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BALTA 2008 Symposium Program
(2010-07-19)
The BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) held its first symposium in November 2008 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This is the program for the two day event.
Attracting, Preparing, and Retaining Aboriginal Learners in Northern Communities
(2010-11-17)
This presentation will report the research findings of the Alberta-North/Athabasca University research project, entitled “Attracting, Preparing, and Retaining Aboriginal and Low-Literacy Learners in Northern Communities”. ...
Qualitative Research: What, Why and How (...and Should I Even Go There?)
(2010-06-17)
Contemplating qualitative research can involve much effort and considerable confusion and doubt. More so when the researcher actually has to make decisions: What types of research questions are answerable with qualitative ...
The Primordial Link: HRM and Workplace Learning
(2010-06-23)
Purpose: Larger social networks (SN) and greater perceptions of social support (SS) may provide individuals with greater resources and opportunities to be active, instilling a higher sense of control over the behavior. The ...
The Self in Career Learning: An Evolving Dialogue
(2010-11-17)
It is broadly accepted that modern society poses a significant challenge to an individual's career development and that there are as yet few theoretical frameworks that provide a holistic perspective on how to understand ...
Building a Social Economy Research Platform: Towards a Strategic Decision-Making Approach within the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA)
(2010-07-02)
This working paper amplifies upon the basic research objectives, parameters and questions for the BALTA research program, then elaborates criteria for decision making with regards to selection and approval of specific ...
Wild Imaginings: Discourses and Representations of Nature from the Alberta Report
(2010-06-23)
Alberta Report, founded by ultra-conservative Ted Byfield, was a weekly publication that espoused political and social conservatism and provided a training ground for a generation of conservative journalists. Byfield saw ...
Sea Songs from Two Oceans: A Comparative Analysis of Maritime Songs from the Coasts of Yorkshire and British Columbia
(2010-09-21)
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 ...
An Italian Jesuit in Canada: Faith and the Imagination in the 'Breve Relatione' of 1653
(2010-06-23)
Bressani published his Breve Relatione in Italian in 1653.
He had spent the years 1642 to 1650 in New France as a Jesuit missionary. As a Jesuit he was aware of the expansion of the European powers in the New World: ...