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‘Equality Now!’: Race, Racism and Resistance in 1970s Toronto
(2012-08-30)
This thesis explores the recognition of institutional racism in Ontario. It examines
discourses of institutional racism between the late 1960s and early 1980s and argues that the recognition of institutional racism at ...
Engaging First Nations Youth through Reciprocal Intercommunity Exchange
(2011-01-27)
This phenomenological study of a First Nations to First Nations reciprocal student
exchange elicited and explored the meanings of a reciprocal intercommunity exchange for grade
7 and 8 students in two First Nations ...
Evaluating Ontario’s New Brownfields Regulation as a Step Toward
(2011-08-31)
The purpose of this report is to evaluate Ontario’s brownfields regulation through the policy maturity model introduced by Adams et al. (2010). This is an ideal time to evaluate Ontario’s progress toward policy maturity ...
Soil Carbon Dynamics Following Switchgrass Establishment for Bioenergy Production in Southeastern Ontario
(2012-02-06)
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum), a perennial C4 grass species, has the capacity to not only improve the quality of the soil in which it grows but also promote soil carbon storage to offset rising atmospheric CO2. This ...
Considering Leadership in Ontario Schools? A Workshop Series for Aspiring Leaders
(2013-02-17)
A professional workshop series has been designed for the purpose of bringing together Ontario’s aspiring principal leaders who are considering moving into a leadership position. The workshop series accommodates working ...
PREVENTING THE INTRODUCTION AND THE SPREAD OF FRESHWATER INVASIVE INVERTEBRATES IN ONTARIO: ASSESSMENT OF THE PROPOSED INVASIVE SPECIES ACT (BILL 37)
(2015-07-21)
Freshwater invasive species, especially invertebrates are an important environmental stressor associated with significant ecological and economic impacts particularly in the Great Lakes, one of the freshwater ecosystems ...
Finding Common Ground: Building Equitable Planning Futures with First Nations in Ontario, Canada
(2014-09-17)
This thesis analyzes selective land use and resource management policies in the province of Ontario, Canada and their relative capacity at recognizing and supporting First Nations. Written in a manuscript format, this ...
Sustainability and Aggregate Resource Extraction in Southern Ontario: A case study of the proposed St Marys Cement Inc. Flamborough Quarry
(2011-08-04)
This report is an investigation into the events of a proposed aggregates quarry in the Flamborough region of Hamilton, Ontario. These events serve as a case example of the aggregates management system in the Province of ...
Benchmarking and development of webGIS in Ontario: implications for public use in planning
(2007-07-05)
Governments use the Internet as another means to offer services to the public. One such service is to deliver GIS over the Internet, also known as webGIS. While some Ontario municipalities provide webGIS services, its ...
Parallel Progressivist Orientations: Exploring the Meanings of Progressive Education in Two Ontario Journals, The School and The Canadian School Journal, 1919-1942
(2009-06-16)
This dissertation arose from a need to derive an inclusive model for describing the historical meanings of progressive education. It considers reform rhetoric published in two widely distributed and accessible journals ...