Democracy serves as a governing philosophy where decisions are made by a vote of the population. Due to the large numbers of citizens who live in modern democracies, this is mainly done through elections to legislative assemblies as a form of…

Life histories of Pacific salmon are remarkable in that they return to specific freshwater sites to spawn after multiple years of ocean residence. In Chapter 1, I investigated site fidelity at a reach scale for Interior Fraser Coho Salmon (…

Punjabi Sikhs migrating to Canada form a disproportionately large population of the migrants from South Asia. There has been limited research or current literature on the schooling experiences of the second-generation children of these migrants…

My dissertation investigates glacier mass change in the Columbia and Rocky Mountains of British Columbia. In chapter one I discuss the importance of the cryosphere and glaciers, introduce the climate and glaciers of the study region, and outline the…

Snow plays an important role on the hydrological cycle of watersheds in cold regions. Predicting timing and magnitude of snow accumulation and ablation is necessary for water management in different sectors. A spatially distributed snow model (…

Modern science is currently working to characterize the beneficial compounds from mushrooms and their potential as pharmaceutical drugs. In this thesis, eight British Columbian wild mushroom collections (3 species), comprising Fomitopsis pinicola,…

Transport practices for seeking emergency stroke care remain largely underresearched and poorly understood, particularly for individuals living in small urban, rural, and remote regions. This multi-method study aims to address this knowledge gap and…

Forest management in the central interior of British Columbia has been active for over a century. Industrial forest practices in the region are based on the premise that harvest and subsequent stands regeneration is sustainable, but recent…

Biochar, a form of black carbon produced from pyrolyzed biomass, has been touted as a product that may suppress agricultural soil emissions while also sequestering carbon. BC Biocarbon LTD, a recently established company in McBride, BC, has…

Ascaphus truei, an ancient species of frog, migrated into British Columbia, Canada, following the last ice age. A. truei is of conservation interest because forestry practices, and the associated infrastructure, may reduce habitat quality. There is…