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Supporting student accommodations and inclusion processes in post-secondary education: A bottom-up approach
No full textThis paper is set within the context of my experiences in post-secondary education as both a student and faculty. Over the past seventeen years, I have witnessed an exponential increase in student accommodations and inclusion processes. The program that I am a faculty member in is a cohort program that used to be much more standardized than it is to date. For example, when I attended the program, every student attended the program full-time and wrote all their exams together. A minimum passing grade of seventy percent was expected with no opportunity to rewrite supplemental examinations. Presently, the program is much more dynamic. There are now part-time spaces available to accommodate student needs. Other accommodations include the option to write exams in different locations to allow silence and extra time to write. There are also reserved seats in the program specified for indigenous students. These are all tremendous student accommodations and inclusion processes that require continual adjustments and adaptation by the faculty members and the institution. The foundational role of navigating through inclusion processes into the post-secondary education system is both important and necessary to support today’s post-secondary learners. However, there appears to be a general expectation for faculty to be experts on their content, managers in the classroom, and skilled in communications, all during constant and relentless educational politics (Beavers, 2009). I argue it is the responsibility of faculty and the institution to incorporate methods and pedagogy to affirm student accommodations and advocate for inclusion on a continuum. Realistically, student accommodations will only increase with inclusive processes; therefore, a more proactive approach that incorporates foundational educational philosophies and leadership is necessary to support continuity and mitigate oppression.Not peer reviewedcapstonestudent accommodationsinclusionpost-secondar
Spatial Analysis of Rural Homelessness Support Services in the West Kootenay Region
No full textNursing & Human Service
Flying eagle feather earrings (Medicine)
No full textMy theme is Medicine. Through my art, I seek to honour the traditional practices and knowledge of my ancestors, while also creating a contemporary expression of their wisdom. Each piece is hand-crafted with care and attention to detail. Each piece of jewellery I design and create is imbued with a sense of sacredness and power from the medicine it represents. From the sweet grass used in smudging ceremonies to the healing properties of cedar and sage, these natural substances hold a deep spiritual significance just like our stories in indigenous cultures. Flying Eagle Feather Earrings: Eagles are of hierarchy, top of the totem poles, regarded as most important in mythology and art. Eagles are respected for its intelligence and power as well as its extraordinary vision, in the both the literal and figurative senses. Feathers are symbolic and supernatural powers as well. Used in ceremonial contexts, communication, hospitality and healing. It is meant to be given as a welcoming gift and to honour guests.Second year student.traditionsmedicineancestral knowledgegenerationsculturesilve
El querer de saturno
No full textInspired by the concept of "want" and textures of planet surfaces designed with a heavy influence from Catholic art. Materials: ruby, 14k gold.Second year student.ruby14k gol
Dollhouse 'Kitchen Charms'
No full textI've created a "dollhouse" inspired chunky chain with removable kitchen charms. It is part of a collection inspired by my love for cats and miniatures with its own take on a dollhouse. I wanted the pieces to still have a sense of everyday wearability with an underlying "cat dollhouse" theme. I used mainly copper and silver as my metals for contrast.First-year student.miniaturekitchencharmschunky chai
Gender-Based Violence Against Immigrants and Refugees Living with HIV/HIV-Risk in Canada: A Systematic Review
No full textAssessing middle school teachers’ perceptions of successful practices with English language learners
No full textThis phenomenological study inquired into middle school teachers’ perceptions of successful practices with English language learners (ELLs). The purpose was to better understand successful practices with ELL students. In order to accomplish this, four middle school (grades 6 – 8) teachers, including ELL teachers, with at least two years of experience working with ELL students were interviewed. Qualitative data analysis of interview transcripts revealed three themes. The first theme reported on participants’ perceptions of ELL students in relation to the diversity amongst ELL students, the stories of refugee students, and the sense of belonging of ELL students at school. The second theme reported on successful and unsuccessful practices with ELL students regarding push-in vs. pull-out model; peer support as a teaching practice; and the importance of being flexible, reflective, and collaborative. Finally, the last theme reported on the systemic supports and barriers experienced by participants when supporting ELL students. Findings provided a teacher-eye view of potential best practices when supporting ELL teachers in the B.C. context. The study was limited in scope to only four interviewees in three contexts, which affected the generalizability of the findings. Nonetheless, the study yielded three main recommendations: teachers should take a holistic approach with ELLs that honors their home discourse, teachers should recognize the need to foster growth mindsets in ELLs to support language development, and teachers should take a flexible and collaborative approach to meet the needs of ELLs in their particular context.English Language Learnersteacher perceptionsteaching practice
Using not-for-profit innovation networks to transition new technologies across the Valley of Death
No full textPurpose: This paper seeks answers to the question: What are the relevant factors that allow not-for-profit innovation networks to successfully transition new technologies from proof-of-concept to commercialization?
Design/methodology/approach: This question is examined using knowledge-based view and network orchestration theory. Data are collected from 35 interviews with managers and engineers working within seven centres that comprise the High Value Manufacturing Catapult (HVMC). These centers constitute a not-for-profit innovation network where suppliers, customers and competitors collaborate to help transition new technologies across the "Valley of Death" (the gap between establishing a proof of concept and commercialization).
Findings: Network orchestration theory suggests that a hub firm facilitates the exchange of knowledge amongst network members (knowledge mobility), to enable these members to profit from innovation (innovation appropriability). The hub firm ensures positive network growth, and also allows for the entry and exit of network members (network stability). Our study of not-for-profit innovation networks suggests the role of a network orchestrator is to help ensure that intellectual property becomes a public resource that enhances the productivity of the domestic economy. We observed how network stability was achieved by the HVMC's seven centers employing a loosely-coupled hybrid network configuration. This configuration however ensured that new technology development teams, comprised of suppliers, customers and competitors, remained tightly-coupled to enable co-development of innovative technologies. Matching internal technical and sectoral expertise with complementary experience from network members allowed knowledge to flow across organizational boundaries and throughout the network. Matrix organizational structures and distributed decision-making authority created opportunities for knowledge integration to occur. Actively moving individuals and teams between centres also helped to diffuse knowledge to network members, while regular meetings between senior management ensured network coordination and remove resource redundancies.
Originality/value: The study contributes to knowledge-based theory by moving beyond existing understanding of knowledge integration in firms, and identified how knowledge is exchanged and aggregated within not-for-profit innovation networks. The findings contribute to network orchestration theory by challenging the notion that network orchestrators should enact and enforce appropriability regimes (patents, licenses, copyrights) to allow members to profit from innovations. Instead, we find that not-for-profit innovation networks can overcome the frictions that appropriability regimes often create when exchanging knowledge during new technology development. This is achieved by pre-defining the terms of network membership/partnership and setting out clear pathways for innovation scaling, which embodies newly generated intellectual property as a public resource. The findings inform a framework that is useful for policy makers, academics and managers interesting in using not-for-profit networks to transition new technologies across the Valley of Death.Peer reviewedaccepted for publicationnew-technology developmentinnovation networksknowledge-based viewCatapultnetwork orchestration theor
Testing a 3-phased boredom intervention training (BIT) program for undergraduate psychology students
No full textSixty-six undergraduate psychology students participated in three sessions of an online boredom training program at Thompson Rivers University. Their participation has contributed to the testing of separate phases of a large-scale intervention targeting university boredom. In each phase, we tested students’ (1) boredom knowledge, (2) boredom beliefs, and (3) situation modification strategies before and after viewing a video targeting each aspect. In the following research brief, we report the frequencies of correct items students chose before and after watching the videos.Not peer reviewedResearch briefMAT-Labresearch briefundergraduate studentsboredom intervention trainin
Comparison of methods to estimate fuel moisture content in different forest stand types in central British Columbia
No full textWildfires are a growing threat due to climate change, and they often leave unburned forest patches called fire refugia. While young forests in some regions burn more severely, preliminary observations in central British Columbia suggest that managed juvenile forests exhibit lower fire severity, potentially influenced by fuel moisture conditions, and stand characteristics. To identify the role of fuel moisture in the formation of juvenile stand fire refugia, this research collects and examines groundbased, empirically modelled, and remote sensing indices of greenness, moisture, and fire severity. This thesis investigates the fuel moisture contents (FMC) of duff, fine woody debris, and foliage at six locations near Prince George and Smithers, British Columbia (BC), over two summers (2021 and 2022). A total of 6116 individual samples of foliage, fine woody debris, and duff were collected from open, juvenile, and mature conifer forest stands and analysed for moisture content (MC). On average, the MC of duff and fine woody debris samples was higher in juvenile and mature forests than open sites. In contrast, open forests had higher foliage MC than the other forests. Observations of FMC were used to evaluate the accuracy of FMC estimates extracted from the Canadian Forest Fire Weather Index (FWI) system. Observations of FMC were also compared with remote sensing indices to assess the utility of using spaceborne (Landsat 8&9, Sentinel 2) remote sensing to predict local FMC. Three versions of the FWI model were used to estimate FMC: the original FWI model which uses the closest fire weather station, and versions that used updated parameters based on local fuel conditions and in-stand weather data. When estimating fine woody debris MC, the best statistical results are obtained with locally calibrated models at open stands. However, the original FWI model provides better estimates of duff MC in juvenile stands. For remote sensing of foliar MC in juvenile stands, the Normalized Difference Moisture Index (NDMI) had a higher R2 value (0.334) and a lower RMSE than other indices, while the NDMI gave the best result for foliar MC in mature forests (R2 = 0.160). For fine woody debris and duff MC in open stands, none of the remote sensing indices tested have R2 > 0.1 when estimating duff and fine woody debris MC. However, the RMSE of using empirical models from FWI to estimate duff (lowest at 59.95% RMSE) and fine woody debris (21.13%) MC was higher than remote sensing (41.64% for duff, 17.50% for fine woody debris). Remote sensing indices such as NDMI and GNDVI (Green Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) were used to estimate pre-burn FMC, and the estimated FMC results were found to be generally higher at juvenile stands than mature forest from a case study area from Plateau Complex Wildfire of 2017. Lower remote sensing estimates of FMC in mature stands corresponded to higher burn severities