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“Will a house make it all okay?” is a personal reflection essay of how I construct a definition of home. Through sensory memories of home, I reconstruct my childhood definition of home and then look…

Social capital is a concept that is increasingly used by policy makers to help marginalized populations. A lack of consensus around the definition of social capital has led to its use in a variety of…

I used fishery-independent survey data and catch curve analysis to assess the potential predation effects of sea otters on the British Columbia geoduck fishery on the west coast of Vancouver Island,…

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…

In Canada, Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) form the group with the highest prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection. Studies conducted in other developed countries indicated that…

This study examines the rural-urban post-secondary education participation gap in Canada. Using data collected in the Access and Support for Education and Training Survey (ASETS) released in 2009,…

This report examines the tension between print and digital magazine publishing, the divisiveness around SEO, and the future of BCBusiness magazine’s digital editorial strategy. Beyond simply…

The last decade has brought with it new youth criminal justice legislation: the Youth Criminal Justice Act. This federal legislation created more options for practitioners (e.g., police, courts and…

This report examines how sell-through reporting has revolutionized the editorial, marketing, publicity, and sales strategies of Sourcebooks and Raincoast Books since the introduction of BookScan and…

Neighbourhood design can play a role in facilitating walking within the neighbourhood. Elements in the built environment that are believed to play a role in walking include density, land use mix,…

A software application for monitoring and controlling sensor network data needs to be easily accessible and needs to maintain an accurate record of all activities in the network. Traditional desktop…

It is meaningful to explore the effect of obtaining a PhD degree on the finding a faculty job after graduation. Two factors are important: the first is observable ranking of the PhD degree granting…

Main Street station was designed and built in 1982 as the terminus of a demonstration line for the SkyTrain rapid transit system. This project examines the historical experience of Main Street…

This study is about entrepreneurial urban strategies to reconcile environmental and economic objectives in cities pursuing “green” economic development. It looks at Vancouver's goal to become…

Each year more than 90 percent of childhood HIV infections (>390,000 infections) occur in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Ethiopia, mother-to-child transmission accounts for over 95 percent of childhood…

Canada Pension Plan Disability provides benefits to individuals who meet the contributory and medical eligibility criteria. Although few beneficiaries are expected to leave the benefit and return to…