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This study examines ways to improve high school completion rates for Vietnamese-speaking boys in Vancouver. On average, English as a Second Language students have high school completion rates above…

In addition to its retributive and restorative functions, by its mere existence the International Criminal Court is slated to play a deterrence role never before seen in international criminal law.…

Despite Vancouver’s reputation for urban planning excellence, there are fears the current voluntary model of regional governance may be unable to ensure the achievement of the vision defined in the…

This thesis project examines how representations of power are visualized in the context of geopolitical boundaries. In tracing the laws that regulate borders back to the judicial bodies which make…

Managing conflicts between bears and humans is vital for human safety and for the conservation of bears. This study investigated black bear (Ursus americanus) and grizzly bear (Ursus arctos)…

Small-scale farms in British Columbia (BC) face the challenge of adapting to both positive and negative climate change impacts, while maintaining their financial viability. This study explores the…

This paper considers the ways in which photography can be used as a tool by teachers for their own self reflection. The opportunity for a teacher to capture their world through photography is almost…

Today, power is increasingly becoming the key limitation in CPU performance; therefore, power consumption is an important issue for computer manufacturers. While manufacturers main design challenge…

In creating a series of short dances and presenting them in a variety of informal settings, my Thesis Project examines the encounter of emotion to body movement and the transfer of feeling that…

Overwintering is a critical period for salmonids living in British Columbia, when fish face reduced energy intake. While exposure to current-use pesticides (CUP) may exacerbate the problem of a…

In this project we examine different sampling plans as part of reliability control procedures in manufacturing. The systematic sampling conventionally used by many companies can be replaced by a skip…

The goal of this project is to examine what Hannah Arendt’s insights on the nature of democratic participation reveal about contemporary participatory innovations. The analysis is centered on Arendt’…

This report provides the technological, historical and theoretical context of an agile publishing workflow—that is, a workflow that adapts to a changing environment through iterative development.…

Since 1975, the Canadian provinces and Canadian Wildlife Service have conducted surveys on freshwater recreational fishing. Completed every five years, these surveys contain human dimension (HD)…

Many practical projects collect data without a careful study design. This, together with possible inappropriate statistical approaches used in data analysis, may result in questionable study…

Many estrogenic chemicals are released into the surface waters by municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and livestock farms. Estrogenic chemicals are a sub-class of the chemicals collectively…

This MFA project uses space defined by movement to develop an inscriptive practice, which I will refer to as an ‘architecture of landing’. The term ‘landing’ here refers to the potential of actual…

Current research on diaspora and development has two major gaps: 1) inquiry focuses primarily on the potential of remittances and investment and overlooks the broader impacts of diaspora-driven…

Regional Town Centres (RTCs) are a central metropolitan growth management mechanism used to address liveability concerns and help plan for the future in the Metro Vancouver region. Intended to…

Crop damages inflicted by the one-horned Indian rhinoceros are viewed as one of the most serious problems plaguing the relationship between farmers and wildlife in communities that surround Chitwan…