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Female Sponsorship: The Unspoken Glass Ceiling in the Sports Industry for Female Athletes
No full textIn the billion-dollar industry of sports, everyone has a front-row seat to what happens outside; however, not many get to see what happens behind the scenes; one of those things is sponsorship. Research within marketing and communications has shown that the sponsorship process works. Product endorsement by an athlete will increase the potential for market share while simultaneously providing the athlete with needed support. However, corporate sponsorship does not appear to be symmetrical across gender boundaries. This project hypothesized that women receive sponsorship opportunities of a lower magnitude when compared to men of similar professional stature. As a result of this bias, it is feasible that these barriers influence women’s ability to succeed.
By not acknowledging the gender bias, the effectiveness of sponsorship as a marketing and communication tool is potentially compromised. Through qualitative research methods, elite athletes, corporate representatives and industry specialists were interviewed to investigate the glass ceiling that impacts female athletes. Identifying and understanding these biases will help raise awareness of the issues, better support women in sport, and ignite further research into the topic and industry
The Neighbourhood Watch: Does the Promixity to Neighbours Influence Nest Success in Tree Swallows \u3ci\u3e(Tachycineta bicolor)\u3c/i\u3e?
Full text linkDue to the nature of their habitat, tree swallows live in close proximity to other secondary cavity nesters, such as the mountain bluebird. While they do not compete for food or territory while brooding, neighbouring relationships can greatly impact the success of both birds. Literature suggests that neighbours can increase success through processes of reciprocal altruism in nest defence or decrease success through density-dependent competition. The goal of this study is to understand the impact that conspecific and heterospecific neighbours have on tree swallow reproductive success. The findings can be applied to habitat management to promote the highest possible success for tree swallows. For this study, I am using a series of bird boxes, inhabited by tree swallows and mountain bluebirds, throughout the Kamloops, BC area. I have compiled data on approximately 650 tree swallow nests and their neighbours over an 8 year period. Using a negative binomial linear mixed model analysis, I analyzed factors that related to reproductive success, such as the proportion of the nest that fledged, the number of eggs, nestlings, and fledgeling, and the occurrence of a fledged nest, in relation to the distance to the nearest conspecific and heterospecific neighbour and concentration of each type of neighbour in an area. The findings from these analyses may reveal changes in success due to neighbour proximity
Leachability Determination of Elements in Fly Ash as a Potential Fertilizer
Full text linkWhen burning coal, the ash that is leftover is known as fly ash. For this research, the fly ash was supplied by a biomass company. Fly ash contains a range of elements that can be toxic or beneficial to the environment and soil—essentially having the potential to act as a fertilizer. Furthermore, leaching is a procedure that is used to extract elements from environmental samples. Leachability was simulated in this research by adding water to certain types of fly ash, and analyzing the samples after 1 to 4 weeks, to see if the concentrations of elements, or leachable recoveries, decreases with time or stays the same. In this study, the content and leachability of 11 elements will be determined—zinc (Zn), lead (Pb), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), magnesium (Mg), cadmium (Cd) and arsenic (As) using flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS). The importance of this research is demonstrated by the potential of fly ash to be used as a fertilizer. To uncover the leaching ability of the toxic elements and the beneficial elements in fly ash would determine the environmental impacts that this potential fertilizer has, and whether it is suitable for crops. In addition, fly ash being used as a fertilizer would increase the utilization of ash and can pose as a solution to the thousands of tons of ash being wasted yearly
A Global Scale Analysis of Bergmanns Rule for All Extant Bat Species
Full text linkI will be presenting my findings on a global scale analysis on an ecogeographical rule called Bergmann\u27s rule for all extant bats. Bergamann\u27s rule involves the correlation between body size and latitudinal location of the species. The significance of understanding body size evolution is that it explains and influences an animal\u27s life history. Understanding body size evolutionary trends impacts our ability to predict and protect biological diversity on a global scale. Studies of body size evolution and population structure are often critical components of endangered species conservation and management plans.
We have constructed our own phylogenetic tree to assess body size data collected over 4 months, and statistically analyzed the data to represent the correlations seen for Bergamnn\u27s rule in bats. This is not know to have been done before for a global analysis of bats
Enhancing Sudent Engagement through Gamification
No full textIn this session, the presenter will introduce the concept of gamification and explain how it relates to increased student engagement and learner motivation. The presenter will also share practical tips for implementing gamification and allow some time for questions
Creating crafty quiz questions through moodle modulation
No full textWhen designing our Moodle shells, instructors have enormous freedom to customize their content delivery so that it appeals to students and encourages engagement in the subject. One of the challenges of the virtual platform is a balance; creating formative assessments that accurately represent a student’s understanding of the material while not placing a huge time burden on the instructor to either create or assess. Plain text questions (e.g. standard multiple choice) can be effective but become monotonous and limit the scope of what can be asked. By incorporating customized pictures to your Moodle quiz content, you can generate infinite variety and fun to your questions that the students then interact with. Additionally, by investing your effort up front, you create effective, visually stimulating assessments that are both challenging to the student, and importantly, are self-marking for the instructor. Your creativity flows, and the feedback is nearly instantaneous. Embracing Moodle as a teaching platform can seem like a daunting task for the instructor who is new to the format or is not well versed in basic computer programming. Utilizing simple tools that are already embedded in Windows (sniping tool) and applications in the Microsoft Office suite provided (PowerPoint), one can create the interactive images that will facilitate the options for question creation using the multiple “quiz question types” embedded in Moodle “activities” (drag and drop into text, drag and drop onto image, drag and drop markers, multiple choice, true or false, select missing words, matching, short answer etc.). Then by understanding how to modify the variables of each question type, the user can adjust the options to modify the degree of difficulty and choice variety in answer selection. For my presentation, I would like to take the audience through a step-by-step tutorial that demonstrates the ease in creating unique, picture-rich Moodle quiz questions using a variety of methods I have learned. I will begin with how to select the most applicable “question type” for the information you wish to assess, highlighting advantages and limitations of each type. Then, I will share tips on how to easily capture and transform images (abiding by copyright) into very useful works that can be saved and later imported into each Moodle question type (the process differs depending on the question type). Finally, I will show how to modify the question behavior options to articulate how the question body will interact with the picture that is created, to facilitate choice variety and an increased element of challenge to the answer options. Overall, my goal is to show instructors the fun and reward that is involved in taking quiz question preparation to the next level beforehand, with the added benefit of automatic marking afterwards
Clinical and faculty peer mentorship program in professional nursing education and practice
Full text linkBackground: Empathy, leadership, and clinical peer mentorship by an experienced individual in the profession has been found to have many advantages. There is limited evaluation of the impact of clinical and faculty peer mentorship programs for growing resilience and sustainability. Purpose: The purpose of knowledge synthesis is to assess the literature and provide narrative synthesizes of information on clinical and faculty peer mentorship program for resilience and sustainability in professional nursing education and practice. Methods: The knowledge synthesis was guided by the methodological framework formed by Hilary Arksey & Lisa O’Malley. A systematic review of MEDLINE, CINAHL, Wile Online Library, and Lippincott Williams and Wilkins databases was organized to identify articles that describe clinical and faculty peer mentorship in professional nursing. Results: After the initial screening, a total of 95 articles were included for a full-text review. 41 items were included for data extraction. Of the 48 items included, 27 of them were research articles, and 22 of them were other forms of grey literature. Conclusion: Whilst synthesizing the summary evidence, it was observed that the elements of the clinical and faculty peer mentorship program such as the approach of delivery, benefits, and the influence vary in professional nursing education and practice. Relevance: Founded on the results of the knowledge synthesis it is advocated to consider the highlights, challenges, and opportunities of the specialty for whom the clinical and faculty peer mentorship program is planned for resilience and sustainability
Welcome and Keynote
No full textWelcome to TPC 2021: Teaching and Learning Without Walls! Keynote: In 2020, all of higher education was forced to confront the challenges and possibilities of online learning. What had been the province of the early adopter or the niche course or program has now become something that just about everybody has some experience with. But what will that mean for future online delivery and practices? And what do the ongoing crises of the pandemic and contemporary politics teach us about the internet? How can we use that information to help make decisions about what our university spaces should look like for through 2021 and beyond, particularly as corporate vendors descend on our classrooms? This three part keynote will frame these questions, then open up discussion about them in a shared panel session open to your input
Affects of Deep Ripping on Site Index Near 100 Mile House, British Columbia
Full text linkThe objective of this study was to determine if site preparing a cut block using a winged subsoiler to deep rip the soil would impact the site index or growth of the site. This study was conducted South of 100 Mile House in the dry, cool interior Douglas-fir subzone, IDFdk3/01. Three blocks were sampled, each with 30 plots where the lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) tree with the largest diameter at 1.3m was cut down and age and height were measured. The site index values determined using the growth intercept method were then compared to values recorded in 2006 and SIBEC, a program designed to estimate site index based on site series in British Columbia. Volume growth per year was measured based on annual ring width and compared between blocks. Site index was found in all three blocks to be greater than recorded in 2006, but less than predicted by SIBEC. Block C was notably lower than blocks A and B. Growth per year varied between blocks, block A increased and flattened off, Block B cycled over the years, and Block C increased steadily. Site index is a valuable measurement that can aid in determining growth and yield, funding allocation, and annual allowable cut. More research needs to be done through the different ecological zones where site preparation is commonly used to determine what impacts it has on the growth of the seedlings
Characterization of Bacterial Communities in Arctic Soil
Full text linkEnvironmental pollutants are found throughout the Arctic, but particularly in regions of recent human activity. These pollutants break down more slowly in the Arctic than in more temperate ecosystems as cold temperatures restrict microbial metabolism. Characterizing the microorganisms present in polluted Arctic soils will help us understand which microorganisms are involved in metabolizing these pollutants, and may help to inform strategies to remediate polluted sites. The aim of this project is to characterize and compare the composition of microbial communities in potentially contaminated Arctic soil samples. Soil samples were collected from several locations around Cambridge Bay, Nunavut in 2019. Total community DNA will be extracted from soil samples and the success of DNA extraction will be evaluated by agarose gel electrophoresis and quantification using the Qubit fluorometer. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) targeting the bacterial 16sRNA gene will be completed on DNA extracts, and amplicons will be sequenced to characterize the bacterial community composition of samples. The sequence data will be processed in QIIME2 and statistical analyses comparing microbial community competition between samples will be completed in R. This research will provide information on the relative abundances of the types of bacteria present in samples from different contaminated Arctic soils. The results of the study will provide a baseline database of microbial diversity, and will improve our understanding of the diversity of the region and potential for microbial remediation of contaminated Arctic soils