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Now showing items 141-160 of 2001
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Cosmic Ear: Calabrian Writers in Canada
(Australasian Canadian Studies, 2005)"Our House is in a Cosmic Ear" is the title of a poem by Antonino Mazza, a poet and translator who epitomizes Calabrian writers in Canada. Calabrians constitute a very large proportion of the Italians in Canada. There are ... -
Friulani Writers in Canada: Elegy for the Future
(Udine: Forum, 2005)One day we got lost in Pordenone. On a long drive from Udine to Bassano we took a wrong turn and found ourselves in a newly built area of Pordenone. The streets, sidewalks, green lawns and house designs were all a reproduction ... -
Five–Fold Translation in the Theatre of Marco Micone
(Canadian Theatre Review, 2001)In the complex relationship between the literatures of English Canada and Quebec translation has played an important role. Now with the emergence of ethnic minority writing in Canada this binary model of the literary ... -
Shirt and the Happy Man: Theory and Politics in Ethnic Minority Writing
(Canadian Ethnic Studies, 1996)Ethnic minority writing in Canada was once a neglected field not only by Canadianists promoting a canon for a national literature, but also by theorists who focused on the great works from major European languages as the ... -
Representation of Ethnicity as Problem: Essence or Construction
(Journal of Canadian Studies, 1996)The reading and study of ethnic minority writing repeatedly confront the problem of representation, and raise many questions in the debate between essentialism and social construction and implications for the issues of ... -
OER Policies in Canada: A POERUP country report.
(2013-04)This paper reports on the status of OER policies in Canadian government and higher education institutions, consisting of a POERUP (Policies for OER Uptake) Europroject country report on the existence of policy documents ... -
The Well-being of Adults who were Raised by Grandparents.
(2013-11-09)Presented in Poster Session 12 on "Parenting and Grandparenting" at the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) 75th Conference, San Antonio, November 6-9, 2013. -
“Breaking the rules”: A reflective processual analysis of multidisciplinary academic collaboration.
(Transformative Dialogues: Teaching & Learning Journal, 2013-04)Three academics from different fields collaborated on a study in which we reflected on our group involvement. Although we originally worked together to provide our different perspectives on how to use debates in online ... -
How well do Canadian distance education students understand plagiarism?
(IRRODL, 2014)This project ascertains how well students taking online, distance education courses at a Canadian university recognize plagiarised material and how well they paraphrase. It also assesses the types of errors made. Slightly ... -
Advancing project and portfolio management research with strategic management theories on resources, competencies, and capabilities.
(2011-06-19)Research within project management (PM) and project portfolio management (PPM) continues to evolve. In looking for suitable theoretical bases to apply to PM and PPM research, our panel members turn to the strategic management ... -
Organizational Enablers for Organizational Project Management.
(2012)This research report focuses on the five Board and Executive OPM driven enabler areas in response to a PMI Standards request for research. In this report, we review evidence-based literature on Organizational Enablers (OEs) ... -
Multidisciplinary academic collaboration.
(2013-09-13)Dr. Caroline Park (Centre for Nursing and Health Studies, Faculty of Health Disciplines), Dr. Cheryl Kier (Psychology, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences) and and Dr. Kam Jugdev (Faculty of Business) have been ... -
The “F” in Group Work: Managing the Free Rider Problem.
(2014-11-28)We have all heard about the benefits of group work leading to a better product. However, we have also all experienced group work that has been frustrating, involved productivity losses and undermined teamwork. The literature ... -
Project management resources, resource development pathway typology, and the quest for competitive advantage.
(2007)Increasingly, firms are turning to effective project management to help them achieve and retain a dominant position in the marketplace. Applying the Resource-Based View (RBV), this theoretical paper examines project ... -
A Case Study on Project Lessons Learned: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
(2008-08-08)This paper reviews the literature on lessons learned and presents findings from an exploratory case study of mega projects in the oil and gas industry. Based on the meta-level analysis of interviews, the findings indicate ... -
The rise of the telecommuter.
(2007-08-28)As the number of distance delivered e-learning courses being offered increases, so does the number of academics who are teaching from their home offices—most often referred to as ‘teleworkers’. While research has shown ... -
Lessons learned from lessons learned: Project management research program.
(2011-11-16)Problem Statement: When we fail to learn from our own mistakes or those of others, we tend to repeat the mistakes. This paper discusses lessons learned as important ways of gathering and sharing both formal and informal ... -
Promoting spiritual intelligence and values in business education: A holistic model for enhancing individual engagement towards sustainability.
(2012)This paper introduces a holistic model to enable business education students to become more engaged citizens. The model is based on four learning outcomes: knowledge, competency development, values, and spiritual intelligence. ... -
An exploratory study of project success with tools, software and methods.
(2012)Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships between project delivery success factors, project management tools, software, and methods. Design/methodology/approach – A statistical analysis was undertaken ... -
From Burnout to Engagement in Project Managers.
(2014)Workplaces are hypercompetitive and stressful environments. Stress and burnout affect bio-psycho-social-spiritual aspects of quality of life and the spillover effects disturb home and workplace dynamics. Project managers ...