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"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 ...
The Virtual Expanses of Canadian Popular Culture
(2011-03-09)
Dr. Derek Briton, Associate Director, Centre for Integrated Studies, will provide an overview of the impact of virtual worlds—Massiviely Multiple Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs)—on Canadian popular culture, including ...
Visual Stress Theory and Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome
(2011-03-09)
How does the functional design of text—its color, size, spacing, background page color—add to or diminish visual stress? Paul Brennan, AU MScIS graduate, will present some of his thesis work during an overview of visual ...
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 ...
Re-Mapping Policy Space: Understanding the Intersection of International Trade Law and Domestic Health Policy in Canada
(2011-03-29)
Debates about the impact of international trade agreements such as the WTO General Agreement on trade in services (GATS) and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on health care usually focus upon the scope of ...
Centre for Distance Education Research Activities - Part 2
(2011-03-09)
Drs. Tom Jones, Pat Fahy, Debra Hoven, Marti Cleveland-Innes, Marguerite Koole, and Mohamed Ally will cover the following topics: Distance Education Potential for a Canadian Rural Island Community and on-line learning and ...
PLAR Practice in Canada AU's Role in Building a National Framework
(2011-03-09)
Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR) is a process designed to award credits towards a degree or certificate at AU and to open other doors to advancement. Although AU is the acknowledged post secondary practitioner ...
Everything…You Always Wanted to Know About PLAR...and More
(2011-03-09)
Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition is a service to AU's adult and mature learners. The usefulness of PLAR as a tool is enhanced by understanding its as a learning activity rather than just an accreditation process. ...
Northern Lights with Five Satellites
(2011-03-29)
Athabasca's contribution to studying the science of the Northern Lights started nearly 10 years ago with precision measurement of their magnetic fields. We now measure that effect in a number of places in North America ...
My Darling Mother: An Examination of a Mother-Daughter Relationship
(2011-03-09)
Based on research undertaken in 2005, Dr. Cathy Cavanaugh, Assoc. Prof, Women’s Studies, Centre for Work & Community Studies, explores the relationship between Gladys Arnold, the only accredited Canadian Press journalist ...