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Transboundary Conservation: Citizens, Security, and Cross Border Collaboration
(2011-03-29)
This talk examines the evolution of transboundary conservation initiatives; specifically, initiatives in the Rocky Mountains of southern Alberta and northern Montana. This is the home of the world's first Peace Park, the ...
Reimagining Globalization: An Unfamiliar Narrative?
(2011-03-29)
As an idea or concept, globalization finds expression in the rhetoric and rationale for social and political action almost everywhere. However, the ebb and flow of this debate has ranged from declaring the 'End of History' ...
All for One-One for All - Will the Real Musketeer "Alexandre Dumas" Please Stand Up
(2011-03-30)
Alexandre Dumas père is one of the most prolific and popular French writers of all times; he wrote over 1,200 volumes comprising of 250 plays, novels and travelogues, and was among the first writers in France to use the ...
Is Canada the Monkey or the Organ Grinder When it Comes to Proposed Copyright Legislation?
(2011-03-30)
Twenty years ago copyright was an issue that attracted the attention of few people. In the digital age it has become a political hot potato, particularly in Canada. Many contend that the principle of fair dealing for ...
Am I Allowed to Make It Up? The Art of Writing Historical Novels
(2011-03-30)
As a younger writer, I attempted to write an historical novel without really knowing what I was getting into. Almost five years later, it was published under the title "Three Day Road". I look forward to talking about ...
Moral Foundations in the Aboriginal/British Crown 'Tradition': Virtue and The Covenant Chain
(2011-03-29)
Whether a mutually recognized respectful relationship between North America's First Nations and the British Crown existed forms one concern of this paper. A second, assuming sufficient evidence to affirm the first, is to ...
Epistemology and Ideology: The Case of Mediation
(2011-03-29)
Mediation, once an "alternative" process, has gone mainstream. Most courts in North America now include it as part of normal litigation procedure. In the United States there is even fear that mediation will lead to the ...
The Creative Writer and Political Engagement
(2011-04-01)
Animated Pedagogical Agents & Immersive Worlds: Two Worlds Colliding
(2011-03-29)
Animated Pedagogical Agents (APAs) can be defined as animated computer-generated characters that respond to user input, adapt to user behaviour, and facilitate learning in a computer based learning environment. The benefits ...
Close your eyes with holy dread: Reckonings, retribution, revenge and redemption in the new Old West
(2011-03-29)
This presentation formalizes some preliminary work on a larger research project that will investigate the western genre in film and will eventually include western literature, post 1990. There has been much work done on ...