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Building Boys, Building Canada: The Boy Scout Movement in Canada, 1908-1970
This dissertation examines Canada’s largest organization for boys of the twentieth century - the Boy Scouts. In Scouting for Boys [1908], Robert Baden Powell argued that Scouting provided a universal model for countries of the British Empire to develop the physical, mental and spiritual development …
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Governing Immunization in Canada
… interface over the last decade (1997-2008) in Canada, situated against broader trends in public policy and public health. The research is based upon a case study design and a discursive approach to policy analysis, using documentary sources, supplemented with archival information, direct …
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The Physiography of Canada
<p>The physiographic features of Canada have a complex history which involve a Precambrian peneplain, followed by a long period of sedimentation interrupted in places by diastrophic events, and finally extensive glaciation. Since the turn of the nineteenth century several men have proposed …
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Dancing for Canada/Dancing Beyond Canada: The History of the National Ballet of Canada and Royal Winnipeg Ballet's International Tours, 1958-1974
… traces the growth of the National Ballet of Canada (NBC) and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet (RWB) through international ballet exchanges and reveals how foundational they were to the companies’ current reputations. In the mid-twentieth century, the development of Canadian ballet was intertwined …
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Forecasting international regional arrivals in Canada
… arrival to the main regions of entry to Canada, using quarterly international arrival flows into the provinces of Canada from 2000Q1 to 2007Q4. The aim of this study is to determine whether accurate international regional forecasts can be derived; also to assess whether time-series or …
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Paleohydrogeology of the Alberta Basin, Canada
<p>The origin and residence times of porefluids in the Alberta Basin have been debated for more than 40 years with conflicting conclusions reported by geochemical and hydrogeologic studies. In this study, brine migration and groundwater age were simulated over the last 100 million years, along a …
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Contemporary music in Canada: Alexina Louie.
Alexina Louie (1949-) is one of Canada's foremost composers of contemporary classical music. She was named "Composer of the Year 1986" by the Canada Music Council in the International Year of Canadian music. Her compositions have been commissioned and performed by Canada's major orchestras, …
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Glacial Geomorphology of southern Alberta, Canada
During deglaciation from the Last Glacial Maximum three terrestrial ice streams within the south western sector of the Laurentide Ice Sheet competed and coalesced in southern Alberta; the High Plains Ice Stream (HPIS), Central Alberta Ice Stream (CAIS) and the east lobe. The ice streams are …
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The Demand for Meat in Canada
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-04T21:47:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 0002745.pdf: 8298606 bytes, checksum: a5b4062095a67886b915a90a7abed69e (MD5) Previous issue date: 1951
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Triassic Stratigraphy of Western Central Canada
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MOVING HOUSE: URBAN ABORIGINAL HOUSING IN CANADA
Existing research shows that Aboriginal people in Canada have higher rates of mobility than the rest of the population. Mobility, along with rentalship have been linked to housing insecurity. Using the 2006 Canadian Census Data, descriptive statistics and regression analyses were run to investigate …
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The Epidemiology of Physical Activity in Canada
… of the epidemiology of physical activity in Canada. In the first study two methods of coding activities used in estimating leisure-time physical activity energy expenditure (LTPAEE), from a questionnaire including 21 specific activities, and up to three “other” activities were compared. The …
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The 1866 Fenian Raid on Canada West
This thesis examines Canada West’s colonial perceptions and reactions towards the Fenian Brotherhood in the Confederation era. Its focus is on the impact of the Fenians on the contemporary public mind, beginning in the fall of 1864 and culminating with the Fenian Raid on the Niagara frontier in …
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Unionization at Justice Canada: A Case Study
… working at the federal Department of Justice Canada (DOJ) were recognized by the Public Service Labour Relations Act (PSLRA) as employees. This dissertation explores DOJ lawyers unionizing by addressing two research questions: (1) what led DOJ lawyers to unionize with the Association of …
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REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT AND FAMILY REUNIFICATION IN CANADA
… family reunification. It outlines the way that Canada’s immigration rules and regulations for family reunification via private sponsorship require a sponsor to have a certain amount of annual income or funds available. This leaves the low income people of Sub-Saharan origin with no another …
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