Browsing Academic and Professional Development Fund (APDF) Awards by Title
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Oil-exporting economies and political liberalism: comparative trends and their relevance for the Canadian Political Economy
(2009-11-26)Alberta oil has enabled Canada to become the largest supplier of oil and refined products to the United States, ahead of Saudi Arabia and Mexico. However, the largest mining operations in history, is also one of the most ... -
On the Notion ‘Practical Ethics’
(2010-06-23)Although I am concerned to develop the idea of practical ethics into a more general theory, I will restrict my focus on the distinction between practical ethics and applied ethics. The first part of the paper summarizes ... -
On the Notion ‘Practical Ethics’
(2010-06-23)Although I am concerned to develop the idea of practical ethics into a more general theory, I will restrict my focus on the distinction between practical ethics and applied ethics. The first part of the paper summarizes ... -
Online Graduate Study Health Care Learners' Perceptions of Instructional Immediacy
(2010-06-23)Instructional immediacy is an established communication strategy that teachers can implement to create engaging learning environments. Yet, little is known about experiences distance education learners in graduate study ... -
An Opportunity Fumbled: Francis James Child and the Late Victorian Folksong Revival in England
(2009-07-17)Francis J. Child’s professed aim was to include in The English and Scottish Popular Ballads “every valuable copy of every known ballad”. He encountered three major obstacles to achieving this goal. One was the problem of ... -
Overview of Modern Higher Education Management in Mainland China (1949-2010)
(2012-04-04)The promulgation of the "Outline of China's National Plan for Medium and Long-Term Education Reform and Development (2010-2020)" in July, 2010, opens a new page for higher education in China. To evaluate the significance ... -
Paper presentation entitled "It Works in Practice, Does it Work in Theory? Development and Implementation of School-Based Mental Health Services with Muslim Clientele."
(2009-05-26)The presenters will describe the development and implementation of a school-based mental health service in three K-9 schools populated by Muslim students. We will highlight the fast-paced, politically sensitive environment ... -
Parental Power in the Health Care System
(2009-04-27)This session will be the presentation of a 1990s Parenting the Hospitalized Child, Stage Theory (which has, until now, never been presented or published) and a review of the research on parent/child centered care over the ... -
Parenting Style and Adolescent Positive Behaviours
(2010-08-11)Parenting Style and Adolescent Positive Behaviours Cheryl Kiera and Ambrose Leungb Athabasca University Mount Royal University This study explored the relationships between authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive ... -
A Pastoral or Academic approach to wrath in Thomas of Ireland’s dictionary of quotations, the Manipulus florum (1306)?
(2013-07-09)This paper compares the discussion of anger in Thomas of Ireland’s Manipulus florum (1306) with that found in important reference works for preachers from about the same period. Richard and Mary Rouse’s major study of the ... -
Patterns of aggression in spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyii yucatanensis) at Runway Creek Nature Reserve, Belize
(2012-11-15)“Patterns of aggression in spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyii yucatanensis) at Runway Creek Nature Reserve, Belize” K. Hartwell¹, H. Notman1, 2, & M.S.M. Pavelka¹ ¹University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada ²Athabasca ... -
The Philosophical Canon: East and West
(2010-07-14)This paper will examine the professional bias present in our philosophy departments against identifying Eastern traditions, such as Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism, as genuine philosophies that have a rightful place in ... -
Philosophical Critique and Perceived Practical Irrelevance
(2013-07-09)In a fascinating paper, “Ask the Philosopher,” Dimitrios Dentsoras shows how philosophers were once integrally engaged in society as agents of practical advice on how to govern and indeed on how to live. Over the centuries, ... -
Phone Numbers: In Between Private, Public, Personal, Pedagogical, Political Calls
(2008-06-09)The number and choice of online and distance graduate education programs in Canada is growing. Literature of this emerging field debates the quality of programs and delivery strategies to ensure that students feel connected ... -
Photo Essay Documenting Canadainas and their Interactions with Water
(2013-03-05)With 2013 designated as the UN Year of Water Cooperation, I feel that the bulk of a Canadians and Water project documented this year would offer the opportunity to release a completed project in 2013. The scope of my ... -
A Place called Home: The Social and Cultural Context of Health
(2011-06-29)Background Arts in health-care is an emerging movement that links the expressive arts with the healing arts and brings these into the mainstream of traditional health-care to promote well-being. Dr. Gene Cohen, who was ... -
Planes, Trains and Tour Buses: Libraries in Unexpected Places
(2009-06-22)Destination travel readers are those who seek reading material while at or en route to their destination. There is a growing trend of hotel and tour operators offering books on loan to their guests. This has meant that ... -
Plant Communities and Diversity in Boreal Wooded Fens: An Ecoregional Perspective
(2009-07-06)Ecoregions are increasingly being used as a framework for conservation planning. The Mid-Boreal Uplands Ecoregion stretches across western Canada from Manitoba to British Columbia. Within this Ecoregion (Manitoba to Alberta), ... -
The Platonic and Aristotelian Mimetic Paradigms In Light of Gans and Heidegger
(2014-01-16)There is an inherent tension in the imaginal scene of representation between its mediating, violence-diffusing role and its sublimatory rendering of alternative satisfaction. A clearer understanding of the way this is ...