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With settlement patterns in many large North American cities changing, policy makers have begun to analyze the extent to which residents have access to the services necessary for a healthy life. This…

This paper examines the status of women in Kenyan households. It finds that low-income women, particularly those in rural areas, have limited household bargaining power and freedom to make…

Regulation and enforcement of land and water use in Canada’s north is an important policy issue and an integral component of environmental protection in Canada’s northern territories. This study…

Water resource managers must make decisions regarding minimum instream flow requirements for rivers, despite many uncertainties. Two important uncertainties concern (1) estimates of usable fish…

This project report describes how Shoppers Drug Mart uses its custom publication, Glow magazine, as a marketing tool to create and maintain relationships with its customers, and to promote the…

This report explores how visuals can be used to facilitate learning and to enhance the educational value of textbooks. The report draws upon empirical research on the use of visuals in the fields of…

Commercially exploited threatened or endangered marine fish are consistently declined for listing under Canada’s Species at Risk Act (SARA), largely due to predicted socio-economic impacts associated…

British Columbia’s Premier Christy Clark has promised eight new mines by 2015, and upgrades to current mines. Unfortunately, the variety of individual mining company practices for consulting with BC…

British Columbia has taken specific policy action to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in order to meet its legislated target: a 33% reduction in GHG emissions below 2007 levels by 2020. This…

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are crucial to the conservation of the ocean’s biodiversity and the recovery of global fisheries. Cost-benefit analysis can help policymakers evaluate the expected…

This paper examines the evolution of gender equality as manifested and protected by the state in both Rwanda and South Africa since 1994. As a liberal democracy, South Africa should, in theory, allow…

Canadian industrial carbon dioxide emissions exacerbate climate change and decrease the likelihood of Canada meeting its 2020 greenhouse gas targets. One approach to reducing emissions is to capture…

This project seeks to examine the root cause of gender barriers preventing the majority of women in Rwanda from benefiting from economic opportunities despite access to such opportunities and strong…

Loss of farmland to urban sprawl presents challenges to achieving sustainable development in Metro Vancouver. Finite petroleum supplies foreshadow a potential future need for locally attained…

Youth transitioning to adulthood from government care or youth agreement tend to experience poor outcomes in a variety of domains including education, employment, housing, income, relationships,…

I examine impacts of bottom-trawling on benthic foundation species (FS) in northern Hecate Strait, BC using photographic analysis of the benthos conducted over a gradient of trawling effort,…

The sustainability of British Columbia’s economy depends on maintaining a highly-skilled and productive trades labour-force. Since the late-1990s, reports of labour shortages in the trades have…

This paper proposes a new conceptual framework and techniques for sleep-onset acceleration: the somnolent mentation framework. It distinguishes between somnolent, asomnolent and insomnolent mentation…

Rapidly rising obesity rates are a major public health concern. Obesity is a well-established risk factor for many chronic diseases, the leading causes of death and disability in Canada with costs…

Mental health is an integral component and determinant of health. Mental health promotion (MHP) is a key primordial and primary preventive strategy that aims to enhance the capacity of individuals…