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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 ...
A ONE HEALTH APPROACH TO ECHINOCOCCUS CANADENSIS AND OTHER PARASITIC ZOONOSES IN REMOTE, RURAL AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
(2015-02-26)
In Canada, parasitism in people and well-managed animal populations is less common now than a century ago, likely due to accessible anthelmintics, heightened public awareness, and improved sanitation. Some zoonotic ...
Independent Voices: Third Sector Media Development and Local Governance in Saskatchewan
(2015-04-20)
This dissertation examines nonprofit, co-operative, and volunteer media enterprises operating outside Saskatchewan’s state and commercial media sectors. Drawing on historical research and contemporary case studies, I take ...
THE DOUBLE BED: SEX, HETEROSEXUAL MARRIAGE AND THE BODY IN POSTWAR ENGLISH CANADA, 1946-1966
(2013-12-11)
Sex and sexuality are embodied experiences that are highly constructed by society. Sexual acts are subject to varied historical meanings, both dominant and subversive, which change over time and space. This dissertation ...
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 ...
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 ...