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This article presents a synthesis and analysis drawing from NbS Justice, NBS Indigenous and NbS more-than-human literature, Indigenous governance, Indigenous planning and coexistence planning…

The cultural impact of video games and gaming has been well researched, with the literature revealing a video game culture that reflects capitalist, racist, sexist, and Western-oriented values. There…

Managed retreat is a transformative approach in contemporary city planning to adapt to sea level rise. Instead of focussing on structural barriers to prevent flooding, managed retreat involves the…

During nervous system development, axons navigate complex environments to reach synaptic targets. Early extending axons must interact with guidance cues in the surrounding tissue, while later…

Interwar European avant-garde magazines were often used by their editors to experiment with and question the role of the editor. One such editor was Dutch modernist Theo van Doesburg (1883–1931), who…

While cruise ship tourism contributes significantly to British Columbia's (BC) economy, it has significant environmental impacts. Compared to neighboring states in the United States (US), the…

Background: Indigenous leaders have identified supporting the well-being of autistic individuals and their families as a growing concern in First Nations communities across British Columbia. Decades…

Research suggests that men and masculinity are in "crisis," because men's historically unquestioned privilege and patriarchal power are being challenged through advances toward equity…

Compositionality serves as a key design principle in artificial intelligence algorithms. In this thesis, we focus on developing compositional models for activity understanding. The core idea of this…

Ecosystem connectivity, facilitated by resource subsidies and organismal movement, is a significant driver of ecological processes. Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) deposit marine-derived nutrient…

This thesis reports on a hermeneutic journey towards non-dualized understandings of mastery and otherness. Drawing on a variety of experiences and practices, and on diverse scholarly and…

In 2016, the Vancouver City Council passed the Supporting Trans* Equality and an Inclusive Vancouver policy, a motion that prompted the development of a strategy aimed at ensuring the safety and…

In his landmark paper, How to Draw a Graph, Tutte explores the spring energy model of straight line graph drawings. Using semidefinite programming, Goemans and Williamson further explore the utility…

Due to the phenomenon of metameric mismatching, Logvinenko [PLoS One, 2015 Sept. 10, 10(9)] has pointed out that color is not an intrinsic property of an object. Not only can a change in the…

Cyberattacks cause significant disruptions to communication networks and it is crucial to detect and prevent such malicious behaviors to provide secure and reliable network connections. Detecting…

This project is a critique of the dominant discourse surrounding prison labour in Canada and the United States. Looking at the phenomenon through an interdisciplinary lens, this project fills the…

On May 17, 2021, International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated: "Canada continues to be a global leader in defending LGBTQ2 rights…

Bacteria are rich with functional diversity enhanced by their ability to readily adopt and transmit novel traits via horizontal gene transfer. Genomic islands (GIs), defined as clusters of genes of…

Identifying a violent event as an act of terrorism is often difficult when the perpetrator and their motives are unclear. This paper argues that one way the public solves this classification dilemma…

"Writing Words & The Written Word: The University and Endemic Crisis" asks what it would mean to re-examine writing in the university as a pedagogy but also as the university's…