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Lost in Transmission: Contextual Variation in Chimpanzee Pant Hoots and its Implications for Referential Communication in Primates
(2011-03-29)
Pant hoots are the species-typical 'loud' call used by chimpanzees to communicate over long distances. Some previous studies have explored the possibility that there are acoustically distinct subtypes of pant hoots that ...
"Stewart Lemoine's Teatro la Quindicina: Edmonton's Exotic Community Theatre"
(2011-03-29)
For twenty-five years, playwright Stewart Lemoine has negotiated aesthetic distance in Edmonton, setting common human fiobles and social dilemmas in foreign and exotic locales for a loyal local audience. Lemoine's gently ...
Language and Communication: Can Voice-Conferencing Software Assist Students to Face the Challenge of Learning to Speak a Second Language in a Distance Education Setting
(2011-03-29)
The focus of this presentation is a pilot project completed in 2005 to assess the suitability of the voice-based conferencing system Horizon Wimba for use by Athabasca students registered in second language courses. In a ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
The Status and Future of Broadcasting
(2011-03-09)
In deciding not to try to regulate the Internet, is the Canadaian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in danger of becoming an anachronism? Dr. Fil Fraser, Visiting Graudate Professor, Centre for ...
AU Research Ethics Processes
(2011-03-09)
Why do we have a Research Ethics Board (REB)? Where can research ethics training and resources be found? Do we have expedited review? What is "AU Institutional Permission", and when is it needed? Dr. Patrick Fahy, REB ...