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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Metro-Vancouver"”.
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Lived experiences and emergent practices : eight conversations with Metro Vancouver urban environmental educators
… Participant interviews were conducted with eight Metro Vancouver UEE practitioners and analyzed using a hermeneutic phenomenology approach to elucidate their experiences and propose how they may inform emergent practice. As major Canadian cities increasingly infuse their strategic plans and …
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Reducing Private Vehicle Dependency in Metro Vancouver: Overcoming Car Culture Through Mobilities Justice
… cultural barriers to shifting travel behavior in Metro Vancouver. It also aims to identify potential solutions that reduce reliance on automobiles, support regional Green House Gas (GHG) reduction targets, and ensure that mobility justice is foundational to all proposed solutions. The research …
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Soil Metal Distribution in Parks and Playgrounds in Select Municipalities in Metro Vancouver
… and playgrounds in select municipalities in Metro Vancouver that have been rapidly developing during the past few years. Sixty-eight soil samples were analyzed for metals including As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, Sn, U, V, and Zn by X-Ray Florescence and assessed against the Canadian Council of …
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Levels of Heavy Metals in Sediment Samples from Select Creeks in Metro Vancouver, BC, Canada
Forty-seven samples collected from 23 creeks in Metro Vancouver, BC, Canada were analyzed to assess how different land use activities affect physicochemical properties in surface water and metal concentrations in sediments. The pH, total dissolved solids and electrical conductivity in surface water …
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Unheard stories : narrative inquiry of the cross-cultural adaptation experiences of refugee women in metro Vancouver
… GAR women of diverse origins who have lived in Metro Vancouver for one to six years. Discourse analysis of the narratives shared within focus groups and individual sessions reveals a hierarchy of exclusory dimensions (barriers) and transformative dimensions (opportunities) of their adaptation …
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Harnessing low carbon pathways to thermal energy provision : a multi-case study of Metro Vancouver, B.C.
… fuel sources in thermal energy provision in the Metro Vancouver region of B.C. Through a multi-case study methodology employing a grounded theory approach, district energy systems (DES), and discrete on-site thermal energy solutions (TES) in Metro Vancouver will be examined. The purpose of this …
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Evaluating English Fluency Effect on the Delivery of Water Campaign Messages to Residents in Metro Vancouver
… study’s goal is to evaluate the effectiveness of Metro Vancouver's residential water conservation campaign in delivering messages to fluent English speakers (FS) and non-fluent English speakers (NFS). Using an online survey, data were quantitatively analyzed to compare FS' and NFS' awareness of …
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Exposure Assessment to Estimate the Population Exposed to Low Air Quality from Wildfires in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
… from air quality monitoring stations across the Metro Vancouver Regional District (MVRD) between 2014 and 2023 were aggregated to daily values. The weighted average daily PM2.5 concentrations were estimated using the indirect method of Thiessen polygons to obtain spatial coverage of the stations. …
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The 2010 Winter Olympics: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of the Hotel Industry and Tourism in the Demographic Clusters metro–Vancouver versus the alpine–Resort Whistler
… Hoteliers spread evenly between distinct urban Metro-Vancouver and rural alpine-Whistler, whilst concurrently capitalizing on the availability of a unique BC Stats proprietary micro-municipal-level secondary data source, i.e., British Columbia’s ‘Additional Hotel Room Tax’ (‘AHRT’). Typically, …
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Extended producer responsibility as a management practice for waste mattresses in British Columbia
… (ELM) is a global challenge for governments. Metro Vancouver is the first Canadian regional government to ban mattresses at local landfills. The next step is for manufacturers and retailers to work with local governments in developing stewardship programs that successfully divert and recycle …
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Achieving zero waste in multi-unit residential buildings
… residential buildings (MURB) house 60% of Vancouver, BC’s population and, presently, occupants of MURBs in Metro Vancouver only achieve a waste diversion rate of 24%. My research identifies barriers impacting MURB waste diversion rates and attempts to identify solutions to resolve these …
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Applying a Two-Eyed Seeing Approach to Embody and Demonstrate Reconciliation in the Recreation and Parks Sector
… throughout this change process all within the Metro Vancouver region.
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An Examination of Metro Vancouver's Intentions to Perform Pro-Environmental Behaviours During the COVID-19 Pandemic
… transportation. Survey data was collected from Metro Vancouver households (N=75) and assessed using a modified Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB). Hierarchical multiple regression supports the use of the TPB in predicting the intention to perform PEBs, with subjective norms proven to be a …
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Smart Home Governance in Hong Kong and Vancouver: A Comparative Study of Smart Home Technologies
… between two distinct city-regions: Hong Kong and Metro Vancouver. The study examines specific understandings of smart homes and smart home technologies (SHTs) amongst end users, builders, designers, developers, property managers, planners and government officials in each of these city-regions. …
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Interpreter Agency Within the Economy of Language Services: Towards A New Paradigm for Community Interpreters
… with 16 actively working interpreters from the Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley regions. The findings reveal an occupational field characterized by isolation and lack of coordination among interpreters, allowing other agents to manipulate the field. Despite efforts to influence language service …