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Large projects such as the transition of operations from one area of an open pit mine to a new area will involve the execution of a number of sub-projects. Existing systems at Teck Coal tend to…

Teck Highland Valley Copper is the largest copper mine in Canada. The operation requires annual sustaining capital funding in order to replace equipment and maintain capacity. The asset replacement…

The expectations for companies to disclose information are undergoing a transformation. Traditional financial disclosure practices are no longer sufficient to address increasing pressures to provide…

Teck Coal Limited is the world’s second largest exporter of seaborne steel-making coal. Teck Coal operates six mines in western Canada and two of the mines, Fording River Operations and Greenhills…

John Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Framework (MSF) was articulated in order to better understand how issues entered onto policy agendas, using the concept of policy actors interacting over the course of…

Climate change is known to be an important risk of forest fire. Studies have shown an increased risk of fire because of rising temperatures, drier conditions, more lightning from stronger storms,…

This paper explores ways for the proposed LNG industry to build successful engagement procedures with BC First Nations. The process starts with the LNG industry’s Corporate Social Responsibility with…

This business plan examines the viability of using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), otherwise known as aerial drones for asset management inspections. The UAVs are equipped with high-resolution…

The First Nations Technology Council began strategic repositioning as a social enterprise in 2014. This Three-Year Social Enterprise Business Plan aligns the organization’s vision and social mission…

Ecological indices summarize large sets of complex data to improve performance monitoring, benchmarking, policy analysis, and public communication. Indices, such as the Ocean Health Index, are…

This project combines depth sensor, virtual game platform, and mobile robots to create an environment where user can engage in a game (i.e. a game of air-hockey) by using simple hand gestures to…

Conservation of grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) is often controversial and the disagreement often is focused on the estimates of density used to calculate allowable kill. Many recent estimates of…

Deep-sea sponge grounds provide structurally complex habitat for fish and invertebrates and enhance local biodiversity. They are also vulnerable to bottom-contact fisheries and prime candidates for…

Rapid climate change represents one of the top threats to biodiversity, causing declines and extinctions of many species. Range shifts are a key response, but in many cases are incompatible with the…

Marine waterbirds have shown variable trends in abundance over the past four decades with some species displaying steep declines along the Pacific coast from British Columbia through California. One…

Sea otters (Enhydra lutris) are keystone predators that consume a variety of benthic invertebrates, including the intertidal mussel, Mytilus californianus. By virtue of their competitive dominance,…

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short, non-coding RNAs, which post-transcriptionally regulate gene expression and are proposed to play a key role in the regulation of innate and adaptive immunity. Here, we…

This study investigated how both sex and individual differences in a mental rotation test (MRT) influence performance on working memory (WM). To identify the neural substrate supporting these…

This report analyzes trends in online publishing and how they have affected high-end print magazines, focusing on the redesign of the Monocle magazine website. Established in 2007, the magazine is…

Shameless magazine is a Canadian magazine for teen girls and transgender (“trans”) youth. Its first issue was published in June 2004 with the aim to be an alternative to what was offered in the…