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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 project examines the potential for Government Street to be transformed from a transportation focused major road to a multi-functional green street. Potential interventions are assessed through a…

As China’s energy demand grows at a rapid pace alongside its economy, it seeks to secure access to the oil and natural gas needed to sustain this level of development. This paper examines two…

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…

Many bird species show spatial or habitat segregation of the sexes during the non-breeding season. One potential ecological explanation is that differences in bill morphology favour foraging niche…

Self-governance negotiations are an integral part of British Columbia’s modern day treaty process. At some treaty tables, impasses have resulted from differences on how to include traditional First…

Long Term Evolution (LTE) is becoming the mainstream of the fourth generation standard for high-speed wireless communications for mobile devices. Its radio access for downlink involves allocation of…

The ability to live and age well is a common goal across the lifespan. For older adults with multiple chronic conditions, this goal frequently poses a challenge. A central process by which…

Can Metro Vancouver grow its population and economy while staying within physical limits and improving liveability for its citizens? I explore this question using a Business as Usual forecast, a…

Haida Gwaii supports 1.5 million nesting seabirds, including 50% of the global Ancient Murrelet population and significant nesting populations of several other seabird species. Invasive rats pose a…

Food insecurity is a problem in Vancouver, BC. Through analysis of the systemic causes and negative correlates of food insecurity, this study examines effective ways to mitigate food insecurity in…

The solvency risk, contribution rate risk, and benet risk of a hybrid pension plan with stochastic investment returns are studied in this project. Gaussian, autoregressive and moving average…

The International Energy Association asserts that natural gas is poised to enter a golden age. This is particularly true for British Columbia, which possesses world-class shale gas reserves. Produced…

This report examines the importance of multilingualism in publishing, taking into consideration the reasons for difficulties in translating publications — including historical precedents and such…

The objective of this study was to apply a panel of yeast bioassays in the quantification and identification of chemicals from 4 different classes of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in marine…