Featured Thesis: Investigating the intersection of urban agriculture and urban planning…in Victoria, Canada

by Stephanie Boulogne | May 25, 2020 | Open access, UVicSpace

An M.Sc. thesis in the Department of Geography, by Abdolzaher Ghezeljeh https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/handle/1828/11736 Abstract: The world is home to predominantly urbanized populations that continue to grow. In an increasingly urbanized world, cities suffer from...

Featured Thesis: Social-ecological change in Gwich’in territory

by Stephanie Boulogne | Mar 10, 2020 | Open access, UVicSpace

An M.A. thesis in the School of Environmental Studies, by Tracey Angela Proverbs https://dspace.library.uvic.ca/handle/1828/11086 Abstract: In the territory of the Gwich’in First Nation, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, environmental, sociocultural, and economic...

Featured thesis: Governing cross-border sharing of genetic data

by Stephanie Boulogne | Feb 18, 2020 | Open access, UVicSpace

by Katherina Herman https://dspace.library.uvic.ca:8443/handle/1828/11545 This Master’s thesis in the School of Public Administration examines the cross-border complexities of genetic data management. Abstract: The information contained within an individual’s...

Featured thesis: Oh nisa’taro:ten? Learning how to sken:nen as a contemporary Haudenosaunee woman

by Stephanie Boulogne | Feb 4, 2020 | Open access, UVicSpace

by Emily Charmaine Coon https://dspace.library.uvic.ca:8443/handle/1828/11529 Abstract: The Haudenosaunee Confederacy is threaded together with sken:nen, the radical practice of peacemaking. As a Kanien’keha:ka woman, I am responsible for finding ways of bringing our...

Featured Thesis: Activities of daily living as a functional assessment predictor in older adults

by Stephanie Boulogne | Dec 16, 2019 | Open access, UVicSpace

by Adeshina Alani Today, we feature MSc research in Computer Science related to health and aging, “a systematic review with focus on architecture in connected health”. https://dspace.library.uvic.ca:8443/handle/1828/11346 Abstract (excerpt): Background:...