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- Pin Ju Rachel Chen (Author), Mike Larsen (Thesis advisor)
- Author Keywords
- immigration law, refugee policy, security certificates, Syrian refugee crisis, construction of non-citizens, admissibility, inadmissibility, security, politicization of immigration, Access to Information
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- While legal discourse commonly interprets ‘admissibility’ as ‘inadmissibility’ within Canadian immigration law and policy, this research explores ‘admissibility’ as a concept of its own and how it is implemented through Canadian immigration practice. The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act...
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- Adam Vincent (Author)
- Author Keywords
- Literary metissage, hybrid text, teaching writing, literacy, arts-based, poetry, autoethnography, discourse studies
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- As a mode of academic discourse, poetry offers pathways that lead to new and diverse ways of understanding. However, in my experiences as a learner and as an Instructional Associate at the Learning Centre at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU), I have found that poetry is not being utilized to...
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- 49.2827291, -123.12073750000002
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- Alice Macpherson (Author)
- Author Keywords
- multicultural education, discrimination in higher education, affirmative action programs
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- This thesis is a qualitative study of the experience of nine facilitators using Gender And Diversity, Creating Inclusion In The College Environment curriculum in BC south coast post secondary institutions. This self-selected group of nine instructors from various post-secondary institution...
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- Yang (Karl) Li (Author), Greg Simmons (Thesis advisor)
- Date Issued
- 2022-06-30
- Abstract
- Criminology is presently contested in ways beyond ethical and political argument, often ranging to implicit ontological wrangling. This thesis is an attempt to more explicit these and other issues. This project investigates phenomenological intersubjectivities and invariances with contemporary...
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- Jana Skorstengaard (Author)
- Date Issued
- 2019-04
- Author Keywords
- prison, feminist theory, corrections, alternative interventions, correctional programs, women, Indigenous women, Corrections Canada
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- Prisons are spaces of violence that strip autonomy and a sense of personal identity from prisoners. Art and arts-based programming can not only be a way to combat the monotony of prison life, but to build communication skills, increase self-esteem, and help prisoners to build better relationships...
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- Keiron McConnell (Author), Mike King (Chair), University of Leicester Department of Criminology (Degree granting institution)
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- For the past several years a debate has been occurring about reason for the reduction of crime in New York City under the leadership of Mayor Giuliani and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton. Some claim that the principles of Broken Windows Theory worked to reduce crime. Others claim that the...
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- Alice Macpherson (author)
- Author Keywords
- college teaching, college teachers, higher education, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
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- This study was undertaken to explore the nature and impact of the Instructional Skills Workshop process on faculty members and their teaching practice. It draws on Lewin's theory of change and Kirkpatrick's levels of evaluation to analyze both survey and interview data from faculty members who...
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- 49.183333, -122.85000000000002
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- Kwantlen Polytechnic University Department of Criminology (Degree granting institution), Justine Nelson (author)
- Author Keywords
- climate change, green criminology, environmental activism, denial, British Columbia
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- Our society is in collective denial about the extreme threat that climate change presents to the future of our world. Capitalism creates a culture that is based on the exploitation of people and the earth for profit, and as citizens living within this culture we use denial to shield ourselves...
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- Ann McBurnie (Author)
- Author Keywords
- university employees, research assistants, training, recruitment
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- This study examined organizational practices impacting research assistants (RAs) at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (Kwantlen), identifying issues and discovering optimal ways to address concerns, increase their connection to the organization, and maximize their contributions, enabling Kwantlen...
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- 49.183333, -122.85000000000002
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- Dawn-Leah L. McDonald (author)
- Author Keywords
- production effect, memory, distinctiveness, strength, proportions
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- The production effect occurs when producing items enhances memory relative to reading items silently. Although the most common mode of production used in research has been “reading aloud”, singing, mouthing, whispering, writing, typing, and spelling out also produce a memory advantage....
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- Victor Yao (Author), Lisa Freeman (Thesis advisor)
- Date Issued
- 2017-06-26
- Author Keywords
- cannabis, medicinal cannabis, zoning, municipal bylaws, legal ecosystem, dispensaries, agribusiness, War on Drugs, legalization, city council, justification, ideology
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- This thesis examined the development and application of urban bylaws, in this case the City of Delta’s, which regulate properties commonly hosting growing operations or laboratories producing and handling federally-listed controlled substances such as marijuana. The project was largely...
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- Lindsay Wood (author)
- Author Keywords
- competency-based learning, cooperative education, vocational education, college teachers
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- The objective of this research study was for the university to benefit from an enhanced educational and learning-based co-op program that is in alignment with its strategic vision. The Co-Op department would be better equipped to facilitate programs that maximize student learning and be in a...
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- Keiron McConnell (Author), London Metropolitan University John Grieve Centre, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (Degree granting institution)
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- gangs, British Columbia, constuctionism, social construction, Vancouver Police
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- This thesis explores the structure, demographics, and history of gangs in British Columbia (BC), Canada, through a social constructionist lens. The purpose of the research is for the reader to consider the current state of gangs in BC as inherently different from other places in the world, to...
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- Jennifer Jordan (Author), Nickolas J Cherwinski (Thesis advisor), Royal Roads University Humanitarian Studies (Degree granting institution)
- Date Issued
- 2022-02-27
- Abstract
- In this professional practice paper I set out to discover whether there is data indicating Restorative Justice Practices are effective with respect to victim/survivor satisfaction and engendering systemic culture change when used as a response to incidents of Sexual Misconduct and Sexual Violence...
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- Levente L. Orbán (author)
- Author Keywords
- visual perception, colour discrimination, food preferences, pregnancy, first trimester, psychology, darwinian
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- The present study aims to test the adaptive theory of pregnancy sickness to limit fetal exposure to teratogens, by investigating possible shifts in colour discrimination and food imagery preferences in women during their first trimester of pregnancy. We hypothesized that colour discrimination and...
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- Aliyah Ali (Author), Tara Lyons (Thesis advisor)
- Date Issued
- 2020-06-03
- Author Keywords
- labour market, Black LGBQ people, Black people, queer people, discrimination, gender, racism, sexuality, workplace
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- This research examines the experiences of Black LGBQ people within the workplace in the Lower Mainland. It is important to explore these experiences because there is a significant lack of research regarding the experiences of Black LGBQ people in not only British Columbia but Canada. The...
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- Sarah E. Braaten (Author), Irina Ceric (Thesis advisor), Kwantlen Polytechnic University Department of Criminology (Degree granting institution)
- Author Keywords
- policy, assisted-dying, physician assisted-dying, medical assistance in dying (MAID), euthanasia, Charter rights, principles of fundamental justice, Carter v. Canada, Rodriguez v. British Columbia, disability
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- This project focuses on assisted-dying policy in Canada; assisted-dying was legalized in February 2015 as per the Carter v. Canada (Attorney General) (2015) ruling, because the longstanding blanket prohibition of assisted-dying was found to be unconstitutional as it violated the plaintiff’s s. 7...
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- Fatima Zaidi (Author), Mike Larsen (Thesis advisor)
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- Homelessness as a phenomenon and as a social problem can be unpacked and understood in a variety of ways. Although there is some consensus among various actors involved in homeless prevention on how to end homelessness, there is a lack of momentum when it comes to effective policy and program...
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(In)Visible Influences: Conceptualizing Homelessness in the Age of Over-Regulation and Neoliberalism
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- Päivi Koskinen (author)
- Author Keywords
- Finnish language, syntax, word order, morphology
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- The University of British Columbia, Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP) (Degree granting institution)
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- This dissertation represents a meta-survey of evidence projecting a future of conventional fossil energy decline, and the rapid disappearance of highest quality conventional energy sources. Evidence also suggest that increasing costs of fossil fuel production and declining energetic quality of...
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