title: Qualitative arts-based inquiry into transgender subjectivities in social work education.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 147

subject:
Social work education -- Canada.
Transgender college students -- Canada.
Schools of social work -- Canada.
HV11.8.C2 W55 2012

abstract: Through the use of arts-based practices and qualitative research methods, this thesis explores the experiences of individuals who identify as transgender (trans) and have studied social work at a Canadian university. By eliciting transgender perspectives on social work education, this research hopes to make visible elements of trans identities within social work and gain insight into the ways in which social work education approaches gender transgression. By engaging with trans perspectives, this research strives to initiate a dialogue about how to increase awareness and acceptance of gender diversity within the discipline of social work. Recommendations in the thesis focus on ways to create safer environments for trans students in schools of social work as well as increasing non-trans students capacity to provide services to the trans population. --P. ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1803188


title: Sharing the past:  Aboriginal people and community-based archaeology in Canada.

type: Text thesis

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

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 121

subject: Native peoples -- Canada -- Antiquities.

subject: Cultural property -- Canada -- Management.

subject: Cultural property -- Government policy -- Canada.

subject: Archaeology -- Philosophy.

subject: Indians of North America -- Canada -- Antiquities.

subject: E78.C2 C37 2005

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1285157


title: Prevention of RhD alloimmunization in Northern British Columbia

publisher: University of Northern British Columbia. School of Health Sciences.

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

contributor: Banner-Lukaris, Davina (committee member)

format:
electronic
xiii, 245 pages
electronic

coverage:
British Columbia, Northern
British Columbia, Northern
British Columbia, Northern

subject: Rho(D) Immune Globulin

subject: Pregnant women--Health risk assessment

subject: Pregnant women--Health risk assessment--British Columbia, Northern

subject: Pregnancy--Immunological aspects

subject: Rh Isoimmunization

subject: Perinatal Care

subject: Maternal Health Services

subject: Maternal Health Services--British Columbia, Northern

subject: Health Literacy

subject: Rural Health Services

subject: Rural Health Services--British Columbia, Northern

abstract:
Despite best practice guidelines, international evidence suggests that the provision of anti-D prophylaxis to RhD negative pregnant women is suboptimal. Missing from the literature is research exploring the factors that perpetuate suboptimal care and continue to put RhD negative pregnant women at risk for RhD alloimmunization. The purpose of this study was to understand why RhD negative pregnant women continue to be at risk for RhD alloimmunization in northern BC. The specific research questions were: How do healthcare providers make decisions regarding the care of RhD negative pregnancies in northern BC? How do RhD negative women in northern BC experience pregnancy?
A qualitative approach utilizing interpretive description was used to address the need for the development of rural centric clinical guidelines. Interviews were conducted with RhD negative women about pregnancy and healthcare providers’ experiences in caring for RhD negative pregnancies in northern BC. A Stakeholder Committee guided the research process and provided insight into data analysis to ensure applicability to practice. A qualitative approach with these two populations has provided a greater understanding into the depth of quality of care for RhD negative pregnancies and the decisions that inform patient safety by revealing nuances of care that lead to potential miscommunication and near misses. Recommendations into guideline adaptation, decision-making and health literacy in rural healthcare settings are presented.

abstract: RhD alloimmunization

abstract: RhD negative

abstract: pregnant women

abstract: rural healthcare


title: The ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) communities of the central interior of British Columbia: Adaptations to a temperature-constrained environment.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 183

subject: Ants -- Effect of temperature on -- British Columbia, Central.

subject: Ants -- Habitat -- British Columbia, Central.

subject: QL568.F7 H54 2010

abstract: Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in British Columbia are ubiquitous and abundant in most biogeoclimatic zones of the province, have a demonstrated role in ecological processes and are an important food source for many vertebrates such as birds and bears. The objective of my dissertation was to undertake the first broad examination of an ant community in BC, assess responses of the community to seral forest development and determine what habitat elements are associated with ant presence or absence. Ants are a challenging fauna to study, however, as their social structure and foraging strategies complicate sampling. I characterize the sampling issues associated with ants and develop a protocol to optimize field collection. Guided by the protocol, I examined the ant community of the sub-boreal forests of west-central BC. I show that the structure of the ant community is strongly influenced by seral age which I suggest is indicative of temperature sensitivity in this fauna. The ant community increased in abundance and diversity, following the individualistic hypothesis of succession, until at least 13-15 yr post-harvest. The community then began to decline as canopy cover increased. Non-harvested stands, with mean summer litter temperatures of <10 C, were found to be largely devoid of ants. Most ant species were also shown to utilize woody debris for nesting, which is shown to have significantly higher mean temperature as compared to soil, and may be a thermal refugia for ants. Ants selected specific decay classes and usually larger pieces of woody debris for nesting, as shown by logistic regression. It was also evident that ants were more likely to be found withing 50-m2 sampling units when members of the same species were also found there, likely indicative of secondary site colonization via budding from polygynous colonies. Artificial shading of wood used for nesting resulted in a reduction in utilization by ants supporting the hypothesis that insolative heating of woody debris is critical for ants. Overall, the a

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1659509


title: Alive moments as an invitation to spiritual discourse: co-research between client, therapist, and consultant within ongoing therapy

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 98

subject:
Counselor and client.
Counseling -- Religious aspects.
BF637.C6 F85 2000

abstract: This study was approached from a social constructionist perspective where meaning is negotiated between individuals in relationship. Focusing on the counselling relationship, this study explored how inviting people to engage in a spiritual discourse relevant to their lives may bring forth new possibilities for self understanding. The researcher's definition of "spiritual" was purposefully open-ended and it was the participants' perspective of "spiritual" that was emphasized in the interview. 3 Five clients and their therapists were invited into a conversation of which the researcher was a participant-researcher. The clients and therapist videotaped a counselling session and the client took the video home to choose from the tape, a moment that they would call an "alive moment". The client, therapist, and researcher then met at a later date to engage in a conversation around the significance of the chosen "alive moment" and any spiritual relevance to the client's life experiences. The therapist was present in reflection and was invited to comment on the interview conversation. The meanings constructed from the interview conversation, were a product of the researcher's interaction with the participant. This research, then, exemplifies action research in that the researcher participated in the construction of meanings or the data of the study. At a later date, a follow up discussion with participants served to cross-verify the themes with their experience. Two main themes were interpreted from the analysis of the data, that of "process" and that of "content". The process of the interview conversation brought forth the content of the meanings that the participants and researcher together created. The further sub themes were presented individually but were interrelated within the context of the experience of the interview conversation. This thesis explored what can occur when people engage in a conversation that invites an alternative form of discourse, that of the spiritual. This study is about participating in a meaning-making process that creates within the practice of relating, a new way of "being together" which offers new opportunities for self understanding and for perceiving the spiritual in our lives.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1218059


title: What's the link: An exploration of recovery and social support for individuals living with a mental illness.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 142

subject:
Mental illness -- Social aspects.
Social psychiatry.
Mental illness -- Treatment.
Mentally ill -- Care.
RC489.S62 M66 2010

abstract: Recovery from mental illness is a personal journey of transformation and has been found to be a deeply social process ...The intent of this research was to explore the relationship between an individual's recovery journey and social support for people living with a serious and persistent mental illness. Through the use of the Recovery Assessment Scale ...and Medical Outcomes Study: Social Support Survey Instrument ..., 35 participants provided quantitative data (phase one). From the quantitative data, a qualitative interview guide was fine-tuned, which was used for 10 one-on-one interviews (phase two). Demographic information was also gathered on participants from both phases. The qualitative data was analyzed using a thematic analysis, and the following five themes emerged: Work/volunteer opportunities Mental Health Services Peers Connectedness and Stigma. Through conducting this research, it is believed that a better understanding of the connection and relationship between the recovery process and social support was achieved which could begin to inform policy, practice, and future research in community mental health. As well, the beginnings of a definition of social support, from the perspectives of individuals living with a serious and persistent mental illness, was developed and may be helpful to address the present gap in the literature. --P. ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1659525


title: Lifestyle behaviors of adolescents:  Relationship of self-efficacy, optimism, unrealistic optimism and selected demographic variables to the lifestyle behaviors.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 114

subject: Teenagers -- Health and hygiene -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Health behavior in adolescence -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Health promotion -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: RA564.5 .P76 2004

abstract: This study examined the lifestyle behaviors of 629 adolescents in northern British Columbia and the relationship of selected demographic variables, as well as, the psychosocial variables of self-efficacy, optimism and unrealistic optimism to a health-promoting lifestyle. Analyses indicated that physical participation had a significant relation to gender, living arrangements, school location and risk status. General health practices awareness had a significant relation to gender, living arrangements and ethno-cultural group. Safety had a significant relation to gender, ethno-cultural group and risk status. Nutrition, social support and stress management had a significant relation to gender. Nutrition, physical participation, general health practices awareness and safety were significantly negatively correlated to age. Physical participation, social support, stress management, identity awareness, and safety were significantly positively correlated to grade average and parent education. Hierarchical regressionanalyses indicated that demographic and psychosocial variables made a statistically significant contribution to predicting a health-promoting lifestyle. These findings are discussed in relation to efforts to enhance health-promoting behaviors in adolescents.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1270178


title: An approach for remote landslide mapping, South Nahanni Watershed, Northwest Territories, Canada.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 126

subject: Landslide hazard analysis.

subject: Landslide hazard analysis -- Northwest Territories -- South Nahanni Watershed -- Case studies.

subject: Landslides -- Northwest Territories -- South Nahanni Watershed -- Case studies.

subject: QE599.2 .J47 2011

abstract: This thesis presents two cost-effective techniques for landslide mapping in large, remote regions. The first technique uses ASTER satellite imagery to characterize and determine landslide distribution for part of the South Nahanni watershed. Results obtained from this study confirm that ASTER images are suitable for regional-scale landslide mapping. The second technique involved the creation of landslide susceptibility models for debris flow and rock/debris slides using logistic regression analysis. Cross validation confirmed the models' success. The debris flow model performed best whereas the rock/debris slide model was only moderately successful. Taken together, the two methods developed in this thesis provide a means to conduct a preliminary landslide investigation in large, remote regions or in developing countries where data are limited or site investigation is not possible. Maps produced from this analysis can be used to gain information on areas susceptible to landslides and to target key areas remotely before conducting field investigations. --P. ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1754770


title: Parenting services for parents with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: services in the Northern Health Region of British Columbia

subject: Parents with disabilities -- Services for -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Career development.

subject: HQ759.912 .L83 2006

abstract: No abstract avaialble.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1317063


title: The experience of northern Secwepemc losing and relearning their language.

subject: Shuswap language -- British Columbia -- Acquisition -- Psychological aspects.

subject: Shuswap language -- Study and teaching -- British Columbia -- T'exelc.

subject: Native language -- British Columbia -- Acquisition -- Psychological aspects.

subject: E99.S45 S26 2005

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1302818


title: Quantitative analysis of indirect drivers of environmental change in international river basins.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 90

subject:
Watershed management.
Environmental degradation.
TC409 .C37 2012

abstract: International river basins have been studied from the perspective of cooperation or conflict but have seldom been explored in the international relations literature in regards to what sort of drivers impact river degradation. This paper attempts to address this gap through the exploration of the factors associated with river degradation. It tests hypotheses linking indicators of social conditions and river degradation in international rivers. Four environmental worldviews - the Social Green, Market Liberal, Institutionalism and Bio-environmentalism - are used to guide the selection of indicators of possible social conditions that might cause river degradation. One hundred and eleven (111) river basins were selected and assigned a river degradation score using the biodiversity threat data generated by Vorosmarty et al. (2010). The data were analyzed using the Pearson correlation co-efficient. Statistically significant correlations were found between the independent variables of population density, treaty robustness and gross income, and river degradation (the dependent variable). --Leaf iii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1844863


title: Numerical study on the seismic performance of hybrid steel moment frames with CLT balloon shear walls

contributor: University of Northern British Columbia Natural Resources & Environmental Studies (Degree granting institution)

format:
electronic
1 online resource (ix, 82 pages)

subject:
Structural engineering.
Strains and stresses.
Structural frames.
Laminated wood construction.

abstract: A proposed hybrid lateral load resisting system combining a moderately ductile steel moment resisting frame (SMRF) with Cross-laminated Timber (CLT) balloon-framed shear walls is investigated on 8, 12 and 16-storey case-study buildings using equivalent static, linear dynamic (modal), nonlinear static (push-over) and nonlinear dynamic (time history) analyses. First, a SMRF is designed using ETABS, then the hybrid structures are analysed in OpenSees. By adding the CLT shear wall to steel moment frame, the period of structure decreased and its stiffness increased. The time history analyses result revealed that by adding the CLT shear wall the maximum drift decreased, while the maximum base shear in hybrid structure slightly increased. The hold down uplift forces under earthquake records are reported and compared to each other. Using push-over capacity-curves, a ductility reduction factor of 3.6, an over strength factor of 1.57 and a seismic response modification factor of 5.67 are derived.


title: Legitimate activism:  The use of accreditation to strengthen the legal personality of the NGO community in the world order.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 99

subject: Non-governmental organizations -- Standards.

subject: Non-governmental organizations -- Management.

subject: Non-governmental organizations -- Evaluation.

subject: JZ4841 .F75 2003

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1237155


title: "If truth be thine, what needs a brutish force?": Henry Vaughan, "Silex Scintillans", and interregnum Anglican survivalism.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 113

subject: Vaughan, Henry, 1621-1695. Silex scintillans.

subject: PR3742.S433 J36 2012

abstract: The following thesis examines the historical and critical conflation of politics and religion in Interregnum England and Wales. With reference to Henry Vaughan's Silex Scintillan (1650, 1655), this thesis attempts to deconstruct this understanding of seventeenth-century poetry. While not a work of deconstruction, as it is properly understood, the following text argues that this historical and critical conflation has placed an arbitrary and inhibiting limitation upon the scholarship of the period. Vaughan's Silex Scintillans has long been considered a representative text of Christian mystical poetry. However, since the 1970s, following the work of Martz and others, the text has been subject to increasingly political interpretations. In expanding the interpretive categories mentioned above, this thesis attempts to resituate Silex Scintillans within the Christian tradition while arguing that it is best understood as a representative piece of Anglican survivalist literature. --P. ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1808129


title: Suspended sediment flux downstream of the retreating Castle Creek Glacier, Cariboo Mountains, British Columbia.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 134

subject: Suspended sediments -- British Columbia -- Castle Creek Glacier Watershed.

subject: River sediments -- British Columbia -- Cariboo Mountains Region.

subject: Glaciers -- British Columbia -- Cariboo Mountains Region.

subject: Sediments (Geology) -- British Columbia -- Cariboo Mountains Region.

subject: GB1399.9.C2 L44 2014

abstract: Glaciers are a major erosive force that increase sediment load to the downstream fluvial system. The Castle Creek Glacier, British Columbia has retreated ~1.0 km in the past 70 years. The dynamics of suspended sediment concentration (SSC) and streamflow (Q) were monitored independently at six sites within its proglacial zone over a 60 day period from July to September, 2011. The time-series were divided into hydrologic days and the SSC response to hydro-meteorological conditions was categorized using principal component analysis (PCA) and cluster analysis (CA). Suspended sediment load (SSL) was computed and summarized for the categories. During the 2011 study period, c. 60% of the total SSL was derived from the glacial stream and sediment deposits proximal to the terminus of the glacier during storm' events, that contribution drops to 40% as contribution from diffuse and point sources of sediment within the meltwater channel and proglacial zone increase. While storm' events accounted for just 3% of the field season, SSL was 500% higher than the seasonal average, and c. 20% of the total SSL was generated in that time. --Leaf ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1976379


title: The lived experiences of "Camp Wives" in Northwestern BC

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

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 206

abstract: This study explored the lived experiences of camp wives, with children less than five years of age, from the northwestern British Columbian communities of Hazelton, Smithers, and Terrace. The women’s domestic partners work away in resource extraction labour camps for a minimum two week period. The purpose of this study centred on exploring the everyday lived experiences of the women as they are affected by their partners’ work and furlough schedule in order to bring to the fore the under-acknowledged and under-studied context of life for northern BC women. A qualitative research approach, interpretative phenomenological analysis, explored the commonalities and variances of their subjective experiences. ...

abstract: camp wives

abstract: BC women

abstract: feminism


title: An eagle's view: perspectives about diabetes in Yekooche First Nation, a first nation's community in northern British Columbia

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 97

subject:
Diabetes
Indigenous peoples

abstract: A substantial amount of quantitative literature documents the prevalence and incidents rates and causes of diabetes among First Nations, but few qualitative literature documents exist exploring First Nations perceptions about diabetes and its causes. This study utilized the Two-Eyed Seeing framework to explore Yekooche member’s perceptions about diabetes. The research objectives of the research were: 1) to understand how Yekooche members define diabetes; 2) to explore Yekooche perceptions of diabetes; and, 3) to examine their beliefs and understanding of diabetes education and diabetes educational materials. This qualitative research addressed these objectives through interviews conducted with Yekooche First Nation. Analysis of the interviews generated findings which are presented in story form, providing insights into how participants understand the causes about diabetes, their experience with diabetes related complications, their fears and concerns of children developing diabetes, and the unexpected finding of their experiences with the effects of clear-cutting on their health.

abstract: Yekooche

abstract: First Nations

abstract: diabetes


title: Tangling in dualisability of unary algebras

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 150

subject: Unary algebras.

subject: Resilience (Personality trait) in adolescence.

subject: QA251 .D36 2016

abstract: We look at non-dualisable {0, 1}-valued finite unary algebras with 0 where meet is defined on the algebra and join is partially defined. More specifically, we look at Join Upper Bounded Algebras with unique rows, as well as two types of Join Upper Bounded Algebras with non-unique rows: non-one-double-algebras and one-doubled-algebras. We then determine what tangled functions need to be included for an extension of the algebra to be dualisable. It turns out that just including the tangled functions for non-one-doubled-algebras and one-doubled-algebras is not enough to guarantee dualisability. We then define the additional functions needed for dualisability of the extension. --Leaf i.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b2140981


title: 'Not by oil alone':  A history of Khanty and Mansi political mobilization, 1985 to 1996.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 124

subject: Khanty -- Siberia, Northwestern (Russia) -- Politics and government.

subject: Mansi -- Siberia, Northwestern (Russia) -- Politics and government.

subject: Indigenous peoples -- Civil rights -- Siberia, Northwestern (Russia).

subject: Political participation -- Siberia, Northwestern (Russia).

subject: DK759.K53 A85 2005

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1288867


title: "People need to listen to us": Empowering people living with HIV/AIDS through positive prevention.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 101

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

subject: HIV-positive persons -- British Columbia, Northern -- Attitudes.

subject: RA643.86.C32 S56 2011

abstract: This thesis research will explore the meanings and experiences of people living with HIV who participate in Positive Prevention (PP), a health promotion and harm reduction program designed to help participants to engage in acquisition of useful knowledge to improve their own capacity to manage HIV-related illness and to adhere to treatment, as well as to enhance community capacity to provide psychosocial support. Participatory Action Research was undertaken in collaboration with research partners at Positive Living North, an AIDS service organization in Prince George, British Columbia. The objective was to hear from people living with HIV and their support providers about how effectively PP meets their needs. Providing people living with HIV a voice will improve our understanding of how ideas of preventive activities are actually received, and whether, and in what ways, quality of life has been improved. --P. ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1737853


title: Remote sensing of snow and its application to hydrometeorological studies in western Canada.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 159

subject: Snow surveys -- Canada, Western.

subject: Snow -- Remote sensing.

subject: Hydrometeorology -- Canada, Western -- Remote sensing.

subject: Snow -- Canada, Western -- Measurement.

subject: Watersheds -- British Columbia -- Quesnel River Basin.

subject: Watersheds -- British Columbia -- Mackenzie River Basin.

subject: GB2630.B8 T66 2009

abstract: Snow plays a vital role in the energy and water budgets of drainage basins of western Canada. Various remote sensors such as Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) and Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) have been launched to map the snow cover extent (SCE), snow cover fraction (SCF), and snow water equivalent (SWE) across the globe. However, the distribution and variability of snow inferred from remote sensing products have not been comprehensively investigated in western Canada owing to its complex topography and harsh environment. So far, little research has been conducted on SCE-streamflow and SCE-SWE-runoff models focusing on Canadian watersheds where snow cover is very important for human well being. Although microwave remote sensing of snow is widely developed and applied in Canada, the retrieval of SWE in western Canada is not as well established owing to the complex topography in this area. Therefore, the Quesnel River Basin (QRB) of British Columbia is selected as a primary test site to develop and test SCE-streamflow and SCE-SWE-runoff models. Then the Mackenzie River Basin (MRB) is chosen as a secondary test site to apply the Environment Canada (EC) SWE retrieval algorithms to upscale the hydrometeorological research. In this thesis, a new approach referred to as the spatial filter (SF) method is developed to decrease the cloud coverage in the MODIS snow products. At the same time, the new snow products are evaluated based on in-situ observations of snow depth in the QRB. Then the relationships between SCF from MODIS, topography, and hydrometeorology of the QRB are explored. In addition, various retrieval algorithms of SWE from microwave remote sensing are tested in the QRB. At last, the Environment Canada algorithms of SWE from SSM/I are adopted to produce new SCF products evaluated with the MODIS snow products. The relationships between SWE and SCF from SSM/I and hydrometeorology are also investigated in the MRB ...The stud

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1647067


title:
Diigii hla k’aaygang – “Tell me a story”: Skidegate Haida language revitalization through traditional
storytelling

format:
electronic
1 online resource (111 pages)

abstract: This Indigenous-led master’s thesis re-search focuses on my journey of Skidegate Haida language revitalization through Traditional storytelling. Framed by my Skidegate Haida conceptual framework, Ts’uu K’waayGa – “Cedar Sister”, I draw from Jo-Ann Archibald’s (2008) Storywork methodology with the methods of autoethnography and the Mentor Apprentice (MAP) guidelines to articulate my journey. From this, thirteen audio recorded stories (five in my Nanaay’s – Grandmother’s – voice and eight in my own voice) have come from my re-search. These stories are restricted to members of my Skidegate Haida community. Through this reflective re-search, four key themes emerged: “Language Learning is Hard” is an Understatement; Displacement, Discomfort, Relentless Questioning, and Self-Discovery; Your Mind and Spirit Need Time Alone to Reflect; and It is your Responsibility to Fight for your Ancestors


title: RNA sequences and structures cleaved by a novel mammalian endoribonuclease in vitro.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 136

subject:
Ribonucleases.
Nucleotide sequence.
Endonucleases.
QP609.R53 T34 2005

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1301870


title: Interruption of an immersive experience in an ethnic restaurant

contributor: University of Northern British Columbia College of Science and Management (Degree granting institution)

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 83

abstract:
The service industry has evolved towards experience immersion, representing a viable strategy for long-term sustainability of food service – one of the top five industries providing the highest employment across Canada. This topic is explored from two perspectives, (1) the context of ethnically-themed restaurant operations, and (2) cognition as related to the attention of diners to aspects of their restaurant experience and effects of distraction on these attentional processes. This study investigates whether distraction by personal electronic devices (PEDs) reduces diners’ attention to their experience.
The hypothesis was tested across two interrelated studies. Study One is comprised of qualitative work to develop a bank of questionnaire items that assess the range of content and a scaling model for the dependent variables assessing diners’ attention. Study Two investigates the dimensionality of the items comprising the dependent measures. Results suggest that, rather than a distraction, PED usage might enhance diners’ sensory immersive experience.

abstract: ethnically-themed restaurant operations


title: Internalized homophobia in lesbians:  A factor analytic study.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 74

subject: Lesbians -- Identity -- Canada, Western.

subject: Bisexual women -- Identity -- Canada, Western.

subject: Identity (Psychology)

subject: Women -- Identity.

subject: HQ75.6.C2 R36 2000

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1209176


title: The role of temperature and flow on the migration of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) smolts.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 100

subject: Chinook salmon -- Migration.

subject: Chinook salmon -- Effect of temperature on.

subject: Chinook salmon -- Effect of water levels on.

subject: Chinook salmon -- British Columbia -- Nechako River.

subject: Smolting.

subject: QL638.S2 S95 2007

abstract: For salmonids, the smolting process includes substantial morphological, physiological and behavioral changes all of which must coincide to ensure the greatest chance of survival in the marine environment. Therefore, understanding how environmental parameters influence the onset, duration, and termination of smolting can have substantial management implications. I used historical data and a controlled laboratory experiment to investigate the role of both temperature and flow on the timing of migration in Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) smolts. An Information Theoretic Model Comparison (ITMC) technique was used to correlate 13 years of historical smolt migration data from the Nechako River in central British Columbia, Canada with data on temperature and discharge from the same period. A combination of temperature experience (accumulated thermal units ATU) and flow discharge were best able to describe the observed migration patterns. In addition, ATU consistently performed better than daily mean temperature suggesting that temperature experience plays a larger role in the migration process than a temperature threshold. In a laboratory experiment, temperature manipulation affected growth and development of physiological smolt characteristics. In addition, fish in tanks with increasing temperature showed earlier movement than those in constant temperature tanks. Flow velocity was not found to have an effect on physiological development of smolt characteristics and did not appear to affect timing of migration in the absence of increasing temperature. However, velocity did influence the pattern of migration, since the presence of a strong, directional flow resulted in a well defined migration event with a clear increase, peak and decrease in movement regardless of the temperature manipulation. Alternatively, fish in experimental tanks without increased flow showed either pulses of movement or no clearly defined movement period. A model similar to the approach for the historical data was used to assess the mo

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1434919


title: "Physically We are a Mighty Nation, Nationally We are Children" - Conscription and Identity in Canada, 1940-1945

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 147

abstract:
Throughout the Second World War, over 150,000 men were compelled to arms under Canada's National Resources Mobilization Act, but these men could not be sent overseas unless they volunteered for front-line service. Their status as conscripts led many contemporaries to construct them as disloyal and unpatriotic foreigners because they were not willing to subscribe to ideas surrounding patriotism and voluntarism. These constructions speak to the profound disquiet that the conscription issue triggered for the nation.
This thesis explores contemporary ideas about conscripts, as well as the perspectives of compulsory recruits themselves, to argue that Canadians were unsettled by waning British imperialism, emerging ideas interconnected with the rise of the welfare state, and the country's lack of its own sense of self. These conclusions provide a more nuanced understanding of conscription and identity outside of the high-level political approach that dominates the historiography.

abstract: National Resources Mobilization Act

abstract: World War II

abstract: Conscription


title: Potential impacts of climate change in dry coastal ecosystems of British Columbia.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 253

subject: Coastal forest ecology -- British Columbia, Southwestern.

subject: Forest biodiversity -- Climatic factors -- British Columbia, Southwestern.

subject: Climatic changes -- British Columbia, Southwestern.

subject: Coastal zone management -- British Columbia, Southwestern.

subject: Forests and forestry -- Effect of global warming on -- British Columbia, Southwestern.

subject: QK203.B8 K53 2012

abstract: Climate change is impacting forest ecosystems. Climatic envelopes were developed for dry coastal ecosystems and 18 diagnostic plant species in southwestern British Columbia to project current and future suitable climate space. Future projections suggest a northward shift for ecosystem and species, with a reduction in ecosystem climate space and variable results for species climate space. Results suggest that ecosystem climatic envelopes represent cumulative biological complexity and that the ecosystem-level processes and functions cannot be allocated among the species within the plant community. A monitoring network was established to improve understanding and to detect changes in climate, soil, and vegetation relationships, and hence the distribution of ecosystems and species, over time. Baseline summaries detect climatic differences between monitored ecosystems. This climatic envelope research provides a foundation for theoretical development and the field study provides site-specific datasets to improve our understanding of forest ecosystems and our ability to manage land and resources. --P. ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1808999


title: Glacier change in the Cariboo Mountains of British Columbia, Canada (1946 -- 2011).

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 130

subject: Glaciers -- Research -- British Columbia -- Cariboo Mountains.

subject: Climatic changes -- British Columbia -- Cariboo Mountains.

subject: GB2430.B8 B44 2014

abstract: This thesis is a five-chapter investigation of glacier change in the Cariboo Mountains of British Columbia. In chapter one I discuss the importance of glaciers, introduce the glaciers of the Cariboo Mountains, and outline the objectives and structure of this thesis. In chapter two I compare three methods to estimate annual glacier mass balance of a 9.6 km2 mountain glacier for years 2009, 2010, and 2011. I find two geodetic methods, real-time kinematic GPS (global positioning system) and photogrammetry, to provide a valuable measure of glacier-wide annual mass balance that is complementary to the glaciological method. In chapter three I reconstruct the terminus position of the same mountain glacier for the period 1959-2007 from a series of annual push moraines. Annual recession of this glacier, the longest record for a North American glacier, is controlled by air temperature during the ablation season and accumulation season precipitation during the previous decade. I demonstrate an immediate glacier terminus reaction to summer and annual mass balance and a delayed reaction to winter and annual balance. In chapter four I calculate dimensional change for 33 representative glaciers in the Cariboo Mountains for the latter half of the twentieth century. I show the period 1952-1985, when nine glaciers advanced, to be one of little net change for Cariboo Mountains glaciers. After 1985, however, rates of recession and thinning increased substantially. Comparison with climatological records reveals this marked change is due to both increased ablation season temperature and decreased accumulation season precipitation. I show glacier response to climate over this period to be highly variable and that relations between response and glacier morphometry are not consistent temporally. In chapter five I conclude this thesis with the progress gained through my research, study limitations, and the knowledge gaps that remain. Finally, I make 10 recommendations that will address knowledge gaps, and improve understanding of glacie

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1949700


title: Rehospitalization risk factors for mental health and substance use in Northern British Columbia

contributor: Boroojeny, Jalil Safaei (committee member)

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

format:
electronic
1 online resource (xvi, 247 pages)

coverage:
British Columbia, Northern.
British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Mental health services.

subject: Mental health services.--British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Substance abuse--Treatment.

subject: Substance abuse--Treatment.--British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Hospitals--Admission and discharge.

abstract: Mental health and substance use (MH&SU) rehospitalization rates are used as indicators of treatment quality, to reduce costs, and measure efficacy. Research on this topic in rural Canadian hospitals and communities is lacking. This study used secondary data on 5159 patients (age 15 and older) hospitalized with International Classification of Disease (ICD) F code MH&SU diagnosis. These patients had 9103 admissions to 18 hospitals in Northern British Columbia during a five-year period, April 1st, 2010 through March 31st, 2015. ANOVA and Tukey Post Hoc tests were used to examine associations of two performance measures with five patient factors; community size, Indigenous culture, relationship status, employment status, and ICD F code diagnoses. The first measure was number of hospital readmissions. Of the 5159 patients with 9103 admissions, 3482 (67.6%) had one hospital admission during the five-year period. The remaining 1677 (32.4%) patients had 3944 (43.3%) of the hospitalizations). Patients whose cultural identity was Indigenous had over-representation and increased readmissions. Patients who were single and never in a relationship had increased hospitalizations. Patients whose ICD F coding for schizophrenia or psychosis had increased hospitalizations. The second measure was wait time for community MH&SU follow-up. Of the 5159 patients, 4512 (87.5%) had contact with community MH&SU during the five-years. Urban communities with specialized MH&SU services had reduced wait times for follow up. Patients whose cultural identity was Indigenous had longer wait times for community MH&SU follow-up. Patients who were divorced or separated had longer wait times. Patients with ICD F coding for schizophrenia or psychosis had shorter wait times for follow-up. The relationship between hospital readmission and community MH&SU follow-up was examined using logistic regression with the five factors. An inverse relationship was found between the two performance measures. Patients who did not have community MH&SU follow-up within 30 days had reduced odds ratio of readmissions, whereas patients who had follow-up within 30 days had increased odds ratio for readmissions. Although the study finds support for patient risk factors, evidence suggests approaches like a Decision Support Tool (DST) might provide reliability for intervention, and resource planning, as well as timely intervention.

abstract: Decision Support Tool (DST)

abstract: Mental health

abstract: Substance abuse

abstract: Readmission

abstract: Community follow-up

abstract: Northern

abstract: Rural

abstract: Indigenous

abstract: Marital status

abstract: Employment status

abstract: ICD F code


title: Integrating production functions of timber, forage, and cattle to achieve sustainable resource management.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 123

subject: Rangelands -- Multiple use -- British Columbia -- Peace River Region.

subject: Forest reserves -- Multiple use -- British Columbia -- Peace River Region.

subject: Natural resources -- British Columbia -- Peace River Region -- Management.

subject: Public lands -- British Columbia -- Peace River Region -- Management.

subject: Grazing -- British Columbia -- Peace River Region.

subject: SF85.4.C3 B66 2009

abstract: In the Peace Forest District (PFD) of British Columbia (BC), Canada, approximately 40 percent of forest tenures contain overlapping licenses to graze under the Range Act on Crown range in broadleaf and mixedwood forest types. Resource conflict, over land usage, will increase because of more utilization of broadleaf and mixedwood stands in the PFD. Aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.] harvesting and reforestation appears to have the greatest impact on forage availability to domestic livestock areas through significant reductions in cattle access as a result of aspen regeneration. Geographical Information System (GIS) analysis and ground-truthing were done on three PFD community pastures. Two areas were surveyed during the 2002 - 2005 grazing seasons while the third was surveyed in 2004 and 2005. For the sites monitored over four years the cattle spent about 60 percent of their time in the same habitat types concurrently including roadways, tame pasture, and mature 'park-like' aspen stands. This exacerbates potential conflict between the cattle, forest industries, and other resource development industries such as oil and gas development. --P.ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1647062


title: Factors that affect long-term income assistance recipients' abilities to become employed, and implications for counselling.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 110

subject:
Unemployed -- Counseling of.
Welfare recipients -- Employment.
Welfare recipients -- Counseling of.
HD5708 .O54 2000

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1212009


title: The experience of caring for a child with special health care needs at home:  A focus on families in northern British Columbia.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 133

subject: Parents of children with disabilities -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Parents of chronically ill children -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Children with disabilities -- Home care -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Chronically ill children -- Home care -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: HQ759.913 .C67 2003

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1237156


title: Preventive cancer screening: social determinants of participation in mammography and pap tests

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 79

subject: Cancer -- Prevention.

subject: Women -- Health and hygiene -- Sociological aspects -- British Columbia -- Prince George.

subject: Pap test.

subject: Breast -- Radiography.

subject: RC268 .B79 1999

abstract: The purpose of this thesis was to determine the extent to which social factors are influential in determining women's participation in cancer screening services in Prince George, British Columbia. Specifically, this thesis evaluated the association of age, income, education, work status, disability, marital status, and immigrant status with previous use of screening mammography for breast cancer and Pap tests for cervical cancer. Data were obtained from the 1994 National Population Health Survey which contained a sample of 416 women from the Prince George area. A series of logistic regression analyses were used to distinguish ever versus never screened, as well as recency of previous screening. Participation rates in screening mammography in Prince George are comparatively high, however no association was found between social factors and previous mammography use. This suggests women in Prince George are participating in mammography services regardless of social background. Participation rates in Pap test screening in Prince George are high and are similar to provincial averages; however, while a large percentage of women have been screened, this percentage varies across social groups. Immigrant women, single women, and women with less education are over represented among women who have never had a Pap test. In addition, older women are less likely to obtain recent screening when compared to younger women. These results imply the need to focus education and recruitment strategies for increasing participation Pap test screening at specific groups of women in Prince George.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1191930


title: A comparison of partial cut and clearcut harvesting productivity and cost in old cedar-hemlock forests in east central British Columbia.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 131

subject: Logging -- Economic aspects -- British Columbia -- McBride Region.

subject: Logging -- Environmental aspects -- British Columbia -- McBride Region.

subject: Clearcutting -- Environmental aspects -- British Columbia -- McBride Region.

subject: SD538.3.C2 R46 2006

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1303104


title: Canada and failed states:  Foreign policy under the Martin Government, 2003--2006.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 141

subject: Canada -- Foreign relations -- 1945-

subject: Martin, Paul, 1938- -- Influence.

subject: Canada -- Politics and government -- 1993-2006.

subject: FC636.M37 O88 2008

abstract: In the 2005 International Policy Statement-A Role of Pride and Influence in the World (IPS, 2005), the Government of Canada recognized the changing nature and growing importance of failed states and established their stabilization as a top Canadian foreign policy priority. However, despite the policy prominence and growing wealth of the academic literature on failed states, the concept, itself, suffers from vagueness and a lack of definitional clarity. This thesis will answer the question What theoretical perspectives(s) inform and influence Canadian foreign policy towards failed states as expressed in the declaratory policies of the Martin Government, 2003-2006?' The analysis provided by this thesis will focus on the development of Canada's failed state policy in particular it will focus on the policies articulated in the IPS and the policies related to the specific case of Canadian engagement in Afghanistan.--P.ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1513701


title: Evaluation of climate predictability for multiple climate models at various time scales.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 119

subject:
Climatic changes -- Detecting.
Climatic changes -- Forecasting.
Weather forecasting.
QC903 .Y68 2014

abstract: The predictability of the Pacific North American (PNA) pattern is evaluated on time scales from days to months using state-of-the-art dynamical multiple model ensembles including the Canadian Historical Forecast Project (HFP2) ensemble, the Development of a European Multimodel Ensemble System for Seasonal-to-Interannual prediction (DEMETER) ensemble, and the Ensemble Based Predictions of Climate Changes and their Impacts (ENSEMBLES). Some interesting findings in this study include (i) Multiple-model ensemble (MME) skill was better than skill from most of the individual models (ii) both actual prediction skill and potential predictability increased as the averaging time scale increased from days to months (iii) There is no significant difference in actual skill between coupled and uncoupled models, in contrast with the potential predictability where coupled models performed better than uncoupled models (iv) relative entropy (RE[subscript]A) is an effective measure in characterizing the potential predictability of individual predictions, whereas the mutual information (MI) is a reliable indicator of overall prediction skill (v) Compared with conventional potential predictability measures of the signal-to-noise ratio, the MI-based measures characterized more potential predictability when the ensemble spread varied over initial conditions. It is also confirmed that from monthly to seasonal time scales, the potential predictability of PNA is teleconnected with ENSO. The predictive skill on intra-seasonal time scales in the tropics is linked to Madden-Julian Oscillations (MJO). Using recently developed framework of potential predictability, information-based and ensemble based predictability measures were explored on multiple time scales for MJO predictability. Results show that there is no significant difference in the simulation of MJO in coupled (CanCM3) and uncoupled (GCM3) models. Both models simulated the tropical low frequency variability reasonably well compared with observations with some positive bias i

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1976556


title: The Prince George Homebuilders Program:  Was the intent fulfilled?

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 90

subject: Children -- Government policy -- British Columbia.

subject: Family policy -- British Columbia -- Prince George.

subject: Homebuilders Program (Prince George, B.C.)

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

subject: HV746.P7 L65 2003

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1237138


title: School District 57 mathematics achievement tests:  Their reliability and validity.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 216

subject: Mathematical ability -- Testing.

subject: Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- British Columbia -- Prince George -- Evaluation.

subject: Curriculum evaluation.

subject: British Columbia. School District No. 57 (Prince George)

subject: QA14.C22 B34 2004

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1270119


title: Spaces for interpretation: story telling in autobiographical fiction and visual art

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 93

subject: Autobiographical fiction.

subject: Forest products -- Carbon content -- British Columbia -- Prince George Region.

subject: Greenhouse gas mitigation -- British Columbia.

subject: Mountain pine beetle -- Environmental aspects -- British Columbia -- Prince George Region.

subject: Forests and forestry -- Climatic factors -- British Columbia -- Prince George Region.

subject: PN3448.A8 F74 2016

abstract: There is an innate human drive to share stories of self. In this thesis, I explore the idea of creating autobiographical fiction through written and visual art forms. A key challenge is how to tell a story based on a life event without disrespecting actual people or distorting recollected events. I begin by considering the concept of autobiography, the nature of memory, its close relationship to fiction, and the relationship between these, identity, and storytelling. I discuss the possibility of a more complete understanding of the story being told when an author also employs an alternative narrative form. Using myself as a subject, I engage in a form of autoethnography to create fictional short stories that have an autobiographical thread. Each story is accompanied by a work of visual art as further narration of the same story. I conclude by suggesting that using the two narrative forms of written and visual art provides an individual with the opportunity for an alternative perspective, which allows for a more clear understanding of self and position in the world. --Leaf ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b2141013


title: The applicability of unit pricing for municipal waste management in China: case study of Shijiazhuang

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 169

subject: Refuse and refuse disposal -- Economic aspects -- China -- Shijiazhuang -- Case studies.

subject: Urban sanitation -- Economic aspects -- China -- Shijiazhuang -- Case studies.

subject: Cities and towns -- Waste disposal -- China -- Shijiazhuang -- Case studies.

subject: HD4485.C52 S55 2015

abstract: Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is one of the most challenging issues in Chinese urban cities due to huge quantities of solid waste generation. Unit pricing has been widely used as an efficient tool for waste management among many countries. The main aim of this study is to look into the applicability of unit pricing policy in current Chinese society and to pre-evaluate this policy. This case study presents an assessment of the existing situation of municipal solid waste management in Shijiazhuang Community. Dillman Approach is used to randomly survey 1000 households for their consumer behavior, their attitude toward unit pricing policy and their own thoughts about waste management. 480 effective questionnaires were returned for data collection and analysis. Based on the qualitative analysis of our Data we provide policy recommendations to successfully implement unit pricing and provide a new unit pricing model specific to the studied Chinese city. --Leaf i.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b2141343


title: Resiliency: learning from Indigenous women in social work

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 132

subject: Women social workers -- British Columbia -- Attitudes.

subject: Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924. The Secret Garden.

subject: Motherhood in literature.

subject: HV40.46 .R69 2015

abstract: This exploratory study was undertaken to gain a greater understanding of the experiences of resiliency among Indigenous women practicing social work in child welfare. Aspects of Linda Tuhiwai Smith's (1999) and Margaret Kovach's (2009) Indigenous research approaches were used to guide this research, and the method of analysis used was thematic analysis. The experiences shared by the Indigenous women who participated in this study revealed that personal attributes and work environment can hinder or promote resiliency. These women found that having a strong sense of identity and being grounded in culture and spirituality, along with striving to create work-life balance and practicing self-care were important to maintaining a healthy well-being. Other factors identified as promoting resiliency included: flexibility in the workplace, and being able to practice social work in a way that is reflective of Indigenous worldviews. Having access to resources and supports, such as clinical supervision, and creating space where genuine relationships can be built with colleagues and clients were also identified as significant. Recommendations to better support social workers were derived from the interviews, and further directions for research were also discussed. --Leaf ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b2055417


title: The delivery, seasonal storage, and trophic transfer of marine-derived nutrients within a stream-riparian ecotone

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 190

subject: Sockeye salmon -- Nutrition -- British Columbia -- Horsefly River.

subject: French language -- Study and teaching (Primary)

subject: Phonetics -- Study and teaching.

subject: QL638.S2 V36 2015

abstract: The objectives of this study were to evaluate nutrient delivery, storage, and trophic transfer between the Horsefly River spawning channel and its riparian zone during the 2011 sockeye salmon run and subsequent 2012 spring. The hyporheic zone was investigated as a pathway for nutrient exchange, transformation, and storage by analyzing water movement and ammonium (NH⁴⁺) concentration. Using stable isotopic analysis, the assimilation and storage of marine-derived nutrients (MDN) were evaluated through multiple trophic levels. Results identified lateral hyporheic flow as a dominant pathway for MDN delivery to deep-rooted vegetation, specifically willow trees <7-m from the streambank. Amphipods and chironomids appeared to assimilate MDN in the fall and maintained high spring biomass, indicating an important nutrient linkage in the salmon feedback loop. Finally, a temporal reversal in NH⁴⁺ concentration across the stream-riparian interface and a seasonal shift in nutrient fluxes revealed reciprocal subsidies that highlight the interconnectedness of these adjacent systems. --Leaf ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b2074346


title: Highways and lifeways: Highway 11 and the shaping of the ways of life and senses of place of nature-based tourism operators in South-Central Almaguin, Ontario, Canada

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 161

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

subject: Place Glacier (B.C.) -- Research.

subject: Place Glacier (B.C.) -- Measurement.

subject: Mass budget (Geophysics)

subject: HE336.E3 M33 2016

abstract: Transportation infrastructure played a vital role in the establishment of the communities in South-Central Almaguin, and the development of this infrastructure continues to shape the landscapes and taskscapes of the region. Nature-based tourism operators are a key stakeholder in the South-Central Almaguin region and are uniquely situated as they rely on transportation infrastructure, the natural landscape, and the local communities for the operation of their businesses. For this qualitative case study I used semi-structured interviews and the collection of news media to explore the impact of the Highway 11 development project on NBT operators. Using Ingold's concepts of landscape, taskscape, and mobility, I sought to understand how the highway changes have shaped the ways of life and senses of place of NBT operators. Through the interviews I identified major shifts in the mobility of travellers and in the organization of the communities of South-Central Almaguin. These shifts resulted in economic changes and loss of business connections for NBT operators, change in travel times and safety, increased regional collaboration, and a drive for a regional destination brand. The implications of these shifts on the ways of life and senses of place of NBT operators were largely positive for destination businesses, while being largely negative for businesses that relied on through-traffic. The nature of the given businesses also determined the impact that the highway changes have had on the place dependence and place identity of the NBT operators, and subsequent changes to place attachment. The results of this research suggest two possible paths forward for the communities of South-Central Almaguin, as communities struggle to sustain themselves in isolation and destination NBT operators push for a regional focus and cooperation. --Leaf ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b2140976


title: Tunneling of a diatomic molecule incident upon a potential barrier.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 64

subject:
Tunneling (Physics).
Diatomic molecules.
QC176.8.T8 G66 2005

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1290723


title: Repeated presentation of suboptimal stimuli and subsequent "affective" responses

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 57

subject:
Affect (Psychology)
Cognition.
Psychoanalysis.
BF175.5.A35 H64 1999

abstract: A priming paradigm was employed to examine the veridicality of an independent affective and cognitive processing system (Zajonc 1980). This assertion was tested by comparing participants physiological reactions to neutral and affective priming stimuli. Cardiovascular reactivity was recorded while participants (N=36) watched a computer monitor that presented stimuli of brief duration of exposure (suboptimal). At suboptimal exposures, only affective primes produced significant shifts in the participants physiological activity. One interpretation of these results is that participants' manifested an affective reaction to emotional primes without the benefit of conscious recognition (Kunst-Wilson & Zajonc 1980). The results are interpreted in light of neurological (Le Doux 1986) and behavioral evidence (Roediger 1990) to suggest support of interdependence of affect and cognition. This study showed that a physiological-affective priming paradigm has utility for examining the interdependence of affect and cognition.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1207713


title: The influence of warming, site characterestics [sic], and host plant on root-associated fungal communities from Alexandra Fiord in the Canadian high arctic

subject: Environmental policy -- Canada.

subject: Scientists -- Attitudes.

subject: Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (2001)

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

subject: GE190.C2 T47 2006

abstract: Arctic systems are expected to be impacted earlier and more severely by global warming than temperate ecosystems. However, much of the research on the impact of warming on arctic ecosystems has centered on plant communities. One objective of this thesis was to examine how passive warming would impact the root-associated fungal community at Alexandra Fiord, Nunavut. The root-associated fungal community consists mostly of mycorrhizal, dark-septate and hyaline-septate fungi, which are considered important mutualists in arctic ecosystems. The objective was to compare the fungal community from plots warmed by open-top chambers to ambient plots, using two methodologies: 1) fungal DNA extracted directly from root tips with terminal restriction fragment length polymorphisms (T-RFLPs) used to estimate variation, and 2) fungal cultures isolated from root tips to which PCR-RFLP techniques were applied to assess variation. T-RFLPs were used to examine the root-associated fungal community on Salix arctica. Differences between the communities were analyzed using canonical correspondence analysis (CCA). Genotype diversity was tested using a 2-way, 2-stage, nested ANOVA. Warming did not significantly change genotype cumulative frequency or diversity of the root-associated fungal community, but cumulative frequency tended to increase on the warmed plots. Genotype richness was significantly different according to site, which was correlated with differences in soil chemistry. Again site, not warming, was the main factor that distinguished the root-associated fungal community of Salix arctica, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Cassiope tetragona, and Dryas integrifolia based on fungal cultures. Warming did not have a detectable impact on cumulative frequency and diversity, based on CCA and a nested, 3-way ANOVA. Fungal cultures were identified based on sequence analysis and morphology. Phialocephala fortinii was the most frequently identified taxon, but almost half of the fungal isolates remained unknown. The root-associated fungal community was examined along a glacier forefront characterized by a directional, non-replacement primary plant succession pattern. CCA was used to examine genotype frequency; linear regressions were used to test for changes of cumulative frequency and diversity as succession advanced. The fungal community on only one of the host plants increased in frequency and richness as succession advanced. The dark- and hyaline-septate endophyte communities were distinct on different host plants, providing evidence for host specificity and higher diversity than previously reported.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1301896


title: The circumstances and impact of powerlessness in psychiatric nursing.

subject: Psychiatric nursing -- British Columbia.

subject: Nurses -- British Columbia.

subject: RC440 .C38 1998

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1191373


title: From God to mammon: The metamorphosis of civil religion in Canada.

subject:
Civil religion -- Canada.
Education and state -- Canada.
Church and education -- Canada.
Religion and state -- Canada.
BL98.5 .H64 2014

abstract: This thesis explores civil religion in Canada. It examines the work of Rousseau, Durkheim, and the reintroduction of the concept of civil religion by Robert Bellah in 1967. Although some scholars argue that Canada does not possess a civil religion, this thesis asserts that a civil religion has been well manifested in Canadian society. Since Confederation, Canada has seen the rise and fall of Christian civic piety, something that once permeated public life in Canada. The thesis studies the metamorphosis of civil religion and its impact on public policy in education. It examines legal challenges concerning religion in the field of education as exemplars to examine this metamorphosis. This thesis concludes that education policy and court decisions reflect a new-found belief in democratic faith, which has replace Christian civic piety as Canada's civic religion. The conclusion raises questions about the capacity of this democratic faith to embrace religious pluralism. --Leaf ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1976504


title: Medical services and health status in the northwest health region of British Columbia: a three year perspective

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 95

subject: Medical care -- British Columbia, Northern -- Evaluation.

subject: Health services accessibility -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Rural health services -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: RA771.7.C36 B75 L55 1998

abstract: Providing efficient and effective health services to the residents of rural and remote regions of Canada has been the focus of much research since the implementation of universal medical care in 1967. A great deal research has been carried out by the individual provinces regarding physician supply and physician services utilisation, as well as attempts to determine an appropriate measure of population health status. While many of these measures have been assessed individually for several regions there are very few examples of integration of the measures to assess the degree to which they might influence one another. This thesis presents a descriptive analysis of measures of physician supply, physician services utilisation, and population health status, and includes a correlational analysis of the relationship between these variables. The focus of this study is specific to the Northwest Health Region of British Columbia and the eight Local Health Areas of which it is comprised since this area is characterised as having a shortage of physicians and their services, as well as having poor health status. Measures of physician supply are used to determine if there is an adequate supply of general practitioner and medical specialist practitioners in the Northwest compared to other Local Health Areas in the province and the provincial median. Utilisation of and accessibility to physician services is also examined to determine if there is reasonable access to physician services in the Northwest as compared to other areas in the province. A health status index is formulated from standardised mortality ratios and other rates in an attempt to describe the population health status of the 79 British Columbia Local Health Areas and, more specifically, of those in the Northwest Health Region. The values derived from this health status index are correlated with physician supply and utilisation values to assess whether or not any association exists. The study found that despite the many difficulties in recruiting and retaining physicians in the Northwest there seemed to be a reasonable supply of both general practitioner and medical specialist physicians in the Region at the time of the study. It was also shown that the ability of residents to access general practitioner services within the Region was also deemed to be reasonable. Access to medical specialist services, however, was shown to be lacking in most Local Health Areas and an area of concern for the Region as a whole. The population health status of the region was found to be dichotomous with two Local Health Areas enjoying a reasonable level of health status while the six others had values that rated as some of the worst in the province. The association between health status and physician supply and utilisation was shown to be weak with only a few significant values that did not suggest a definitive relationship between these variables. This lends strength to the argument of the 'determinants of health' model which criticises the contribution that medical services makes to population health. This study has discovered some important uses for the various measures of physician supply, physician utilisation, and population health status for the Northwest Health Region. However, there is still a need for further research in this area and a need for the assessment of other Local Health Areas, Health Regions and provinces.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1194588


title: Quality in community based human services

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 170

subject: Human services -- British Columbia, Northern -- Standards.

subject: HV109.B8 S86 1996

abstract: This thesis asks the question What is quality in community based human services? The effect of privatization on the quality of services formerly run by government bodies is examined. Small northern communities in B.C. were the social context for this research. The conclusion is that 'quality' in human services is informed by both social policy and everyday practice. Quality is defined in terms of accessibility, openness and acceptability. Quality can occur in community based agencies when there is a balance between the standards and accountability crucial to government and the humanistic perspective essential to service providers and service users.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1151076


title: The impact of mining development on subsistence practices of indigenous peoples:  Lessons learned from northern Quebec and Alaska.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 142

subject: Environmental impact analysis -- Quebec, Northern.

subject: Environmental impact analysis -- Alaska.

subject: Arctic peoples -- Social life and customs.

subject: Economic development -- Environmental aspects.

subject: Subsistence economy -- Quebec, Northern.

subject: Subsistence economy -- Alaska.

subject: Mineral industries -- Environmental aspects -- Quebec, Northern.

subject: Mineral industries -- Environmental aspects -- Alaska.

subject: TD194.68.C2 K65 2008

abstract: The Arctic region is increasingly viewed as an important resource-base, and is being explored for its resource development potential. While many researchers in the 1960s suggested that northern populations would eventually transition from a traditional, subsistence-dominated economy to a modern, wage-based economy, more recent studies reveal that the traditional economy remains important, desirable, and of benefit to northern individuals and communities. In this thesis I explore the relationship between traditional and modern economic activities related to one resource-based sector in the Arctic, the mining sector. Specifically, I explore the relationship between northern mining developments and subsistence activities and values in two Arctic regions, Canada's Nunavik region in the Province of Quebec and the United States' Northwest Arctic Borough in the State of Alaska. The purpose of this study is to answer the following question: does mining development in the Arctic lead to an increase or decrease in the importance of land-based subsistence participation and activities of local indigenous peoples. This study draws upon recent data that was collected in the Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic (SLICA), an international project that comparatively studies aspects of living conditions for the Inuit, Inupiat, Saami, and Indigenous peoples of Chukotka. Four mining projects are utilized as case studies in this project, in order to help explain the findings from the results of the SLICA analysis. Two of these projects are currently in full operation, and two are presently in planning and approval phases. In Nunavik, the Raglan Mine and the proposed Raglan South Nickel Project are examined, and in Alaska, the Red Dog Mine, and its proposed Aqqaluk Project expansion are addressed.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1598915


title: Pain's echo: Empathy and the social communication of pain.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 86

subject:
Empathy.
Pain perception.
BF575.E55 B67 2015

abstract: Two judgment studies were conducted to investigate (1) the effect of observer trait empathy on judging pain from facial expression (2) whether empathic pain facial expression of an intermediary encodes (echoes) pain experienced by a first to a third party. Experiment 1: High- and low-empathy judges viewed two-second thin-slice videos of models exhibiting pain, no-pain, and neutral facial expressions. Judges' faces were video-recorded while they rated the models' pain. Trait empathy scores were positively correlated with pain ratings: High-empathy judges tended to rate pain more highly than low-empathy judges. Experiment2: Participants (receivers) viewed 2-second clips of judges' facial expressions from Experiment 1 (Senders) to estimate Experiment 1 models' pain. Signal detection analyses indicated that receivers detected pain in models to a small, significant degree, suggesting the presence of an empathic pain echo' in observers of others' suffering. Implications for understanding the social communication of pain are discussed. --Leaf ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b2006829


title: Phylogenetic and ecological relationship between "giant" pygmy whitefish (Prosopium spp.) and pygmy whitefish ( Prosopium coulteri) in North-Central British Columbia.

subject: Whitefishes -- British Columbia, Northern -- Genetics.

subject: Whitefishes -- Size -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Prosopium -- British Columbia, Northern -- Tyhee Lake.

subject: Prosopium -- British Columbia, Northern -- McLeese Lake.

subject: QL638.S2 R36 1999

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1203835


title: Earnings management of publicly listed companies in Nigeria.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 66

subject:
Earnings management -- Nigeria.
Corporations -- Finance.
Financial statements -- Standards.
HG4028.E27 S23 2015

abstract: This study documents the deterministic factors and the magnitude of earnings management of Nigerian firms by applying five discretionary accruals models using the cohort of 62 firms listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) over a period of 2003-2012. It is observed that the Kothari et al. (2005) performance matched model provides better explanatory power to determine the magnitude of earnings management of Nigerian companies. Using this model, the study finds that the magnitude of earnings management is 5.02 percent, on average. However, the industry-wise analyses disclose that earnings management is dominant within the manufacturing and energy sector of the Nigerian economy at 48.38 percent followed by the 41.93 percent in the consumer goods sector. The study reveals that the effectiveness of monitoring role by internal and external shareholders is insignificant in improving firm's transparency in financial reporting activities. This finding is indeed useful for Nigerian companies and policymakers to restructure the dynamics of ownership structure in a way that can reduce the extent of earnings management in the manufacturing, energy and consumer goods sectors in Nigeria. --Leaf ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b2006892


title: Social skills training: an evaluation of an elementary school program

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 88

subject: Social skills -- Study and teaching (Elementary)

subject: Social interaction in children.

subject: HQ784 .C66 1998

abstract: This study evaluated the effectiveness of a schoolwide social skills training program. Two groups of elementary school children (twenty-six new transfer-in students and thirty-two students who had been in the program for two years, n = 58) were administered questionnaires at pre and at six months post to see if there were changes in social skill ratings and behaviour ratings. Students aged 8 to 1 2 were randomly selected from Grades 3 to 6 classrooms to participate in this study. Separate versions of the Social Skills Rating Scale were administered to both teachers and children. It was expected that all students would improve in their social skills and problem behavior scores. In addition, it was hypothesized that new students would show a greater improvement in both social skills and problem behavior scores than the two year group. Results indicated that neither social skills or problem behaviours improved. In addition, students new to the school were not significantly different from students who had participated in the program for more than two years. However, there were significant findings in relation to age.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1191366


title: How does overstory retention affect above- and below-ground resource availability and seedling performance?: implications for silvicultural systems choice in the ESSF

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 80

subject: Trees -- British Columbia -- Growth.

subject: Engelmann spruce -- Growth -- Effect of nitrogen on -- British Columbia.

subject: Abies lasiocarpa -- Growth -- Effect of nitrogen on -- British Columbia.

subject: Engelmann spruce -- Growth -- Effect of light on -- British Columbia.

subject: Abies lasiocarpa -- Growth -- Effect of light on -- British Columbia.

subject: Engelmann spruce -- Growth -- Effect of temperature on -- British Columbia.

subject: Abies lasiocarpa -- Growth -- Effect of temperature on -- British Columbia.

subject: SD396 .L35 2000

abstract: In subalpine forests, low light, low soil temperature, and low nitrogen (N) availability may co-limit tree growth. We used greenhouse and field experiments to quantify the effects of these factors on the growth of Picea engelmannii and Abies lasiocarpa seedlings from the subalpine forests of British Columbia. For approximately 500 nitrogen fertilized and unfertilized eight-year old planted seedlings from shelterwood, patch cut, and clear-cut stand treatments, growth was examined as a function of soil temperature, light, and stand treatment. In a greenhouse, growth and photosynthesis were examined at root temperatures representing the range of field growing season temperatures (5, 10, and l5~C). Fertilizer effects on diameter growth in the field were not significant indicating that the seedlings were not N limited. In multiple regression, temperature and light (both partial p<O.OOOl) combined to explain 55% and 42% of the variation in diameter growth for P. engelmannii and A. lasiocarpa, respectively. Picea engelmannii was more sensitive to low soil temperatures than A. lasiocarpa as jndicated by 1) the steeper slope of the growth versus temperature response in the field, and 2) two times greater Relative growth rate (RGR) at l5~C than 5~C root temperature in the greenhouse compared to similar growth rates for A. lasiocarpa at all three root temperatures. No significant effect of soil temperature on net photosynthesis was observed in the field measurements. However, results from the greenhouse study show that net photosynthesis was limited over the range of the temperature treatments. Light-saturated rates of net photosynthesis for P. engelmannii in the l5~C treatment were 1.3 and 2.5 times greater than rates in the 10~C and 5~C treatment respectively. In high elevation areas, light and soil temperatures covary and strongly limit seedling growth such that seedlings growing in partial-cuts could be considered limited by both light and temperature. Growth, root development, photosynthesis, and foliar N concentrations of seedlings were all affected by their proximity to residual mature trees, and especially for P. engelmannii seedlings. These responses have significant implications for efforts to reforest partial-cut areas in subalpine forests.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1207710


title: Association between acute myocardial infarction and periodontitis: A case-control study with north Indian population.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 128

subject: Myocardial infarction -- Indian, Northern -- Case studies.

subject: Periodontitis -- India, Northern -- Case studies.

subject: RC685.I6 S53 2014

abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the possibility of association between periodontitis and acute myocardial infarction among North Indian adults. Literature review indicates major knowledge gaps regarding association between AMI and periodontitis in context of north Indian population. In fact, to researcher's knowledge this study is the first study investigating the possibility of this association among North Indian subjects. This quantitative study utilized 1:1 matched case-control design. The oral health status of 40 cases (AMI patients) was compared with 40 cardiovascular healthy controls (trauma patients). After adjusting for major confounders periodontitis was found to be associated with odds ratio of 6.996. Values of Mann-Whitney U, for DMFT, CPI and LOA scores were as follows: (DMFT Z=-3.825, P=0.000), (CPI Z=-4.634, P=0.000) and (LOA Z=-4.326, P=0.000). Among the north Indian subjects of this study, researcher found strong evidence of association between periodontitis and AMI. --Leaf ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1977012


title: The role of the physician in disability management: Assessing family physicians' view of discrepancies between practice and Canadian Medical Association guidelines.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 98

subject: Disability evaluation -- British Columbia.

subject: Physicians -- British Columbia -- Attitudes.

subject: People with disabilities -- Medical care -- British Columbia.

subject: RA1055.5 .R49 2006

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1301902


title: Health needs of older women in northern British Columbia.

contributor:
Allison, Melinda A. (author)
Hemingway, Dawn

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 99

coverage:
British Columbia, Northern
British Columbia, Northern
British Columbia, Northern
British Columbia, Northern

subject: Older women--Health and hygiene

subject: Older women--Health and hygiene--British Columbia, Northern

subject: Older women--Social conditions

subject: Older women--Social conditions--British Columbia, Northern

subject: Womens' health services

subject: Womens' health services--British Columbia, Northern

subject: Rural women--Health and hygiene

subject: Rural women--Health and hygiene--British Columbia, Northern

subject: RA564.85 .A45 2009

abstract: This thesis explores the self-identified determinants of health most salient to women 65 years and older in northern British Columbia (BC). The idea of this research evolved out of a larger project based on a grant awarded to Northern Health from the BC Provincial Women's Health Network to explore these issues in women 45 years and older. Almost five hundred women from across the North contributed to the larger project through surveys and focus groups. From the larger sample a subset of the data from women 65 years and older was extracted (n=179) for further analysis, and to form the basis for this thesis. Descriptive statistics and summative themes enhanced with participant quotations have all been used to present the findings. Aspects of intersectionality provided a lens through which the data was analyzed, and social constructionism was the theoretical framework. The strongest themes which emerged out of the data are related to accessibility of care and affordable supports functionality and independence social supports and community connectedness and the role of caregiving. This thesis offers a number of recommendations based on the research findings. Study challenges and limitations are also outlined as are suggestions for future research related to women's health and wellness in northern BC.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1600063


title: Bullying in small town service providers in northern British Columbia: The experience of executive directors and putting theory into practice.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 90

subject: Bullying in the workplace -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Personnel management -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Work environment -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: HF5549.5.E43 V36 2012

abstract: This work is on bullying in small town service organizations from the perspective of executive directors. The literature review touches on bullying research and discusses theoretical lenses and the Saliln (2003) lens that is used in this study. This is a qualitative study using a phenomenological approach. Data come from text of seven interviews of executive directors that manage organizations run by volunteer boards from Prince Rupert to Prince George, British Columbia. The significant questions were the utility of using Salin (2003) as a tool for focusing attention on important elements related to workplace bullying, the role of location, and whether theory operationalizes neatly into practice when it comes to workplace bullying. Five themes emerged: autonomy/loneliness, measures of success, communication, fear, not just a job, and a discussion of what did not fit into these themes. Discussion of the findings, limitations, recommendations and areas for future research are presented. --P. ii.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1805483


title: Where do you play in winter?: An exploration of outdoor winter recreation spaces in Prince George, BC

contributor:
Tanaka, Isla Barbara Rice (author)
Booth, Annie (thesis advisor)

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 156

coverage:
Prince George (B.C.)
Prince George (B.C.)

subject: Outdoor recreation

subject: Outdoor recreation--Prince George (B.C.)

subject: GV840.7.C2 R53 2016

subject: City planning

subject: City planning--Prince George (B.C.)

abstract: This research project explores factors that influence people's choices of outdoor winter recreation spaces. Using a case study approach, questionnaires were administered to residents of Prince George, BC, to find out which sites they used in winter, and for which activities. The five most popular sites were surveyed for winter design elements and recreational activities. City of Prince George staff were also interviewed to gain a better understanding of city policy related to parks in winter. The results of this project show that the use of winter design elements is necessary in parks to create attractive, vibrant recreational spaces in winter municipal policy related to park development and maintenance is crucial, as parks without winter-appropriate infrastructure are not used in winter and the promotion of winter recreational activities and facilities is desired by participants. --Leaf i.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b2144740

abstract: urban design

abstract: urban planning


title: Toward a deeper understanding of text: Students controlling and developing inquiry skills through small-group discussion.

subject:
Group work in education.
Team learning approach in education.
LB1032 .K73 2005

abstract: No abstract available.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1295430


title: Propagation methods and the effectiveness of fungal inoculation on Vaccinium species native to Central British Columbia.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 117

subject: Vaccinium -- Ecology -- British Columbia.

subject: Vaccinium -- Propagation -- British Columbia.

subject: QK495.E68 M35 2009

abstract: There is great demand for the inclusion of berry-producing plants, such as Vaccinium species, in forest restoration and post-industrial reclamation efforts, due to their value to wildlife and traditional users of the land however, the biology and propagation requirements of northern Vaccinium species and their potential for use in reclamation, restoration, and horticulture is largely unexplored. Propagation trials of V. membranaceum, V. myrtilloides, and V. caespitosum using seeds, rhizome cuttings, and hardwood cuttings were carried out to determine propagation protocols. Outdoor trials tested the influences of mycorrhizal inoculation and soil amendment on seedling survival. Seeds and rhizome cuttings were found to be the most effective propagation techniques for Vaccinium. Soil amendment increased outdoor seedling survival however, none of the seedlings showed mycorrhizal colonization, regardless of inoculation treatment. Further studies of the effect of seedling age and soil characteristics on mycorrhizal colonization are required.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1637032


title: Ecology of ecto- and ericoid mycorrhizal systems in petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated sub-boreal forest soils.

format:
electronic
Number of pages in document: 243

subject: Hydrocarbons -- Environmental aspects -- Research.

subject: Mycorrhizal fungi -- Ecology.

subject: Soil remediation -- Research -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Forest soils -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: Oil pollution of soils -- British Columbia, Northern.

subject: TD879.P4 R63 2008

abstract: The impacts of petroleum hydrocarbon (PHC) contaminants in northern forest soils are not well understood from either eco-toxicological or microbial ecological perspectives. The purpose of this research was to examine interactions between PHCs and ecto-(ECM) and ericoid (ERM) mycorrhizal communities at the rhizosphere scale, where microbial activities underpin processes such as decomposition, carbon and nutrient cycling, and primary production at landscape scales. Several methodological approaches were simultaneously used to assess changes in physical, chemical and biological properties of plant-soil systems treated with ecologically relevant concentrations (i.e. ~7-22 tonnes ha⁻¹) of PHCs. From microscopy and community fingerprinting (LH-PCR) studies, we found few differences in community structure attributable to PHC contamination. PHC treatment also did not appear to alter broad patterns of C metabolism for either bacterial (CLPP) or ECM fungal (laccase assay) communities. Habitat changes, which generally included increased C:N ratios, slightly more acidic pH, and hydrophobicity or water-logging in organic and mineral layers, respectively, did not appear to inhibit microbial communities. Together, these findings point to resilience within intact mycorrhizal systems, mainly due to sorption of PHCs within organic soil layers and protective properties of the mycorrhizosphere habitat. Soil PHC analysis (GC-FID) showed a general decrease in contaminant levels 16 weeks after PHC treatment, indicating an intrinsic capacity for biodegradation within the soil communities. ECMs appeared to play a vital role in this process through provision of habitat and co-substrates for heterotrophic bacterial communities (i.e. mycorrhizosphere effect) and via secretion of laccase, which opens aromatic ring structures for subsequent bacterial attack. These results emphasize the importance of synergistic functions among microbial guilds with respect to ecological processes. Finally, we found that the spatial patterns of mycorrhizal communities within the rhizosphere depended primarily on properties of the host plant and soil environment. The extent that different properties influences community structure varied between the three groups of microorganisms. This system approach addressed fundamental questions in mycorrhizal ecology by considering PHC pollution as a form of environmental disturbance. Conservation of the integrity of mycorrhizal systems in contaminated forest soils may be key for sustainable management in terms of ecosystem resilience and remediation.

abstract: The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b1598638