Student scholarly activity report 2013 2014

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Research & Scholarly Activity 2013–14

Vancouver Island University

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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.

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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.”

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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.

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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

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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

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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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