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A literature review of Canadian immigration, crime perpetration, victimisation, wellbeing
No full textOver the past several decades, many people and journals have engaged in the debate surrounding immigration and its effect on criminality. This research summarises and makes accessible the Canadian scientific consensus on Canadian immigration and crime, factors affecting changes in crime, such as the well-being of immigrants and refugees, as well as their victimisation. This research is a secondary literature review which also contains theoretical applications of the Critical Race Theory. This theory is most compatible with the issues discussed as well as to provide further qualitative depth to the literature reviewed. Conclusions and further public policy recommendations towards a more equitable society are made based on the results of the literature review
Ethnographic Study of Potential International Students in India
No full textThrough a four-and-a-half-month ethnographic field research study in Punjab India, I examined the experiential accounts of Indian students who have applied to attend post-secondary schooling in Canada. I conducted the field research in the Indian state of Punjab, in the urban cities of Amritsar and Chandigarh, along with several rural villages in surrounding areas. Originally, my intention was to interview potential students themselves, but being in the field for an extended period, I quickly discovered that I needed to broaden my interview base to include English teachers, professors and agents (recruiters). I conducted approximately thirty interviews while in India
Everybody Poops: Public Toilets are a Community Issue: A Toilet Facilities Knowledge Brief
No full textNursing & Human ServicesRural Homelessnessaccessible toiletsrural homelessnes
Digital literacies, social media, and undergraduate learning: what do students think they need to know?
No full textThis research addresses an identified need to further understand digital literacies (DL) and whether undergraduate students view DL as being important in their lives and in their learning. Using a cross-sectional survey sent to a stratified random sample of 2500 undergraduates representative of the overall student population at a medium-sized Canadian undergraduate university (survey response rate of 19.8%, N = 496), we explored the relationships between social media and digital literacies, particularly in different disciplinary contexts. We also explored the ways in which students report using social media in their university learning, showing that students value social media for collaboration, discussion, information finding and sharing, and practise activities related to their learning. Additionally, we examined the importance students place on DL, and how they perceive and rate their own abilities with digital literacies across three domains: procedural and technical, cognitive, and sociocultural. Findings illustrate an observable gap between the high importance that students place on digital literacies (including DL for social media) in their learning and their lives and the lack of coverage students reported receiving about these topics in their undergraduate education. Based on the study’s findings, we discuss the specific ways that those in the higher education community can address this gap by engaging with and fostering development of digital literacies within specific disciplinary and professional contexts, and in interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary learning settings across the curriculum.Peer reviewedarticleThis article draws on research supported by Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Grant No. 100858)
2023 Anthropology Capstone Reader
No full textThe 2023 edition of research completed in UNBC's ANTH 460 Capstone course
Promising programs and initiatives to increase menstrual equity - Inside and outside Canada: Environmental scan
No full textThe following report, prepared for Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE), provides a highlevel environmental scan of promising programs and initiatives to increase menstrual equity and address period poverty. The report shares findings from programs and initiatives both inside and outside Canada. The current report is one of three submitted to WAGE: Literature review, Qualitative research and High-level environmental scan. The report begins with a summary overview of relevant context factors which informed the methodology and analysis. Findings are broken down within and outside Canada across four main categories: distribution (of menstrual supplies), education, advocacy and research. We conclude
with a section on the strengths and limitations of the present research.Menstrual Cycle Research Grou
Utilization of a dumbbell floor press in predicting an estimated 1RM max barbell bench bress using repetitions to fatigue
No full textThis research aims to investigate the relationship between the performance of a dumbbell floor press and the traditional barbell bench press, as a safer alternative means of assessing maximal strength in upper body pressing. The 1 repetition maximum (1RM) test using a Barbell Bench Press (BBP) has been widely used for this purpose but can be time-consuming and poses an increased risk of injury when performed incorrectly, particularly among novice individuals. The most common injuries associated with the bench press are anterior glenohumeral instability, atraumatic osteolysis of the distal clavicle, and pectoralis major rupture. Alternative protocols for estimating 1RM, such as the YMCA bench press, sub-maximal BBP, and push-ups, have been established but also pose some risk of injury. The theory is that performing a dumbbell floor press may be a safer alternative, as it provides a stable base for the scapula and shortens the range of motion on the press, eliminating excessive anterior humeral slide. Two case studies have shown that exercises using a bench in horizontal and push-ups can cause bilateral shoulder dislocation. This study aims to fill the gap in the literature by examining the relationship between the dumbbell floor press and the barbell bench press. The findings of this study may provide health professionals with an alternative means of assessing upper body pressing strength for participants who may be at risk of injury with traditional testing protocols.
Poster submission was sponsored by Dr.Ken Anderson, (Sports Science Department) for course SPSC 4256 and was presented at the New Westminster campus on April 12, 2023, for Student Research Days 2023.Not peer reviewe
The Loss of Tradition and the Rise of Scriptural Authority: The Role of the Westminster Confession of Faith
No full textThe primary aim of this thesis is to demonstrate how the Westminster Confession of Faith (WCF) had a key influence on the priority given to Scripture – over the theological understanding of Tradition and Scripture working together – in evangelicalism. I propose that the trajectory initiated by the WCF led to an elevation of the authority of Scripture and a problematic rejection of Tradition. Within evangelicalism, the WCF offered justification for locating the sole authority over church doctrine and practice in Scripture, as exemplified in “The Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy.”
A further aim is to incorporate a sociological discussion on the function of tradition and memory in collective identities. While theologians refer to sociologist Edward Shils’ Tradition to demonstrate the essential role of tradition in forming and maintaining a collective identity, the theological discussion on the Christian Tradition and evangelical identity can be enriched by employing further research from memory studies.TraditionEvangelical identitySola ScripturaMemory studiespatristic eraWestminster Confession of FaithEnglish ReformationTraditionpatristic eraAmerican evangelicalismevangelical identitysola scripturaChicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancymemory studie
Snowshoe hare (Lepus Americanus) habitat use in the sub-boreal forests of North-central British Columbia
No full textUnderstanding a species’ habitat use allows researchers and managers to identify areas and/or features essential to management and conservation. For populations that cycle in abundance, habitat associations may change through time complicating our understanding of how different habitat metrics may be related to preferences shown by the species. Snowshoe Hares (Lepus americanus) are a keystone species as they are a major food source for a diverse array of predators. Understanding their specific habitat associations provides for broader management planning (e.g., the conservation of associated predators). Although hare habitat use has been well studied, gaps in our knowledge still exist including how habitat use differs with ecological scale or throughout their population cycles. In this thesis I examined hare habitat use in the sub-boreal forests of the John Prince Research Forest and surrounding area in north-central British Columbia, Canada. I assessed this relationship at multiple scales, with multiple methods and at varying hare occupancy and densities in order to address these knowledge gaps. I used wildlife camera trapping (2015, 2016 and 2020) and hare pellet counts (2018 – 2020) to passively collect hare detection data and used LIDAR data to quantify habitat variables. My study population also showed evidence of being cyclical and cameras proved useful at detecting population oscillations. I detected a large decline in camera-detection rates during winter from 0.09 (SD = 0.13) in 2015 to 0.03 (SD = 0.05) in 2020. Naive occupancy declined during the period from 0.42 to 0.21. Pellet detections also declined between 2018/2019 and 2020. Distance to riparian area appeared to be the best metric for explaining hare camera detections in 2015, versus canopy closure in 2016 and distance to edge in 2020. Model selection using pellet counts was similar between the two years but canopy closure proved the most useful at explaining hare use at the landscape-scale, versus distance-to-edge for the within-stand models. Habitat use appeared to be density-dependent and also varied at different ecological scales and this should be considered in future habitat studies of Snowshoe Hare, as it has often gone unaddressed in the past.Snowshoe hareLepus americanuscamera trappingSub-boreal forestspopulation cycl
