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Spring 2024
Yoho National Park protects the Burgess Shale: a chain of fossil beds in British Columbia bearing what paleontologist and science writer Stephen Jay Gould once called “the world’s most important animal fossils.” They are an extraordinary record of underwater soft-bodied organisms from just after...
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Spring 2016
Self-care for psychotherapists is an important part of maintaining competence and preventing burnout. Early career therapists may be particularly vulnerable to stress at this stage of counsellor development. This qualitative study strove to understand the phenomenon of self-care by examining the...
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Spring 2022
Canada’s anti-discrimination legal regime is among the oldest and most established in the world. In this thesis, I examine those human rights institutions in Canada that were created to enforce anti-discrimination statutes to determine which system is more accessible to people from marginalized...
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Opioid Prescribing Patterns for Treatment of Acute and Chronic Pain in Rural and Urban British Columbia
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Throughout Canada there has been an increase in both fatal and non-fatal opioid related overdoses, with British Columbia having some of the highest rates. In response to this increase, the Provincial Health Officer of British Columbia declared a public health emergency to mobilize resources to...
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Fall 2014
The purpose of this study was to explore personal and social benefits associated with participation in Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ). Sixteen participants (2 head instructors and 14 athletes; M age = 33.8 years, M duration of involvement in BJJ = 5.5 years) participated in individual semi-structured...
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Processes of participant engagement with the Edmonton Drug Treatment Court: A grounded theory
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The Edmonton Drug Treatment and Community Restoration Court (EDTC) diverts substance-addicted offenders from the criminal justice system and provides intensive court supervision, case management, and links to social, employment and education support. This thesis aimed to generate a grounded...
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Refocusing the focus on adherence to antiretroviral therapy using a community-based participatory research approach
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Adherence to antiretroviral therapy is critical to treatment success. Using an epidemiological and community-based participatory research approach, my thesis reports on two papers related to antiretroviral therapy success (and subsequent failure). My thesis also includes a third paper which...
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Storm surge flooding: risk perception and coping strategies of residents in Tsawwassen, British Columbia
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This thesis examines how residents perceived and coped with storm surge flooding in Tsawwassen, British Columbia. On February 4, 2006 the community experienced a storm surge flood that affected residents within the neighbourhoods of Beach Grove and Boundary Bay Village. This study identifies...