Browsing by Type "Working Paper"
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Analysis of Evidence from Core Sample Fractures in Stewardson Lake Uranium Prospect
(2016-07-25)This study was performed to characterize evidence of potential unconformity-type U mineralizing fluids in drill core fractures from the Stewardson Lake prospect, in the Athabasca Basin, located in Northern Saskatchewan and ... -
Analysis of Poverty Dynamics in Canada (Working Paper 9)
(2000-10)While we know much about poverty (or “low income”) in Canada in a static context, our understanding of the underlying dynamics remains very limited. This is particularly problematic from a policy perspective and the ... -
"Biggest Scandal in Canadian History": HRDC Audit Starts Probity War (Working Paper 23)
(2001-08)The article describes the nearly year-long political and media uproar that followed on the release in January, 2000 of a qualitative or soft “audit” of management control in the federal government department, Human ... -
The Brain Drain : Myth and Reality - What it is and What Should be Done (Working Paper 13)
(2001-01)The brain drain debate has been marked by a considerable amount of confusion and frustration, largely because there has been relatively little hard data available, and that which exists has often been twisted into very ... -
Canadian and Israeli Defense -- Industrial and Homeland Security Ties: An Analysis
(The Surveillance Project, 2008-11)This report examines specific recent linkages between Canada and Israel in the Homeland Security field. To this end the paper is divided into: (1) a short overview of the general context impelling the growth in Canadian ... -
The Canadian Federal Government’s Experience with Prudent Budget Planning (Working Paper 42)
(2006-10)The Liberal government made three significant changes to the budget process during the twelve years that it held office (from 1993 to the election call in the winter of 2005). The first of these changes was the formal ... -
Cape Breton Provides Pointers for the Adjustment Programs Required by the Decline of the Old Economy (Working Paper 14)
(2001-02)The Cape Breton Development Corporation need not, should not, be dying in the way it is. “Devco” has been widely represented as a failure dragged out too long. In fact it had for a time considerable success in a role ... -
Daoism and Sustainable Development
(2012-06-07)This paper examines the relationship between Daoism and sustainable development. It examines the contribution of religion to issues of sustainability in local economies and the way in which Daoist world views intersect ... -
The Debate on First Nations Education Funding: Mind the Gap (Working Paper 49)
(2013-12)It is at long last becoming part of the public discourse that improving living conditions and opportunities for First Nations communities in Canada is a national imperative. It is also widely recognized that the education ... -
Decolonize-Ed.com: A Toolkit for Teaching Indigenous Context in Canada
(2017-12-16)I am working to create a toolkit for teachers and contribute to the body of resources that aim to strengthen the field of teacher education and inclusion of Indigenous voices, students and content. In Canada, there are ... -
Do Multiculturalism Policies Erode the Welfare State (Working Paper 33)
(2004-12)The past 30 years have witnessed a dramatic change in the way Western democracies deal with ethnic minorities. In the past, ethnic diversity was often seen as a threat to political stability, and minorities were subject ... -
Do Peers Affect Student Achievement in China's Secondary Schools (Working Paper 35)
(2004-10)Peer effects have figured prominently in debates on school vouchers, desegregation, ability tracking and anti-poverty programs. Compelling evidence of their existence remains scarce for plaguing endogeneity issues such as ... -
Earnings Variability and Earnings Instability of Women and Men in Canada: How Do the 1990's Compare to the 1980's (Working Paper 25)
(2001-11)It seems to be generally assumed that earnings instability has increased in the last decade or so, as earnings inequality has widened, but is this indeed the case, and if so, to what degree? This paper builds on earlier ... -
Ecology, Aesthetics and Daoist Body Cultivation
(2012-06-04)he Daoist religious tradition offers a wide repertoire of body cultivation practices that focus on generating a phenomenological sensitivity to the inner body and its location within the world. These practices can be ... -
The Economy of Cosmic Power: A Vision for a Daoist Theology of Religion
(2012-06-04)A comparison of Daoist and Christian religious ideas using Robert Cummings Neville's theory of religious ideas. -
Estimating Dynamic Treatment Effects from Project STAR (Working Paper 36)
(2004-10)This paper considers the analysis of data from randomized trials which offer a sequence of interventions and suffer from a variety of problems in implementation. In experiments that provide treatment in multiple periods ... -
Everything Tastes Better Standing Up: A Comparative Analysis of Food Truck Enterprise Bylaws in Vancouver and Toronto
(2013-06-01)With the growth in the demand and popularity of food trucks, Canadian municipalities have experienced public pressure to amend food-vending bylaws and encourage the establishment of food truck enterprises. Conversely, ... -
An Evidence-Based Approach to Access Reform (Working Paper 22)
(2001-07)In August 2000, the federal government began an internal review of the Access to Information Act (ATIA). The ATIA gives Canadians a qualified right of access to records held by federal institutions. Decisions about reform ... -
Family Background and Access to Post-Secondary Education: What Happened in the 1990's (Woking Paper 34)
(2003-10)This paper presents new evidence on the relationships between access to post-secondary education and family background. More specifically, we use the School Leavers Survey (SLS) and the Youth in Transition Survey (YITS)to ...