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Stewards of the Earth : Aboriginal peoples, environmentalists, and historical representation
(2013-01-07)
Throughout the last few centuries, many of the conflicts between Indigenous peoples and newcomers have been struggles over environmental control. During the rise of conservationism in the latter nineteenth century and the ...
The Role of Taxation in Nigeria's Oil and Gas Sector Reforms - Learning from the Canadian Experience
(2015-11-30)
Several stakeholders in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry have emphasized the need for petroleum sector reforms in Nigeria. Canada is reputed to have one of the best oil and gas tax regimes in the world. This thesis argues ...
Oil Sands Energy Governance: An Ethnography on Negotiating Development and Indigenous Rights in Northern Alberta
(2018-09-26)
Alberta’s oil sands constitute one of the largest and most contentious industrial extraction sites of our time. While the ecological and geopolitical effects of extraction in northern Alberta attract global attention, the ...
A NEEDS-BASED CANADA HEALTH TRANSFER: DRAWING LESSONS FROM AUSTRALIA
(2016-11-18)
Medicare in Canada is a federally and provincially funded public service. The federal government provides financial assistance to the provinces for Medicare through the Canada Health Transfer (CHT), which, along with the ...
Into the Void: A Crossborder Comparison of the Mental Asylum on the American and Canadian Frontier
(2016-12-23)
This dissertation examines the history of the mental asylum in comparative context. It presents a cross-border study that analyzes an institution in Washington State (Western Washington Hospital) with one in the Province ...
Wild West Canada: Buffalo Bill and Transborder History
(2016-07-08)
Canadians continue to struggle with their western identity. For one reason or another, they have separated themselves from an Americanized “blood and thunder” history. But making this separation was not always as easy as ...
Using Two Eyed Seeing to Explore Practice Level Perspectives and Experiences of Collaboration across Diverse Health Services with Cancer Control as an Exemplar
(2016-07-08)
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Background: Health inequalities have resulted in higher chronic disease rates in Indigenous populations and access to culturally appropriate services has been an ongoing effort of the health system in addressing ...
PUBLIC RISK PERCEPTIONS TOWARD SOCIALLY CONTENTIOUS TECHNOLOGY: HOW CULTURAL VALUES AND BASIC KNOWLEDGE AFFECT NUCLEAR ENERGY RISK ASSESSMENTS
(2017-01-30)
We cannot know with certainty the risks we must face, but we must act as if we do. To that end, experts are well equipped and trained to formulate risk assessments consistent with scientific evidence. But in the case of ...
PUBLIC RISK PERCEPTIONS TOWARD SOCIALLY CONTENTIOUS TECHNOLOGY: HOW CULTURAL VALUES AND BASIC KNOWLEDGE AFFECT NUCLEAR ENERGY RISK ASSESSMENTS
(2017-01-30)
We cannot know with certainty the risks we must face, but we must act as if we do. To that end, experts are well equipped and trained to formulate risk assessments consistent with scientific evidence. But in the case of ...
Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Nematodes in Canadian Breeding-Age Dairy Heifers
(2017-11-29)
Gastrointestinal nematodes (GIN) are a threat to the health and welfare of cattle worldwide and have substantial detrimental effects on cattle productivity. There is a lack of information regarding the GIN epidemiology in ...