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Now showing items 1501-1520 of 2001
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The Mining Songs of British Columbia: Exploring the P.J. Thomas Collection
(2011-03-29)Phil Thomas, who sadly passed away two years ago, was the foremost folksong collector in British Columbia. His collection is unfortunately not very well known outside his native province but it includes a wealth of items ... -
Social Networking and Political Activism: The Great Canadian Copyright Fight - Over or Not?
(2011-03-29)In 2007 and 2008 there was a hard fought campaign against proposed changes to the Canadian Copyright Act, changes which would have privileged producers and owners of copyright over users. Particularly notable about the ... -
Evaluating La Francophone: Myths and Realities
(2011-03-29)"At the moment, French seems to be engaged in a losing battle against American English in the world. To fight this trend, a multinational group of some 44 authors who write in French, have proposed, in a manifesto/, /the ... -
Boreal Fends & Plants: Conservation from an Ecoregional Perspective.
(2011-03-29)Ecoregions are large areas of land and water that contain a geographically distinct assemblage of natural communities. They are increasingly being used as a framework for conservation planning across the globe. Within a ... -
Animated Pedagogical Agents & Immersive Worlds: Two Worlds Colliding
(2011-03-29)Animated Pedagogical Agents (APAs) can be defined as animated computer-generated characters that respond to user input, adapt to user behaviour, and facilitate learning in a computer based learning environment. The benefits ... -
Epistemology and Ideology: The Case of Mediation
(2011-03-29)Mediation, once an "alternative" process, has gone mainstream. Most courts in North America now include it as part of normal litigation procedure. In the United States there is even fear that mediation will lead to the ... -
"Selfish, Foolish, and Crazed: Imagining the Female Shopper in Modernizing Canada"
(2011-03-29)Shopping became a major Canadian pastime between the late 19 the century and World War II. During the same period, stereotypes of female shoppers as vain, greedy, and impressionable came to assume prominent roles within ... -
Food Prices in South Africa: Why Most People Can't Afford to Eat a Healthy Diet
(2011-03-30)Foods with a high content of fat, sugar, and refined cereals are typically cheap but are poor in nutrients and heavy with calories. By contrast, such foods as fish, vegetables, and fruit are richer in nutrients but are ... -
Capitalizing the Beauties: Cultural Institutions, Tourism and Art in Alberta
(2011-03-30)Avant-garde art movements, extension education programs and public museums all have histories of attempting to dissolve institutional barriers, both literal and otherwise, between the arts and humanities and everyday life. ... -
Child Labour in Alberta; Incidence and Regulation
(2011-03-30)Significant numbers of children (9-11) and adolescents (12-14) in Alberta are employed. Many of these children and adolescents work in prohibited occupations and/or face violations of minimum statutory requirements for ... -
Is Canada the Monkey or the Organ Grinder When it Comes to Proposed Copyright Legislation?
(2011-03-30)Twenty years ago copyright was an issue that attracted the attention of few people. In the digital age it has become a political hot potato, particularly in Canada. Many contend that the principle of fair dealing for ... -
All for One-One for All - Will the Real Musketeer "Alexandre Dumas" Please Stand Up
(2011-03-30)Alexandre Dumas père is one of the most prolific and popular French writers of all times; he wrote over 1,200 volumes comprising of 250 plays, novels and travelogues, and was among the first writers in France to use the ... -
Am I Allowed to Make It Up? The Art of Writing Historical Novels
(2011-03-30)As a younger writer, I attempted to write an historical novel without really knowing what I was getting into. Almost five years later, it was published under the title "Three Day Road". I look forward to talking about ... -
"Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD): Where are they now?"
(2011-03-30)1. How narcissism has been conceptualized throughout our recorded history, 2. When and why the narcissistic shift in our society began, 3. Why the DSM-5 study group has eliminated NPD from its official list of personality ... -
We Know More Than You Think! What do we know about the student experience? What draws students to Athabasca University?
(2011-03-30)Dr. Nancy Parker, Director, Institutional Studies, will present key trends for Athabasca University learners and support services. Discussion will include benchmarking surveys, highlighting data obtained from a number of ... -
The Sherbrooke School of Comparative Canadian Literature
(2011-03-30)In the 1970s some academics and creative writers at the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec developed a new approach to the study of Canadian literature in both English and French which went on to have a profound influence ... -
Warhol Wild: Applied Colour Theory Course
(2011-03-30)The Pop Art movement and the iconic themes of Andy Warhol have opened up many doors to the joyous notions of colour and have allowed it to move beyond the boundaries of tradition. The wild experiments of the colour field ... -
2010 American Library Association Annual Conference
(2011-03-30)ALA's annual conference provides opportunities to attend over 300 educational programs on a variety of hot topics, provides networking opportunities through committee meetings and events, and allows librarians to keep up ... -
A New Era in Distance Education
(2011-03-30)2) A New Era in Distance Education Dr. Martha Cleveland-Innes, Associate Professor of Distance Education at AU, is co-editor with Dr. D. Randy Garrison of the University of Calgary, of a new book, An Introduction to ... -
Sea Songs from Two Oceans: A Comparative Analysis of Maritime Songs from the Coasts of Yorkshire and British Columbia
(2011-03-30)Yorkshire folksong collector Frank Kidson did most of his fieldwork during the last two decades of the Victorian era. The fruits of his labours during the 1880s found expression in his pioneering collection Traditional ...