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The determinants of tuberculosis transmission in Indigenous people in Canada and New Zealand
(2011-06)
The disparity in tuberculosis rates between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people persists in Canada and New Zealand. The most common form of tuberculosis in humans is pulmonary tuberculosis so eliminating tuberculosis ...
Canada in Kandahar : an expression of internationalism
(2009)
This thesis examines the decision by the government of Prime Minister Paul Martin in March of 2005 to deploy Canadian troops to the Kandahar region of Afghanistan – a region that is considered to be one of the most perilous ...
Oil from ice : examining the impact of energy development on Canadian Arctic sovereignty
(2010-06)
The Canadian Arctic is facing new international challenges as global warming melts Arctic ice, opening up new shipping routes and access to untapped, potentially rich resources. As it has in the past, Canada is turning ...
Immigration and refugee protection act : balancing individual rights and national security
(2008)
Early in 2001 the federal government tabled Bill C-11, the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), new comprehensive legislation intended to overhaul Canada’s immigration laws. By this time, refugees had become ...
Canada’s foreign policy towards Cuba under the Harper administration : continuity or change?
(2015-08-21)
Canada’s Cuba policy has been an important aspect of Canadian foreign policy in the last five decades. Generally, during that period Canada’s Cuba policy has been different from the US policy. Canada's approach has been ...
Health care and reference to Vietnam: experiences of immigrants and refugees in Saskatoon
(2015-07-10)
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 ...
Immigrant composition and wages in Canada
(2005-05-03)
This paper examines the relationship between immigrant-composition and wages of different occupations and different industries in Canada. It reports the effects of change in proportion of immigrants on the wage level in ...
Exploring cyberbullying in Saskatchewan
(2008)
Cyberbullying is a problem that has emerged as a byproduct of modern day technologies. This novel form of peer aggression occurs when one or more individuals use a technological medium for the purposes of threatening or ...
An attempt to value Canadian oil and natural gas reserves : an extension of the hotelling valuation principle
(2008-07-16)
The importance of the Hotelling Valuation Principle (HVP) in economic study lies in its ability to examine and drive the decision of how much of a non-renewable natural resource to produce now versus how much to conserve ...
Minimum wage effects in the Canadian labour market (1981-2000)
(2004-08-18)
This thesis examines the effect of minimum wage changes on employment, labour force participation and schooling using Canadian provincial data for the period 1981 to 2000. This study uses two measures of schooling namely ...