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This study looks at the legacy between me and my father within a family business context through autoethnography and William Pinar's (1975) model of Currere. My thesis is that legacy includes…

This study presents a qualitative analysis of some of the governmental rationalities that guide Vancouver Coastal Health's (VCH) service delivery in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES).…

This thesis explores consent within the frame of choreographic practice. It is also a text that works to imagine the possibility of a consent-based choreography coming into the service of multi-…

The portrayal of negative emotions such as anger can vary widely between cultures and situations, depending on the acceptability of expressing full-blown emotions rather than suppression to maintain…

This study explored how South Asian women are taught (or not taught) sexual health education in British Columbia, Canada from 2007 to 2019. The study indicates that there is a need for race and…

Using interactive design galleries (IDG), designers can now explore, that is, generate, analyze and extend large parametric design spaces, working in parallel rather than one state at a time. One of…

Connection and belonging are fundamental to mental health and well-being of Indigenous Peoples. This has been severely impacted by colonization and is even more impacted in the foster care system.…

'Transformation' has recently become one of the key issues for Vancouver's Chinatown. The City of Vancouver's Chinatown Transformation Team was tasked to work with the community…

At present when precise, accurate and time efficient systems have become a challenge, automated techniques are being replaced by manual practices. As a need of the hour, we introduce an automated,…

Objectives: Despite advances in developing structured risk assessment instruments, there is currently no instrument to assess and manage the risk of intimate partner violence perpetration among…

This project investigated the Halo-Shakiso emerald deposit of southern Ethiopia. The deposit is associated with the Halo-Shakiso pegmatite, which is hosted in Neoproterozoic ultramafic rocks. Ar-Ar…

The link between perception and production is predicted to be close, but empirical findings on this relationship are mixed. While a perception-production relationship has been found for various…

Birth of a Leaf is a 22 minute video-collage of structured violin improvisations and gestures, centered around the concept of embodied technique. The violin solos are shown from different angles that…

While media industry inequities are well established in popular media and scholarly research, there is a dearth of studies on how media production educational programs, also known as film schools,…

Force myography (FMG) is a non-invasive wearable technology that can detect underlying muscle volumetric changes when muscles contract. Common industrial physical human robot interaction (pHRI)…

This study explores the feasibility of using artificial neural networks (ANN) models trained on reflectance measurements collected from tissue-mimicking liquid phantoms through the DOB Scan Probe to…

This study explores the positioning of folkloric dance (kolo) as a manifestation of a holistic way of being. The purpose of my inquiry is to develop practice-based understandings for participation in…

One of the fundamental open questions in geomorphology is: What controls the width of bedrock rivers? Landscape evolution models scale width with drainage area, which is used as a proxy for channel…

The main theme of this research study is machine perception. We are particularly interested in developing a perceptual system for social robots. These robots are designed to communicate with humans…

Schools have increasingly adopted a threat assessment approach to prevent violence, but there is limited insight into whether assessors adhere to recommended practices and consider assessment…