Volume 8 (2012)
Recent Submissions
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A Voice for the Community: Public Participation in Wind Energy Development
(2013-02-23)Wind energy is expanding globally and locally in Atlantic Canada. It is a promising emission-free energy alternative in a context of increasing climate change concerns. Public surveys have reported high levels of public ... -
The Breast vs. Bottle Battle: Infant Feeding Mis/Information
(2013-02-23)That “breast is best” is a truism even infant formula manufacturers do not openly dispute, and the choice to breastfeed has increasingly become part of the measure of a good mother in modern Canadian society. Yet the ... -
Qualitative evidence, knowledge translation, and policy-making, with reference to health technology assessment
(2013-02-23)Although efforts to draw qualitative evidence into health-related policy-making and health technology assessment (HTA) processes have increased in recent years, the range of sources consulted are still limited and the ... -
Managing Current Complexity: Critical Energy Infrastructure Failures in North America
(2013-02-23)This paper applies the competing theories of High Reliability Organizations (HRO) and Normal Accidents Theory (NAT), two competing views of risk management in highly-complex and tightly-coupled systems, in analyzing the ... -
Sad Cows and Empty Pockets: How Reviews, Recommendations, and Word-of-Mouth Can Affect Your Life
(2013-02-23)For financial endeavours that affect their immediate financial and physical well-being – finding a doctor, hiring a lawyer - people turn to trustworthy sources like family and friends for advice. For more frivolous matters ... -
Becoming Public: Library Design And The Creation Of Public Space
(2013-02-23)This paper examines the impact of architectural and interior design on communicating the role and philosophy of the public library. It further analyzes the use of public built space to understand the ways in which the ... -
Taking The Game Out Of Gamification
(2013-02-23)Gamification purports to take elements from video games such as points, badges, levels, etc. and use them to motivate people to perform tasks outside of traditional video games. This paper challenges these claims by arguing ... -
An analysis of Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food by Paul Greenberg, 2010, Penguin Publishing.
(2013-02-23)The book report examines Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food by Paul Greenberg, as published by Penguin Publishing in 2010. Greenberg's offering to ocean governance literature is differentiated from comparable works ... -
Stillborn: Regulated midwifery in Nova Scotia
(2013-02-17)The purpose of this paper is to investigate why midwifery policy has failed in Nova Scotia while it has succeeded elsewhere. The primary focus will be to analyse the Nova Scotia policy and its implementation through Paul ... -
Sea level rise impacts in coastal zones: Soft measures to cope with it
(2013-02-17)Sea level rise impacts are projected to cause multiple negative consequences in coastal zones such as coastal erosion, flooding, flood-related health problems, property damage and social-economic impacts. Thus, it is ... -
Seafood Ecolabels: For Whom and to What Purpose?
(2013-02-17)Ecolabelling is regarded as an important tool used as a means of promoting sustainable fisheries around the world, as they provide consumers with the opportunity to exercise a choice between different seafood products and ... -
“What do you mean I can’t just use Google?” Information Literacy in an Academic Setting
(2013-02-17)Information literacy has become one of the most crucial skills for the twenty-first century, yet many Canadians, including university students, are not information literate. Universities in Canada aim to prepare students ... -
Evaluating the uses and realizing the benefits of social media use in politics
(2013-02-17)Social media use in politics is evolving to become significantly more complex. The increased use of social media in a political context presents several challenges. Among these are the impact of social media on the control ... -
Risk Management For Unexploded Ordinance (UXO) In The Marine Environment
(2013-02-14)After World Wars I and II large amounts of explosive ordnance remained undetonated. Already deployed ordnance was left uncollected and excess supplies were disposed of, sometimes recklessly. The result is that much of this ...
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