The Arbutus Review • 2017 • Vol. 8, No. 1

The Arbutus Review is produced by the Division of Learning and Teaching Support and Innovation
at the University of Victoria. The Arbutus Review was created to showcase the articles, projects,
and installations that result from the Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Award (JCURA)
program. JCURA was instituted in 2009 as the Undergraduate Research Scholarship program the
then Vice-President Academic and Provost, and current University president, Jamie Cassels. It was
designed to support and create truly formative research experiences for exceptional undergraduate
students. The Division of Learning and Teaching Support and Innovation administers the award
nomination process on behalf of the Provost’s Office. In addition to submissions that were the result
of JCURA research, The Arbutus Review sometimes publishes other exceptional work from students
in departments across campus.

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Acknowledgments
Each of the articles published in this journal is sponsored by a faculty member at the University of
Victoria. For the articles in this issue, we would like to thank the following instructors for their
support of an undergraduate research paper.

Dr. Melissa Berry, Department of Art History and Visual Studies
Author: Lorinda Fraser

Dr. Juergen Ehlting, Department of Biology
Author: Sarah Lane

Dr. Peter Cook, Department of History
Author: Jordan Crocker

Dr. Charlotte Schallié, Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies
Author: Stephanie Kates

Dr. Cindy Holder, Department of Philosophy
Author: Felix Lambrecht

Dr. Elizabeth Vibert, Department of History
Author: Darren Reid

Dr. Debra Sheets, School of Nursing
Author: Zachary Anderson

As well, all submissions are reviewed blind by two readers. These readers are graduate students,
researchers, instructors, and emeriti from the University of Victoria. We thank them for their very
valuable contributions to The Arbutus Review.

Alexandra MacDonald
Behn Skovgaard Andersen
Brian Coleman
Bryan Eric Benner
Caroline Winters
Connie Sobsey
Cori Thompson
David Lark
David Vogt

Elise Forest-Hammond
Heike Lettrari
Iain O’Shea
Isabelle Lefroy
Joshua Armstrong
Kate Newman
Regan Shrumm
Robyn Joyce
Victoria Domonkos

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The Arbutus Review would also like to thank others whose ideas, work and guidance have contributed
to the journal.

Teresa Dawson, Former Director of the UVic Learning and Teaching Centre, who created the
journal.

Laurene Sheilds, Acting Executive Director of the UVic Division of Learning and Teaching Support
and Innovation

Inba Kehoe, Copyright Officer and Scholarly Communication Librarian, who provides guidance to
the journal and oversees the Online Journal Systems software that allows us to publish online

Helen Raptis, Former Arbutus Review Managing Editor and Former Acting Associate Director
(Student Academic Success) of the UVic Division of Learning and Teaching Support and Innovation

Madeline Walker, Arbutus Review Editor and typesetter, UVic Centre for Academic Communi-
cation Coordinator

Shailoo Bedi, Acting Associate Director (Student Academic Success) of the UVic Division of
Learning and Teaching Support and Innovation, current Arbutus Review Managing Editor and
Director, Academic Commons and Strategic Assessment

The opinions expressed in The Arbutus Review are those of the authors and do not necessarily
represent those of the Editors of the journal or the University of Victoria. The Arbutus Review is a
peer-reviewed journal. While every effort is made by the Editorial Board to ensure that The Arbutus
Review contains no inaccurate or misleading citations, opinions, or statements, the information and
opinions contained within are the sole responsibility of the authors. Accordingly, the Publisher, the
Editorial Board, the Editors, the Advisory Board, and their respective employees and volunteers
accept no responsibility or liability for the consequences of any inaccurate or misleading information,
opinion or statement.

For more information about the journal, you can contact:
Shailoo Bedi, PhD
Acting Associate Director (Student Academic Success)
Division of Learning and Teaching Support and Innovation
University of Victoria
ltcassocdirsas@uvic.ca

Madeline Walker, PhD
Coordinator, Centre for Academic Communication
Division of Learning and Teaching Support and Innovation
University of Victoria
cdrcac@uvic.ca

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