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Background Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is an increasingly used peer chain-recruitment method to sample “hard-to-reach” populations for whom there are no reliable sampling frames. Implementation…

Lucy offers her testimony about growing up in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta and the Mikisew Cree First Nation. She also speaks about her Indian Residential School experience and the changes to the…

In this paper, we develop a two-way multi-relay scheme for JPEG 2000 image transmission. We adopt a modified time-division broadcast (TDBC) cooperative protocol, and derive its power allocation and…

This paper discusses the influence on my research and writings of several methodological principles that we, the members of the LSE Staff Seminar on Methodology, Measurement and Testing learned…

Despite the central role of knowledge in design, there is a dearth of research on the typology, intrinsic structure and composition of design knowledge. This results in an indeterminate…

Roy Henry Vickers is an internationally acclaimed artist, carver and author whose atistic style fuses traditional and contemporary froms that seadk to th ereverence of British Columbia, and the…

A growing public health literature indicates that neighbourhood environment plays an important role in older adults’ health. However, investigation on neighbourhood health impacts on Chinese…

Load disaggregation based on aided linear integer programming (ALIP) is proposed. We start with a conventional linear integer programming (IP) based disaggregation and enhance it in several ways. The…

Few policy scholars have analyzed prostitution laws and the governance of sex work. This is unfortunate because the policy area is associated with societal problems, and the systematic study of…

Cecilia Point talks about her Musqueam heritage, the values she grew up with, her mixed ancestry and how her family came to live in the Musqueam area. Cecilia also talks in depth about c̓əsnaʔəm,…

Second-best theory established that a policy's effect on community welfare (or any other objective function) varies with its specific context. In contrast, Ng argues that fulfilling first-best…

Living things avoid equilibrium using molecular machines. Such microscopic soft-matter objects encounter relatively large friction and fluctuations. We discuss design principles for effective…

BACKGROUND: We assessed the validity of a self-report measure of undetectable viral load (VL) among women with HIV in British Columbia (BC), Canada. Questionnaire data from the Canadian HIV Women…

Johnny Jones talks about what it means to be Lil’wat and how the Lil’wat Nation is an unceded territory -allowing its citizens to fully govern their land, asserting sovereign right and title over the…

Kelly White's ancestory is Musqueam, but she is originally from Cedar, B.C. just outside Snuuneymuxw-otherwise known as, “people of the river.” Kelly later moved to Nanaimo, British Columbia and…

This paper contrasts the static neoclassical and the evolutionary views of the economy and economic policy. It responds to Ng's comments on Lipsey's original criticism of third-best theory…

Dr. Eric A. Ostrowidziki is a professor at Nicola Valley Institute of Technology teaching in english, and Indigenous Studies. He is a member of the Abenanki First Nation in Quebec.

Purpose: To review and document the challenges faced by different stakeholders - refugees, humanitarian organizations and host countries of refugees in accessing and providing continuity of care (…

As a response to the poor health conditions that indigenous people experience worldwide, indigenous groups in many countries have demanded increased autonomy and control over health care in hopes of…

Voluntourism is defined in this paper as organized short-term volunteer work completed in the Global South by a tourist from the Global North whose goal is to provide relief from or alleviate poverty…