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Spring 2023
Self-determination is a core concept framing the historical and ongoing efforts of Inuit in Nunavut seeking to align the territory’s social and political institutions with Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ), or Inuit ways of knowing, being and doing. Educational self-determination represents an...
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2022-10-12
Polar UDC, created largely by the Scott Polar Library at Cambridge, England, is a variant of Universal Decimal Classification. Polar UDC arranges materials by geography, rather than subject. A system of numerical classes, representing geographic regions overlays the standard UDC subject...
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Disturbance has lasting effects on functional traits and diversity of grassland plant communities
Download2022-01-01
Ellen A Smith, Emily M Holden, Charlotte Brown, James F Cahill Jr
Background Localized disturbances within grasslands alter biological properties and may shift species composition. For example, rare species in established communities may become dominant in successional communities if they exhibit traits well-suited to disturbance conditions. Although the idea...
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Spring 2022
Abstract Literature has the power to change lives. Most English teachers trust this to be true. But while there are numerous arguments, of varying merit, that defend literature on cognitive grounds, few studies convincingly point to the underlying mechanisms of what makes it ‘work,’ or explain...
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2021-12-21
Alexandru Caldararu, Julie Clements, Rennais Gayle, Christina Hamer, Maria MacMinn Varvos
The five chapters of this book encapsulate the past, present, and future of Canadian immigration and settlement. The topics, in part, cover the history of immigration to Canada through an objective lens that allows readers to learn what transpired with the settlement of specific ethnic groups, as...
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Food Security and Food Sovereignty in Nunavut Communities
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Background: For those living in regions already experiencing health and social difficulties, the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting policies to reduce spread have the potential to exacerbate existing issues, including increasing food insecurity in households. In Nunavut, where 70% of children are...
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Spring 2020
The human neuraminidases (NEU1, NEU2, NEU3, and NEU4) are a family of enzymes implicated in pathologies including cancer and diabetes. Our group has developed selective inhibitors for these enzymes that have been employed as tools to understand their biological roles. Several reports have linked...
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2020-01-02
SSHRC IDG awarded 2020: This IDG project probes how contemporary Italian theatre responds to the Mediterranean migration crisis and its political exploitation, challenges the simplistic, populist binary of us/other, and enables migrants to enter the public sphere as worthy interlocutors and...
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2020-01-07
SSHRC KSG awarded 2020: For this project, we will generate three scoping reviews to examine health-related exposure to extreme events like heat waves, wildfires, floods, drought, and air pollution; populations' sensitivity to these exposures; and the adaptive capacity of systems, institutions,...
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Community politics, governance, and land-use planning in Nunavut: Two decades of controversy over the Nunavut Land Use Plan.
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Co-management, the concept that natural resource management is more effective and equitable when governments and local resource users work together, has become increasingly institutionalized in the Canadian territories. This thesis looks at one particularly ambitious application of the...