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Title: 1985 International Symposium on Wood and Pulping Chemistry
Date added: 2019-05-15T23:16:10.501Z

Title: 1985 International Symposium on Wood and Pulping Chemistry
Date added: 2020-07-16T17:04:53.417Z

Title: "A little bit of weight is taken off": A phenomenological study of Celtic folk dance as a stress management strategy for women in midlife.
Contributors: Carol Ethel Usher (author), Barbara Herringer (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: No abstract available.
Discipline: Education-Counselling
Date added: 2017-03-29T17:33:16.862Z

Title: 'A search for healing': A phenomenological study.
Contributors: Brenda Bonny Bannerman (author), Glen Schmidt (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: No abstract available.
Discipline: Social Work
Date added: 2017-03-29T17:30:50.554Z

Title: "A tortuous history": Federal-provincial relations and the future of Medicare.
Contributors: Karen Andrews (author), Jonathan Swainger (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: No abstract available.
Discipline: History
Date added: 2017-03-30T17:00:23.843Z

Title: Abandonment or autonomy: How do social workers know the difference?
Contributors: Louise Holland (author), Dawn Hemingway (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: The Adult Guardianship Act proclaimed in British Columbia in 2000 was a legal response that provides a mandate for designated agencies to look into reports of vulnerable adults who are abused, neglected, or self neglected. Important guiding principles are embedded in the legislation intended to safeguard the principal of autonomy. This legislation requires designated agency staff to be simultaneously responsible for the mandate to care for vulnerable adults who are experiencing abuse, neglect, or self neglect and to uphold the principle of the right to autonomy. This qualitative research study describes the experiences and decisions social workers encounter in adult guardianship practice with older adults, particularly as it relates to the ethical dimensions of the practice. Results suggest that social workers look for and find ways to balance support for both autonomy and care by improvising ethical jazz. Questions were raised about the viability of integrating adult protection and health care. --P. ii.
Discipline: Social Work
Date added: 2017-03-30T17:08:34.792Z

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: Aboriginal education as a decolonizing method: the Nisga'a experience
Contributors: Michiyo Kiwako Okuma (author), James McDonald (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: This thesis examines how First Nations people in Canada were colonized through education (eg. residential schools), and how aboriginal-controlled education can be a method for decolonization. The Nisga'a example and philosophy is used as a case study.--Abstract.
Discipline: First Nations Studies
Date added: 2017-04-11T21:15:20.487Z

Title: Aboriginal education: The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Contributors: Carolyn Sousa (author), Verna McDonald (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: This ethnographic inquiry is based on Dorothy E. Smith's (2006) institutional ethnography. In this study, I examined the positive supports behind six Aboriginal grade 12 students who graduated in June 2009. The students found their parents provided the main supporting factors behind their school success. To obtain a clearer picture of their school experiences, I used Smith's (2006) approach to scrutinize the relationships between these Aboriginal students and the rival discourses. Institutional ethnographers begin their research with the experiences of the participants, for example, based on interviews, observations, and documents as data' (Campbell & Gregor, 2004, p. 8), to see the interconnecting social relations in their lives, as well as to uncover the institutional power relations that are covertly arranged by discourse and texts to govern their everyday living experiences. The discourses identified in this study include the helping educators, school documentation and reports, the School Act, and the curriculum. I argue that those who hold power have seen to it via ruling relations that Aboriginal students are disempowered in their schools in much the same way that society and societal institutions deprive their communities of their power (Cummins, 2001, p. 180). I greatly hope that his study will somehow help to reverse this racially based disempowerment at both the school and community levels. --Leaf ii.
Discipline: Education-Curriculum and Instruction
Date added: 2017-04-11T21:12:30.423Z

Title: An aboriginal mental health approach to personal wellness: A formative evaluation.
Contributors: William Thomas (author), Gerard Bellefeuille (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: No abstract available.
Discipline: Social Work
Date added: 2017-03-30T17:01:48.961Z

Title: Aboriginal midwifery and traditional birthing systems revisited and revitalized: Interviews with First Nations elders in the Northwest region of British Columbia.
Contributors: Kimberly Ann Ross-Leitenberger (author), Antonia Mills (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: No abstract available.
Discipline: First Nations Studies
Date added: 2017-03-29T17:32:39.119Z

Title: Aboriginal participation in Canada: Overcoming alienation and mistrust in a situation of complex interdependence.
Contributors: Marc Joseph Woons (author), Michael Muphy (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: This thesis examines the importance of Aboriginal participation in Canadian institutions, why Aboriginal peoples are skeptical and mistrustful of Canadian institutions, and how certain reforms might encourage effective Aboriginal participation within Canadian institutions. The first chapter studies the extent of interdependence between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples and its political ramifications. Because geographic and social interdependence is so great, Aboriginal peoples must participate within shared institutions to influence important decisions affecting them and their communities. The second chapter studies how we can encourage Aboriginal participation by overcoming strong feelings of alienation and mistrust. By considering the strengths and weaknesses of arguments presented by other theorists such as Alan Cairns and Melissa Williams, I conclude that encouraging solidarity and generating trust requires solutions that address Aboriginal symbolic concerns, promote Aboriginal interest, and avoid calls for a shared identity. This leads me to discuss several types of reform in Chapter Three: Aboriginal electoral districts, co-management boards, and indigenizing shared institutions. All three reforms aim to make participation in shared institutions more attractive and meaningful for those who strongly, and often exclusively, identify as Aboriginal.
Discipline: Political Science
Date added: 2017-03-30T17:03:57.019Z

Title: Aboriginal students success in university
Contributors: Domingos Mitch McKay Verde (author), Han Li (thesis advisor), Ross Hoffman (committee member), Paul Siakaluk (committee member), Henry Harder (committee member)
Abstract: This research used a mixed-method approach to examine motivational factors contributing to Aboriginal student retention at the University of Northern British Columbia. To explore academic motivation in the context of Self-Determination Theory, 20 Aboriginal participants completed in-depth interviews. The participants also completed an acculturation questionnaire to explore whether cultural orientation was an interceding factor in academic motivation. Five intriguing findings emerged from the data. First, Aboriginal students were motivated to succeed by the desire to contribute to the well-being of the participants’ home Aboriginal community, or to the broader Aboriginal community. Second, the participants viewed a university education as a means to self-growth, which they perceived as necessary to fulfill a needed role in the Aboriginal community. Third, home community support and institutional support were important factors in motivating students to stay in university and earn a degree. Fourth, participants perceived that their university experience supported their autonomy. Finally, in comparison with more acculturated participants, less acculturated participants were more likely to feel academically unprepared for university, were more likely to attend post-secondary education transition programs, were more likely to use academic resources at the university, and were more likely to return to their home Aboriginal community after graduation. This research showed that Self-Determination Theory, traditionally tested using quantitative methods, can be effectively explored using a qualitative approach. This research also showed that examining cultural orientation within a motivational framework contributes to our understanding of the influence of cultural dynamics on academic motivation in Aboriginal student populations.
Discipline: Psychology
Date added: 2019-08-15T20:08:54.542Z

Title: Aboriginal values, sacred landscapes, and resource development in the Cariboo Chilcotin region of BC.
Contributors: Titilope I. Kunkel (author), Ellen Petticrew (Thesis advisor), Robert Ellis (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: The Aboriginal values and epistemologies of Indigenous peoples in the Cariboo and Chilcotin region of British Columbia are nested within one of the province's resource development hinterlands. These geographic locations are the birthplace of various cultures, legends, and stories of Indigenous groups. Resource developments at these locations continue to highlight the collision of values arising from urban-remote interactions. Using a hybrid approach of grounded theory and Indigenous research methodology, this dissertation uses two case studies to capture (1) the struggles and resistance of the Indigenous Tsilhqot'in communities as they defend their land against an incumbent mining company and (2) insights into Aboriginal community planning through documenting the Nazko First Nation's Comprehensive Community Planning process. Major themes addressed in this study are (1) Aboriginal values expressed during a Federal Panel Assessment of a proposed mine development in the Cariboo Chilcotin region (2) the contemporary culture of the Tsilhqot'in people including how some women continue to survive on the land and (3) geothermal energy as a potential primary resource. Outcomes of this research study highlight the critical Aboriginal values within the Cariboo Chilcotin region, and how these values are important considerations in resource development decisions. These outcomes provide new insights into how cultural values are embedded within traditional activities and landscapes. Furthermore, the findings show that despite contemporary challenges, community values continue to influence resource development considerations and choices made by the Aboriginal people. This research concludes with new theory propositions about Native Space and why the location and ecological footprint of resource development within the traditional territories of Aboriginal people are important in meeting the needs of their daily lives. --Leaf ii.
Discipline: Natural Resources & Environmental Studies
Date added: 2017-04-11T21:14:33.087Z

Title: The absence of gender in Canadian foreign policy
Contributors: Charelle L. Gribling (author), Heather Smith (thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia College of Arts, Social, and Health Sciences (Degree granting institution), Fiona MacPhail (committee member), Rebecca Tiessen (committee member)
Abstract: Using a postcolonial feminist perspective, this thesis investigates gender in Canadian foreign policy toward South Africa, specifically toward HIV/AIDS programs, during the Harper era. This thesis shows that other than a superficial inclusion in the discourse, there was an absence of gender in Canadian foreign policy, under the Harper government. Moreover, there was a lack of attention paid to the complexity of HIV/AIDS and GBV intersection, and there was only a shallow effort by DFATD to prompt inclusion of gender while local practitioners had a keen understanding of the intersection. The absence in the Harper government discourse and practice showed a lack of understanding of the complexity of the issue, which is the lived experience of those on the ground in South Africa.
Discipline: International Studies-International Development
Date added: 2019-04-05T20:31:48.981Z

Title: Accelerated aggregation in mine waste deposits by co-pyrolysis of tailings and organic feedstocks
Contributors: Rachel Elizabeth Pugh (author), Todd Whitcombe (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: Mineral (neutral mine tailings, quartz sand) and organic (sawdust, hay) mixes were subjected to a slow co-pyrolysis process (400~C, 30 minutes) to produce biochar-mineral mixtures with the intent of accelerating granular structure formation which is beneficial to the establishment of vegetation. Resulting products were examined for pH, CEC, water holding capacity and IR spectra, and compared to non-pyrolized samples. The changes in these soil properties with temperature of pyrolysis (200~C, 300~C and 400~C) were also examined. Differences were found in samples resulting from organic type, mineral type, temperature of pyrolysis, and the pyrolysis process. Aggregates formed in all samples containing organics. Aggregates were examined by scanning electron microscope and thin section microscopy revealing mineral particles embedded in an organic matrix. The results suggest a role of phase changes of carbon products (into bio-oil and bio-gas) during pyrolysis in the closed reactor system, rather than a biochar coating creating organo-mineral complexes.
Discipline: Environmental Science
Date added: 2017-03-29T17:30:43.592Z

Title: Access to cardiac catheterization services in a rural-urban setting in northern British Columbia: Examining the impact of time-delay to PCI on patient outcomes and whether the sickest go the quickest..
Contributors: Damanpreet Kandola (author), Mamdouh M. Shubair (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: This thesis describes the results of a study exploring patient access to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in a rural-urban setting in northern British Columbia, Canada. It specifically examines: 1) whether longer times to treatment (>120 mins) are associated with higher adverse outcomes (death, re-infarction, heart failure, or stroke) in the UA, NSTEMI and STEMI groups within 30-days and 1-year of hospital admission and 2) whether patients most at risk using the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) risk score receive PCI faster in the UA, NSTEMI, and STEMI groups. Data were collected through retrospective medical chart reviews. Times to treatment and adverse outcomes data are provided although quantitative analysis of this association was not performed. It was determined that the only significant predictor of time to PCI was age and patients were not transferred according to their risk status. Thus it can be concluded that this exploratory study provided valuable real-time feedback for cardiac services in this region and is a basis for further longitudinal investigation in this area. --Leaf ii.
Discipline: Community Health
Date added: 2017-04-11T21:12:53.603Z

Title: Accessibility crisis in the 'age of access': Antiretrovirals, transnational AIDS advocacy and resistance to neoliberal globalization.
Contributors: Karine Peschard (author), Paul Bowles (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: No abstract available.
Discipline: International Studies
Date added: 2017-03-30T16:58:19.229Z

Title: Accessing HAART in northern BC: Understanding the barriers and supports to medication adherence and engagement in HIV-related care.
Contributors: Michael David Jordan (author), Jos~e Lavoie (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has significantly improved the health and well-being of many people living with HIV. Successful treatment with HAART requires a very high level of adherence, and continued engagement with health care services. Particular challenges to successful treatment with HAART exist in northern BC, but little research has been done in this region. This study investigated the experiences of those prescribed HAART who live in northern BC in order to identify what barriers and supports exist to optimal adherence, and engagement in HIV-related care. In-depth interviews indicated the complex and intersecting factors which affect adherence and engagement in care. Proximal, intermediate and distal social determinant of health which are relevant to adherence and engagement in HIV-related care were identified. Depression and stress, prioritization, and access to medications and care were identified as mechanisms in which various factors acted as barriers to adherence and engagement in care. --Leaf ii.
Discipline: Community Health
Date added: 2017-04-11T21:12:55.688Z

Title: Accounting restatements: Market and liquidity impacts.
Contributors: Tahrima Kawser Tithe (author), Ajit Dayanandan (Thesis advisor), Han Donker (Thesis advisor), University of Northern British Columbia (Degree granting institution)
Abstract: Accounting restatements are significant economic events that impact a firm's reputation for integrity and reliable reporting. This study used around 2900 firms of United States to study the stock market and liquidity impacts at accounting restatement during 1997 to 2010. In addition, this study also attempts to capture the impacts of regulatory initiatives like Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) on stock market and liquidity impacts of accounting restatements. This study used Fama-French 3 factor model for calculating the expected abnormal return and found that post-regulation negative abnormal return is lower than pre-regulation period. This study also documented that post-regulation period and business cycle was negatively related with illiquidity. However, no statistical significance was found between accounting restatement and illiquidity. --Leaf ii.
Discipline: Business Administration
Date added: 2017-03-30T17:13:29.416Z