Browsing by Subject "Canada"
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Advancing an Integrated Management approach to Ship Strikes with Baleen whales on Canada’s Pacific Coast [graduate project].
(2015-11-23)Ship strikes have been identified as a threat to the survival and recovery of whale species populations. On Canada’s Pacific coast, ship strikes are noted as a potential threat to the recovery of baleen whales, specifically ... -
ALBERTA WELFARE REFORM AND EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES OF WELFARE RECIPIENTS AND SINGLE-MOTHERS
(2011-06-30)Though the economic literature generally agrees on the positive labour supply effects of welfare reforms in the 1990s; there have been few studies that evaluate how these reforms might have affected employment outcomes of ... -
Alignment and Contradiction in Social Justice Non-Profit Work
(2021-08-13)This thesis investigates social justice non-profit employees' experiences of alignment and contradiction in their work. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with 20 people who work for non-profits with a social justice ... -
An Alternative to Sprawl: Downtown Densification in Orillia, Ontario
(2023-07-19)Towns in southern Ontario, Canada, have experienced many changes since the mid-20th century due to urban sprawl around them. Residential suburbs with cul-de-sacs and big box stores have prioritized cars and drivers, while ... -
(Appendix) "Our glacial problem"
(William Gossip, 1885) -
APPLYING THE SDGS IN A FRAMEWORK TO ASSESS BLUE ECONOMY CAPACITY OF INDUSTRY OPERATORS IN CANADA
(2023-04-19)Canada has committed to growing a blue economy grounded in sustainability but has not yet established a sustainability standard that industry operations must meet to be included in the blue economy. For the blue economy ... -
Assessing progressivity and catastrophic effect of out-of-pocket payments for healthcare in Canada: 2010-2015
(2018-08-31)This study uses Statistics Canada’s Survey of Household Spending (SHS) to examine progressivity and catastrophic effect of OOP healthcare expenditures (OOPHE) in Canada from 2010 to 2015 inclusive. The Kakwani Progressivity ... -
BEYOND THE DUTY TO CONSULT: COMPARING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN THREE ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES IN CANADA
(2013-08-19)First Nations in Canada have long struggled to participate effectively in resource development decisions. In 2004, the Supreme Court established that the federal and provincial governments of Canada have a duty to consult ... -
The Bill of Lading in an Era of Electronic Commerce: Legal Developments and the Reform Options for Nigeria
(2016-04-11)One of the pervasive effects of the advancement in information and communication technology is a radical shift in the means of conducting business transactions. With the digitalization of the global economy, business ... -
Border as Refuge: Inhabiting the Liminal
(2020-08-25)Canada is facing unprecedented rates of irregular asylum claims at the U.S. border. The majority of migrants crossing irregularly travel from New York City to Roxham Road, QC. Similar to the Underground Railroad, the thesis ... -
Building Capacity for Social Justice - Unsettled - Legal and Policy Barriers for Newcomers to Canada
(Law Commission of Canada, 2006) -
Canada and Brazil: A Study in Citizenship and Good Global Governance: Summary
(Law Commission of Canada and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, 2004-05) -
Canada’s Adoption of Prison Needle Exchange Programs: To What Extent Does Canada Uphold International Commitments for Prisoner Care?
(2023-09-08)This thesis examines the opportunities and challenges for implementing substance-related harm reduction techniques within Canadian federal prisons. The thesis investigates how harm reduction strategies in Canadian federal ... -
Canadian Foreign Policy and Namibian Independence, 1977-1990
(1991)Namibia's independence in March 1990 marked the culmination of over a hundred years of struggle against colonial rule. For the last thirteen years, 1977 to 1990, Canada had been involved in the international efforts to ... -
The Canadian General Election of 1896 in Nova Scotia
(1967)During the first quarter century after Confederation, Nova Scotians showed a curious ambivalence in their support of federal and provincial political parties. Most outstanding was their support for the Liberal party in ... -
Canadian weather telegraphy and storm signals
(William Gossip, 1874) -
Celebrating the Overlap: Expressing Canada’s Plurality Through Collective Ceremony in Charlottetown Harbour
(2021-07-09)Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, is popularly regarded as Canada’s “Birthplace of Confederation.” It was the site of the 1864 Charlottetown Conference, which led to Confederation in 1867. This new national narrative ... -
Climate Change in Canadian Environmental Assessment Legislation: Review and Recommendations for Further Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
(2018-12-03)Climate change is the most urgent crisis of our time, as reflected in international agreements like the recent Paris Agreement. State members must now integrate climate change considerations into domestic legislation to ... -
CONFLICT OF LAWS ASPECTS OF SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS IN AFRICA: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
(2015)Same-sex relationships will likely be in violation of the laws of most African countries. In Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya, a same-sex relationship is either explicitly prohibited or there is legislation which can be interpreted ...