British Columbia's network of post-secondary digital repositories
Arca British Columbia's network of post-secondary digital repositoriesNot a member yet
224150 research outputs found
Sort by
Episode 24: Creating a Diverse and Inclusive Virtual Community
No full textOn this week’s episode of Innovation Fuel, hosts Dave Keighron and Dr. Gelareh Farhadian welcome Ruth Diaz, VR Community Design Developer and Metaverse Coach, at VR Create Connect. Ruth discusses the importance of DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) in the virtual reality community and creating spaces for everyone to enjoy the technology in a safe, inclusive manner
Episode 23: Discovering the Truth About Digital Transformation
No full textOn this week’s episode of Innovation Fuel, Elena Pomazanova, President and Founder of Cyper, joins hosts Dave Keighron and Dr. Gelareh Farhadian for a discussion on the misconceptions of digital transformation. They talk about how digital transformation is more than just the word “technology” and explore how it will add more value to a business and its company culture.
MENT; MBAF; MGMT; MENT; CPM
Optimizing prescribing of opiate agonist treatment in rural & remote primary care to improve treatment outcomes in adults with opioid use disorder
Get PDFOpioid use disorder (OUD) is a chronic and relapsing condition that affects people across British Columbia (BC). People with OUD are at significant risk of morbidity and mortality related to unintentional toxic drug poisonings from the fentanyl-contaminated unregulated drug supply. Despite the unabating rates of toxic drug deaths in BC, evidence-based pharmacologic interventions for OUD remain underutilized especially in rural and remote areas of the province. Opiate agonist treatment (OAT) is an evidence-based pharmacologic intervention for OUD that is within primary care provider (PCP) scope of practice to prescribe. This integrated literature review was conducted to address how in rural and remote communities, PCPs can improve treatment outcomes for adults with OUD when prescribing OAT. A systematic search of six large academic databases was conducted that yielded twelve peer-reviewed articles that met inclusion criteria. Findings are discussed based on key themes from the literature that demonstrate an undisputed understanding of the efficacy of OAT among rural PCPs, however treatment outcomes among rural patients with OUD are variable due to several high-level social, regulatory, environmental and organizational challenges that are exacerbated in rural regions. Scale-up of accessible OAT in primary care is integral to improving treatment outcomes for adults with OUD and preventing toxic drug deaths in rural and remote BC communities
Climate action panel (Video)
No full textA video of the Climate Action Panel at the 2022 Better Together Conference. This panel features a discussion of the various ways the Douglas College community is addressing the call for climate action.
Welcome and introduction: Dave Taylor, Douglas College Director of Communications
Responsive Curriculum Presentation: Brian Chapell, Dean of Science and Technology (4:14)
Presentation: Nathalie Vigoroux-Callibot, Earth and Environmental Sciences Instructor (12:35)
Climate Action at Douglas College Presentation: Chris Gardner, Director of Facilities & Ancillary Services (21:05)
Q&A (34:56)</p
Climate Action Plan
No full textThe Climate Action Panel was a starting point in engaging the whole Douglas College community in discussions about environmental and social sustainability topics and climate change.
Dave Taylor, Douglas College’s Director of Communications provided the relevant information about the Strategic Initiatives addressing environmental and social action and moderated the Climate Action Panel. Brian Chapell, Dean of Science and Technology, described newly implemented efforts to identify existing curriculum and areas where new curriculum can be developed. Chris Gardner presented a report on the College’s energy efficiency and climate responsive infrastructure improvements and plans, including the new BC Energy Step Code and LEED Gold 88 Royal Avenue campus .
We also heard about the STARS (Sustainability Tracking Assessment & Rating System) certification process that the College is going through to create a benchmark for achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals. Nathalie Vigoroux-Callibot, Earth and Environmental Science instructor, spoke about her science-based approach to climate and environmental solutions, and the need to help students see beyond superficial and sensational media reporting. Moana Mudekereza, PEAK-Buildings student, and Indoor Environmental specialist, spoke about her career path and educational needs.
Here are some links to the presentations delivered during the Climate Action Panel and a video of the event
Self-determination and procedural justice in a Yukon climate planning partnership
Get PDFPlanning for community resilience and climate change requires new forms of engagement that are accountable to Indigenous peoples and the social and cultural upheavals associated with colonial harm. This thesis shows that climate governance requires partnerships and policy actions that reflect needs and priorities of communities in specific geographic, political, and cultural contexts. As a case study, it examines the development of the 2020 Our Clean Future (OCF) strategy by Government of Yukon and Indigenous partners. Through semi-structured interviews and document studies, the research applies a theoretical lens of procedural justice and self-determination to the OCF process. Outcomes from this research offer a set of policy cycle considerations and recommendations for future environmental planning partnerships that include taking a rights-based approach, increasing capacity for collaboration in multiple areas, stronger integration of culturally diverse ways of knowing and doing, and targeted urban Indigenous engagement. Findings suggest OCF can serve as a useful procedural policy tool that supports Indigenous self-determination if lessons learned from the process are carried forward in future environmental planning partnerships
"Relationships of care": Care and meaning in Canadian academic librarian work during COVID-19
Get PDFIn March and April 2021, we conducted semi-structured interviews with academic librarians from across Canada about their experiences working through COVID-19 thus far. Topics included workload, collegiality, and overall satisfaction with their working conditions during a pandemic. Themes emerged around job security, meaningful work, workload shifts, working from home, relationships with colleagues and administrators, and hopes for the future. While individual experiences varied greatly, the biggest uniting factor was the care and deliberation that characterized both our participants’ framing of work that was meaningful to them as well as their ideal relationships with colleagues and administrators. This research connects to previous literature on vocational awe and emotional labour in libraries. For librarians, this study connects isolated individual situations with the overall picture of what our work looked and felt like during the COVID-19 pandemic. For library administrators, we have identified some general trends, which can provide insight in the areas of communication, flexibility, and institutional support as we work toward a post-pandemic new normal.Peer reviewedTheory and ResearchPublished in a journalacademic librarianslibrarian workloadCOVID-19care in librarieslibrary labouraffective labourbibliothécaires universitairescharge de travail des bibliothécairesle care en bibliothèquele travail des bibliothèquesle travail affecti
Flower Darby
No full textFlower Darby wrapped up the week nicely with a very energized presentation of the themes in her “Small Teaching Online” book. Flower modelled the level of eye contact and high energy needed to keep students engaged in online classes.
Here are some links to information about Flower, her book "Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes", and to her presentation at the 2022 Better Together Conference
Ross Laird
No full textRoss Laird was a perfect choice to tackle discussing the collective trauma we all experienced from the extraordinary events of 2020 and 2021. Of course, for individuals and many groups of people, traumatic experiences can be ongoing, or stretch over longer periods of time. 2020 marked the recognition of an immediate worldwide threat to all of humanity, and a radical shift in every means of being with other people, and profound alterations in knowledge, instruction, and educational experiences were shared. Ross unpacked our universal, human responses to trauma, characterized as the familiar flight, freeze, orient, and fight impulses from detailed definition and ramifications all the way to exploring effective and evidence-based ways to help ourselves and others (e.g., students) come to the healthiest and most beneficial use of the unpleasant triggers. This involves meeting flight with belonging, freeze with trust, orient with safety, and fight with empowerment. In the context of our collective experiences in post-secondary education with lockdown, exposure of large-scale inequalities, and personal separation, Ross delivered a very valuable set of tools for moving forward.
Here are some links to information about Ross and to his presentation delivered at the 2022 Better Together Conference: "Tumbled Smooth by the Rapids.
The Effect of Nutrition on Emotions
Get PDFIn this paper, we sought to understand the biological effects of nutrition on mood so that we could learn how food intake contributes to emotional state. Previous research has predicted that the effect of chocolate leads to an immediate change in emotional status, that food negatively affects emotional regulation during states of hunger, and that regular overconsumption of food can have negative effects on emotional health. In our first (correlational) study, we tested the strength of these relationships by examining naturalistic daily changes in their variables longitudinally over a period of one week. We measured chocolate consumption by recording the amount and concentration of cocoa in chocolate consumed, measured food intake by recording caloric consumption and perceived levels of hunger through the day, rated level of fullness after eating, and perceived emotional/mood states using the Shortened Unidirectional but Multifaceted version of the Profile Of Mood States (SUM-POMS) Scale for the average degree of mood changes based on these variables experienced throughout each day. Based on the strength of correlation found between food consumption and mood in our correlational study, we then conducted a second (experimental) study to test for a causal relationship between the two variables. Over a 10-day period, participants alternated between either higher calorie consumption (approximately 2130) calories) or lower calorie consumption (approximately 1460 calories) and measured the effect of this manipulation on mood by recording participant perceptions of their mood along with observations from a partner. Data pooled across participants in our correlational study did not find a significant correlation of mood with food consumption, hunger, overfullness, and or chocolate consumption. However, the results of our experimental study determined a causal role of food consumption upon mood state. A possible practical application of these findings could be modestly increasing calorie consumption, within the amounts one typically eats, as a way to help improve mood states.Supervising Instructor & Course Number: Michael Pollock, Psyc 215 (“Biological Psychology”