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Least Periods of Factors of Infinite Words
(EDP Sciences, 2009)
We show that any positive integer is the least period of a factor of the Thue-Morse word. We also characterize the set of least periods of factors of a Sturmian word. In particular, the corresponding set for the Fibonacci ...
The Downtown Workers Survey 2008
(2009-01-01)
This report outlines the habits and perceptions of downtown workers. It's aim is to assist current downtown businesses to grow and better market themselves, while also attracting new businesses opportunities to the downtown.
Portage la Prairie Social Planning Initiative: Phase One Report
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2009-08-01)
The Institute of Urban Studies (IUS), in partnership with the Portage Community Network (PCN), undertook a public engagement process to produce a social planning framework for the city of Portage la Prairie. This report ...
Lenaerts and Sassenbroeck, ancestors of the Nevius Family of New Netherland
(New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2009)
Distribution of hydrated minerals in the north polar region of Mars
(Journal of Geophysical Research, 2009-01-28)
The previous discovery of extensive deposits of hydrated minerals in Olympia Planum in the north polar region of Mars by the Mars Express OMEGA instrument raises important questions about the origin and subsequent ...
Cities within Cities II
(Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Manitoba (CCPA-MB), 2009-08-27)
Housing in the East Interlake: A Regional Perspective
(2009-01-01)
In the fall of 2008, the Institute of Urban Studies was approached by Community
Futures East Interlake to complete a report concerning housing issues in the East
Interlake region. The purpose of the report was to examine ...
Dejean's conjecture holds for n ≥ 27
(EDP Sciences, 2009)
We show that Dejean’s conjecture holds for n ≥ 27. This brings the final resolution of the conjecture by the approach of Moulin Ollagnier within range of the computationally feasible.
Racial Grief and Melancholic Agency
(The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2009)
This paper reflects on how the relationship between embodiment and agency might be illuminated through developments in psychoanalytic theory on racialization and racism. A recent interdisciplinary study by Anne Anlin Cheng ...
Rethinking Environmental Management: Revisiting Bryant and Wilson ten years later
(Environments: a journal of interdisciplinary studies/revue d’études interdisciplinaires, 2009)
Cities within Cities
(Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - Manitoba (CCPA-MB), 2009-08-11)
Algunas lecciones sobre el acceso a recursos genéticos en Colombia: Dos estudios de caso. / Some lessons about Access to Genetic Resources in Colombia. Two case studies.
(Acta Biológica Colombiana, 2009)
En Colombia el acceso a los recursos genéticos (ARG) con fines científicos o de aplicación comercial está regulado por la Decisión 391/96 de la Comunidad Andina de
Naciones y sus normas reglamentarias. Durante los primeros ...
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 ...
Traces [Editorial]
(Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, 2009)
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 ...
Subalternity and Language: Overcoming the Fragmentation of Common Sense
(Historical Materialism (Brill), 2009)
The topics of language and subaltern social groups appear throughout Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks. Although Gramsci often associates the problem of political fragmentation among subaltern groups with issues concerning ...
Tracking Poverty in Winnipeg’s Inner City, 1996–2006.
(Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives – Manitoba (CCPA-MB), 2009)
Reconnecting Mind and Matter: Materiality in Archival Theory and Practice
(University of Manitoba & University of Winnipeg, 2009)
This thesis considers the assumptions and beliefs of the archival profession to reconceptualize how materiality is related to contextuality, and thereby reveal the “mind” within the material (or immaterial) form and reconnect ...
Youth Speak Up about Homophobia and Transphobia: The First National Climate Survey on Homophobia in Canadian Schools Phase One Report
(Egale Canada Human Rights Trust, 2009-03)
Educators and researchers have long been aware that students experience homophobic incidents ranging from hearing “gay” used as a synonym for “stupid” or “worthless,” to being insulted or assaulted because of their actual ...
Winnipeg Housing and Homelessness Initiative (WHHI) Final Report
(2009-01-01)
Over a four week period, The Institute of Urban Studies undertook a series of public
consultations with approximately 140 housing stakeholders and members of the general public.
The purpose of these sessions was to help ...