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Showing 1 to 20 of 65 for “"Newfoundland"”.
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The Newfoundland Diaspora
… there has been a large ongoing migration from Newfoundland to other parts of Canada and the US. Between 1971 and 1998 alone, net out-migration amounted to 20% of the province’s population. This exodus has become a significant part of Newfoundland culture. While many literary critics, writers, …
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Ediacaran Fronds from South Australia and Newfoundland
… occur commonly in the Ediacaran of Avalonian Newfoundland but have not been extensively described. A new frond duster is described and named here that displays unique architecture, otherwise unknown from the Ediacaran biota and easily distinguished from all Ediacaran macrofossils, justifying …
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Immigration in rural Newfoundland: Individual and community change
… adaptation experiences of immigrants to rural Newfoundland and what, if any, changes the communities themselves have made. I am particularly interested in what role communication plays in these change processes. To investigate this topic I conducted interviews and focus groups with both …
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Social capital and sustainability in a Newfoundland fishing community
… dependent fishing community, Petty Harbour, Newfoundland. The community under study, Petty Harbour, has a 335 year attachment to what was its primary fishery, Northern cod (Gadus morhua). This ended in 1992 when the Canadian government implemented an indefinite moratorium on Northern cod. …
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Multibranched rangeomorphs from the Ediacaran Mistaken Point assemblage, Newfoundland, Canada
… at Mistaken Point, on the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland, Canada, where these organisms are preserved within their original, in situ paleocommunities. Multibranched rangeomorphs are typified by bush-, comb- and network-shaped fossils which display multiple rangeomorph-bearing structures …
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A Littoral Place: Loss and Environment in Contemporary Newfoundland Fiction
This dissertation examines three contemporary Newfoundland novels to reconsider the relationship among loss, environment, and Newfoundland identity. Studies of Newfoundland literature often perform environmentally deterministic readings, or readings that characterize Newfoundland as a nostalgic and …
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Shelter + A Domestic Violence Response Network in Newfoundland and Labrador
… care for domestic violence survivors. In Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, many of the industries that have historically sustained rural life are diminishing and leaving these economies behind. Canada is experiencing rising incidences of domestic violence in affected rural communities …
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National Project, Regional Perspective: Newfoundland, Canada and Identities, 1949-1991
… to encode what it meant to be Canadian. When Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949, it became an additional element in this enduring struggle. After confederation, a cultural revival in the province further entrenched its distinct identity during the same period in which it was acclimatizing to a …
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The evolution of the Baie Verte Lineament, Burlington Peninsula, Newfoundland
… Palaeozoic evolution of the central and western Newfoundland Appalachians in terms of present-day continental margin / island arc sedimentation, magmatism, and tectonics. The results of this mapping are interpreted within the framework of this model. The Fleur de Lys schists and Burlington …
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P-T-t-d evolution paths within the Gander Zone, NE Newfoundland
The Gander Lake Subzone of northeast Newfoundland preserves a complex tectonothermal evolution resulting from continental collision of Gondwana and Laurentia following closure of the Iapetus ocean. Field, petrographic, geothermobarometric studies and isotopic age data define five northeastsouthwest …
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Geochronological constraints on the Trinity diamictite in Newfoundland : Implications for Ediacaran glaciation
The Avalon terrane in Newfoundland includes the Ediacaran Gaskiers Formation, which has been associated with a Snowball glaciation event. The complicated regional stratigraphy and lack of precise geochronological constraints has made it difficult to determine the spatial and temporal extent of the …
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“It Totally Sucked the Happy out of the Gay”: Coming Out in Rural Newfoundland
… of six LGB individuals from rural locations in Newfoundland. Data collected was analyzed using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (Smith, Flowers, & Larkin, 2009) and revealed four themes: (i) Fear of Rejection/Negative Repercussions; (ii) Living a Lie; (iii) Masking the Pain; and (iv) …
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Death as an Expression of Worldview in a Ballad Culture: The Evidence of Newfoundland
… death as an expression of worldview in Newfoundland tradition, and with particular attention given to its classical ballads. From the correlation of their people's life style and moral orientations (the pragmatic context), the views and values carried across genres (the symbolic context) …
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Structural, stratigraphic and geochemical studies of the Horwood Peninsula - Gander Bay Area, Northeast Newfoundland /
… Peninsula - Gander Bay area is located at NE Newfoundland in the Botwood Zone (Williams et a1., 1974) or in the Dunnage Zone (Williams, 1979) of the Central Mobile Belt of the Newfoundland Appalachians. The area is underlain by Middle Ordovician to possible Lower Silurian rocks of the …
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Coming together or going it alone: How resource -dependent communities survive in Newfoundland and Labrador
… and on the Avalon Peninsula of the island of Newfoundland---and how they managed to adapt.</p><p>The focus of this study is on the interrelatedness of two aspects of social capita---the characteristics of local social structures and the civic culture---and how they impact community …
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The Mall Bay Formation (Ediacaran) and the Protracted Onset of the Gaskiers Glaciation in Newfoundland, Canada
… extent of the Gaskiers Formation in eastern Newfoundland, Canada. New research on the underlying km-thick, siliciclastic Mall Bay Formation (ca. 608–580 Ma) in the Avalon Peninsula, including the formerly unstudied Colinet Islands, challenges this interpretation by providing evidence of a …
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Opening a can of worms : perceptions and practices of teachers in Newfoundland and Labrador incorporating the role of a therapist
Educational trends of inclusion and collaboration have led to changing roles of teachers, including an emphasis on personal support. To provide for social, emotional, and behavioural needs, teachers may adopt a therapeutic role. Many models for such support are proposed, with most models including …
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