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Puls, David William. "Developing a "presence" view of communion at Lawson Heights Pentecostal Assembly, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), access this title online, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.089-0084.
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Williamson, Vicki. "Leadership to Transform Our Library: A Case Study from the University Library, University of Saskatchewan." Chandos, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10388/5592.
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MacHattie, Trevor George. "Petrogenesis of the Wathaman Batholith and La Ronge Domain plutons in the Reindeer Lake area, Trans-Hudson Orogen, Saskatchewan /." Internet access available to MUN users only, 2001. http://collections.mun.ca/u?/theses,28274.
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Hinrichsen, Jorden. "Serviceberry: Potential North Dakota Accessions for the Nursery Industry." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/28671.
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Saskatoon serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia Nutt.) is an ornamental Rosaceous shrub producing delicate white flowers that yield fruit similar in appearance and nutrition to blueberry (Vaccinium spp.). Most serviceberry are propagated in Canada and, as imported stocks are often expensive, clones were accessed from 70 locations in North Dakota. Following establishment, a replicated field trial of wild biotypes of serviceberry was initiated at the North Dakota State University Horticulture Research Farm (NDSU HRF) near Absaraka, ND and at the Williston Research and Extension Center (WREC) in Williston, ND. Yield data was taken upon harvest in summers 2014-2017 at NDSU HRF and 2016 at WREC. ND 1-2, ND 1-4, ND 1-6, ND 1-7, ND 48-2 often out-yielded market genotypes. ND 15-2 was high in sugar content and gelling ability, ideal for processing. Through continued selection, North Dakota growers may have quality serviceberry from a local source.
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Power, Michael James. "Geochemical Surface Expression of the Phoenix and Millennium Uranium Deposits, Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/30918.
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The geochemistry of surface media above two known U deposits were examined to observe any possible dispersion products could be detected from them, and based on these findings, improved geochemical exploration techniques are proposed to reduce cost of finding undiscovered U resources. This study examined the materials overlying the Phoenix deposits, which have indicated resources of approximately 58.2 million lbs U3O8 grading 15 wt% that lie at 400 m depth below surface at the unconformity between the overlying Athabasca sandstones and Paleoproterozoic basement rocks. Aqua regia digestion, ammonium acetate at pH 5 and hydroxylamine leaches revealed U, Pb, Co, Ni, Mo, and W anomalies in humus and U, W and As anomalies in B-horizon soils above the ore zones and the basement location of a deposit-hosting, northeast-trending “WS Hanging Wall” shear zone over a three year period. These metal signatures suggest likely upward transport of metals from the deposits to overlying sandstones, and subsequently into the overlying till and soils.
This study also looked at materials above the Millennium U deposit, which has indicated resources of 68.2 million lbs U3O8 grading 4 wt% at ~750 m depth that occurs along a major fault in granites & metamorphosed pelites of Paleoproterozoic age below the Athabasca sandstones. Soil samples taken over the surface projections of an ore-hosting fault and the ore zone yielded anomalous values in U, Ni, Cu and Pb in aqua regia digestion of humus and U, Cu and Pb values in ammonium acetate leach of pH 5 of B-horizon soils. Hydroxylamine leach did not yield as many anomalies as ammonium acetate leach. Measured 4He/36Ar ratios of gas dissolved in water-filled drill holes were observed to be up to about 700 times the atmosphere value for air-saturated water, revealing the presence of radiogenic 4He that was likely produced from decaying U and released in the groundwater above the deposit. Our results suggest upward migration of metals to surface through porous sandstone and fault systems at Phoenix, and upward migration of metals along faults and He gas at Millennium. Both studies indicate the importance of the traverse method of sampling over targets perpendicular to the last major ice-flow event to discern U deposits that are defined by other means.
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Billinton, Jack. "A prospective policy analysis of the issue of accessability to university level studies in the province of Saskatchewan." Thesis, Anglia Ruskin University, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.263441.
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Billinton, Jack. "A prospective policy analysis of the issue of accessibility to university level studies in the province of Saskatchewan." Thesis, Anglia Ruskin University, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.387832.
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Vachon-Savary, Marie-Ève. "Enseigner en français en milieu minoritaire : impact d'une année d'immersion en cours de formation." Master's thesis, Université Laval, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/18399.
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Tableau d'honneur de la Faculté des études supérieures et postdoctorales, 2006-2007Recherche portant sur un groupe d'étudiants de l'Université de Regina venus compléter à l'Université Laval la deuxième année de leur baccalauréat. Ces étudiants se destinaient à enseigner en français dans leur province d'origine.
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Richards, Jeremy Peter. "The Porgera gold deposit, Papua New Guinea : geology, geochemistry and geochronology." Phd thesis, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/12535.
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The Porgera gold deposit, located in the highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG), contains ~410 tonnes Au and ~890 tonnes Ag, distributed between a large lower-grade ore zone (78.6 million tonnes, 3.5 g/tonne Au, 9.9 g/tonne Ag), and a smaller highgrade zone (5.0 million tonnes, 26.5 g/tonne Au, 22.1 g/tonne Ag). Lower-grade mineralization occurs as stockworks and disseminations of auriferous arsenical pyrite associated with strong sericite-carbonate alteration, which cross-cut and overprint a suite of epizonal mafic stocks and dykes of the Porgera Intrusive Complex (PIC) and their sedimentary host rocks (Jurassic-Cretaceous shelf sediments). Minor free gold also occurs in base metal-sulphide veins associated with these alteration zones. Later, high-grade mineralization (locally up to 3000 g/tonne Au) occurs in quartz-oscoelite veins associated with the Roamane Fault (an extensional structure which cross-cuts the intrusive complex and the earlier dissemiriated ore). Abundant visible gold occurs with Au-Ag-Ag-tellurides in these epithermal-style, vuggy, banded veins. Deposition of both types of ore is shown by K-Ar dating of sericite (illite) and roscoelite to have occurred within 1 Ma of the time of emplacement of the PIC at 6.0 ± 0.3 Ma (2a; K-Ar dating of igneous biotite, and 40Ar/39 Ar dating of hornblende). Geochemical, isotopic, and petrographic studies of the PIC indicate that the intrusions represent a comagmatic, volatile-rich alkali basalt/gabbro - hawaiite (trachybasalt) -mugearite (basaltic trachyandesite) fractionation suite, derived from a larger fractionating magma chamber located deeper in the upper crust (aeromagnetic evidence). The intrusions are medium- to coarse-grained, and textures vary from porphyritic to ophitic. Mafic rocks contain olivine (pseudomorphs) and Cr-rich diopside phenocrysts, whereas hornblende (titanian magnesio-hastingsite), Ti-rich salite, and plagioclase phenocrysts occur in hawaiites and mugearites. Fluor-apatite and
magnetite (Cr-rich in mafic rocks) occur as phenocrysts throughout the suite. High
Fe3+/Fe2+ ratios in whole-rock samples, pyroxenes and amphiboles, and the presence
of primary chromite/magnetite microphenocrysts indicate that the magma crystallized under conditions of high fo2.
Least-evolved samples are characterized by low Ba/La (8 to 10), La/Nb (0.6 to 0.7)
and Sr/Nd (~25) ratios, and LREE-enrichments ([La/Yb]cn = 15 to 19), which are similar to those of intra-plate alkali basalts, and distinguish the PIC from other Late Tertiary K-rich alkaline and calc-alkaline volcanics and intrusions found on the PNG mainland. Isotopic compositions are relatively depleted (ENd= +6, 87Sr/86Sr = 0.7035, 206Pb/204Pb = 18.64, 207Pb/204Pb = 15.55, 208Pb/204Pb = 38.45), and evidence is found for only limited amounts of crustal contamination. These data suggest derivation of the Porgera magmas by partial melting of a garnet-lherzolite source in the upper
mantle. The incompatible element-, volatile-rich nature of the magma suggests that the mantle source region had undergone metasomatic-enrichment prior to melting ( < 0.5 Ga), and the timing of magmatism suggests that both metasomatism and melting may have been related to the elimination of an oceanic microplate segment by double subduction beneath the Australasian (PNG) and Pacific (Bismarck Sea) plates. A model is proposed which involves metasomatism in the back-arc asthenosphere by fluids or melts derived from the subducted slab at depths below ~150 km. Isotopic tracing studies in the ore deposit indicate that hydrothermal Pb and Sr were derived from a mixture of igneous and sedimentary sources, located within the Jurassic Om Formation (carbonaceous, pyritic siltstones). These fluids carried K, Rb, Mn, S, C02 and other components including Au and Ag into depositional zones in the overlying Cretaceous Chim Formation. Mass balance calculations indicate a significant magmatic involvement in the source of hydrothermal Pb, but show that Sr was largely derived by leaching of the sedimentary sequence. Analyses of precious metal abundances in unaltered intrusive rocks-and sediments show that neither rock-type represents a significantly gold-enriched protore, but evidence for the evolution of a volatile phase during crystallization of the magma suggests that Au and other elements may have been partitioned into a magmatic fluid. It is suggested that mixing between this fluid and warm, reduced, sulphide-rich groundwaters circulating in the Om
Formation sediments resulted in rapid deposition of base metals, but gold was retained in solution as a bisulphide complex until precipitation at higher levels in the Chim Formation. Gold deposition was controlled by a combination of cooling, wallrock reaction, fluid mixing, and/or boiling, which resulted in destabilization of bisulphide complexes. A late influx of fresh magma into the parental magma chamber, probably triggered by tectonic activity, resulted in the emplacement of a suite of feldspar porphyry dykes, and the release of a final pulse of hydrothermal fluid. These fluids ascended along late faults and subsidiary structures, and rich deposits of gold were formed where they boiled or mixed with cool, descending groundwaters.
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"Landscape Evolution at Wanuskewin Heritage Park, Saskatoon Saskatchewan." Thesis, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10388/5866.
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Regional deglaciation of the study site (520 13' N, 1060 35' W) and drainage of
glacial Lake Saskatchewan occurred by ca. 10.5 ka BP. Channelisation of flow into the
South Saskatchewan River and a gradual drop in base level caused small tributary stream
valleys, such as the Opimihaw Creek valley, to be incised through surficial sediments and
underlying till formations. Large stream discharges associated with a cool, moist postglacial
climate contributed to the erosion of the landscape.
The following physiographic elements were observed in the study area: the till
plain; alluvial terraces; mass movement landforms; the modem stream channel. The
alluvial terraces located in the valley bottom are the focus of this study.
Prior to ca. 4.6 ka BP, a combination of a rise in base level and gradual climate
change led to the crossing of a geomorphic threshold, shifting the stream from an incising
to an aggrading system. Slope wash resulting from a reduction in vegetation cover,
combined with variable precipitation and stream discharge, led to initial rapid channel
aggradation. Sedimentation rates gradually declined as the environment became
increasingly moist leading to a more constant stream discharge, a denser vegetation cover
and reduced slope wash.
Excavations at several valley bottom alluvial terraces reveal five sedimentary
facies: facies 1, vertical accretion sediments; facies 2, proximal channel sediments; facies
3, alluvium and/or colluvium; facies 4, fluvial sands; facies 5, channel gravels. The
generally fining upwards sequence from coarse-grain fluvial channel deposits (facies 3 -
5) to finer-grained proximal channel and vertical accretion sediments (facies 1 and 2)
records the migration of the stream channel across its floodplain throughout the
aggradation phase. Repeated pedogenesis and human occupation indicate periodic
subaerial exposure of the floodplain. Downstream sites are generally dominated by finergrained
facies and are characterised by more rapid sedimentation rates than upstream
sites.
Within the last ca O. 1 to 0.2 ka BP, a geomorphic threshold was crossed and the
stream incised its floodplain. The proximity of the South Saskatchewan river to alluvial
terraces at the mouth of the creek indicates the creek was likely responding to a drop in
base level. Currently, there is very little flow in the creek, due in part to several beaver
dams along its length.
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McKenzie-Smith, Trevor. "The Social Democratic Future of Saskatchewan: An Analysis of the Electoral Geography of Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan in 2003 and 2007." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/24605.
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In November 2007 the right of centre Saskatchewan Party defeated Saskatchewan’s social democratic party, which had been in government for seventeen years. Unlike previous defeats, the New Democratic Party’s (NDP) loss in 2007 clearly showed that a new intra-urban political polarization in Saskatoon and Regina had emerged with the outer suburbs abandoning the NDP and the core areas maintaining previous levels of support. This study employs correlation analysis and logistic and linear regression analysis, using survey data from the 2003 and 2007 general election campaigns from Saskatchewan. Urban zones are constructed based on the morphological (urban form) hypothesis in order to create categories for spatial analysis. The different types of urban places are analyzed incorporating survey and Statscan data. Statistically significant differences between the urban zones are discussed in light of possible mechanisms found in the literature in order to explain recent political turns in Saskatchewan.
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"Geology and Diagenesis of the Dawson Bay Formation in the Saskatoon Potash Mining District, Saskatchewan." Thesis, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10388/7025.
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Historically, the Dawson Bay Formation has always been considered a good cap
rock for the underlying Prairie Evaporite Formation, but recent flooding of potash mines suggests that this assumption is invalid. This study describes the sedimentology, mineralogy, and diagenetic history of the Dawson Bay Formation in the Saskatoon Potash Mining District, and was undertaken to provide a detailed geological background for future mine planning.
The Dawson Bay Formation in the study area ranges in thickness from 53 metres
in the east to 31 metres in the west. It is divided into three (locally four) members.
They are, in ascending order, the Second Red Bed, Burr, and Neely Members, capped locally by the Hubbard Evaporite Member.
The red to grey dolomitic mudstones of the Second Red Bed Member are
disconformably overlain by the carbonates of the Burr Member. These carbonates are rich in hardgrounds and a marine fauna of crinoids, brachiopods, and corals. The contact between the Burr and Neely Members is represented by a major hardground. The lower Neely sediments are argillaceous carbonates, which are overlain by a dolomitized, bituminous limestone that contain abundant stromatoporoids and Stringocephalus brachiopods. Overlying these carbonates are organic-rich, peloidal carbonates which contain dolomitized microbial mats; these, in tum, are overlain by interbedded dolomitic mudstone and anhydrite. Locally the Neely Member is overlain by the Hubbard Evaporite which is composed primarily of halite. When the Hubbard Evaporite Member is absent there is a transitional contact between the Neely Member and the First Red Bed of the Souris River Formation.
The Dawson Bay sediments were deposited as shallow water carbonates in an
epeiric seaway. The presence of hardgrounds suggests periods of little or no
sedimentation. Open marine conditions were present during the deposition of the upper Burr and lower Neely sediments. Sabkha-like conditions prevailed during the deposition of the Second Red Bed and upper Neely Members.
The main diagenetic events that led to porosity formation in the Dawson Bay
Formation are dolomitization, and post-depositional leaching of evaporitic and unstable minerals. Most porosity is secondary, although minor primary intrapartic1e porosity is present. The most significant diagenetic event that affected porosity and fractures was filling by a late halite event. This event significantly reduced the porosity but did not block it completely.
Petrography and SEM reveals that the Dawson Bay Formation is more porous
than originally thought. There are significant fractures and porosity within the
formation. Although most of the porosity is filled with halite, its removal through
dissolution would create a reservoir that could prove detrimental to the potash mining.
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Neufeld, Stephanie. "Grid + Ghost." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/7349.
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The thesis begins with a notion to design a school of architecture in Saskatchewan. The context, at first, appears overwhelmingly basic: an agricultural grid superimposed on a horizontal plain, under an endless sky. This formulaic description cannot capture what it is to experience the place.
Stemming from this archetypal divide between earth and sky, the character of the prairies develops through a series of pairs. Each four-part section begins by setting up a polarity; on one side, a grid, and on the other, a ghost. The intersection of these two elements is illustrated through an interface and a segment of time. With each added layer, the polarities become increasingly entwined. The school of architecture is located, conceptually, in this space of reciprocity.
The physical site is an industrial wasteland near the centre of Saskatoon, bounded on the east and west sides by two sets of train tracks. A timber and masonry warehouse, constructed for the John Deere Plow Company in 1910, is located along the end of the spur line to the east. The school of architecture finds itself within this building. The view down the tracks provides a glimpse of the prairie fields; the nondescript site itself alludes to this Deleuzian smooth space beyond the city limits. Even as it precisely situates and contains itself in this physical urban context, the school of architecture internalizes the dream of the prairie landscape. It is an educational institution and an incubator for the architectural imagination.
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"Evaluation of Cultural Competency in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) Intervention Programs in Saskatoon for Saskatchewan Métis." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2015-03-1994.
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Métis people in Canada experience Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) at a rate that is substantially higher than the general Canadian population, and therefore require medical and public healthcare for diabetes complications. Despite a growing literature examining Aboriginal health, little is known about how diabetes healthcare interventions are being delivered to the Métis in Canada. Culturally competent medical and public health interventions, those that are sensitive to the culture, history and the beliefs people hold, are known to produce better patient outcomes. These interventions are also known to deliver greater patient satisfaction, and may reduce existing health inequities. This thesis explores the extent to which community-level diabetes healthcare interventions in Saskatoon are being delivered to the Métis people in a manner that is appropriate and sensitive to their culture.
Data were collected using semi-structured in-depth interviews with seven Métis participants living with diabetes. Structured in-depth interviews were conducted with one key informant from Central Urban Métis Federation Inc. (CUMFI), and five healthcare practitioners tasked with providing T2DM interventions. Observations and documentary materials were used to supplement the interview data for the study.
The study identified two main community-level diabetes healthcare interventions in Saskatoon with a series of activities organized under them. Although the study found no Métis specific T2DM healthcare intervention, participants identified that Métis cultural activities such as jigging and community gardening were incorporated into some of the interventions. However, language, Métis traditional foods, and traditional approaches to teaching were not incorporated into these programs. These omissions, coupled with barriers such as limited spatial accessibility, lack of funding and community poverty have repercussions on participation levels, participant retention and health outcomes for participants living with diabetes. Respondents are less inclined to participate if interventions are generic (non-Métis specific), which are considered less satisfactory. In turn, this may affect the sustainability of the healthcare program resulting in poor health outcomes. In this way the Métis continue to struggle with these community-level diabetes healthcare intervention programs. This study supports the need for Métis-specific community-level diabetes healthcare interventions as a means of improving health outcomes for the fight against T2DM among Métis people.
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"The University of Saskatchewan Seismograph Network." Thesis, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/10388/5915.
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This thesis discusses the work completed on the
University of Saskatchewan Seismograph Network (USSN). The
main thrust of the work was the development of an automatic
seismic data monitoring algorithm and interactive computer
packages which are used to analyze digitally recorded
earthquakes. Currently the monitoring package detects two
earthquakes, on average, daily. Seven earthquakes within
1500 km of the USSN were detected between the period of
September and December of 1991.
The interactive computer packages are used to provide
earthquake information such as location, magnitude, and
spectral parameters. Instrument calibration is a vital
component of the analysis package. A reliable calibration
function has been derived for the system by studying the
instrument response to known ground-motions, which were
introduced into the seismometers electronically.
A direct benefit of the USSN will be a better
understanding of seismicity in Saskatchewan and the rest of
western Canada. The utility of the network is evaluated by
studying the magnitudes of earthquakes which can be reliably
recorded. The event resolvibility is limited by the
background noise level, whereas the maximum recordable event
size is controlled by the inherent limitations of the
seismographs. The recording range of the instrumentation is
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established using results from both an ambient background noise
study and instrument calibration experiments. The
investigation shows that earthquakes from southern
Saskatchewan, which have magnitudes between 2.5 and 4.0, can
be reliably recorded (based on the present seismograph
configuration) .
Accurate earthquake location requires a keen
understanding of the seismic velocity variations within the
crust and upper mantle (a crustal model). Earthquake data
recorded by the USSN were interpretated to develop a crustal
model for the Saskatoon area. The study used seismograms
recorded between epicentral distances of 200 and 11 000 km.
The interpretation shows that the depth to the base of the
crust (Moho), under Saskatoon, is 46 km. Refractions along
the Moho, from regional distance earthquakes, have apparent
P-wave velocities of 8.3 km/sec. The P-wave velocity in the
upper crust is 6.16 km/sec.
The crust, in this area, is found to be complicated,
based on the teleseismic and local earthquake data. P-waves
from teleseismic earthquakes show travel time deviations as
large as 0.4 sec, which may be related to the fractured
nature of the crust. The existence of an inter-crustal
discontinuity is suggested by seismograms from a local
earthquake. The observed P-wave refractions are consistent
with a horizon at 20 km depth, which has a dip of 4.5 deg,
and a P-wave velocity of 6.6 km/sec.
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Schaffel, Julia. "Continuing the journey: a funeral home for Indigenous Peoples of Saskatchewan." 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/31900.
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The focus of this practicum project is to provide a culturally relevant, as well as mentally, emotionally, and spiritually supportive, funeral home for the Indigenous community in Saskatoon and surrounding area. The current Westwood Funeral Home at 1402 20th St. West in Treaty 6 Territory and owned by the Saskatoon Funeral Home, was updated in order to improve the services offered to their Indigenous patrons. Drawing on key principles of Indigenous worldviews regarding the natural environment and experience, the proposed design is a result of the investigation of three main theoretical frameworks: traditional Indigenous worldviews, nature centred design, and sensory perception involving multisensory design.February 2017
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"Health care and reference to Vietnam: experiences of immigrants and refugees in Saskatoon." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2015-06-2100.
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This thesis focuses on the experiences of Vietnamese immigrants and refugees in accessing health care services in Saskatoon. Within Canada, terms such as immigrant and refugee are assigned to reflect the differing circumstances that “newcomers,” i.e. foreign-born residents, arrive under, who are typically classified as either temporary or permanent residents (Gushulak et al. 2011). Research has suggested that newcomers to Canada from non-European countries tend to under-utilize health services (Curtis and MacMinn 2008; Luu, Leung and Nash 2009; O’Mahony and Donnelly 2007; Whitley, Kirmayer and Groleau 2006), while language and cultural differences are cited as barriers to health care (Asanin and Wilson 2008; Gushulak et al. 2011; Kirmayer et al. 1996). Qualitative health research regarding Vietnamese immigrants and refugees in Saskatchewan is currently lacking. The purpose of this study was to elicit a deeper understanding of experiences in accessing health care services through open-ended interviews. A total of 14 interviews were conducted regarding the health care experiences of members of the Vietnamese community in Saskatoon. The aim was to examine the possible socio-cultural determinants affecting the experiences of this study’s participants, to explore whether or not these determinants resulted in health care under-utilization, and to determine areas for future research, particularly, in working to resolve barriers to care for immigrant and refugee groups.
Participants iterated the challenges that newcomers face in accessing health care, such as language, cultural, geographical, and socio-economic differences, as identified within the literature. However, the most elaborate responses given by the Vietnamese-born participants in this study were built around references to Vietnam (their country of origin). In particular, they described their experiences in Saskatoon through comparisons of health care and larger socio-economic circumstances in Vietnam. While participants described both positive and negative experiences, the consensus was that health care is generally better in Canada than in Vietnam. This thesis illustrates the value of examining the participants’ descriptions of Vietnam in understanding their experiences with health care in Saskatoon. These findings contribute to a contextual understanding of the socio-cultural determinants affecting the experiences of immigrants and refugees. I follow previous research studies to suggest that the cross-cultural contexts of health and illness need to be continually explored in health research regarding immigrants and refugees.
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"Saskatchewan Women's Institutes: The Rural Women's University 1911-1986." Thesis, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10388/6705.
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This thesis is the first major attempt to document the accomplishments of Saskatchewan Women's Institutes - Saskatchewan's largest and longest surviving adult education movement for rural women which was known as the Association of Homemakers' Clubs of Saskatchewan prior to 1971. The purpose of the study ls threefold. The primary purpose is to make up for the lack of scholarly work on Saskatchewan Women's Institutes by documenting the organization's history as an adult education movement. A secondary purpose is to critically examine the relationship between SWI and the University which organized Homemakers' Clubs as a vehicle to provide extension services for rural women. The third purpose is to provide insight into the role rural women played in Saskatchewan's development. The study increases understanding about this important movement by documenting its growth and decline and its educational and other accomplishments from its establishment in 1911 to its 75th Anniversary in 1986.
The University connection was crucial to the rise and transformation of the Rural Women's University, as the Association of Homemakers' Clubs of Saskatchewan was known, because of its close relationship to the University. Four distinct phases were identified. During the first two phases the number of clubs grew rapidly because the University employed staff to organize clubs and provide direction. Rural women were anxious to join these clubs because they provided much needed social contact and educational opportunities. Membership peaked during the third phase, but began to decline after 1941 because the University cutback the delivery of educational programs through the Clubs, and because it no longer employed staff to mobilize clubs. The fourth phase was characterized by continued cutbacks in University support and funding. This, combined with rural depopulation, improved transportation and communications networks, and other educational opportunities for rural women contributed to the gradual, but steady decline of members and clubs.
An examination of club activities dispels the myth that SWI was merely a social club. Through Homemakers' Clubs rural women learned how to cope with their harsh environment and broadened their interests beyond the home. Homemakers' established libraries, community centres and health clinics which provided a foundation for governments to build on in later years. The University had a significant impact on the organization's activities, particularly its focus on education and the avoidance of political and controversial issues.
It appears that the era of the "Rural Women's University" has come to an end in Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan Women's Institutes 75th Anniversary was celebrated in a serious state of deterioration. The majority of members were over 60 years of age, and prospects for attracting new members were not good. University support and direction in the early years encouraged SWI to become dependent and discouraged the development of strong leadership amongst members. The withdrawal of University support prevented SWI from developing and delivering quality educational programs that could have attracted young rural women. With a declining membership base, withdrawal of University support and uncertain core funding from the provincial Department of Agriculture it is unlikely that SWI will continue for much longer. Although there is still a need for a rural women's organization it appears that Saskatchewan Women's Institutes does not have the financial or human resources necessary to revitalize itself to meet the need.
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Dawson, Diane. "Exploring the scholarly communications landscape at the University of Saskatchewan." 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10388/5673.
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This poster presents the results of an exploratory survey to understand the current publishing behaviours, and open access awareness and attitudes, of faculty at the University of Saskatchewan. The research was conducted in an effort to establish a basis for the potential development of a scholarly communications program at the University Library.Poster presented at the 2013 Canadian Library Association (CLA) conference in Winnipeg.
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"School, family, and community partnerships as pathways to support Vietnamese immigrant children's early learning in Saskatchewan: A case study within the Saskatoon Vietnamese community." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2015-07-2181.
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The purpose of this qualitative case study was to understand Vietnamese immigrant parents’ conceptualizations and practices related to school, family, and community partnerships that support their children’s early learning and development in a Canadian context. The study was guided by three research questions: In what ways do Vietnamese immigrant parents conceptualize school, family, and community partnerships related to their children’s early learning and development? What supports and challenges do Vietnamese immigrant parents have in building and maintaining school, family, and community partnerships that facilitate their children’s early learning and development? What practices related to the partnerships do Vietnamese immigrant parents employ to assist their children’s early learning and development?
Joyce Epstein’s (1997) Theory of Overlapping Spheres of Influence and her Six Types of Involvement Framework were employed in this study. Data were collected from semi-structured interviews and observations to answer three research questions. Participants of the study included three sets of Vietnamese immigrant parents, three teachers, two Vietnamese immigrant children’s grandmothers, and one friend of a Vietnamese immigrant family who was selected on the basis of relational proximity with the focal child.
The findings of this study confirmed those of previous studies that immigrant parents share interests in and responsibilities for their children’s early learning and that the partnerships are significantly beneficial for immigrant children’s early learning and their transition to a new environment out of their home setting. In addition, the findings contributed to previous theories in the field of school, family, and community partnerships. Specifically, guidelines for parental involvement that better represent the involvement of immigrant parents were suggested to extend Epstein’s (1997) framework. Additionally, this study shed light on some misaligned perceptions and interpretations related to language barriers, time constraints, the significance of grandparents’ involvement, the principle of equity and respect for diversity, and the expectation for immigrant children’s academic early learning.
In addition to implications for theory, the researcher also attempted to provide some implications for practices and future research. Noticeably, some practices related to “Parenting”, a dimension of the partnerships significantly acknowledged by the Vietnamese immigrant parents, were presented in detail.
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"Generation of an Indoor Navigation Network for the University of Saskatchewan." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2014-07-1111.
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Finding ones way in unknown and unfamiliar environments is a common task. A number of tools ranging from paper maps to location-based services have been introduced to assist human navigation. Undoubtedly, car navigation systems can be considered the most successful example of location based services that widely gained user acceptance. However the concept of car navigation is not always (perhaps rarely) suitable for pedestrian navigation. Moreover, precise localization of moving objects indoors is not possible due to the absence of an absolute positioning method such as GPS. These make accurate indoor tracking and navigation an interesting problem to explore.
Many of the methods of spatial analysis popular in outdoor applications can be used indoors. In particular, generation of the indoor navigation network can be an effective solution for a) improving the navigation experience inside complex indoor structures and b) enhancing the analysis of the indoor tracking data collected with existing positioning solutions. Such building models should be based on a graph representation and consist of the number of ‘nodes’ and ‘edges’, where ‘nodes’ correspond to the central position of the room and ‘edge’ represents the medial axis of the hallway polygons, which physically connects these rooms. Similar node-links should be applied stairs and elevators to connect building floors.
To generate this model, I selected the campus of University of Saskatchewan as the study area and presented a method that creates an indoor navigation network using ESRI ArcGIS products. First, the proposed method automatically extracts geometry and topology of campus buildings and computes the distances among all entities to calculate the shortest path between them. The system navigates through the University campus and it helps locating classrooms, offices, or facilities. The calculation of the route is based on the Dijkstra algorithm, but could employ any network navigation algorithm. To show the advantage of the generated network, I present results of a study conducted in conjunction with the department of Computer Science. An experiment that included 37 participants was designed to collect the tracking data on a university campus to demonstrate how the incorporation of the indoor navigation model can improve the analysis of the indoor movement data. Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that the generated indoor network can be applied to raw positioning data in order to improve accuracy, as well as be employed as a stand-alone tool for enhancing of the route guidance on a university campus, and by extension any large indoor space consisting of individual or multiple buildings.
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"Monitoring urban sustainability based on an integrated indicator model using geospatial technique and multiple data sources: a case study in the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2014-03-1441.
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A comprehensive understanding of urban development is critical for moving towards the goal of sustainability. Despite a collection of urban sustainability indicator (USI) conceptual frameworks proposed and explored in practical urban sustainability assessment, establishing an integrated, well-quantified, spatially characterized USI model is still a challenging task. Therefore, based on a manuscript-style format this thesis develops a subjectively weighted integrated USI model and then applies it to the city of Saskatoon, SK, Canada, as a case study, based on quantifying a hierarchical index system. In addition, urban environmental sustainability is spatiotemporally investigated for an improved understanding of Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect.
Results show that the proposed integrated USI model improved urban sustainability measurement by overcoming the shortages in existing USI models. Geospatial statistics demonstrated disparity in urban sustainability across residential neighbourhoods for Saskatoon in 2006 based on the significant clusters and outliers. It also found that population increases can possibly improve intellectual and economic well-being and promote urbanization, but may cause environmental degradation and lead to a decline in overall urban sustainability. This research also demonstrates that satellite imagery can be used to study environmental sustainability at different spatiotemporal scales. This research reveals that both urban water and green spaces had significant cooling effects on the surrounding urban LST within specific ranges. Urban surface temperature can be estimated based on a multiple linear regression model with sustainable traveling mode index and land use information as input variables.
The overall significance of this research has three folds. First, it lays a preliminary theoretical foundation for a comprehensive understanding of urban sustainability based on a well-quantified integrated USI model. Second, it is relatively original with respect to improving urban sustainability measurements through the incorporation of subjective information into objective data. Third, this research has explored spatiotemporal analysis to detect urban sustainability patterns based on compiling multiple data sources using geospatial techniques. The proposed USI model is highly suitable for comparison analysis at different spatial scales as well as continuously tracking the dynamic changes. Therefore, this research can be a good practice of applying the spatiotemporal philosophy to urban geographical problems.
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"Finding a Voice: Place & Queer Student Health at the University of Saskatchewan." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2013-04-1034.
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Within recent years, there has been a growth of interest in both queer health and geographies of sexualities. However, the majority of this research has focused on both queer health and use of space as they related to sexual activity, sex-related health risks, and desire, while overlooking those aspects of both queer identity and health that are not directly tied to sexual activity. This study addresses these gaps within the literature by studying queer health using the lens of place. The objective of this study is to understand how self-identified queer students at the University of Saskatchewan negotiated space and in particular, safe spaces, in their daily lives, and how this negotiation affected their health and well-being. This research was conceptually guided by ideas within feminist thought and queer theory. The study took place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and included a group of five University of Saskatchewan undergraduate and certificate students who self-identified as queer. Participants were recruited through advertisements posted both online and throughout the campus. Data were collected through an action research approach with methods that included individual interviews, group meetings, and Photovoice. Results of the study include a list of elements that participants used to label safe spaces and lists of common safe spaces and safe areas on the University of Saskatchewan campus and throughout Saskatoon. Participants in this study emphasized the relationship between the people who made regular use of a space, its overall "feel," and their familiarity with the space with its level of safety, while also making it clear that queer was not always synonymous with safe. These findings yield insight into the process that individuals use to mentally label space and the subsequent ways in which this labelling influences use of space and, on a broader level, reflects individual and group identity. This raises some important questions about current definitions and ideas regarding safe spaces and provides a foundation for future research.
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Dawson, Diane. "Investigating the scholarly communications needs of faculty at the University of Saskatchewan: Is there a role for the University Library?" 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10388/5717.
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This study seeks to understand the current publishing behaviours and attitudes of faculty, across all disciplines, at the U of S in response to the growing significance of OA publishing and archiving. The broad objective of this research is to discover what the current and emerging needs of U of S researchers are in order to determine if scholarly communications services are in demand here. And, if so, to provide an evidence-based foundation for the potential future development of such a program of services at the University Library.Slides from a presentation given at EBLIP7, Saskatoon, July 2013.
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"The Historical Development of Sexual Assault Policy at the University of Saskatchewan: An Institutional Ethnography." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2015-09-2236.
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Over the past few years, incidents of gender-based violence on Canadian university
campuses have gained public attention. In 2013 rape chants occurred during frosh week at two
universities – UBC and Saint Mary’s. In March 2014 the University of Ottawa’s hockey and
coaching staff was suspended after the sexual assault of a woman was reported in Thunder Bay
where the team was playing an out-of-town game. Later in 2014, the misogynistic Facebook
posts by Dalhousie dentistry students came to the public’s attention. A number of sexual assaults
have also taken place on the University of Saskatchewan campus, including high profile cases in
2003 and 2012. The current project takes a step back to explore two research questions. First,
how did women’s experiences at the University of Saskatchewan campus shape the institutional
discourse and policies and procedures on sexual assault? Second, what were the “ruling relations”
that affected the chain of actions leading to the development of sexual assault policies?
In order to answer the two research questions, institutional ethnography, augmented by
interpretive historical sociology, were utilized. Archival documents from the University of
Saskatchewan Archives and Special Collections were gathered and six semi-structured
interviews were conducted.
Double standards, sexism, limited child care, sexual harassment and sexual assault were
just a few issues that female students, faculty, and staff were concerned with at the University of
Saskatchewan. There were a number of groups on campus during the time frame under
investigation such as the Pente Kai Deka, the Women’s Directorate, and the Help Centre.
However, the thesis focuses mainly on the President’s Committee on the Status of Women
(PCSW), the President’s Advisory Committee on the Status of Women (PACSW), and the
Sexual Harassment Office (SH Office). In 1990 the PACSW was formally created. The main
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goal of the PACSW was to create the Reinventing Our Legacy (ROL) report, which was based
on submissions received from all groups on campus. Through the submissions the PACSW
derived nine recommendations to address sexual/gender harassment at the University of
Saskatchewan. The six interviewees involved with the PACSW described the barriers
experienced both within and outside the Committee. As well, the interviewees felt the ROL
report did not have the expected impact on the University of Saskatchewan campus.
Incidents of sexism, sexual harassment and sexual assault are still occurring at the
University of Saskatchewan. Based on information received from the women of the PACSW
interviewed for this research, the archival data collected, and other research involvement
regarding campus sexual assault, the thesis presents five recommendations for the University of
Saskatchewan: a safe space, professional staff, education, policy and procedures, and resources.
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"Quality control program for a geochemical laboratory, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Canada." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2014-09-1708.
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The quality of analytical data produced by geochemical laboratories has become progressively more important as complex decisions concerning the impact of development on the environment Public concern regarding the impact of resource, industrial, and agricultural development is placing greater pressure on the government to protect the environment (Zhou, 2013). The quality of such data is squarely dependent on adherence to quality control programs, which provide guidelines from which high quality, trustworthy data can be generated.
A unique quality control program was developed and implemented at the NSERC-IRC Aqueous and Environmental Geochemistry Laboratory. This program: 1) accommodate samples from unique environments; 2) documents and maintains the high level of confidence in the data produced; 3) provides standard quality control protocols; and 4) ensures the continued training of staff. The evaluation of data produced during 2013 revealed the strengths and weaknesses of the laboratory methods through comparison with data quality objectives.
The data produced by the laboratory during 2013 was evaluated and quality confirmed. It was determined that the results produced met the high standards required by the data quality objectives, with a few minor exceptions. The quality objectives were based on the end use of the data and consideration regarding the complex nature of the water samples collected from diverse geologic media. There was increased variability of results near the method detection limit of selenium, cadmium, and arsenic, although they still meet to standards required for water quality investigations. Investigations into variabilities will include re-evaluation of detection limits, identification of the source of discrepancy between the methods, and possible matrix interference. Protocols will continue to be monitored and changes to methods made when objectives are not achieved or there are changes in laboratory staff, equipment, or the specific requirements of the studies the laboratory supports.
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"Examining the influence of Aboriginal literature on Aboriginal students' resilience at the University of Saskatchewan." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2014-04-1488.
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There are many Aboriginal (First Nation, Métis and Inuit) students attending Canadian universities who remain resilient despite the multiple challenges that arise during their first year of studies. This thesis focused on six undergraduate Aboriginal students attending the University of Saskatchewan who learned about resilience as it was demonstrated in Aboriginal novels, plays, poetry and short stories, taught in their university courses. Aboriginal literature with a fictional or non-fictional autobiographical voice demonstrated characters and people who prevailed over hardships without giving up. A combination of Indigenous methodology and grounded theory methods were used in this qualitative study, to analyze how Aboriginal students were learning from Aboriginal literature about their own resilience. Resilience in this study is defined by the Nehiyaw (Cree) concept of Miyo-Pimatisiwin (The Good Life), which refers to relying on traditional Aboriginal concepts, values and perspectives in striving for a good life and being attentive to wholistic growth and balance of the four areas of self: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual (Hart, 2002, p. 13). This study found that Aboriginal students’ resilience is influenced by Aboriginal literature taught in undergraduate courses in three valuable ways: coping with personal and academic challenges, engagement in university learning with a sub-theme of approaches of professors validating Aboriginal literature and experiences, and personal growth and transformation. The University of Saskatchewan has recently announced initiatives aimed at increasing Aboriginal student retention and success, and this study lends support to the development of measures to increase the University of Saskatchewan’s aspirations in this regard.
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""We Have Never Allowed Such A Thing Here...": Social Responses to Saskatchewan's Early Sex Trade, 1880 to 1920." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2013-08-1159.
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Despite what the title suggests, Saskatchewan had a booming sex trade in its early years. The area attracted hundreds of women sex workers before Saskatchewan had even become a province in 1905. They were drawn to the area by the demands of bachelors who dominated Canada's prairie west.
According to Saskatchewan's moral reformers, however, the sex trade was a hindrance to the province's Christian potential. They called for its abolishment and headed white slavery campaigns that characterized prostitution as a form of slavery. Their approach stood in contrast with law enforcement's stance on the trade. The police took a tolerant approach, allowing its operation as long as sex workers and their clients remained circumspect. Law enforcement's approach reflected their own propensity to use the services of sex workers as well as community attitudes toward the trade. Some communities were more welcoming of sex workers, while others demanded that police suppress the trade. Saskatchewan's newspapers also reflected differing attitudes toward the trade. While Regina's Leader purveyed a no tolerance view of the sex trade, Saskatoon's Phoenix and Star held more tolerant views. Saskatchewan's newspapers reveal that as the province's population increased and notions of moral reform gained popularity, police were challenged to take a less tolerant approach. However, reformers' efforts to end the sex trade dwindled with the onset of the First World War and attitudes toward sex workers shifted drastically as responsibility for venereal disease was placed largely on women who sold sex.
Using government and police records, moral reform and public health documents, and media sources such as newspapers, as well as intersectional analysis of gender, race, class, and ethnicity, this examination of Saskatchewan’s sex trade investigates the histories and social responses to the buying and selling of sex, revealing the complex and, at times, contradictory place of sex workers and the sex trade in Saskatchewan’s early history.
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Von, Stein Joachim. "Providing university courses and programs to people living in northern communities in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba : three case studies." 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/29936.
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"Marvellous times : the Indian homemaking program and its effects on extension instructors at the Extension Division, University of Saskatchewan, 1967-1972." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-01082007-111624.
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Because the history of Indian-White relations in Canada has focussed mainly on the colonized Indians and ignored the impact of colonization on the White colonizers, it has simplified a complex affiliation which, clearly, had an impact on both groups while reducing Indian peoples to objects to be studied. By understanding the concept of a relationship involved in colonization, we can alternatively focus on the effects colonization had on both the large and small colonizers. Not only will a study of this type allow us to emphasize the once-ignored impact of colonization on the colonizers, it will also help to avoid the over-study of the Indian peoples in Canada.
Exploring the history of the Indian Homemaking Program, Extension Division, University of Saskatchewan, 1967-1972 is an excellent venue in which to perform such a study. The program, which involves White Extension Instructors travelling to Saskatchewan reserves to teach Indian women homemaking skills such as knitting and crocheting, sewing and food preparation, promoted informal cross-cultural education in a setting that was both relaxed and enjoyable. After speaking with Extension Instructors about their vast array of experiences with respect to the program, it is abundantly clear that their days in the program, and with Indian women, changed the way they saw and experienced Saskatchewan.
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"TREE OF EDEN, TOWER OF BABEL: The Controversy Over the Establishment of St. Thomas More College at the University of Saskatchewan 1913-1936." Thesis, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10388/6996.
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St. Thomas More College was established as a Catholic college at the University of
Saskatchewan in 1936 after twenty-three years of effort and controversy within the
Saskatchewan Catholic community. The present thesis describes the events leading up to the establishment of this educational institution and examines the disagreements between the French and Irish or English-speaking Catholics over the kind of higher education which would best serve the needs of the Catholics of Saskatchewan. The conflicts between the two groups within the Saskatchewan setting are found to be related to interethnic antagonisms which developed between these groups in eastern/central Canada prior to and
during the settlement period in the Prairie West.
The controversy over Catholic higher education in Saskatchewan is also explored in
terms of individuals and groups who came to Saskatchewan from eastern Canada and Europe. bringing with them mental images or models of higher education which they hoped to see duplicated in Saskatchewan. The French-Canadian bishop of Regina advocated one Catholic university for Western Canada. while the Irish/English-speaking laity of the Saskatoon area wanted to establish a Catholic college in affiliation/ federation with the University of Saskatchewan. For his part. the university president hoped to have a Catholic college affiliated with the university. in order to maintain a strong provincial institution and avoid the decentralized model of higher education which had emerged in the Maritimes.
The founding of a Chair of Scholastic Philosophy in 1926 and STM in 1936 are also
examined within the context of the history of the university. the development of other institutions of Catholic higher education in western Canada. and the economic. political and social development of Saskatchewan between 1913 and 1936. The thesis concludes with a summary of the 1936 negotiations between Basilian Superior-General Henry Carr and University President Walter Murray for the establishment of St. Thomas More College as a federated college at the University of Saskatchewan.