Research areas
Much of the research across the faculty focuses on the advancement of a healthy society and community development, with attention to policy, social justice and social change. Our researchers work collaboratively in research centres and groups.
We're leading the way on new and emerging health research, community-based research and in our work with Indigenous communities. You'll find more information on research projects on the school or program sites.
Current projects | Past projects
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From New Public Management to New Political Governance |
2009-10 |
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Implementation of Community-Driven Multi-Service Hubs to Support Optimal Development of Indigenous Young Children and Families: A Case Study |
2009-10 |
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Media, Methamphetamine and Marijuana Grow-op Project |
2007-10 |
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Policies and the Participation and Engagement of Vulnerable Groups in Vancouver |
Brunet-Jailly, Emmanuel |
2008-10 |
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Governance Challenges for National Statistical Agencies |
2009-12 |
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Social Work Encounters and Strategies for Critical Antiracist Practice - Towards a Critical Pedagogy |
2009-10 |
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E-Government and Service Transformation Initiatives |
2009-10 |
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Education for Quality Improvement of Patient Care Program |
2009-12 |
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A Proposal to Establish an eDrug Observatory in British Columbia to Monitor the Effects of Electronic Medication Management System Deployment |
2008-10 |
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Timely access to end-of-Life care for Patients with Life-Threatening Illness |
2007-10 |
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Patterns and Consequences of Cocaine and Alcohol Use for Substance Abuse Treatment Clinics |
2008-12 |
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Evidence-Informed Practice and Practice-Informed Evidence: Knowledge Exchange for Core Public Health Functions Implementation in BC |
MacDonald, Marjorie |
2008-10 |
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Food Gone Foul: Food Safety and Security as Core Public Health Functions in BC |
MacDonald, Marjorie |
2009-12 |
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Evaluation of Collaboration and Nurse Practitioner Integration in Primary Health Care |
MacDonald, Marjorie |
2009-11 |
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Educating and Supporting Clinical Nurse Specialists in BC |
2010 |
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The Creation of a Galleria of Arctic Cooperatives |
MacPherson, Ian |
2010 |
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Factors Affecting Community Responses to the Prevention of HIV/AIDS Associated with Injection Drug Use |
Pauly, Bernadette |
2010 |
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Street Stories |
Pauly, Bernadette |
2010 |
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Bringing it Home: Enhancing Mental Health Policy to Prevent Homelessness |
Pauly, Bernadette |
2010 |
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MITACS (Newton) Knowledge Translation: Nursing Uptake and Patient Outcomes Examined |
2009-10 |
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Re-Stor(y)ing Life Within Life-Threatening Illness |
Sheilds, Laurene |
2007-10 |
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Someone's Mother, Sister, or Daughter: Street Workers, Their Families and Transitioning Out of Street Sex Work |
2009-12 |
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Aggressive and Violent Girls |
2006 |
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HELP - Ministry of Children and Family Development - Documenting the Effects of Funding and Staffing Changes on an Integrated Childcare Program's Ability to Support At-Risk Young Mothers and Their Children |
2007-08 |
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Accountabilities and the New Realities of Public Sector Governance |
2006 |
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Ministry of Children and Family Development - HELP UVic REACH/HELP Infrastructure |
Ball, Jessica, Pence, Alan and Pacini-Ketchabaw, Veronica |
2009 |
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Supporting Reconstitution of Indigenous Fatherhood in Post-Colonial Contexts |
2009 |
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Denise Hodgins - Father Involvement in Parenting Young Children |
2009 |
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HELP - Ministry of Children and Family Development - Research in Early Childhood Care, Education and Health (REACH Project) |
Ball, Jessica, Pacini-Ketchabaw, Veronica, Pence, Alan R. and Preece, Alison |
2007 |
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Changing Fatherhood |
2006 |
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Consortium for Health, Intervention, Learning, and Development in a Community Setting |
2006 |
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Mobilizing Knowledge of Aboriginal Children's Development |
2006 |
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Research Designs on Fathers Involvement and Children's Health |
2006 |
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Implementation of a Community-University Program of Assessment and Training for Child Protection and Adoption Services |
2006 |
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Fathers' Involvement and Children's Health Outcomes |
2006 |
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Examining Young Men's Processes of Developing Mental Health Literacy: An Exploratory Study |
2009 |
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Identifying Priorities for Research in KT: Forming and International Collaboration |
Banister, Elizabeth |
2008-09 |
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Understanding Aboriginal Adolescent Sexual Health Concerns |
Banister, Elizabeth |
2006 |
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Structural Barriers to Knowledge Transfer in Community-Based Research |
Banister, Elizabeth |
2006 |
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Translating Knowledge Through Community-University Alliances for Health Research |
Banister, Elizabeth |
2006 |
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Overcoming Structural Barriers to Knowledge Transfer in University-Community Health Research |
Banister, Elizabeth |
2006 |
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Smart Families Project |
Banister, Elizabeth |
2006 |
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Developmental Patterns in the Epidemiology of Injuries Among Children and Youth |
2006 |
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Improving Interdisciplinary Charting in a Hospital Setting for Children and Youth with Complex Mental Health Problems |
2007-08 |
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Methamphetamine Use |
2006 |
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Drug Films, Justice, and Society |
2006 |
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Safer Crack Use in an Urban Crack Using Population |
2006 |
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A Collaborative Approach to Developing Culturally Sensitive Health Care Models to Improve Supports to Aboriginal People with Physical Disabilities in the Carrier Sekani First Nations |
Brown, Leslie |
2006 |
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Disabilities Health Research Network Quality of Life for Families with Children Who Have Intellectual Disabilities |
Brown, Roy |
2008 |
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N. American and European Border Regions in Comparative Perspective: Markets, States and Border Communities |
Brunet-Jailly, Emmanuel |
2007 |
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Risk and Risk Assessment in Child Welfare |
Callahan, Marilyn |
2008 |
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Women's Non-Governmental Organizations in Kyrgyzstan, International Funding, and the Social Organization of Gender |
Campbell, Marie |
2007-08 |
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Cultural Plans for Aboriginal Children in Adoptive Families |
2007-08 |
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Nong Sila, Bringing our Children Home |
de Finney, Sandrina |
2006 |
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The Working Relationships of Public Health Nurses and High Priority Families in Northern Communities |
Doane, Gweneth |
2006 |
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Integrated Policy and Legislation Team - Post-Doctoral Support |
Foster, Les |
2008-09 |
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Housing Neighbourhoods and Canadian Children's Health Outcomes |
Gagne, Lynda |
2007-08 |
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Factors Influencing COPD Patients' Adherence in Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) Programs in Greater Victoria |
Guo, Su-Er |
2009 |
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Physiotherapy Foundation of Canada: Training and Outcomes for Early Identification of Infants With Neuromotor Delays |
Hayes, Virginia (Jinny) |
2007 |
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Evaluation of Two Modes of Training Community Based PTs, OTs, Infant Development Workers and Nurses to Assess Neuromotor Development in Children 4 Months to 3 Years |
Hayes, Virginia (Jinny) |
2006-07 |
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Training and Outcomes for Early Identification of Infants with Neuromotor Delays |
Hayes, Virginia (Jinny) |
2003-07 |
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Transforming Primary Health Care |
Hills, Marcia |
2006 |
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In From the Margins |
Hills, Marcia |
2006 |
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Understanding Adolescent Girls' Processes of Moral Weighting |
2006 |
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E-Government and Service Transformation Initiatives |
2008 |
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Crossing Boundaries Initiative |
2006 |
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Participatory Action Research with Early Childhood Educators |
Pacini-Ketchabaw, Veronica and Pence, Alan |
2009 |
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Use and Integration of the Electronic Health Record Training Tool |
Kushniruk, Andre |
2008 |
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Medical Records Research |
Kushniruk, Andre |
2007 |
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Simulation and Advanced Gaming Environments (SAGE) for Learning |
Kushniruk, Andre |
2006 |
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Innovations in Patient Safety and Knowledge Translation, Interdisciplinary Capacity Enhancement (ICE) |
Kushniruk, Andre |
2006 |
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Outcomes in the Palm of Your Hand |
Kushniruk, Andre |
2006 |
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Benefits Evaluation for eDrug Project |
2008-09 |
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A Collaborative Health Informatics Research Training Program |
2008-09 |
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Telus/UVic strategic alliance project proposal in palliative care |
2006 |
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4-province End-of-Life Study on Healthcare Resource Usage Patterns |
2006 |
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A Collaborative Health Informatics Research Training Program |
2006 |
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Overcoming Communication Barriers in End-of-Life and Palliative Transitions |
2006 |
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Exploring Disenfranchised Grief in Dementia Caregiving |
MacCourt, Penny |
2008 |
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Older Lesbians' Experiences of Self-disclosure |
MacDonald, Carol |
2008 |
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Developing Methods for Studying Complex Public Health Services and Population Health Interventions |
MacDonald, Marjorie |
2009 |
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Application of "Knowledge to Action" approach with two BC Health authorities in a study to design psychometric instrumentation of collaborative team culture (Judith Burgess) |
MacDonald, Marjorie |
2009 |
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Evaluating the Nurse Practitioner Role in BC |
MacDonald, Marjorie |
2008 |
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Evidence-Informed Practice and Practice-Informed Evidence: Knowledge Exchange for Core Public Health Functions Implementation in BC |
MacDonald, Marjorie |
2008 |
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Public Health Services Renewal in BC: Implementation and Impact of the Core Public Health Functions Framework |
MacDonald, Marjorie |
2008 |
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Evaluation of Core Public Health Functions in BC |
MacDonald, Marjorie |
2007 |
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BC Core Public Health Functions Think Tank Report |
MacDonald, Marjorie |
2007 |
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BC Drug Epidemiology and Monitoring Research Platform |
2006 |
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Cross-Substance Use Patterns of Use, Consequences and Policy Responses |
2006 |
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The BC Network for Interprofessional Education for Collaborative Patient-Centred Practice |
2006 |
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Best Practices for Health Promotion in Mid to Late Life |
MacKenzie, Patricia |
2006 |
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Overcoming Barriers to Communication through End-of-Life |
MacKenzie, Patricia |
2006 |
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National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly (NICE) |
MacKenzie, Patricia |
2006 |
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Healthy Mothers, Healthy Children Project: Learning from and with Aboriginal Women about how to Better Support Women's Health in Their Communities |
2009 |
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Rural Nurses' Experiences with the Provision of Maternity Care |
2007-08 |
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Ongoing Impact Assessment of Academic Detailing |
Maclure, Malcolm |
2008 |
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TEKTIC Project |
Maclure, Malcolm |
2007 |
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BC Nurses Union Focus Groups Project |
Maclure, Malcolm |
2007 |
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Evidential Quality Investment Program (EQIP) |
Maclure, Malcolm |
2005-08 |
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Ministry of Health, Pharmaceutical Services Education for Quality Improvement of Patient Care Program (EQIP) |
Maclure, Malcolm |
2006-09 |
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Healthy Mothers, Healthy Children Project: Learning from and with Aboriginal Women about how to Better Support Women's Health in Their Communities |
MacNeil, Joan and |
2009 |
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The New Realities of Accountability |
McDavid, James C. |
2006 |
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Assess the Uses of Performance Reports By BC Legislators |
McDavid, James C. |
2006 |
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Expanding Horizons for Student Nurses |
McDonald, Carol I. |
2006 |
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523 Health Experiences of Adults Aging with Developmental Disability |
McDonald, Carol I. |
2006 |
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Law Foundation Evaluation Plan |
2008-09 |
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Lilly Endowment-funded study of college student ministries |
2006 |
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Mental Health Practices in Child Protection |
2008 |
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Supporting Caregivers of Elderly People with Mental Illnesses and Addictions |
2006 |
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Quality of Care ICE Team in Neonatal-Perinatal Care |
Moehr, Jochen |
2007 |
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A Critical Inquiry into the Construction of Contested Illness |
2006 |
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Kathleen Kummen - Using Pedagogical Documentation to Examine Dominant Discourses in Pre-Service ECE Training |
Pacini-Katchabaw, Veronica and Pence, Alan |
2008 |
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Quality Early Learning Environments |
Pacini-Katchabaw, Veronica |
2006 |
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Belonging and Community Solidarity Among Indigenous and Racialised Girls and Women |
Pacini-Katchabaw, Veronica |
2006 |
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Youth Mental Health: Addressing Stigma and Discrimination Through Community-Informed Curricula |
Pauly, Bernadette |
2009 |
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Next Steps: Evaluating Transitional Housing for the Homeless |
Pauly, Bernadette |
2009 |
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Breaking the Cycle of Homelessness: The Effectiveness of Transitional Housing |
Pauly, Bernadette |
2008-09 |
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Health Policy Ethics: Enhancing Equity |
Pauly, Bernadette |
2009 |
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Leadership for Ethical Policy and Practice - 2004-2007 |
Pauly, Bernadette |
2006 |
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Ethical Frameworks for Health Policy |
Pauly, Bernadette |
2006 |
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Participatory Action Research with Early Childhood Educators |
Pence, Alan and Pacini-Ketchabaw, Veronica |
2009 |
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Indigenous ECDVU one year professional certificate |
2006 |
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SSA2 One Year Program and Institutional Partnership |
2006 |
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Ministry of Children and Family Development - HELP SSA-WGECD Strategic Plan for 2007-2010 |
2007-08 |
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Disabling Poverty, Enabling Citizenship |
Prince, Michael J. |
2009 |
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Monitoring Human Rights of People with Disabilities in Canada |
Prince, Michael J. |
2006 |
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Leadership for Ethical Policy and Practice |
Prince, Michael J. |
2006 |
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University of Victoria Housing and Homelessness Community-Based Research Action Plan |
2007-08 |
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Access to care at the end of life |
2007-08 |
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Overcoming barriers to communication through end of life and palliative transitions. |
2006 |
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Women, Provisioning and Community |
Reitsma-Street, Marge |
2008-09 |
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Redefining Public Services in British Columbia |
Reitsma-Street, Marge |
2006 |
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Provisioning, Women and Community |
Reitsma-Street, Marge |
2006 |
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The Impacts of Oil and Gas Activity on Peoples in the Arctic Using a Multiple Securities Perspective (GAPS) |
Reitsma-Street, Marge |
2007-08 |
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Adults Living with FASD: Addressing the Challenges of Daily Living |
Rutman, Deborah |
2007 |
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Women with FASD and FASD Prevention |
Rutman, Deborah |
2007 |
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Children and Youth Issues |
2008 |
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Sociobehavioural Cancer Research Network Project: What Helps Bereaved Family Caregivers Adjust to Their Loss |
2007-08 |
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Family Caregiver Coping in End-of-Life Cancer Care |
2006 |
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Access to Care at the End of Life |
2006 |
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Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging |
2006 |
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Communication in Cancer Care |
2006 |
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Family Caregiver Coping in End-of-Life Cancer Care |
2006 |
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The Process of Living with Chronic Kidney Disease |
2006 |
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Pan Canadian Ethnocultural Diverse Communities and Faith Groups Initiative |
2006 |
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Experiences with Chronic Kidney Disease and its Management |
2006 |
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Canadian Collaborative Group for the Prevention of Illness in Kidney Disease |
2006 |
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Home Care in Patient Safety |
Storch, Jan |
2007-08 |
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Drug Policy Futures |
2006 |
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Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy Innovation Research Unit |
2006 |
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Improving Patient Safety in Health Care |
2006 |
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Outcome Data Collection for Conditional Special Authority: Evaluation of BC's" coverage with evidence development" comparing the Alzheimer's Drug Therapy Initiative with Similar Policies in other Jurisdictions |
2009 |
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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren |
Whittington, Barbara |
2006 |
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Training Program for the Development of Cardiovascular Nursing Research Capacity in Canada |
2006 |
Faculty-wide research initiatives
Some research initiatives cover more than a single school or program within our faculty, or are in partnership with another faculty.
Breaking the cycle of homelessness
Dr. Bernie Pauly (Nursing) co-leads a research team working in collaboration with the Victoria Cool Aid Society and the Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria to evaluate the effectiveness of transitional shelters in Victoria and the impact of those shelters on breaking the cycle of homelessness.
Grandparents raising grandchildren
Professor Barb Whittington (Social Work) and the Parent Support Services of BC developed Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: A Legal Guide. It's the first guidebook of its kind in Canada and helps grandparents understand and navigate the legal complexities involved in raising grandchildren. The project team consulted with grandparents, social workers, service providers, lawyers and judges and was funded by the Law Foundation of BC and three provincial ministries.
Training portal a first in Canada
Health information scientists Drs. Andre Kushniruk and Elizabeth Borycki head up a team of researchers who are educating our newest doctors and nurses about new technology. Their research has led to the design and implementation of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) Educational Portal, which houses a number of working electronic health record systems that can be remotely accessed by students from anywhere in the world over the web.
