title: Seeking the Body Electric: The Role of Embodied Affective Experience in the Process of Recovery From Anorexia Nervosa

subject:
Anorexia nervosa—Treatment.
Anorexia nervosa.
Eating disorders.
Developmental Theory of Embodiment.
Affective experience.

abstract: Anorexia nervosa (AN) is presently defined by restriction of energy intake, low body weight, fear of gaining weight, and disturbances in body image (American Psychological Association, 2013). Absent from the current framework of AN is the acknowledgement of embodied and lived experience. Alternatively, the Developmental Theory of Embodiment (DTE), founded on Merleau-Ponty’s conceptualization of embodiment, proposed that AN develops from complex interactions between the embodied female self and the sociocultural context in which it is situated (Piran & Teall, 2012). Extending from the framework of the DTE, the purpose of the study was to explore the role of embodied and affective experience in women with AN through the process of recovery using body-centered poetic discourse as a method of inquiry. Six women diagnosed with AN reflected on three time points of their recovery journey: at the worst of the eating disorder, in recovery, and towards unified body-self. Thematic analysis of poetic discourse resulted in the identification of eleven embodiment and three affective themes. Moreover, three body-self patterns emerged from the AN recovery process: bifurcated, recovered, and unified body-self. With recovery from AN, poetic discourse displayed a pattern of shifting from negative embodied experience to positive embodied experience. The change in the affective experience was intertwined with that in the embodied experience, likewise shifting from negative or absent to positive. Findings illustrated recovery from AN as parallel to the restoration of embodied lived experience. The clinical and societal implications of these findings are discussed in terms of reforming conceptualization and prevention of AN.

abstract: Anorexia nervosa, embodied experience, embodiment, affective experience, women, embodied methodology, poetic discourse.


title: Self-concept and Juvenile Diabetes in Young Adulthood

type: Text thesis

contributor: Trinity Western University SGS (Degree granting institution)

format: electronic electronic

subject: Diabetes in youth--Psychological aspects.

subject: Diabetes in adolescence—Psychological aspects.

subject: Diabetes Mellitus—psychology.

subject: Identity (Psychology)

abstract: This study explored self-concept and living with juvenile diabetes in young adulthood. Eight young adults ages 19-29 who self-identified as having juvenile diabetes participated in one to two-hour semi-structured interviews. Interviews were analyzed using the descriptive phenomenological approach, as outlined by Giorgi and Giorgi (2003a). Being shaped but not defined by juvenile diabetes emerged as the essence of the young adults' experiences. Self-concept was shaped by diabetes in three main ways: (1) becoming more responsible, mature and resilient, (2) planning ahead and thinking critically, and (3) gaining empathy. Underlying several themes was the choice participants made to stay positive and maintain hope. They separated symptoms from self, and as much as possible did not let diabetes limit them. Paradoxically, limitations helped them develop skills that put them ahead in other areas of their lives. Findings are particularly relevant for mental health professionals working with young adults living with chronic illness.


title: A semiotic perspective on the positive transfer of L1 structure in second language instruction

subject: Semiotics.

subject: Semiotics.----

subject: Second language acquisition.

subject: Second language acquisition.----

subject: Language and languages – Study and teaching.----

abstract: Language educators are re-examining the benefits of positive transfer. As the usage of the term language interference is misleading, the benefits of positive transfer have not been fully recognized until recently. When considered from a semiotic perspective with reference to language acquisition, neurolinguistic and applied linguistic theories, language interference can be perceived as a symptom of equivocal signs. It is proposed that student's learner errors may be attributed to a phenomenon called `semiotic confusion', which is a specific state of disorientation caused by a misinterpretation of signs. Consequently, language interference is redefined as a symptom of `semiotic confusion'. A hypothetical model, the Personal Semiotic Cultural Consciousness/ Semiotic Cultural Consciousness (PSCC/SCC), which is composed of two competing states of consciousness that correspond with synthetic and analytic brain functioning provides instructors with insights about the importance of activating their students' internal and external semiotic cultural consciousness through somatosensory signs such as colour.


title: The significance of Karl Barth’s conception of petitionary prayer as divine–human correspondence in church dogmatics, iv/4 and the Christian life: cd, iv/4: lecture fragments

contributor: Trinity Western University GSTS (Degree granting institution)

subject: Barth, Karl, 1886-1968. Kirchliche Dogmatik.

subject: Barth, Karl, 1886-1968. Christliche Leben.

subject: Prayer – Christianity.

abstract: Karl Barth claims in Church Dogmatics that calling upon God as Father in prayer (invocation) is exemplary human action. Barth’s treatment of prayer in this way provides a different vantage point on the topic of prayer than is often studied in contemporary Christian scholarship, where Christian prayer is studied to establish its devotional or community value. Barth’s presentation of prayer is worth studying because it reveals prayer as the vehicle through which humans learn about themselves and about God. Moreover, prayer reveals God’s divine nature as He connects with the Christian pray-er. Barth calls this relationship between God and the Christian divine–human correspondence. My focus is to explore Barth’s theology to determine the significance of prayer in the context of divine–human correspondence and then to relate it to prayer in everyday Christian life. I conclude that prayer, as effective human action, is inherent to human correspondence with God.


title: Silenced Voices: Hearing Biblical Women Through the Genesis Apocryphon

abstract: The #MeToo movement broke the silence around abuse of women. Within the church, women’s voices have been dismissed, disbelieved, or intimidated into silence, reflecting the Bible’s depiction of women as passive and silent, if mentioned. In stark contrast, a new text found in the Dead Sea Scrolls – called the Genesis Apocryphon – contains a retelling of Genesis stories in which the women are named, identified, and given speech and action. Why did these ancient scribes choose to expand the female characters? This study employs both biblical and feminist studies to examine the four stories of women in the Genesis Apocryphon: the women of the Watchers myth, Batenosh, Emzara, and Sarai. It finds the Second Temple authors expanding female characters’ identities in order to emphasize endogamous marriages. The Genesis Apocryphon’s inclusion of women’s voices illuminates the deafening silence of Genesis and points a way forward for biblical interpretation and feminist praxis today.

abstract: Dead Sea Scrolls

abstract: Genesis Apocryphon

abstract: silence

abstract: Genesis

abstract: Aramaic

abstract: MeToo Movement

abstract: women

abstract: endogamy


title: The Space Between Us: A Phenomenological Study of Shame in Elite Athletics

type: thesis Text

contributor: Klaassen, Dr. Derrick W (thesis supervisor)

contributor: Launeanu, Dr. Mihaela S (thesis supervisor)

abstract: This study sought to understand elite athletes’ experiences of shame.  The question that guided this research was how is the phenomenon of shame lived in the experiences of elite athletes?  In order to understand how participants experienced shame, a hermeneutic phenomenological approach to research (van Manen, 1990, 2014, Launeanu, et al., 2018) was used.  Seven retired elite athletes were interviewed about their experiences.  Through the participants’ lived experience descriptions, shame was uncovered as (a) a dialogical phenomenon revealed in the space between persons, (b) characterized by feeling personally violated and subsequently vulnerable, (c) embodied in acts of hiding from self and others, and (d) the portal or gateway to encountering a person as they are.  From these essential features emerged the metaphor of shame as a dance, which represented a dynamic relational space permeating the dialogical rhythm of an encounter of two persons.  This dialogical rhythm also unveiled and pointed to the essential qualities of the person experiencing shame.  These findings highlighted that research, theory and clinical practice within sport and counselling psychology would benefit from understanding shame as having a protective, self-revelatory quality.

abstract: Shame, elite athletes, hermeneutic phenomenology, lived experience, encounter, dance of shame


title: Strengthening relationships through mindfulness practices

subject:
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy.
Emotions in children – Research.
Clinical child psychology.

abstract: From birth onward, child development is shaped by the environmental context in which children are raised and relationships with their primary caregivers.  Emotion regulation is a foundational skill that impacts the parent-child relationship.  Mindfulness-Based Emotion Regulation (MBER) is one course offered to caregivers focused on strengthening emotion regulation among parents, using mindfulness.  Using the Enhanced Critical Incident Technique methodology, individual interviews were conducted with eight participants, who shared their application of the material to their family life.  Two research questions were examined, addressing what helped, hindered, and what participants wish in mindfulness education to create healthier relationships to their children.  Results showed that the helpful incidents outweighed the number of hindering and wish list incidents.  Participants reported feeling motivated to incorporate mindfulness in their relationships, and more confident as a caregiver.  The purpose of the current project is to increase our knowledge about using a family-centered approach with our clients.


title: A STUDY OF RECONCILIATION FOR GRADUATE COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS

abstract: The current research project investigates a previously undiscovered part of the underlying process of how non-Indigenous Counselling Psychology graduate students make sense of reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in Canada. This Grounded Theory study sheds light on how the participant's core processes stabilize and destabilize social constructs and thinking. The current study reflects the developing themes for emerging adults in Canada's system. The present work argues that reconciliation on a societal level begins with questioning and creating new narratives individually. However, reconciliation also focuses on a system approach to truth and how this relates to settler/White denial issues. Six processes reveal the factors that facilitate and hinder the potential for societal reconciliation in the Canadian context.

abstract: : indigenous peoples, reconciliation, emerging adults, meaningful participation


title: The Subjective Experience of Early Onset Alzheimer’s Disease: Using Online Communities to Combat Social Isolation.

subject: Telecommunication in medicine.

subject: Delivery of Health Care—organization & administration.

subject: Medical informatics.

subject: Alzheimer’s disease.

subject: Dementia—Patients—Services for.

subject: Young adults—Mental health.

subject: Social isolation.

abstract:
This thesis explores the ways people with early onset Alzheimer’s disease
(EOAD) use online communities to address social isolation. Netnography and
interpretive description directed the qualitative analysis of archived discussion threads
(n=569) within an online forum involving 40 participants with EOAD.

Online interaction fostered social connection and redefined life following
diagnosis. Textual discourse focused on normalizing the experience of living with
EOAD, promoting a community culture of belonging, and developing coping
mechanisms intended to enhance self-care and preserve independence. Members found
purpose in using the forum as a platform to empower users, or through learning about
advocacy roles outside of the online environment. Technological concerns and caregiver
involvement surfaced as potential factors impacting online interaction.

Overarching findings were conceptualized as benefits offered through the
communication medium or motivated by community members. Attention was drawn to
technical and practical considerations that focused on enhancing the social experience
and supporting overall well-being.

abstract: Early onset Alzheimer’s disease, online communities, social isolation, netnography, interpretive description.


title: Supporting the Supporter: Exploring Well-Being in the Face of Vicarious Trauma

contributor: Puvimanasinghe, Teresa (external examiner)

abstract: Helping professionals working with clients who have lived through trauma often carry with them a risk of vicarious traumatization (VT) as well as the potential for vicarious posttraumatic growth (VPTG). The vicarious impacts of trauma have been explored among diverse helping practitioners but VPTG studies among refugee workers has been scarce. This thematic narrative study explored how service providers are personally thriving because of working with refugees. Six helpers and the researcher co-constructed narratives about how their work with refugee trauma survivors has cultivated personal growth and well-being. Qualitative results showed that VPTG as an alternative narrative to VT was personally empowering for refugee workers in the face of refugee clients’ trauma. Results further revealed that mutual relationships and allyship color sustainable growth at the heart of VPTG. These findings on refugee workers in Canada have important implications for service providers’ well-being, service quality, policy, and refugee clients’ health.

abstract: refugees, vicarious trauma, vicarious posttraumatic growth, well-being


title: Swahili conditional constructions in embodied Frames of Reference: Modeling semantics, pragmatics, and context-sensitivity in UML mental spaces

subject:
Swahili language--Semantics.
Language and languages--Philosophy.
Pragmatics.
Linguistics--Mathematical models

abstract: Studies of several languages, including Swahili [swa], suggest that realis (actual, realizable) and irrealis (unlikely, counterfactual) meanings vary along a scale (e.g., 0.0–1.0). T-values (True, False) and P-values (probability) account for this pattern. However, logic cannot describe or explain (a) epistemic stances toward beliefs, (b) deontic and dynamic stances toward states-of-being and actions, and (c) context-sensitivity in conditional interpretations. (a)–(b) are deictic properties (positions, distance) of ‘embodied’ Frames of Reference (FoRs)—space-time loci in which agents perceive and from which they contextually act (Rohrer 2007a, b). I argue that the embodied FoR describes and explains (a)–(c) better than T-values and P-values alone. In this cognitive-functional-descriptive study, I represent these embodied FoRs using Unified Modeling LanguageTM (UML) mental spaces in analyzing Swahili conditional constructions to show how necessary, sufficient, and contributing conditions obtain on the embodied FoR networks level.

abstract: Swahili, conditional constructions, UML, mental spaces, Frames of Reference, epistemic stance, deontic stance, dynamic stance, context-sensitivity, non-monotonic logic


title: Syntax in the Septuagint : with special reference to relative clauses in Greek numbers

subject: Greek language, Biblical – Syntax.

subject: Bible. Old Testament. Greek – Versions -- Septuagint.

subject: Bible. Old Testament – Criticism, Textual.

abstract: When compared with compositional works of Koiné Greek, the syntax of the Septuagint can appear peculiar in some ways and quite familiar in others. In order to provide an approach that accounts for this peculiarity and enables rigorous syntactical interpretation of the Septuagint, this thesis develops a hypothesis that Septuagintal syntax is reflective of Koiné syntax with a measure of Hebrew influence. It then sets forth a methodology that takes into full account both Greek syntactical strictures and Hebrew interference, and situates this methodology among other approaches to Septuagintal syntax. Subsequently, this study applies its method to a detailed analysis of a few aspects of relative clauses in the Septuagint, namely, the variation of relative pronouns and use of resumptive pronouns in relative clauses. It concludes that the method followed in this study is successful in analyzing the unusual syntax of the Septuagint and could be applied broadly.


title: Teacher Cognition Related to Tabletop Game Use in Language Learning Classrooms

subject: English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.

subject: Board games.

subject: Cognitive psychology.

subject: Teachers -- Psychology.

subject: Second language learning and teaching.

subject: Teaching -- Aids and devices.

abstract: This research explores teacher cognition related to tabletop game (TTG) use in language learning classrooms.  Games have been noted as having compatibility with teaching and learning principles (Sykes & Reinhardt, 2013). However, the broad principled use of TTGs is not evident (deHaan, 2019).  The central concern of this study was the extent to which teacher cognition affects TTG utilization.  The study explored how teacher cognition shapes materials implementation as well as ways to support teaching expertise.  General teacher cognition was investigated through a quantitative questionnaire.  Specialist teacher cognition was examined through qualitative interviews (six teachers).  Responses were analyzed to identify emerging cognition patterns.  The survey results from both groups were compared and contrasted.  Patterns of teaching and cognition varied within and between both groups.  Specialist teachers had significant markers of teaching ‘expertness’ related to using TTGs.  Recommendations for increasing expertness (Borg, 2015) related to teaching with games are provided.

abstract: Teacher Cognition

abstract: Language Teacher Pedagogy

abstract: Game-based Language Teaching

abstract: Tabletop Games

abstract: Classroom Materials

abstract: Game Literacy


title:
TERTULLIAN’S THEOLOGICAL HERMENEUTICS: TOWARDS

IDENTIFYING TERTULLIAN'S PRINCIPLES OF SCRIPTURAL INTERPRETATION

abstract: This thesis is an attempt to articulate Tertullian’s principles of hermeneutics. It gathers relevant statements from across his recognized works, and attempts to synthesize his thought on hermeneutics. What emerges are eight principles that determine his Scriptural interpretation. In the first chapter, Tertullian’s treatises are placed in the literary context of classical rhetoric, and an argument is advanced that Tertullian took much influence from the rhetorical tradition, but does not uniformly conform to exact parameters of Ciceronian rhetoric. Rather, Tertullian is an original writer who synthesized classical rhetoric with the literary structures of the Scriptural canon as he saw it. The second chapter explores Tertullian’s view of the Scriptures, arguing that he held to a unified canon of writings that he understood to be God’s word. The third chapter is the mainstay of this thesis, and argues that many of Tertullian’s treatises are best read as a unified theological project. It is argued that many of his writings evince an effort on Tertullian’s part to apply hermeneutic principles to an array of theological topics, and thus may profitably be read as a concentrated literary effort in hermeneutics. Lastly, an attempt to state his hermeneutics in eight principles are explained and demonstrated.


title: "The Relation of Ra 2110, or P. Bodmer XXIV, to Origen's Hexapla: A Study in the Textual History of the Greek Psalter"

subject:
Origen.
Hexapla
Manuscripts, Greek.
Bible. Psalms.

abstract: This thesis presents the results of a detailed comparative analysis of the earliest known Greek text of Rahlfs's so-called Upper Egyptian text group (Rahlfs 2110) and the Gallican Psalter, as well as other hexaplaric witnesses as presented in Field's collection of hexaplaric fragments. This paper goes beyond the initial study conducted by Albert Pietersma in which he analyzed asterisked and obelized readings of the Gallican Psalter in comparison to Ra 2110 ("Origen's Corrections and the Text of P. Bodmer XXIV" [1993]). The results of my research reveal that Ra 2110 contains a number of hebraizing readings that agree with the Gallican Psalter. Some of the shared readings may be merely coincidence, others may be based on a shared connection to other witnesses thus eliminating the connection between Ra 2110 and Origen’s Hexapla of the Psalms; however, others seem to indicate a closer relationship between Origen's Hexapla and Ra 2110.

abstract: Hexapla

abstract: Ra 2110

abstract: Gallican Psalter

abstract: Greek Psalter

abstract: Old Greek Psalms

abstract: hexaplaric

abstract: P. Bodmer XXIV

abstract: Textual History of the Greek Psalms


title: Theory of Mind, Affective Empathy, and Academic Achievement: A Correlative Study of Children in Grades 4 to 6

subject:
Social learning.
Affective education.
Philosophy of mind in children.
Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test.

abstract: Scholars have posited that educating the “whole child,” includes teaching both social emotional learning (SEL) and academics. This study analyzed the relationship between two constructs of the social awareness SEL competency, theory of mind (ToM) and affective empathy, with academic achievement.  Thirty-six participants in grades 4 to 6 from a public elementary school in British Columbia completed assessments of ToM and affective empathy, and results were compared with academic achievement.  Multiple regression analysis revealed that neither ToM, nor affective empathy correlated with academic achievement in the total sample.  In females, academic achievement positively correlated with ToM, B = .05, p = .04, as measured by interpretation of ambiguous stories (Bosacki, 1998).  In males, academic achievement positively correlated with ToM, B = .06, p = .02, as measured by an eyes test (Baron-Cohen, Wheelright, Spong, Scahill, & Larson, 2001).  Lastly, both measures of ToM positively correlated with affective empathy.

abstract: social emotional learning, BC curriculum, theory of mind, affective empathy, academic achievement


title: Til We Have Voices: A Feminist-Relational Approach to Understanding the Process of Healing and Becoming Whole Through Lifespan Integration Therapy

subject:
Lifespan Integration Therapy.
Psychic trauma.
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Women—Research—Methodology.

abstract: This study opened up avenues for exploring the dismembering effects of trauma and the “re-membering” process of healing. Six participants engaged in a 60- to 90-minute semi-structured interview modelled after Elliot’s Change Interview. Utilizing the Listening Guide, the research team identified voices speaking about trauma and recovery. The voices were grouped into three categories: the voices of trauma’s dismembering effects, the voices of turning towards the pain, and the voices of healing. Among the voices of trauma’s dismembering effects were disconnection, dissociation, impasse, and pain. Voices of turning towards the pain included the voices of active acceptance and of mourning. Voices of healing included the voices of personal essence, integration, astonishment, agency, and calm and peace. Examining these voices, we traced patterns of shifting from fragmentation, aloneness, and numbness to wholeness, connection, and presence. This progression highlights the fulfilled potential of personhood through the transformational process of healing in therapy.

abstract: Trauma

abstract: Healing

abstract: Wholeness

abstract: Lifespan Integration therapy

abstract: Listening Guide


title: To Extend the Sight of the Soul : An Analysis of Sacramental Ontology in the Mystagogical Homilies of Theodore of Mopsuestia

subject: Theodore, Bishop of Mopsuestia, ca. 350-428 or 9.

subject: Theodore, Bishop of Mopsuestia, ca. 350-428 or 9—Contributions in sacramental theology.

subject: Sacraments—History of doctrines—Early church, ca. 30-600.

subject: Ontology.

abstract: Mystagogy, a bishop's instruction to the newly baptized on the meaning of the Sacraments, emerged as a form of fourth century Christian catechesis which involved the experience of the liturgy, the explanation of the mysteries through typological interpretation, and it included the tacit conveyance of an “articulated worldview.” This worldview was that of the Platonist-Christian synthesis. This patristic worldview hinged upon a foundational assumption of the sacramental participation of the created world in the eternal; it hinged upon a sacramental ontology. This thesis seeks to highlight the ways in which this sacramental ontology is expressed and imparted to the catechumens throughout Theodore of Mopsuestia’s mystagogical teachings. This investigation will explore examples from within Theodore’s general Christology and from his mystagogy which reveal the dynamic presence of this ontology, and also the unique emphases towards which Theodore, as a fourth century Antiochene thinker, is inclined.


title: Tracking Changes: A Proposal for a Linguistically Sensitive Schema for Categorizing Textual Variation of Hebrew Bible Texts in Light of Variant Scribal Practices Among the Judean Desert Psalms Witnesses

subject: Bible. Old Testament—Criticism, Textual.

subject: Bible. Old Testament. Hebrew—Criticism, Textual.

subject: Bible. Old Testament—Criticism, interpretation, etc.

subject: Bible. Psalms. Hebrew—Criticism, Textual.

subject: Judea, Wilderness of—Antiquities.

subject: Dead Sea scrolls.

subject: Computational linguistics—Methodology.

abstract:
The Judaean Desert discoveries have revolutionized our understanding of the textual
development and transmission of the Hebrew Bible. Accordingly, after almost seventy years of
research, four theories of textual transmission have become predominant. Nevertheless, in recent
years the need to incorporate Second Temple scribal practices and historical linguistics into
current philological methods and text-critical approaches has come to the forefront.

This thesis proposes a linguistically sensitive schema for categorizing variation of Hebrew Bible
texts, which serves to incorporate historical linguistic insights alongside existing philological
models. Using such a schema this thesis presents three case studies from the Psalms to test
whether or not the identification of variant scribal practices, as discernible from computational
linguistics, can sufficiently explain the variation found among Judaean Desert psalms witnesses.
The conclusion affirms the validity and utility of such a schema and perspective for Hebrew
Bible textual studies.


title: Transformation in Narratives of Generative Devotion for Christian Couples

abstract: Generative devotion is a desirable outcome for some married Christian couples who strive to cultivate flourishing relationships with each other and with God (Dollahite et al., 2019). A narrative approach was adopted to investigate distinctive patterns among a subgroup of Christians from their experience of growth in their marital quality, emotional maturity, and spiritual journey as a couple. The results for the thematic analysis emerged in 13 shared themes, connecting in a larger pattern: foundation, oneness, depth, and growth. The emic results contribute to and expand the etic models of the generative devotion researchers. These findings may inform researchers, therapists, and pastors from these communities who work to equip Christian couples in pursuit of godly marriages. The patterns that emerged from these couples may inspire adherents of other faiths who desire to build healthy relationships as they work towards growing in faith, emotional maturity, and depth of love in marriage.

abstract: generative devotion

abstract: Christian marriage

abstract: emotional maturity

abstract: couple therapy


title: Translation and interpretation in the Septuagint version of the Balaam account

contributor: Hiebert, Robert J. V. (thesis supervisor)

subject:
Bible. Numbers.
Balaam (Biblical figure)
Bible--Translating.

abstract:
Although the Septuagint translation of the Balaam account is in many ways similar to that found
elsewhere in the LXX Pentateuch, two aspects of the translation are distinctive in the LXX and
important indicators of the translator's interpretation of the text. First, the translator frequently
represents the Hebrew יהוה with the Greek θεός, a striking departure from the normal LXX translation
practice. This divergence likely reflects an anti-Balaam bias on the part of the translator. Second, the
translator gives unusual renderings for portions of Balaam's oracles. These are often cited as evidence
of Septuagintal messianic interpretation. This thesis surveys the LXX translation of the Balaam account
and examines these two issues in the context of textual transmission, the linguistic constraints of the
source and target languages, translation practice elsewhere in the Septuagint, and in other related
literature of the period.


title: UNCOVERING THE CORE SELF: LISTENING TO BLACK ADULTS IN CANADA WHO ATTENDED PREDOMINATELY WHITE SCHOOLS

abstract: A person’s perception of their experiences impacts how they perceive themselves. These perceptions shape how they behave, think, and act, as well as the value that they place on their core self (Chimbganda, 2017; Massaquoi, 2004; Spencer et al., 1997). In this study, I explored how Black adults who attended predominantly White schools in Canada perceive themselves at the core of their identity. The Phenomenological Variant of Ecological Systems Theory (Spencer, 2018) and The Listening Guide (Gilligan, 2015)  supported the study’s design. By attending to participants’ voices (N = 3), deep insight into the complexity of identity and self-perception emerged. Patterns of tensions were revealed, and psychological distress was evident. Forms of resilience and resourcefulness also surfaced. I invite clinicians to pay close attention so that they can further develop their understanding of their Black clients.

abstract: core self

abstract: self-perception

abstract: predominantly White schools

abstract: predominantly White

abstract: Canadian schools

abstract: white schools

abstract: black adults in canada

abstract: black adults

abstract: black boys

abstract: black girls

abstract: black students

abstract: canadian students

abstract: black canadians

abstract: black people in canada

abstract: the listening guide

abstract: PVEST

abstract: predominantly White settings

abstract: resilience

abstract: BIPOC

abstract: BIPOC clinicians

abstract: white clinicians

abstract: black clients

abstract: white therapist

abstract: black therapist

abstract: black people in therapy

abstract: oppression

abstract: oppression in Canada

abstract: racism in canada

abstract: racism

abstract: racism in schools

abstract: childhood racism

abstract: racial trauma

abstract: trauma


title: Understanding Πνευματικός in First Corinthians: Paul’s Corrective Vision for Spirit Life

subject:
Bible. Corinthians, 1st
Holy Spirit.
Bible. Corinthians, 1st

abstract:
Many English Bible translations use the term “spiritual” to translate the Greek adjective πνευματικός. Some translations are exploring alternative ways to render πνευματικός in an attempt to be more specific about what it means, indicating the word “spiritual” may not be an adequate understanding of πνευματικός.

Fifteen of twenty-six occurrences of πνευματικός in the New Testament occur in 1 Corinthians. The goal of this project is to ask, Why does Paul repeatedly use the term πνευματικός in 1 Corinthians? This project will clarify the context of 1 Corinthians and why Paul used the term πνευματικός the way he did, and will evaluate that use in light of the broader meaning of πνευματικός. I will argue that this adjective always means “pertaining to the πνεῦμα,” and in Paul’s letters the particular focus is almost always on the πνεῦμα of God, that is, in New Testament terms, the Holy Spirit.

Paul’s usage of πνευματικός in 1 Corinthians is part of a corrective response to the distorted pneumatology of some in the Corinthian church. Paul’s vision is for an eschatological community of Christ, empowered by and living obediently to the Spirit in contrast to the schismatic, dysfunctional community that had arisen in Corinth during his absence.

abstract: pneumatikos

abstract: pneuma

abstract: spiritual

abstract: spirit

abstract: 1 Corinthians

abstract: Apostle Paul


title: Universal Screening for Social Emotional Competencies: Is Dibels an Option?

subject: Reading (Primary)—Ability testing.

subject: Educational tests and measurements.

subject: Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills.

subject: Social learning.

subject: Affective education.

subject: Children with disabilities—Education.

subject: Response to intervention (Learning disabled children)

abstract:
To be successful in school and in life students need to possess academic as well as social emotional competencies (Bridgeland, Bruce, & Hariharan, 2013; Durlak, Weissberg, Dymnicki, Taylor, & Schellinger, 2011; Zins & Elias, 2007). Academic skills include the ability to read, write and count whereas social and emotional competencies refer to skills that allow an individual to get along with others by being in control of their own behaviors (Zins & Elias, 2007). For social emotional and academic programming to be effective, schools need to have a data-driven system to facilitate and monitor student progress. A screening and progress monitoring system allows educators to pinpoint students who require targeted social emotional and/or academic learning opportunities and would inform on the effectiveness of intercessory programming. Such a system would ensure that students’ learning opportunities are optimally effective. Whereas academic assessments are plentiful, a stumbling block has been the lack of measurement tools for social emotional competencies, necessary for the identification of students in need of intervention (Maras, Thompson, Lewis, Thornburg, & Hawks, 2014; Nese et al., 2012). This study investigates the viability of utilizing an established measure of literacy skill, which is widely used in school systems, to provide insight into students’ social emotional competence. The author suggests that a reading fluency assessment may lend itself to inform on social emotional competence because both domains are processed in a similar area of the brain.

The statistically significant results of the hierarchical regression analysis used in this study suggest that further research into measures of affective skills should explore the correlation between academic skills and social emotional competency.


title: Univocity, analogy and the analytic-continental divide in philosophy

subject: Analysis (Philosophy)

subject: Continental philosophy.

subject: Philosophy, Modern.

subject: Philosophical theology.

subject: Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.

subject: Duns Scotus, John, approximately 1266-1308.

abstract: For most of the twentieth and now also the twenty-first century, the world of academic philosophy has been plagued by the so-called "analytic-continental divide." In recent years, numerous attempts have been made to understand and bridge the `divide' because leading philosophers have realized that the sharp division between the two styles or traditions of philosophy has produced some harmful results for the discipline as a whole. This study is an attempt to read the divide through the lens of the Medieval controversy between Aquinas' doctrine of analogy and Scotus' doctrine of univocity.


title: Upholding Social Justice in Nursing: The Value of Educational Experiences

subject:
Social Determinants of Health.
Attitude of Health Personnel.
Nursing—Social aspects.
Social justice.

abstract: Social justice is a fundamental tenet to the profession of nursing.  Embedded within the notion of upholding social justice is that of addressing the social determinants of health (SDH).  Yet, little is known about nursing students’ views of whether they feel competent, or confident, to address the SDH, after partaking in an educational experience offering exposure to the SDH.  The purpose of this research was to explore the value of clinical educational experiences in expanding nursing students’ understanding of—and perceived ability to address—the SDH, and in so doing to uphold their social justice mandate.  An integrated mixed research synthesis of 33 studies was conducted.  Four themes arose from thematic analysis: cognitive learning, experiential learning, reflexive learning, and praxis learning.  Implications are discussed for nursing education and research to foster praxis learning, as transformational learning, in order to promote nursing students’ perceived ability to address the SDH.

abstract: Social determinants of health

abstract: Social justice

abstract: Nursing education

abstract: Nursing students


title: Using Cognitive Interviews to Evaluate the Four-Item Dyadic Sexual Communication Scale in Couples Who Might Benefit From a Palliative Approach

subject:
Dyadic Sexual Communication Scale.
Dyadic analysis (Social sciences).
Sexology—Research.
Married people—Health and hygiene.
Intimacy (Psychology)—Health aspects.

abstract: Sexuality research with people with progressive chronic illnesses tends to focus on functional sexuality, neglecting other issues and aspects of the couple experience. This qualitative study used cognitive interviews to evaluate the appropriateness and acceptability of the four-item Dyadic Sexual Communication Scale (DSCS), and to understand perspectives on sexuality and dyadic sexual communication in couples who might benefit from a palliative approach. Four couples aged 30-90 participated in face-to-face interviews using think-aloud and probing techniques. Cognitive Aspects of Survey Methodology and grounded theory techniques were used for data analysis. Although most DSCS items were comprehensible, the semantics of two items caused confusion. Encouragingly, DSCS scores may identify couples struggling with dyadic sexual communication. In the context of progressive chronic illness couples were fixating on function, exploring alternatives, and communicating (non)mutuality. More sexuality research is needed with the DSCS and with this population.

abstract: Cognitive Interviews

abstract: Sexuality

abstract: Palliative Approach

abstract: Dyadic Sexual Communication Scale


title: Very god, very man : a theological exploration of Karl Barth’s christological anthropology

subject:
Barth, Karl, 1886-1968.
Christocentric anthropology.
Theological anthropology.
Jesus Christ – Person and offices.

abstract:
In opposition to the historical context of twentieth-century human centered religion, Karl Barth argues for a theologically based anthropology, fixing human self-knowledge on divine revelation and so constructing his understanding of humanity from within his Christology. In founding his concept of humanity on the reality of Christ, Barth is able to avoid the twin pitfalls of optimistic and pessimistic descriptions of humanity in the surrounding zeitgeist.
Barth’s anthropology depicts the existence of true humanity as it is only made possible and represented by the person of Jesus Christ, who is simultaneously God for humanity and humanity for God. For Barth, this is humankind as it was created to be. This thesis examines Barth’s corpus to answer the question: Does a coherent theological treatment of humanity exist throughout Barth’s corpus, as it is grounded in the person of Jesus Christ?


title: Voices in Relationship: The Significance of a Father’s Influence on Women’s Development

subject:
Fathers and daughters.
Father figures.
Father and child—Psychological aspects.
Women—Psychology.
Psychology—Qualitative research.

abstract:
Although literature acknowledges that fathers are critical figures in women’s lives, and
the daughter-father relationship is crucial for women’s development of self, this understanding
has been paired with a focus on negative developmental consequences instead of emphasizing
the positive aspects found within the daughter-father relationship. This study was designed to
combine two controversial and impactful areas of research, daughter-father relationships and
women’s development of empowerment. Four daughter-father dyads were selected for inclusion
based on the daughters’ self-reported positive relationships with their fathers. All four daughterfather
dyads identified as Christian and active members of Evangelical culture. Throughout the
narratives spirituality was hugely influential in supporting daughters’ identity development.. In
order to capture the essence of the inner experiences daughters and fathers have voiced in
relationship with one another, the qualitative feminist method the Listening Guide was
employed. Through participants’ narratives, voices were identified which spoke of relationship
(voices of autonomy, silencing, empathy, yearning, acceptance, approval, attunement, parental
guidance, connection, and resistance). Through experiences in connection with their fathers, the
daughters were able to begin to organize their sense of self.

abstract: Listening Guide: Voices in relationship, daughter-father relationship; secure attachment; positive relationships; Christian fathers; Christian daughters’; women’s development of self


title: Voices of (M)otherhood: Listening to the Experiences of Single and Childless Women

subject:
Childlessness.
Single women.
Middle-aged women.

abstract: Single and childless women over the age of 35 constitute an expanding demographic in North America and in many parts of the world, yet we are still living in a society that places great importance on marriage and family and views them as important markers of life success.  This research was designed to explore how involuntarily single (never-married) and childless women experience themselves during early midlife (ages 35-45).  Eight women’s experiences were explored in this study using the feminist relational methodology of the Listening Guide.  Data analysis uncovered three categories of voices: voices which conveyed the positivity of living a single and childless identity (i.e. the voices of hope, faith, gratitude, nurturance, freedom, and resilience), voices which conveyed the struggles of living a single and childless identity (i.e. the voices of invisibility, shame, confusion, loneliness, guilt, longing, and uncertain waiting), and the voice of ambivalence.

abstract: single

abstract: childless

abstract: women

abstract: Listening Guide


title: Voices of Self-Compassion in Parents of Twice-Exceptional Children

subject:
Self-acceptance.
Children with disabilities.
Compassion.
Gifted children--Care
Parents of children with disabilities.

abstract: Twice-exceptional children are gifted and have at least one area of disability.  This combination presents unique parenting challenges that are important to understand given the central role that parents play in the success of their twice-exceptional children.  Self-compassion is treating oneself with understanding and acceptance when faced with imperfections; it has been shown to be a powerful source of coping and resilience for a wide range of populations.  This constructivist study used the listening guide—a qualitative, relational, voice-centred method (Gilligan, 2015) where 7 self-compassionate parents of twice-exceptional children were interviewed about their understandings of self-compassion in parenting.  Data analysis revealed three groupings of voices: Presence and Wise voices were the voices of self-compassion, and Demand voices emerged as a dissonant, non-self-compassionate counterpoint.  The four themes that emerged revealed parents used self-compassion to weather challenges, to remain mindful despite difficulties, to engage wiser problem-solving, and to nurture important relationships.

abstract: self-compassion

abstract: twice-exceptional

abstract: parenting children with special needs

abstract: listening guide


title: Vowel Phenomena of Guang Languages

subject:
Guang language
Phonology.

abstract:
The Guang language family of Ghana has received a fair amount of study over the past
several decades. Snider’s (1990b) work is the most extensive study on Guang phonology. The
aim of this thesis will be to cite new information and build upon Snider’s work to gain a better
understanding of Guang phonology, specifically in relation to vowel systems and phenomena.
Some of the most prominent phonological processes in Guang involving vowels include ATR
and rounding harmony, and hiatus resolution. This study examines the consistencies and
differences among Guang languages with regard to vowel phenomena. While some interesting
variation does exist across the Guang language family, examination of available resources and
data, along with some acoustic analysis, show that Guang vowel phenomena are generally
consistent. The most important aspect that is consistent across Guang languages, despite
differing analyses and descriptions, is that all exhibit nine-vowel systems.


title: Was Jesus a Mythical Figure? Responding to the Charge that Jesus of Nazareth Never Existed

subject:
Jesus Christ--Historicity.
Apologetics.
Myth in the Bible.
Bible. -- New Testament.

abstract: The purpose of this thesis is to examine and refute the arguments made by mythicists, who deny the historicity of Jesus of Nazareth. It begins by investigating the historical development of myth. Next, it explores the history of mythicism since its inception in the eighteenth century. The penultimate chapter outlines the main criticisms that mythicists level against the Gospels; the final chapter responds to these arguments. There are two major findings of this thesis. First, the mythicists’ standard for evidence is not applied consistently. Second, they fail to show why their interpretations of the available data are better than more traditional approaches. The conclusion is that they do not provide sufficient reasons for doubting the existence of Jesus as a human in history.

abstract: Carrier, Price, Jesus, Mythicism,


title: Wałda_mas? An exploration into the phonological-word in Kwak'wala

subject: Kwakiutl language – Phonology.

subject: Indians of North America – British Columbia – Languages.

subject: Morphology.

abstract: Kwak̕wala is often transcribed with unaddressed assumptions about the basic word-unit. A syntactition will regard the grammatical-word as the word constituent, whereas a phonologist will see the phonological-word as most relevant. As a morphologist, I am caught between these two definitions of the 'word'. Since Kwak̕wala has always been a predominantly oral language, I assume the spoken-word as most relevant 'word' constituent for Kwak̕wala speakers, with phonological criteria for defining its boundaries. These boundaries can be isolated through three tests: 1) the stress domain, 2) occurrences of pauses, and 3) self-repair resets. These tests show that most Kwak̕wala clitics are integrated with their phonological-word hosts. However the definite article clitic and the case marking clitics display more independence than all others by allowing pauses and self-repair to occur between them and their hosts. Still other clitics, when uttered in a successive string, also create the same independence from their hosts.


title: We-ness : couple identity as shared by male partners of breast cancer patients

subject:
Breast cancer patients.
Psychology of couples.
Adjustment (Psychology)
Spouses – Psychosocial Factors.
Caregivers – Psychosocial Factors.

abstract: The present study explored the wider relational context of partners of women facing cancer. Seven male partners of breast cancer patients shared their experience of being a partner to a woman going through cancer. Dialogal phenomenology allowed for clarification of the landscape of these partners' experience by providing opportunity to formulate their experience and to unfold meanings attributed to this experience. Seven themes were identified: crisis and aftermath; children, parenting, and fertility; personal impact; breast cancer as a shared experience; honouring voices and voice; relational choreography; and relational outlook. These men shared different ways that being a partner of a woman with cancer is a shared experience. One pattern that emerged describes how a "you and me" couple identity framework can shift into a "we" perspective. These results revealed how couple identity emerged in relational patterns of engagement during conversational interviewing, a distinctive feature that fits well with previous findings.


title: Western trained nurses transitioning to Qatar : perceptions of their nursing role

contributor: Reimer-Kirkham, Sheryl (external examiner)

subject:
Transcultural nursing.
Nursing – Cross-cultural studies.
Nursing – Social aspects.

abstract: Nurses’ self-perceptions of their role when transitioning from a Western nursing context to a Middle Eastern one are not clearly understood. In a qualitative study, seven participants who transitioned to Qatar were interviewed about their self-perceptions of their nursing role, personally and professionally. The core theme of opportunity and categorical themes of adapting to the changing role of the nurse, adapting to the context, and adapting by “taking it in stride” emerged from the data, all of which influenced the nurses’ transition to Qatar. Conclusions were: 1) Opportunity exists both personally and professionally with transition; 2) Adaption occurred over time; 3) Perception of nursing role is influenced by cultural understanding; 4) Participants described themselves as leaders; 5) Nursing literature on this topic is underdeveloped; 6) A greater number of transition experiences lead to greater adaption strategies. The transition experiences for these nurses were viewed as positive; however, challenges were experienced to varying degrees.


title: What are Nurses’ Perceptions of Nurse-to-Nurse Incivility in the Workplace?

subject:
Courtesy in the workplace
Bullying in the workplace
Nursing--Social aspects

abstract: While nursing has flourished into an autonomous, compassionate and scholarly profession, an insidious, pervasive problem exists within some nursing environments: workplace incivility.  Disrespectful and disruptive behaviour including incivility, bullying, and harassment are well documented in the nursing literature but little research has examined the perceptions of nurses who witness nurse-to-nurse incivility.  This qualitative study examines nurses’ perceptions after witnessing incivility in their workplaces.  Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 registered nurses to examine their perceptions after witnessing workplace incivility.  Using interpretive description methodology, the overarching theme of avoiding confrontation was identified.  Main themes generated from data analysis included normalizing incivility and the relationship between incivility and the workplace.  Recommendations for the nursing profession include: increasing awareness and education regarding workplace incivility and how to manage it; fostering supportive work environments for frontline staff and management; and educating nursing students and registered nurses that this behaviour is not acceptable and teaching them how to respond to incivility.

abstract: incivility in nursing

abstract: bullying in nursing

abstract: moral agency in nursing

abstract: qualitative

abstract: interpretive description


title: What characteristics are keeping nurses flourishing in difficult environments: An appreciative inquiry study

subject:
Resilience (Personality trait)
Nursing--Psychological aspects
Nurses--Job satisfaction

abstract:
Many studies document the adversities facing nurses today.  However, little research examines resiliency among nurses and their ability to flourish amidst these adversities.  Using a qualitative method, this thesis aimed to address this gap by examining life-giving factors that allow nurses to be resilient and flourish in unhealthy environments.
     Using appreciative inquiry methodology, nine nurses working in British Columbia were interviewed.  These interviews focused on their positive perspectives and experiences to identify life-giving factors influencing resiliency.  Six themes were identified in the development of resiliency: personal life; a sense of purpose/calling; intrinsic characteristics; education and career opportunity; workplace culture, and reflection and self awareness.  Resiliency can exist even if all six themes are not present; however, in order to flourish all six themes must be in a healthy state.  This thesis provides practical wisdom that can be applied to all areas of nursing in order to promote resiliency and flourishing.

abstract: resilience

abstract: flourish

abstract: nurse

abstract: life-giving


title: When God Feels Absent: A Phenomenological Exploration of the Experience of Searching for God in Adolescence

contributor: Klaassen, Derrick W. (thesis supervisor)

abstract: This study explored the experience of searching for God for adolescents in Christian communities. Hermeneutic phenomenology was the primary method used, though it also drew from Personal Existential Analysis (Längle, 2003) and personal phenomenology (Launeanu et al., 2019). Five individuals were interviewed using semi-structured interviews, yielding results that took the form of six key features. Overall, searching for God appeared as a relational, paradoxical process that involves: (a) suffering, (b) questioning and doubting, (c) longing for authenticity, (d) saying “yes” to the process, (e) unburdening, and (f) striving to help others. The findings revealed that searching for God is akin to the adolescent’s existential task of becoming oneself as they move away from old understandings of God in search of a more congruent worldview. The results are an invitation for counsellors and church leaders to support the unfolding of this process in the adolescents they work with.

abstract: searching for God

abstract: religion

abstract: spirituality

abstract: Existential Analysis

abstract: hermeneutic

abstract: phenomenology


title: Women's Experiences of Healing After Sex Trafficking in Canada

subject:
Human trafficking.
Resilience (Personality trait)
Psychic trauma.
Rape.

abstract: In Canada sex trafficking is a hidden crime that impacts women of every race and socioeconomic status, though Indigenous women are disproportionately represented as victims. This study provided a platform to listen to seven female survivors’ experiences of healing, strength and resiliency after they were freed from exploitation in Canada to counteract victim’s experiences of oppression and silencing. The qualitative feminist method of the listening guide was utilized to provide victim-informed research driven by participant’s narratives. Two categories of voices emerged in participants’ narratives: voices of resistance and voices of healing.  The voices of resistance (oppression, dismissal, avoidance, confusion, and disconnection), spoke about obstacles and barriers in healing, while voices of healing (connection, knowing, compassion, resilience, advocacy, agency, and purpose), captured women’s stories of healing.  Survivors were found to experience healing through connection with themselves and others, mastery of new skills, regaining their autonomy, finding purpose, and sharing their stories.

abstract: prostitution

abstract: sexual exploitation

abstract: prostitution

abstract: listening guide

abstract: qualitative research

abstract: healing

abstract: resilience

abstract: sex trafficking


title: Women’s Perspectives on What Helped and Hindered Building Shame Resilience During an Adolescent Eating Disorder

contributor: Launeanu, Mihaela S. (thesis supervisor)

subject: Eating disorders.

subject: Shame--Case studies.

subject: Resilience (Personality trait) in adolescence.

subject: Women -- Psychology.

abstract: Eating disorders (EDs) in adolescence are serious mental health disorders that commonly have noteworthy medical and mental health comorbidities (Fitzsimmons-Craft, Karam, Wilfley, 2018). Shame has been found to be a significant factor associated with EDs (Burney & Irwin, 2000; Goss & Allan, 2009; Waller, Ohanian, Meyer & Osman, 2000), yet no studies have explored what helps and hinders building shame resilience during adolescence from the perspective of the adult who lived through it. This retrospective qualitative study used the enhanced critical incident technique (Butterfield, Borgen, Maglio, & Amundson, 2009), and the sample of this study included women who received an ED diagnosis between the age of 11 and 21 (N = 10). Data analysis revealed 13 helping categories, 15 hindering categories, and 9 wish list items.

abstract: shame, shame-resilience, eating disorders, adolescence


title: A World of Their Own Making: Student Life at Southern Women’s Colleges, 1800-1865

subject: Education—Southern States—History.

subject: Women—Education—Southern States.

subject: Women—United States—History—19th century.

subject: Women in public life—United States—History—19th century.

subject: Women—Education—United States—History—19th century.

subject: Women social reformers—Southern States—History.

abstract: Since the 1980s, the majority of historical scholarship on southern women’s education has concentrated on seeking answers to the question “to what extent was antebellum southern women’s education an oppressive or liberating force?” While keenly noting that the emergence of women’s higher education in the early nineteenth-century South did not necessarily entail advancement for women,1 much of this existing scholarship, because it is focused on analysing institutional records, looks primarily at college curricula and practices to answer questions regarding the value of education; accordingly, this scholarship concludes that, while women’s higher education was new to the early nineteenth-century South, it did not offer southern women anything “new” in terms of social position and therefore was not ultimately a liberating force. While the existing scholarship is useful because it points out the engendered nature of southern women’s education, an exploration of students’ recollections of their college experiences challenges the conclusion that women’s colleges offered women nothing new and were ultimately oppressive forces. For while women’s college education was engendered in such a way that it aimed to reinforce pre-existing ideas concerning southern womanhood this does not necessarily mean that the ideals of women’s education matched its actual out-workings. Indeed, assuming that the “ideal” matched the “real” ignores female students’ responses to their engendered educations. Paying attention to students’ recollections of their college experiences reveals that the college experience actually granted young women the opportunity to shape their own female-controlled world in the midst of living in an intensely patriarchal society. Perhaps surprisingly, though, the world that these students shaped through their cultivation of academic, social, and religious cultures was one in which they not only challenged the gender ideals of southern society and thereby formed new identities as women, but one in which they also (somewhat paradoxically) upheld a hierarchical structure that undermined any type of sisterhood or collective redefinition of southern womanhood and, at times, even reinforced more traditional gender conventions. Thus, a study of southern women’s colleges that privileges the agency of female students not only provides a more complete picture of women’s education, but highlights the complexity of southern women’s identities and thereby contributes to wider discussions within southern and women’s history.


title: Wound dressings during cancer radiotherapy : a survey of Canadian practice

contributor: Reimer-Kirkham, Sheryl (thesis supervisor)

subject:
Wound care.
Surgical dressings.
Decision making in clinical medicine.
Cancer radiotherapy.
Breast cancer surgery.

abstract: Patients who undergo radiotherapy typically experience changes to the skin in the area where the treatment is administered. Some discussions exist whether radiating through wound dressings will cause a boost effect to patients with cancer. The purpose of the thesis is to describe the current evidence and practice through literature review and a national environmental scan with the aim of developing the foundation for further research. After Research Ethics Boards approvals, one nurse per 34 Radiation Oncology Centres in Canada was contacted. Current practice survey data were collected from 18 Centres. Telephone interviews were conducted with four nurse participants to understand the context of nursing practice environment. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics for the survey data and thematic analysis for the interviews. The integrative results of the study were reviewed with five inter-professional experts. The study results are used to make recommendations for research, practice, leadership and policy.

abstract: Wound management, radiotherapy, clinical decision-making, inter-professional practice, person-centred nursing.


title: Woven Tapestry: Composite Citations in the Gospel of Mark

abstract: The hermeneutic used by the writers of the New Testament in their interpretation of the Jewish Scriptures seems so far from 21st century exegetical principles that it is often considered as puzzling. One of those mysteries is the way some authors combine citations from the Jewish Scriptures and integrate them in their text as if coming from a single text—combinations of citations also known as composite citations. This study examines why and how some authors adapt texts from the Old Testament to use them as literary devices with rhetorical intent. A simplified Socio-Rhetorical-Interpretation method is used to examine selected composite citations found in Mark’s Gospel. This investigation includes an exploration of literary devices, discourse analysis, grammatical and socio-cultural considerations, as well as a reflection on the integration of those composite citations and their motifs within the Markan narrative.

abstract: Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation

abstract: Composite citations

abstract: Citation

abstract: Recombined citation

abstract: Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation


title: Writings of an ancient poet : a theological composition of Aurelius Prudentius Clemens’ soteriology as depicted in his Liber Cathemerinon

contributor: Morrissey, Christopher (external examiner)

subject: Prudentius Clemens, Aurelius, 348-405. Cathermerinon.

subject: Christian poetry, Latin.

subject: Hymns, Latin.

subject: Theology, Doctrinal – History – Early church, ca. 30-600.

abstract:
By his poetic declarations concerning Jesus Christ, Prudentius appeals to some as a
flagship for fourth-century Nicene theology. This thesis investigates the poet’s concept of
salvation to determine its congruity with Nicaea’s underlying soteriology. To that end,
Athanasius’ Against the Gentiles-On the Incarnation and Prudentius’ Liber Cathemerinon
are read in juxtaposition, drawing out and comparing theological themes. Prudentius
exhibits an inherent fixation on the problem of sin and its effect on salvation. This
diminishes the significance and hope offered by the Incarnation. Yet, Athanasius purports
that Nicaea’s Christological proclamations are founded on God’s saving action in Jesus’
life, death, and resurrection. Therefore, while the Christological confessions of Nicaea
appear to prefigure the theology of Prudentius in his pastiche, Liber Cathemerinon, a closer
analysis reveals that his conception of salvation is inconsistent with the underlying
soteriological impetus of Nicene theology.


title: Written and spoken register differences in Baghdadi colloquial Arabic dramatic discourse

subject: Arabic language – Syntax.

subject: Baghdadi Arabic.

subject: Arabic language – Dialects – Iraq – Baghdad.

subject: Iraqi-Arabic language.

abstract: The purpose of this study is to describe linguistic differences between written scripts and the oral performances of those scripts in Baghdadi Colloquial Arabic dramatic discourse. The data involves 10 Biblical narratives written in a dramatized format with the intent of being performed. The scriptwriters’ goal was to create texts that were as similar to natural speech as possible. However, in spite of this goal, certain changes occurred throughout the stories when performed by mother tongue Baghdadi Arabic speakers. Although this study records all deletions, additions and substitutions in each of the ten stories, it will highlight three types of changes: the deletion of the connective wa ‘and’, the addition of repeated words and phrases, and diglossically motivated substitutions. These changes represent involvement strategies employed by the actors to accommodate the increased need for textual and interpersonal cohesion in the speaker-hearer dimension when changing the mode from writing to speaking.


title: YHWH as Gardener in the Old Testament with special reference to Psalm 104

subject: Bible. Psalms – Criticism, interpretation, etc.

subject: Bible. Psalms, CIV – Criticism, interpretation, etc.

subject: Gardens in the Bible.

subject: Creation – Biblical teaching.

subject: Bible. Old Testament – Theology.

abstract: The aim of the present study is to investigate Psalm 104 as a whole and to determine its biblical-theological contribution to Israelite thinking of creation. Its methods are comparative-historical, semantic, literary, and biblical theological. I argue that the psalmist uses not only images that are reminiscent of the sun-god and storm-god of the ancient Near East but also images that reflect an ancient garden or park. Thus, the thesis of this study is that Psalm 104 portrays creation as a garden and YHWH as the royal gardener who creates it and oversees its care. As ancient gardens were built and maintained in order to reflect creation with a diversity of plants and animals, the provision of water, and ecological order, the psalm portrays creation by using images that allude to an ancient garden.


title: YHWH, the ineffable name : avoidance, alternations and circumventions in the non-biblical manuscripts at Qumran

contributor: Abegg, Jr., Martin G. (thesis supervisor)

subject:
Tetragrammaton.
God (Judaism) – Name.
Dead Sea scrolls.

abstract: During the period of the writing of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Tetragrammaton (YHWH) was so sacred that it had become an ineffable name. This thesis studies alternations in the usage of the Tetragrammaton in non-biblical manuscripts at Qumran through an analysis of scriptural quotations from the Torah to the Nevi'im in the Dead Sea Scrolls citing the Tetragrammaton. Thirty-three distinctive divine name alternations were identified. Additionally, a list of alternation types and of scrolls featuring alternations in Qumran were compiled. Distinctive groups of scrolls were identified at Qumran: some featured the Tetragrammaton, with or without alternations, and some circumvented it completely. Our study focuses on the avoidance of the Tetragrammaton, on alternations in square script, and on writing traditions: El, Tetrapuncta and paleo-Hebrew. Two applications were then investigated:  the use of alternations in divine names in order to determine the scrolls' origins and the distribution of names in paleo-Hebrew in these scrolls.


title: "You Don't Have to Carry it Alone": Christian Clients' Experiences of Praying in Therapy

type: Text Dissertation/thesis

contributor: Klaassen, Derrick () (thesis supervisor)

contributor: Reimer-Kirkham, Sheryl () (second reader)

abstract: This study sought to understand Christian clients’ experiences of praying in therapy.  Currently, there is little research in this area, which may reflect the fact that praying in therapy is often regarded as ethically contentious.  This thesis, thus, seeks to fill a gap in the literature by asking: what are Christian clients’ lived experiences of praying in therapy sessions?  A hermeneutic phenomenological research approach (van Manen, 1990, 2014) was used to understand the meaning of praying in therapy.  Five Christian women were interviewed.  Eight themes emerged: seeking support; therapist guidance and support; following and participating in prayer; the sanctuary of prayer; acknowledging and encountering God; letting go and leaning on God; clarity through prayer; and journeying on.  Participants shared that praying was part of their path to healing and was a relational and spiritual experience.  These findings support that praying can be meaningful for and beneficial to clients.

abstract: Embargo for 12-months, in order to allow author (Megan) to publish research.

abstract: praying

abstract: religion

abstract: spirituality

abstract: therapy

abstract: counselling


title: Youth as Mindfulness Trainers: Educators' Views

subject:
Enhanced Critical Incident Technique.
Mindfulness (Psychology)
Meditation for children.
Meditation—Therapeutic use.
Child mental health services.
Mindfulness—education.
School mental health services.
Youth-led Mindfulness Program

abstract: This thesis project explored educators’ views of a mindfulness program that was delivered to elementary school students by high school students.  This youth-led approach to delivering mental health literacy was evaluated as part of a pilot project that intended to connect both older and younger students and pass down mindfulness education.  The method, the Enhanced Critical Incident Technique, was selected and involved conducting in-person interviews with each of the participants.  The participants consisted of six educators, who offered diverse perspectives by their first-hand knowledge and experience of the program or familiarity with the program’s development.  Participants included the elementary school and high school teachers, the elementary school principal and community agency staff.  The findings of this study showed a consensus whereby educators viewed the program favourably and believed it to be valuable to their students and their larger community.  The youth-led approach was shown to demonstrate the youth’s capacity to act as positive role models and lead the mindfulness training.  The feasibility of the program was supported with reference to key partnerships and its possible application to additional community settings.  An enthusiasm and keen interest to continue and expand the program were also captured in the results.  The educators’ views of this program, the Youth-led Mindfulness Program (YLMP), were investigated to answer the following research question:  What are educators’ views about what helps and hinders school-based mental health literacy programs that are delivered by youth as mindfulness trainers?

abstract: school-based mental health literacy

abstract: mindfulness program

abstract: youth-led model

abstract: prevention

abstract: role-modelling

abstract: strengthening communities


title: ‘Torn Apart’: Involuntary Separation and the Search for Connection

subject:
Involuntary separation.
Caregivers.
Grounded theory.
Developmental psychology.
Stress, Psychological.

abstract:
Placing a loved one in care does not relieve informal caregivers’ physical and emotional stresses, yet the experience of caregivers during the long process of separation has not been fully explored, especially in Canada.  This study sought to identify the social processes of involuntary separation for caregiving spouses.  Participants were 17 spouse-caregivers who had been involuntarily separated for an average of 20 months.  All participants lived in Southern Alberta.  Data were comprised of 12 individual interviews and one focus group.
Using Charmaz’s (2006) model of grounded theory, this study found that the basic social process of spouse-caregiver involuntary separation was connecting, which had three distinct stages: 1) Initial news and coping, 2) Adjusting to new situation, and 3) Moving forward.  There were four additional categories: 1) Adjustment to separation, 2) Significant Helping Roles, 3) Family, and 4) Social world.  Movement through the three stages was influenced by reciprocal connections.

abstract: Grounded theory; medical separation; involuntary separation; qualitative; basic social process; older adults; connecting


title: “Indeed, He is coming with the clouds” A study of Revelation 1:7-8 as the multivalent thematic statement of the Apocalypse

subject: Bible. Revelation.

subject: Apocalyptic literature--History and criticism.

subject: Bible. Daniel

abstract: Although many scholars regard Rev 1:7, 1:8, or 1:7-8 as thematic for Revelation, they have not substantiated their claim.  Revelation 1:7-8, which highlights the cosmic parousia of Jesus Christ, is the multivalent thematic statement of the Apocalypse.  Revelation 1:7-8 features a prominent allusion to Dan 7:13, which serves to unlock the multilayered meaning of the Apocalypse.  To highlight Rev 1:7-8, the author uses such literary devices as poetry, inclusio, inclusive language, and liturgical dialogue.  The author also uses chain-link interlock to connect Rev 1:7-8 with Rev 1:9-20, which is thematic.  The author further links Rev 1:7-8 and Revelation 4-5 and establishes Daniel 7 as an allusion that controls these two central chapters.  The author uses key words throughout Revelation 6-22 that resonate with Rev 1:7-8.  With Rev 1:7-8 as the axis, the author expands the meaning of Christ's cosmic parousia in all its dimensions and ramifications.


title: “Nothing about us without us!” Youth-led solutions to improve high school completion rates

subject:
Youth – Social conditions – Research.
High school graduates.
High school dropouts.

abstract: This Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) study collaborated with six students from alternate education to inquire about the experiences of vulnerable youth--students who have disengaged from mainstream education.  Utilizing the Enhanced Critical Incident Technique, youth researchers asked their peers: what helped and hindered their retention and success in mainstream and alternate education?  Youth researchers engaged in authentic participation and took part in the iterative phases of YPAR--critical reflection and social action.  Their involvement empowered them to advocate for their peers by disseminating the results and recommendations to key stakeholders within the community.  Youth researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with 18 participants.  Overall, the findings show that relationships with staff and peers, flexibility, psychosocial and academic supports, and personal circumstances are vital in helping vulnerable students succeed in school.  Engagement in YPAR provided insight on how to work with vulnerable youth in a manner that promotes agency and social change.


title: “You will be like the gods” : the conceptualization of deity in the Hebrew Bible in cognitive perspective

subject:
Image of God – Biblical teaching.
God – Biblical teaching.
Bible. Old Testament – Theology.
Idols and images – Biblical teaching.

abstract:
This thesis has two primary goals: (1) to analyze the countours and extent of the generic category
of deity in the Hebrew Bible, and (2) propose a semantic base for the term. It begins with a
description of the fields associated with cognitive theory, and particularly cognitive linguistics.
Chapter 2 examines the cognitive origins of notions of deity and discusses how this heritage is
reflected within the biblical texts. The third chapter examines the conceptualization of Israel’s
prototypical deity, YHWH, beginning from the earliest divine profiles detectable within the
text. In Chapter 4 the discussion returns to the generic notion of deity, highlighting references
within the biblical text to deities other than YHWH. The conclusion synthesizes the different
sections of the thesis, sketching the origins and development of the Hebrew Bible’s
representation of both prototypical and non-prototypical notions of deity. Implications for further
research are then briefly discussed.


title: Textg 4 help: an evaluation of Metro Vancouver Transit Police's SMS texting program

contributor: University of the Fraser Valley School of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Degree granting institution)

format:
120 pages
electronic
electronic

subject: Local transit security measures

subject: Local transit security measures--British Columbia Vancouver Metropolitan Area

subject: Public safety

subject: Public safety--British Columbia Vancouver Metropolitan Area

subject: Instant messaging

subject: Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Police Service

subject: HV8159.B7 bS83 2017

abstract: In 2013, the Metro Vancouver Transit Police implemented a SMS texting program named Chatterbox that allows the public to report concerns about social disorder and criminal offences on or near the transit system. Using individual interviews with dispatchers, focus groups with police officers, an online survey with Chatterbox users, and an analysis of Transit statistics, the purpose, process, and use of the program was reviewed. Overall, Chatterbox has provided transit users with an alternative and discrete method of contacting the police to investigate a variety of criminal offences ranging from minor delinquent incidents to major criminal acts.


title: Practitioner perceptions of the transportability of Operation Ceasefire to youth in gangs in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia

format:
171 pages
electronic

subject: Gangs--British Columbia--Lower Mainland Region

subject: Problem-oriented policing

subject: Gang prevention--British Columbia--Lower Mainland Region

subject: HV 7936 P76 J85 2019

abstract: Gang violence, now more than ever, is fresh in the minds of British Columbians, politicians, and law enforcement entities. The coming years will see new policies and programs implemented with the aim of reducing gang-related violence, homicides, and related criminal activities. To that end, this research examines Operation Ceasefire, a program used in the United States, gauging practitioner perceptions of its applicability to youth in gangs in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. Using a qualitative methodology, 12 key stakeholders were interviewed, each currently employed in law enforcement capacities in various municipal, provincial, and federally organized gang units. Through garnering frontline responses, this study explored whether local practitioners believe Operation Ceasefire interventions used in Boston and other American cities can be successfully implemented in the Lower Mainland. The results of this research yielded three key perceptions. Firstly, practitioners believe gangs in the Lower Mainland are fundamentally different from gangs in other parts of Canada or the United States as many gang-involved youth come from affluence, are motivated by non-traditional push and pull factors, and engage in cross-jurisdictional criminal activity over large geographic areas. Second, practitioners perceived that the Canadian legal system hinders pulling-levers style approaches, though many identified promising avenues for enforcement. Thirdly, practitioners perceive prevention and intervention activities to be important elements of a gang strategy, in addition to enforcement. These results inform policy, programs, and intervention methods that can reduce gang violence in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia and yield valuable insights into the perceptions of practitioners actively engaged in the policing of gang violence in our communities.


title: The effect of protection orders on domestic violence victims perceptions of safety

format:
158 pages
electronic
electronic

subject: Restraining orders--British Columbia

subject: Victims of family violence--British Columbia

subject: HV 6626.23 C3 B37 2017

abstract: Domestic violence is a pervasive issue that affects people from all walks of life. In recent years there have been numerous initiatives in British Columbia, Canada designed to address and prevent domestic violence, including civil protection orders. This study examined domestic violence victim’s perception of safety, among other facets, as afforded by civil protection orders through an online survey and in-depth telephone interviews. Service providers, who were knowledgeable about domestic violence, also participated in telephone interviews to provide their perspective on the ability of civil protection orders to promote victim safety and to reduce recidivism. The findings suggest a need for more public awareness of civil protection orders, greater support in the application process, more enforcement or increased police and/or RCMP presence when orders are violated, and clarification for victims about implementing additional safety measures.


title: Improving international cooperation to combat transnational child sexual exploitation:  an analysis of bilateral cooperation in child sex tourism cases involving Thailand and Canada

format:
157 pages
electronic
electronic

coverage: Canada Thailand

subject: Transnational Crime

subject: Criminal justice, Administration of international cooperation

subject: Criminal justice, Administration of

subject: Criminal justice, Administration of--Canada

subject: Sex tourism

subject: Sex tourism--Thailand

subject: Child molesters

subject: HV6252 D4 2018

abstract: Thailand and Canada have an interest in improving international cooperation in child sex tourism cases as both countries have made international commitments to protect children from exploitation. Despite these commitments, child sexual exploitation by some Canadians still occurs in Thailand for complex reasons including a lower risk of detection, the availability of poor and vulnerable children, a lack of political will, and an established sex tourism industry. Key findings include the importance of interpersonal relationships between all involved officials in transnational cases, barriers in formal and informal cooperation exercises such as the admissibility of foreign evidence, translations, time delays, securing video testimony, corruption, locating cooperative witnesses, and the importance of online investigations.


title: The perceived effectiveness of the Restaurant Watch program in Vancouver, British Columbia

format:
99 pages
electronic
electronic

subject: Gangs--British Columbia--Vancouver

subject: Violence--Prevention--Case studies

subject: Public safety--British Columbia--Vancouver

subject: HV 6439 C32 V3348 2017

abstract: Gang violence in British Columbia poses a significant concern for law enforcement agencies and the public. In response to this violence, the Restaurant Watch program, a targeted enforcement strategy that deters unwanted gang-involved patrons from attending participating restaurants, was created and implemented in the city of Vancouver. The current study examined this program and its perceived effectiveness by key stakeholders. Data for this study was collected by conducting semi structured interviews with key stakeholders who enforce and participate in the program. The program’s objectives and operations were explored in the context of the gang landscape in British Columbia. Given that the Restaurant Watch program is unique, the author draws on the findings of other anti-gang deterrent projects, such as the Operation Ceasefire and the London’s Operation Shield, to explain and analyze the program’s objectives and methods. The findings suggest that the program is successful due to three important themes: (1) the impact on public safety; (2) the importance of partnership and open dialogue and; (3) the ability to deter inadmissible patrons from participating establishments.


title: Under the Hood: Understanding pathways in and out of gang life from the point of view of gang members' experience

format:
75 pages
electronic
electronic

subject: Ex-gang members--Lower Mainland Region--Interviews

subject: University of the Fraser Valley. School of Criminology and Criminal Justice.

subject: HV 6439 C32 L6827 2017

abstract: This study used data collected from in-depth interviews with five male members of a B.C. Lower Mainland gang, who self-identified as growing up in a middle-class environment, to examine risk factors associated with gang involvement and barriers to exiting a gang. More specifically, the study compares risk factors associated with joining gangs and barriers to exiting gangs between youth who grow up in a middle-class “suburban” environment and the available research, which has predominantly been focused on youth who grow up in a “poor” underprivileged environment. The study found no distinguishing risk factors between the participants and the available data. In addition, the study also examined whether there are any unique risk factors encountered by youth who were raised in Canada by foreign born parents. The research found no unique risk factors associated with joining and obstacles to exiting among this group either.


title: Loveless frumps, old maids, and diabolical deviants: Representations of gender and librarianship in popular culture

contributor: Neigel, Christina (Christina Neigel (cneigel)) (author)

subject:
Popular culture
Librarians
Librarians

abstract: From the old-maid to the oversexed librarian to the unwelcoming gatekeeper, stereotypical representations of woman librarians are familiar in popular culture. Images and narratives construct important messages about what it means to be a librarian and highlight the cultural struggles of the profession, particularly around its status as women’s work. Representations of librarians are rooted in a gendered history of the profession and the social norms that produce expectations about service work as an extension of the caring and organizing work of women. To interrogate the legacy of this history, I examine the representation of gender in contemporary popular cultural texts. Drawing on visual discourse analysis I analyze visual-verbal texts featuring librarians as a way of understanding how gendered representations about librarianship as “women’s work” are produced and resisted. Focusing on popular cultural texts produced between 2005 and 2017 from the United States, I analyze discourses of gender and librarianship in children’s picture books, middle grade and young adult novels, a YouTube video, a made-for-television movie, and Internet sites. I argue that popular cultural texts about librarians are sites of normative inscription and of resistance. While contemporary fictional representations continue to locate librarians in the past and as white, cisgender, heterosexual women, auto/biographical projects offer a disruptive turn from these mainstream characterizations to give voice to the rich and complex lives of real librarians whose work is focused on social action. I conclude with a call for library education programs to adopt a feminist critical media literacy curriculum to encourage undergraduate and graduate library students to critically examine, rescript, and repicture the discursive construction of librarians in popular culture.

abstract: Peer reviewed

abstract: Doctoral dissertation

abstract: Professional identity

abstract: Librarian stereotypes

abstract: Librarianship as “women’s work”

abstract: Visual discourse analysis

abstract: Feminist discourse analysis

abstract: Critical media literacy

abstract: Visual-verbal discourse analysis

abstract: Public pedagogy

abstract: Representation

abstract: Popular culture


title: "The drug is not the problem" :  the perceptions of those who have experienced substance addiction on Canadian drug policy

format:
131 pages
electronic

subject:
Drug control--Canada
Drug addiction--Social aspects--Canada
HV 5840 C3 J36 2020

abstract:
In recent years thousands of people have died due to illicit drug overdoses caused by increasingly powerful and contaminated substances offered through the illicit drug market (Corace et al., 2019). The current drug-related overdose crisis has presented an opportunity for drug policy changes throughout Canada. While the current government has made progressive changes to Canadian drug policy in recent years, further research on effective and efficient drug policy is warranted to combat the growing concerns related to the harms associated with drug use and substance addiction.
This study furthers the understanding of how those who have experienced substance addiction view the current and past drug policies in Canada. This research also served to gain this population’s insight on the effective and ineffective drug strategies within the system and what approach would best prevent and treat substance addiction. To complete this research, 19 qualitative one-on-one interviews were conducted with individuals who have experienced or are currently experiencing substance addiction.
Several related themes emerged from the interviews, including findings that demonstrate the support among people who have had substance addiction for: the decriminalization of all illicit substances in Canada; a legalized safe supply of specific illicit substances; a rehabilitated and modern approach to treatment programs for substance addiction; and the reduction or elimination of stigmatization towards people who use drugs. The findings of this research add to the growing body of literature that considers the perspectives of those who are addicted to illicit substances – a population that is arguably the most affected by drug policy.


title: A neural network model of the primary visual cortex.

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

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 124

subject:
Neural networks (Computer science).
QA76.87 .S63 2007

abstract: Many problems in modern computing require a visual component. That is to say, it is fairly common for applications to have a need to see their environments. These applications will typically employ techniques designed specifically to solve the particular task needed for the application, and have little or no relation to the human visual system. Humans generally do not have difficulty interpreting the world around us. When traveling through known environments, we can easily recognize particular walls, doors and other objects in our view. We are not confused by the huge number factors that can complicate an image. The generalization and robustness of the human system would provide a huge benefit to any system that requires more advanced vision than is capable with the ad-hoc methods developed previously. If the underlying principles that make the human visual system so powerful can be identified and implemented programmatically, then a machine could reap the benefits obtained by humans. The purpose of this thesis is to demonstrate that a visual system modeled after the human visual system will be robust and accurate enough to solve real world problems - and to be useful in a non-trivial application. By developing neural networks that directly model the most primitive image processing cells of the human visual system, a platform can be built on which advanced vision systems can be developed.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1353290


title: Ecological importance of licks to four ungulate species in north-central British Columbia.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 120

subject: Ungulates -- Nutrition -- British Columbia -- Tuchodi Watershed.

subject: Salt licks -- British Columbia -- Tuchodi Watershed.

subject: Minerals in animal nutrition -- British Columbia -- Tuchodi Watershed.

subject: QL737.U4 A96 2004

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1275084


title: Characterizing the CRD-BP-RNA interaction in-vitro and in cells.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 94

subject:
RNA-protein interactions.
Protein binding.
QP623.8.P75 B37 2013

abstract: The highly conserved family of RNA-binding proteins known as the VICKZ RNA-binding proteins play an integral role in the formation of cytoplasmic RNPs which leads to the stabilization, localization and translational control of many mRNA transcripts in the cell. The key investigation of this thesis was to analyse the binding ability of the VICKZ protein family member, the coding region determinant-binding protein (CRD-BP), both in-vitro and in cells. CRD-BP has four K-homology (KH) domains and two RNA-recognition motif (RRM) domains. Deletion studies in CRD-BP orthologs have shown that the KH domains, and not the RRM domains, are predominantly responsible for binding to RNA substrates. However, it is still unclear to what extent each of the KH domains play in their physical interaction with RNA molecules, nor is it known if each of the KH domains an play equal role in interacting with different RNA substrates. In an effort to address the above questions, we used site-directed mutagenesis to mutate the first glycine of the G-X-X-G motif in each KH domain separately, and in combinations. We mutated the glycine to an aspartate to introduce both physical and electrostatic hindrance for binding at the G-X-X-G motif. The goal was to determine if such a mutation can disrupt CRD-BP's ability to bind its RNA substrates both in-vitro and in cells. Our results showed that KG single mutants KH2, KH3 and KH4 did not disrupt the CRD-BP-c-myc CRD RNA interaction in-vitro. CRD-BP KH1 single mutant exhibited a modest reduction in binding to the c-myc CRD RNA substrate in-vitro. However, double KH domain mutations (KH1-2, KH1-3, and KH2-4) resulted in a complete abrogation of CRD-BP's ability to bind the c-myc CRD RNA substrate, suggesting these KH domains work in tandem to bind to the c-myc CRD RNA substrate in-vitro. Interestingly, the CRD-BP KH domain double mutant, KH3-4, showed only a modest reduction in the c-myc CRD RNA substrate binding, suggesting that the first glycine in the G-X-X-G motif of KH3 and KH4 doe

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1862840


title: Accessing HAART in northern BC: Understanding the barriers and supports to medication adherence and engagement in HIV-related care.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 133

subject: HIV-positive persons -- Services for -- British Columbia, Northern -- Evaluation.

subject: Chemotherapy, Combination -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Highly active antiretroviral therapy.

subject: HIV infections -- Treatment -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: RA643.86.C2 J67 2013

abstract: Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has significantly improved the health and well-being of many people living with HIV. Successful treatment with HAART requires a very high level of adherence, and continued engagement with health care services. Particular challenges to successful treatment with HAART exist in northern BC, but little research has been done in this region. This study investigated the experiences of those prescribed HAART who live in northern BC in order to identify what barriers and supports exist to optimal adherence, and engagement in HIV-related care. In-depth interviews indicated the complex and intersecting factors which affect adherence and engagement in care. Proximal, intermediate and distal social determinant of health which are relevant to adherence and engagement in HIV-related care were identified. Depression and stress, prioritization, and access to medications and care were identified as mechanisms in which various factors acted as barriers to adherence and engagement in care. --Leaf ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1947286


title: Susceptibility of subalpine fir to western balsam bark beetle.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 89

subject: Abies lasiocarpa -- Diseases and pests -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Bark beetles -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Insect-plant relationships.

subject: SB608.F4 B54 2001

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1219474


title: The coding region determinant binding protein shields c-myc coding region determinant and MDR-1 RNAs from endonucleolytic attack by a novel mammalian endoribonuclease in vitro.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 119

subject:
RNA-protein interactions.
Protein binding.
QP623.8.P75 S63 2006

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1304335


title: Singing to remember, singing to heal: Ts'msyen music in public schools.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 199

subject: Music -- Instruction and study -- Juvenile.

subject: Tsimshian Indians -- Songs and music -- Study and teaching (Elementary).

subject: Tsimshian Indians -- Songs and music.

subject: MT1 .H55 2009

abstract: The Ts'msyen Nation of the Terrace area of northern British Columbia has a rich cultural tradition that is not adequately represented in local public school music curricula, despite the support of government policy documents and First Nations organizations for such representation, and despite the significant proportion of First Nations students in the school district. This study seeks to develop resources for music teaching that reflect local Ts'msyen culture, heritage and language, in a manner consistent with Ts'msyen culture and protocol. The study consists of interviews with six Ts'msyen elders to determine their views about (1) the advisability of including Ts'msyen music in public schools (2) protocol for the use of Ts'msyen music in schools (3) ideas and material for presenting Ts'msyen music in schools. Finally, I examine other cultural information provided in the interviews and present teaching material that conforms to the guidelines that emerged from the study.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1600516