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Research & Scholarly Activity 2013–14
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Cover Pictures left to right: st 1 row: Dana Short, Nathan Hollenberg nd 2 row: Kelsey Wolff, Monica Shore, Niel Scobie, M (Tess) Letourneau rd 3 row: Kim Wetten, Tetiana Haist & Roxanne Marsh, Francine Emmonds
Student Research and Scholarly Activity at Vancouver Island University The following is a listing of some of the research and scholarly activities and awards that students at Vancouver Island University have received and engaged in during the 2013-14 academic year. The stories provide a small sampling of the richness and diversity of research and scholarly activities taking place at VIU.
Contents Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) ....................................................................... 1 Nathan Hollenberg – Experiential learning ignites passion for forestry .................................................. 2 M Letourneau – one class leads to love of chemistry .................................................................................. 2 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Health Professional Student Research Awards ........ 3 Personalized music project benefits seniors with dementia .................................................................. 4 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Joseph- Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s Award .................. 5 Francine Emmonds – passionate about helping adult learners succeed ....................................................... 6 Graduate spins passion for hip hop into academic career........................................................................ 7
Student Research Awards Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) Students Selected by the VIU NSERC Awards Selection Committee The NSERC USRA funds are awarded to students to stimulate interest in research in the natural sciences and engineering. These awards are meant to encourage students to undertake graduate studies and pursue further research careers in related fields. Students are awarded $4,500 from NSERC with an additional 25% or more from their supervisors.
Master’s research examines City’s cultural planning process...................................................................... 8
Nathan Hollenberg
Mitacs Accelerate BC Internships ............................. 9
Biology
Michael L. Warsh Law Corporation Award ............... 9
Supervisor: Dr. David Gaumont-Guay
The Celebration of Research Excellence and Knowledge Transfer Event (CREATE) ........................ 9
Impact of biosolid fertilization on the carbon balance of Douglas-fir plantations
Research results in new website for City park users ................................................................................ 11
Dane Letourneau
Dana Short – a ‘rising star’ in chemistry world....... 12
Chemistry
Student Research and Scholarly Projects ............... 14
Supervisor: Dr. Chris Gill
Student Travel and Conference (STC) and Jessica Wilde Conference Participation (JWCP) Awards .... 31
Application and Optimization of Membrane Introduction Mass Spectrometry
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Tess (M) Letourneau Chemistry Supervisor: Dr. Erik Krogh Partioning Behaviour of Environmental Contaminants by MIMS
Dana Short Chemistry Supervisor: Dr. Erik Krogh
The project taught Hollenberg to work independently, further honed his research skills and ignited a passion for forestry. Hollenberg encourages younger students to work in a field they feel passionate about and seek out opportunities to apply for research awards such as the USRA. He also reminds students that it’s not necessarily top marks that will get your award application noticed. “Many other factors aside from marks are considered, so it’s important to work hard and get as much experience as you can in your field.”
Parametric Studies of Dissolved Gases and Marine Biomarkers by Underwater MIMS
In his final year at VIU, Hollenberg worked at the VIU woodlot as a work-op student. He graduated in June 2014 and plans to pursue a career in forestry.
Nathan Hollenberg – Experiential learning ignites passion for forestry
M Letourneau – one class leads to love of chemistry
As a third-year Biology major, Nathan Hollenberg received an Undergraduate Summer Research Award (USRA) from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) valued at $4,500. The award, topped up by VIU to $6,000, gave Hollenberg a summer job and the opportunity to gain hands on experience working with VIU faculty researcher Dr. David Gaumont-Guay. Together, their project involved researching the effects of biosolid application on carbon storage in trees and soil. Student – Research & Scholarly Activity 2013-14
One of M (Tess) Letourneau’s favorite things about chemistry is how immediately relevant it is to our world. “When you go outside, everywhere you look you see chemistry,” says Letourneau. “The Island is teeming with life and I love how I can apply my knowledge of chemistry simply by walking outside.” Letourneau’s passion for chemistry was fuelled in her first year when she enrolled in a chemistry class with VIU professor Dr. Erik Krogh. “I was immediately captivated by his active and fun approach to chemistry,” says Letourneau. Krogh hired Letourneau as a work-op student in the Applied Environmental Research Lab (AERL) during the 2012-2013 school year, and after her third year, encouraged her to apply for an Undergraduate Summer Research Award (USRA) from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC). Letourneau was granted an award Vancouver Island University | 2
allowing her to work in the AERL with Krogh as her supervisor during the summer of 2013. She worked on a project to develop new ways to measure contaminants’ properties that can then be used to predict how contaminants are distributed in the environment.
It may have been a whirlwind finish to her four years at VIU, but Letourneau is grateful for every opportunity she’s had as an undergraduate student. “I was able to complete my Bachelor of Science because of three years of full-tuition scholarships that I received from VIU,” she says. Letourneau also received the one-year Macville Foundation Continuing Student Award (2011), the two-year Presidents' Choice Continuing Student Award (2012), and the Jagat Singh and Family Memorial Scholarship (2012). “I plan to travel for a year before deciding what’s next,” says Letourneau, “but I’ll have great memories of VIU wherever I go.”
“I had just completed my third year in the Biology program and so the USRA experience was invaluable,” says Letourneau. “It allowed me to develop much stronger independent research skills that a classroom environment simply can not provide. I was given a great deal of autonomy during my USRA, and determined my day to day research plans and conducted my research with an emphasis on independent research and skill development.” Krogh and M met twice weekly to discuss her research experiments, what the results meant and how they could apply to the greater goals of the USRA. At the end of her fourth year at VIU, in June 2014, Letourneau received her second USRA award giving her another summer of experiential learning and hands-on experience in the AERL. She was proud to be part of a 15-member team from the AERL presenting their research at a national chemistry conference in Vancouver, also in June. “It was the same week as my graduation ceremony,” says Letourneau. “I was at the conference for a few days, then came home to Nanaimo to graduate, and then went back to Vancouver to re-join the team.” Student – Research & Scholarly Activity 2013-14
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Health Professional Student Research Awards Students Selected by the VIU CIHR Awards Selection Committee The purpose of this program is to further strengthen clinical research by providing research training to health professionals and strengthen talent development. It is expected that this targeted investment will lead to the development of the next generation of clinician researchers. Students are awarded a maximum of $4,251 each to conduct a research project of their choice.
Tetiana Haist Bachelor of Science in Nursing Supervisor: Dr. Ann Holroyd
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The implementation of a personalized music listening intervention model to train assisted living facility healthcare staff and volunteers
Ann Holroyd, approached Dover House because Tara-Lee Parsons, Director of Care, is a 2010 VIU Nursing grad.
Roxanne Marsh
“Seniors with dementia can experience high levels of agitation or stress in certain environments or situations,” said Marsh. “The goal of our study was to explore the use of music as an effective therapeutic intervention to decrease this agitation.”
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Supervisor: Dr. Ann Holroyd The use of personalized music on a personal listening device to reduce agitation in older adults with cognitive decline
Personalized music project benefits seniors with dementia
Working with staff at Dover House, the students identified five seniors with dementia, and interviewed their family members and caregivers. They compiled playlists of the seniors’ favourite songs, and recorded individualized playlists on MP3 players provided by Dover House. “Based on our interviews, we chose songs that we knew would resonate with each resident,” said Haist. Dover House staff helped identify periods during the day or night when the residents experienced increased levels of agitation or stress, typically at mealtime or in the morning. Slowly, the Nursing students introduced the use of music to residents 30 minutes prior to these known periods of agitation. “We carefully observed and recorded the seniors’ responses and reactions to specific songs, and noticed immediate improvements,” said Marsh, including noticeable physical and mental changes in some residents.
Long-time Nanaimo resident Pat Barron (centre) and his wife Barbara are residents at Dover House care facility. Pat Barron was one of five residents who benefited from the music and memory research project implemented by VIU student researchers Roxanne Marsh (far left) and Tetiana Haist (back).
A personalized music project introduced at a Nanaimo care facility by Vancouver Island University (VIU) Nursing graduates is improving the quality of life for seniors with dementia. Roxanne Marsh and Tetiana Haist implemented the project at Dover House after receiving Health Professional Student Research Awards from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to study the effects of music on seniors with dementia. The study’s supervisor and VIU Nursing professor, Dr. Student – Research & Scholarly Activity 2013-14
“The music literally made some residents come alive,” said Haist. “Some tapped their toes or hummed along, and most were calmer and less agitated. Our findings showed this kind of intervention works best with seniors who had a close connection to music earlier in their lives, which is consistent with previous published research findings.” Holroyd said the use of music therapy as an intervention tool for residents with dementia can benefit staff in care homes. “Studies have shown that high agitation levels among seniors with dementia contributes significantly to staff burnout in care facilities,” she Vancouver Island University | 4
explained. “Often these situations lead to a high usage of chemical and physical restraints for residents with dementia, including antipsychotic medications. “Anything we can do to reduce agitation levels not only improves the residents’ overall quality of life, but helps caregivers and families as well.” In future, Dover House hopes to expand the personalized music project to new and existing residents. “We’ll pay more attention to learning about our residents’ musical tastes,” said Parsons. “We believe this can be a useful tool to improve the quality of lives of our residents. Staff and family members love it.” Dr. Holroyd is collaborating with VIU psychology professor Dr. Rachel Cooper on continuing studies into the personalized music project. Cooper introduced a Music and Memory project at Kiwanis Lodge in Nanaimo two years ago with some of her students, and also noticed positive results in residents with dementia.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) JosephArmand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s Award Students Nominated by the VIU SSHRC Scholarship Selection Committee The Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's Award program seeks to develop research skills and assist in the training of highly qualified personnel by supporting students in the social sciences and humanities who demonstrate a high standard of achievement in undergraduate and early graduate studies. The maximum amount awarded for a single award is $17,500 for up to one year.
Francine Emmonds First Nations Studies Identifying strength-based adult basic education assessments for Indigenous learners
Niel Scobie Digital Media Studies What are cultural, socio-economic, and regional factors that have produced a diverse range of Canadian hip-hop music and are there recurring motifs that assert this music as uniquely Canadian?
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Master of Arts in Sustainable Leisure Management Sustainable cultural development in a small postindustrial Canadian city
Kaitlyn Till Creative Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing in Canada: Is it Viable?
Francine Emmonds – passionate about helping adult learners succeed Francine Emmonds recently completed the first year of the Master of Educational Studies program at the University of BC thanks to winning a major scholarship. “I was ecstatic to receive a $17,500 Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship Master’s Awards from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC),” explains Emmonds. “I received this exciting news just as I was graduating from VIU with a Bachelor of Arts degree, major in First Nations Studies and a minor in Romance Language and Culture.” Emmonds’ research area examines assessment practices for Vancouver Island Adult Basic Education (ABE) learners.
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“I’m using qualitative methodologies and interview focus groups to develop a collective story from ABE learners on Vancouver Island about how they experience the assessment process,” she explains. “The students themselves will tell their stories. This research is important because for many adult learners, the assessment process is less of a stepping stone to higher education, and more of a stumbling block. Many ABE students are negatively impacted by the assessment process.” Originally from the prairies, Emmonds moved to Port Alberni with her young family. “Completing my undergraduate degree at a university on Vancouver Island close to home meant that my family and I enjoyed a better quality of life while I was at school,” says Emmonds. “VIU faculty were well organized and their courses were skillfully taught. If VIU offered a Master’s program in my field, I would be taking it.” Emmonds’ goal is to one day teach ABE, and she sees the Master’s project as excellent preparation. She also has experience working with adult learners as she was a tutor for more than 15 years in the academic, trades and diploma programs. “Adult learners continue to inspire and interest me,” she says. “They have so many varied histories and each student brings an individual perspective to the course material.” Emmonds is grateful to have received the SSHRC award and assistance from VIU’s Research and Scholarly Activity Office in filling out the application. “Receiving the SSHRC award made it financially possible for me to pursue my Master’s studies, and gave me a special learning opportunity to think about future studies. I’m excited to see where my future educational journey will lead.”
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Graduate spins passion for hip hop into academic career When Niel Scobie graduated from VIU’s Digital Media Studies program in June 2013, he received a prestigious Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) award to pursue his Master’s degree. Scobie has since completed the first year of his Master’s of Music and Culture at Carleton University in Ottawa. His first eight months of the program have been extremely productive, presenting at six university conferences – Northampton and Sussex in the United Kingdom, and Boston and Syracuse in the United States, as well as two more at Carleton University. He was also a guest lecturer on hip-hop at Moores School of Music at the University of Houston. In April 2014, Scobie was awarded a $15,000 Ontario Graduate Scholarship, which he will apply to next year’s work on his thesis supervised by Dr. Jesse Stewart, a specialist in hip-hop, jazz, music of the African diaspora, and improvisation.
This is just up his alley, given that Scobie had a 20year career in Canada’s music industry before enrolling at VIU as a mature student in 2009. He worked as a recording engineer, producer, and DJ, playing clubs opening for acts like the Black Eyed Peas, The Roots and George Clinton. He also collaborated on recordings nominated for Junos in 2003 and 2005 for Rap Recording of the Year. “My instructors in VIU’s Media Studies program introduced me to new perspectives, underscored the importance of critical thinking, and opened my eyes to the possibilities of research, writing, and teaching. Attending VIU was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. I still reference ideas from a first-year course taught by Doug Stetar.” As a VIU undergrad, Scobie received the CanWest Global Communications Scholarship and presented at Bishop’s University in Quebec in March of 2013. He was also a research assistant for four Media Studies faculty including Marian van der Zon, Debra Pentecost, Ravindra Mohabeer and Alanna Williams, and worked with them as well as Joy Gugeler and Robin Davies, on CHLY’s Be the Media weekly radio broadcast. What’s next? Scobie plans to pursue a PhD in Communications and would be thrilled to return to the west coast as a professor in Media Studies and Popular Music, to inspire his own students to pursue their passions. “Media Studies is field that complements virtually every discipline on campus,” he says. “Understanding how we use media, and how it uses us, is essential to being an active, aware participant in the ever-expanding media landscape.”
Scobie’s research will profile Jamaican-Canadian hip-hop musicians as examples of the cultural and musical hybridity in Toronto and other cities across the country.
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Master’s research examines City’s cultural planning process Monica Shore has grown fond of Nanaimo since moving here from Montreal to pursue a Master's degree in 2012. Shore, who graduated in June 2014 from VIU’s Master of Arts in Sustainable Leisure Management (MA-SLM) program, conducted a qualitative case study as part of her thesis. To pursue her research, she was awarded a $17,500 Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
employment within this area of the creative economy. Shore’s interest in the arts and the economy stems from her career as a professional jazz singer. “I knew first-hand how challenging it can be to make a living as an artist in Canada and I wanted to pursue a Master’s that would explore how funding and support for the arts works at the micro-level,” says Shore. “I was encouraged by the VIU faculty to make the degree my own. I had a lot of support and was guided by a few mentors that I'll never forget.” Shore recommends the MA-SLM program to selfdirected and innovative thinkers. She hopes to remain in Nanaimo and to work within the creative and knowledge-based sectors in event facilitation and coordination, research, consulting and, of course, jazz performance. Her thesis, entitled Sustainable Leisure Management in a Small Post-Industrial Canadian City, will be available in bound form at the VIU library and online.
Shore’s thesis examined the sustainability of the City of Nanaimo’s 2012-2014 cultural planning process and explored whether members of the arts and culture sector were adequately engaged by municipal leaders. She presented preliminary results of her research findings in June 2013 at the Nordic Geographers Meeting in Iceland. Now that her thesis has been accepted, she plans to seek opportunities for conference presentations and journal publications. While at VIU, Shore worked as second author on a federally funded SSHRC knowledge synthesis report with her supervisor, Dr. Nicole Vaugeois and undergraduate Bachelor of Tourism and Recreation Management student Nichola Evernden. The report looked at the state of Canada’s traditional craft trades sector and identified gaps in training and Student – Research & Scholarly Activity 2013-14
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Mitacs Accelerate BC Internships Mitacs Accelerate is Canada’s premiere research internship program. It connects companies with universities through graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, who apply their specialized expertise to business research challenges. Interns transfer their skills from theory to real-world application, while the companies gain a competitive advantage by accessing high-quality research expertise.
Kelsey Wolff Master of Business Administration Supervisor: Grant Murray and Michele Patterson Have you eaten any fish today? Understanding why Canadians don't eat Canada's Food Guide recommended two servings per week
Ahmed Khoudari Master of Business Administration Supervisor: Dr. Darren Paproski Building an Innovative Idea Management Tool
Michael L. Warsh Law Corporation Award Award Recipients Selected by the Michael L. Warsh Law Corporation The Michael L. Warsh Law Corporation Award promotes and recognizes outstanding research and research potential in any discipline. The Award is targeted to students who intend to pursue postgraduate studies.
Warrick Baijius Student – Research & Scholarly Activity 2013-14
Geography Analysis of Indicators for Sustaining Human Carrying Capacity (SHCC) in the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN)
The Celebration of Research Excellence and Knowledge Transfer Event (CREATE) CREATE is an annual event spanning over three days showcasing student research and scholarly activity at VIU. During the three days students present their research/scholarly activity through poster displays, 15 minute oral presentations and by participating in the Scholarship Slam (three minute presentations). The following awards were distributed to the top participants in 2014.
Meritorious Best Poster 1st Place: Kevin Calder, Trevor Madsen, Derek Robillard, Parker Schachtel, Charlea Taylor, Jamie Anderson, Cody Broda, Louis Chapdelaine, Erika LeeTuck and Richard Tomkinson - Earth Science Advisor: Sandra Johnstone Exploring the Potential for Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide Mineralization at the Jasper Property, Vancouver Island
2nd Place: Emily Tranfield – Biology Advisor: Dr. Eric Demers Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) foraging on varnish clams (Nuttalia obscurata) in Nanaimo, BC
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Advisor: Dr. Mercedes Hernandez
3rd Place: Devon Jones - Chemistry
Prevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus spp. from the anterior nares of students from Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, British Columbia
Advisor: Dr. Todd Barsby
Meritorious Best Presentation
People’s Choice Best Presentation
1st Place – Tie:
1st Place: Jason Royce Nenzel - Sport, Health and Physical Education
Dana Short – Geography Advisor: Dr. Jeff Lewis Regional Climate Change Impact Index. A Case Study: Coastal British Columbia and Bangladesh
Towards the Synthesis of MMPB for the monitoring of Microcystin Toxins in Water
Advisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier Let’s get physical: Improving adherence to orthopedic physiotherapy
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2nd Place: Justin Andrushko - Sport, Health and Physical Education
Kimberley Wetten - Sport, Health and Physical Education
Advisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier
Advisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier Steps, Sparrows and Smartphones: Modernizing Nanaimo’s Parks and Birding Information
2nd Place – Tie: Genevieve Huneault - Tourism Management Advisor: Dr. Aggie Weighill
B.O.L.T. study: Examining the effects of Olympic lifting on balance performance
3rd Place – Tie: Kimberley Wetten - Sport, Health and Physical Education Advisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier Steps, Sparrows and Smartphones: Modernizing Nanaimo’s Parks and Birding Information
Exploring the Mutual Gaze of Women in Ghana
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Ariel Muirhead – Biology
Patrick Reid – Biology
Advisor: Dr. Allan Gibson
Advisor: Dr. Eric Demers Detection of a foreign strain of the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on American bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus) and Western Toads (Anaxyrus boreas) in Nanaimo, BC" Student – Research & Scholarly Activity 2013-14
The effect of c-myc overexpression on nucleolar characteristics in rodent cells engineered with tetracycline-inducible c-myc genes
Scholarship Slam
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1st Place: Dana Short Chemistry/Geography Underwater Mass Spectrometry
2nd Place: Kimberley Wetten - Sport, Health and Physical Education Steps, Sparrows and Smartphones
3rd Place: Tim Greive-Price – Biology Single-strain VHSV-IVa infections in Atlantic salmon
Research results in new website for City park users Kim Wetten combined two passions – birding and physical fitness – to create a new website for Nanaimo park users.
The website provides information about public parks
in Nanaimo, including photographs, bird species and an estimate of how many steps it takes to walk through park trails.
research and scholarly activity event held at VIU’s Nanaimo campus in March 2014. The project also netted Wetten the Trudy Sorenson Undergraduate Award for Scholarship from VIU’s Sports, Health and Physical Education (SHAPE) faculty. "This undergraduate project provided an amazing opportunity to combine my passion for environmental and physical education,” says Wetten, who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, major in physical education and a minor in biology, at the June 2014 convocation. “Not only did I spend the semester doing what I love, which is hiking and birding, but I also gained skills in collecting data, using a GPS and website design. I hope my project inspires anyone at any age to get outdoors, and engage with the environment.” The website (www.itgnanaimoparks.webs.com) includes information about Buttertubs Marsh, Diver Lake Park, Jack Point and Biggs Park, Pipers Lagoon and Richard’s Marsh Park – all located in Nanaimo. Faculty member Dr. Guy Le Masurier, who supervised Wetten’s project, says it speaks to the interdisciplinary nature of VIU’s SHAPE program and the University’s strength in providing scholarly and experiential learning opportunities for students. “My colleague, Dr. Eric Demers from the faculty of Biology, played a significant role in facilitating Kim’s depth of knowledge in bird biology, and Kim’s passion for human movement and health has been nurtured in the SHAPE program. Kim is an excellent learner and a well-deserving recipient of these awards.”
Entitled “Steps, Sparrows and Smartphones: Modernizing Nanaimo’s Parks and Birding Information,” Wetten’s presentation about the new website won first place at CREATE, a year-end Student – Research & Scholarly Activity 2013-14
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Dana Short – a ‘rising star’ in chemistry world When Dana Short arrived at VIU five years ago, she never imagined that one day she would present her research at national chemistry conferences. In June 2014, Short was part of a 15-member team from VIU’s Applied Environmental Research Lab (AERL) presenting at the Canadian Society of Chemistry conference in Vancouver. “It feels great to come full circle and celebrate the culmination of several years of research by presenting at a major conference,” says Short, a graduate of VIU’s Bachelor of Science program. “It was really exciting to have the opportunity to present and share the research I enjoy so much with scientists from across the country and around the world.” Short arrived at VIU from Nanaimo District Secondary School, not entirely clear on her future direction. She met chemistry professors Dr. Erik Krogh and Dr. Chris Gill, co-directors of the AERL on VIU’s Nanaimo campus. “She quickly become one of our rising stars,” says Krogh.
Together with other experienced student researchers, she used membrane introduction mass spectrometry (MIMS) on a project that helps researchers understand factors that control the rate at which contaminants can be degraded and/or formed in natural waters. She also conducted preliminary studies on biogenic markers of algae and sea lice in marine waters, which laid the foundation for AERL researchers to develop an underwater MIMS system capable of monitoring dissolved gases and larger organic molecules in coastal waters. Around the same time, Short attended her first major chemistry conference – the American Society for Mass Spectrometry conference with fellow students and faculty. “It was exciting, overwhelming, and largely over my head,” recalls Short, “but fantastic experience for an undergraduate student.” Short won a second USRA and continued her research on the underwater mass spectrometer during the summer of 2013. “The instrument came to our lab as a donation from industry. We heavily modified it, creating customized components for our specialized purposes,” she says. “Ultimately this instrument could be used in the field for real time adaptive sampling. For example, in the event of an oil spill, this device could be taken into the field, put into the ocean and dragged behind a boat to take measurements in real time.” The project gave Short a chance to expand her skills in welding and computer science – areas of interest she had not considered before.
As a third-year student, Short won a prestigious Undergraduate Summer Research Award (USRA) from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, allowing her to work in the AERL during the summer of 2012.
After graduating in January 2014, Short was hired full-time in the AERL to work as a research technician. She presented her research project at a celebration of undergraduate research at VIU in March 2014, and won top prize. In May, she presented her work at the Western Canadian Undergraduate Chemistry Conference
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hosted by the University of Victoria, and won Best General Interest Presentation. “I feel fortunate,” says Short. “Working in the AERL with exceptional faculty, PhD candidates and graduate students has exposed me to a whole other world of science. All of this made my VIU experience more significant.” Through her research experience at VIU, Short fell in love with computer programming. In September 2014, she begins a Graduate Diploma Program in Computing Science at Concordia University in Montreal to expand her skill set even more.
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Student Research and Scholarly Projects This is a list of some of the research and scholarly projects conducted during the 2013/2014 academic year.
English Iona Lister Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Burgoyne The Ferry to the Otherworld: Celtic Mythology and Medieval Revival
Academic and Career Preparation
First Nations Studies
Adult Basic Education
Audrey Bouvet
Brittany Tait, Katie Maclean, Cameron Rossetto, Nick Pippy, Brandon James, Hugh Martin, Ashley Terry, Russell Lederer, Stephanie Dahling, Alicia Luterbach, Randall Demino, Alyssa Timonthy, Allan Stenlund, Julia Tippett, Tammy Adams, Katie Kennedy, Marco Velezm Andra Bell, Aaren Kahtava and Jen Chadwich
Supervisor: Laura Cranmer
Supervisor: Glenda Hunter
Supervisor: Laura Cranmer
99 Problems and Plastic is One
Copyright in Canada and its effect on First Nations languages
Faculty of Arts and Humanities Creative Writing and Visual Arts Deborah Sears
An Examination of Local Vancouver Island Efforts Being Made to Revive the Hul’q’umi’num’ and Ditidaht Languages
Alex Masso and Erin Smith Supervisor: Laura Cranmer Enbridge Pipeline
Tammy McKeown
Marcia Seymour and Andrea Thibodeau Supervisor: Laura Cranmer First Nations Language Learning within the Education System
Supervisor: Susan Juby When did you notice? And when does it count as art?
Rachel Watts and Melissa Richards Supervisor: Laura Cranmer Tseshaht First Nation: Identity and the Land
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Music Sherrill Rutherford Supervisor: Sasha Koerbler Is Murray Schafer's Creative Music Education Relevant? Publication: Rutherford S, (2014). Is Murray Schafer’s Creative Music Education Relevant in the 21st Century? Canadian Music Educator, volume 54 (issue 3) pp 16-22.
Faculty of Education Master of Education in Educational Leadership
Understanding the Process of Change, by Understanding Myself
Trish Bogle Supervisor: Marion Turner Embracing student diversity: Meeting the needs of each learner through differentiation
David Butler Supervisor: Dr. Harry Janzen Essential elements of a global education program
Pearl P.N. Chin Supervisor: Dr. Paige Fisher
Jared Anaka
Education for Human Flourishing: Embodying Wholeness as Pedagogy
Supervisor: Dr. Harry Janzen
Tanya Corstanje
Building relational trust in a BC context between administrative leaders and teachers
Supervisor: Dr. Paige Fisher
Dwayne Anderson
Professional learning communities in a secondary school: On-going professional development in northern British Columbia
Supervisor: Dr. Paige Fisher A Small School with Big Culture: Exploring Features of a School Culture Conducive to Innovation and Change
Victoria Elliot Supervisor: Dr. Harry Janzen
Linda Baldwin
Personalized learning: Giving students a voice on their educational journey
Supervisor: Marion Turner
Darren Lynn Elves
The experiences of instructional coordinators
Supervisor: Dr. Paige Fisher
Wade Bernard Fitzpatrick
Questioning student questioning: Helping primary students begin to take more responsibility within the inquiry cycle
Supervisor: Dr. Paige Fisher
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Supervisor: Marion Turner
Supervisor: Marion Turner
Intergenerational education and intellectual engagement in reading
Student engagement and achievement in Mathematics
Lisa Fryer
Barb Propp
Supervisor: Harry Janzen
Supervisor: John Phipps
Factors affecting drop out, re-engagement and resilience among at risk youth at an alternative high school
Students’ experiences with group work in physical education
Sigal Smith Jaksun R.J. Grice Supervisor: Dr. Rachel Moll Supervisor: Dr. Paige Fisher The Journey of Leadership: An Autoethnography
Animal assisted literacy: Its effects on reading achievement and attitudes towards reading
Janelle N. Hittel
Brenden Van Wynsberghe
Supervisor: Dr. Paige Fisher
Supervisor: Dr. Paige Fisher
Hands-on Project Based Learning – The Key to Student Engagement
Journey: Honouring the Voice and Developing the Capacity of All Learners
Lisa Leclerc
Denise Wood
Supervisor: John Phipps
Supervisor: Dr. Rachel Moll
Reading comprehension and retention in French immersion programs
Factors that affect union participation by teachers
Wendy Woollven Kerri L. Levelton Leighton Supervisor: Marion Turner Supervisor: Dr. Paige Fisher Journey of a Leader
Academic department head roles in independent schools
Katherine Loos
Romola Wright
Supervisor: Dr. Rachel Moll
Supervisor: Dr. Rachel Moll
Using play based learning to improve student writing
Motivation and engagement in inquiry based learning with one to one iPads
Anne Pearce
Terri Zolob
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Supervisor: Dr. Rachel Moll Student engagement: Experiencing the joy of learning through Learning in Depth
Angela Zummack
Secret code actions: Kinesthetic mnemonics to help word detectives learn and practice reading and spelling skills
Sport, Health, and Physical Education (SHAPE)
Supervisor: Dr. Paige Fisher
Matthew Allardyce Conversations for Moving Forward: Stories of Inclusion
Master of Education in Special Education Gillian Coy
Supervisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier Challenge by Choice: Adventure-based group therapy
Justin Andrushko
Supervisor: Dr. Gail Krivel-Zacks
Supervisors: Dr. Guy Le Masurier, Dr. Louis Mattar and Brad Reimer
Differentiated instruction: A teacher’s toolbox Eric Fine
The Effects of Olympic Lifting on Balance Performance
Supervisor: Dr. Gail Krivel-Zacks Mindful parents, resilient children
Eric Nylan Supervisor: Dr. Gail Krivel-Zacks
Clayton Billett Supervisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier Effects of Different Imagery Modalities on Free Throw Shooting Performance
iPads as an early literacy intervention tool in Kindergarten to Grade 3: an iTunes university course for classroom teachers
James Datoff
Kyla Roy
Torn, Bruised and Sprained: Rehabilitating common musculoskeletal injuries
Supervisor: Dr. Gail Krivel-Zacks
Amrita Dhoot
Supervisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier
Finding the best educational location for students with emotional and behavioural disorders
Supervisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier
Nancy J. Young-Henderson
A Helping Hand: Fine motor skills program for preschool children with developmental delays
Supervisor: Dr. Gail Krivel-Zacks
Philip Freundlich Supervisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier
Student – Research & Scholarly Activity 2013-14
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Getting a Leg Up: A history of leg prostheses
Alicia Grossi Supervisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier There Is No Off-Season: A career analysis of intercollegiate athletic directors
Greg Howe
Publication: Mitchell, B. and Le Masurier, G.C. (in press). Current Applications of Physical Literacy in Canada, the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom. International Journal of Physical Education.
Jason Nenzel Supervisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier
Supervisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier
Let’s Get Physical! Improving adherence to orthopedic physiotherapy
Benches, Books and Barbells: Becoming a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist
Janet Oxler
Lacey Iskra
Supervisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier
Supervisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier
Connecting Elders and Adolescents: An intergenerational physical activity program
Hunting for the Truth: An examination of the meat industry
Laura Rae
Kalista Lundgren
Supervisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier
Supervisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun! Strategies to motivate adolescent girls in physical activity
Give Your Head a Shake! Attitudes towards concussion reporting in Junior hockey
James Riley
Kailen Makepeace Supervisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier Tip to Tip: A surf exploration of Vancouver Island
Heather McCarthy Supervisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier The Hidden dangers of the Female Athlete Triad
Brittany Mitchell Supervisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier The ABC’s of Physical Literacy Student – Research & Scholarly Activity 2013-14
Supervisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier Let’s Get Crackin’: An analysis of the chiropractic profession
Blake Robson Supervisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier A Hands On Career: A look into the profession of massage therapy
Emily Ross Supervisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier Move for Your Mind: The effects of physical activity on Alzheimer’s Vancouver Island University | 18
Nicole Roy
Roxanne Marsh and Tetiana Haist
Supervisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier
Supervisor: Dr. Ann Holroyd
Food for Thought: Nutritional resources for family health
The use of personalized music on a personal listening device to reduce agitation in older adults with cognitive decline; and The implementation of a personalized music listening intervention model to train assisted living facility healthcare staff and volunteers
Craig Rutherford Supervisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier A Boatload of History! An analysis of established Canadian rowing clubs
Child and Youth Care
Evan Verdal
Gabrielle Bishop
Supervisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier
Supervisor: Dr. Teri Derksen
The Relationship Among Lower-Body Relative Strength, Relative Power and Vertical Jump
Evaluation of the Child and Youth Care Peer Mentorship Program
Tyler Wells
Faculty of Management
Supervisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier
Economics
Coaches Corner: Examining successful basketball coaches
Derek Sheppard
Kimberly Wetten
Supervisor: Dr. William Troost
Supervisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier
Counterinsurgency operations and the private military industry
Steps, Sparrows and Smartphones: Modernizing Nanaimo’s parks and birding information
Master of Business Administration
Shayna Worthington
Nourelhuda (Noura) Abusamaan
Supervisor: Dr. Guy Le Masurier
Supervisor: Dr. Bonita Russell
An In-Depth Examination of Early Sport Specialization
Gouda Coffee - Evaluation of Entry Strategy to Saudi Arabia
Faculty of Health and Human Services
Ihab F Alaloul Supervisor: Dr. Anupam Das
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Student – Research & Scholarly Activity 2013-14
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Performance analysis and developing business plan for Burnaby City Computers
Examination of high employee turnover - FKT Technology
Omar Ibrahim Ali
Osama Mohamad Khassawneh
Supervisor: Dr. Robert Willis
Supervisor: Dr. Anupam Das
Arabian International Company for Stetel Structures-Improvement of Construction Performance
Developing a Marketing Plan for the Grand Hotel Nanaimo
Ahmed Khoudari Osatohanwuen Edith Asemota Supervisor: Dr. Darren Paproski Supervisor: Dr. Robert Willis Building an Innovative Idea Management Tool Investors Group - HRM Best Hiring Practices for the Contemporary Organization
Hongjing Li
Ziyue (Zoe) Cai
Supervisor: Dr. Darren Paproski
Supervisor: Dr. Andy Lin
Wecan Consulting Inc. Assessing the feasibility of constructing student housing
Analysis of China Tissue Market and Manufacturing – FPInnovations
Kexin (Cynthia) Liu
Xiangyu Ding
Supervisor: Dr Andy Lin
Supervisor: Dr. Andy Lin
Analysis of China Banking Industry – China Guanfa Bank
Lucky 8 Auto Ltd. - Business on Wheels
Mengfei Liu Rebecca Kimberly Gadsden Supervisor: Dr. Bonita Russell Supervisor: Dr. Bonita Russell Nurse Practitioners: Are they a viable solution for our healthcare system?
Remote Healthcare Recruitment and Retention Research - Strategic plan of the N. Vancouver Island Region
Fanzhou He
Tamara Fahid Mohammad
Supervisor: Dr. Andy Lin
Supervisor: Dr. Anupam Das
An Analysis of Marketing Planning for Quilts Etc.
Su (Lucas) Hu
Applying Queuing Theory for Customer Management at King Abdullah University Hospital Pharmacy
Supervisor: Dr. Andy Lin
Melinda Suzette Mollineaux
Student – Research & Scholarly Activity 2013-14
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Supervisor: Dr. Bonita Russell
Jiacheng Yin
Nanaimo Art Gallery Organizational Analysis Towards a Capital Campaign
Supervisor: Dr. Robert Willis
Xianglong Pan
Consumer Packaged Goods Broker: Improvements Analysis of Elite Brants Inc.
Supervisor: Dr. Andy Lin
Singing Yu
Nanning Marriott Hotel - Marketing Strategy Plan
Supervisor: Dr. Andy Lin
Yueqin (Selina) Shao
Great Tan: Analysis of Marketing Strategy
Supervisor: Dr. Michael O’Shea
Finance and Quantitative Methods
Marketing Promotion Strategy in a Membership Organization
Ahmed Saud Alhussain
Kathryn Taya (Taya) Tokarski
Supervisor: Dr. Keith Jensen
Guannan Wang
Research on company financial performance data for over 180 international companies; equity analysis data for over 60 globally listed equities in support of MBA student assignments and various other topics using the Bloomberg Professional Service Database
Supervisor: Dr. Andy Lin
Yulin Geng and Yuhua (Steven) Zong
Steve Marshall Ford Lincoln Ltd.: Assessing the local market develop strategy
Supervisor: Dr. Keith Jensen
Supervisor: Dr. Robert Willis Schulte Industries Ltd. German Market Entry
Kelsey Wolff Supervisors: Dr. Grant Murray and Michele Patterson Have you eaten any fish today? Understanding why Canadians don't eat Canada's Food Guide recommended two servings per week
Jie Wu Supervisor: Dr. Andy Lin Vancouver Public Education Alliance Corp.Assessing the feasibility of exploring the international market Student – Research & Scholarly Activity 2013-14
Equity analysis on over 120 company stocks for both BBA and MBA student research; and the economic potential of the TIMS nations (Turkey, Indonesia, Mexico and South Korea) using the Bloomberg Professional Service Database
Jane Li Waleed AlFayez and Dalal Ajahadali Supervisor: Dr. Keith Jensen Research financial data for BBA and MBA students on over 200 firms needed for their course assignments and research reports on the Functionality of Bloomberg for Creating and Backtesting Portfolios; Derivatives Markets, Instruments Vancouver Island University | 21
and Data; and Fixed Income Markets, Instruments and Data using the Bloomberg Professional Service Database
Management and Law
Publication: Vaugeois, N.; Maher, P; Heeney, E.; Rowsell, B; McCartney, M.; and Bence, S. (2013). BC Resort Community Strategic Labour Market Analysis. Report submitted to Go2, Human Resources for Tourism.
Yalda Ahmadi
Ou Yang Huixan
Supervisor: Dana Collette
Supervisor: Dr. Pete Parker
Community engagement: A research paper for the City of Nanaimo
Assessing home inn contributions to sustainable tourism development in Dali and Heshun ancient towns, Southwestern China
Master of Arts in Sustainable Leisure Management Shannon Bence
Janice Johnson Supervisor: Dr. Grant Murray
Supervisor: Dr. Nicole Vaugeois
Relationship between traditional resource harvesting and traditional knowledge transfer of Ts’ishaa7ath
Attraction and Retention of Young Adults to Rural Communities
Sixin (Michelle) Liu
Danielle Burrows Supervisor: Dr. Grant Murray and Dr. Carleigh Randall Exploring the potential for tourism-related payment ecosystem services in Tla’o’qui’aht Tribal Parks
Supervisors: Dr. Pete Parker and Dr. Grant Murray Ecotourism development in China: A case study of National Huidong Sea Turtle Reserve
Monica Shore Supervisor: Dr. Suzanne de La Barre
Gordon Clark
Culture Planning in a Small Post Industrial City
Supervisor: Nicole Vaugeois
Monica Shore and Nichola Evernden
The potential utility of tourism demand as an indicator of sustainable tourism
Supervisor: Dr. Nicole Vaugeois
Erin Heeney and Shannon Bence
Traditional Craft Trades Training and Employment for Canadian Youth
Supervisor: Dr. Nicole Vaugeois BC Resort Community Strategic Labour Market Analysis
Student – Research & Scholarly Activity 2013-14
Publication: Traditional Craft Trades in Canada (2013). Report submitted to Employment and Social Development Canada and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
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Chen Yang
Whale Watching on Northern Vancouver Island: A Case Study
Supervisor: Dr. Pete Parker and Dr. Rick Rollins
Genevieve Huneault The benefits and sustainable development for the urban parks in Nanjing, China
Supervisor: Dr. Aggie Weighill
Tourism Management
Exploring the Mutual Gaze of Women in Ghana
Gina Bethell and Hannah Shecter
Genevieve Huneault and Taya McAstocker
Supervisor: Dr. Nicole Vaugeois Supervisor: Dr. Grant Murray Tourism Nanaimo and VIU Students: The Gap Northern Gateway Pipeline
Jolleen Dick and Tyler Olsen Rameez Raheel Supervisor: Dr. Grant Murray Supervisor: Dr. Grant Murray Raven Coal Mine South Pole Tourism
Natalie Drope Gillian Tidey Supervisor: Dr. Aggie Weighill International tourists’ perception of beach hawkers in coastal Ghanaian community
Supervisor: Dr. Nicole Vaugeois Wine Marketing: Best Practices for Cellar Door Marketing
Nichola Evernden and Jennifer Dorby Supervisor: Dr. Dave Robinson
Gillian Tidey, Jamie Franzmann, Alyssa Franklin and Megan Dawes
‘Heart of Gold’ Rural Community Empowerment Project: Enhancing Small-Scale Farming Security in Costa Rica
Supervisor: Dr. Grant Murray Closed Containment Fish Farming
Nichola Everden Supervisor: Dr. Nicole Vaugeois
Faculty of Science and Technology
Community‐based tourism marketing intelligence: Tofino and Nanaimo, Co‐operative Education work term and directed study
Biology
Alyssa Franklin
Luke Barbour Supervisor: Dr. John Amaral
Supervisor: Dr. Nicole Vaugeois Student – Research & Scholarly Activity 2013-14
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PCR Detection of the Nitrite-Dependent, Anaerobic Methane-Oxidizer, Candidatus Methylomirabilis oxyfera, in Compost
Travis Heckford
Amanda Bibby
Biomass‐Productivity Analysis of Sedum oreganum by Gas Exchange and Mass Balance Techniques
Supervisors: Dr. John Amaral and Dr. Mercedes Hernandez Detection of Anammox Bacteria in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems using Nested PCR
Devon Casagrande Supervisor: Dr. Tim Goater
Supervisor: Dr. David Gaumont-Guay
Jenna Langill Supervisors: Dr. John Amaral and Dr. Mercedes Hernandez The Effect of D-Amino Acids on Biofilms of Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus salivarius
The effects of Haemobaphes diceraus (Copepoda) on selected blood parameters of shiner perch (Cymatogaster aggregata)
Janice Melvin
Charles-David Clayton
Life cycle analysis (carbon cost) of green roofs
Supervisors: Dr. Caroline Josefsson and Dr. Kyle Garver, Pacific Biological Station (external advisor)
Megan Morgan
Development of a quantitative PCR assay for detection of a newly discovered threespine stickleback iridovirus
Tim Greive-Price Supervisors: Dr. Caroline Josefsson and Dr. Kyle Garver, Pacific Biological Station (external advisor)
Supervisor: David Gaumont‐Guay
Supervisors: Dr. Erick Groot and Dr. Simon Jones, Pacific Biological Station (external advisor) Analysis of the relationships between Loma salmonae (Microsporidia) in spawning pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) and environmental conditions in the Quinsam River, British Columbia, Canada Supervisor: Dr. David Gaumont‐Guay
Observation of single-strain infections in Atlantic salmon experimentally exposed to multiple VHSVIVa isolates
Nathan Hollenberg
Spatial and temporal variation in CO2 exchange between central Vancouver Island green roofs and the atmosphere
Ariel U’Chong Muirhead
Supervisors: Dr. David Gaumont-Guay and Dr. Suzie Nilson
Supervisor: Dr. Allan Gibson
Soil Carbon Dynamics in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) Plantations Following Biosolid Fertilization
The effect of c-myc overexpression on nucleolar characteristics in rodent cells engineered with tetracycline-inducible c-myc genes
Student – Research & Scholarly Activity 2013-14
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Patrick Reid
Luke Barbour
Supervisor: Dr. Eric Demers and Hitomi Kimura
Supervisor: Dr. Chris Gill
Detection of a foreign strain of the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on American bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus) and Western Toads (Anaxyrus boreas) in Nanaimo, BC
Preliminary Investigations of AnalyteBinding with Matrix Species using Condensed Phase Membrane Introduction Mass Spectrometry
Dustin Howie Emily Transfield Supervisor: Dr. Duane Friesen Supervisor: Dr. Eric Demers Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani) foraging on varnish clams (Nuttalia obscurata) in Nanaimo, BC
Synthesis of a Cobalt‐Phosphate Oxygen Evolving Catalyst and Analyzing Functionality in Unpurified Water Samples
Jesse Janzen Cole Van Pkystra Supervisor: Dr. Erik Krogh Supervisor: Dr. Mercedes Hernandez Prevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus spp. on the anterior nares of students from Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, British Columbia
Characterization of seawater carbonate systems: MIMS pCO2 and spectrometric pH measurements
Devon Jones Supervisor: Dr. Todd Barsby
Erin Vekic Supervisor: Dr. Eric Demers and Dr. Liz Gillis
Steps towards the synthesis of erythro-MMPB for the monitoring of microcystin toxins in BC ecosystems
Controlling grazing damage by an alien species: testing the effectiveness of chemical repellents on the European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
Randip Khatar Supervisor: Dr. Todd Barsby
Alexandria Wilschut Supervisor: Dr. Tim Goater and Hitomi Kimura Mark-Recapture Study of Rough-Skinned Newts (Taricha granulosa) in Morrell Lake, British Columbia, and Determination of the Presence and Strain of Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis
Chemistry Student – Research & Scholarly Activity 2013-14
Purification and Quantitation of Coumarin in Cinnamon containing foods
Tess (M) Letourneau Supervisor: Dr. Erik Krogh Air‐Water partitioning of Environmentally Relevant Volatile Organic Compounds using MIMS
Larissa Richards Vancouver Island University | 25
Supervisor: Dr. Erik Krogh and Dr. Chris Gill
Supervisor: Dr. John Morgan
Applications of Multivariate Statistics for the Analysis of Full Scan MIMS Data
A comparison of Coleoptera and Diptera colonization on a cougar carcass during the later winter and early spring in the Nanaimo area
Dana Short Sara Gregory Supervisors: Dr. Erik Krogh and Dr. Ryan Bell Supervisor: Dr. John Morgan Developing a Thermally Assisted Membrane Interface for Applications in Underwater Mass Spectrometry
A study on the effects of bio-solids application on abundance and diversity of wild mushrooms in the VIU woodlot
Zachariah Yim Nicole Hepp Supervisors: Dr. Erik Krogh and Dr. Chris Gill Supervisor: Dr. John Morgan Monitoring the Formation of iodinated dis‐infection by‐products from x‐ray contrast media in natural waters by MIMS
Comparison of beach debris on sandy beaches of the west and east coasts of Vancouver Island
Resource Management Officer Technology
Colton Kopp
Erin Badgero
Frequency of scavenger visits to black-tailed deer carcasses in rural versus remote areas in the Nanaimo region: documented using game trail cameras
Supervisor: Dr. John Morgan Browsing by deer and elk in cut blocks compared to tree cover in the Nanaimo lakes area
Alex Bolland Supervisor: Dr. John Morgan A test of voluntary food choice of domestic dogs, using new and prior food sources
Sydney Cappus Supervisor: Dr. John Morgan Spot prawn fishing: by-catch composition and abundance at different times of day
Melissa Demkiw Student – Research & Scholarly Activity 2013-14
Supervisor: Dr. John Morgan
Daniel Krenz Supervisor: Dr. John Morgan Investigating differences in salamander species composition in old growth and second growth clear cut sites in the Port Alberni area
Gillian MacDonald Supervisor: Dr. John Morgan The potential of using prescribed fires to control Scotch broom on the east coast of Vancouver Island
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Supervisor: Dr. John Morgan Comparison of double crested cormorant abundance, before and after a trout stocking event in two Victoria, BC lakes
Cross-country and downhill mountain bike trails: comparison of impacts on soil erosion indicators
Rebecca Segal Supervisor: Dr. John Morgan
Lynnea Parker Supervisor: Dr. John Morgan Prevalence and intensity of black spot disease on three-spined stickleback in the Millstone River
Signs of wolf travel corridors on high and low use beaches in Tofino, BC
Cassie Seibert Supervisor: Dr. John Morgan
Alec Patterson Supervisor: Dr. John Morgan
Abundance of Roosevelt Elk signs in open, forest edge versus forested habitats in the Nanaimo lakes area
Comparison of size and population abundance between manila and littleneck clams on the east coast of Vancouver Island
Chelsea Sinitsin Supervisor: Dr. John Morgan
Brydon Peace Supervisor: Dr. John Morgan Eurasian Milfoil: influence of substrate and water column nutrients on plant density
Decomposition rates of buried versus unburied coho salmon carcasses
Kayla Topping Supervisor: Dr. John Morgan
Bryan Peake Supervisor: Dr. John Morgan Comparison of salamander densities in old growth and second growth clear cut sites in the Port Alberni area
Chris Posthuma Supervisor: Dr. John Morgan Abundance of scavenger visits to black-tailed deer carcasses in rural versus remote areas in the Nanaimo region
Kevin Robinson Supervisor: Dr. John Morgan Student – Research & Scholarly Activity 2013-14
Abundance of fish-eating birds in stocked and nonstocked trout lakes in the Nanaimo area
Earth Science Jamie Anderson, Cody Broda, Louis Chapdelaine, Erika Lee-Tuck, Kevin Calder, Trevor Madsen, Derek Robillard, Parker Sehachlel, Charlea Taylor and Richard Tomkinson Supervisor: Sandra Johnstone Exploring the Potential for Cu-Mo-Au Porphyry Mineralization: A Geochemical Analysis of the Jasper Property, Vancouver Island; and Exploring Vancouver Island University | 27
the Potential for Volcanogenic Massive Sulphide; Mineralization: A Geochemical Analysis of the Jasper Property, Vancouver Island
Organizational history and development of Cowichan green Community Impact Assessment Tool
Cody Broda
Jacqueline Mays
Supervisor: Dr. Jerome Lesemann
Supervisor: Helen Demers
Placer gold dispersal along the Nanaimo River
Ginny Casey
Kin Park Community Gardens mentorship and research and development of promotional material for school tours
Supervisor: Dr. Tim Stokes
Angela McDiarmid
Preliminary Seismic Hazard mapping for the Nanaimo Area
Supervisor: Helen Demers Cowichan Valley Street Survival Guide
Louis Chapdelaine Jenny Voller Supervisor: Dr. Tim Stokes Supervisor: Helen Demers Structural geological and karst mapping at Horne Lake Caves Provincial Park
Coding data obtained from Anth 211 Cowichan Green Community Ipact Assessment
Mike Freer Criminology Supervisor: Dr. Tim Stokes Structural deformation of the Nanaimo Group, Stephenson Point
Ashley Van Zwietering Supervisor: Joanne Falvai
Faculty of Social Sciences
Harm reduction strategies for drug consumption
Anthropology
Geography
Felicia Jorgensen
Rebecca Edwards
Supervisor: Helen Demers
Supervisor: Dr. Alan Gilchrist
Digitizing existing cookbook and gathering recipes and stories for the new addition
Digitally Mapping the Retreat of the Comox Glacier, BC, Canada
Jessica Margetts
Pamela Jack
Supervisor: Helen Demers
Supervisor: Dr. Don Alexander
Student – Research & Scholarly Activity 2013-14
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The Challenge of Sustainable Universities: A Comparison of Sustainability Initiatives and Approaches
Leila Hartford
Dana Short
Charles Taylor on Authenticity: Self‐Determination in the Modern Western World
Supervisor: Dr. Mark Blackell
Supervisor: Dr. Jeff Lewis Regional Climate Change Impact Index: A Case Study: Coastal British Columbia and Bangladesh
Rachelle Rancier Supervisor: Dr. Mark Blackell
Brent Whitfield
Solitude
Supervisor: Dr. Alan Gilchrist
Political Studies
GIS Applications in Archaeology: An Integrated Object‐Relational Geodatabase Model for the Documentation of Archaeological Excavations GIS Applications in Archaeology: Artifact Density and Landscape Analyses Conducted from an Integrated Object‐Relational Geodatabase
Adam Baker Supervisor: Dr. Mark Williams
Global Studies
The Dangers of Equating Chemical Weapons to Nuclear Weapons; and Human Cognition and its Role in the Informal Fallacy of Harmful Religious Practices
Gabrielle Bishop
Ryan Butler
Supervisor: Dr. Laura Suski
Supervisor: Dr. Mark Blackell
Non-Profit Marketing Challenges and Opportunities in the Context of (North Korean) Human Rights NGOs
Exploring the Origins of Identity: Comparing the Theories of Erving Goffman and Hannah Arendt
Scott Garoupa Supervisor: Dr. Imogene Lim
Corentin Denis Supervisor: Dr. Mark Williams
Globalization, Food, and Inequality
Can the International Community Make Progress Towards Ending the Syrian Civil War? If Yes, How?
Megan Kingwill
Psychology
Supervisor: Dr. Catherine Schittecatte
Daniel Elleker
Indigenous Political mobilization in Ecuador and Bolivia
Supervisors: Ruth Kirson and Dr. Caroline Burnley
Liberal Studies Student – Research & Scholarly Activity 2013-14
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Internalized Homophobia Resolution in Young Gay and Bisexual Men: A Mixed Methods Study of Resilience
Jessie Weninger
Juliana Rico
A case study with participants from the Stepping Out program: A focus on women of aboriginal ancestry, addiction issues, and the relationship of victims of human trafficking to the survival sex trade
Supervisor: Dr. Tony Robertson N400 to Semantically Anomalous Words Presented in Code‐mixed Format in Native English Speakers Learning Spanish as a Second Language
Supervisor: Dr. Sylvie Lafrenière
Trades and Applied Technology
Susanne Tardiff, Cole Renner, Stephen Hunter, and Pheona Cessford
Sheena Howdle
Supervisor: Deborah Matheson
Paris and Brussels Field School Blog Chronicles: http://sites.viu.ca/paris2014/
Identifying Triathlete’s Perceptions about Physical Activity: A Qualitative Exploration of Salient Behavioural, Normative and Control Beliefs among Vancouver Island Triathletes
Sociology Courtney Leveille
Supervisor: Martin Barnett
Publication: Howdle, S., and Pidborochynski, D (2014). Rock Star Bakers: Bakery Masters 2014. Bread Bakers Guild of America: Bread Lines, volume 22 (Issue 2), http://breadbakersguild.wildapricot.org/Resources/D ocuments/BreadLInes/Bread%20Lines2014,%20Vol%2022,%20Issue%202.pdf
Supervisor: Dr. Sylvie Lafrenière Sex trade workers: importance of inclusion
Courtney Leveille, Jessie Weninger and Laura Valentich Supervisor: Dr. Sylvie Lafrenière Sex trade workers in Nanaimo: from isolation to social inclusion
Myra Noviello and Alex Ionson Supervisor: Dr. Sylvie Lafrenière Sex, services, resources, and relationships: a mixed method analysis of barriers experienced by sex trade workers in Nanaimo, BC Student – Research & Scholarly Activity 2013-14
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Student Travel and Conference (STC) and Jessica Wilde Conference Participation (JWCP) Awards Awarded by the VIU STAR Committee *Withdrawn means that the student was unable to attend or did not claim their funding. Amount Awarded Award Recipients
Conference, Workshop or Colloquia STC
JWCP
Ben Boghean, Tara Dzenis, Morgan Klassen and Chantel Spicer - Forest Resources Technology Program
Society of American Foresters National Convention; the Canadian Institute of Forestry Annual General Meeting and Conference; and the International Union of Forest Research Organizations 24th World Congress in Salt Lake City, Utah (attendees)
$2,800
Michael Cantwell - Philosophy
17th Annual Pacific University Undergraduate Philosophy Conference (presentation)
$197
Devon Casagrande - Biology
Pacific Ecology and Evolution Conference (PEEC) in Bamfield, BC (presentation)
$200
Karleen Cheetham - Bachelor of Science in Nursing (*withdrawn)
Western and North-Western Region of Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing Annual Conference in Fort Garry, MB (presentation)
$700
$250
Natalie Drope - Bachelor of Toursim Management
Canadian Congress on Leisure Research (CCLR) in Halifax, NS (presentation)
$700
$250
Daniel Elleker - Psychology
Researching Resilience Workshop in Halifax, NS (attendee)
$700
Andrea Grigg - Bachelor of Science in Nursing (*withdrawn)
Canadian Society for International Health (attendee)
$500
Brenda Hanson - Music (*withdrawn)
Indianer Inuit: Das Nordamerika Filmfestival (singer and aboriginal story teller)
$800
Larissa Howlett, Zita McDonough, Hailey Bergstrom, Sarah Moore, Alison Adey – Education
Vancouver Anti-Bullying Conference (attendees)
$1,000
Student – Research & Scholarly Activity 2013-14
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$250
(*withdrawn) Genevieve Huneault - Tourism Management
Canadian Congress on Leisure Research (presentation)
$700
Stephen Hunter, Susanne Tardiff, Pheona Cessford and Cole Renner – Psychology
VIU CREATE 2014
$40
Sreya Kumar - Master of Arts in Sustainable Leisure Management
Regional Studies Association European Conference in Izmir, Turkey (presentation)
Tess Letourneau - Biology
Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition: Chemistry From Sea to Sky in Vancouver, BC (presentation)
$400
Kaitlyn MacIntosh - Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Canadian Society for International Health (attendee)
$500
Jacquelyn McKenzie-Skinner (*withdrawn),Doina (Caitlin) Coleman, Shantel Beute, Keeley Campbell, Matthew Lerner, Conall Spencer, Anthony Taranto (*withdrawn), Adam K. Baker, Jennifer Hermary, Alana Robilliard, Alaina Hampshire (*withdrawn), Mathieu Danis (*withdrawn), Richard Kulesza - Political Science
Model United Nations Conference (active participants)
$1,735
Hannah McSorley - Biology
Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition: Chemistry From Sea to Sky in Vancouver, BC (attendee)
$300
Christian Meunier - Tourism Management
Alberta Recreation and Parks Association Conference and International Federation of Park and Recreation Administration World Congress (attendee)
$500
Megan Morgan - Biology
Pacific Ecology and Evolution Conference (PEEC) in Bamfield, BC (presentation)
$200
Student – Research & Scholarly Activity 2013-14
$250
$250
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$1,000
Pesati Pranav Reddy - Master of arts in Sustainable Leisure Management
World Leisure Congress 2014 in Mobile Bay, AL (presentation)
Patrick Reid - Biology
Pacific Ecology and Evolution Conference (PEEC) in Bamfield, BC (presentation)
Anna Romanova - Master of Arts in Sustainable Leisure Management
7th World Conference for Graduate Research in Tourism, Hospitality and Leisure in Instanbul, Turkey (presentation)
Sherrill Rutherford - Music
12th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education (presentation)
$800
Jamie-Lynn Rutledge Education
Neuroplasticity and Education: Strengthening the Connection Conference (attendee)
$400
Emily Tranfield - Biology
Pacific Ecology and Evolution Conference (PEEC) in Bamfield, BC (presentation)
$280
Alex Vandal - Tourism Management
Western Canada Regional Economic Round Table in Calgary, AB (active participant)
$220
Gregory Vandergrift Mathematics/Chemistry
97th Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition: Chemistry from Sea to Sky in Vancouver, BC (presentation)
$400
Alexandria Wilschut - Biology
Pacific Ecology and Evolution Conference (PEEC) in Bamfield, BC (presentation)
$227
Devan Zanatta - Bachelor of Business Adminstration
Roundtable 2014 in Montreal, PQ (attendee)
$700
Student – Research & Scholarly Activity 2013-14
$250
$223
$250
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$250
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