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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…

Cross-laminated timber (CLT)-concrete composite (CLTCC) floors have gained popularity in recent years due to their advantages over pure wood floors. They offer a high loadcarrying capacity, increased stiffness, improved fire resistance, vibration…

Shortage of clean drinking water is a serious problem faced by the world at present times, with water borne diseases claiming 5 million deaths globally each year. Many methods are available to treat contaminated drinking water; however, cultural,…

Opioid use disorder has become an epidemic over the past 20 years. Contamination of the street sourced drug supply with fentanyl and fentanyl analogues has resulted in a substantial increase in the associated overdose rate. Evidence-based treatments…

School leadership has a profound impact in the quality of education that students receive. Low student achievement, and especially the Indigenous student achievement gaps, are very much needing to be addressed and could be mitigated through shifts…

The provisions of CSA O86 (2019) for Cross-laminated Timber (CLT) shear walls recommend the design of non-dissipative hold-downs with sufficient deformability to facilitate wall rocking. A hyperelastic hold-down system was proposed to satisfy these…

Due to an exponential increase in number of electronic documents and easy access to information on the Internet, the need for text summarization has become obvious. An ideal summary contains important parts of the original document, eliminates…

"Complex systems science provides an inter-disciplinary framework for understanding and responding to global change phenomena. It seeks to understand the behaviour of whole systems and provides a common language and a suite of analytical tools…

This project aimed to enhance the foundational knowledge and skills related to wellness, resiliency, and cultural safety education for students in the Health Care Assistant (HCA) program at Yukon University. By revising the HCA 111 course, the…

Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is becoming a feasible alternative as structural material for midand high-rise buildings. Although CLT walls are appropriate for resisting lateral loads from wind and earthquakes, the current provisions in the Canadian…