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Pluralism,Institutionalism and the Theories of BC Politics
(2011-06-09)THis article looks back on the classic theories of BC politics from the perspecctive of contemporary institutionalism -
Political Economy and History – the Case of Luxemburg’s Accumulation of Capital
(2012-11-15)Since her assassination, Rosa Luxemburg has been treated as an icon while her political and theoretical work is largely forgotten, neglected, or rejected. Recently, though, David Harvey used her ideas on capitalist expansion ... -
Political Economy of Higher Education: South Africa in a comparative perspective
(2011-12-15)Education is one of the major linchpins of economic, social and political development of any nation. There is overwhelming evidence suggesting that higher education can produce both public and private benefits. Thus, the ... -
Politics of Betrayal in Camilla Gibb's "Sweetness in the Belly"
(2009-06-02)Camilla Gibb’s Sweetness in the Belly is a novel with many layers that can be read from different perspectives. Issues of race, language, culture, tradition, religion, and politics are intermingled in the pages of the novel ... -
Pop culture in the classroom: Inspiring students to take action against intimate partner violence
(2013-07-09)Working with families is fraught with complexity, including dealing with issues such as intimate partner violence. Faculty teaching within a family-newborn course with undergraduate nursing students sought innovative ... -
The Power of Virtual Professional Networking
(2010-07-14)Research in the business community indicates that virtual professional networks are used to keep internal staff and remote employees connected, to connect with potential clients, and to showcase the skills of the business. ... -
Predicting the Asian Currency Crises with Artificial Neural Networks: What Role of Function Approximation?
(2009-08-13)Indicators approach and probit and logit models are the two most widely used early warning systems for currency crisis. Several studies however suggest that despite their strengths these systems have high error rates ... -
Preparing Effective Codes of Ethics in Aboriginal Agency
(2010-07-14)An Aboriginal agency that: (a) conducts business in a cross-cultural setting; (b) employs Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal employees; (c) wants to conduct its operations in keeping with Aboriginal protocols; may wish ... -
Preparing Learners for Online Doctoral Study: Readiness App
(2014-02-06)The origins of the doctoral degree can be traced back to guilds in the Middle Ages in Europe. There are now a variety of doctoral degrees such as professional, applied, practitioner, and clinical. Completion routes may be ... -
Presentation of a paper, entitled "Sarah Bernhardt's Edmonton Apotheosis at the Empire"
(2006-12-14)In January 1913, at the age of 68, Sarah Bernhardt performed the fifth act of Dumas’ La Dame aux Camelias at the second Empire Theatre in Edmonton. She was on tour with Martin Beck’s New York company, providing a tragic ... -
Presented a three-part examination of theory and technique in psychodynamic psychotherapy entitled, “Malan, Winnicott, and the Psychodynamic Treatment of Trauma and Depression
(2010-06-22)This presentation is a three-part examination of theory and technique in psychodynamic psychotherapy. Part one examines Winnicott’s therapeutic consultation (Winnicott, 1971). He would meet with children and their parents ... -
The Primordial Link: HRM and Workplace Learning
(2010-06-23)The link between human resource management (HRM) and workplace learning is more often as not ignored if not assumed in the work and learning and adult education literature. The purpose of this paper is to critically examine ... -
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 ... -
Program Experiences of Men Completing the Reaching for a Good Life Program
(2014-01-16)This presentation will report the findings of a qualitative investigation into the experiences of thirty-one men completing the Reaching for a Good Life program as well as post-group quantitative measures of executive ... -
Project Management Assets and Project Management Performance: Preliminary Findings
(2011-08-25)The objective of this research is to examine the degree of competitive advantage from project management assets by exploring the link between the characteristics of project management assets as independent variables and ... -
Questioning Favoured Truths of Work and Learning Research
(2009-07-15)Questioning Favoured Truths of Work and Learning Research Peter Sawchuk, Bonnie Slade and Bruce Spencer This paper seeks to open a discussion about some of the assumptions that underpin policy and research on work and ... -
Questions Concerning Communication Technology in Nursing Practice
(2012-11-15)Martin Heidegger's question concerning technology, initially presented in 1949, has been distilled down to the following dichotomy: Is technology a human act? or Is technology a means to an end? Philosophers continue ... -
QuizMASter – A Multi-Agent Game-Style Learning Activity
(2009-08-12)This paper describes a research project in progress of developing a Multi-Agent System-based educational game QuizMASter for e-learning that would help students learn their course material through friendly competition. ... -
Rapid Instructional Design: Increasing Educator Capacity for Developing E-learning Solutions
(2010-08-04)Our paper presents the initial plan and theoretical groundwork for the rapid development of elearning solutions using Web 2.0 applications and services. The development of this model has been a collaborative venture and ... -
Re-imaging the Mexico/U.S. Border
(2010-11-17)There has been an ongoing literary and cinematographic presence of the Mexico/U.S. border as an antagonist. In the 2007 movie, La misma luna, the director Patricia Riggens breaks with the commonly accepted vision of the ...