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The Struggle for Rights at Work: Electrical Workers, Shop-Floor Action and Industrial Legality, 1940s-1960s
(2010-06-23)
One of the central elements of post-World War II Canadian labour legislation is the ban on strikes and lockouts during the term of a collective agreement. Unions and employers are expected to settle any disputes over ...
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: ...
SocioEconomic Status, Control Beliefs and Exercise Intentions and Behavior
(2010-06-23)
Purpose: Perceived control and socioeconomic status (SES) are thought to play important roles in health behavior. In exercise research, proximal control beliefs are most often studied, but some socio-ecological models ...
The Right Circumstances for Multidisciplinary Research”
(2010-06-23)
This presentation will review the early and recent literature relevant to multidisciplinary collaborative research teams, presenting the threats and barriers as well as the strengths and opportunities inherent in their ...
Development and performance of the 2nd generation micro-magnetometer originally developed by Dr. Martin Connors
(2010-06-23)
I will be presenting a poster detailing development and performance of the second generation micro-magnetometer originally developed by Dr. Martin Connors at Athabasca University. This magnetometer, newly re-engineered ...
An Intelligent System for Generating and Managing FAQs in Online Education
(2010-06-23)
With the development of the Web, online course delivery is gaining its popularity everyday. But no matter how courses delivered, there is one thing that never changes in education. For students, they will have to get all ...
Back to the future: What’s Next for the Online Community of Inquiry Model?
(2010-06-23)
The academic and social domains are represented in the online community of inquiry model by three elements called presences: Social, cognitive and teaching presence. To date, much research has been done on this model, yet ...
Economic and Social Satisfaction in Marketing Channels: The Impact of Influence Strategies in an African County
(2010-06-17)
This article seeks, among others, to empirically validate the theory proposed by Geyskens et al. (1999) on the impact of influence strategies on economic and social satisfaction in the context of an African Country. New ...
Bianca’s in town for a reason: A sex doll goes to church in Lars and the Real Girl”
(2010-02-17)
Lars and the Real Girl was first shown at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2007, where it received positive reviews, and upon larger release, this offbeat independent film – the tale of a shy young man ...
American Library Association MidWinter Meeting
(2010-02-24)
At ALA’s midwinter meeting I attended a number of discussion groups related to distance learning and information literacy. For example, the instruction section’s discussion group focused on whether librarians should be ...