implications related to the field of social work include the institution of organizational specific cultural safety training and shifts towards more flexible and collaboratively based service delivery structures. --Leaf i.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1950595


title: Surviving childhood trauma: First Nations novels and the Indian residential school

contributor: University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution)

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abstract: Indian Residential Schools were a “central element” in “Canada’s Aboriginal policy” for over a century, contributing to what is now referred to as “cultural genocide,” the attempted “destruction” of “the political and social institutions” of Aboriginal peoples (Truth and Reconciliation 1). This thesis examines the literary representation of the traumatic effects of residential schools in three Canadian novels by three Aboriginal authors: Robert Arthur Alexie’s Porcupines and China Dolls (Gwich’in); Tomson Highway’s Kiss of the Fur Queen (Cree); and Richard Wagamese’s Indian Horse (Ojibway). The life journeys of the male protagonists in these novels structure my analysis: their response to trauma in childhood; the destructive behaviors they develop in adulthood; and the processes of healing that conclude the novels. Residential schools severely disrupted the health of interpersonal and communal relations amongst Aboriginal peoples, and interrupted cultural continuity. ...

abstract: Indian residential schools

abstract: trauma

abstract: literature

abstract: Robert Arthur Alexie

abstract: Tomson Highway

abstract: Richard Wagamese


title: Experiencing amphibians: Instruction for biophilia, ecoliteracy, and sustainability.

subject:
Environmental literacy.
Environmental education.
Nature study.
Ecology -- Study and teaching.
Amphibians -- Study and teaching.
GE70 .T46 2014

abstract: The current crisis in ecology, identified as a sixth mass extinction, may be addressed by providing children with opportunities to experience nature. Without these experiences, biophilia, or affinity for nature, may lie dormant. This study was designed by a conservation biologist who delivered and evaluated a community-education curriculum based on local amphibians. Fifteen youth were divided into three treatment groups: rural parkland, urban parkland, and indoor to alter educational experience. A pre-post study design was used to study potential treatment effects on biophilia and ecoliteracy. A Modular Ecoliteracy Instrument (MEI) was used to collect item scores on various ecological concepts. The piloted study design was partly limited by a small sample size and an ineffective control group. After reviewing the general outcomes of the study, the author advocates for further development of the MEI and hypothesizes that niche construction in the learning environment presents new opportunities for biophilia and ecoliteracy. --Leaf ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1950653


title: Characterization of spawning habitat, incubation environment and early growth and development in bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus ) from pristine streams of northern British Columbia.

format:
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subject: Bull trout -- Habitat -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Bull trout -- Spawning -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Bull trout -- Effect of habitat modification on -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Bull trout -- British Columbia, Northern -- Growth.

subject: QL638.S2 W555 2006

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1317192


title: Evaluating lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) affected by mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) for development of wood-cement board.

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subject: Lodgepole pine -- Utilization.

subject: Wood products -- Research.

subject: Composite materials -- Research.

subject: Engineered wood -- British Columbia.

subject: Mountain pine beetle -- British Columbia.

subject: TS835 .P37 2007

abstract: Assessing the shelf life of wood from mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus pondersoa [Hopkins]) killed lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia) in terms of its compatibility for Portland cement was examined. Two methods of assessment were used, based on the behavior of the exothermic chemical reaction of cement hydration, accounting for the difference between neat cement paste and wood-cement mixtures. A new wood-cement compatibility index meant to integrate current approaches was defined. No evidence was found of limitations in terms of beetle-killed heartwood wood compatibility with cement except for the white rot infested samples. An outstanding physicochemical behavior characterized the mixtures of blue-stained sapwood and cement. Three compositions of ingredients were proposed for fabricating wood-cement boards that would meet the technical specifications given by the gypsum board standards with respect to strength and stiffness. In absence of pressing, the water was the factor used to regulate workability during the molding process.--P.ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1325899


title: The ectomycorrhizal associations of Larix laricina  (Du Roi) (tamarack) K. Koch and Betula glandulosa Michaux (scrub birch) seedlings in peatlands of central British Columbia.

format:
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subject: Ectomycorrhizas -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Peatlands -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Tamarack -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Betula glandulosa -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Bednesti Lake Region (B.C.)

subject: QK604.2.M92 C38 2004

abstract: Peatlands are habitats where peat accumulation exceeds decomposition, resulting in poorly drained, nutrient-poor and acidic soils. Tamarack (Larix laricina, family Pinaceae), a deciduous conifer, and scrub birch (Betula glandulosa, family Betulaceae), a low-lying deciduous shrub, are two plant species well adapted to the cold climates and short growing seasons of Central British Columbia and generally able to tolerate the wet, poorly drained soils of peatlands. Ectomycorrhizas are mutualistic associations formed between plant roots and symbiotic fungi ectomycorrhizal fungi that facilitate nutrient acquisition and water uptake in exchange for host carbon, may play an important role in the survival of these species. This study characterized tamarack and scrub birch ectomycorrhizas in three different peatland habitats using morphological (light microscopy) and molecular analysis (PCR-RFLP) methods. Ectomycorrhizal morphotypes and corresponding genotypes (fragment patterns) are described and ideas of host and peatland site specificity are explored. Results suggest that ectomycorrhizal colonization in peatland habitats may be similar to that for other hosts in other habitat types. Both morphology and molecular results indicate a high potential for ectomycorrhizal fungal linkages between hosts. This study presents the first published information on ectomycorrhizal associations of scrub birch.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1270260


title: Effect of habitat quality on communication and signalling in the black-capped chickadee.

format:
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subject:
Black-capped chickadee -- Habitat.
Black-capped chickadee -- Vocalization.
Birdsongs.
QL696.P2615 G73 2012

abstract: Vocal performance in songbirds describes the ability to repetitively perform energetically-expensive acts (vocal vigour) and/or to consistently perform difficult motor tasks (vocal skill). This concept is intrinsically correlated with the birds' condition - birds in better condition tend to signal with higher performance than birds in poorer condition (e.g. vocal performance is condition-dependent). Condition of birds, however, is also influenced by the habitat quality in which they settle, and has been well studied in the black-capped chickadee. My Ph.D thesis explores the links between habitat quality and vocal performance in this species. Previous studies have shown that habitat quality affects song output in this species (reduced vocal vigour in poor-quality habitat) and it was speculated that reduced song output may be linked to poorer condition of birds in these forests. To document the relationship between immediate food availability and vocal performance, I conducted a supplemental feeding experiment on male chickadees during the peak in dawn singing in early spring. My results demonstrate that food availability is an important factor influencing song output, and that song output reflects the condition of the birds at the time of singing. The difference in song output across habitats, thus, appears to relate to difference in food availability at the time of singing. The ability to maintain internal song structure (vocal skill) has previously been shown to be condition-dependent in chickadees, with dominant birds having better vocal skill than subordinate birds. My supplemental feeding study demonstrated that this vocal skill is not influenced by short-term resource availability to the signaller at the time of singing, but vocal skill is affected by habitat quality - birds in young forest habitats (poor-quality) are less able to maintain internal frequency ratios in their songs than birds in neighbouring mature forests (high-quality). The ability to maintain internal song ratios may rather reflect longer

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1803096


title: Intergenerational programming: attitudes of children and perceptions of older adult participants

format:
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subject: Intergenerational relations -- Case studies.

subject: Putis massacre, Ayacucho, Peru, 1984.

subject: HM132 .A25 1997

abstract: The purpose of this study was to extend the intergenerational research by examining children's attitudes toward older adults and older adults' perceptions of children following participation in intergenerational programs. The connection between children's attitudes toward the elderly and the characteristics and perceptions of older adults in intergenerational programs appears to be overlooked in the intergenerational literature. The question arises whether intergenerational contact within long-term care facilities can result in childrens' positive attitudes toward the elderly when participants in nursing homes tend to fulfill the negative physical and behavioral stereotypes that perpetuate negative attitudes toward the elderly. Thirty-six, elementary students and twenty elderly institutionalized residents participated bi-weekly in two programs: (a) a general program with residents in a main facility, and (b) a dementia program with residents in a dementia unit. Students completed the modified Analysis of Attitudes of Students for the purpose of deductively examining the relationships between the variables of gender, program affiliation, and number of years of participation. Statistical analyses identified that: (a) there was no significant difference in attitude between students in the general and dementia programs, (b) there was no significant difference in attitude between male and female students, and (c) students participating for two years demonstrated a significantly more positive attitude than did those participating for one year. Students in both the general and dementia programs provided more positive than negative responses when they were asked what they liked and did not like about the programs. Residents in the general program were interviewed using the modified Older Adult Interview for the purpose of deductively exploring the perceptions of the residents toward the children and the program. Residents in the general program provided more positive responses than either negative or neutral responses in reference to the program and the children. In the general program, both the residents and the students identified many aspects of the program that they liked and only a few aspects they disliked.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1183826


title: Expanding the mine, killing a lake: A case study of First Nations' environmental values, perceptions of risk and health.

format:
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subject: Environmental impact analysis -- British Columbia -- Thutade Lake Region -- Case studies.

subject: Traditional ecological knowledge -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Carrier Indians -- Health and hygiene.

subject: Sekani Indians -- Health and hygiene.

subject: Northgate Minerals Corporation. Kemess Mine.

subject: Gold mines and mining -- Environmental aspects -- British Columbia -- Thutade Lake Region.

subject: Copper mines and mining -- Environmental aspects -- Thutade Lake Region.

subject: TD194.68.C22 B8 2007

abstract: In recent years, uncertainty concerning the long term future of British Columbia's forest industry has led to renewed interest in the mining sector as a means of generating economic growth. However, the development of new operations has raised concerns around the impacts of mining activities on the environment, health and traditional ways of life of First Nations peoples. Using the proposed expansion of the Kemess mine in northern British Columbia as a case study, my research examines two First Nations' perspectives regarding the regulatory process through which environmental values may be validated and protected, and seeks to understand how First Nations' environmental values and perceptions of risk are connected to health and well-being. This case study finds that the environmental values of local populations and the perceived risks associated with resource development are neither well understood nor are they felt to be adequately addressed in environmental impact assessment (EIA) or consultative processes. As a result, health and well-being are undermined. --P.i.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1326211


title: The meaning of reconciliation and development in post-genocide Rwanda.

format:
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subject: Rwanda -- History.

subject: Reconciliation.

subject: Community development -- Rwanda.

subject: Economic development -- Rwanda.

subject: Rwanda -- Politics and government -- 1994-

subject: Hutu (African people) -- Rwanda -- Government relations.

subject: Tutsi (African people) -- Rwanda -- Government relations.

subject: Batwa (African people) -- Rwanda -- Government relations.

subject: DT450.44 .R66 2011

abstract: When the characteristic of mass violence is primarily intrastate rather than interstate in nature, as was the case during the 1994 Rwandan genocide, geographical separation among conflicting groups is not always a viable solution. In such cases, reconciliation can present a way to recuperate and rebuild broken relationships amongst former adversaries. Reconciliation itself, however, is not a general concept or set of rules to be equally applied towards different groups or countries. This thesis is centered on a key question: what are the meanings of reconciliation and development in post-genocide Rwanda, and how are they related? To examine this relationship, three possible connections are conceptualized: social healing and community development, reparations and economic development, and shared views on history and political development. This research contends that in a post-conflict setting, development without reconciliation is an incomplete process. --P. i.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1754963


title: Tiny specks in microscopes: the impact of human service workers on the lives of parents with intellectual disabilities

format:
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Number of pages in document: 81

subject:
Children of the mentally ill.
Mentally ill -- Family relations.
Family social work.
Parenting -- Psychology.
RC455.4.F3 H37 1997

abstract: This exploratory study used grounded theory methodology to examine the interactions between human service workers and parents with intellectual disabilities. Seven in-depth interviews were conducted with 3 parents. These parents were all receiving voluntary, formal support services. The findings of this study indicated that parents recognized that they needed voluntary, formal support services to manage some aspects of their lives. Other findings indicated, however, that support was not always viewed as being beneficial. Human service workers were often perceived as social control officers. A number of mechanisms such as coercion and blaming were used to maintain social control. The social control parents experienced led them to feel a sense of hopelessness about their situations which resulted in parents inventing new ways to adjust or adapt to their situations.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1183843


title: Effects of emotional experience in abstract and concrete word processing

format:
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Number of pages in document: 75

subject: Language and emotions.

subject: Indian youth -- Medical care -- British Columbia -- Attitudes.

subject: Niska Indians -- Medical care -- British Columbia.

subject: BF582 .N49 2016

abstract: Theories of grounded cognition (Basalou, 2005 Vigliocco, Meteyard, Andrews, & Kousta, 2009) suggest that emotion is a dimension of knowledge important for processing abstract concepts, and to a lesser degree, concrete concepts. Emotional experience (EE) is a variable that has been shown to facilitate the processing of abstract words and inhibit the processing of concrete words in semantic categorization (SCT Newcombe, Campbell, Siakaluk, & Pexman, 2012). The present work extends these findings by examining the effects of EE on abstract and concrete words in lexical decision (LDT), SCT, and semantic lexical decision (SLDT). In LDT, EE exerted facilitatory effects on response latencies for both types of words. In SCT and SLDT, EE exerted facilitatory effects on response latencies and errors for abstract words, but exerted inhibitory effects for concrete words. The results suggest that effects of EE (i.e., emotion knowledge) are dependent on both the nature of the stimuli and task demands. --Leaf ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b2141350


title: The implementation of a family education program by the British Columbia Schizophrenia Society.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 163

subject: Schizophrenia -- British Columbia.

subject: Schizophrenics -- Family relationships -- British Columbia.

subject: British Columbia Schizophrenia Society.

subject: RC514 .B39 2001

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1224993


title: Perspectives of the influence of stigma on care-seeking behavior among ethnic Russians living with HIV/AIDS in Ida-Virumaa, Estonia

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abstract: Since 2001, Estonia has been struggling to contain its explosive HIV epidemic, yet despite years of interventions, adherence to antiretroviral therapy remains between 20% and 40%. The purpose of this research was to examine how HIV stigma is influencing care-seeking behaviour of people living with HIV (PLWHIV) in Ida-Virumaa County, Estonia. This study identified that HIV stigma presents a serious challenge for PLWHIV. The findings not only identified clear cultural metaphors and stigma of HIV and PLWHIV, but also identified that fear of disclosure of status and discrimination from healthcare providers represent significant barriers to care for PLWHIV. The findings also identified that the combination of HIV stigma, fear of disclosure, discrimination from healthcare providers and certain state policies have fostered an environment of structural discrimination that not only limits PLWHIV in Ida-Virumaa ability to access care, but also pushes them away from the healthcare system.


title: Carbon budget of forest products harvested from mountain pine beetle-attacked forests in the Prince George region

format:
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subject: Forests and forestry -- Environmental aspects -- British Columbia -- Prince George Region.

subject: Newspapers -- Objectivity.

subject: Newspaper -- Sections, columns, etc. -- Natural resources.

subject: SD387.E58 K586 2016

abstract: The risk of the mountain pine beetle (MPB Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) attacked forests contributing to global climate change has many stakeholders looking for potential mitigation solutions in British Columbia, Canada. To date, these efforts maintain the notion of proactive forest management, yet lack a clear understanding of the contribution of forest products to mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. My study addressed this ambiguity by estimating the GHG emissions attributable to current and proposed forest products harvested from MPB-attacked forests. My findings found relative differences between two distinct forest products (lumber, pellets), but ultimately their outcomes are contextually driven. Moreover, the cut-off criteria and assumptions governing biogenic GHG emissions (i.e. carbon neutrality) were found to have a large impact on the industrial forest C budget. The lasting contribution of this thesis is in its reconciliation of the current dichotomy in the fields of environmental science and policy with respect to the contribution of forest products to forestry's efforts in mitigating climate change. --Leaf ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b2141354


title: Response of Scouler's willow (Salix scouleriana) to mechanical brushing:  Implications to the quality of winter browse for moose (Alces alces).

format:
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Number of pages in document: 103

subject:
Moose -- Habitat.
Willows -- Pruning.
Moose -- Wintering.
QL737.U55 R43 1999

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1191935


title: Women escaping abuse in northern British Columbia:  Attributes and resources that make the most difference.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 137

subject: Women -- Abuse of -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Abused women -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Rural women -- Services for -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: HV6250.4.W65 G74 2002

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1232050


title: It's complicated: staff nurse perceptions of their influence on nursing students' learning

format:
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Number of pages in document: 104

subject: Nursing students -- Supervision of -- British Columbia.

subject: Mentoring in nursing -- British Columbia

subject: Nursing -- Study and teaching -- British Columbia

subject: RT86.45 .H36 2016

abstract: The focus of this study is to extend our knowledge of teacher-led clinical practica from the perspective of the staff nurse. Nurses' self-appraisal of their contributions to nursing students' learning is an important element in enhancing our understanding of clinical education. This is particularly important in nursing education, in which much of the integrated learning takes place within the context of complex hospital environments and is often rooted in the informal interactions that occur between students and staff nurses. The student-staff nurse relationship not only impacts students' learning outcomes, but also students' desire to remain in the program, and ultimately, the profession. Given the importance of these interactions to student learning outcomes and the fact that the staff nurses may not even perceive that these interactions are part of the learning cycle, it is time to examine this phenomenon more closely. This study used a qualitative descriptive approach to answer the question: How do staff nurses perceive their contributions to nursing students' learning during teacher-led practica? Interview transcripts of nine staff nurses' interviews within a Northern British Columbia regional hospital were analyzed. The findings show that nurses' interactions with nursing students is complicated. Nurses wanted to train up their future colleagues but felt a significant burden of responsibility when having students on the wards. The sense of burden for the staff nurses was influence by several factors: nurses' experience of the practice environment, their experience of the clinical instructor, their experiences of the students themselves, and their understanding of their own contributions to nursing students' learning. Despite the multiple factors that contributed to the staff nurses' sense of burden, they remained willing to support learning. Implications for nursing education, nursing practice, and future research are discussed. --Leaves ii-iii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b2140939


title: Representations of community in Toni Morrison's fiction

format:
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Number of pages in document: 113

subject: Morrison, Toni -- Criticism and interpretation.

subject: African Americans in literature.

subject: Group identity in literature.

subject: PS3563.O8749 Z565 2000

abstract: In this thesis, I propose a study of Toni Morrison's novels with attention to her fictional representations of African-American communities. I demonstrate how she contests constructions of a homogeneous American communal identity through representations of diverse African-American experiences. Further, I examine the processes of communal identification depicted in her work. Some literary critics have analyzed Morrison's representations of community as either a hindrance or a help in the development of individual characters. But, because Morrison's communities are situated in different regions and decades, and formed under different circumstances, my study of her novels involves an exploration into how, why, and where these communities are formed with attention to space, place, history, and function. I argue that the communal spaces, places, and identities in the novels The Bluest Eye, Sula, and Paradise are constructed by, and out of, social interactions. I also demonstrate how communal identity is a process, not a product, and how it is consistently and continually subject to the forces of history, culture, and power. This particular perspective on identity demands an acknowledgment of the past and how it informs the present, but it also demands a recognition of the ways in which communities are constructed relationally. I also explore the significance of history, memory, and storytelling in Jazz, Tar Baby, and Beloved. I point to how these elements are vital to processes of healing and how they are important to the survival of her varied communities.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1212867


title: Being there and being with families: Family understandings of public health nurse-family relationships.

contributor: Collette, Deborah-Lee Catherine (author)

format:
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Number of pages in document: 93

subject:
Public health nurses.
Nurse and patient.
RT97 .C65 2013

abstract: As a phenomenon in nursing, the experience of presence is thought to unfold through relationships between nurses and their clients. Although literature on nurse-client relationships emphasizes the importance of presence few studies explore the phenomenon from the perspective of families. In this thesis I explore families' experience of nursing presence in their relationships with public health nurses. The intent is to understand how families experience presence and how nursing presence contributes to the development of relationships. Eight family interview transcripts were analyzed using a hermeneutic phenomenological approach. Analysis and interpretation of the transcripts revealed that families experience nursing presence when they work with nurses whose perceptual abilities and relationship skills enable them to intuit how to respond to and work with families in ways that are meaningful to the family. The study demonstrates the need for nurses to be responsive to families' needs as they shift and change over time. --Leaf ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1947184


title: Teen pregnancy and low birthweight infants:  An analysis of three regions in northern British Columbia.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 56

subject: Teenage pregnancy -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Birth weight, Low -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Prenatal care -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: RG556.5 .M57 1999

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1198808


title: Masculine identity in a "woman's" role: Stay-at-home dads in Northern British Columbia.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 128

subject: Masculinity -- British Columbia -- Prince George.

subject: Stay-at-home fathers -- British Columbia -- Prince George.

subject: BF692.5 .S53 2010

abstract: This thesis studies masculinity and its effects and influences on men who adopt the traditionally feminine role of primary caregiver. Through a discussion initiated by questions of gender and identity, power and hegemony, this thesis examines the experiences and opinions of men who, in acting outside of hegemonic social expectations, have re-evaluated, and perhaps, re-defined their notions of what it means to be a man. These issues are addressed through a pairing of theoretical and qualitative research of eight stay-at-home dads in Prince George, British Columbia. The primary goal of this research is to illuminate the transitions and barriers of hegemonic masculinity and identify how, or how not, masculine identity changes in a time and culture which encourages gendered change yet maintains traditional standards. As a result, this discussion explores what it means for masculinity - both individually and culturally - when men are not the family breadwinners.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1674814


title: The Changing Governance of Rural Regional Development: A case study of the Cariboo-Chilcotin Beetle Action Coalition.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 202

subject: Rural development -- British Columbia -- Cariboo Region -- Case studies.

subject: Rural development -- British Columbia -- Chilcotin Region -- Case studies.

subject: Cariboo-Chilcotin Beetle Action Coalition (B.C.) -- Case studies.

subject: Neoliberalism -- British Columbia.

subject: HN49.C6 Z57 2010

abstract: Traditional approaches to rural regional development in Canada and in British Columbia have been dominated by senior government involvement through program and policy development, initiation, and support. However, as governments have come under neoliberal influence since the 1980s, such programs, policies, and supports are actively being broken down. This has resulted in changes to the scale and structure of rural regional development governing in BC. This case study of the Cariboo-Chilcotin Beetle Action Coalition (C-CBAC) examines one regional governance organization. Two research questions are central to this thesis. First, given the devolution of rural regional development governance to local levels, to what extent is C-CBAC representative of dominant trends in Canadian rural regional development? Second, against the background of a history of regional activity in the Cariboo-Chilcotin, a transition towards neoliberal policies, and the emergence of the MPB epidemic, what factors have assisted or impeded the formation of C-CBAC? This research determines that C-CBAC was devolved the responsibility of rural regional development planning in the Cariboo-Chilcotin and this is representative of dominant trends in Canadian rural regional development. The research also determines that the mountain pine beetle was the chief factor in C-CBAC's formation, but that the region's history of working together and transition towards neoliberal policies supported their formation. However, this thesis also determines that the same factors which facilitated C-CBAC's formation also hindered it formation. First, the mountain pine beetle as a crisis situation was not able to sustain interest on behalf of regional stakeholders or senior governments. Second, the region's history of working together resulted in one group of repetitive regional leaders and excluding others. Finally, the transition towards neoliberal policies resulted in C-CBAC not having the financial or policy control required to implement their development plans. Th

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1674807


title: Lichen and bryophyte diversity, nitrogen and carbon dioxide exchange from sub-boreal spruce forest floors in central British Columbia.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 178

subject: Carbon cycle (Biogeochemistry) -- British Columbia.

subject: Nitrogen cycle -- British Columbia.

subject: Lichens -- Ecology -- British Columbia.

subject: Bryophytes -- Ecology -- British Columbia.

subject: Forest management -- Environmental aspects -- British Columbia -- Aleza Lake Research Forest.

subject: QH344 .B68 2005

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1302873


title: A retrospective cohort study of injurious falls in community dwelling older persons.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 73

subject: Falls (Accidents) in old age -- Risk factors.

subject: Falls (Accidents) -- Investigation -- Alberta.

subject: RC952.5 .O43 2004

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1280435


title: Resource development patterns of the British Columbia salmon canning industry, 1870 to 1970.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 129

subject: Salmon canning industry -- British Columbia -- History -- 1871-1918.

subject: Salmon canning industry -- British Columbia -- History -- 20th century.

subject: Canneries -- British Columbia -- History.

subject: HD9469.S23 S73 2001

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1220354


title: The relationship between climate and outbreak dynamics of Dothistroma needle blight in northwest British Columbia, Canada.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 189

subject: Lodgepole pine -- Diseases and pests -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Ascomycetes -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Pine needles -- Diseases and pests -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Climatic changes -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: SB608.L6 W45 2007

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1326017


title: Examining a visuospatial/visuomotor training program as an intervention to induce cognitive improvement during acute post-stroke recovery.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 114

subject: Cerebrovascular disease -- Treatment.

subject: Rehabilitation.

subject: Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Medical care.

subject: RC388.5 .R59 2011

abstract: Purpose: A novel visuospatial (VS)/visuomotor (VM) cognitive training program was examined as an intervention tool to improve acute post-stroke recovery. Method: A randomized controlled trial was conducted with 9 experimental participants (age 65 ± 9.31) and 9 controls (age 67 ± 7.81). Intervention training included 1 hour/5-days a week for 4 weeks. Pre-and post-training neuropsychological measures were utilized as determinants of program success. Results: Compared to controls, the intervention group displayed significant gains on all outcome measures including: global (MMSE, p=.002), language (BN, p=.001), VS (Rey-O, p=.011), memory (HVLT, p=.005), executive function (Animal, p=.001), mood (GDS, p=.020) and functional ability (DAD, p=.008). Conclusion: VS/VM cognitive training results in improved cognition, function and mood beyond the outcomes of traditional intervention alone. Thus, this innovative type of intervention shows promise for revolutionizing current stroke rehabilitation.

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title: Distribution of chromium and its effect on morphology and anatomy of Brassica juncea (Indian mustard) and soil microorganisms.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 132

subject:
Mustard -- Growth.
Soil microbiology.
Chromium.
QK495.C9 B58 2004

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1280663


title: Implementing rubrics as formative assessment in English writing classes in Japan.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 237

subject: Educational tests and measurements -- Japan.

subject: Educational evaluation -- Japan.

subject: English language -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Japan -- Case studies.

subject: LB3058.J3 U88 2013

abstract: This study explored how the implementation of formative assessment with the use of rubrics in high school English classes in Tokyo, Japan, improved students' motivation and encouraged ownership of learning. The researcher implemented rubrics as a formative assessment strategy in her two English writing classes over two terms with her co-inquirer/team-teaching partner and reflected on student responses and her own teaching practice. The study was carried out using professional inquiry informed by action research, based on the cycle of actions and reflection developed by Brown and Cherkowski (2011). As a theoretical framework, learning community theory identified this inquiry as an act of leadership, one that began to build interpersonal and organizational capacity in a school by sharing personal learning. Findings focused on student responses, teacher learning, and the school-level organizational response. --Leaf ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1860551


title: A history of Gitxsan relations with colonial and Canadian law, 1858-1909

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Number of pages in document: 91

subject: Gitksan Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 19th century.

subject: Gitksan Indians -- Government relations.

subject: Gitksan Indians -- Colonization.

subject: Law -- British Columbia -- History -- 19th century.

subject: E99.K55 W55 2000

abstract: In 1858 Governor Douglas passed into law a statute requiring that murder cases in British Columbia be resolved according to English law. This thesis addresses the Gitxsan First Nation's role in legal colonization to 1909, when the first permanent police station was established in their traditional territory of the Skeena river. It bases the inquiry on analysis of a series of case studies, including the Haatq case of 1884, the Skeena incident of 1888, and the Simon Gunanoot case, which were documented by British Columbia Sessional Papers, Attorney-General and British Columbia Police correspondences, and Gitxsan witness accounts recorded by Marius Barbeau. Colonial and provincial authorities successfully implemented English law in the upper Skeena area. Yet at the same time, Gitxsan resistance ensured that English law was not to have the total influence over homicide cases that it legally required. In the 1860's and 1870's, Gitxsan legal norms pertaining to homicides occurring on traditional territory continued to operate relatively unobstructed. By the 1880's this changed, however, when provincial authorities began to have greater influence than Gitxsan law over homicide cases, notwithstanding the Gitxsan's efforts to seek resolutions that respected the legal norms of both cultures. Indeed, their protests served only to convince local whites to lobby successfully for enhanced law enforcement, which took the form of a gaol and permanent constables stationed in the upper Skeena region in 1888. Following this development of local law enforcement, unprecedented numbers of Gitxsan "criminals" were prosecuted. Yet, the Gitxsan continued to preserve their traditional xsiisxw, or dispute resolution norms, in the 1890's and early 1900's. Their role in legal colonization helped to ensure that the gap between the theory of English legal hegemony in the upper Skeena area, and its practical realization, did not close altogether.

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title: The cultural evolution of masculine body image: An interdisciplinary analysis of male body image regulation within men's lifestyle magazines.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 120

subject:
Body image in men.
Gender identity in mass media.
Body image in literature.
BF697.5.B63 T39 2013

abstract: This thesis examines the production and promotion of certain male body images, demonstrating a means by which gender image regulations may be identified in print media. Drawing on the intersection of cultural studies, gender theory, sociology, and biology, this work inquires into mimetic series and their exchanges in such men's magazine as Gentlemen's Quarterly UK and North America editions, Men's Health UK and North America editions, Attitude, and Out for 2002-2011 period. The choice of magazines allows for inclusion of both heterosexual and queer perspectives and respective audiences, and thus for a more comprehensive and balanced collection of quantitative mimetic data from which to derive constructed gender regulations. Multicultural sampling of both magazine and advertisement content is instrumental in observing some of the globalizing influences on the masculine media, which affect and reflect the greater masculine body image culture, and modify both individual and collective masculine gender performance. --Leaf ii.

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title: Examining integration of refugees in multicultural Ireland: policy, advocacy and lived experience

format:
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Number of pages in document: 184

subject: Refugees -- Government policy -- Ireland.

subject: Winter sports -- British Columbia -- Prince George.

subject: DA927 .R36 2016

abstract: In this study I explore refugee integration in Ireland. I focus on state policies and structures of integration as well as the lived experience of refugee integration. I ask three questions: 1) What are the state policies and structures that might influence refuge integration? 2) What are the roles of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in refugee integration? 3) How do refugees themselves understand their experience of integration in their new home country? This study uses the research methods of policy analysis and ethnographic research, specifically participant observation and semi-structured interviews. I argue that refuge integration is a complicated negotiation between positive experiences of integration into parts of a multicultural/intercultural society, and negative experiences of discrimination and racism levied against marginalized and "~different' individuals. This negotiation is influenced by the government's neoliberal approach to policy and service implementation and the reliance on NGO advocacy groups. --Leaf ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b2140950


title: Integrating Aboriginal values into strategic-level forest planning on the John Prince Research Forest, Central Interior, British Columbia.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 127

subject: Sustainable forestry -- British Columbia -- John Prince Research Forest.

subject: Forest management -- British Columbia -- John Prince Research Forest.

subject: Indians of North America -- British Columbia.

subject: Forests and forestry -- Planning.

subject: SD387.S87 K37 2001

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1223358


title: Analysis of an early intervention disability program.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 68

subject: Vocational rehabilitation -- Costs.

subject: Disability evaluation -- Cost of operation.

subject: Industrial accidents -- Costs.

subject: Employees -- Wounds and injuries -- Rehabilitation.

subject: HD7255 .Z37 2013

abstract: Analyzing the cost benefit of early intervention in disability management is a challenging area of study due to the overall lack of standardized programs and measures. The purpose of this study was to determine if early intervention is an effective way to manage disability related costs, to assess data quality and provide recommendation to the Corporation on how best to measure its return on investment into the early intervention program (EIP). The study is a mixture of quantitative based analysis combined with an exploratory research design approach. Basic descriptive and inferential statistics where utilized in conjunction with gathering other key indicators to determine if an EIP is an effective means of managing disability related costs. This research demonstrates the benefits and challenges of capturing data in order to measure the overall value of investing in EIP. The study concludes with recommendations on how to improve data collection and the importance of being able to show a statistically significant positive change as a result of the EIP to ensure future investment on the health and wellness of employees. --Leaf ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1863146


title: Smoke on the water: uncovering a socially complex pre-contact Babine fishing village at Nass Glee (GISQ-4)

format:
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Number of pages in document: 107

abstract:
For the last century there has been very little modification to the geographic boundaries for the
Northwest coast culture area, as defined by anthropologists. Moreover, complex hunter-gatherer
models, which identify the hallmarks for social complexity of coastal First Nations, tend to
exclude inland and up-river societies. Although academics recognize a post-contact complexity
at Babine Lake, they have relied primarily on ethnographic sources which implied that ranked
and socially stratified societies emerged only in response to the social and economic influences
of the fur trade. However, recent research indicates that Babine society possessed complex trade
networks, ranked houses, inherited lineages, individual wealth, and status inequality long before
the fur trade era. Excavations at the salmon fishing village GiSq-4, on the Babine River, indicate
that these social attributes have a much greater antiquity than the proto-historic era. ...

abstract: Babine River

abstract: salmon fishing village


title: Winds of change:  The international response to persistent organic pollutants in the Canadian Arctic.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 181

subject: Pollution -- Environmental aspects -- Arctic regions.

subject: Pollution -- Environmental aspects -- Canada, Northern.

subject: Persistent pollutants -- Environmental aspects -- Canada, Northern.

subject: Organic compounds -- Environmental aspects -- Canada, Northern.

subject: TD182.4.N67 P69 2003

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1247829


title: Perspectives on the organization of lithic technology at the Punchaw Lake site---FiRs-1.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 201

subject: Indians of North America -- Implements -- British Columbia -- Punchaw Lake.

subject: Stone implements -- British Columbia -- Punchaw Lake -- Analysis.

subject: Tools, Prehistoric -- British Columbia -- Punchaw Lake.

subject: Punchaw Lake (B.C.) -- Antiquities.

subject: Prehistoric peoples -- Implements -- British Columbia -- Punchaw Lake.

subject: E78.B9 W38 2011

abstract: The Punchaw lake village site, FiRs-1, is in the north central interior of British Columbia, a rarely researched region in terms of the archaeological record. A small area of the site was excavated in 1973 the finds of this excavation are the subject of this analysis. The lithic assemblage is classified and a technological organization approach is used with design theory to attempt to determine what activities were occurring at this site and how they fit into past lifeways. A community-based approach is attempted by bringing the finds to the Nazko First Nation, whose claimed traditional territory encompasses Punchaw Lake. Their knowledge and stories regarding these artifacts and this region are woven in to bring their voice and perspective to the interpretations. This enriched analysis determined that this village and its diverse tool assemblage could have been the centre of a complex subsistence strategy that ranged far across the landscape to best utilize the available resources. --P. ii.

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title: The use of inspiration as a multimedia plenary activity for improving the cognitive assimilation of Biology 12 students.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 192

subject: Education, Secondary -- Study and teaching.

subject: Inspiration Software, Inc. -- Evaluation.

subject: High school students -- Rating of.

subject: LB1607 .B37 2011

abstract: Unit plenary activities are review activities used at the end of an educational unit. This thesis examined the effects of using Inspiration, a concept mapping computer program, as a plenary activity on summative assessment scores, compared the effectiveness of Inspiration to Review Worksheets/Discussion, explored the effects of Inspiration on Understanding, Knowledge and Higher Order Process, examined time on-task behaviours and plenary completion rates, and examined student perception of the effectiveness of Inspiration as a plenary with two classes of Biology 12 students. An action research methodology was applied to collect data from two senior classes. Quantitative data was collected using pre-/post-test results, time on-task behavior, and assignment completion. Qualitative data was collected to identify student perception of the plenary and student study habits. The findings indicate that Inspiration statistically significantly improved summative scores, Understanding, Knowledge, time on-task behaviours, and plenary completion rates. The Inspiration and Review Worksheet/Discussion plenary activities were not statistically different in improving summative scores. --P. ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1755248


title: Monitoring habitat quality and condition of Queen Charlotte saw-whet owls (Aegolius acadicus brooksi) using vocal individuality.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 78

subject: Northern saw-whet owl -- British Columbia -- Haida Gwaii.

subject: Northern saw-whet owl -- Habitat -- British Columbia -- Haida Gwaii.

subject: QL696.S83 H65 2004

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1269403


title: "Cartoons don't have any deep meaning...": "The Simpsons" and "King of the Hill" address American culture, imperialism and the 'shrinking globe'.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 108

subject: Simpsons (Television program) -- History and criticism.

subject: King of the hill (Television program) -- History and criticism.

subject: Animated television programs -- United States -- History and criticism.

subject: Culture and globalization -- United States.

subject: PN1992.8.A59 E46 2008

abstract: Animation, both in film and on television, has long been regarded as a playful, subversive medium that is free to communicate countercultural messages, as it is not bound by the use of tangible sets and cinematographic conventions associated with live-action productions. Though many countries around the world have experimented with animation, it is considered to be indigenous to the United States, and American animation has a longstanding tradition of questioning the dominant sociopolitical ideologies that guide American citizens, both at home and abroad. This thesis examines Fox's animated television sitcoms, The Simpsons (1989-present) and King of the hill (1997-present) and discusses the satirical strategies (both narrative and visual) used in these series to make viewers aware of the difficulties that arise when we try to define 'American culture' in an increasingly global world. Factors that complicate attempts to name general characteristics and symbols that 'sum up' America and the American way of life, such as regionalism, immigration, and globalization, are explored in detail as they are represented and negotiated in these popular series.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1435041


title: Exposure to fine particulate air pollution in Prince George, British Columbia.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 250

subject: Air -- Pollution -- British Columbia -- Prince George.

subject: Air quality -- British Columbia -- Prince George.

subject: Children -- Health and hygiene -- British Columbia -- Prince George.

subject: Environmental health -- British Columbia -- Prince George.

subject: TD883.7.P75 N68 2004

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1270121


title: The Northern Child and Family Clinic incentives and barriers to utilization: a contradiction

format:
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Number of pages in document: 110

subject: Northern Child and Family Clinic.

subject: Children -- Services for -- British Columbia -- Prince George.

subject: Child welfare -- British Columbia -- Prince George.

subject: HV715 .C66 1998

abstract: Declining referrals from local Ministry for Children and Families (MCF) child protection social workers threaten the viability of the multidisciplinary approach to child maltreatment operating out of the Northern Child and Family Clinic (the Clinic) in Prince George, British Columbia. This exploratory study used grounded theory methodology to discover and describe the incentives and barriers to referrals for local MCF child protection social workers. In-depth open ended personal interviews were conducted with six local MCF child protection social workers who had used the Clinic at least once. The findings of this study suggest that local MCF child protection social workers would value and use a multidisciplinary approach that has specific characteristics. However, additional findings indicate that the design of the approach in use at the Clinic contradicts what child protection social workers need to do their job and relates to alienation and non-utilization of Clinic services. The findings that emerged from this study are used to develop recommendations about the multidisciplinary model used at the Clinic.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1191666


title: Building dams, constructing stories: The press, the Sekani and the Peace River Dam, 1957--1969.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 149

subject: Journalism -- Social aspects -- Case studies.

subject: W.A.C. Bennett Dam (B.C.) -- Press coverage.

subject: Sekani Indians -- Press coverage -- British Columbia -- Peace River Region.

subject: Hydroelectric power plants -- Press coverage -- British Columbia -- Peace River.

subject: PN4749 .N38 2009

abstract: Between 1957 and 1969, the print media overwhelmingly portrayed the construction of a large dam on the Peace River in northern British Columbia as necessary for economic development in the region, while failing to discuss the repercussions of the project for the Sekani who lived in the valley that would be flooded. This study explains how and why that happened. Media coverage, analyzed in the context of communications theories, reveals that although the local and regional mainstream press showed interest in aboriginal issues, it ignored the potential consequences of the dam for the Sekani despite concerns raised at the time, particularly by an aboriginal press seeking to politicize the general public. Because of the significant role of mainstream press structures and journalistic practice, stories conveyed notions that development had no negative consequences, and that marginalization of Indians was caused by factors unrelated to industrial resource exploitation. This study contributes to our understanding of aboriginal history, the history of hydroelectric development, and the history of the media by exploring press coverage of the W.A.C. Bennett dam and the Sekani during a period marked by significant changes in the structure of the Canadian media and the practice of journalism in Canada.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1601608


title: The development and validation of a Televisitation Attitude Scale (TAS).

format:
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Number of pages in document: 118

subject:
Visiting the sick.
Telecommunication in medicine.
Interpersonal communication.
RA427 .W66 2011

abstract: The 12 item Televisitation Attitude Scale (TAS) was developed in this study using the method of factor analysis. The prototype Televisitation Attitude Scale (TAS) was administered to UNBC students (N=204) in an on-line format. Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin’s (KMO) test was .900 and Barlett’s test was χ² (66) = 1198.500, p<.001, confirming the validity of the obtained data. The Chronbach’s alpha test reliability for the final TAS was .91. It was found that the students’ attitudes toward televisitation were one-dimensional (Evaluation dimension) and had a positive tendency (M = 1.29 on -3 +3 scale). Independent sample t-tests (p ≲ .05) found significant differences in attitudes toward televisitation among subpopulations of UNBC students distinguished by gender, presence of children, and place of birth. TAS and its methodology can help researchers and televisitation investors to predict with some degree of accuracy whether a support person would televisit a patient in a hospital or a nursing home.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1754837


title: Understanding climbers' motivations: A Bugaboo case study.

format:
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Number of pages in document: 111

subject: Mountaineering -- British Columbia -- Bugaboos -- Psychological aspects.

subject: Mountaineers -- British Columbia -- Bugaboos.

subject: GV200.19.P78 S56 2009

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1647333