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Inuit Perspectives on Sustaining Bilingualism in Nunavut
(Université Laval, 2009)
This article presents an Inuit perspective on how bilingualism and biliteracy may be achieved and sustained in Nunavut. The Nunavut Literacy Council interviewed "language role models" (i.e., Inuit who are admired for their ...
Yielded to Christ or conformed to this world? Postwar Mennonite responses to labour activism
(Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion, 2007)
The urbanization of North American Mennonites after the Second World War necessitated a reconsideration of Mennonite religious beliefs. Post-war concerns for social justice led to a greater emphasis on non-violence and ...
Manitoba Mennonite Archives And Canadian Mennonite Collective Memory
(University of Winnipeg, 2000-10)
"Collective memory" is the term given to the widely shared reconstructed versions of the past that are assembled by both individuals and groups in order to define their present and prepare for the future. The construction ...
Spectral reflectance properties of zeolites and remote sensing implications
(Journal of Geophysical Research, 2002-09-25)
The 0.3- to 26-μm reflectance spectra of a suite of 28 zeolites were measured and analyzed to derive spectral-compositional-structural relationships. Below ~7 μm, the spectra are largely dominated by absorption features ...
Increasing Public Transit Ridership Among University Of Manitoba Students: A Bus Rapid Transit Solution
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2002-04-11)
Public transit ridership has decreased over the last 50 years as automobile ownership has
increased. The environmental impacts of automobile use have prompted the need for
more sustainable methods of transportation. ...
Light-toned salty soils and coexisting Si-rich species discovered by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit in Columbia Hills
(Journal of Geophysical Research, 2008-12-19)
Light-toned soils were exposed, through serendipitous excavations by Spirit Rover wheels, at eight locations in the Columbia Hills. Their occurrences were grouped into four types on the basis of geomorphic settings. At ...
Student Housing Overview: Assessing Issues and Potential Options
(2005-09-01)
This report sets out for the administration
of the University of Winnipeg some of the
contexts, considerations and principles
necessary when undertaking any future
housing-oriented development. The report
provides ...
Indigenous-Led Education in Cauca, Colombia: Land, Language, and Cultural Identity; Thirty Years of Establishing an Educación Propia
(Consejo Regional Indígena del Cauca, 2004)
Stability of hydrated minerals on Mars
(Geophysical Research Letters, 2007-10-20)
The validity of recent identification of various hydrated minerals (kieserite, gypsum, hexahydrite, nontronite, chamosite, and montmorillonite) on Mars was assessed by exposing these minerals to simulated Martian surface ...
Reading Emancipation Backwards: Laclau, Žižek and the Critique of Ideology in Emancipatory Politics
(International Journal of Žižek Studies, 2008)