The Arbutus Review • 2019 • Vol. 10, 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. Laura Parisi, Department of Gender Studies
Author: Lauren Frost

Dr. Andrew Marton, Department of Pacific and Asian Studies
Authors: Julian Brook Ruszel

Dr. Martha McGinnis, Department of Linguistics
Authors: Lee Whitehorne

Dr. Eric Hochstein, Department of Philosophy
Author: Passia Pandora

Dr. Debra J. Sheets, School of Nursing
Author: Nicholas Tamburri, Michaella Trites, Debra J. Sheets, Andre P. Smith, & Stuart W.
S. MacDonald

Dr. Brian Starzomski, Department of Environmental Science
Author: Clara Reid

As well, all submissions are reviewed blind by at least 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.

Mark Shakespear
Matthew Adeleye
Stephanie Arlt
Kevin Mccartney
Kelsey Lessard
Bryan Bennett
Christina Moser
Carrie Hill
Drew Halliday
Timothy Lukyn

Alejandra Zubira Perez
Angel Chen
Theo Holland
Elena Holmgren
Katie Harms
Chandra Hozempa
Deborah Deacon
Ginger Sullivan
Kimberly Shapkin

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

Laurene Sheilds, 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

Gillian Saunders, Arbutus Review Editor and typesetter, UVic Centre for Academic Communica-
tion English as an Additional Language Specialist

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

Tyler Schulz for help with LaTeX

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
Director (Student Academic Success)
Division of Learning and Teaching Support and Innovation
University of Victoria
ltcassocdirsas@uvic.ca

Gillian Saunders, PhD Candidate
Interim Coordinator, Centre for Academic Communication
Division of Learning and Teaching Support and Innovation
University of Victoria
cacpc@uvic.ca

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