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Nurses’ experiences of ethical responsibilities of care during the COVID-19 pandemic
No full textThis article was originally published as: Peter, E., Mohammed, S., Killackey, T., MacIver, J, & Variath, C. (2022). Nurses’ experiences of ethical responsibilities of care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nursing Ethics, 29(4), 844-857. https://doi.org/10.1177/09697330211068135Background
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced rapid and widespread change to standards of patient care and nursing practice, inevitably leading to unprecedented shifts in the moral conditions of nursing work. Less is known about how these challenges have affected nurses’ capacity to meet their ethical responsibilities and what has helped to sustain their efforts to continue to care.
Research objectives
1) To explore nurses’ experiences of striving to fulfill their ethical responsibilities of care during the COVID-19 pandemic and 2) to explore what has fostered nurses’ capacity to fulfill these responsibilities.This work was funded by the Toronto COVID19 Action Initiativ
VIU Library Collections Spend Breakdown 2019-20
No full textA list of VIU Library collections-related expenses by format, acquisition model, and individual products. This includes data for fiscal year 2019-20.A list of VIU Library collections-related expenses by format, acquisition model, and individual products. This includes data for fiscal year 2019-20
A faculty perspective on future directions for tourism management curricula
No full textThis research explores the perspectives of faculty members teaching in undergraduate tourism programs across British Columbia (BC), Canada regarding curricula revitalization in consideration of macro changes that have occurred in the tourism industry worldwide including the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing climate change crisis, and the urgent need for indigenization. With a focus on programs that offer bachelor’s degrees in tourism management, this qualitative study investigates the perspectives of nine faculty members representing Capilano University, Royal Roads University, Thompson Rivers University, and Vancouver Island University. Data was collected by conducting semi-structured interviews. A reflexive thematic analysis indicated one overarching theme: collaboration; two themes: tourism management higher education must 1) craft leaders who embody 21st century skills and 2) be as dynamic as the tourism industry; and three subthemes: 1) multi-disciplinary, 2) work-integrated learning, and 3) macro changes. Due to the rapid pace of change in the tourism industry, the current curriculum offered in tourism management degree programs across BC must be reimagined. Recommendations include course content revitalization, mandatory work-integrated learning, and the renewal and maintenance of collaboration across institutions. The study’s findings are relevant to tourism management students, faculty members and higher education institutions in British Columbia
Genetic management on the brink of extinction: Sequencing microsatellites does not improve estimates of inbreeding in wild and captive Vancouver Island marmots (Marmota vancouverensis)
No full textCaptive breeding is often a last resort management option in the conservation of endangered species which can in turn lead
to increased risk of inbreeding depression and loss of genetic diversity. Thus, recording breeding events via studbook for
the purpose of estimating relatedness, and facilitating mating pair selection to minimize inbreeding, is common practice.
However, as founder relatedness is often unknown, loss of genetic variation and inbreeding cannot be entirely avoided.
Molecular genotyping is slowly being adopted in captive breeding programs, however achieving sufficient resolution can be
challenging in small, low diversity, populations. Here, we evaluate the success of the Vancouver Island marmot (Marmota
vancouverensis; VIM; among the worlds most endangered mammals) captive breeding program in preventing inbreeding
and maintaining genetic diversity. We explored the use of high-throughput amplicon sequencing of microsatellite regions to
assay greater genetic variation in both captive and wild populations than traditional length-based fragment analysis. Contrary
to other studies, this method did not considerably increase diversity estimates, suggesting: (1) that the technique does not
universally improve resolution, and (2) VIM have exceedingly low diversity. Studbook estimates of pairwise relatedness and
inbreeding in the current population were weakly, but positively, correlated to molecular estimates. Thus, current studbooks
are moderately effective at predicting genetic similarity when founder relatedness is known. Finally, we found that captive
and wild populations did not differ in allelic frequencies, and conservation efforts to maintain diversity have been successful
with no significant decrease in diversity over the last three generations.https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/25265/Gorrell2022.pdf?sequence=3This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. It was originally published as: Barrett, K.G., Amaral, G., Elphinstone, M., McAdie, M.L., Davis, C.S., Janes, J.K., Carnio, J., Moehrenschlager, A., & Gorrell, J.C. (2022). Genetic management on the brink of extinction: Sequencing microsatellites does not improve estimates of inbreeding in wild and captive Vancouver Island marmots (Marmota vancouverensis). Conservation Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-022-01429-7This study was funded by the Scholarship, Research and Creative
Activity office at Vancouver Island University and a Discovery
Grant (#RGPIN-2018-06764) from the Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council of Canada to JC
Teaching boundary setting in Canadian nursing programs : unveiling the hidden curriculum
No full textBackground: Several studies discuss boundary setting as a skill for health professionals in therapeutic relationships. This study seeks to understand how the skill is taught in public post-secondary nursing programs and then experienced in a work setting.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of psychiatric nursing alumni and clinical instructors so as to support the evolution of boundary setting education and evaluation practices in post secondary institutions.
Methods: This was a narrative inquiry study using virtual storytelling interviews which were transcribed. Alumni within 5 years of graduation and nursing instructors from a Canadian post secondary educational institution were eligible for participation. Participants were encouraged to share their experiences related to learning, teaching, and evaluating boundary setting as a therapeutic nursing skill.
Findings: Through the analysis of the data, nursing alumni participants voiced not being ready to set boundaries in their workplaces, whereas nursing instructors were unable to identify specific curricular objectives, educational strategies, or evaluation tools for teaching boundary-setting.
Conclusions: Students find boundary setting to be an emotional experience, not all students feel prepared to set all types of boundaries once in a workplace, and the curriculum objectives and evaluation tools for clinical instructors teaching boundaries were not explicit for either clinical instructors or program administrators. My recommendations were separated into curriculum and professional development strategies. Strategies included having program administrators set specific curricular objectives related to boundary-setting and ensure these objectives are being adequately assessed by clinical instructors, develop, or provide professional development opportunities for clinical instructors related to boundary setting and teaching boundary setting
The innovation, evolution, and adaptation of the Salish spinner
Get PDFThis is the author's version of an article that was published in the Fall 2022 issue of Spin Off.One of my favorite spinning wheels is a bit of an ugly duckling—it looks a little strange as if it is missing parts: it’s a bobbin and flyer without the wheel, a head without a body—yet when properly assembled on top of an old treadle sewing machine it transforms into a swan complete with a heartbeat and the treadle beats in time with mine. It relaxes and calms me in a meditative way. It is known by different names: originally the “Indian Head”, the “Cowichan” and now, the “Salish” spinner. Why is the Salish spinner so useful? To understand that, you need to know a little about the Coast Salish and their traditional textiles and yarns
A research agenda for graduate education
No full textBook reviewThis book review originally appeared as: Toal, S. (2022). [Review of the book A research agenda for graduate education, by B. Mitchell]. Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 201, 109-111. https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cjeap/article/view/75212Sean Toal reviews "A research agenda for graduate education" by B. Mitchell (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2021).https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/26163/ToalReview.pdf?sequence=
Designing for tenant wellbeing : a new approach to Canadian social housing
No full textIncreased focus on non-housing outcomes in the context of social housing in Canada continues. However, that focus remains predicated on existing systems, for the most part designed in the mid to late 1990s. To really support tenants of social housing, we need to create systems that will put the people first. To that end, this dissertation asks the question of how best to design a social housing system in Canada that facilitates and enhances tenant wellbeing. After providing a review of the evolution of social housing policy in Canada, this dissertation then introduces a definition for tenant wellbeing based on the Capability Approach, consisting of six domains: self-determination, health, belonging, security (cultural, tenure, and financial), controlling one’s space, and quality of life. This definition was then used in the analysis of the findings from comparing the systems in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba based on each respective system environment, boundary, system elements and their interconnections, and system function. Those findings were supplemented by interviews with senior executives working in each province. After identifying different parts of the existing systems that facilitate or disempower tenant wellbeing, the dissertation outlines the principles based recommendations to design a new social housing system focused on tenant wellbeing, and how this idea may come to fruition in the current policy and regulatory environment
Biomimicry: a tool to support student reconnection with nature in a Montessori secondary class
No full textExtensive research validates the need to renew and strengthen a connection to nature as a way of
battling unsustainability and numerous studies support the idea that education is a major catalyst for
this much-needed paradigm shift. The emerging science, biomimicry has been used successfully in
education and it is hypothesized that biomimicry’s use could lead to students’ reconnection with nature.
This project aimed to create outdoor learning experiences for students to connect with nature in a
Montessori environment by following the principles and examples of biomimicry. The inquiry was
guided by the following questions: Why do we need to get young people back to nature and feel
connected to a place in their local environment? What is biomimicry (within the context of education)
and how can it be used as a tool for the goals of this project while supporting the principles of
Montessori? A research-informed resource guide was developed to support the integration of
biomimicry into secondary science in a Montessori education system. Biomimicry shares many
commonalities with the core values of the Montessori pedagogy and the practices and principles of
biomimicry have been shown to support both the Kindergarten to Grade 10 Science Curricular
Competencies of the British Columbia curriculum and First Peoples Principles of Learning. By creating
this resource guide, biomimicry’s use in a Montessori classroom was better understood. Additionally, a
resource for both Montessori and non-Montessori educators was successfully created with accessible
information and easy to incorporate classroom activities.https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/26081/Rymer.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=
The characterization of dark leadership : workplace bullying, psychological harassment, or office politics?
No full textNegative behaviour by leaders’ costs organizations around the globe billions of dollars a year in turnover and lost productivity, despite workplace conduct policies and government legislation. This study explored how negative leader behaviour, or dark leadership (DL), is characterized in the organizational setting. The term Workplace Bullying is well known; however Psychological Harassment is overlooked, and Office Politics is often used to justify negative behaviour. In a qualitative design, semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore three perspectives on the issue, those of leaders, human resources practitioners and employees. Thematic Analysis identified similarities and differences between groups in how the terms Workplace Bullying, Psychological Harassment and Office Politics were characterized, the challenges in dealing with DL and where improvements can be made in managing and reducing the behaviour. DL is about power, maintaining or gaining it through self-serving game-playing and managing up, using power over others to intimidate and manipulate. It thrives in environments where negative behaviour is normalized through a focus on bottom line results and a lack of accountability for leader behaviour. The systemic nature of this damaging behaviour results in both human resources practitioners and employees facing the paradoxical challenge of an issue caused by leaders yet requiring leadership to address