Featured Dissertation: Optimizing mental health for student success at university

by Stephanie Boulogne | Jan 7, 2021 | UVicSpace

By Sarah K. Davis https://dspace.library.uvic.ca:8443/handle/1828/12506 A PhD dissertation in the Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies Abstract (excerpt): Mental health is one of the biggest issues facing governments around the globe (Keyes,...

Featured thesis: Behind the green screen – critiquing the narratives of climate change documentaries

by Stephanie Boulogne | Jan 6, 2021 | UVicSpace

By Paige McKellar Strapp Bennett https://dspace.library.uvic.ca:8443/handle/1828/12488 A Master of Arts thesis in the Department of Geography Abstract: As the climate crisis continues unabated, documentary films have become an increasingly popular medium through which...

Featured Dissertation: Access, barriers and role of transit for homeless shelter residents in Surrey, British Columbia

by Stephanie Boulogne | Nov 24, 2020 | Open access, UVicSpace

By Peter Greenwell https://dspace.library.uvic.ca:8443/handle/1828/12361 A PhD dissertation in the Social Dimensions of Health program. Abstract: In this research, I examine the mediating role of transit and the mobility needs and experience of individuals who are...

Featured Dissertation – Dechen ts’edilhtan: implementing Tsilhqot’in law for watershed governance

by Stephanie Boulogne | Jul 20, 2020 | Legislation, Open access, UVicSpace

By Alan Hanna https://dspace.library.uvic.ca:8443/handle/1828/11933 Alan Hanna is also an assistant professor in the UVic Faculty of Law, JD/JID program. Abstract: The people of the Tsilhqot’in Nation have, and continue to, govern their lands according to dechen...

Featured Dissertation: Managing the eroding public health nurse role

by Stephanie Boulogne | Jun 8, 2020 | Open access, UVicSpace

“When it is no longer your call”, a PhD dissertation in the School of Nursing, by Megan Elise Kirk https://dspace.library.uvic.ca:8443/handle/1828/11785 Abstract: The purpose of this study was to explain how public health renewal has shaped public health...