title: Snow dynamics and soil moisture in commercially thinned lodgepole pine silvopastures on the Okanagan Plateau of Southern British Columbia

subject:
Agroforestry
Silvopastoral systems
Snow
Soil moisture

abstract: Forest harvesting systems may be strategically designed to manipulate snow accumulation and soil moisture, not only to improve forage and timber productivity, but also to improve flood, wildfire and climate change mitigation. The objectives of this study were to investigate differences in snow accumulation, snow ablation, and soil moisture across various widths of commercial strip-thinning in silvopasture systems. Silvopastures were established near Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Stands of 45-year-old Pinus contorta (lodgepole pine) were commercially thinned in the summer of 2018. Strip-harvest treatments were linear and of various widths: 10 m, 15 m, and 20 m. Treatments were allocated in a two-factor randomized block design; strip width and orientation. Adjacent forested areas and a clearcut were also examined as controls. Strips were harvested with either east-west, or north-south orientations. Snow water equivalent was manually sampled during winters of 2019-2020. From May 2019 to October 2020, volumetric water content was continuously sampled at two depths (0-10 cm and 25 cm below the soil surface) and soil temperature was continuously measured at 5 cm depth. Snow accumulation increased with strip-width, and 20 m strips retained a mean peak accumulation of SWE which was 11.4 % greater than the clearcut (P=0.001). Snow accumulation and ablation-rates were directly associated with canopy cover and estimated solar radiation. The widest 20 m strips maintained greater soil moisture and soil temperatures throughout the growing season, compared to the narrower 10 m strips (P<0.001). However, 10 m strips did retain more soil moisture during drier months with limited precipitation (P<0.001), and strips orientated east-west retained the most soil moisture. Soil temperature was greater in both 10 m and 20 m strips compared to forested areas. This resulted in greater cumulative growing degree days (GDD) above the critical threshold of 5 °C in strips relative to non-harvested areas. Overall, strip-thinning and orientation of strips directly influenced snow accumulation, ablation dynamics, soil moisture, and temperature.

abstract: agroforestry

abstract: silvopasture

abstract: strip

abstract: thin

abstract: snow

abstract: soil moisture


title: Aiming to Fully Understand How We Heal: Treatment and Assessment Protocol Development for Clinical Research on Performance-Specific Social Anxiety Disorder

type: Text thesis

contributor: Trinity Western University SGS (Degree granting institution)

format: electronic electronic

subject:
Anxiety disorders—Treatment.
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Psychic trauma.
Stress management.

abstract: The purpose of this project was to develop assessment and treatment protocols for clinical research on performance-specific Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD).  The treatments used were Observed and Experiential Integration (OEI; a trauma-root-focused therapy), and Breathing, Relaxation, Autogenics, Imagery, and grouNding (BRAIN; a trauma-symptom-focused therapy).  Similarities between trauma and anxiety symptoms suggest a traumatic cause of SAD.  Both trauma-root-focused and trauma-symptom-focused treatments resulted in improvements in: (a) narrow-spectrum symptoms of speaker confidence and public speaking behaviour.  In response to trauma-root-focused treatment: (a) broad-spectrum symptoms of general anxiety and depression improved, and (b) psychophysiological reactivity to past traumatic social experiences was reduced.  Diverse types of measurements (self-report, behaviour sampling, and psychophysiological measures) will be helpful for understanding (a) broad-spectrum, (b) narrow- spectrum, and (c) psychophysiological symptoms.  Results of descriptive analyses supported the existence of traumatic origins of performance-specific SAD.

abstract: Social Anxiety Disorder, Trauma Informed Psychotherapy, Trauma Theory, Public Speaking Anxiety, Performance-Specific Social Anxiety Disorder, Observed and Experiential Integration


title: An Analysis of the Ongoing Validity of the Documentary Hypothesis for Final Form Interpretation: The Portrayal of Outsiders in the Abrahamic Narratives as a Case Study

type: thesis Text

subject: Outsiders in the Bible.

subject: Bible. Genesis.

subject: Documentary hypothesis (Pentateuchal criticism)

abstract: This thesis will investigate three inter-connected questions. First, how are outsiders portrayed in the Abrahamic narratives? Secondly, is the portrayal of outsiders different between the different sources of Genesis, and, if so, what does the possible historical context of each source contribute to an understanding of why these differences exist? This in turn will contribute to the larger and third question: does the Documentary Hypothesis specifically, and diachronic analysis in general, have sufficient value for understanding the text as it now stands? It will be shown that while the Documentary Hypothesis involves some speculation, it offers a more coherent framework through which one can interpret and understand many of the complexities that arise in a reading of the Pentateuch. As such, diachronic analysis proves to be an invaluable tool for interpreting the final form of Genesis, if one is aware of its limitations.

abstract: formation of the pentateuch

abstract: Insiders

abstract: Pentateuch

abstract: formation of the pentateuch

abstract: documentary hypothesis

abstract: source criticism

abstract: final form interpretation

abstract: election

abstract: genesis

abstract: JEDP

abstract: diachronic analysis

abstract: synchronic analysis

abstract: Outsiders


title: Apostolic memory leveraged : the development of apostolic identification for purposes of theological validation in the first two centuries of the Church

contributor: Trinity Western University GSTS (Degree granting institution)

subject: Apostolic succession.

subject: Church—Authority.

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

subject: Tertullian, ca. 160-ca. 230.

subject: Irenaeus, Saint, Bishop of Lyon.

abstract: This thesis examines apostolic memory and the manner in which these memories were leveraged in the early church. Chapter One provides a summary of the apostolic portrait in the New Testament and charts all references to the twelve among the apostolic fathers, through to Justin and Hegesippus. These writers reveal a view of the apostles distinguished primarily for their honoured role as Christ’s messengers. Chapter Two demonstrates how Irenaeus utilized apostolic memory in such a way that led to an all-encompassing apostolic identity for the church. This development is compared with Tertullian’s ideas, and the comparison reveals a marked difference in emphasis and strategy. In contrast to Irenaeus, Tertullian minimized apostolic referencing and identification, and instead utilized language more dependent on Christocentric identity. These differences are explained in Chapter Three, which argues that the key point of differentiation was the writers’ perspectives on the apostles’ empowerment by the Holy Spirit.


title: Aspects of Switch Reference in Marubo, a Panoan Language of Western Amazonia

abstract: This thesis is a description of the switch reference system in Marubo (ISO 693-3 [mzr]), an underdescribed Panoan language of western Amazonia. Marubo has a fascinating switch reference system which carries a high functional load in the grammar. This complex system, comprised of nine markers, tracks referents across clauses, often displaying sensitivity to an argument’s grammatical role; temporal and logical relations are also encoded as extended functions of the markers. Of particular typological interest is the cross-referencing of O arguments with other S, A, or O arguments. Switch reference markers may occur in clause chains where they target either adjacent or non-adjacent clauses. In certain cases, the standard order of clauses may be reversed, often producing a reading which elaborates on the preceding information. In addition, non-coreferential clauses may be interposed in clause chains for brief alternations of topic. Lastly, areas which deserve more study are presented, such as the flexible use of switch reference to mark discontinuities related to time, weather and events. All data and analysis come from four years of immersion-based fieldwork by the author, with abundant examples from a variety of Marubo discourse genres.

abstract: switch reference

abstract: syntax

abstract: Panoan linguistics


title: Assistive Technology to Enhance Written Expression of Struggling Writers in Elementary School: A Tablet-based Literacy Intervention Project

subject: Special education—Technological innovations.

subject: Self-help devices for people with disabilities.

subject: Educational technology.

subject: Education, Elementary—Computer-assisted instruction.

subject: iPad (Computer)

subject: Mobile communication systems in education.

subject: English language—Composition and exercises—Study and teaching (Elementary)

abstract: Using a switching replications quasi-experimental design, this study investigated the effectiveness of the application Clicker Docs and tablet accessibility features as a 6 week alternating intervention tool for improving writing. Aspects of writing included writing quality, writing output, and attitudes of struggling writers. Two groups of 11 students from grades 2-7 who were identified with a disability or as a struggling writer, alternated participation in this intervention program. A mixed 2x2 repeated measures analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) with pre-test scores as covariate was used. Results showed a large significant effect on writing quality at Post-test 2. On average, those in the iPad intervention group demonstrated better writing quality than those in the control group. In addition, a medium significant effect was found for writing output. On average, those in the iPad intervention group wrote less overall than those in the control group. No effect was found for attitude towards writing.

abstract: : assistive technology, tablet computer, iPad, struggling writers, learning disabilities, writing quality, writing output, writing attitude, intervention, switching replications design


title: Associations between Relational Aspects of Care and Self-Reported Health Status of Residents Living in Long Term Residential Care Homes

subject:
Long-term care facilities.
Older people--Health and hygiene.
Mental health.
Patient-centered health care.

abstract: Person-centred care acknowledges the person behind the patient and can enhance the quality of life of long term care residents.  Relational aspects of health care are foundational to person-centred care; this study examines associations between relational aspects of care and residents’ self-reported mental and physical health.  A secondary analysis of British Columbia Residential Care Survey data (N = 2,108) used hierarchical multivariate linear regression to evaluate the extent to which relational aspects of care explain variation in self-reported physical and mental health, relative to other care experiences.  Relative improvement in relational aspects of care was associated with greater self-reported physical and mental health. For self-reported physical health, relational aspects accounted for 34.5% of the explained variance (R2 = 0.279), and for self-reported mental health, accounted for 48.3% of the explained variance (R2 = 0.274).  Relational aspects of care do positively influence residents’ physical and mental health outcomes.

abstract: mental health

abstract: relational care

abstract: residential care

abstract: mental health

abstract: physical health

abstract: seniors

abstract: long-term care

abstract: person centred care


title: Avoiding Futility: How Nurses and Physicians Experience Emotions, Psychosocial Factors, and Their Professional Roles as Influencing the End-of-Life Decision Making Process

subject:
Medicine--Decision making.
Death.
Physician and patient.
Terminal care.
Physicians -- psychology.

abstract: In this qualitative study, five nurses and four physicians from intensive care settings were interviewed about their experiences of the end-of-life (EOL) decision making process. For both professional groups, a shared mission to avoid futility was identified as foundational and climactic aim to the process. This desire heavily shaped initiation and engagement of what was presented as an ambiguous decision making process. Three themes emerged of elements that most influenced their variable experiences of the EOL decision making process: moral weightiness, family receptiveness, and the individual philosophy of approach. These findings emphasize the wide amount of subjective variability experienced and shed light on the competing emotional, psychological, and social interests for ICU nurses and physicians in the EOL decision making process. There must be greater understanding of the EOL decision making process in an intensive care context to provide better support to nurses and physicians.

abstract: end-of-life, intensive care, decision making, nurses, physicians, influence, futility, qualitative, interpretive description


title: Between Two Worlds: Stories of Professional Identity Construction in Asian Canadian Lawyers

contributor: Klaassen, Derrick W. (thesis supervisor)

abstract: Professional identity is a key aspect of our overall sense of identity; however, there has been limited research on professional identity construction for minoritized groups. This study sought to understand the process of professional identity construction in Asian Canadian lawyers, an underrepresented population within the Canadian legal profession. Seven participants shared their stories of becoming and working as lawyers. Using a narrative method and thematic content analysis, five main themes arose from hearing and analyzing these stories, including (a) battling alienation from the profession, (b) encountering barriers to career advancement, (c) managing family expectations and responsibilities, (d) finding a sense of belonging, and (e) feeling empowered as a lawyer. The findings from this study shed light on the unique concerns Asian Canadian lawyers face in navigating their professional identity development, as well as the mental health burdens Asian Canadian lawyers carry in addition to typical work-related stressors.

abstract: professional identity

abstract: diversity and inclusion

abstract: career development


title: Beyond the Barriers: Women's Voices in Litigation Abuse Following Intimate Partner Violence

abstract:
Litigation abuse occurs when a perpetrator utilizes a range of tactics to continue to
abuse, harass, and control their victim through the courts. The research question for this study
was: what are the voices present in the experience of litigation abuse following intimate partner
violence for women? Seven women who experienced litigation abuse following intimate partner
violence volunteered to participate in this study. The listening guide methodology was used to
explore voices related to the women’s experiences. Two categories of voice emerged within all
narratives: voices of apprehension and voices of freedom. This study explores litigation abuse
through a counselling psychology research lens and contributes to counselling theory and
practice by introducing the beyond the barrier model. Furthermore, increased knowledge will
contribute to a greater awareness, improve therapeutic interventions, and generate community
responses to support victims of litigation abuse.

abstract: intimate partner violence

abstract: litigation abuse

abstract: women's voices

abstract: the legal system


title: Beyond the beach body: How gym culture influences eating disorder recovery

abstract: Eating disorders (ED) are serious illnesses. Those struggling with EDs often engage in gym exercise and may encounter or work with a variety of fitness professionals, placing both fitness professionals and gyms in a position to identify, intervene, and perhaps even help prevent EDs. Most fitness professionals in Canada do not receive formal education, training, or guidelines on how to identify EDs or on how to navigate issues that arise when faced with gym members who are struggling with these illnesses. This enhanced critical incident technique (ECIT) study interviewed 10 adult women in ED recovery to better understand which aspects of their gym experience helped their recovery and which aspects hindered their recovery. Participants supplied 115 incidents which were organized into one of 13 themed categories. The results of this study will be used to inform education, training, and guidelines on EDs in the fitness industry.

abstract: Eating disorders

abstract: gym

abstract: gym culture

abstract: fitness industry

abstract: exercise

abstract: fitness culture


title: The Born-again Friar: American Evangelical Appropriations of Saint Francis of Assisi, 1972-2013

subject: Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182-1226.

subject: Protestant churches -- Relations -- Catholic Church.

subject: Evangelicalism--United States--History.

subject: Christian life.

abstract:
Beginning in the late twentieth century, some evangelical Protestants in America turned to historic Catholic saints as inspirational exemplars of Christian faith. A surprisingly diverse range of American evangelicals appealed to Saint Francis of Assisi because he was perceived as a quintessentially authentic Christian. Saint Francis provided historical justification for some of these evangelicals’ own ideals of Christian discipleship, and served as an example for inspiration and emulation as they navigated contemporary American culture and the evolving evangelical movement.

This thesis examines a range of American evangelical appropriations of Saint Francis of Assisi from 1972 to 2013, focusing on several sub-groups or movements within American evangelicalism. This examination of the evangelical reception of Saint Francis of Assisi contributes to a deeper understanding of evangelical Protestant interactions with Catholic spirituality, while also illuminating changing evangelical conceptions of what constitutes true Christian faith.

abstract: Evangelicalism

abstract: Francis of Assisi

abstract: twentieth century

abstract: twenty-first century

abstract: America

abstract: Protestant

abstract: Catholic


title: Bullying from Staff Nurses : The Experience of Senior Undergraduate Nursing Students during Clinical Placements

subject:
Bullying.
Nursing ethics.
Education, Nursing--Canada.
Bullying in the workplace.

abstract: The phenomenon of bullying within nursing is not new, and unfortunately nursing students are often victims.  The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the perspectives of nursing students who have been bullied by staff nurses during a clinical experience.  Participants from two western Canadian universities were recruited through convenience and snowball sampling using a series of emails and by a social media poster.  Data collection involved one on one semi structured interviews with six senior undergraduate nursing students.  Three main themes were identified: the student experience of bullying; the intervening influence of nursing educators; and the outcome of (in)security.  Recommendations included education provided to students, clinical sites and clinical instructors; clinical setting guidelines for clinical instructors; policy implementation for reporting bullying and creating clinical groups; greater communication by institutional nursing leaders with staff and clinical instructors; and further research.

abstract: nursing students

abstract: bullying

abstract: clinical

abstract: clinical placements

abstract: clinical setting

abstract: staff nurses


title: Centered fuller communication : sensus plenior, relevance theory, and a balanced hermeneutic

subject:
Bible—Hermeneutics.
Hermeneutics.
Relevance.
Gadamer, H.-G. (Hans-Georg), 1900-2002
Bible--Translating.

abstract: This thesis will suggest a centered approach to biblical hermeneutics, proposing a balance in the function of the hemispheres of the human mind, left and right. It will examine how `ordinary readers' are doing hermeneutics both in Africa and the West, and join these contributions to the insights of scholars who use the historical-grammatical hermeneutic, and laypeople who use a personal-devotional hermeneutic. The insights of Gadamer will be employed on the topic of horizons of authors and readers. The interpretive practices of ordinary readers will be justified through the theological concept of sensus plenior. The communication that takes place through Scripture will be analyzed in the framework of a linguistic theory of communication, Relevance Theory, which will explain why ordinary readers interpret in a personal-devotional way. After proposing a balanced hermeneutic, constraints are proposed for its outworking, looking at the significance of this thesis for the church and Bible translation.


title: The central role of lead pastors in developing spiritual leaders at a local church

subject: Christian leadership.

subject: Clergy—Office—Biblical teaching.

subject: Mentoring in church work

subject: Mentoring--Religious aspects--Christianity.

subject: Chinese -- Religious life -- Canada.

abstract: This research aims to suggest the various key leadership development roles of a lead pastor that will significantly influence the future development of effective spiritual leaders at a local church setting. By reviewing the current literature and biblical foundations, and interviewing the lead pastors and lay leaders/pastors of selected Chinese churches at Greater Vancouver Area, British Columbia, the author developed a contour or paradigm that defines effective spiritual leadership as a holistic personal life development, which includes seven ingredients: Passionate Affection for God, the Servanthood Character of Jesus, Self-understanding and Identity in Christ, Authentic Community Life, Emotionally Healthy Life, Self-differentiated Competence, and Ministry and Life Transformation; and also suggested a common set of the key roles of a lead pastor – Team Builder, Community Developer, Mentor, Group Trainer, Discipler and Coach - that are essential for developing effective spiritual leaders at Chinese churches of Canada.


title: Cinematic Childhood(s) and Imag(in)ing the Boy Jesus: Adaptations of Luke 2:41-52 in Late Twentieth-Century Film

subject:
Jesus Christ--In motion pictures.
Bible. Luke.
Jesus Christ--Childhood.
Boys.

abstract: Despite sustained academic examinations of Jesus in film over the past couple of decades, as well as biblical scholars’ multidisciplinary work in the areas of children’s and childhood studies, the cinematic boy Jesus has received little attention. This thesis begins to fill the lacuna of scholarly explorations into cinematic portrayals of Jesus as a child by analyzing two adaptations of Luke’s story of the twelve-year-old Jesus in late twentieth-century film. Using methods of historical and narrative criticism tailored to the study of film, I situate the made-for-television movies Jesus of Nazareth (1977) and Jesus (2000) within the trajectories of both Jesus films and depictions of juvenile masculinity in cinema, as well as within their respective social, cultural and historical contexts. I demonstrate how these movie sequences are negotiations by their filmmakers between theological and historical concerns that reflect contemporary ideas about children and particular idealizations about boyhood.

abstract: Jesus in film

abstract: childhood studies

abstract: Luke

abstract: boy Jesus

abstract: boyhood


title: The citizen self and aboriginal “other” : notions of citizenship and aboriginality in British Columbian social studies education, 1945-present

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

subject: Social sciences – Study and teaching – British Columbia.

subject: Native peoples – Study and teaching – British Columbia.

subject: Citizenship.

abstract: Social studies education in British Columbia from the 1940s until present has upheld active citizenship as a central objective of the program.  While citizenship is never clearly defined, generally it has been assumed that through a process of self-actualization students come to know their rights and responsibilities as Canadian citizens.  Problematically, these notions of citizenship have shaped the narration of Aboriginality within social studies education.  Aboriginality has been represented in learning outcomes and resources materials within a progressive Canadian metanarrative, creating inaccurate and uninformed characterizations of Aboriginal peoples.  Overall, social studies education has had a negative impact on the First Nations-Canadian relationship.  However, social studies education could assist in developing more positive relationships.  Engaging students in transformed historical study that fosters questioning, examines narrative choices, sees negotiation and interaction, recognizes and honours difference, and allows for dialogue, may foster more promising relationships in the future.


title: Clinical Practice and Canadian Nursing Faculty: Keeping a Foot in Both Worlds

abstract: Many benefits have been associated with nurse educator engagement in clinical practice (CP).  However, nursing faculty CP has received minimal attention since the early 1990s and has rarely been discussed in Canada.  Through interviews with twelve Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) faculty, this study used grounded theory to explore how Canadian BSN educators currently engage in CP.  The core category identified was "Keeping a Foot in Both Worlds", which captures the tension that may be experienced by faculty who choose to engage as both clinical practitioners and teachers.  Faculty in this dual role described themselves as uniquely positioned to integrate theory and practice and to connect the campus and clinical settings.  This study also highlights the challenges BSN faculty face while maintaining a CP and underlines the positive impact this practice might have on teaching/learning.  Recommendations include cultural and structural considerations for nurses in CP, education, and leadership.

abstract: Faculty Practice

abstract: Nursing Faculty Practice

abstract: Faculty, Nursing

abstract: Clinical Nursing Practice

abstract: Faculty Clinical Practice


title: Clinical reasoning on an assignment : perceptions of third year Baccalaureate nursing students

subject:
Medical logic.
Clinical competence.
Nursing—Study and teaching.

abstract: Baccalaureate nursing students must develop clinical reasoning skills in order to make sound clinical judgments.  How students understand clinical reasoning is of interest to nurse educators.  In a qualitative study, eight third-year nursing students were interviewed about their perceptions of clinical reasoning on a Clinical Judgment Exercise (CJE).  An overarching theme of Over Time emerged from the data along with two themes: Understanding of Clinical Reasoning and Making Sense of the Assignment.  The sub-themes that emerged were the same for each theme and were not knowing, knowing, applying knowing and valuing knowing.  Conclusions were that student participants perceived: 1) understanding of clinical reasoning developed over time, 2) understanding of the patient’s problem deepened over the time of writing the assignment, 3) they were challenged by the complexity of the patient, 4) they were able to apply learning from the CJE to nursing practice and 5) writing the CJE was stressful.


title: Comparative tense and aspect in the Mara Bantu languages : towards a linguistic history

subject:
Kabwa language.
Ikizu language.
Ikoma-Nata-Isenye language.
Suba-Simbiti language.
Zanaki language.
Tanzania—Languages.

abstract:
Through the elicitation of 91 Swahili sentences and the collection of one oral text, this research compares the TAM systems of several Mara Bantu languages (Tanzania/Kenya) with the aim of finding any shared "individual-identifying" innovations (Nichols 1996) that can either affirm Mara as a coherent genetic linguistic sub-group (Schoenbrun 1990) or point toward a different historical scenario. A secondary goal is to provide a preliminary linguistic description of the TAM systems of five Mara languages: Ikizu (JE402, [ikz]), Ikoma (JE45, [ntk]), Kabwa (JE405, [cwa]), Simbiti (JE431, [ssc]), and Zanaki (JE44, [zak]).

The research concludes that there is sufficient "individual-identifying" evidence from TAM systems to validate both a North Mara and a South Mara subgroup (Schoenbrun 1990). There is not, on the other hand, a sufficient base of shared "individual-identifying" innovations to propose a unique proto-Mara TAM system uniting North Mara and South Mara at a post-proto-Great Lakes phase of development.


title: Compassion fatigue and its association with workplace empowerment in acute care settings

contributor: Chatterton, Danielle Lisa Katherine (author)

subject: Medical personnel – Job stress.

subject: Critical care medicine – Psychological aspects.

subject: Burn out (Psychology)

abstract:
Compassion fatigue (CF) has been found to influence nursing care providers (NCP) in a variety of specialized areas; however, general medicine unit settings are often overlooked.  A potential way to mitigate CF could be through the use of organizational empowerment structures.  117 nursing care providers (NCP) and health care attendants (HCAs) who provided direct patient care in the hospital medical unit context were surveyed using a cross-sectional survey design.  Five units from four hospitals of a large, urban health authority in British Columbia participated.

Findings revealed that 55% of the sample reported moderate to severe levels of CF.  Accessibility to resources was the only organizational empowerment structure that explained variability in the sample's experience of CF (p < 0.01).  In addition, the variance of CF was partially explained by the participants' highest level of education and marital status (p < 0.05).  Further investigation is needed to further assess CF mitigation.


title: Conceptualizing Historical Periodization in the Apocalypse : The Canonical Shaping of the Beast with Seven Heads and Ten Horns

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

subject: Apocalyptic literature – Criticism, interpretation, etc.

abstract:
The academic study of the seven-headed sea beast symbolism in the Apocalypse has proceeded along contemporary historical lines since the modern period. This approach seeks to locate the meaning of this symbolic reference within the historical context from which the book derives. While it remains true that careful historical analysis has advanced our understanding of the world in which the seer of Patmos lived and wrote, a strictly contemporary historical focus threatens to confine the significance of this apocalyptic
symbol to the environs of the first century. In seeking to recover the theological and contemporary relevance of this symbol as a critique of imperial ambitions, this thesis argues for a reading strategy which locates the Book of Revelation foremost in the context of "canon." Such a reading stance illuminates the meaning of the symbolic beast in relationship to the deep intertextual and theological history which the final book of the Bible shares with the canonical corpus of Christian Scriptures.


title: Connections and tensions among siblings in the presence of autism spectrum disorder : parental perceptions of the impact of the family system on sibling relationships

subject: Autism spectrum disorders – Patients – Family relationships.

subject: Autistic children – Family relationships.

subject: Brothers and sisters.

subject: Brothers and sisters of people with disabilities

abstract: The connections and tensions between siblings may impact the development and well-being that children with ASD and their typically developing (TD) siblings experience. Parenting style and parental stress are two factors that impact a caregiver's ability to effectively foster positive relationships.  Finally, the interplay between sibling relationships, caregiver characteristics, sibling involvement in intervention, and success in ASD intervention is of interest.  Primary caregivers (N = 108) completed an online questionnaire and a hierarchical multiple regression was conducted.  Results indicated: 1) Parenting stress explains 12% of the variance found in the warmth and closeness of sibling relationships; 2) Sibling involvement and success in ASD intervention cumulatively contributes to 13.5% of the variance found in the warmth and closeness of sibling relationships; and 3) warmth and closeness uniquely explains 7% of the variance of success in ASD intervention.  Limitations, practical implications, and future research direction will be discussed.


title: Constructions and result: English phrasal verbs as analysed in construction grammar

subject: English language – Verb phrase.

subject: Grammar, Comparative and general – Verb phrase.

subject: English language – Resultative constructions.

subject: Semiotics.

subject: Construction grammar.

abstract: This thesis explores the difference between separable and non-separable transitive English phrasal verbs, focusing on finding a reason for the non-separable verbs’ lack of compatibility with the word order alternation which is present with the separable phrasal verbs. The analysis is formed from a synthesis of ideas based on the work of Bolinger (1971) and Gorlach (2004). A simplified version of Cognitive Construction Grammar is used to analyse and categorize the phrasal verb constructions. The results indicate that separable and non-separable transitive English phrasal verbs are similar but different constructions with specific syntactic reasons for the incompatibility of the word order alternation with the non-separable verbs.


title: A CONVERSATIONAL ANALYSIS OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSES AND SYSTEMS CHANGE IN FIRST NATIONS COMMUNITIES

contributor: Reimer-Kirkham, Sheryl (thesis supervisor)

abstract: Community-based health services for Indigenous communities are undergoing considerable change in Northern and Western Canada.  This study aimed to explore the status of community health nurses’ (CHNs) leadership knowledge, levels of change agency and the leadership implications in changing Indigenous nursing contexts, which reflect the different paradigms of First Nations Health Authority and Health Canada models of care.  Six stories (three CHNs and three Stakeholders) were framed with the Conversational Method espoused by Kovach (2010).  Each conversation was situated within the image of the two contrasting health model “trees” alongside corresponding analogies to issues identified by the participants.  The use of ceremony as a deep way of inculcating lessons learnt is offered.  My journey from a linear approach to data analysis to an Indigenous one is threaded throughout this thesis, and the leadership implications and possible alliances for the individual nurse, nursing education and nursing policy are presented.

abstract: :  Indigenous Health, First Nations Health Authority, Nursing, Community health nursing, Leadership, Change agency, Cultural competency, Cultural safety.


title: A Critical Edition of Codex 0150 Including Its Textual and Reception History

subject: Hiera Monē Iōannou tou Theologou Patmou --Vivliothēkē--61

subject: Bible. Epistles of Paul—Codex 0150 (Gregory)

subject: Bible. Epistles of Paul—Criticism, Textual.

abstract: Codex 0150 is an unpublished New Testament manuscript that has received minimal scholarly attention since its discovery.  This critical edition offers a conservative transcription of 0150 based upon high resolution digital images provided by the Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts (CSNTM).  The transcription includes a comprehensive analysis of variants, which occur when 0150 is read against both the NA28 and the RP versions of the Greek New Testament.  This edition critically engages background information of the manuscript such as date, provenance, and content, while also providing a close examination of scribal features present in 0150.  Additionally, this work maximizes digital imaging technology to better understand the contents of the manuscript, its author, and the ancient world from which it arose.  This edition provides access to an important piece within the New Testament manuscript tradition, and offers a rich foundation on which future scholarship can build.

abstract: Text Criticism

abstract: New Testament


title: Critical factors influencing paternal involvement : fathers’ experiences of negotiating role responsibilities

subject:
Father and child.
Fatherhood.

abstract: This qualitative study uses the Enhanced Critical Incident Technique (ECIT) to explore incidents fathers report to be helpful or hindering to their parental engagement.  Eight fathers were interviewed with 206 reported incidents.  From the 206 incidents, 132 were identified as helpful (HE); 47 as hindering (HI); and 27 as wish list (WL) items.  All incidents were assigned to one of the following categories (a) positive and negative role models, (b) Mother-Father Relationship (d) Father's Religion/Spirituality (e) Responsibility (f) Attachment (g) Personal Decision (h) Characteristics of Children (I) Reflective Parenting (j) Societal Influence (k) Father's Characteristics, and (l) Extended Family Influence.  Fathers also provided 29 recommendations for effective paternal engagement.  Research findings indicate major themes of responsibility, engagement, and father-mother dyad as important factors determining paternal involvement. Additionally, participants frequently referred to a confluence of factors impacting their involvement, which they navigate within a myriad of social roles.


title: Daoist Humility: How Ancient Chinese Wisdom and Modern Psychology Are Telling Us to Be Natural by Going Against the Flow

contributor: Slingerland, Edward G (external examiner)

abstract: This paper develops a Daoist account of the virtue of humility in light of psychological research. Warry of self-deprecation, contemporary psychology has redefined humility as accurate self-perception combined with other-focus, but provides little explanation as to how these “twin dimensions” coincide and produce humble behavior. The Daodejing (5-3rd centuries BCE) provides a helpful perspective on humility. Any effort or ambition pushed too far becomes counterproductive. By embracing lowliness and identifying with socially-undesirable conditions, we subvert self-destructive vanity. Psychological studies over the past century tellingly suggest that the human mind only has limited capacities for cognitive control, and that prescribing symptoms—ironically intending the very outcomes we usually avoid—is often more productive than trying to control them. I propose that a conception of humility as the tendency of choosing to accept unwanted outcomes and situations when necessary is more practical and realistic than the current “twin-dimensional” account.

abstract: Daoism

abstract: Chinese Philosophy

abstract: Comparative Philosophy

abstract: Humility

abstract: Philosophical Psychology

abstract: Philosophy of Humility

abstract: Cognitive Science

abstract: Cognitive Psychology

abstract: Paradoxical Intention Therapy

abstract: Ironic Processes

abstract: Self Assessment

abstract: Other Focus

abstract: Identifying with the lowly

abstract: Solidarity with the poor

abstract: Menial

abstract: Counterintuitive

abstract: Undesired

abstract: Willingness to embrace menial, humiliating, socially or personally undesirable states and actions

abstract: Daodejing (Tao Te Ching)

abstract: Daoist Humility


title: Darwinian epistemology : assessing the implications for reliable cognition in a non-adaptive domain of belief

subject:
Darwinism.
Epistemology.
Science – Philosophy.
Evolution (Biology) – Philosophy.

abstract: Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace departed ways on the implications of evolution for human cognition. While Darwin argued that natural selection affected both the reliability and unreliability of human cognitive faculties, Wallace rejected the idea that natural selection could explain higher order intelligence. If Wallace is right, then Darwinian epistemology seems implausible. However, I argue that this position is false. In Chapter 1 I survey a history of Darwinian epistemology. In Chapter 2 I examine the Scope Objection to Darwinian epistemology: that evolution did not supply us with the natural cognitive capacities for achieving non-adaptive true beliefs. In Chapter 3 I respond to the Scope Objection by assessing Robert McCauley’s theory of natural cognition. In Chapter 4 I evaluate two difficulties with my response to the Scope Objection. I conclude that evolution is sufficient for explaining the reliability of human cognitive faculties in non-adaptive domains of belief.


title: Death Ends a Life, Not a Relationship:  Family Bereavement, Relational Grieving, and Continuing Bonds

subject:
Bereavement—Psychological aspects.
Death—Psychological aspects.
Children—Death—Psychological aspects.
Grief.

abstract: This study explored the complex, multifaceted, relational dimensions of grieving in the family unit.  Three bereaved families, who had lost a child participated in a family conversation and individual processing interviews.  The guiding research question was, “how do bereaved families grieve together and continue a relationship with their deceased child?”  Data were collected using the qualitative action-project method (QA-PM).  This unique methodology offered a glimpse into how these families engaged with each other in their joint grieving actions.  Data analysis was informed by action theory, family systems theory, and an instrumental case study approach.  Family grieving processes were identified for each family and commonalities included turning towards their grief, sharing the pain, experiencing both joy and sorrow, participating in mourning events, ongoing rituals and remembrances, recognizing different individual grieving styles, and a shared, enduring connection to their deceased child that connected them to each other.  The findings from this study demonstrate the importance of recognizing the interpersonal dimensions of the grieving process, and the family as a resource in this process.


title: A Description of Pimbwe (Bantu, Tanzania) : Phonology, Grammar, and Discourse

subject:
Bantu languages--Classification
Bantu philology
Phonology.
Pimbwe dialect

abstract: The present study is the first formal description of Pimbwe, a Bantu language (in the M.11 group) spoken in western Tanzania. After situating the Pimbwe language within the wider linguistic context, I describe Pimbwe phonology, tone, and grammar, with particular emphasis on the structure of the verb. Finally, natural language use in extended discourse is described based on two running commentaries of the Pear Story film.

abstract: Linguistics

abstract: language description

abstract: Bantu

abstract: phonology

abstract: grammar

abstract: discourse

abstract: tone


title: The Determiner in Makary Kotoko Narrative Discourse: Attention Guidance and Salience

abstract: The Makary Kotoko [Chadic] determiner is not a grammatically obligatory marker. Although constrained by the identifiability of the referent, speakers are not required to use the determiner in any particular instance. In narrative texts, the distribution of the determiner can be understood through the principles of attention guidance and salience. The primary pattern of distribution is “salience tracking”, where referents receive determiner marking any time they are directly involved in the narrative. Exceptions to this pattern still contribute to the narrator’s overall goal of attention guidance. In addition, two of the nine texts analyzed displayed a different distribution pattern, “salience flagging”, where the determiner occurred less frequently but still for the purpose of attention guidance. Finally, I propose that the difference between these two patterns may be a result of the process of determiner grammaticalization.

abstract: Discourse analysis

abstract: Determiners

abstract: Chadic

abstract: Salience

abstract: Makary Kotoko

abstract: Grammaticalization


title: Discerning Between True and False Prophets in Jeremiah

abstract: How does one differentiate between true and false prophets? The Bible gives numerous criteria for such discernment, but biblical scholars have long recognized the challenge to their applicability. Focusing on the book of Jeremiah, my investigation leads me toward a clearer understanding of what constitute a true prophet and a list of criteria on how to distinguish them from false prophets. My criteria bring attention primarily to the person and the message of the prophet. These criteria do not eliminate all doubts for all prophetic claims, but I argue that they prove to be useful enough to inspire confidence for the assessment of prophets. It is my contention that complexity and difficulties should not lead one to conclude that prophetic discernment is impossible. Like in many more areas, discernment criteria expect the use of prudence and wisdom in their application.

abstract: Jeremiah

abstract: Prophecy

abstract: False Prophets

abstract: Prophetic Discernment


title: Discerning success of indigenous health students in community-based programs

subject: Transcultural nursing.

subject: Nursing – Cross-cultural studies.

subject: Indigenous peoples – Health and hygiene – Canada.

subject: Minorities in nursing – Canada.

subject: Nursing – Study and teaching – Canada.

abstract: Post-secondary educational institutions have partnered with Indigenous groups to provide community-based healthcare programs. In a qualitative study, eight participants from a northern British Columbia community were interviewed about their descriptions of success, and its influencing factors in a community-based healthcare program.  The core theme of courage and categorical themes of nurturing the learning, owning the learning, and discerning success for learning emerged from the data, which revealed changes in students' lives as they moved through their schooling.  Conclusions were: 1) Courage was needed to overcome fears and barriers during students' education; 2) Receiving nurturing through a whole-person approach promoted success; 3) Students' journeys were fostered through the support of others; 4) Students learning to believe in themselves was a key element of success; and 5) Collective community success was experienced when students were successful in a program.  The importance of community voices may contribute towards planning future healthcare programs.


title: Disclosure of ASD Diagnosis and Peer's Social Response in Grade 3 to 7 Children

subject: Autism.

subject: Autism spectrum disorders.

subject: Autistic children -- Education.

subject: Social skills in children -- Study and teaching.

subject: Inclusive education.

abstract: Deficit in social communication skills is common to people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) which hinders their social interaction with others. Bolton and Ault (2018) suggested a positive correlation between Autism diagnosis disclosure and positive social response in college students and adults. The current study investigated if similar results can be observed from younger participants. Forty-three participants from grades three to seven participated in this study. The participants were asked to complete a questionnaire to ascertain their social responses toward a peer who demonstrates ASD traits with or without an ASD diagnosis disclosure. Also, information about participants’ gender, grade level and empathy scores were collected and analysed. The result showed that the group which was disclosed to an ASD designation demonstrated more prosocial responses and less asocial responses. Although the difference was not statistically significant, this initial study suggested the possibility of a positive effect of ASD diagnosis disclosure.

abstract: Autism Spectrum Disorder

abstract: Social responses

abstract: Inclusive education

abstract: Neurodiversity


title: Dividing to Connect: An Ethnography of Canal Zone Americans

subject: Panama Canal (Panama)—Social conditions—20th century.

subject: Panama Canal (Panama)—Race relations—20th century.

subject: Panama—Politics and government—1946-

subject: Canal Zone—History.

subject: Linguistic ethnography.

abstract:
This thesis is a linguistic ethnography of the Americans who moved from the Panama Canal Zone to the U.S. when the Canal was sold to Panama.  Theirs was a society of authoritarian socialism, lived beneath the Zone’s official motto: “The Land Divided, The World United.”  Close-knit, but wary of outsiders, they called themselves “Zonians.”
Using Thomas More’s Utopia as a gestalt for the utopian experience, this study compares the features of More’s Utopia with the Panama Canal Zone.  In particular, it examines the utopian gesture of dividing from the old to connect to the new, arguing that the image-schematic metaphor of dividing in order to connect is constitutive of Zonian culture at multiple semiotic levels, from the physical transformation of the earth, to the social construction of group identity to everyday practices involving intercultural relations.

abstract: Ethnography

abstract: Semiotics

abstract: Idealized Cognitive Model

abstract: Image Schema

abstract: Lakoff

abstract: Experiential Gestalt

abstract: Panama

abstract: Canal Zone

abstract: Zonian

abstract: Embodied Metaphor

abstract: Utopia

abstract: Conceptual Blending

abstract: Fauconnier

abstract: Mark Turner


title: Drawn by the Father: A Lexicological and Exegetical Study of John 6:44

abstract: The meaning of the drawing of the Father in John 6:44 has been debated among scholars in biblical commentaries and lexicons. Most interpretations of the use of ἕλκω (draw) in John 6:44 have focused more on current systematic theological debates as the framework to define the idea of the drawing of the Father. Although there has been valuable work on it, an accurate lexicological study of the word ἕλκω in connection with an exegetical study that focuses on the literary context of the gospel of John is still missing. This thesis applies lexicological methodologies such as diachronic and synchronic approaches to get a valid definition of the drawing of the Father which would lead to a better understanding, not only of this divine action, but also of an important mechanism that unites the ministry Jesus and the revelation of the Father in the law of Moses.

abstract: Lexicology

abstract: Johannine Studies


title: Educational Support For Novice Teachers In Creating Inclusive Classrooms

abstract: Shelley Moore wrote, “We are diverse, all of us. We all have strengths, we all have stretches, and we all need to get better at something” (Moore, 2016, p.5). Numerous teachers in British Columbia (BC) feel professionally unprepared to fulfil the needs of students with special needs (Naylor, 2003; Moore, 2016). This qualitative study examined how employed novice teachers are being supported to create and teach in inclusive classrooms. To answer this question, I interviewed six participants comprised of novice teachers and leadership team members. I made three recommendations. First, I recommended that schools establish mentorship programs for their novice teachers. Second, I recommended establishing collaboration time, so that all teachers will have time to share and discuss their understandings and learning. Finally, for the benefit of all teachers I encouraged schools to focus professional development on topics related to inclusion.

abstract: Inclusion

abstract: Novice Teachers

abstract: Inclusive Classrooms

abstract: Supports for Teaching

abstract: Inclusive Education


title: Educators' Perspectives of Youth-Led Implementation of the FRIENDS For Life Program: A Critical Incident Study

subject:
Anxiety in children
Child mental health services.
Peer counseling of students

abstract: This study examined the viability of a newly piloted implementation model of the FRIENDS for Life anxiety prevention program.  In Chilliwack, British Columbia, a collaborative community initiative piloted an implementation model of the FRIENDS for Life program, which involved the inclusion of high school students as chief implementers of the FRIENDS program to local elementary school populations. The purpose of the study was to answer the question of what helps and hinders the implementation of FRIENDS when high school students are the implementers. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with five educators who were asked about their experiences with the FRIENDS program, what helpful and hindering incidents they observed, and to provide a wish list for future improvements.  Results suggest that a youth-led FRIENDS implementation model is a viable model of program delivery and worth consideration for future development and refinement.

abstract: FRIENDS; peer-led implementation; anxiety; educators; youth mental health programs


title: The Embodied Experience of Meaning for Women Living with Chronic Pain

abstract: Chronic pain is a leading cause of disability worldwide and incurs exorbitant costs for healthcare systems annually, yet research is limited in this area. This research was developed to explore the embodied experience of meaning for women with chronic pain. The study was guided by the experiences of ten women living with chronic pain and the feminist and relationship-centered methodology of the Listening Guide was used to uncover their unique voices in harmony and dissonance. Data analysis pointed to two groups of voices: voices of suffering (i.e., voices of oppression, unknown, loss, self-criticism, disconnection from others, and disconnection from self), and voices of strength (i.e., voices of endurance, growth, tenacity, connection to others, connection to self, and “the more”). Overall, the women in this research are closely connected to their experience of meaning and are constantly navigating what makes life worthwhile to them even while chronic pain is present.

abstract: women

abstract: chronic pain

abstract: meaning

abstract: embodiment

abstract: healthcare


title: Embodiment of spirituality and sexuality : women’s lived experience of resilience to sexual shame

subject:
Spiritual Coping.
Women – Sexual behavior.
Shame.
Resilience (Personality trait).

abstract:
Due to the prevalence of sexual shame among Christian women, this study was designed
to better understand the lived experiences of sexual shame resilience and embodiment. Five
young, married women were selected for inclusion based on their immersion in Christian culture
during adolescence and for their experiences of working through sexual shame. In order to
understand the meaning of these women’s experiences, a hermeneutic phenomenological method
was employed. Through participant’s narratives, four categories of themes emerged (religious
messaging around sexuality, experiences of sexual shame, healing experiences, and experiences
of embodied sexuality). When participants were able to work through their sexual shame, they
were able to embrace and find freedom in their sexuality. This study’s findings are consistent
with Brown’s (2006) Shame Resilience Theory. The clinical implications of these findings are
discussed in terms of the need to provide appropriate support for women struggling with sexual
shame.


title: Emerging From A Fractured World: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue Between Mechanistic Philosophy, the Bohmian Causal/Ontological Interpretation of Quantum Physics, Emergence, and Aristotelian-Thomistic Philosophy.

contributor: Morrissey, PhD, Christopher S. (second reader)

contributor: Tabaczek, O.P., Rev. Mariusz (third reader)

abstract: Following the call of David Bohm to a contemporary philosophical reflection upon our broader metaphysical worldview in light of quantum wholeness and the growing awareness of emergentism in contemporary science, this thesis argues, firstly, that the currently dominant modern mechanical atomist philosophy results from an over-extrapolation of classical physics that is becoming increasingly unfeasible in light of quantum physics and emergentism. Secondly, a neo-Aristotelian-Thomistic philosophy, with its distinct notions of causal power and formal causation, etc., can both account for the practical utility of mechanistic philosophy as well as supply a solid ontological basis for a robust account of emergent wholeness that can help us to understand the cosmos more adequately as it is increasingly being investigated and understood by science in a holistic and non-reductionistic fashion. Thirdly, the Bohmian causal/ontological interpretation of physics provides concrete evidence for the claims of emergentism that there exist irreducibly emergent phenomena in nature.

abstract: Metaphysics

abstract: The philosophy of science

abstract: The philosophy of nature

abstract: Quantum Physics

abstract: Wholeness

abstract: Holism

abstract: David Bohm

abstract: Emergence

abstract: Formal cause

abstract: Form

abstract: Aristotelian-Thomism

abstract: Aristotle

abstract: Aquinas

abstract: Causal power

abstract: Freedom

abstract: irreducibility

abstract: The Human Person

abstract: Physics

abstract: History of Science

abstract: History of Causation

abstract: Causality

abstract: Goodness

abstract: The Bohmian Interpretation

abstract: Quantum Entanglement

abstract: Causation

abstract: Actuality and Potentiality

abstract: The Principle of Causality

abstract: The Implicate Order

abstract: Hylomorphism


title: Employing Deuteronomy: an Analysis of the Quotations and Allusions to Deuteronomy in the Dead Sea Scrolls

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

subject: Bible. Old Testament—Quotations, Early.

subject: Bible. Old Testament—Extra-canonical parallels.

subject: Dead Sea scrolls.

subject: Bible. Deuteronomy—Criticism, interpretation, etc.

abstract: The study of quotations and allusions to the Hebrew Bible in religious texts has only recently began to be methodically approached and analyzed. Although previous studies on quotations and allusions to the Hebrew Bible in the Dead Sea Scrolls are amply available concerning individual manuscripts, no such study has sought to approach the subject from a perspective of universality. This study seeks to identify and analyze universal conclusions that have been obtained by a study of the quotations and allusions to Deuteronomy in all of the non-biblical Dead Sea Scrolls manuscripts. This is accomplished through an in-depth study of the history of studies on quotations and allusions in religious texts, a detailed explanation of the methodology utilized in this study, and an analysis of fifteen universal conclusions that are exhibited by the authors/scribes of the Dead Sea Scrolls when quoting or alluding to the Deuteronomy text of the Hebrew Bible.


title: An Examination of the Underlying Moral Frameworks of Environmental Philosophy

subject:
Environmental ethics.
Environmental sciences—Philosophy.
Ecology -- Philosophy.

abstract: In this paper I discuss and analyse the views of radical ecology and holistic environmental ethics to identify their underlying moral frameworks also considering internal logical coherence, practicality of application, and the implications for the human species. Chapter One presents and analyses the radical ecology position identifying the underlying ethical framework and consequent costs and benefits of this position with regards to humanity. Chapter Two follows the same method as Chapter One with the analysis of holistic environmental ethics. Chapter Three argues that both radical ecology and holistic environmental ethics are too quick to dismiss the uniqueness of the human condition. Revisiting the structures of radical ecology and holistic environmental ethics with the uniqueness of humanity in mind, I argue that these methods must be modified with a humanistic approach in order to establish a more logically coherent and plausible environmental ethic.

abstract: environmental philosophy, ethics, human scale, ecology


title: The exegetical interpretation of Leviticus 19:1-18 and the restoration of the Jewish community in the post-exilic period

subject: Judaism – History – Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D.

subject: Bible. Leviticus XIX – Criticism, interpretation, etc.

abstract: The goal of this thesis to look at the functions of the commands and laws in Leviticus 19:1-8 as follows: (1) the function of Leviticus 19: 1-18 and the Holiness Code; (2) Leviticus 19:1-18 as an aid to the restoration of Jewish Community. (3) The Prophet Ezekiel's understanding of the Holiness Code and possible connections to Leviticus 19:1-18. The thesis is divided into sections as follows:  Chapter 1 will present an exegesis of Leviticus 19:1-18. The relationship between these two sources will be discussed in chapters 1 and 2 in order to show the function of Leviticus 19 in relation to the other Pentateuchal sources.  Chapter 2 will examine the life of the Jews in the exilic. Chapter 3 will present the ideas in Leviticus 19 against life in the exile. The Book of Ezekiel with its close relationship to H will also be brought into focus.


title: Experiences of women in early labour sent home following hospital assessment

subject: Labor (Obstetrics) – Psychological aspects.

subject: Hospitals – Admission and discharge.

subject: Maternity nursing.

subject: Phenomenological psychology.

abstract: Labour and birth is a life event common to many women yet the physical process, in addition to psychological, social, and spiritual experiences, is unique to each woman. A woman under the care of a physician will come to a hospital when she believes she is in labour. If she is in active labour, the woman is admitted to hospital. If in early labour, the woman is often sent to walk within the hospital prior to reassessment as walking can contribute to progress in labour, or she is sent home. There is limited information about the phenomenon when a woman in early labour is sent home until she is admitted in active labour. Combining the elements of early labour and known possible psychosocial outcomes of birth, this qualitative study explored the experiences of women sent home in early labour within the context of one hospital site in Canada, having 4000 births annually. In-depth interviews with 10 postpartum women within 48 hours of birth yielded the data that were analyzed through a qualitative approach using interpretive description defined by Thorne, Reimer-Kirkham and MacDonald-Emes (1997), and using methods of analysis as outlined by Giorgi (2012). Themes resulting from this analysis were: Conflict between knowledge of labour symptoms and women’s initial responses; background influences and current pregnancy concerns; impact of the unspoken; experiences of pain and coping; and influence of others. Through literature integration it was concluded that all women experience an overwhelming anxiety that may empower/disempower their self-efficacy, confidence, communication with self/others and their coping. Suggestions for practice include a culture of open access to the assessment area and a focus on communication with women in early labour to better understand their individual needs and provide support to decrease anxiety and fear, increase confidence and foster empowerment.

abstract: early labour, experiences, women, labour onset, admission, empowerment, qualitative, interpretive description


title: EXPLORING ETHNIC DIFFERENCES IN SELF-REPORTED PROTECTIVE BEHAVIOURS AGAINST COVID-19 MEDIATED BY PERCEPTIONS OF RISK

abstract: This research explores ethnic differences in self-protective behaviours against COVID-19, and if identified, whether these differences are mediated by perceived risk towards COVID-19. I recruited 187 respondents to participate in an online survey about perceived risk and self-protective behaviours against COVID-19. Using a mixed-methods design, I observed people belonging to an ethnically diverse population engaged in hand-hygiene, avoided high-risk individuals, avoided large crowds or public spaces, and avoided eating at restaurants more frequently relative to less diverse “White” populations. The likelihood of an individual wearing a mask in public was similar between both groups. There was no evidence of mediation from perceptions of risk on behaviours. Systemic barriers that ethnically diverse communities typically encounter, such as low income and multi-family homes, may play a role in the engagement of self-protective behaviours. More research is warranted to identify social determinants of health and their role in the engagement of self-protective behaviours.

abstract: self-protective behaviours

abstract: perception of risk

abstract: ethnicity


title: Exploring How Family Members Experience Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)

subject:
Assisted suicide -- Social aspects.
Loss (Psychology)
Assisted suicide--Case studies.

abstract:
This study explored how family members experience Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD), since the 2016 Canadian legislation. The Listening Guide, a qualitative research methodology, was used to hear the experiences of seven family members from across Canada, whose loved one received MAiD. Analyses revealed that family members experienced tension in negotiating relationship to themselves, to their loved one, and to others involved. These tensions were heard in four voices throughout the study: witnessing, caregiving, honouring choice and supporting dignity, and surrendering and letting go.

Current procedures and policies tend to focus on the individual receiving MAiD. Shifting practices to align with relational ethics could challenge healthcare providers to consider how they might support family members. By acknowledging the social context of the patient receiving MAiD, this study extends the discourse surrounding MAiD beyond the realm of individual autonomy, suggesting a shift in care from being patient-focused to being truly person-centred.

abstract: MAiD

abstract: Medical Assistance in Dying

abstract: person-centred care

abstract: end of life

abstract: palliative

abstract: Listening Guide


title: Exploring the Experience of Mothers Who Have Children with Albinism in Tanzania: A Critical Ethnography

subject:
Human rights--Africa.
Women--Health and hygiene.
Albinos and albinism
Women's rights--Africa.
Resilience (Personality trait) in women

abstract: Little is understood about the everyday lives of mothers of children with albinism in sub-Saharan Africa, specifically Tanzania. This region has a harrowing history of discrimination and violent attacks against persons with albinism, largely rooted in cultural/spiritual beliefs and practices, and perpetuated by layers of myth about albinism. A focused critical ethnographic study, through the lens of Hudson-Weems’ (2019) Africana Womanism, explored the experiences of mothers of children with albinism in Tanzania, addressed the gendered nature of this condition, and considered the human rights and resilience of the mothers. One participant’s story illuminated human rights and resilience from a mother’s standpoint, which was the backdrop for the presentation of findings that included stories of other mothers with albinism and the perspectives of key stakeholders. These findings highlight the social ecological nature of resilience for these mothers. Recommendations focus on policy, advocacy, and research related to health and social services and education.

abstract: Albinism

abstract: Mothering

abstract: Tanzania

abstract: Human Rights

abstract: Africana Womanism

abstract: Resilience


title: Exploring the Interprofessional Contributions of Spiritual Health Practitioners to Prevent Compassion Fatigue in Nurses

abstract: The connections amidst compassion fatigue, the spiritual well-being of nurses, and the provision of support by spiritual health practitioners (SHPs) have not been well studied. The purpose of this qualitative thesis is to explore the perspectives of SHPs in their support for nurses to prevent compassion fatigue. This study was conducted using a qualitative interpretive description design. The methods utilized included a current literature review and thematic analysis of individual interviews with seven SHPs. A brief secondary analysis of data collected from a related research project informed the background and some findings of this study. One overarching theme, The Value of Connectedness, and three main themes were identified from the data: (De)Prioritization of the Spiritual in Health Care; SHPs’ Perception of Nurses’ Compassion Fatigue and Lack of Connection to Spirituality; and The Nature of SHP Support. Several conclusions and recommendations have been made from the completion of this research.

abstract: Nurse, compassion fatigue, spirituality, spiritual health practitioner


title: Extending the spirit : a qualitative secondary analysis on nurses’ perspectives on spirituality

subject: Nursing – Religious aspects – Christianity.

subject: Nursing – Religious aspects.

subject: Spirituality.

subject: Nurse and patient.

subject: Caregivers – Religious life.

abstract: Once laden with promise, modernization and secularization have not remedied the societal ills of our time.  Individuals have begun to seek answers outside of the confines of traditional religion, often developing a personalized spirituality.  As Canadian society returns its attention to spirituality, nursing acts of spiritual care arguably gain importance.  The purpose of this study was to explore the influences on spirituality and spiritual caregiving in nursing practice.  This qualitative secondary analysis compared and contrasted the narratives of fourteen nurses:  eight from acute settings and six from community settings.  The participants self-identified their spiritual/religious affiliations: Christians, Catholic, Muslim, spiritual but not religious, and not spiritual or religious.  From an interpretative descriptive framework, five nested themes were identified as influencing spiritual caregiving in healthcare contexts:  the nurse as custodian of spiritual caregiving, nursing acts of spiritual caregiving, professional and organizational silence, distinctive environments, and the Canadian milieu.


title: Faculty Preparation for Accompanying Nursing Students on International Experiences: Moving Beyond Trial-and-Error

subject:
Nursing -- Study and teaching.
Foreign study.
Education and globalization.
Intercultural communication.

abstract: Many Canadian nursing programs offer international experiences (IEs) as educational opportunities for students. While evidence of pre-departure preparation exists for students, little is known about the preparation of faculty who accompany them. In this qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine novice-to-expert nursing faculty to explore faculty preparation for accompanying nursing students on IEs. The interpretive description design was informed by critical inquiry methods which examined preparation alignment with critical global perspectives. Four themes were interpreted including: the overarching theme of gaining preparation expertise over time, and three main themes of learning on-the-job, discovering the different responsibilities, and learning for-the-job. In the findings, experience was emphasized over formal preparation. Additionally, preparation was complicated by a lack of global health knowledge and a lack of institutional support. Recommendations include moving beyond learning from trial-and-error and moving towards intentional preparation that better considers the experience, knowledge, skills, and attitudes for preparing nursing faculty for IEs.

abstract: Global Health

abstract: Nursing

abstract: Education

abstract: International Experiences

abstract: Faculty Preparation


title: Fiction in the Integrated Circuit

subject: Science fiction -- History and criticism.

subject: Science fiction -- Social aspects.

subject: Cyborgs in literature.

subject: Philosophy in literature.

abstract: This study takes up the question of the cyborg through a close reading of key historical texts in the technical and scientific literature informing modern integrated circuit technology, and of twentieth- and twenty-first century texts in continental theory and philosophy, in order to present a viable notion of subjectivity for our technological age. To this end, this study articulates a morphology of the cyborg as a philosophical, political, and technological subject uniquely situated and acting in the world, a subject that upends conceptions of truth and knowledge as representation or correspondence. The cyborg instead presents a playful sensibility in touch with the openness of existence itself to becoming, newness, and life. Through her skillful traversal of the world-machine the cyborg resists established networks of power, creating havens of intimacy in the dark away from the searing light of transcendental reason.


title: FINDING FAITH: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SERVICE-LEARNING IN FAITH FORMATION AT A CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL

abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between SL and faith by addressing three questions. First, is service-learning (SL) more effective than classroom-learning (CL) in helping high school students value faith, scripture, integrity, and prayer? Second, what elements enhance SL’s effectiveness in helping students grow in their faith? Third, what factors affect the motivation of teachers to offer SL? This mixed-method study analyzed the responses of 52 grade 10-12 Kelowna Christian school students and alumni. Additionally, three KCS high school teachers were interviewed to understand teacher motivation. The findings demonstrated SL to be more effective than CL in maturing faith and helping students value scripture, integrity, and prayer. Moreover, the student’s narrative affected the effectiveness of SL’s reflection. Finally, the findings revealed the following factors inhibiting teachers from offering SL: prep time, community contacts, planning logistics of SL, rigid timetable, and unclear vision for SL at KCS.

abstract: Service-Learning, faith formation, Christian school


title: Formation by Christocentricity-Grace-Spirit : Applying a Redemptive-Historical Preaching Paradigm to the Chinese Christian Community in Metro Vancouver

contributor: Yeung, Hing-Kau (Jason) (external examiner)

subject: Grace (Theology)

subject: Redemption – Study and teaching.

subject: Holy Spirit – Study and teaching.

subject: Spiritual formation – Study and teaching.

subject: Teaching sermons.

subject: Church with Chinese – British Columbia – Vancouver.

subject: Church work with immigrants – British Columbia – Vancouver.

subject: Chinese – British Columbia – Vancouver.

subject: Pastoral theology.

abstract: Assuming the potential practice of egocentric and works-based moralism in the Chinese Christian community in Metro Vancouver, this project investigates the validity of applying a redemptive-historical preaching paradigm to the community that may address this moralistic problem. This preaching paradigm emphasizes Christocentric, grace-based and pneumatic aspects in the redemptive truth, and this paper argues that from a gospel-kingdom perspective this triple-emphasis of proclamation provides the most effective solution to the matter and that only "through this proclamation by the Holy Spirit" generates a genuine spiritual formation in Christian life (true love and obedience towards God).


title: Going Through A 24-Hour Box: How Women’s Experiences of Childbirth Shape Their Embodied Sense of Self

contributor: Epstein-Gilboa, Dr. Keren (external examiner)

subject:
Identity (Psychology)
Childbirth--Psychological aspects
Self.

abstract: Women’s experiences of childbirth are understood primarily in terms of role change and physical or cognitive impacts. This study adopted a holistic, embodied perspective to explore how women’s childbirth experiences shape their embodied sense of self.  Six women’s childbirth experiences were analysed using Gilligan’s (1982) Listening Guide method, adapted by integrating Längle’s (1993) Existential Analysis framework of the Four Fundamental Motivations. The analysis uncovered women’s voices of fulfillment and suffering as dynamic interplay suggesting that positive birth experience led to positive embodied sense of self while negative birth experience (e.g., disrupted embodiment) led to negative sense of self. These findings indicate that childbirth and motherhood can empower women to grow and be strong even in spite of possible traumatic or negative birth experience. This study has important implications for promoting a holistic understanding of the role of women’s subjective experiences of childbirth in shaping their embodied sense of self.

abstract: Childbirth, embodiment, embodied sense of self, Listening Guide.


title: The Greek perfect and the categorization of tense and aspect : toward a descriptive apparatus for operators in role and reference grammar

subject: Role and reference grammar.

subject: Grammar, Comparative and general – Syntax.

subject: Tense (Grammar)

subject: Greek language, Biblical--Syntax.

subject: Greek language, Biblical--Semantics.

abstract: This thesis expands the theoretical basis for operators within Role and Reference Grammar, using the Greek perfect as a test case. I examine current the approach to tense and aspect in RRG and its strengths and weaknesses. Some areas of RRG have a robust set of tools for language description, but semantic operators do not. I propose a model for tense and aspect operators that fills gaps in RRG while maintaining the integrity and spirit of the linguistic theory. I begin with a survey of the broader typological literature on tense and aspect to establish a set of tests for the evaluation and categorization of operators. I apply these tests to the Greek Perfect to evaluate their effectiveness, and concluding with a synthetic model for tense and aspect operators that satisfies the claims of the broader literature thereby furthering the goals of RRG as a framework for language description.


title: Grieving in Community: Accompanying Bereaved Parents

type: Thesis Text

subject: Children -- Death -- Psychological aspects.

subject: Bereavement -- Psychological aspects.

subject: Parental grief.

subject: Community psychology.

abstract: This study explored relational grieving in community through examining how community members grieve with bereaved parents after the death of a child. Three bereaved parent couples and their community members were interviewed together using the qualitative action-project method (QA-PM) to examine their shared grieving actions. Data was analyzed through top-down and bottom-up processes to understand the shared intentions of their grieving actions together. The findings of this research elicited thick descriptions of relational grieving at a community level. Four main assertions of how communities grieve with bereaved parents emerged including: (a) selflessly offering emotional and practical support, (b) engaging in and honouring vulnerability, (c) holding the complexity of grieving, and (d) fostering remembrance of the deceased child together. The novel descriptions of relational grieving in community contributed to the growing area of relational bereavement research. The theoretical, empirical, and clinical implications of this study were discussed.

abstract: Grieving

abstract: Bereaved parents

abstract: Community

abstract: Interpersonal grieving

abstract: relational grieving


title: Grieving Together: An Ethnography of Relational Grief in Community

subject:
Interpersonal psychotherapy.
Grief—Social aspects.
Grief—Religious aspects.
Emotions—Social aspects.

abstract: In this study community relational grief was researched by addressing how community members reciprocally interacted during bereavement.  A focussed ethnography was used to address the research question which was, how does a religious community grieve the deaths of members together?  Data analysis used the constant comparative method and was presented back to the community in a performance ethnography for confirmation and further data collection.  The result was a contextually situated description of how this community grieved the deaths of community members.  The four main themes were that community members: (a) shared a desire to care for the bereaved, (b) assessed relational proximity to the bereaved and the deceased to inform action according to role expectations, (c) grieved together, being impacted and impacting each other reciprocally, and (d) grieved, and interacted, according to their own unique characteristics and experiences.  Implications for bereavement theory, research and practice were discussed.

abstract: Bereavement

abstract: Relational Grief

abstract: Community

abstract: Grieving

abstract: Focused Ethnography

abstract: microethnography

abstract: applied ethnography


title: GROUP STRUCTURING IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS: PEER-BASED OR ACADEMIC-BASED

abstract:
This quasi-experimental pilot study examined how structuring of groups affects academic progress in math for grade 3 students (N = 71) from School X in Surrey, British Columbia. Participants completed the Vancouver Island Numeracy Assessment (INA) as a pre-test, followed by an intervention (group structuring: academic-based and peer-based). After 16 weeks, all participants, completed the INA a second time as a post-test to determine if the structuring of groups impacted mathematical abilities.
When mathematical performance was considered, a main effect was revealed: pre-test (M = 33.55, SD = 8.27, p < .001); post-test (M = 37.61, SD = -6.58, p < .001). No other main effects or interactions were observed between groups, or when sex and age were considered. Despite a small sample size and no significant results between groups, the study sheds initial ideas on the way in which groups are structured and paves the way for further inquiry.

abstract: ability grouping

abstract: tracking

abstract: peer-based groups

abstract: academic-based groups

abstract: collaboration

abstract: mathematical abilities


title: Growing up Male: a Social-Emotional Program for Grade 11 Males with Behavioural Needs in a BC Secondary School

subject: Men—Identity.

subject: Boys—Identity.

subject: Gender identity.

subject: Masculinity.

subject: Sex role.

subject: Gender Role Conflict Scale for Adolescents.

abstract: Male adolescents who have behavioural needs are some of the most vulnerable students in schools today.  To meet the pressing need of helping such students, a gender-conscious 9-session intervention course was developed and implemented by the researcher for nine grade 11 male students with behavioural needs for and at a public secondary school in British Columbia.  Exit interviews with participants suggest that participants gained social and emotional insights via the intervention.  Quantitatively, participants filled out the Gender Role Conflict Scale for Adolescents to self assess three variables associated with emotional health, while their teachers completed the Conners 3-TS to assess for two variables related to social health.  Only one variable improved, Restricted Emotionality (p < .05), from the start to end of the intervention.  Within this study’s ethnographic framework, the researcher’s interactions with the young men also revealed their frustrations regarding their feelings of being marginalized by educators in schools.

abstract: masculinity, adolescents, at-risk, behavioural issues, gender role conflict, intervention, social and emotional health, mixed methods


title: Habermas on Religion in the Public Sphere: a Post-Secular Conservative Critique

subject:
Religion and civil society.
Religion and politics.
Habermas, Jürgen.

abstract: Jürgen Habermas “institutional proviso” purports to overcome secularism by inviting religion back into the public debate. This paper examines Habermas’ understanding of the role of religion in the public sphere and his attempt to make room for religious citizens in the post-secular society. My main argument is that Habermas’ desire to welcome religion in the public sphere is blocked by aspects of his own philosophy: namely, an understanding of religion over against the secular, and a concept of neutrality informed by the Enlightenment’s prejudice against tradition. Habermas fails to grasp the difficulties involved in the “translation” process. His own political project relies upon the truth-validity of religious presuppositions and in some ways operates in terms of what some have called “political religion.” While Habermas’ effort to welcome religion is rightly celebrated, he is still not able to articulate a coherent affirmation of the necessity of religion in the public life.


title: Hellenistic Greek Middle Voice: Semantic Event Structure and Voice Typology

subject: Grammar, Comparative and general--Middle voice.

subject: Greek language, Biblical--Grammar.

subject: Semantics.

abstract: This thesis advocates a semantic approach to Hellenistic Greek middle voice, endeavoring to capture a variety of middle expressions and their internal semantic relations. Various event types that receive middle expression in Greek form a continuum; they adopt the scale of semantic transitivity as a conceptual foundation for middle phenomena, among middle systems cross-linguistically and in Ancient Greek (Kemmer 1993). Historical traditions in voice analysis point to syntactic relationships, with alternations framed as choices in clausal subject. Such narrow definitions do not capture the semantic behavior of the Greek middle. Neglecting differences in semantic event structure overlooks fundamental aspects of the Greek voice system. The present analysis describes Greek voice in terms of meaning-oriented distinctions in event structure, as they pertain to shifts in both the type of action and attentional focus regarding facets of an event frame, engaging semantic and pragmatic motivations in voice (Langacker 2006, Shibatani 2006).

abstract: Greek, Koine, Hellenistic, voice, voice typology, semantic event structure, deponency, cognitive linguistics, lexical semantics, transitivity


title: How a story means : a narrative linguistic reading of Exodus 2-4

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

subject: Bible. Exodus – Criticism, Narrative.

subject: Bible. Exodus – Criticism, Textual.

abstract:
Well-written narratives communicate more than information. What a story communicates is as important as how the story communicates. The narrative flow of a story engages the reader in the action. Narrative conventions assist the reader in connecting prior knowledge or experience with the story. Authors also make linguistic decisions as to how the story is conveyed. The syntax of clauses, sentences, paragraphs and whole documents conveys the story to the reader in expected, and at times unexpected, ways.
This study merges narrative and text-linguistic exegetical methods in the reading of Exodus 2-4. Text-linguistics, the primary method employed, examines the syntax of the story in an effort to understand how the language has been employed in the communicative act. These observations are then combined with narrative observations: characterization, plot, type-scenes, and connections with other stories within the same work, in this case the Pentateuch.


title: How Do Participants in an Evangelism Training Program Assess Its Impact on Their Ability and Confidence in Sharing Their Personal Faith?

subject:
Evangelistic work.
Witness bearing (Christianity)
Religious education.

abstract: This research project probed the question, “How do participants in an evangelism training program assess its impact on their ability, confidence and enthusiasm in sharing their faith to non-believers?” Current research suggests that although “evangelicals” firmly believe in the exclusivism of the Gospel message, few actually tell others about this message (a practice called “witnessing to others”). However, current research also suggests that when evangelicals are trained and encouraged to tell others, their confidence and skill level in witnessing is increased. The project reviews both historical and current theological understandings of the term “evangelism”. The project also probes some of the ethical issues related to the motives and reasons for witnessing to others. The project then culminates by presenting the findings of a phenomenological study of thirty people from selected Chinese churches in Calgary who participated in a training program designed to enhance their confidence and skill in witnessing to others.


title: How Parents of Children with Autism Access Service: The Recollection of Eight Families

subject: Autistic children -- Family relationships.

subject: People with mental disabilities--Services for.

subject: Autism in children.

subject: Autism.

abstract: Autism Spectrum Disorder has an increasing prevalence in children; diagnostic tools have become more refined and children are diagnosed younger. Parents of children with ASD learn to cope with challenges. It was hypothesized that many parents in the lower mainland of British Columbia are self-educating instead of learning from healthcare professionals. It was also hypothesized that parents are unaware of the resources available to them after receiving a diagnosis, and are therefore seeking help for their child and assembling services in much the same way they self-educated themselves. Eight families were interviewed about their experiences post-diagnosis. It was observed that families varied greatly in emotional response and were provided with information from a physician. However, few actually used the information provided to achieve a service assembly. This qualitative research revealed that families experience relational strain and parents desired a resources to guide, support, and educate them throughout their autism journey.


title: HOW THE HEALER BECOMES: EXPERIENCED FEMALE PSYCHOTHERAPISTS’ DEVELOPMENT OF VOICE

abstract: Research indicates that therapists’ congruent presence impacts therapeutic alliance and outcomes, yet there remains a need for relational feminist understandings of therapist development of congruence. This study, grounded in a constructivist paradigm, seeks to further our understanding of this phenomenon utilizing the listening guide. Nine female psychotherapists participated in this study to answer the following research question, How do experienced female therapists experience their development of voice? Participants spoke in voices of connection, resistance, and disconnection. Three additional voices were identified regarding participants’ views of their professional role. Five participants joined in a follow-up focus group. Being embodied served as a primary means through which all five participants connected to their voice as therapists. Voices of disconnection facilitated growth when participants connected with themselves relationally. Relationships that facilitate therapist development should be characterized by a relational openness to all voices within the developing therapist, which was associated with supervisors’ embodied presence.

abstract: self

abstract: congruence

abstract: psychotherapist development

abstract: women

abstract: presence

abstract: embodiment

abstract: relational theory


title: The Impact of Three Math Interventions on Number Fact Knowledge among Elementary School Students: Emphasis on Students with Lower Math Abilities

subject: Arithmetic -- Study and teaching (Elementary)

subject: Arithmetic--Remedial teaching

subject: Peer mediation

abstract: This study examined the impact of three math interventions on students with lower math abilities (LMA) in connection to their ability to gain number fact knowledge.  Grade level was also used as a variable.  Sixty-five students in Grades 2-6 participated in one of the following three interventions: drill-and-practice, strategy instruction and peer-mediated practice. At the end of 10 weeks, participants completed a number fact test that consisted of addition and multiplication statements.  ANOVAs were used to analyze the results for each research question. Results demonstrated that the three interventions had no significant interaction effect on the number fact knowledge gained by the students with LMA. As well, students with LMA and without LMA benefitted equally from the interventions. It was also found that there was no significant interaction between the grade of the student and the intervention used. However, all students benefitted from all three interventions.

abstract: mathematics interventions

abstract: drill-and-practice

abstract: peer-mediation

abstract: strategy instruction

abstract: lower math abilities

abstract: number fact knowledge

abstract: drill-and-practice

abstract: strategy instruction

abstract: lower math abilities


title: Incidental Correction of Pronunciation: Beliefs and Classroom Practice

subject: English language—Pronunciation by foreign speakers.

subject: English language—Computer-assisted instruction for foreign speakers.

subject: English language—Pronunciation.

abstract:
Pronunciation instruction is currently being integrated into task-based English language education. However, instructors question the appropriateness of pronunciation correction, especially in a setting that focuses on meaning and content.

Despite research suggesting successful techniques for correcting pronunciation, few studies explore the impact of correction in a class-based setting. In order to explore the appropriate locale for correction, this thesis describes observed instances of correction and then recounts student perspectives and instructor attitudes about correction in an academic setting.

Observations show that instructors correct pronunciation errors by using primarily implicit recasts. Students desire pronunciation correction; however, they tend to be wary of interruption. Instructors believe that correction is necessary, but not if it will increase student stress and anxiety.

Suggestions for effective implementation of feedback are given, including recommendations for when and how feedback could have occurred in the observed classes.

abstract: Pronunciation, Correction, Focus-on-Form, Incidental, EAP Instruction


title: Incorporating syntax into theories of textual transmission : preliminary studies in the Judaean desert Isaiah scrolls and fragments

subject:
Bible. Isaiah – Criticism, Textual.
Bible. Isaiah – Language, style.
Dead Sea scrolls.

abstract:
Prior to the discovery of the Qumran and Judaean Desert scrolls and fragments, text-critical scholars
conducted their investigation of textual variation by means of manuscript stemma, among
which ! and its associated scribal school was the golden rule. With nearly seventy years of research
now complete, scholars have emended their methodological framework to account for
variation by means of the scribal practices of the Second Temple era. To analyze textual variation
vis-à-vis scribal practices and approaches has required that scholars incorporate historical linguistics
into existing philological methods. The linguistic categories of orthography, phonology, and
morphology have received a significant amount attention, mostly in Emanuel Tov's Non-Aligned
theory. However, syntax has received little attention. To test the hypothesis that syntax should likewise
be incorporated into transmission theory methodology, several case studies from the Judaean
Desert Isaiah corpus are presented. The conclusion of the present study affirms that syntax offers a
viable method to account for the extant readings witnessed in the Judaean Desert Isaiah corpus.


title: Inferentialist reliabilism and proper functionalism : a comparative analysis as defenses of externalism

subject:
Externalism (Philosophy of mind)
Reliability (Personality trait)
Reliabilism.
Functionalism.
Lyons, Jack
Plantinga, Alvin

abstract: The specific question this thesis aims to answer is this: does Jack Lyons' inferentialist reliabilism or Alvin Plantinga's proper functionalism provide a more plausible defence of externalism? This thesis compares inferentialist reliabilism and proper functionalism as external epistemic theories and evaluates them on how plausibly they answer the main objections that have been raised against externalism. This thesis begins by outlining these objections: The Generality Problem, the New Evil Demon Problem, and the Clairvoyance and Mr. Truetemp Objections. I list and defend the criteria that each theory must meet in order to provide successful solutions to these objections. Next I evaluate Lyons' and Plantinga's responses to the objections and which criteria they meet in solving the objections. Finally, I conclude after a comparison of the solutions Lyons and Plantinga give to the objections that inferentialist reliabilism provides a more plausible defence of externalism than proper functionalism does.


title: INFLUENZA VACCINE PREVALENCE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH INFLUENZA VACCINATION AMONG CANADIAN ADULTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS: AN EXPLORATION OF THE CCHS DATA

abstract: Individuals with mental illness are at high-risk for influenza (flu) and reduced receipt of preventive services i.e., flu vaccination. Yet, literature is limited on flu vaccination among this population. This study identifies flu vaccine rates and explores factors associated with having a flu vaccine among adults with mood/anxiety disorders living in 4 Canadian provinces. Data from the 2017-2018 Canadian Community Health Survey were analyzed. Of the mental illness sample, 65.1% received a flu vaccine in their lifetime. Of those, 55.9% received it less than 1 year ago. Those more likely to receive a lifetime flu vaccine are 60 years +, females, have higher education and household incomes, chronic comorbidities, non-smokers, non-sedentary behaviours, had relationships, primary care access, and lived in Alberta health regions. Findings highlight that Canadians with mental illness may need support to receive annual flu vaccines, and health interventions should target these specific factors to promote flu vaccination.

abstract: Mental illness, Influenza vaccination, Health Promotion Model