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Title: Guided reading: a manual for grade 1 educators
Contributors: Melissa Nielsen (author), Andrew Kitchenham (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution), Tina Fraser (Committee member), Deborah Thorvaldson (Committee member)
Abstract: Grade 1 is markedly the most challenging and exciting time in a child’s school experience. These children are no longer the youngest at school, and chances are they have gained an inch or two in height; in this sense, it is a year to feel big. This also marks a time of learning how to read, one of the biggest milestones during the Grade 1 school year. Learning to read is an essential, and fundamental, component of being a successful student, as it spans across all grades and all curriculum. Guided reading can serve as an effective and practical teaching program in order to effectively support students’ journey of developing reading proficiency. This project describes my development of a guided reading manual for Grade 1 teachers... .
Discipline: Education-Special Education
Date added: 2017-05-15T16:21:59.754Z

Title: The poetry of William Heath
Contributors: Karla Jarvis (author), Kristen Guest (thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution), Kevin Hutchings (committee member), Ben Bryce (committee member)
Abstract: The literature of the Victorian fin de siècle continues to engage scholars; one focus of contemporary research is the genre of working-class writers. This thesis presents a documentary edition of poetry constructed from a 116-year-old autographic manuscript by unknown author William Heath, including the manuscript’s provenance, authorial biography, textual criticism, and a broad literary criticism. This thesis illustrates that much remains to be discovered within the voice of the unpublished ‘everyman’. Heath’s introspective language on faith and morality provide a singular glimpse into his interpretation of Victorian Leeds. By repositioning the manuscript from decaying textual artefact, through its preservation, transmission, and construction into this documentary edition, Heath’s poetry is entered into the genre of nineteenth-century working-class poetry.
Discipline: English
Date added: 2019-05-10T23:31:41.69Z

Title: Investigating how boxing interventions may support youth in northern British Columbia
Contributors: Trevor Moyah (author), Indrani Margolin (thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution), Sarah de Leeuw (committee member), Heather Peters (committee member)
Abstract: Sport-based interventions (SBIs) are one method proven to help at-risk youth improve their lives by building relationships with positive adult and peer role models and providing a physical goal oriented activity with which to engage. This study examined boxing as a SBI intervention, looking specifically at if and how it may improve the lives of at-risk youth in Prince George and 100 Mile House, BC. SBIs have been shown to empower youth to choose differently by assisting them to develop positively (Wright, 2006; Pollack, 1998). My research focused on the sport of boxing as an intervention to assist youth towards more positive development, especially for at-risk youth living in northern British Columbia (BC), to form positive relationships, gain empowerment to make healthy choices, and decrease violent behaviours. To collect data, open-ended, semi-structured interviews were conducted. There were eight interviews completed with two boxing coaches, two adult boxers, who have been boxing since their youth, and four youth boxers ranging in age from 15 to 17 years old. Thematic analysis was conducted with the interview transcripts, which yielded three main findings: influence of boxing, boxing can teach life skills, and coaches’ have a positive influence. The significance of this research is well-timed and important. In a northern BC community with fewer resources available as compared to urban geographies, an SBI might be a more viable option to help youth become connected to their communities.
Discipline: Social Work
Date added: 2019-04-05T20:31:51.45Z

Title: Surviving childhood trauma: First Nations novels and the Indian residential school
Contributors: Jay Lewyn (author), Dee Horne (thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution), Blanca Schorcht (committee member), Antonia Mills (committee member)
Abstract: Indian Residential Schools were a “central element” in “Canada’s Aboriginal policy” for over a century, contributing to what is now referred to as “cultural genocide,” the attempted “destruction” of “the political and social institutions” of Aboriginal peoples (Truth and Reconciliation 1). This thesis examines the literary representation of the traumatic effects of residential schools in three Canadian novels by three Aboriginal authors: Robert Arthur Alexie’s Porcupines and China Dolls (Gwich’in); Tomson Highway’s Kiss of the Fur Queen (Cree); and Richard Wagamese’s Indian Horse (Ojibway). The life journeys of the male protagonists in these novels structure my analysis: their response to trauma in childhood; the destructive behaviors they develop in adulthood; and the processes of healing that conclude the novels. Residential schools severely disrupted the health of interpersonal and communal relations amongst Aboriginal peoples, and interrupted cultural continuity. ...
Discipline: English
Date added: 2017-05-15T21:14:34.966Z

Title: Metropolitan planning in the Calgary region
Contributors: Stephanie Elizabeth Mullane Ruddock (author), David Connell (thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution), Tom Johnson (committee member), Darwin Horning (committee member)
Abstract: Following a protracted attempt at voluntary metropolitan planning in the Calgary region, that was characterized by ongoing rural-urban tensions, in 2017, the Government of Alberta mandated seven urban and three rural municipalities to participate on the Calgary Metropolitan Region Board (CMRB) to develop a regional growth strategy. The purpose of this research was to inform metropolitan planning that protects farmland within the context of the CMRB mandate. Using the Municipal District of Foothills, a rural municipality with membership on the CMRB, to focus the research, the local legislative framework for farmland protection was evaluated and land use priorities were identified. Farmland was found to be at risk of conversion and fragmentation to support commercial, industrial, and residential development, and urban growth as a result of deficiencies in the legislative framework that allowed conversion. Based on these findings, it was recommended that Calgary metropolitan planning include policies that enable farmland protection.
Discipline: Natural Resources & Environmental Studies (NRES)
Date added: 2019-07-09T18:39:09.908Z

Title: T.E.A.L.A.
Contributors: Chanel Nicholson (author), Linda O'Neill (thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution), Tina Fraser (committee member), Krista Levar (committee member)
Abstract: Schools are changing to accommodate twenty-first century families with more attention on the development of social and emotional learning for students entering elementary school. This project provides a manual that is suitable for the integration of animals into a classroom with a purpose for social emotional learning. By using therapy dogs in schools, the animal would serve a dual purpose of working with students who require support, as well as teaching social emotional learning, focusing on empathy. The manual is influenced by current social emotional learning programs and the benefits of animal assisted for atypical learners with autism. The lesson plans in the manual include activities designed to teach different emotions using stories of animals that would help students make connections to the emotions of the animal and others and eventually to recognize emotions in one self.
Discipline: Education-Special Education
Date added: 2019-04-15T20:32:07.049Z

Title: Smoke on the water: uncovering a socially complex pre-contact Babine fishing village at Nass Glee (GISQ-4)
Contributors: Cory Hackett (author), Farid Rahemtulla (thesis advisor), Theodore Binnema (thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution), Karyn Sharp (committee member)
Abstract: For the last century there has been very little modification to the geographic boundaries for the Northwest coast culture area, as defined by anthropologists. Moreover, complex hunter-gatherer models, which identify the hallmarks for social complexity of coastal First Nations, tend to exclude inland and up-river societies. Although academics recognize a post-contact complexity at Babine Lake, they have relied primarily on ethnographic sources which implied that ranked and socially stratified societies emerged only in response to the social and economic influences of the fur trade. However, recent research indicates that Babine society possessed complex trade networks, ranked houses, inherited lineages, individual wealth, and status inequality long before the fur trade era. Excavations at the salmon fishing village GiSq-4, on the Babine River, indicate that these social attributes have a much greater antiquity than the proto-historic era. ...
Discipline: Interdisciplinary Studies
Date added: 2017-05-15T21:14:41.034Z

Title: The contribution of wild food experiences to sense of place in McBride, British Columbia
Contributors: Thea Zuiker (author), Davio J. Connell (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution), Hugues Massicotte (Committee member), Angèle Smith (Committee member)
Abstract: This study was undertaken to explore the contribution of wild food experiences (foraging, fishing, hunting, picnicking, processing, trading/gifting, eating) to three dimensions of sense of place (place attachment, place dependence, and place identity) in the intermountain village of McBride, British Columbia, Canada. For the purposes of the study, wild food is defined as plants, fungi, and animals that have been acquired locally and have required little to no human input for their existence. A household questionnaire was distributed and semi-structured interviews were conducted to assess the prevalence of wild food in McBride and the overall contribution of wild food experiences to three dimensions of sense of place... .
Discipline: NRES-Environmental Studies
Date added: 2017-05-15T16:28:34.814Z

Title: An educator's guide to self-regulation in the early elementary years
Contributors: Danielle Tooley (author), Andrew Kitchenham (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution), John Sherry (Committee member), Tyler Bergen (Committee member)
Abstract: Over the last number of years there appears to have been a shift in how children are able to focus their attention and complete academic tasks. Educators are often asking how they can better support their students in developing their ability to remain on task and be present physically, emotionally, and mentally during the school day. This project has been created to support educators in their journey of finding ways to develop individual student’s ability to self-regulate. The project focuses on providing information on what self-regulation is, why it is important to address self-regulation, how it develops, and what evidence-based interventions are available for educators to use. Through focus groups and content analysis, a handbook for educators has been created to encourage them on their journey in supporting their students with the development of self-regulation.
Discipline: Education-Special Education
Date added: 2017-05-15T21:02:33.623Z

Title: Improving quality of life of older adults living in a long-term care facility
Contributors: Enino Nocolia Izu (author), Nancy Jokinen (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution), Glen Schmidt (Committee member), Leslie Webb (Committee member)
Abstract: Over half of the residents in long-term care have a diagnosis of dementia. Maintaining a good quality of life is important, as there is no cure for dementia. Quality of life may be used as a standard for caregiving and, as a framework for practice to enhance service provision. The purpose of this four month practicum was, to explore quality of life as seen and experienced by residents living with dementia in long-term care, factors that influence quality of life, as well as the approaches used to improve quality of life. ...
Discipline: Social Work
Date added: 2017-05-15T21:14:36.387Z

Title: Supporting informal caregivers through the dementia journey: a primary care approach
Contributors: Amanda L. McKnight (author), Catharine Schiller (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution), Helen Bourque (Committee member)
Abstract: Informal caregivers of persons with dementia often experience significant stressors which may result in detrimental physical, psychological, social, and financial consequences. In order for primary care providers to adequately support this burgeoning group of caregivers a greater understanding of their experiences and needs is essential. This literature review seeks to determine how primary care providers can best support informal caregivers of persons with dementia through the dementia journey. Studies were included that examined the needs or experiences of informal caregivers of persons with dementia. Additionally, studies that examined primary care-based interventions aimed at improving the caregiving experience for these individuals were also included. Four themes... .
Discipline: Nursing-Family Nurse Practitioner
Date added: 2017-05-15T16:21:59.066Z

Title: An Aboriginal approach: what teachers need to know in public education
Contributors: Beverly Kim Isaac (author), Ross Hoffman (thesis advisor), Tina Fraser (thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution), Catherine Whalen (committee member)
Abstract: The purpose of this research is to provide an understanding of what British Columbia K-12 teachers require to successfully teach First Nations students, First Nations content and First Nations culture. This thesis brings awareness of the need to prepare teachers to teach with a holistic pedagogical practice in order to close the achievement gap (Auditor General’s Report pg. 3.2015) that presently exists between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students The data collected for the purpose of this thesis was provided through the following; review of the literature, interviews with successful graduates of the University of Northern British Columbia, Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) program, and Northern British Columbia Aboriginal School District Principals. The data brings awareness to future teacher preparation to meet the needs of K-12 Aboriginal students that, if followed, will lead to more Aboriginal students meeting success and graduating from the K-12 school system. ...
Discipline: First Nations Studies
Date added: 2017-05-15T21:14:37.163Z

Title: Effectiveness of physical activity interventions in primary care settings: an integrative litterature review
Contributors: George Wood (author), Linda Van Pelt (Thesis advisor), Jennifer Beaveridge (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution), Barbara Nielsen (Committee member)
Abstract: Physical inactivity and sedentary lifestyle is a significant problem affecting the overall health of Canadian adults, causing a substantial financial burden on healthcare. Primary care settings are an important component of a multifaceted approach to address this problem. Physical activity (PA) health benefits to improve population health are substantial, but initiating PA health promotion in primary care settings remains a challenge. Primary care providers need effective PA intervention clinical tools to succeed in fulfilling a key role in promoting PA. This integrative literature review explores extant evidence related to PA interventions’ effectiveness. Background knowledge of primary care, health promotion, and PA interventions’ content is presented along with an overview of relevant information on PA. A comprehensive search revealed 13 research articles for analysis. Key findings include evidence on the effectiveness of PA interventions and their components, as well as on the patients and providers’ characteristics associated with increased efficacy. ...
Discipline: Nursing-Family Nurse Practitioner
Date added: 2017-05-15T21:02:28.039Z

Title: Collaborating with palliative care teams to provide end of life care for patients with heart failure
Contributors: Melanie Starzyk (author), Shannon Freeman (thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution), Fiona Hutchison (committee member)
Abstract: Advanced heart failure (HF) can be difficult for nurse practitioners (NPs) to manage in primary care due to the unpredictable nature of the condition. Further, barriers that patients with HF experience in regards to receiving end of life (EOL) care hinder NP collaboration with palliative care teams. The goal of the project is to answer: How can NPs working in a primary care setting collaborate with palliative care teams to provide patients who have HF with EOL care? A literature search was conducted using the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health, PubMed Medline, PsychInfo, Social Work Abstracts and the National Guideline Clearinghouse electronic databases. Evidence was also gathered using backward and forward reference searching, and highly relevant grey literature from the BC Heart Failure Network. The Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (CIHC) framework was used to describe the theoretical underpinnings of this paper by outlining the factors involved to achieve interprofessional collaboration. There were 33 articles retrieved during the literature search to inform how NPs can collaborate with palliative care teams for patients with HF at EOL. There were no articles that answered the research question directly. Instead, barriers and issues for patients with HF receiving EOL care were identified in the findings. Nurse practitioners can collaborate with palliative care teams by addressing the barriers to EOL care for patients with HF that relates to communication, leadership, role clarification, team functioning, and conflict resolution. Nurse practitioners should be encouraged to collaborate with palliative care teams to improve accessibility to palliative care for patients with HF at EOL. Future research is needed to directly inform how collaboration can occur with palliative teams to provide patients who have HF with EOL care.
Discipline: Nursing-Family Nurse Practitioner
Date added: 2019-04-15T20:32:06.053Z

Title: The understanding and management of stroke risk in patients with atrial fibrillation in Northern British Columbia
Contributors: Alexandra Marleau (author), Davina Banner-Lukaris (thesis advisor), Lela Zimmer (thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution), Ken Prkachin (committee member)
Abstract: Atrial fibrillation (AF) affects one percent of the global population, and eight percent of Canadians over the age of sixty-five years. AF is a common predicting factor for ischemic stroke and can cause a five-hundred percent increase in stroke risk. This study aimed to fill a gap in the current literature by investigating a demographic that have not been studied and explored how healthcare providers can improve uptake of preventative measures against stroke. This study investigates the understanding and management of stroke risk in patients with AF living in northern British Columbia through the use of in-depth interviews, using a qualitative-descriptive design. Data was analyzed thematically using NVIVO 11 into three separate themes: Living with AF; Stroke Prevention and Decision-making; and Navigation. Results from this research highlight the importance of people diagnosed with AF taking oral anticoagulation and providing education about their increased risk of stroke.
Discipline: Nursing
Date added: 2019-05-10T23:31:43.483Z

Title: The long-term relational impacts of child sexual abuse by a parent
Contributors: Bernadette Ridley (author), unknown unknown (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution), unknown unknown (Committee member)
Abstract: This qualitative autoethnographic research study examines the long-term relationship impacts of child sexual abuse (CSA) by parent. Using snowball sampling seven resilient women were recruited for this research. From an autoethnographic and feminist perspective the researcher shares her personal story of CSA in solidarity with the seven women participants. Through semi-structured interviews the women contributors gave deep and rich relational personal her/stories about being sexually abused by their fathers. Using a “six-phase” model of thematic analysis, member checking, and qualitative transparency, two over-arching themes, and eight subthemes emerged from the data. Finally, through this research study it was apparent there needs to be more research about the understudied long-term relational impacts of being sexually abused by a parent and the mother’s and families role in colluding with the perpetrator.
Discipline: Social Work
Date added: 2017-05-15T16:28:30.718Z

Title: Identifying at-risk youth: strategies to help them succeed
Contributors: Marie Peters (author), Andrew Kitchenham (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution), John Sherry (Committee member), Lisa Horswell (Committee member)
Abstract: Approximately 30-40% of Canadian children are deemed to be at risk of not completing high school and 1.2 million or 27.6% of Canadian children under the age of 11 can be considered vulnerable to emotional, behavioural, social, or academic problems. Through the use of unobtrusive research under a qualitative research paradigm, a democratic approach to education focusing on empowering members of the teaching community and students has been done. This research narrows the gap between traditional education practices and explores new ways of instruction in order to create a healthy learning environment where students are able to feel excited and empowered through their learning. This manual encourages educators to try, adapt, and adopt new methodologies in their teaching repertoire. Intervention strategies include physical literacy, adventure-based learning, strengths-based approach, and social justice.
Discipline: Education-Special Education
Date added: 2017-05-15T21:10:43.874Z

Title: Animals are People Too: An Ecocritical Exploration of Fantasy in Environmental Children's Literature
Contributors: Dustin James Batty (author), Kristen Guest (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution), Kevin Hutchings (Committee member), Cindy Hardy (Committee member)
Abstract: This thesis examines the use of fantasy to promote ecological consciousness in environmental children’s literature. The theoretical foundation of my study is ecocriticism, which explores literary representations of humans’ relationship with the nonhuman. Using this theory, I analyse three novels: Richard Adams’ Watership Down, Diana Young’s FernGully, and Salman Rushdie’s Haroun and the Sea of Stories. These three novels all contain different fantastical elements, and they all address different specific environmental issues. Despite their differences, all three texts promote an Earth-centred perspective of the world rather than the standard human-centred mindset that typically pervades Western thinking. My analysis shows that fantasy is a useful genre for authors of environmental children’s literature because its wide range of possible settings and characters offers a flexibility that allows authors to approach environmental issues in unique ways that engage readers’ intellects and imaginations.
Discipline: English
Date added: 2017-05-15T15:56:39.655Z

Title: "Like being pecked to death by a chicken"
Contributors: Shirley Giroux (author), Andrew Kitchenham (thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution), Shannon Wagner (committee member), John Sherry (committee member), Kathryn Banks (committee member)
Abstract: Teachers are helping professionals for whom caring work is a significant aspect of the job. Conflicts between work and family demands arise from various antecedent work, home, and personal features and have been linked to negative effects on mental health and quality of life, as well as increased rates of burnout. This research investigated whether mothers and non-mothers differ in their reported experiences of wellness at work and home. Using teachers as a proxy for helping professionals, this research used mixed methods to explore whether there might be observable differences between the experiences of women who are parents with children at home, compared to those who are child-free. A sample of British Columbia teachers (n = 182) was surveyed to seek quantifiable within-profession differences in measures of stress, work/life conflicts, and/or resilience between groups of K–12 teachers, based on whether or not they had children at home. These surveys also provided opportunities for participants to share stories of challenging experiences and the resilience strategies they used to work through them. A subsample of the survey group of teacher/mothers analyzed and made sense of the collected stories in light of the quantitative results and their own experiences as part of the process of Participatory Narrative Inquiry (PNI), which comprised the qualitative portion of this research and resulted in suggestions of many strategies. Statistically, it appears parent and non-parent teachers may differ only in the greater extent to which the former report family demands to interfere with the time and effort they can spend at or on work. In general, teachers reported similar challenges regardless of whether they were mothers and may use similar resilience strategies (such as self-efficacy) to support them in their caring work. Formal elucidation of these strategies may facilitate the translation of this research into meaningful supports and strategies to facilitate equilibrium between work and home for all helping professionals.
Discipline: Health Sciences
Date added: 2019-05-10T23:31:40.951Z

Title: The Compatibility of Administrative and Educative Supervison
Contributors: Adam Calvert (author), Si Transken (Thesis advisor), Dave Sangha (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution), Verna McDonald (Committee member)
Abstract: Supervision is not a simple construct. Administrative focused supervision is necessary for the development of the organization and to keep an organization running smoothly; the supervisor ensures policies and mandates of the organization are being met. Educational focused supervision is about the development of the supervisee. Many supervisors are tasked with dual role supervision in human service organizations. However, my question is: How compatible are these two functions of supervision and under what provisions should they be practiced. Some writers have argued that these two roles are not mutually beneficial when carried out by the same supervisor. While others have maintained that administrative and educative supervision should be utilized together for the best outcomes. This thesis explores compatibility of practicing administrative and educative supervision together, and will intimately look at the logistics for the practical application of these two functions as a dual role supervisor, through an autoethnographical lens.
Discipline: Social Work
Date added: 2017-05-15T16:15:06.662Z

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