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This project proposes a new energy paradigm for hydrogen production through shock waves, which can potentially reduce the environmental impact of traditional methods. This work is in support of the…

The purpose of this study is to explore how educational leaders engage in their decision-making processes and whether the expression, "the best interests of the student" serves as a guiding…

This project examines the design flexibility, functionality and use of the šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl'e7énk Plaza as a central gathering space for multi-uses including large events, formal and informal…

Constructed groundwater-fed side channels are a common restoration tool used in the Pacific Northwest to mitigate loss of floodplain features important for salmon spawning and rearing. The former…

Deep learning has increasingly been applied to supervised learning tasks in astronomy, such as classifying images of galaxies based on their apparent shape (i.e., galaxy morphology classification) to…

Sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth—such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and nonbinary youth—experience disproportionate rates of common risk factors for offending including school…

Modern memory-optimized indexes often use optimistic locks for concurrent accesses. Read operations can proceed optimistically without taking the lock, greatly improving performance on multicore CPUs…

This study documents and analyses the responses of six fulltime instructors at the College of New Caledonia in Prince George, BC on what comprises instructor leadership in the classroom. The study…

In recent years, there has been intense pressure for alternative old growth management that better reflects diverse public interests. To make equitable decisions regarding old growth management,…

Forestry in British Columbia's old-growth forests has reduced critical foraging and breeding habitat for the coastal northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis laingi) and restricted population growth…

This study was designed to investigate the viability of using hashtagged keywords to increase levels of dialogue in online discussions. With a focus on social annotation as a form of manually…

The thesis is composed of three essays - one on development economics and two on political economy, with the unified aim of using economic theory alongside applied methods to answer relevant policy…

This thesis is about a collaborative dictionary project for Hul'q'umi'num', the Island dialect of Halkomelem, a Salish language spoken in British Columbia, Canada. The goal of the…

This knowledge synthesis reports on the literature on the abuse of older adults who identify as 2SLGBT+ (Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer plus) published in the past decade (2013-2023…

Mental health problems are the leading health problems that Canadian children currently face after infancy. At any given time, 14% of children aged 4 to 17 years (over 800 000 in Canada) experience…

Many researchers hope to see the best available research evidence used in policy-making to address important public problems. However, policy often appears to be based on anything but the research…

For health researchers who seek more research use in policy making to improve health and healthcare, working with the news media may represent an opportunity, given the media’s pivotal role in public…

We investigated researchers’ experiences of, and views on, interacting with policy makers, using children’s mental health as an example. Qualitative methods were used to interview university…

Background: At any given time, 14% of Canadian children experience clinically significant mental disorders, which frequently persist into adulthood. Canadian public policy has emphasized specialized…

Background: Mental disorders affect 14% of children, cause significant long-term disability and are arguably the leading health problems that Canadian children face after infancy. Treatment services…