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2015

Kristian Klippenstein

RELIG675 Doctoral Seminar presentation. My presentation uses Tim Murphy's definition of religion, as well as analyses of several nineteenth century apostasy tales, to critique the practice (common in the study of new religions) of discounting apostasy accounts.

2015-04-10

Ma, Liya

Fall 2015

Farahbakhsh, Jasmine J

Background: Food insecurity is the limited or uncertain ability to obtain the quantity and/or quality of food that an individual or household needs. The topic of household food insecurity has been investigated in myriad vulnerable groups, including low-income families, women, black and Hispanic...

Spring 2015

Cooper, Lance E

What makes a construction project safe? This question prompted this research project. The goal was to identify factors and quantify their impact on the safety performance of construction projects. The first step in achieving this goal was to research key performance indicators in the area of...

Fall 2015

Swanson, Kayla M

The quasi-religious space is important for examining groups and organizations that exhibit qualities of both the sacred and the secular, particularly when groups have a vested interest in being perceived as either secular or sacred. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the Gentle Wind...

2015-01-01

Dorgan, Marlene, Campbell, Sandy

The demand for systematic review support in academic health sciences libraries is increasing. To manage the demand, the John W. Scott Health Sciences Library at the University of Alberta has created an action plan consisting of eight strategies. The results of implementing these strategies have...

Fall 2015

Micelotta, Evelyn R

Over the past two decades, institutional scholars have been fascinated by the processes and mechanisms through which institutions -- the durable socio-cultural structures that “provide meaning and stability to social life” (Scott, 2008: 48)-- change. The literature on institutional change is vast...

2015-01-01

Neil McMillan, Christopher B. Sturdy & Marcia L. Spetch

In a two-stimulus visual discrimination choice task with a reversal in reward contingencies midway through each session, pigeons produce a surprising number of both anticipatory errors (i.e., responding to the second-correct stimulus before the reversal) and perseverative errors (i.e., responding...

2015-01-01

Neil McMillan, Christopher B. Sturdy, & Marcia L. Spetch

Fall 2015

Chen, Qi

This study explores the history of stakeholder politics in the controversial debates over proposed plans for Village Lake Louise. A new ski resort village plan proposed for Banff National Park in 1971 triggered intense debate and mobilized protests from the Canadian public. Public consultation...