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Sedimentary Processes and Environmental Signals from Paired High Arctic Lakes
(2008-09-04)Suspended sediment delivery dynamics in two watersheds at Cape Bounty, Melville Island, Nunavut, Canada were studied to characterize the hydroclimate conditions in which laminated sediments formed. Process work over three ... -
Institutional Innovation for Better Skilled Immigrant Labour Market Integration: A Study of the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC)
(2008-09-08)In this thesis, I undertake a study of skilled immigrant labour market integration in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) by examining the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC). TRIEC is a relatively new governance ... -
Estimating Evacuation Vulnerability of Urban Transportation Systems using GIS
(2008-09-18)The focus of this thesis is to estimate evacuation vulnerability in a non-specific evacuation context. Three measures were calculated to evaluate the evacuation vulnerability of locations within Frontenac County, Ontario: ... -
Recent hydroclimate dynamics in southwest Alaska: understanding multidecadal climate variability through sedimentary process studies and varve sedimentology.
(2008-09-24)Sedimentological analyses of sediment traps and 289 years (1717-2006) of varved sediments from Shadow Bay (60.01°N, 159.18°W), Lake Chauekuktuli were compared to available hydrometeorological data in order to investigate ... -
Cultural Preservation and Self-Determination Through Land Use Planning: A Framework for the Fort Albany First Nation
(2008-09-25)The Fort Albany First Nation (FAFN) in Ontario’s western James Bay region is interested in undertaking a community-based process of land use planning for its traditional territory, in order to respond to increasing resource ... -
At Home in Canada? Second Generation Negotiations in Racism and Citizenship
(2008-09-27)This thesis research examines second generation Canadians’ negotiations of racism and citizenship with the aim of understanding how the former influences the latter. Through questionnaires and focus group discussion, I ... -
Sound As a Dollar? The Propertization of Spectrum Resources and Implications for Non-Profit Community Radio in Guatemala
(2008-09-27)This research analyzes Guatemala’s 1996 telecommunications reform, with an emphasis on how the introduction of private property rights in the electromagnetic spectrum has affected provision of, and access to, non-profit ... -
Towards a Multi-Party Policy Monitoring Framework for Evaluating Infrastructure Environmental Assessments on the Oak Ridges Moraine
(2008-09-28)The Oak Ridges Moraine, located in south-central Ontario, is recognized for its ecological importance in providing “clean and abundant water resources, healthy and diverse plant and animal habitat, an attractive and distinct ... -
Sub Quercu Felicitas: Place, Knowledge, and Victoria's Garry Oaks, 1843-2008
(2008-10-16)The Garry oak (Quercus garryana) is a species of oak tree native to North America’s Pacific coast. Its range in Canada is limited to the east coast of Vancouver Island, the southern Gulf Islands, and two isolated groves ... -
Mapping Vulnerability, Picturing Place: Negotiating safety in the post-immigration phase
(2008-11-25)This thesis examines the experiences and interpretations of place of immigrant women in Kingston and Peterborough, Ontario. Immigrant women in smaller Canadian cities contend with a varied and unique set of circumstances ... -
Bidding for the Future: Toronto's 2008 Olympic Bid and the Regulation of Waterfront Land
(2008-12-11)This research examines the process by which rights to public resources, including public land, were negotiated during the Olympic bidding process in one modern western city. Toronto’s 2008 Olympic bid involved not only the ... -
Paleoclimatic and instrumental records of environmental variability in northeastern North America
(2008-12-18)Clastic varves and tree-rings offer unique opportunities to decipher various changing paleoclimatic and environmental conditions through the past. The environmental signals they contain can differ greatly from one proxy ... -
Transnationalism, Citizenship and Sense of Belonging among Elderly Hong Kong Immigrants in Canada
(2009-04-23)Previous research has looked into the life experiences of middle-aged and younger Hong Kong immigrants in Canada, while the unique experiences of elderly Hong Kong immigrants have not been analyzed in detail. This research ... -
Gender and construction of the life course of Japanese immigrant women in Canada
(2009-04-23)This thesis explores social construction of the life course of post-war Japanese immigrant (shin ijuusha) women in Canada, based on interviews with 48 Japanese women in Toronto, Kingston and Ottawa. First, why women leave ... -
Bringing Food Home: A Study on the Changing Nature of Household Interaction With Urban Food Markets in Accra, Ghana
(2009-04-24)This dissertation explores the changing nature of food provisioning in the contemporary Third World city, employing the experience of Accra, Ghana, as a case study. The issue is studied by examining changes that are ... -
Holy Mount: Identity, Place, Religion, and Narrative at New Lebanon Shaker Village 1759-1861
(2009-05-21)While the Shakers are associated in North American with simplicity and communalism, an examination of Shaker history reveals a dynamic and complex society. Shaker life was structured by a powerful metanarrative: the Shakers ... -
Attracting and Retaining Academic Talent in the City of Kingston, Ontario
(2009-07-23)Recent analyses of creativity in the North American economy have underscored the importance of city-regions in the generation of economic dynamism. These studies have been concerned with at least two principal assertions. ... -
Making Settler Space: George Dawson, the Geological Survey of Canada and the Colonization of the Canadian West in the Late 19th Century
(2009-09-08)This dissertation examines George Dawson’s efforts to traverse several of the significant blank spaces that pervaded the map of Western Canada in the two decades following Confederation in 1870-71 on behalf of the Geological ... -
Physician-Community Integration: A Case Study of Practitioner Experiences and Retention Challenges on British Columbia's Haida Gwaii/Queen Charlotte Islands
(2009-09-28)Social life, and particularly health care delivery, in a small isolated community is more complex and nuanced than has been reflected in much of the literature on physician retention, which has never extended the notion ... -
Seniors as Volunteers at the Kingston Region - Seniors Association
(2009-09-29)The goals of this study are to examine why seniors volunteer and how where they volunteer affects their everyday lives. A group of volunteers from a seniors association in southeastern Ontario are used to investigate how ...