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Class Struggle and Displacement: Slavoj Žižek and Film Theory
(Cultural Politics, 2009)
In the following,largue against cognitivist film scholars, such as David Bordwell and Noel Carroll, for the relevance of Slavoj Žižek in the field of film criticism and theory. I argue that Žižek's work presents a wholly ...
Immigrant and Refugee Serving Organizations in a Canadian City: An Exploratory Study
(Prairie Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Integration, 2006)
Government-initiated immigrant and refugee-related programs seem to have encountered problems that are, at least in part, due to a lack of research on the critical functions of immigrant and refugee serving non-governmental ...
Traces [Editorial]
(Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, 2009)
Trouble on the Home Front: Perspectives on Working Mothers in Winnipeg, 1939-1945
(University of Winnipeg, 2001)
The Second World War created a shortage of labour in Canada, and by 1942 mothers were encouraged by the National Selective Service to accept opportunities for paid employment. The federal government responded to the need ...
The Stoughtons of New England: Their alleged Elys-Notebeme ancestry
(Foundations / Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2003-01)
An interesting descent from Thomas Elys, a late-fourteenth-century M.P. for Sandwich, is claimed for the precursors of the New England Stoughtons in the 1619-21 Visitation of Kent. However, evidence of telescoping in the ...
Mobility Options for the Aging Population of Manitoba: An Action Plan for Regional Solutions
(2007-06-01)
Safe mobility for older adults is a multifaceted and complex issue, and
no single solution exists to address the needs of a diverse senior
population. Solutions to improve transportation for seniors are
impeded by a ...
Some Erroneous Marriages in Bergen's Kings County
(New Netherland Connections, 2001)
A number of alleged marriages in Teunis G. Bergen's Register ... of the early settlers of Kings County (1881) derive from the misreading of a single source, namely the seventeenth-century membership lists of the Flatbush ...
Enhancing and Linking Ethnocultural Organizations and Communities in Rural Manitoba: A Focus on Brandon and Steinbach
(2009)
Developing strong, resourceful ethnocultural organizations that can meet newcomers and members’ needs impacts the successful settlement and retention of immigrants in communities. Ethnocultural organizations must be ...
Statement on Spectroscopic Imaging in Art Conservation: A New Tool for Materials Investigations
(Leonardo Electronic Archive, 2002-09)
Exploring Housing-Induced Poverty among Middle-Income Canadian Households
(2007-11-01)
This report began by exploring the concept of working poverty. It was determined at the
outset that while much work had been done on the traditional working poor – that is those
low earning “working households” – little ...