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- 1Aggarwal, Pradeep Kumar
- 1Almond, Amanda
- 1Arkinstall, Matthew A.
- 1Bain, John F.
- 1Barlow, A. F.
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Spring 2013
This dissertation looks at urban housing fields (its policies, services, actors, and structures) in two Canadian cities: Edmonton and Winnipeg. Using a Bourdieusian method of field analysis, I ask how local networks of actors engaged in the struggle over housing resources govern and are governed...
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Fall 2018
A paper developing insights regarding gaming, the concepts of indigeneity and settler colonialism, artistic appropriation, and the field of psychotherapy. The writer engages in an intensive and sustained analysis of the psychic material (including dreams and active imagination) that emerges in...
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Fall 2012
Del Carpio Ovando, Karla Berenice
Using a qualitative ethnographic approach, this research investigated the situation of the Tsotsil language spoken in Chenalhó, Chiapas, Mexico, by focusing on the implementation of a Spanish-Tsotsil bilingual elementary school. It was possible to discover that the Tsotsil language is still alive...
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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...
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Taking it into Their Own Hands: Innovative Wildfire Mitigation Measures at the Municipal Level
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Wildfires are an environmental hazard event experienced by populations and communities across the world. These events can have significant and long-lasting effects on the communities that are impacted, which makes the importance of mitigation apparent. Partners in Protection, a non-governmental...
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Fall 2017
Almost every year, First Nations are evacuated in Canada due to wildfire proximity and smoke. The remote locations, unique sociocultural characteristics, and limited emergency management resources and infrastructure of many First Nations can present challenges for residents and evacuation...
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The Characteristics of Tuberculosis Transmission in the Indigenous people of the Canadian Prairies
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Tuberculosis (TB) incidence in the Indigenous people of Canada continues to be disproportionately higher than that of the non-Indigenous and foreign-born people. For more than a decade, the rate of TB in the Indigenous people of Canada has remained relatively constant despite recent population...
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The Effectiveness of Tuberculosis Control Strategies that Target Social Determinants of Health in Three First Nations and Métis Communities: A Mathematical Modeling Approach
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BACKGROUND: Despite the overall decline in tuberculosis (TB) incidence in Canada, rates among Indigenous peoples have not decreased since the late 1990s. On-going transmission associated with the time from the onset of symptoms to treatment have been identified as major contributor to the...
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Spring 2024
In British Columbia (BC) there are currently four legislated nursing groups: Registered Nurses (RN), Nurse Practitioners (NP), Registered Psychiatric Nurses (RPN) and Licensed Practice Nurses (LPN). The designation of RPN is unique to Western Canada. RPNs are legislated as a distinct profession...