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Critiques of past participatory development practices and attempts at trying to fix their many pitfalls have focused largely on methods. Yet practitioners have failed to engage in a more in-depth…

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…

“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,…

Vancouver is striving to be one of Canada’s most progressive cities in terms of sustainable development, as evidenced by its goal of becoming the world’s greenest city by 2020. A core area of the…

Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) combines fed aquaculture (finfish) with extractive aquaculture (shellfish and seaweeds) at a single site to recycle nutrient waste while producing…

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…

Canada’s innovation performance is lagging behind other developed countries. The need for universities to commercialize their research is growing. University spinoffs (USOs) have emerged as the…

Social enterprises result in several benefits for marginalized individuals, the non-profit sector, and communities. This study investigates how the Government of British Columbia can support the…

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc has recently expanded into the academic market, acquiring six academic publishing houses since 2006 and creating their own imprint, Bloomsbury Academic. The London-based…