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Volunteer firefighters: A qualitative exploration of critical incidents and applied coping skills
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Volunteer firefighters: A qualitative exploration of critical incidents and applied coping skills
Volunteer firefighters have limited up-to-date training and awareness in applied coping skills and trauma informed practice (TIP). Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) has been a standard of practice within emergency services — including fire…
Bridging the gap: social work practice with Indigenous peoples in northern British Columbia
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Bridging the gap: social work practice with Indigenous peoples in northern British Columbia
This report provides an overview of my practicum placement with a non-profit organization, Carrier Sekani Family Services (CSFS), in particular its Health and Wellness Program. Most of my placement was at Ormand Lake Cultural Healing Camp, known in…
Wilderness perceptions of visitors to the Muskwa-Kechika Management Area, British Columbia
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Wilderness perceptions of visitors to the Muskwa-Kechika Management Area, British Columbia
The Muskwa-Kechika Management Area (MK) in northeastern British Columbia, Canada is approximately 6.4 million hectares in size, with about 27% in parks and protected areas. I conducted and analyzed qualitative in-depth interviews, with the focus on…
Quantifying the water balance of two northeastern boreal watersheds, British Columbia
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Quantifying the water balance of two northeastern boreal watersheds, British Columbia
Evaluating the impact of stand composition and competition on white spruce and aspen wood attributes in the boreal mixedwood.
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Evaluating the impact of stand composition and competition on white spruce and aspen wood attributes in the boreal mixedwood.
I evaluated how intra- and inter-specific competition affects the development of eleven wood attributes of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) and white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) over 34 years. My analysis was conducted in a…
Dietary patterns of ethnic non-indigenous populations in northern British Columbia: A cross-sectional survey study
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Dietary patterns of ethnic non-indigenous populations in northern British Columbia: A cross-sectional survey study
Can nurse practitioners deliver effective and efficient telemedicine-based care for pregnant women with opioid use disorder living in Northern BC?
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Can nurse practitioners deliver effective and efficient telemedicine-based care for pregnant women with opioid use disorder living in Northern BC?
Becoming an ally: Intersections of indigenous worldviews and clinical social work practices within Carrier Sekani Family Services
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Becoming an ally: Intersections of indigenous worldviews and clinical social work practices within Carrier Sekani Family Services
Embodied narratives: A qualitative study with public spaces and creative bodies in Northern British Columbia using arts based methods and social justice methodologies
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Embodied narratives: A qualitative study with public spaces and creative bodies in Northern British Columbia using arts based methods and social justice methodologies
This multidisciplinary arts-based research-creation study explored health and wellness realities, including my own, of people in northern British Columbia. In two public settings, autoethnographic creative writing was translated into installations…
Integrating dialectical behaviour therapy into my clinical practice model as a northern social worker
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Integrating dialectical behaviour therapy into my clinical practice model as a northern social worker
A Master of Social Work practicum at Walmsley and Validity Counselling was completed in support of my desire to advance my general clinical skills and integrate Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) into my personal practice model. This report begins…
Primary care service in adult mental health
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Primary care service in adult mental health
This practicum report describes my experience of working with adults who presented with mental health concerns at the Primary Care Interprofessional Team (PCIPT) at Northern Interior Health Unit, Prince George. Primary care is a relatively new model…
Extirpation of a native population following a stocking program: genetic population structure and demographics of kokanee (Oncorhynchus nerka) in a large impounded watershed
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Extirpation of a native population following a stocking program: genetic population structure and demographics of kokanee (Oncorhynchus nerka) in a large impounded watershed
Kokanee, the non-anadromous life history form of Oncorhynchus nerka, use lacustrine habitat in watersheds draining into the north Pacific Ocean. Kokanee have also been widely introduced into reservoirs following impoundment of rivers due to the…
Community multiscale air quality (CMAQ) modeling of the atmospheric quality and pollutant deposition over the Terrace-Kitimat Valley of northwestern British Columbia, Canada
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Community multiscale air quality (CMAQ) modeling of the atmospheric quality and pollutant deposition over the Terrace-Kitimat Valley of northwestern British Columbia, Canada
Tracking the effects of air pollution from industries is important for developing management strategies under changing emissions. However, computational tools for air pollution assessment often do not elucidate modeling uncertainty, making it…
White spruce growth sensitivity to climate variability in pure and mixedwood stands
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White spruce growth sensitivity to climate variability in pure and mixedwood stands
It is prudent to understand how tree growth responds to climate variability to better project their growth in the current and future changes in climate in boreal forests. In this thesis, I studied how climate variables influence individual white…
Women's perceptions of health and well-being in a rural, remote, and resource-dependent community: Strengths and opportunities
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Women's perceptions of health and well-being in a rural, remote, and resource-dependent community: Strengths and opportunities
This research sought to explore the perceptions of health and well-being for women in a rural and remote northeastern British Columbia community experiencing intense social, ecological, and economic change as a result of its dependence on natural…
Systematic conservation planning in the Wild Harts Study Area
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Systematic conservation planning in the Wild Harts Study Area
Ground beetles (coleoptera: carabidae) of the Chun T'oh Whudujut Park in eastern British Columbia, Canada, and their use as bioindicators of disturbance
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Ground beetles (coleoptera: carabidae) of the Chun T'oh Whudujut Park in eastern British Columbia, Canada, and their use as bioindicators of disturbance
The Chun T’Oh Wudujut is a provincial park located in the Interior Cedar-Hemlock biogeoclimatic zone. My objective was to assess the use of carabid beetles as bioindicators of change in this unique interior temperate rain forest ecosystem. Using a…
Public health nurses' experience of collaboration with primary care providers in northern British Columbia
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Public health nurses' experience of collaboration with primary care providers in northern British Columbia
Supervision and northern Social Work practice
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Supervision and northern Social Work practice
The efficacy of one after school program in raising reading scores in eight Northern British Columbian's vulnerable schools
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The efficacy of one after school program in raising reading scores in eight Northern British Columbian's vulnerable schools
Elementary schools in Northern British Columbia with vulnerable populations are facing a decline in the academic achievement rates of their students. School districts facing these challenges are focusing their initiatives on intensive interventions…
Rehospitalization risk factors for mental health and substance use in Northern British Columbia
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Rehospitalization risk factors for mental health and substance use in Northern British Columbia
Mental health and substance use (MH&SU) rehospitalization rates are used as indicators of treatment quality, to reduce costs, and measure efficacy. Research on this topic in rural Canadian hospitals and communities is lacking. This study used…
Health needs of older women in northern British Columbia.
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Health needs of older women in northern British Columbia.
Analyzing asthma education and clinical practices to optimize parental health literacy: Gap analysis
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Analyzing asthma education and clinical practices to optimize parental health literacy: Gap analysis
Pediatric patients in northern BC have some of the highest asthma prevalence rates compared to children in other areas of the province. Adequate parental health literacy skills are particularly important to make informed health management choices…
Map of the Northern Interior of British Columbia: Shewing undeveloped areas
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Map of the Northern Interior of British Columbia: Shewing undeveloped areas
Assessing offshore wind power resources in British Columbia
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Assessing offshore wind power resources in British Columbia
Wind resources are investigated and estimated offshore of the northern and central coasts of British Columbia, Canada. Remote sensing-based wind speed observations from a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) mounted on the Canadian RADARSAT-2 satellite…