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The amount of electricity Canadian households use to power a growing array of consumer electronics has increased dramatically. This Capstone asks what the Canadian government can do to contain that…

To shed empirical light on the debate surrounding the perceived ecological benefits of community forestry, I used multiple types of data to compare five community forests to geographically proximate…

Declining music sales revenues are forcing independent Canadian musicians to find new ways to support themselves financially. This study suggests how Heritage Canada might modify the Canada Music…

This study evaluates the state of agricultural housing accommodation in Abbotsford, British Columbia for migrant seasonal workers entering Canada under the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP…

This project examines the current zoning system used by Parks Canada by investigating its application on the strategic policy level and the park planning level. The analysis is based on interviews…

The Shark Bay World Heritage Property is home to the largest breeding population of loggerhead turtles in Australia. With little known about the movements of males in this population, I assessed the…

Egg injection was validated for studies of in ovo exposure to xenobiotics in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Puncturing eggs and injecting DMSO had no effect on embryo development or hatching…

The ambiguous figure of Mary Magdalene first appears in the Christian Gospels—most importantly as a witness to the Resurrection—and subsequently in mystical writings of Gnostic origins. Her true…

This MA Project advances an explanation for the evolving relationships between Somaliland men and women following the civil war in 1991 and the subsequent peace-building process. Drawing from 28…

In this paper, I analyse the history of services for street youth in Vancouver and the policy context in which street youth services in Vancouver operate. The history and development of street youth…

Thousands of chemicals are awaiting categorization for bioaccumulation potential. An in vitro test was developed to measure the biotransformation rates of bioaccumlative commercial chemicals (benzo[…

This report analyzes the position The Walrus assumes as a charitable organization in a climate that presents many financial challenges to general-interest magazines in Canada. Through a case study of…

Essay 1) What role do natural resources play in development? In the past, societies were dependent on their immediate natural environments for survival. As industrialization and globalization took…

The few climate change studies that have been done in the Valles Cruceños region of Bolivia have mainly focused on investigations of climate change impacts on the natural system. Adaptation and…

This study addresses the problem of high pregnancy rates among children and youth in BC government care compared to those in the general population. Key research questions addressed are: a) What is…

Key economic variables for pension plan projections are identified. These variables are modeled based on data since 1955. Several time series models are considered including regime switching models…

According to the United Nations there are currently 1.4 billion people globally who lack access to electricity. In most circumstances connecting these individuals to the existing electricity grid is…

To investigate the hypothesis that oxidative stress (OS) can regulate P-glycoprotein (P-gp) function in isolated rainbow trout hepatocytes (Oncorhynchus mykiss), cell suspensions were exposed in…

This report explores how UBC Press, a scholarly publisher, develops and executes a marketing plan for their publications. Consideration is given to the specific ways that the Press markets their…

This project analyzes the spread arising from trading in two portfolios based on the European debt and interbank lending markets. The analysis uses data on sovereign credit default swap spreads, zero…