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Locating the Franciscans within the Cities of Thirteenth Century Northern Italy Using the Chronicles of Salimbene de Adam
(University of Manitoba & University of Winnipeg, 2007)
In 1210, a young man later to be canonized as St. Francis went to Pope Innocent III and obtained permission to form a new religious order that was radically different from any order that had gone before. In the beginning ...
Excitable speech: Judith Butler, Mae West and sexual innuendo
(Springer, 2001-04)
Working with Judith Butler's Excitable Speech: A Politics of the Performative, this essay pursues a series of questions on the performativity of speech acts, using sexual innuendo as an example. As performed by the provocative ...
Community Transportation Toolkit: Interpreting and Implementing the Mobility Disadvantaged Transportation Program Guidelines
(2009-01-01)
Handi-van services are an important resource for older adults in rural
Manitoba where fewer and fewer transportation options are available.
Services provide an effective and efficient travel option that connects
older ...
Binary Words Containing Infinitely Many Overlaps
(The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, 2006-09-22)
We characterize the squares occurring in infinite overlap-free binary words and construct various α power-free binary words containing infinitely many overlaps.
The impact of the University of Winnipeg on retailing in downtown Winnipeg
(Institute of Urban Studies, 2001)
To Make Good Canadians: Girl Guiding in Indian Residential Schools
(University of Winnipeg, 2002-05)
Between 1910 and 1970, the Guide movement became active and, indeed, prolific in Indian residential, day, and hostel schools, sanatoriums, reserves and Northern communities throughout Canada. In these contexts, Guiding ...
Neighbourhoods Alive!: Community Outcomes Final Report
(2005-11-01)
The following evaluation of the Neighbourhoods Alive! strategy was undertaken in 2005. Neighbourhood outcomes—or present conditions in Neighbourhoods Alive!
neighbourhoods as expressed in both quantitative and qualitative ...
Local knowledge in community-based approaches to medicinal plant conservation: lessons from India
(2006-04-07)
Community-based approaches to conservation of natural resources, in particular medicinal plants, have attracted attention of governments, non governmental organizations and international funding agencies. This paper ...
Picture This: Hudson's Bay Company Calendar Images and their Documentary Legacy, 1913-1970
(University of Manitoba & University of Winnipeg, 2000-12)
Between 1913 and 1970, the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) produced an annual calendar which it distributed free of charge through its department stores, fur trade posts, and various administrative offices. While quantities ...
The influence of dissolved oxygen on winter habitat selection by largemouth bass: an integration of field biotelemetry studies and laboratory experiments
(University of Chicago Press, 2009-01-20)
In this study, field biotelemetry and laboratory physiology approaches were coupled to allow understanding of the behavioral and physiological responses of fish to winter hypoxia. The biotelemetry study compared dissolved ...
Cornelis De Potter revisited
(New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2000)
Squares and overlaps in the Thue-Morse sequence and some variants
(EDP Sciences, 2006)
We consider the position and number of occurrences of squares in the Thue-Morse sequence, and show that the corresponding sequences are 2-regular. We also prove that changing any finite but nonzero number of bits in the ...
The Mobility Needs and Transportation Issues of the Aging Population in Rural Manitoba
(2006-01-01)
The present investigation represents a preliminary analysis of the mobility issues
encountered by the aging population of rural Manitoba. It has provided an opportunity to
evaluate an issue that, although recognized as ...