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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 ...
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 ...
A war of wor(l)ds : Aboriginal writing in Canada during the 'dark days' of the early twentieth century
(2008)
From the late fifteenth century onward the new world has been described, imagined, and created via the written word and the printing press. Europeans and Euro-North Americans laid claim to the new world through print ...
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 ...
Household unpaid work by immigration status in Canada
(2003-07-25)
This thesis looks at the ‘immigration status differentials’ in time allocation to household work, value of household work, and determinants of participation rate in household work. In determining the time allocated to ...
Social violence in Canada : theoretical frameworks and statistical implications
(2008)
This project will be comprised of two chapters. The first section will include a comprehensive literature review component defining violence, exploring the current theoretical explanations of violence, as well as coming ...
Form and structure of the rural-urban fringe as a diagnostic tool of postmodern urban development in Canada
(2005-03-23)
This research presents an attempt to “geolocate” postmodern urban development within Canadian urban space using changes in the form and structure of the rural-urban fringe areas as a diagnostic tool. The main argument ...