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Edmundson, Jane, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Fine Arts. "Dr. Soanes' Odditorium of Wonders : the 19th century dime museum in a contemporary context." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Arts, c2013, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/3426.
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19th century dime museums were a North American phenomenon that flourished in urban
centres from the mid- to late-1800s. Named thusly due to their low admission cost, dime
museums provided democratic entertainment that was promoted to all classes as
affordable and respectable. The resulting facilities were crammed with art, artifacts,
rarities, living human curiosities, theatre performances, menageries, and technological
marvels. The exhibition Dr. Soanes’ Odditorium of Wonders strives to recapture the spirit
and aesthetic of the dime museum to invoke wonder in the viewer and to combine art,
artifacts, and oddities to provoke questions about the boundary between education and
amusement. Both the academic and curatorial texts utilize a mix of methodological
approaches appropriate to museology, art history and cultural history: theoretical research
into historiographical issues concerning theories of display and spectacle; archival
research and discourse analysis of historical documents, and material culture analysis
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Mattson, Linda Karen. "Examination of the systems of authority of three Canadian museums and the challenges of Aboriginal peoples." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq25108.pdf.
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Dickenson, Rachelle. "The stories told : indigenous art collections, museums, and national identities." Thesis, McGill University, 2005. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=98919.
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The history of collection at the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, illustrates concepts of race in the development of museums in Canada from before Confederation to today. Located at intersections of Art History, Museology, Postcolonial Studies and Native Studies, this thesis uses discourse theory to trouble definitions of nation and problematize them as inherently racial constructs wherein 'Canadianness' is institutionalized as a dominant white, Euro-Canadian discourse that mediates belonging. The recent reinstallations of the permanent Canadian historical art galleries at the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts are significant in their illustration of contemporary colonial collection practices. The effectiveness of each installation is discussed in relation to the demands and resistances raised by Indigenous and non-Native artists and cultural professionals over the last 40 years, against racist treatment of Indigenous arts.
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Gonick, Marnina K. "Working from home : women, work and family." Thesis, McGill University, 1987. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=63862.
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Fairweather, Natasha A. D., and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Arts and Science. "Religion and trust in Canada." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Sociology, c2009, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/1294.
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Research on social capital during the past two decades has shown that willingness
to trust is linked to a host of individual and social outcomes, such as health,
education, democracy, and robust economies. In this thesis I examine the ways in
which religion may affect attitudes of trust, employing both quantitative and
qualitative research methods. Specifically, three aspects of religion have been
examined: denominational affiliation, spiritual belief, and the nature of the social
interactions of the members of a faith community. Contextual factors relating a
particular tradition to the broader society have also been included in the analysis.
My findings suggest that although there is scant evidence to the effect of theology on
trust, a much stronger influence on trust comes from the nature of social
interactions (in the form of community‐building) and contextual factors (i.e., having
a history of discrimination or being a resident of Quebec).ix, 154 leaves ; 29 cm
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Lipai, Monica. "Socioeconomic comparisons of organic and conventional farms in Canada : results from the 2001 Census." Thesis, McGill University, 2007. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=101864.
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This thesis examines differences between organic and conventional farm and operators' characteristics, and identifies which characteristics explain whether a farm is organic or conventional. The data comes from the 2001 Canadian Census of Agriculture, which makes this study the first that is national in scope and includes detailed analysis of the differences between organic and conventional agriculture using a large sample size.Farms were divided into three groups: conventional, primarily organic, and mixed production (some organic production). Parametric and nonparametric tests were used to analyze farm and operator characteristics. Logistic regression was used to determine which variables explain whether a farm is organic, conventional or mixed. Results indicate that organic farmers are more likely to be younger, female, work less off farm and more on farm, when compared to conventional. Organic farms tend to be smaller, more profitable, more diversified, and have a higher dependency on hired labour. There were no differences in capital intensity. Mixed farms manifested the same patterns as organic when compared to conventional.
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Roberts, Brian Alan. "The social construction of 'musician' identity in music education students in Canadian Universities." Thesis, University of Stirling, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/2141.
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This research concerns itself with the development of a theory in the grounded tradition to account for the social construction of an identity as musician by music education students in Canadian universities. The principal data gathering techniques were semi- and unstructured interviews and participant observation, first at the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Music, University of Western Ontario with further periods of interviewing at the University of Alberta and the University of British Columbia. The pilot study was conducted at Memorial University of Newfoundland where the author was, at the time of writing, an Associate Professor and Co-ordinator of Music Education in the Faculty of Education. Data collection and analysis were completed simultaneously and the interviewing became more focused on emerging categories and their properties, particularly concerning the construction of identity. The core categories discussed concern the apparent sense of isolation and the development of a symbolic community in the music school, as suggested by Cohen (1985). Further core analytic categories include the music education students' perceptions of Others as outsiders to their own insider symbolic community, and the students' perception of social action, including the notion of deviancy, which contributes to their construction of this symbolic closed community. An examination of models of social action is undertaken. The notion of making points as suggested by Goffman (1967) provides a beginning model for the identification and accumulation of status points which students appear to use in the process of identity construction and validation. Further discussion examines the nature of the music education sub-group as a stigmatized group. The nature of the category musician is examined and substantial comparison and contrasting with the position presented by Kingsbury (1984) is undertaken. The analytical categories of talent and music as in-group constructs are examined. Finally the processes of Self-Other negotiation on are explored and a theory is developed to account for the construction and maintenance of musician identity. The emerging theory borrows extensively from those analyses of the roots of social interaction recognised in the labelling tradition which are concerned with the construction of identity in negotiation with Others, and most specifically draws upon the notion of societal reaction. The research is guided by those theories and methodologies generated by symbolic interactionism developed by writers such as Blumer, Meltzer and Denzin and follows the traditions of sociological research in educational settings by such writers as Baksh, Martin and Stebbins in Canada, and Hargreaves, Woods, Ball, Hammersley and Lacey in the U.K.
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Rock, Melanie. "Sweet blood and power : making diabetics count." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=38265.
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As recently as 1995, sweet blood did not resonate broadly as an urgent transnational concern. This thesis chronicles how diabetes mellitus, sweet blood, became recognized as a social problem besetting Canada, among many other countries.This ethnographic study brings anthropological theories---developed for the most part to analyze the lives of "non-Western" peoples---to bear on "Western" philosophy, science, medicine, mass media, governments, and commerce. Throughout, this thesis challenges received wisdom about disease, technologies, kinship, commodification, embodiment, and personhood.
This thesis argues that a statistical concept, the population, is the linchpin of both politics and economics in large-scale societies. Statistically-fashioned populations, combined with the conviction that the future can be partially controlled, undergird the very definition of diabetes as a disease. In turn, biomedical knowledge about diabetes grounds the understanding of sweet blood as a social problem in need of better management. The political economy of sweet blood shows that, under "Western" eyes, persons can remain intact while their bodies---down to their very cells---divide and multiply, both literally and figuratively. As members of statistically-fashioned populations, human beings have a patent existence and many "statistical doubles." These statistical doppelgangers help shape feelings, actions, identities, and even the length of human lives. They permit countless strangers and "lower" nonhuman beings---among them, mice, flies, and bacteria---to count as kin. Through the generation and use of statistics, people and their body parts undergo valuation and commodification, but are neither bought nor sold. The use of statistics to commodify human beings and body parts, this thesis finds, inevitably anchors biomedical practice, biomedical research, health policies, and the marketing of pharmaceuticals and all other things known to affect health.
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Bellay, Susan. "Pluralism and race/ethnic relations in Canadian social science, 1880-1939." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/NQ57503.pdf.
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Caouette, Julie. ""Don't blame me for what my ancestors did!" : factors associated with the experience of collective guilt regarding aboriginal people." Thesis, McGill University, 2003. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=79828.
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Egalitarianism is highly valued in Canada and yet some groups are profoundly disadvantaged. This can be explained by sociological and psychological theorizing that claims advantaged group members are motivated to maintain a system of inequality from which they benefit. The challenge is to explain the few advantaged group members who defy self-interest and support disadvantaged groups. My research objectives were to understand what motivates selected advantaged group members to support disadvantaged groups, and to understand how the majority of advantaged group members maintain their belief in egalitarianism in the face of clear social inequality. Results revealed that most advantaged group members value egalitarianism highly, but only those who define egalitarianism in terms of social responsibility unequivocally support the interests of disadvantaged groups. Most advantaged group members conceive egalitarianism in terms of equality of opportunity, rights or treatment, allowing them to legitimize inequality; consequently, they are less willing to sympathize with the demands for fair treatment by disadvantaged group.
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Rapp-Jaletzke, Sybille M. "The Canadian experience : broadcasting in Canada and its influence on the Canadian identity." Thesis, McGill University, 1991. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=61110.
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This thesis examines the role of broadcasting in Canada with regard to developing and maintaining a national identity in the face of United States influence via the media. The subject is examined within the theoretical framework provided by the science of cybernetics and the Laws of Thermodynamics. A historical overview of Canadian broadcasting policy and institutions is provided. The work of the various royal commissions and other investigatory bodies is analyzed. The most important contemporary institutions, the CRTC, the CBC and the federal Department of Communications, are situated within the context. The effects of the most recent technologies, cable television, satellites, Pay-TV and VCRs are examined. Canadian broadcasting is also viewed in the context of the 1989 Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement and the New World Information and Communication Order. Our conclusion suggests that the future of Canada's identity depends primarily on the quality of domestic broadcasting. Finally, we suggest that Canadians and Europeans, who are facing some comparable problems in a united Europe, can learn from each others's experiences.
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Cuffe, Jennifer. "A rhetorical tale : neurochemistry and the efficacies of antidepressants in Canada." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=79756.
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Recent work in anthropology has speculated on how developments in molecular biology and medicine might bring about new bodies, selves, and forms of sociality. This thesis explores how herbal and pharmaceutical antidepressants differently affect experiences of one's neurochemistry. It does so in two ways. First, it outlines the historical 'social life' of pharmaceutical antidepressants, including their co-production with depression, and the neurochemical body in a particular style of reasoning in biological psychiatry. Second, it presents and analyzes claims made for the efficacy of antidepressants made in vernacular North American books, advertisements, and pamphlets. Although the claims for both herbal and pharmaceutical antidepressants allude to the same realms of value---those of science, nature/history, and personal experience---their different social lives enable different access to the neurochemical body.
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Cox, Melody. "Masks and museums : the creation and performance of identity in a highland Sardinian village." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.669703.
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Astbury, Janice. "Cultural constructions of the environment among Mexican and Canadian environmentalists : comparison and implications for NGO partnerships." Thesis, McGill University, 1998. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21191.
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As environmental issues and the communities that confront them increasingly transcend borders, environmentalists in the North (wealthier countries) and the South (poorer countries) face the challenges of effective communication and collaboration. Acknowledging differences in how environmentalists culturally construct the environment is an important starting point; particularly given the tendency on the part of Northern environmentalists to assume (a) that environmentalism is essentially the same in different cultures i.e., it is all like Northern environmentalism; and (b) that environmentalism is more developed in the North. This study examines and compares the constructed environments of a sample of Mexican and Canadian environmentalists. Some significant differences are identified. The environmentalists in the two countries constructed the environment differently as a result of their distinct histories, economies and use of technology. Cultural constructions of the physical environment overlap with and cannot be separated from constructions of the social, cultural, political and economic environment.
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Goodyear-Grant, Elizabeth. "Politicians, journalists, and their audiences: gendered aspects of televised election news in Canada." Thesis, McGill University, 2007. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=18410.
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This dissertation is an analysis of the gendered aspects of televised election news in Canada. My theoretical framework is the 'gendered mediation thesis', and its central claim is that news is a predominantly masculine narrative that privileges men and masculinity in politics. The theory relies primarily on two causal factors to account for this pattern. First, news is a reflection of our gendered society. Thus, the frames used to report politics are replete with masculine symbols and metaphors and give primacy to masculine traits. Second, the structure and operation of the news system itself – particularly the political economic constraints imposed by competition for audience share and advertising revenues – encourage news formats that enforce, rather than challenge, established gender norms in the society.My empirical analyses focus on four components of the news media system: 1) news content, 2) news production, 3) media effects, and 4) elites' approaches to media. The first two themes analyze production and content, and the latter two themes focus on the consequences of gendered news. I use a combination of quantitative and qualitative data to demonstrate that aspects of televised news coverage present men and women candidates differently, and I find evidence that women are seriously underrepresented in Canadian newsrooms, particularly in positions of power. I also present evidence that gendered news has harmful effects on both audience perceptions of women candidates, as well as women politicians' own perceptions of their treatment by newsworkers as well as in news coverage. My analyses suggest that gendered news coverage can present distorted information about women politicians, harm women politicans' electoral prospects, and also possibly discourage women from entering politics as a profession, thereby contributing to a serious problem in the supply of women candidates.Cette dissertation analyse la représentation biaisée des femmes dans les nouvelles télévisées des élections au Canada. J'emploie le cadre théorique de la « gendered mediation thesis », selon lequel les nouvelles constituent un narratif essentiellement masculin qui privilégie les hommes et la masculinité dans la politique. Cette théorie s'appuie sur deux facteurs causaux pour expliquer ce phénomène. Premièrement, les nouvelles reflètent les préjugés contre les femmes dans notre société. Ainsi, les cadres employés pour reporter les événements politiques regorgent de symboles et de métaphores masculins et accordent la primauté aux traits masculins. Deuxièmement, la structure et l'opération du système de nouvelles lui-même —particulièrement les contraintes politico-économiques imposées par la compétition pour capturer leur part du public et les revenus générés par la publicité— encouragent des formats de nouvelles qui renforcent plutôt que de défier les normes sociales établies biaisées contre les femmes.Mon analyse empirique porte sur quatre composantes du système médiatique de nouvelles : 1) le contenu des nouvelles, 2) la production de nouvelles, 3) les effets médiatiques, et 4) l'approche des élites aux médias. Les premiers deux thèmes analysent la production et le contenu, tandis que les deux autres se concentrent sur les conséquences de la représentation biaisée des femmes dans les nouvelles. J'emploie une combinaison de données quantitatives et qualitatives pour démontrer que les nouvelles télévisées présentent les femmes et les hommes différemment, et ma recherche démontre que les femmes sont sérieusement sous-représentées dans les salles de nouvelles canadiennes, particulièrement dans les positions de pouvoir. Je présente aussi des preuves empiriques que les nouvelles biaisées contre les femmes ont des effets néfastes sur la perception des femmes candidates par le public, ainsi que sur la
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Chow, Ka-kin Kelvin, and 周家建. "A study of the social status of the Canadian Chinese during the mid-twentieth century." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B4163374X.
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Johnston, Sharon 1972. "Double agent dilemma : the Canadian physician: patient advocate and social agent." Thesis, McGill University, 1999. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=30308.
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This thesis considers the rationalization of health care in Canada. It focuses on the conflicting roles modern physicians play in our system, acting as both patient advocate and social agent. It begins by tracing the origin of both of these duties. It then examines the ethical, professional, and legal issues which arise in the limited circumstances where front-line physicians must participate in the rationing of health care. It offers a framework for resolving the double agent dilemma and states five interlocking recommendations which are the building blocks of the resolution.
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Yang, Jing. "Construction and representation of identities in football museums : a comparative study." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/6275.
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This thesis aims at providing a cross-cultural study of how football museums represent and construct identities, both collective and personal. The research is based on a multi-sited ethnography at selected football museums in the UK, Germany, and China, employing participant observation, photographic recording and online research methods. This investigation sharpens an anthropological awareness of constructions of multiple layered identities by examining football museums' exhibiting practices and activity programmes, as well as their built environments and cultural settings. The research also offers a perspective on museum visitors, who consume football museums with diverse personal and collective identity claims. Looking into the largely under-explored terrain of football museums, this research joins continuing anthropological efforts to understand identity work while also exploring continuing tensions inherent in a marriage between museums and football. The thesis contributes to the research field of football/sports museums with an ethnographic emphasis and a cross-cultural range.
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Lin, Patricia Yuen-Wan. "Cultural identity and ethnic representation in arts education : case studies of Taiwanese festivals in Canada." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0015/NQ56578.pdf.
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Moore, William R. "Planning for social and psychological needs at a Canadian Arctic military installation." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30012.
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The Canadian Arctic is a region that greatly contrasts with the remainder of Canada, particularly the main area of settlement: the thin strip of land in southern Canada along the United States boundary. Since Canadian military personnel come primarily from southern Canada, being sent to an arctic installation places them in an unfamiliar, confined, isolated and potentially threatening environment that may expose them to social and psychological stresses that they are unprepared to encounter.
Planning of an arctic military installation must consider physical design constraints such as construction in areas of permafrost and physical protection from the harsh natural environment. However, planning should also consider the social and psychological needs of the inhabitants. The purpose of this thesis is to identify measures that should be considered in planning a Canadian arctic military installation in order to alleviate the social and psychological stresses of this unique environment. The scope is limited to investigating primarily the military environment, although relevant material is drawn from other sources through a literature review.
In order to identify the stresses of this environment, to understand their potential effects, and to suggest measures to alleviate these effects, a explicit concept of stress is required.
A literature review is used to discuss the concept of stress and define a model of stress that is applied in the subsequent analysis in the thesis. This model, the transactional or interactional model, emphasizes the individuality of the experience of stress. Stress is a dynamic phenomenon that includes the capacity of an individual to not only cope with stress, but also learn from the coping experience. The experience of stress is a process affected by the characteristics of the environment, the characteristics of the individual and the relationship between the individual and his natural, man-made and social environment.
A second literature review is conducted to discuss the potential social and psychological stresses that could apply to military personnel posted to the unique environment of a Canadian arctic military installation. The more salient characteristics of this environment that imply social and psychological stresses are those of isolation and confinement. Efforts suggested in the literature aimed at either avoiding or ameliorating the incidence of stress in an isolated and confined environment include actions that would be taken:
a. in the design of the station built environment;
b. in the screening and selection of station personnel;
c. during the indoctrination training of personnel prior to deployment; and
d. throughout the operation of the station.
These measures were applied, via a case study of Canadian Forces Station Alert, to gauge their relevancy in planning a Canadian arctic military installation. Many of these measures are currently in practice; however, particular characteristics of the Canadian military and an arctic military station make changes in specific emphasis. Characteristics which apply are those of:
a. the differences in station size;
b. the differences in climate and natural environment;
c. the need to maintain continuous station operation without the disruption of complete member rotation;
d. the limited source population from which to select members for service in the Arctic;
e. a station composed of service persons of the Canadian military is typically more homogeneous in composition;
f. the differences in the circumstances under which the members are employed, as Canadian service members in the Arctic are less likely to be volunteers;
g. the members of the Canadian Forces have already had some experience in postings to isolated environments; and
h. the marital status of members has particular importance due to the added difficulities for service families.Applied Science, Faculty of
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Tanner, Janis, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Arts and Science. "An ethnography of disordered eating in urban Canada." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2006, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/362.
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This thesis examines the problem of disordered eating based on ethnographic fieldwork
in emergency shelters, soup kitchens, and eating disorder support groups, as well as
interviews with medical professionals, and other residents of a Canadian city. This
person-centered ethnography that explores the eating behaviors of not only those who
have been diagnosed with 'eating disorders', but also those who are unable at times to
provide themselves with food reveals that in spite of a prevailing discourse that
determines eating as an independent act, food choices and eating patterns are dependent
social 'works of the imagination' affected and shaped by social determinants and cultural
norms. From eating disorders to type 2 diabetes and 'food as gift,' the lived experience
of individuals indexes the ways in which food, power, and identity are enmeshed and
embedded within culture. This critical perspective argues that disordered eating is
socially and culturally produced and reproduced.vi, 182 leaves ; 29 cm.
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Haberlin, Matthew. "Finding their voice: youth's perspectives on their participation at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 2014, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/3430.
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This study examines the specific elements of youth’s experiences at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada (BGC) that contribute to the development of their social and emotional competencies. Social and emotional competencies include managing one’s emotions, developing concern for others, and making responsible, ethically informed decisions. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 10 respondents ranging in age from 16 to 18 years old. This study gave adolescents a voice, empowering them to contribute to a deeper understanding of the ways in which community youth programs can assist in positive youth development. Data analysis revealed three categories of themes: social setting at the BGC, interpersonal connections, and personal development. The CASEL model of social and emotional learning (SEL) was used as a conceptual framework, and evidence from the research themes was used to demonstrate how SEL skills may have been fostered at the BGC. The four elements of the BGC that were mentioned by respondents most frequently in relation to the development of SEL competencies were receiving and offering social support, acquiring successful coping skills, engaging in formal leadership opportunities, and developing conflict prevention and resolution strategies. The results of this study have implications for theory and practice. The information presented in this study can guide onsite workers to focus on specific aspects in their interactions with youth and inform future youth program planning.x, 278 leaves ; 29 cm
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Dulude, François. "Le libre-échange Canada-Etats-Unis : l'importance du contexte international et la complexité du support social." Thesis, McGill University, 1995. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23211.
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Many analyses from the New Political Economy (NPE) perceive the Free Trade Agreement (FTA), either from the narrow angle of Canada-United States relationship, or as the result of pressures from dominant monolithic social forces. The present thesis offers a different angle of analysis by demonstrating the importance of the international context in shaping changes in domestic politics such as those relating to the FTA. The thesis also puts emphasis on the complexity of social support and political bargaining that resulted in the adoption of the FTA.Building of Peter Gourevitch's framework, which evaluates the impact of international crises on domestic politics, the thesis focuses on five possible factors that could explain the free trade outcome. Firstly, constraints and opportunities arising from the international system are assessed to evaluate if the government might have adopted the FTA to protect the "raison d'Etat": it rather appears that it is through the mediation of social actors that the post 1970 international crisis was felt. Secondly, a sectorial analysis finds that two coalitions, each one with two sets of preferences, were opposed on the FTA issue. Thirdly, the role of intermediate associations (business groups, unions and farmers associations) is assessed to see if their impact went beyond the sectorial interest they defended. Fourthly, the influence of economic ideologies is analyzed. Fifthly, the state structure is taken into account to show essentially that the Mulroney government had a double and complementary agenda with the FTA and the Meech Lake negotiations, both of which had a degree of independence from domestic economic and social pressures. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
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Yamashita, Miyo. "Electronic surveillance and the prospects for privacy in Canada's private sector by the year 2000." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0020/NQ44634.pdf.
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Bernardot, Hélène. "Representing ethnography and history, interacting with heritage : analysing museological practices at the Huron-Wendat Museum." Master's thesis, Université Laval, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/67005.
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Ce mémoire de maîtrise propose une réflexion sur les choix et mesures pris en termes de représentation et d'interaction dans les musées ethnographiques à partir d’une étude de cas, le Musée Huron-Wendat à Wendake, au Québec. L'objectif est d'analyser et comprendre ces pratiques muséologiques destinées à exprimer une identité autochtone locale. L’étude souhaite également démontrer comment les publics s’identifient et interagissent avec les discours culturels et politiques spécifiques du musée. Une attention particulière est accordée à l'étude du changement de paradigme muséal d'un espace d'autorité à un lieu inclusif. La mission des professionnels du musée concernant le concept de représentation sera analysée, ainsi que leur travail sur les notions d'accessibilité et de participation avec et pour le public. En se basant sur l'étude de terrain et la littérature scientifique, ce mémoire s'engage à questionner les notions prédominantes d'identité, de continuité et d'unité, dans le contexte de la nouvelle muséologie et du postcolonialisme.This master thesis is an analysis of the current specific actions on representation and interaction taken in contemporary ethnographic museums. The aim is to highlight museology pathways used to represent local Indigenous culture and to explore how the public is involved with and relates to these specific discourses on heritage. Special attention will be devoted to the study of the shift of museums from authoritative places of education to socially inclusive spaces. The mission of heritage professionals in terms of representation will be analysed, as well as their work on the notions of accessibility and involvement for and with the public. The Huron-Wendat Museum in Wendake, Québec, serves to investigate these museum practices. Drawing from thorough fieldwork and extensive secondary literature, this master thesis will further probe the prevailing notions of identity, continuity and unity of the new museology in a postcolonial context.
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Chatur, Noorin. "Political outcomes of digital conversations : case study of the Facebook group "Canadians against proroguing parliament"." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Political Science, 2011, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/3100.
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Since the emergence of the Internet, scholars have had mixed opinions regarding its role in influencing levels of political participation. Two frameworks, the mobilization and the reinforcement theses, were created from these opposing views. The introduction of social networking websites (such as Facebook) offers new platforms with which to test these opposing theories on.
This study investigates the Facebook group ―Canadian‘s against Proroguing Parliament,‖ to determine: 1) what the members' motivations were for participating in the group, 2) whether the group attracted formerly marginalized voices to participate on the group, or simply reinforced those who were already active in the political process, and 3) whether the participation of members on the group translated into offline or real world political participation. The findings suggest that the group‘s members had a variety of reasons for joining the group. As well, the findings suggest that the group both mobilized reinforced its participants. Finally, the data indicates that in some instances, the group‘s members translated their online participation into real world political activity.171 leaves ; 29 cm
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Vander, Gucht Daniel. "Le musée et l'art contemporain: contribution à la sociologie de la médiation artistique à l'ère post-moderne." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/212669.
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Weier, Katrina. "Lessons from an interactive exhibition: Defining conditions to support high quality experiences for young children." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2000. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36628/1/36628_Digitised%20Thesis.pdf.
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During their early years, young children are exposed to a range of learning settings, both formal and informal. This study focused on young children's engagement and reflection in an informal museum context. Using qualitative research methodology, a three-week community art project, The Art of Eric Carle, was examined. This setting combined an interactive art exhibition and an art studio workshop, to resemble the informal learning context characteristic of popular, contemporary, interactive museum venues of all kinds. Through a descriptive interpretative analysis, the study aimed to document the experiences and abilities of young children (aged birth to eight years) as artists and art appreciators within this environment. A broader aim of the study was to identify a range of conditions that support high quality experiences for young children in informal learning settings in general. A detailed set of ideal criteria, encompassing the physical, programming and social components of the learning setting was developed and applied to The Art of Eric Carle project.
The findings of the study clearly demonstrated that certain conditions enhance young children's engagement and reflection in informal learning settings. While physical, programming and social factors all play a role in forming young visitors' experiences, it is the social component of the learning environment, specifically children's interactions with adults, that determines the quality of their encounters. Social exchanges assist children to interpret the museum environment and its exhibits and to successfully take part in the learning experiences offered. A synergistic relationship exists between physical, programming and social factors, and with equal attention given to each of these aspects of the informal learning setting, high quality experiences can be provided for young children.
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Goldman, Marni Lisa. ""Oh say can you see, eh?" : the Canadian identity debate and its relation to television." Thesis, McGill University, 1993. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=26118.
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There exists an embedded assumption that broadcasting must be employed to strengthen the Canadian national identity. Despite efforts to Canadianize our broadcasting system, however, Canadians are watching more and more American television and have more choice of American programming. This has led to a fear of American television as a threat to Canada's continuance as a separate and independent country. By studying the contemporary Canadian context with respect to Canadian drama, the following questions will be addressed: Are Canadian interests dependent on communication policy? Is Canadian dramatic programming essential to the maintenance and enhancement of national identity and cultural sovereignty? Can the illusive quality "Canadian" be defined? Do television dramas made in Canada have distinctively Canadian characteristics and if so, how are these characteristics perceived by audiences? What are the options and alternatives that Canadian policy makers and programmers must face in the midst of the massive internationalization of culture and the onset of the 500 channel universe? In answering these questions, this study sets out to demonstrate how Canadian dramatic programming can be distinctive and unique in a way which still maintains an audience loyalty and a relevance to the Canadian way of life.
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Struser, Halina Gail. "The childbearing experience of Indo-Canadian immigrant women." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/24423.
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This study was designed to elicit Indo-Canadian women immigrants' experience of childbearing. Health care professionals do not know enough about the childbearing experiences of this cultural group. This may lead to conflicts and discrepancies of viewpoints between clients and professionals which may result in nurses providing care that is not perceived as relevant by the individual. This study was directed by the following questions: What are Indo-Canadian women's beliefs about childbearing? What are their perceptions of their traditional practices, in their ethnic community, surrounding childbearing? What are the western health care resources utilized by the women during childbearing? How are these western health care resources perceived by the women?
Phenomenology, a qualitative research methodology, was used in this study. Data were collected through a series of indepth interviews with eight women. The initial audiotaped interviews were guided by the research questions and addressed the women's perceptions of their childbearing experiences. The data were comprised of the accounts given by the women in these interviews. Data collection and analysis occurred simultaneously throughout the study. Analytic material was thus used to focus and clarify the ongoing construction of accounts.
The women described very different childbearing experiences. Dissimilarities in the phenomena under investigation were more evident than similarities and were attributed to the concept of acculturation. Two themes emerged from the data: the subjects' relationships with their families and the subjects' relationships with health care professionals. Each theme affected and was affected by the concept of acculturation. Influencing factors within the two themes were respect, authority, lack of knowledge and, in the case of the family, shyness. Perceived discrimination was an influencing factor in the subjects' relationships with post-partum hospital nurses.
This study concluded that dissimilarities in the childbearing experiences of Indo-Canadian immigrant women are attributable to the process of acculturation; and that the women's childbearing experiences are located within a broader context of meanings associated with the reproductive cycle. The subjects' relationships with their families and with health care professionals are significant aspects of their childbearing experiences and are influenced by authority, respect, lack of knowledge and shyness. Discrimination is perceived by the women in relation to the post-partum hospital nurses. These conclusions have implications for nursing practice, research and education.Applied Science, Faculty of
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Fan, HaiYan (LingLing), and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Arts and Science. "Medical encounters in "closed religious communities" : palliative care for Low German-Speaking Mennonite people." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Anthropology and Health Sciences, 2011, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/3079.
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This multi-sited ethnography focuses on beliefs and practices associated with death,
dying, and palliative care among the Low German-Speaking (LGS) Mennonites. The
qualitative data, collected through participant-observation fieldwork and interviews
conducted in three LGS Mennonite communities in Mexico and Canada, show a gap
between official definitions of palliative care and its practice in real life. The LGS
Mennonites’ care for their dying members, in reality, is integrated into their community
lives that emphasize or reinforce discipleship by promoting the practices of mutual aid,
social networks, and brotherhood/sisterhood among community members. This study
also offers ethnographic insights into some difficulties that healthcare providers face
while delivering the “holistic” palliative care services to their patients in general, and to
the LGS Mennonites in particular. Finally, it provides some suggestions that may aid
healthcare providers in developing culturally safe and competent health care services
for the LGS Mennonite people living in Canada.xi, 231 leaves ; 29 cm
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Molnar, Donald. "The Winnipeg general strike : class, ethnicity and class formation in Canada." Thesis, McGill University, 1987. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=64052.
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Chen, Qilun. "Draw, Find, Answer and Decrypt : A Participatory Design approach to gift-giving experiences for couples visiting museums." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Människa-datorinteraktion, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-386052.
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Att besöka museum är ett populärt nöje, och ett sätt att erhålla ny kunskap. Tidigare studier har visat på positiva resultat av att öka meningsfullheten av besöken genom användning av teknologi. Denna forskning introducerade en design som framtagits genom deltagande design. Forskningen visar på möjligheten att förstärka upplevelsen av museibesöket genom digitalt gåvo-givande beteende. Deltagarna besöker ett museum som ett par, där den ena parten agerar gåvogivare och den andra mottagare. Under besöket ritar deltagarna sketcher, hittar objekt, svarar på frågor angående utställningsföremålen och samlar därigenom ledtrådar för att avkryptera gåvan. Denna forskning förklarar hur gåvo-givande beteende bidrar till den sociala upplevelsen mellan romantiska par och hur denna bidrar till upplevelsen av museibesöket. Resultatet erbjuder möjligheter för vidare forskning om hur nära förhållanden påverkar meningsfulla upplevelser.Museums are popular among people to relax and obtain knowledge. Prior studies showed great efforts on increasing meaningfulness of the museum tour with the support of technology. This research introduces a design created through participatory design practice. The interaction presents its potential of enhancing the museum visiting experience for visitors in intimate relationships through digital gift- giving behavior. Participants visit the museum as couples, with one party acting as the gift giver and the other as the gift receiver. During the visit, participants draw sketches, find objects, answer questions related to the objects and collect the clues to decrypt the given gift. This research explains how gift- giving behavior enhances the social experience between the intimate couple and how social interaction between intimate couple enhances the museum visiting experience. This research suggests the opportunity for research on the effect of the close relationship on meaningful experiences.
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Shaw, Nancy (Nancy Alison) 1962. "Modern art, media pedagogy and cultural citizenship : the Museum of Modern Art's television project, 1952-1955." Thesis, McGill University, 2000. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=36790.
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The Museum of Modern Art's television project sponsored by the Rockefeller Brother's Fund between 1952 and 1955 was designed to educate a democratic and cultured citizenry through the principles and practices of modern art and liberal humanism. Through a close reading of four television programs, related policy documents and exhibitions, as well as critical, educational and promotional literature, this study will show how within the context of the MoMA's mandate and history, the television project was a decisive, yet highly troubled attempt to forge cultural citizenship through the burgeoning media of modern art and television. This exploration will establish how the television project was an integral aspect of the MoMA's efforts since World War II to situate modern art as essential to the formation of an international polity shaped around the promise of universality, yet dependent on upholding the primacy of free and creative individuals. In addressing such a challenge, this dissertation will contend that television was not necessarily antithetical to modernism, rather it was just one among an array of struggling forces falling within the rubric of the modern. Moreover, this analysis will consider the importance of culture in logics of liberal governance. In order to elucidate the dimensions of cultural democracy as they emerged through the MoMA's television project, this study will be shaped around a discussion of three components crucial to the formation and maintenance of citizenly conduct---civic education, democratic cultural communications, and cross-cultural governance. To these ends, a range of sources from the disciplines of Communications, Cultural Studies and Critical Artistic Studies will be drawn on in order to investigate the provisional links forged between modern art, media pedagogy, and cultural citizenship in the Cold War period.
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Pilling, Michael, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Education. "Boys in the background : the impact of sports on males growing up in a small town." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 2003, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/231.
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In a small town in a Canadian prairie province where spots, particularly football and basketball, are the chief activities, many young men in school define their self-worth based on their thletic ability. To determine the impact that sports had on the young men in this particular town, 20 boys between the ages of 15 and 19 were selected for interviews. Due to the importance placed upon sports in the school and the small size of the school, all 20 of the boys had some association with football and basketball. They either played on one of the sports teams but spent much of the time sitting on the bench, or they desired to play but failed to qualify for team play. Only one of the boys had never tried to play on one of the teams. The boys were interviewed about how they fit into the circle of sports and how their participation or non-participation has influenced them. It was determined that sports did influence their self-esteem. Many of the boys, both those who were part of the team and those who had been cut from the team, felt left out and began to dought their abilities and their worth. The study confirms much of the current literature. Recommendations include making coaches and administration aware that boys were being negatively influenced by a successful sports program, as well as calling for further research to determine the extent and depth of the negative influence of sports on boys who are not the stars of the team.viii, 83 leaves ; 28 cm.
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Wright, Miriam Carol. "Newfoundland and Canada : the evolution of fisheries development policies, 1940-1966 /." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/nq23114.pdf.
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Kennedy, Christine 1978. "Norm entrepreneurship : Canada's tips to tipping." Thesis, McGill University, 2008. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=116011.
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Although the influence of normative ideas on the behaviour of states occupy an evermore significant place in political science and international relations, important questions remain with respect to how international norms come into existence. International norm scholars have been criticized for failing to demonstrate how actors might forge and change norms. How do norm entrepreneurs influence the process of norm development? Further, under what conditions are norm entrepreneurs likely to be successful in norm diffusion? To begin answering these questions, this paper draws on constructivist insights to present a model of norm evolution highlighting the role of the norm entrepreneur and conducts an interpretive case study methodology to provide an empirical illustration. It examines the evolution of the "Responsibility to Protect" (R2P) norm with particular attention to the norm entrepreneurial role of Canadian foreign policy to highlight how norm-building processes are inextricably intertwined with agents who are engaged in fostering nonnative change.The R2P is considered to be a nonnative breakthrough in international relations and has emerged as an important instrument for upholding and promoting human security. While Canada has been praised for its leadership in promulgating the R2P, there is little empirical scholarship that links the development process of the R2P norm to Canadian foreign policy. How has Canada, with no demonstrative material capability, been able to advance the R2P on the international stage? This thesis develops an understanding of how agents can shape an international norm by acting as a "tipping agent" in the process of norm creation. It concludes by identifying the possibilities and limitations of norm entrepreneurs to influence world politics.
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Hastie, Louise. "Training in a highly regulated industry : an examination of a certified nuclear power operator training programme in Ontario, Canada." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2019. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/41035/.
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An examination of the trainee experience in a competency based training programme. In a high-risk industry, having highly trained personnel is taken very seriously. This four year training programme produces highly qualified and skilled individuals and this research examined the experience of progressing through the training programme through the trainees' lens. Learnings include two consistent elements contribute to a negative trainee experience: Evaluation Methods that produced a tension between memorisation and learning and Trainer Practices that lacked student-centred, research informed methods that would likely improve the trainee success rate as well as the overall trainee experience.
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Freeland, Ballantyne Erin. "Sustainability's paradox : community health, climate change and petrocapitalism." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.711671.
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Anderson, Starla H. "The discourse performance of native Indian students : a case study with implications for academic instruction." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27656.
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This investigation is concerned with the oral and written discourse performance of underachieving urban Native Indian secondary students. Primary data was collected during eight interactive talk-write sessions conducted individually with eight case study subjects. Within an ABAB design, two narrative and two academic topics were alternated. Oral discourse performance followed written discourse performance during each of the two (composing and revision) sessions conducted for each topic. Supplementary data includes: observations of classroom writing behaviors, interviews, analysis of students' record files, and standardized reading and writing assessments.
The four male and four female subjects are from varying Native Indian cultural backgrounds but share common histories of family instability. Only one subject could read and write at skill levels expected of like-aged mainstream students. The writing processes and products of these subjects were similar to those of other unskilled (Basic) writers. They were overly concerned with surface errors and little concerned with overall conceptualization.
Despite difficulties with writing, and contrary to established language theory developed from research with non-Native populations, these subjects were more at ease with written performance than oral performance. Further, their writing difficulties appeared to be more related to the demands of academic discourse than writing skills per se. They were more at ease with written narrative than any other combination of mode and genre.
While previous research has seldom distinguished clearly between mode and genre of discourse, the findings of this investigation suggest that each of these factors may have differing effects for individuals and varying sub-groups. Findings also suggest that structural comparisons of oral and written modes of discourse may reflect differing linguistic demands of genre as much as mode.
The interactive talk-write sessions were found to be an effective means for data collection. These sessions also revealed direction for improving methods of academic instruction. The subjects appeared to develop a better understanding of the purpose of academic discourse as they were helped to generate knowledge, theorize about this knowledge and shape their arguments. All subjects indicated that they would feel more confident about participating in academic discussions after thinking about the discussion topic through such a talk-write process.Education, Faculty of
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Wolthers, Timothy James. "A case study of one special interest group moulding student attitudes through its school program : salmonids in the classroom." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28311.
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In public education, it is not possible to present school programs that will satisfy all the external groups from society. When an outside interest group perceives a need that is lacking in the schools' curriculum, it may petition the ministry of education or the local school board to include its need into the curricula. Another method to influence or insert its point of view is for the interest group to produce its own curriculum for a school program. This study investigated the impact of one outside interest group as it attempts to modify students' attitudes through its school program, Salmonids in the Classroom. Werner's description of editorial criticism permitted examination with a political perspective, of the resource package, Salmonids in the Classroom. The methodology of this analysis permitted a view of the goals and values espoused and hidden in a school program and how those goals and values were modified as they are passed from the program sponsors through the developers to the teachers. To determine the effects of the Salmonids in the Classroom Program upon student attitudes toward the salmonid resource, a Likert-type instrument using a slide show was used. To understand children's beliefs and attitudes about the salmonid resource, student interviews were conducted with some students after they were exposed to the Salmonids in the Classroom Program. This study confirms that a special interest group can sponsor a school program and modify student attitudes to be more supportive of the interest group's programs and goals. This study may be useful not only to teachers to assist in clarifying their role with the special interest group's school program, but it may also be useful to special interest groups who may be planning ways to influence the public through the school system.Education, Faculty of
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Palmedo, P. Christopher. "Equality, Trust and Universalism in Europe, Canada and the United States: Implications for Health Care Policy." PDXScholar, 2014. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1929.
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A number of theoretical explanations seek to describe the factors that have led to the position of the United States as the last industrialized Western nation without a universal health care program. Theories focus on institutional arrangement, historic precedent, and the influence of the private sector and market forces. This study explores another factor: the role of underlying social values. The research examines differences in values among ten European countries, the United States and Canada, and analyzes the associations between the values that have been seen to contribute the individualism-collectivism dynamic in the United States. The hypothesis that equality and generalized trust are positively associated with universalism is only partially true. Equality is positively associated (B = .301, p < .001), while generalized trust is negatively associated with universalism (B = -.052, p < .001). Not only do Americans show lower levels of support for income equality and universalism than Europeans, but the effect of being American holds even after controlling for socio-demographic and religious variables (B = .044, p < .01). When the model tests the association of equality and trust on universalism in each region, it explains approximately 17 percent of the variance of universalism for the United States, and approximately 13 percent in Europe and Canada.
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Estevam, Joelma Zambão. "Arte, museu, educação: uma integração necessária na superação das tecnologias de controle social." Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, 2016. http://repositorio.utfpr.edu.br/jspui/handle/1/1801.
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Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo refletir sobre as estratégias e mediações utilizadas pelos museus Oscar Niemeyer e de Arte Contemporânea, em Curitiba, e Pinacoteca e Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, para aproximar o público da arte. Reconhece que o hiato existente entre ambos e que se reflete na baixa visitação aos museus de arte é resultado de construções ideológicas dominantes – as tecnologias de controle social – construídas historicamente para manter o controle de quem possui o poder econômico sobre os demais, sejam pessoas, como no caso da apreciação artística, ou países, como o que acontece com a tecnologia. Apresenta também algumas possibilidades de subversão deste controle, que ocorrem especialmente pelo fato de o ser humano ser criativo e interpretativo. Por fim, observa que o trabalho realizado pelos setores educativos dos museus para atrair diferentes públicos às instituições é bastante relevante e comprometido. Em relação aos materiais didáticos elaborados e distribuídos aos visitantes, entretanto, constatou-se a necessidade de alguns ajustes para que estes se comuniquem melhor com os visitantes e contribuam, de fato, para desconstruir a ideia de museu como um espaço elitizado e disponível apenas a alguns poucos privilegiados.This research aims to reflect on the strategies and mediation used by Oscar Niemeyer and Museum of contemporary art, in Curitiba, and Pinacoteca and Museum of modern art of São Paulo, to approximate audience of art. Recognizes that the gap between the two and that is reflected in the low visitation to art museums is the result of social control technologies historically elaborate and maintained to keep track of who has economic power over others , are people , as in the case of artistic appreciation, or countries, such as what happens with technology.It also presents some possibilities of subversion of this control , which occur especially because the human being creative and interpretive. Finally, it notes that the work carried out by the educational sectors of museums to attract different audiences is very relevant institutions and committed. With regard to teaching materials prepared and distributed to visitors, however, the need for some adjustments so that they communicate better with visitors and contribute, in fact, to deconstruct the idea of the Museum as an elite space and available only to a few privileged.
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Hall, Sebastian. "Creating Strong Cross Media Concepts for Museum Exhibitions." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för informatik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-73243.
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In this paper I argue that, in an effort to create novel cross media exhibition concepts, museums should use service design. By realigning their organizations and embrace the fact that what they are offering is indeed a service, they can gain a new outlook and generate new ideas about how to create novel cross media exhibition concepts. I also suggest that treating the exhibition in a similar way that film studios treat franchises could help shift the mindset and make it cross media-centric. In order to arrive at these conclusions I performed an observational study and conducted qualitative interviews with museum professionals working in various museums in Sweden. The observational study was designed to get a grasp of the current state of digital artefacts in Swedish museums whereas the interviews were aimed towards identifying attitudes as well as knowledge of current opportunities and obstacles. The observational study taught me that instances of rich, meaningful interactions with ties to an overall concept was not common, and that there is definitely opportunities to think differently about delivering these types of distributed user experiences. The interviews gave me a greater understanding of the intricacies of the field of cultural preservation and museums, as well as insight into some of the reasons why things are the way they currently are. Using service design to align these organizations could perhaps aid with some of these reasons.
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Wong, Yik-fan Frank, and 黃翊芬. "The multi-storey buildings (owners incorporation) (Amendment) Ordinance 1993: an evaluation of thegovernment's intervention in the management of private housing in HongKong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3196817X.
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Dlamuka, Mxolisi Chrisostomas. "Identities, memories, histories and representation : the role of museums in twentieth century KwaZulu-Natal." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/10394.
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The history of museums in South Africa dates back to 1825 when the South African
Museum (SAM) was established in Cape Town. Initially museums in South Africa were
established for science and local history was seen as peripheral. Nevertheless, this began
to change during the early 1920s as artifacts of historical nature gained popularity, saving
them from historical oblivion in museums. Museums themselves broadened their role to
become major centres of both scientific and historical knowledge.
When museums started to include historical artifacts, they entered a terrain which was
influenced by a racist ideology of segregation and then apartheid. Thus, they became
centres of political discourse and mirrors of the white domination in South Africa. From
the 1920s museums served to propagate certain myths which was based on the subjugation
of Africans by white settlers. Museums played a pivotal role in entrenching ideas of white
settlement in Natal as a triumph over barbarism, savage and heathenism. Exhibitions
within the museums reflected certain identities at the expense of others. It was not until the
1980s that the political scenario forced museums to examine their role and adapt to the
new order. This marked the beginning of a new dispensation in the politics and poetics of
museum displaying. During the 1990s issues of representation in museums became
popular. Historians were among those who became interested in the question of how to
represent the South African a turbulent past in a post apartheid South Africa. This era was
characterized by new displays which are more accommodative and represent diverse
population groups of South Africa.
Exhibitions in museums always involve political ramifications and ideas within
exhibitions draw reference to the powerful groups in the making of political and social
discourse. During the post- apartheid era, KwaZulu-Natal museums reflect new identities
which are based on non-racialism and interaction of diverse people of the province. They
no longer serve as reference point for white domination and educational programmes are
more multidimensional and appeal to all sectors of our society. The thesis adopted in this
piece of work is that museums are political institutions and reflect the political identities of
the society that they live. They cannot be divorced from their time and circumstances.Thesis (M.A.)-University of Durban-Westville, 2003.
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Busch, Kelly. "Water and social activism in Canada." Thesis, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/34.
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This thesis on water and social activism in Canada is a journey into the realm of shared social understanding. Water is too precious to all forms of life to simply permit commodification for the benefit of a few at the expense of the many. The Sun Belt case adjudicated under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) when compared with what prevailed under previous Canadian national law reveals severe limits to state sovereignty. A high measure of support has already been manifest around concerns and considerations which pertain to water and the potential for the growth of social activism with reference to water may well be unprecedented in Canada. There are fundamental inequalities found within the Sun Belt case. Current international trade policy coupled with private banking practices does not value the principles of sustainability, equality and justice because it is committed to the commodification of the “commons”. This thesis uses a variety of sources to oppose the present discourses followed by governments according to the doctrines found in the study of classical economics within a capitalist context.
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Raad, Tamim. "The car in Canada: a study of factors influencing automobile dependence in Canada’s seven largest cities, 1961-1991." Thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/8215.
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Automobile dependence is defined as a series of convergent land use and transportation
conditions in a city that leave people with few non-car options for urban travel. This dependence is
compromising the environmental, social and economic health of cities in Canada. Furthermore, it
appears as though automobile dependence is increasing in Canada, as are its attendant impacts. A fuller
understanding of the primary relationships affecting this trend is needed if its impacts are to be
adequately mitigated. However, there is little quantitative knowledge of the relative importance of
factors contributing to automobile dependence in Canadian cities.
A review of the literature identifies a multitude of mutually reinforcing factors that contribute
to the creation of automobile dependent cities. The factors are both cause and effect and exhibit
'feedback,' which results in a cycle of intensification of the original condition. While there are many
feedback relationships that contribute to automobile dependence, some may be stronger than others.
Mitigating the many adverse impacts of automobile dependence requires reducing the need for both
automobile ownership and automobile use by reversing these feedback relationships.
This thesis identifies the relative importance of factors influencing automobile dependence in
Canada's major cities through a comparative analysis of transportation, land use and population and
employment distribution trends and patterns. This involves the collection and analysis of an extensive
set of data from Canada's seven largest cities (Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto,
Ottawa-Hull and Montreal). To provide context and supplementary information, selected data from
thirty-four additional global cities are also used. A correlation analysis of the data collected identifies
the strength of correlation between factors involved in automobile dependence feedback.
The data reveal commonalities between cities: those cities with higher urban densities, higher
transit service provision and lower automobile infrastructure provision exhibit lower levels of car
ownership and use as well as higher levels of transit use. These cities also have better utilized transit
systems, have higher walking and cycling mode shares and consume less fuel.
The quantitative findings are used in tandem with the qualitative findings of the literature review
to identify and rank eight possible points for policy intervention in changing auto dependence feedback.
Of the factors examined, metropolitan and outer area density, transit supply and CBD parking supply
appear to exert the strongest relative influence on auto dependence. These are followed in importance by
inner area density and car ownership, which are followed by road supply and non-motorized transport
share. While the auto dependence factors ranked require further study, clarification and confirmation,
they provide a preliminary basis for directing policy analysis.
A policy evaluation framework is developed that enables policies prescribed in each intervention
area to be assessed against a series of travel, environmental, social and economic impact criteria as well
as their implementation potential. This framework can be used by policymakers to identify high leverage
policies for reducing auto dependence.
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Burns, Richard Dehler. "Towards a communication assessment method : an examination of the media treatment of social policy and free trade." Thesis, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/5760.
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A Critical Theoretical perspective is used to analyse the underlying logic of globalization
(flexible capital accumulation) as problematic for social policy and programs. Conflicts
between economic accumulation and political legitimation emerged as contradictory
stagflation leading to delinking the gold standard and abandonment of the Keynesian
consensus and Bretton Woods system. The Macdonald Royal Commission on Economic
Union and Development Prospects for Canada abandoned its claim to public enlightenment
and social consensus in validating free trade. The economic constitution of free trade limits
social rights and future political intervention into the economic sphere. The social
orientation to emancipation and well-being are restrained to utilitarian discourse.
Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School is compared with positivism and interpretivism
within an analytic frame of ontology, epistemology and methodology. The historical
background of the Frankfurt School is discussed with contributions by Adorno, Foucault,
Freud, Habermas, Honneth, Horkheimer, and Marcuse. A meta-theoretical framework is
developed for use in social work theory and practice. Jiirgen Habermas' Theory of Social
Action is analysed within the frame as arguing the good life in the public sphere. Habermas'
interpretation of the crisis of the welfare state as the colonization of the lifeworld by strategic
communication is applied to the recent free trade and social policy debate. Universal
pragmatics and the criteria of universal validity claims is developed.
A communication assessment method is developed from Habermas' universal validity claims
criteria and theory of communicative action. The typological criteria is used to measure
public consensus on The Globe and Mail Newspaper coverage of Canadian public sphere
discourse on free trade and social policy from 1980 to 1995. A multi-stage sample of textual
arguments is deconstructed and analysed within an "ideal speech situation" of the
hermeneutic-dialectical computer program ATLAS/ti. Qualitative analysis and statistical
measures of Chi-Square Analysis and Dendrograms are adapted to the validity claim criteria
to describe the results. Methodological results are tentative, and presented as an exploration
of theory applied to method which is useful for social work theory and practice. The
importance of the Habermasian revision of Critical Theory to social work theory and practice
is discussed.
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Dent, Sandra. "Mediating and negotiating culture in an art museum." Thesis, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/11288.
Full textAbstract:
Cross cultural education in art museums is an interesting and complex issue.
While cultural exhibitions have received attention in research, studies have usually
focused on the nature of the exhibitions and have not explored the audience's
understanding about culture in relationship to the exhibition.
This qualitative study explores how and what First Nations cultures have been
mediated by a civic art museum and negotiated by the museum audience, and the
relationship between the two. Observations of the exhibition and audience and
interviews with 99 adults in the museum were collected and analyzed to identify patterns
and relationships. Analysis of the exhibition found the mediation of culture was
distinguished by a partnership of the museum and First Nations cultures which reflected
both their languages and voices. Audience responses illustrated a range of affective,
factual and conceptual responses. Positive affective responses reflected the stimulation
and satisfaction with learning which occurred. Visitors indicated enlightenment, exposure
and revision of previously held ideas and assumptions, similarities and differences among
cultures, and insight into perspectives of others.
Partnership between the museum and the exhibition of masks from Northwest
First Nations cultures is seen as a complex undertaking requiring reflection and
examination of these two cultures. Visitor responses to the exhibition indicates learning,
thinking and innumerable ways individuals construct meanings and understanding from
art museum experiences.