title: Asymptotic Theory for Three Infinite Dimensional Diffusion Processes

contributor:
Feng, Shui
Fred Hoppe,   Roman Viveros-aguilera
Mathematics and Statistics

subject:
sampling probability
ergodic inequality
transition density
large deviation principle
phase transition
transient sampling formula
Probability
Probability

abstract:
This thesis is centered around three infinite dimensional diffusion processes:

(i). the infinitely-many-neutral-alleles diffusion model [Ethier and Kurtz, 1981],

(ii). the two-parameter infinite dimensional diffusion model [Petrov, 2009] and [Feng and Sun, 2010],

(iii). the infinitely-many-alleles diffusion with symmetric dominance [Ethier and Kurtz, 1998].

The partition structures, the ergodic inequalities and the asymptotic theory of these three models are discussed. In particular, the asymptotic theory turns out to be the major contribution of this thesis.

In Chapter 2, a slightly altered version of Kingman's one-to-one correspondence theorem on partition structures is provided, which in turn becomes a handy tool for obtaining the asymptotic result on the partition structures associated with models (i) and (ii).

In Chapter 3, the three diffusion models are briefly introduced. New representations of the transition densities of models (i) and (ii) are obtained simply by rearranging the previous representations obtained in [Ethier, 1992] and [Feng et al., 2011] respectively. These two new representations have their own advantages, by making use of which the corresponding ergodic inequalities easily follow. Furthermore, thanks to the functional inequalities in [Feng et al., 2011], the ergodic inequality for model (iii) becomes available as well.

In Chapter 4, the asymptotic properties of models (i) and (ii) are thoroughly studied. Various asymptotic results are obtained, such as the weak limits of models (i) and (ii) at different time scales when the mutation rate approaches infinity, and the large deviation principle for models (i) and (ii) at a fixed time, and that of the transient partition structures of models (i) and (ii). Of all these results, the weak limit and the large deviation principle of the transient partition structures are of particular interest.

In Chapter 5, the asymptotic results on the stationary distribution and the transient distribution of model (iii) are both obtained. The weak limit of the infinitely-many- alleles diffusion with symmetric overdominance at fixed time t serves as an alternative answer to Gillespie's conjecture [Gillespie, 1999]. The weak limit of the stationary distribution of the infinitely-many-alleles diffusion with symmetric overdominance provides a complete solution to the remaining problem in [Feng, 2009].

abstract: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)


title: The Role of Health Care Services in the Isolation of the Elders of Moose Factory

contributor:
Preston, Richard
Anthropology

subject: Anthropology Anthropology

abstract: This thesis explores how formal health care services contribute to the isolation of some elders in the community. In Moose Factory 3 main aspects of the service system are identified as barriers to integrating the elders: Co-ordination of services, continuity of care and cross-cultural sensitivity. This formal system is examined in conjunction with the informal system of care which struggles to meet the elders' needs. The building of a long term care facility, while a practical solution may further isolate elders from the community and younger generations, enhancing the gap between generations. The model of cultural continuity is a framework that depicts elders as the conveyors of culture and points to the importance of maintaining cross-generational relationships. The profile of an elders liaison to the community is a tool that in future studies could be useful in identifying elders who are at risk of becoming isolated.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: "Because it gives me peace of mind": Functions and Meanings of Vrats in the Religious Lives of Hindu Women in Banaras

contributor:
Younger, Paul
Religious Studies

subject:
Religion
votive fasting rites

abstract:
This thesis is an exploration of the meaning and function of vrats (votive fasting rites) among Hindu women in Banaras. While both men and women observe vrats throughout India today, women observe far more of them, at more frequent intervals, and for a wider array of reasons than do men. In general, girls are trained to direct the performance of vrats to the attainment of a husband, or, for married women, to the well-being and long life of their husbands and children. Essentially, the vrats that women perform are tied to domestic life and traditionally defined family and gender relationships in a way that vrats men perform are not.

Scholars who have written on women and the vrat tradition have documented the ways in which women's performance of vrats are expressive of both their religioculturally prescribed duties as women and of their special connection to one of Hinduism's central values: auspiciousness. In this thesis, however, by focusing on the personal narratives of individual women that I interviewed in Banaras, I demonstrate that women's sense of duty and obligation to ensuring the well-being of their families through the performance of vrats only partly explains the appeal of these rites to Hindu women.

While my field data confirmed that married women perform vrats for maintaining their "suhaq" (the auspicious married state), they also perform these votive fasts for the psychological, social, physical and spiritual benefits that vrats bring to themselves. I argue that not only do vrats provide an avenue for the expression of profound spiritual yearnings, but some women see the use of vrats as a way to gai.n control over their own lives; as a source of empowerment in an environment in which women frequently lack control and feel dis-empowered. I further consider how women, traditionally denied access to formal asceticism, have found a way to tap into this powerful realm for their own benefit through the performance of vrats.

abstract: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)


title: Leading Renewal in Salvation Army Congregations in Canada

subject: Ministry

abstract:
A denomination is as strong as its congregations. Some of the congregations of The Salvation Army in Canada are showing signs of emergence into a new stage of health and productivity for the kingdom. Case study research leads to a better understanding of the role that leadership plays in congregational emergence. The problem of this research project was to identify and explore the leadership dynamics that are at work in emerging Canadian congregations of The Salvation Army and to consider what the turnaround in these congregations has to say to the governance and structures of the Army.

Using a 36-item congregational survey, attitudes of church members in six locations across Canada were measured on a variety of issues normally associated with church leadership. Results were tabulated through the use of the SPSS version 8.0 data management system for examining demographics. This survey was supplemented by a 90-minute focus group discussion with church leaders in each location. Additionally, face-to-face interviews were conducted with the pastors of the six congregations and various found documents were examined. Data from the interviews revealed that most of the leaders sense a need to be better prepared for leadership. Many are working hard to adopt a transformational leadership approach, as opposed to transactional leadership.

Several denominational issues arose during the course of the research. A traditional style of hierarchical and autocratic leadership was found to be dysfunctional and unacceptable to most leaders. The case study research affirmed the findings from the scriptures, theology and contemporary leadership theory., that servant leadership is the most desirable approach. Research affirmed that, just as congregations are experiencing renewal by becoming transformational in leadership and structures, so the declining denomination may experience new vitality.

Issues covered in the research suggest that three courses of action be taken by The Salvation Army, as a means of concerted action toward revitalization. These are 1) Refocus Leaders, 2) Renew Spiritual Life, and 3) Reform structures. We must address these three big issues if we desire health and growth for the church and the kingdom of God. Adopting these three approaches simultaneously will demonstrate the extent of our commitment to renewal. It will also involve risk and change. It is heartening to see a number of young and middle-aged pastors who are paying the price for progress in their congregations. As our divisional and national offices provide our best with affirmation and resources for effective mission, they will lead the denomination to renewal.

abstract: Doctor of Ministry (DMin)


title: Insiders and Outsiders: Construction ofIdentity Among Youth Travellers in Whistler British Columbia

contributor:
Badone, Ellen E.F.
Anthropology

subject: Anthropology Anthropology

abstract: Whistler is a popular tourist resort set in the heart of the Coast Mountains of British Columbia. Among the many people who are attracted to Whistler every year are the youth travellers who come to work in the resort for a season while they ski its slopes and mountain bike its trails. Youth travellers are extremely conscious of their identity as residents and dissociate themselves from tourists and others more recently arrived or more transient than themselves. Nevertheless, the boundaries between tourists, youth travellers and locals are very fluid in Whistler. I argue that youth travellers experience this instability as a threat to their identity and respond symbolically through "disidentification" with others and a manipulation of insider-outsider dichotomies. An analysis of youth travellers in Whistler reveals that their need to reinforce the boundaries between themselves and others is reflected in their perceptions of Whistler, tourists, fellow youth travellers, and the "extreme."

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Towards an Understanding of Neighborhood and Individual Level Barriers to Lifestyle Change in Hamilton, Ontario

contributor:
Elliott, Susan J.
Geography

subject: Geography Geography

abstract: The population health perspective, or the determinants of health approach, is an integral part of health research and policy in Canada and elsewhere. Determinants of health have typically been measured at the national and provincial levels. There is however, a growing interest in the relationship between local environments and health, therefore emphasizing the important role place has in influencing the health of populations or individuals. In addition, there is agreement that chronic diseases can be reduced through healthier lifestyle behaviors. Despite this knowledge, studies suggest that many Canadians do not reap the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. The objectives of this research are threefold: firstly, to explore individuals' perception of neighborhood; secondly, to document perceived meanings of health; and thirdly, to investigate (individual and neighborhood level) facilitators and barriers to healthy lifestyle. This research uses a parallel case study design and a qualitative approach to investigate four different neighborhoods in Hamilton, Ontario (the Mountain, Aberdeen, Downtown core, and Industrial area). Results from qualitative interviews (n=lO per neighborhood) indicate that the Downtown and Industrial areas have more neighborhood level barriers to healthy lifestyle change, such as lack of amenities and pollution. The Aberdeen and Mountain neighborhoods have more individual level barriers, such as lack of motivation and time. The key findings of this study corroborate existing literature that both characteristics of individuals and of neighborhoods can influence lifestyle behaviors. The results can therefore be used to inform public health policy and enhance our understanding of the determinants of health at the local level.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Power System Stability Including Shaft and Network Dynamics

contributor:
Sinha, N. K.
H., R. T.
Electrical Engineering

subject:
Electrical and Electronics
Electrical and Electronics

abstract:
This thesis describes dynamic stability modelling and analysis of balanced multimachine power systems where in addition to detailed generator, governor-turbine and excitation system simulation, the dynamics of the mechanical shaft system and electrical network are included. Eigenvalue and complementary eigenvalue sensitivity methods are used in the investigation of stability or lack thereof.

A unified structure is presented in the formulation of a state space model for the complete system in terms of subsystem models. A wide variety of subsystem types and complexities can be accommodated including all present industry standard models. In addition, general models describing the dynamics of the mechanical shaft system and electrical network can be accommodated. The formulation approach further preserves the identity of the various subsystems, thus allowing ease of system modification or update.

The overall modelling concepts are applied to a number of practical situations to demonstrate their applications. In particular, situations involving insufficient synchronizing torque, insufficient damping torque, interaction between turbine-generator and control equipment, interaction between turbine-generator and network dynamics and interaction between turbine-generator and asynchronous motor loads are examined.

The concepts developed are also applied in the analysis of the interaction between the shaft dynamics of closely coupled identical generators. A method is presented for determining the shaft natural frequencies for an arbitrary number of identical units, in terms of two equivalents. The extent to which the shaft modes may be stimulated in feasible on-line experiments is investigated.

Results and comparisons for alternative dynamic models are presented. It is shown that a single high order 'Benchmark' model which embraces all important dynamic effects, can be systematically reduced to models of reduced complexity - the basis for the reduction being the approximations normally applied in practice.

The main contributions are:

1. A systematic state-space equation structure which can include shaft and/or network dynamics has been developed. The formulation structure, which includes facility for eigenvalue sensitivity evaluation, can be applied in general problems involving electrical machine and system dynamic stability.

2. A technique has been developed for deriving the multiplicity of normally considered low order power system models, from a single high order system model (Benchmark model). This permits the evaluation of a wide range of alternative models and also, the identification of sources of instability.

3. The fundamentals of interacting shaft dynamics in closely coupled turbine-generators, have been examined. It has been shown that only two equivalents are necessary for the prediction of natural frequencies and mode shapes in a general N unit situation.

4. Insights have been presented into the interpretation of eigenvalues as they reflect the various aspects of power system stability.

abstract: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)


title: Simulating Chemical Reactions of Glass Powder in Cement Using Silica, Calcium Hydroxide and Sodium Hydroxide

contributor:
Chidiac, Samir E.
Civil Engineering

subject:
Cement
ASR
Glass
Dissolution
SCM
Pozzolan
Civil Engineering
Structural Engineering
Civil Engineering

abstract:
The use of supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) decreases the environmental impact of the cement industry. SCMs are commercial by-products that possess pozzolanic properties. Recycled glass powder, classified as a SCM, when added as a cement replacement reacts with the available lime in the cement to form calcium silicate hydrate (C-S-H) products. In contrast with other SCMs, glass is siliceous and thus the reaction can also cause alkali silica reaction (ASR) which causes expansion and cracking. This study was completed in order to characterize the chemical reactions and their rate using a simplified system that mimics glass particles in hardened cement paste.

Silica powder was added to solutions containing calcium hydroxide and/or sodium hydroxide. The rate of dissolution of the silica was monitored as well as the composition of the reaction products. Dissolution rates of silica with varying concentrations of silica, calcium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide, were fitted to the Hixson-Crowell cubic root law. The precipitate composition of the reaction product was represented by means of triaxial plots. It was found that silicate ions enter the solutions containing sodium hydroxide and containing both sodium hydroxide and calcium hydroxide. The rate is proportional to the quantity of sodium ions in the solution and to the pH. Also, higher concentrations of silica generally cause higher dissolution rates. The solutions with a pH of 13.48 and with lower silica concentrations created reaction products that were similar to C-S-H while the solutions with higher pH levels formed ASR after thirty days. The C-S-H prevented further dissolution of the silica. The formation of the ASR reaction products did not prevent further dissolution of the silica and they continued to dissolve until most of the silica had entered the solution.

abstract: Master of Applied Science (MASc)


title: A Community-Based Health Education Project on Sanitation and Personal Hygiene in Getembe Zone Primary School, Kisii District, Kenya.

contributor:
Taylor, S.M.
Geography

subject: Geography Geography

abstract: **Original copy is missing pages 70, 132 and 140

abstract:
This thesis describes a health promotion project which was conducted in 29 Primary Schools in Getembe Zone, Kisii District, Kenya. The overall aims of the project were: (1) to raise awareness on sanitation and personal hygiene; and (2) to enhance participation in providing and improving basic sanitation facilities and activities; and (3) to help school personnel to develop a more practical approach to the teaching and learning of health education.

The project was centred on access to the minimum requirements of primary health care (PHe): basic sanitation, water supply, and health education concerning proper sanitation and personal hygiene. This is in line with Kenya's health development policies of promotive and preventive health care and the National Guidelines for the implementation of PHC which call for intersectoral collaboration. The Community-Based Health Care (CBHC) approach was used as a strategy to promote health in the Getembe Zone primary Schools. This approach requires informed and active participants. To this end, Health Education, an important element of PHC was used to address the sanitation and hygiene issues in the school.

The results showed notable achievements in sanitation facilities and activities. The number of pit latrines increased significantly from 230 at the beginning of the project to 287 at the time of evaluation. Sixty three pit latrines were under construction. Twelve schools had provided their pupils with urinals and 7 had water supply provided in their premises. Only 2 schools did not have refuse pits, while schools with fenced compounds increased from 14 to 24. Health education clubs were formed in 22 schools and 18 schools kept a record of sick pupils. However, performance was not uniform in all the project schools due to various environmental factors. The thesis describes 2 case studies to illustrate the factors that enhanced performance in the most successful school and those that hindered project activities in the least successful school.

Analysis of the teachers' and parents' response to the project indicates the need for more involvement by the parents. On the other hand, analysis of the pupils' sanitation and hygiene knowledge and practice showed positive relationships with the availability of certain facilities and activities in the schools. This points to the need to strengthen social support for sanitation facilities and activities. It also requires that the project be approached from the homes to increase the parents' participation and to ensure constant follow-up by the project coordinating team. The conclusions drawn from the present study would be strengthened by a well-designed, longitudinal study.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: LIKELIHOOD-BASED INFERENTIAL METHODS FOR SOME FLEXIBLE CURE RATE MODELS

contributor:
Balakrishnan, Narayanaswamy
Childs, Aaron
Mathematics and Statistics

subject: Cure rate models; COM-Poisson distribution; EM algorithm; Generalized gamma distribution; Model discrimination; Competing cause scenario

subject: Applied Statistics

subject: Biostatistics

subject: Statistical Methodology

subject: Statistical Models

subject: Survival Analysis

subject: Applied Statistics

abstract:
Recently, the Conway-Maxwell Poisson (COM-Poisson) cure rate model has been proposed which includes as special cases some of the well-known cure rate models discussed in the literature. Data obtained from cancer clinical trials are often right censored and the expectation maximization (EM) algorithm can be efficiently used for the determination of the maximum likelihood estimates (MLEs) of the model parameters based on right censored data.

By assuming the lifetime distribution to be exponential, lognormal, Weibull, and gamma, the necessary steps of the EM algorithm are developed for the COM-Poisson cure rate model and some of its special cases. The inferential method is examined by means of an extensive simulation study. Model discrimination within the COM-Poisson family is carried out by likelihood ratio test as well as by information-based criteria. Finally, the proposed method is illustrated with a cutaneous melanoma data on cancer recurrence. As the lifetime distributions considered are not nested, it is not possible to carry out a formal statistical test to determine which among these provides an adequate fit to the data. For this reason, the wider class of generalized gamma distributions is considered which contains all of the above mentioned lifetime distributions as special cases. The steps of the EM algorithm are then developed for this general class of distributions and a simulation study is carried out to evaluate the performance of the proposed estimation method. Model discrimination within the generalized gamma family is carried out by likelihood ratio test and information-based criteria. Finally, for the considered cutaneous melanoma data, the two-way flexibility of the COM-Poisson family and the generalized gamma family is utilized to carry out a two-way model discrimination to select a parsimonious competing cause distribution along with a suitable choice of a lifetime distribution that provides the best fit to the data.

abstract: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)


title: The Divine Council and Israelite Monotheism

contributor:
Boda, Mark J.
Biblical Studies, Religion

subject: theology

subject: old testament

subject: biblical

subject: Biblical Studies

subject: Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

subject: Biblical Studies

abstract: The Old Testament contains a number of depictions of a divine councilor assembly of the gods in the heavens. Several of these scenes form episodic narratives that provide a window into the divine realm and insight into the workings of the heavenly court. The closest cultural and linguistic parallel to the biblical council is found in the Ugaritic texts from Ras Shamra. The parallel members in the Old Testament are seldom considered gods by scholars, in contrast to those in the pantheon in the Ugaritic literature. This thesis calls into question the validity of this distinction and proposes that in these episodic scenes these members are deities under the presidency of YHWH. Power in the heavens is consolidated in the council permitting a view of god that is pluralistic and yet unified. YHWH is its head and he sets its agenda, announces its decisions and commissions its agents.

abstract: Master of Theology (Th.M)


title: Martin Buber as Interpreter of the Bible

contributor:
Combs, Eugene A.
Greenspan, Louis
Religious Studies

subject:
interpreter
martin buber
bible
Biblical Studies
Religion
Biblical Studies

abstract: The writings of Martin Buber have had an impact in many areas. Theology, philosophy, educational theory, psychotherapy and biblical studies have each culled insights from his wide-ranging works. While Buber's interests have been diverse, however, a major part of his efforts has been expended in explicating, exegeting, translating and philosophizing about the Hebrew Bible. This thesis describes and analyzes Buber as an interpreter of the Hebrew Bible. It is not a sustained critique of his theology and philosophy and their effect on biblical interpretation, but rather a discussion of his use of theological and philosophical concepts in interpretation and the problems arising therein. Buber has often been understood as being antinomian in respect to the biblical tradition and the concepts of Judaism which grew out of that tradition. This thesis focuses upon and calls attention to the traditional elements as they appear within the methodology and content of Buber's interpretations, especially in regard to prophecy, the election, nationhood and land of Israel, and kingship and messianism. In so doing, it evidences a perception of Buber as a traditional Jewish thinker. Buber as biblical interpreter is set against Maimonides and Nahmanides as a means of ascertaining the traditional components. The antinomian aspects and their implications are also analyzed. The thesis demonstrates the strong presence of traditional elements in Buber's biblical interpretations, elements, however, which are often distorted because of Buber's rejection of the rabbinic tradition. The thesis concludes that the antinomian aspects are not overcome by the traditional components, and so remain effective in Buber's writings.

abstract: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)


title: Practising Multicultural Education in the English Classroom: Teaching Secondary Level English

contributor:
Bowerbank, Sylvia
Ferns, John
English

subject: multicultural

subject: education

subject: classroom

subject: english

subject: teaching

subject: secondary

subject: Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education

abstract: This project addresses the current need to change the content and delivery of secondary English curricula in order to reflect the ethnic and cultural diversity which makes up Canadian society. It gives a rationale for a multicultural education while suggesting content, concepts, learning outcomes, and strategies for achieving this goal. Analysis of sections of the Ministry of Education's guidelines, policies, and resources shows support for a multicultural approach in the English classroom. The review of teacher resources from existing books provides staff development ideas to assist teachers in the delivery of an antiracist and ethnoculturally-equitable program. Analysis of anthologies and individual literary examples demonstrates material and classroom ideas to provide positive examples for the study of writers from diverse backgrounds. The suggested authors include Canadian immigrant writers, Canadian writers of diverse cultural or mixed-racial backgrounds, and international writers. Suggested literature by Canadian Native writers along with relevant classroom ideas and discussion topics provides educators with the material and means to engage in discussion of Native experience and culture. A detailed analysis of Ruby Slipperjack's novel Silent Words (1992) discusses issues and strategies for a study of this novel in a grade nine English class. The project provides the theoretical basis for and the practical application of a multicultural approach which can be used by English teachers in all Ontario boards.

abstract: Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)


title: Curriculum Designed for Understanding

contributor:
Eyles, C.
Schutz, A.
Geography and Geology

subject: curriculum

subject: understanding

subject: backward design process

subject: educators

subject: ontario

subject: Curriculum and Instruction

subject: Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

subject: Curriculum and Instruction

abstract: Students need to 'Do' a subject rather then just learn the material. To merely cover the material is to 'travel over' the information, educators should aim to uncover the material "to find the value in what is hidden" (Wiggins & McTighe, 1998, p.1 06). Designing curriculum for understanding using the Backward Design Process is one way to achieve this. The Backward Design Process involves determining what teachers want students to do (derived from Ontario Ministry of Education curriculum Expectations) and proceeds to the evidence (assessment and evaluation strategies) teachers will accept that students have accomplished this. Then the teachers develop the instructional strategies or activities that will enable students to understand, not just know the material. Making clear what teachers want students to understand is paramount. Educators need a clear plan to explain to students what is expected, what is to be learned and how they will learn. In Ontario, educators are teaching new curricula as secondary education shifts from five to four years. Course profiles are being written to provide teachers with a framework from which to teach the new courses. I was a member of the provincial writing team for the Grade 11 Physical Geography: Patterns, Processes, and Interactions course that completed the Overview and Unit 1. This project extends the work I started (in the Overview and Unit 1) by-using the Backward Design Process to design Unit 2: Structure of the Earth (Shake, Rattle, and Roll). The Backward Design Process is promoted by the Ontario Ministry of Education although they do not give the writers formal training sessions in the process. Having completed Unit 2 using the Backward Design Process I now have a better understanding of how to organize information and skills for understanding. Considering what is most important (determining the Enduring Understandings from the Expectations) and determining how they can be evaluated and assessed leads naturally into developing activities that address the Enduring Understandings, the important understandings, the things students retain after the details have been forgotten (Wiggins & McTighe, 1998, p.9). This sequencing of curriculum development leads to the development of student understanding rather than just knowing the material or skill. Educators develop curriculum based on what needs to be understood in the discipline instead of activities based on available resources. The Backward Design Process is a simple and concise method to use for designing a lesson, unit of study or entire curriculum. The designer must clearly identify what is important and determine what evidence will be accepted to verify achievement. This requires the designer to probe to the core of the discipline to determine what is essential that the student understand. Then the assessment strategies and finally the instructional strategies can be developed. Teachers in all disciplines can use the Backward Design Process regardless of the grade level or available resources. This is a useful process for designing curricula.

abstract: Master of Science in Education (MSEd)


title: Are Teachers Prepared for the Integrated Curriculum?

contributor:
Ferns, J.
Ajzenstat, J.
English

subject: integrated

subject: curriculum

subject: teachers

subject: school boards

subject: education

subject: Curriculum and Instruction

subject: Curriculum and Instruction

abstract: This project examines integrated curricula and whether teachers have received enough time and money to implement such programs and whether the changes initiated by them will be long-lasting. Long term change involves numerous factors. There must be a consistent belief that integrated curricula are valuable for improved student achievement. Ontario Ministry of Education documents and various board policies must be unified in their approaches to integration and should not change these views in a rapid succession. Fluctuation in opinion about the value and delivery of integrated studies causes educators to suspend implementation of such initiatives. Schools and boards of education need administrative stability. Many times innovation is disgarded when new administrators show a lack of support or understanding of new curriculum initiatives. Staffing must be constant. Too much time, money, and training are wasted when staff are moved for external reasons. Adequate leadership must be provided by the government and the boards of education to facilitate the delivery of integrated curricula. Timetables must be made to accomodate integration and must be consistent through all grades in the school. This project provides a brief historical context for integrated curriculum document trends, contains definitions of integration, and an overview of integration as it appears in For the Love of Learning (1994), The Common Curriculum (1995), and Draft #2 of the Secondary Policy Document for Interdisciplinary Studies (1998). Possible models of integration are reviewed. A brief look at integration initiatives in other provinces is included as well as an observation of the geographical movement of trends in Canadian education. The project describes the development, over six years, of a grade nine destreamed integrated curriculum and its difficulties in effecting lasting change in teacher practice. Possible solutions to problems are given. Finally, the implications of integrating curriculum for educators without sufficient time or funding are evaluated.

abstract: Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)


title: Identity Transitions: Worker Displacement and Identity Management

contributor:
Sugiman, Pamela
Sociology

subject: sociology Sociology Sociology

abstract:
Studies of plant closure and worker displacement have examined the more quantifiable impacts of these events. Rarely have these studies touched on the subjective impacts of worker displacement. One such impact is on the identity of the worker. People form major parts of their identities around the work which they do. Thus, when they face a change in their work there is also a change in their identities. This study has focused on how workers have managed their identities in light of their displacement due to the closures of a brewery and a distillery in southern Ontario.

It was found that workers maintained their social identities while changing their personal identities. It was also discovered that personal identities could be sub-divided into qualitatively different categories: positional attributes associated with role, and personal qualities associated with one's broader character. These sub-groups were altered in the identity management process but the catalyst for each change was different.

In all, this thesis contributes to the understanding of the subjective elements of plant closure and worker displacement. There are several avenues for further study indicated by the findings of this project.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Labor Migration in Taiwan

contributor:
Liaw, K.L.
Geography and Geology

subject:
Geography and Geology
Geology
Geology

abstract:
This thesis consists of three parts. The first part (Chapter 3) is to achieve a comprehensive understanding of the interrelationships among migration, the evolution of the settlement system, and the socioeconomic development in Taiwan over the past four hundred years (1600-1990), with an emphasis on the impacts of developmental strategy and government policy. The major finding is that the migration process in Taiwan appears to be highly responsive to the changing socioeconomic context.

The second part (Chapter 4-6) involves the studies of (1) life-time migrations and (2) 1985-90 primary, return, and onward migrations of the labor force in Taiwan, based on the 1990 Taiwanese census. The main theme of these analyses is to assess the responsiveness of labor migration to the labor market forces and to the economic restructuring and globalization that took place in the 1980s. The main findings are (1) that primary labor migration played a much greater role than did onward and return labor migrations in affecting the transfers of human resources and (2) that the three types of labor migration responded in a rational way to the effects of patriarchal value system, educational attainment, location-specific capital, market forces, and economic restructuring and globalization.

The third part (Chapter 7) is devoted to the analysis of the behaviors of fast repeat labor migration in Taiwan, based on the linked migration data. The main findings are (I) that the most important factors of fast repeat migrations turned out to be the chronicity and patriarchal ideology, (2) that those with a limited labor market knowledge and an unsuccessful job search are more prone to make a fast return migration, and (3) that the more experienced and more successful previous migrants are more prone to make a fast onward migration.

abstract: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)


title: Governmentalities and Authorized Imaginations: A (Non-Modern) Story About Indians, Nature, and Development

contributor:
Feit, Harvey
Anthropology

subject: Anthropology Anthropology

abstract: In this dissertation I focus on some particularities of the present moment through an analysis of the governmental rationality that grounds the contemporary status of 'Indigenous culture' in development agendas. The role of 'Indigenous culture' in development is an entry point to analyse changes that involve the ontological foundations of modernity. I argue that changes in the role of 'Indigenous culture' in development agendas are connected to the emergence of a 'neoliberal governmental rationality.' This governmentality, in turn, is a result of changes in the modern ontology based on the dualism between nature and society. I pursue these arguments by narrating a story of how changes in the ways of imagining Indians, nature and development have been taking place since the late 19th century in the Paraguayan Chaco. I tell this story by focussing on the successive agendas of development through which these changing imaginations were deployed among an Indigenous people of this area, the Yshiro people. In spite of changing imaginations and forms of governmentality, the Yshiro have been constructd as quasi-objects which are suitable for the 'monologues' of the non-Indigenous peoples with whom they are in contact. However they are seldom truly engaged as fellow human beings with whom to engage in dialogues. This key condition for their subordination is reproduced even by their non-indigenous supporters. These dynamics, I argue, are inherent to modern ways of producing knowledge. For this reason I avoid using a modern perspective in my analysis. In order to do this I use the concept of imagination which is intended to escape modern dichotomies such as those between material and ideational, and between living entities and non-living entities. In this sense this work is an exploration of the political and epistemological possibilities of writing ethnography from a non-modern standpoint.

abstract: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)


title: Towards An Egalitarian Future: Empowering Girls Today to Become Leaders Tomorrow

subject: Religion Religion

abstract: The purpose of this thesis is to develop an educational model for congregations that will help move the Church towards becoming more egalitarian. Recognizing a biblical mandate for egalitarianism, the author uses feminist theory to illustrate that true equality requires that all members of a community be allowed to exercise their giftedness in all forms of service. Unfortunately, many women continue to face oppression in their church communities, which is evidenced in particular when one considers the obstacles women continue to face in their journey to church leadership. Acknowledging the harm caused to community by such non-egalitarian practices, the author suggests that the best starting place for an educational model moving towards teaching egalitarianism is girls in the church. Such a model must include healthy modeling of egalitarian behaviours and intentional mentoring among women and girls. The author concludes that through such practices we can start a process whereby girls will grow to embrace church leadership roles as a step towards creating egalitarian church communities.

abstract: Master of Divinity (M.Div)


title: Here to Stay, Gone Tomorrow: Working as a Service Provider in Moosonee and Moose Factory

contributor:
Warry, Wayne
Anthropology

subject: Anthropology Anthropology

abstract:
The experience of a service provider living and working in Moosonee and Moose Factory is largely determined by whether the individual is Cree and from these communities, or is non-Native and from "the south". This study examines these experiences in terms of stress and coping, loosely adopting and occasionally critiquing Lazarus and Folkman's (1984) definitions of these concepts. The cultural and historical factors which influence stress and coping are emphasized without denying the importance of contemporary circumstances in these politically and socially turbulent communities.

Non-Native or "southern" service providers are outsiders. They are kept at a distance both by their own interpretation of and reaction to "difference" and by others who are suspicious of their motivations and commitment. Some cope with their outsider status by reinforcing it; they withdraw from active personal and professional participation in community. But instead of refusing to change and clinging desperately to what is familiar, those southerners who have remained the longest in these northern locales are willing to acknowledge the relevance and rewards of different ways of living and working.

Native or "local" service providers are insiders, connected to community through blood ties, long term residence and identity as Cree and are therefore vulnerable to demands, criticism and the same struggles with identity experienced by all Aboriginal people. Coping takes the form of investing in community, co-workers, family, self and Creator in order to regain a positive identity and strengthen supportive relationships. A tendency to escape stress through leaves of absence and changing jobs becomes a short-term coping alternative.

Based on these findings I offer recommendations aimed at enhancing the coping of local and southern service providers, in order to improve quality of life for helpers and quality of service for residents.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: An Emerging Leadership Paradigm: Rediscovering Truth or Adapting to Change

subject: PhD. Ministry

abstract:
This thesis considers the probable shift occurring in the preferred leadership paradigm of the church, from a transactional to a transformational leadership paradigm. It compares the church's leadership paradigm with business and educational models. The thesis also examines church leadership from a variety of perspectives: theological, historical, cultural, theoretical and practical.

The field research for the thesis was obtained from members of two congregations affiliated with the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec. With the assistance of denominational leaders, the churches were chosen based on their pastors' leadership styles; one being transformational and the other transactional. In-depth interviews were held at each of the locations. Interviewees were questioned regarding their preferred leadership style and also regarding what forces have impacted their preference. This information was then compared with the literature that was researched.

The conclusion presents a challenge to those in pastoral leadership. First, there is a need to be aware of the probable current shift. Second, there is a need to become more aware of the influence that Canadian culture is having on the church. Third, there is a need to understand and develop skills in order to be able to work within the transformational leadership paradigm. Fourth, there is a continual need for church leaders to develop their gift of leadership. This thesis was written in part, to assist church leaders in doing just that.

abstract: Doctor of Ministry (DMin)


title: Currency Devaluations And Implications Of The Correspondence Principle

subject: Economics Economics

abstract:
Are devaluations contradictory? Do devaluations ensure improvement in the balance of payments? These questions have attracted much attention in recent years, since during that time, macro-economists have developed models involving intermediate imports. In such a framework, the exchange rate has both expansionary demand-side and contradictory supply-side effects.

A number of studies, both theoretical and empirical, have explored the relative size of the competing effects that follow from devaluations. However, most of the studies involve very limited or specialized models. For example, most studies deal with a specific form of the production function, and dynamic analysis of exchange rate devaluation is almost always absent. As a result, very few studies shed any light on the relationship between stability of the model and the likelihood of contradictory devaluation. Furthermore, except for one, none of the studies has examined devaluation's effects under different tax system.

In this thesis, we extend those models which have imposed the bare minimum of restrictions on the production relationship, and which pay explicit attention to dynamics. The whole thesis can be viewed as two main essays. In the first main essay (Chapters 3 and 4) we focus on the likelihood of contradictory devaluation in a model with a general production function involving imported inputs. In this essay the inconsistencies in BuffIe (International Economic Review 1986) are corrected. Furthermore, some sensitivity tests are also performed in this essay. These stem from the alternative specifications of wage flexibility, inflationary expectations, the definition of the money demand function, and alternative degrees of capital mobility. In the second main essay (Chapter 5) a sensitivity analysis of an improved version of the Lai and Chang model (Journal of Macroeconomics 1989) is presented. In this essay we have investigated how the supply-side effects of taxes and exchange rates interact (when the tax systems is not fully indexed) to complicate the effects of devaluation.

In our first essay we noticed that regardless of alternative specifications of wage flexibility and of inflationary expectations the strong BuffIe's results do not hold in general. BuffIe derived the result that if the system is locally stable then devaluation cannot both contract employment and worsen the balance of payments of the country. Furthermore, if labour and the imported inputs are gross substitutes then devaluation both increases employment and improves the balance of payments (given stability). However, when we assume that the aggregate demand function for goods is negatively sloped in the price/output plane then it is seen that in stable economies all the results derived by Buffie hold true.

In this same essay we found that in case of perfect capital mobility the employment effect of devaluation largely depends upon the alternative specifications of the wage flexibility and of inflationary expectations. It is seen that if workers have perfect foresight then devaluation has an ambiguous effect on employment, expansionary when workers have static expectations, and neutral when the real wage is sticky at each point in time.

As far as our second essay is concerned, we have studied the effects of devaluations when the supply-side effects of exchange rates are studied through the labour market. We have developed a model which contains the Lai and Chang model as a special case. For convenience, however, we have solved the model for two cases, one which addresses taxation issues and one which deals with Laursen-Metzler effects. The models in both taxation issues and Laursen and Metzler cases are solved for zero and perfect capital mobility.

For zero capital mobility and with plausible parameter values, we found that the strong Lai and Chang result holds true. Lai and Chang derived the result that if workers are free of any money illusion then regardless of the nature of the tax system (proportional versus progressive) devaluation necessarily contracts output. When we permitted some money illusion it is seen that the output effect of devaluation cannot be determined conclusively. However, with perfect capital mobility, or with government policy that fixes the domestic rate of interest, (and assuming plausible parameters values) it is seen that if workers are not suffering from any money illusion, then devaluation is neutral for proportional taxation, contradictory for progressive taxation, and expansionary for regressive taxation. On the other hand, when we permitted some money illusion it is seen that the output will increase with devaluation both for proportional and regressive taxation. While in the case of progressive taxation, the output effect of devaluation largely depends upon the output elasticity of the tax system and of the degree of money illusion.

abstract: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)


title: THE EFFECTS OF OSTEOPATHIC TREATMENT ON COMMON FEMORAL ARTERY BLOOD FLOW AND SKIN TEMPERATURE IN SPINAL CORD INJURED AND ABLE-BODIED INDIVIDUALS

contributor:
MacDonald, Maureen
Hicks, Audrey
Phillips, Stuart
Kinesiology

subject:
Spinal Cord Injuries
Osteopathy
Blood Flow
Common Femoral Artery
Skin Temperature
Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Alternative and Complementary Medicine

abstract:
ABSTRACT

Individuals with spinal cord injuries (SCI) are prone to significant alterations in vascular structure and function. This study was designed to examine the effects of osteopathic treatment on mean leg (MLBF) blood flow and skin temperature in the lower extremities of individuals with chronic SCI compared to able-bodied (AB) individuals. Methods: Nine individuals (age 44 ± 17.5 years) with a chronic SCI (C6-T12; AIS A-B; 3.7 ± 4.6 years post-injury) and six AB individuals (38.3 ± 9.7 years) participated. The protocol consisted of 1 interview session and 3 osteopathic treatment sessions. Doppler ultrasound measured the diameter and mean blood velocity in the CFA before (Pre) and after (Post) each session. Skin temperatures were measured using skin thermistors at three different sites on the left leg. Change scores were calculated and measured as post-treatment minus pre-treatment. Results: A two-way ANOVA revealed an increase in flow of 16±2 ml/min within the SCI group and a decrease in flow of 25±2 ml/min in the AB group (p = 0.04). There was also a smaller reduction in skin temperature in individuals within the SCI versus AB (left thigh: SCI, -0.5±0.2° C; AB, -1.2±0.2°C, p(left foot: SCI, -0.1±0.4°C; AB, -1.8±0.4°C, pAll treatments resulted in small increases in MLBF in the SCI group versus small decreases in the able-bodied group and smaller skin temperature decreases in the SCI versus the decreases in the AB group, potentially indicating reduced skin temperature reactivity. These findings emphasize the potential for different physiological responses to interventions in individuals with SCI compared to AB individuals.

abstract: Master of Science in Kinesiology


title: Behaviour of Partially Grouted Reinforced Masonry Shear Walls under Cyclic Reversed Loading

contributor:
Drysdale, R. G.
Civil Engineering

subject:
Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering

abstract:
The existing gap between minimum reinforcing requirements specified in the current Canadian masonry design standard (CSA S304.1 2004) and the provision for unreinforced masonry limits engineers to use the same minimum requirements for regions with low or moderate seismic demands. As a result, this restricts the use of reinforced masonry construction as a cost-efficient building system in regions with moderate seismic risks. In this research program, the performance of partially grouted reinforced masonry (PG-RM) shear walls, having larger reinforcement spacing than specified as minimum seismic requirements, has been evaluated to help in future efforts to offer some relief from the code's limitation.

As the first phase of this research study, a computationally efficient numerical tool (finite element model) capable of predicting the pre- and post-peak response of PG-RM shear walls under in-plane loading was developed. The performance of the numerical model was evaluated by simulating available shear wall tests from other studies as well as the shear wall tests done as part of experimental program of this work. In general, acceptable accuracy was observed in numerically predicting both the pre- and post-peak behaviour of the shear wall specimens and the model was shown to be a reliable tool for further studies.

The experimental program was intended to document the effects of reinforcement spacing and aspect ratio on the response of PG-RM shear wall under cyclic reversed loading. Direct small scale modelling using half-scale model concrete masonry units was chosen for the experiments. Two stages of testing were conducted. The first stage was designed to investigate the performance of masonry wallettes (panels) under the action of diagonal compression loading. Various patterns of grouting and reinforcing were studied by testing nine diagonal compression specimens. The second stage of the experimental research focused on the response of PG-RM shear walls under constant axial load and fully reversed cyclic lateral loading. The test matrix consisted of five masonry shear walls with nearly the same reinforcement ratios. The walls included three aspect ratios and three reinforcement spacings. Visual observations, loading, displacements, and crack pattern were recorded throughout the tests.

The developed numerical model was used to expand the scope of the study to include the effects of level of axial load and amounts of horizontal and vertical reinforcement on the behaviour of PG-RM shear walls. In addition, the effect of reinforcing two cells at the ends of a PG-RM shear wall was also simulated. Close agreement was observed between the shear resistance estimated based on the Canadian masonry design standard (CSA 2004) and the experimental results of the PG-RM shear walls dominated by the shear failure mode. However, it was shown that the seismic load reduction factor, R value, suggested by CSA (2004) underestimates the energy dissipation ability of PG-RM shear walls despite the shear dominated behaviour observed for the test walls.

The finding of this research study indicates a relatively ductile behaviour with satisfactory energy dissipation capability for PG-RM shear walls. This emphasises potential application of this type of wall as a more cost-efficient alternative in the future of masonry construction.

abstract: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)


title: CANWELL: USING EXERCISE TO EMPOWER PEOPLE WITH CANCER

contributor:
MacDermid, Joy
Stratford, Paul
Richardson, Julie
Rehabilitation Science

subject:
Exercise
Cancer
Survivorship
Community-based
Evidence-based
Physiotherapy
Rehabilitation and Therapy
Physiotherapy

abstract: Details on the CanWell program can be found at www.canwellprogram.ca

abstract: People with cancer face many challenges related to their disease and its associated treatments. This dissertation consists of two studies directly evaluating the effects of exercise on cancer survivors who participated in a community-based exercise program (CanWell program) and a measurement paper that evaluated a measure of symptom burden. The first study outlines the development and effectiveness of the CanWell program as measured by the 6-minute walk test, STEEP treadmill test, Functional Cancer Therapy Assessment – General, and the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS). This study found that participants in the CanWell program have significantly improved physical abilities, improved quality-of-life, and lower levels of cancer disease burden. The second study was conducted to evaluate the long-term exercise compliance, facilitators and barriers to continuation of exercise. Outcome measures used were similar to those in the first study with a survey explored facilitators and barriers to exercise. The results of this study found that while CanWell graduates were able to maintain the functional levels (no change in 6-minute walk test), there were significant reductions in exercise aerobic abilities (time on treadmill). The main exercise barriers included fatigue, cost, and return to work. In the last study, the measurement properties of the ESAS were investigated using Rasch analysis leading to a revised scoring algorithm to meet unidimensionality and interval scaling. The ESAS scores from study #1 were re-analyzed using the new interval-level scoring scheme. This Rasch-based scoring resulted in different conclusions than the traditional ordinal scaling.

abstract: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)


title: A New Hope: Theory, Rhetoric and the Conversation of Cinema.

contributor:
Allen, Barry
Philosophy

subject:
theory
conservation
cinema
Bordwell
rhetorical model
criticism
Film and Media Studies
Philosophy
Film and Media Studies

abstract:
A New Hope: Theory, Rhetoric and the Conservation of Cinema

This thesis illustrates how both film theory and film criticism rely upon rhetorical devices which produce convincing arguments to ground their claims. By expanding Bordwell's rhetorical model of film criticism to film theorizing, it is hoped that we might rid the conservation of cinema of its more staid and dogmatic elements.

Without foundational truth as the regulator of discourse, totalizing theory can no longer be recognized as a healthy or adequate stance within the conservation of cinema. Carroll and Bordwell's respective projects do not rely upon foundational truth as a starting ground for analyses, criticisms, and theories of film.

With its competing uses of similar truth 'cues', the theoretical and critical conservation of cinema is governed by pragmati uses of rhetorical structures to make claims that are convincing to the reader.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Is Ecce Homo Nietzsche's Apology? "a Yes, a No, a straight line, a goal ... "

contributor:
Aster, H.
Political Science

subject:
Nietsche
Political Science
Political Science

abstract: Socrates abounds in Nietzsche's writings. From beginning to end, in major works and throughout notes and other materials, Nietzsche attempts to fathom the problem of Socrates. One's interpretation of Nietzsche's Socrates bears or. one's reading of Ecce Homo, Nietzsche's final original, last to be published (posthumously), and perhaps most widely misunderstood work. This thesis contributes to Nietzsche studies by casting some light on the text in terms of this problem. According to Nietzsche's sequential and systematic formula of "a Yes, a No, a straight line, a goal .. . ", three separate preliminary studies of literature addressing the problem and question prepare a subsequent connecting commentary and investigation of the evidence of the texts. The results of the inquiry indicate that beyond even the majestic Heraclitus, none other than Socrates is Nietzsche's first and last philosopher. The underlying theme is that Nietzsche constructed his life and literature, art and philosophy, upon the "parable and parallel" of Socrates. Thus it is suggested that one read Nietzsche in light of the dialogues. In this light, Nietzsche's last work forms an ironic commentary on the Apology and problem of Socrates, the subsequent all too sudden collapse into the abyss of madness the tragic irony.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: A Study and Translation on the Kuan-hsin-lun of Chih-i (538-597) and its Commentary by Kuan-ting (561-632)

contributor:
Shinohara, K.
Religious Studies

subject:
religious studies
Religion
Religion

abstract:
The Kuan-hsin-Iun is taught by Chih-i towards the end of his life. Chih-i is the founder of the T'ien-t'ai school of Buddhism in China. In this text, he tries to summarize all the teachings of his life. The Kuan-hsin-lun is also one of the shortest texts of Chih-i on meditation. The main body of the text consists of a set of questions designed for the practitioner of meditation to answer while meditating. Chih-i introduces a practice called wen-kuan-hsin which can be translated as 'to ask questions while contemplating the mind.' This practice is directed against those practitioners who practise meditation for the sake of practising but produce no insight. Wen-kuan-hsin is to meditate with some questions in mind and therefore is a technique of realizing the truth behind the doctrine. This shows how Chih-i has integrated doctrine and meditative practice which are the two dimensions of the teaching of Buddha.

The set of questions listed by Chih-i in the Kuan-hsin-Iun actually expresses the main doctrines of the T'ien-ttai school. It also serves as an outline of the whole system of thought of Chih-i. Moreover, the text Kuan-hsin-lun and its commentary by his disciple Kuan-ting represent an early version of Chih-i's later teaching on meditative practice.

The main purpose of this thesis is to provide a complete translation with an introduction of the text Kuan-hsin-lun and a selective translation of the commentary on the text by Kuan-ting. This provides a basis for any further systematic study on the meditative teaching of the T'ien-t'ai school of Buddhism.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Reactions of β-diketonate Complexes

contributor:
Eaton, D.R.
Chemistry

subject: Chemistry Chemistry

abstract:
Metal derivatives of β-diketones form a very extensive class of coordination compounds. This thesis deals with three related aspects of the chemistry of these compounds; the effect of acid on a number of acetylacetonate complexes; the kinetics of ligand exchange reactions of V(acac)3 with Hacac and Hhfac and the rearragement reaction of some vanadium β-diketonate complexes. These topics have been investigated primarily by means of nuclear magnetic resonance technique.

Kinetic evidence of protonation of a number of acetylacetonate complexes on the γ-carbon has been obtained. No evidence was found to support the hypothesis of species containing a 'dangling' monodentate ligand protonated on oxygen.

The ligand exchange reaction of V(acac)3 with Hacac and Hhfac has been found to occur through two independent pathways, one of which is acid catalysed and another by the reaction of the neutral ligand with a species which probably contains the "dangling" monodentate ligand. The 'dangling ligand' hypothesis is also supported by the observation that the ligand exchange reaction of V(acac)3 with Hacac is also catalysed by water.

The rearrangement of tris β-diketonato V(III) complexes has been found to proceed via an intramolecular mechanism. Total lineshpae analysis of the temperature dependent NMR spectra of V(tfac)3 indicate that the trigonal twist (RG3(p)) and mechanisms involving only trigonal bipyramidal states can be ruled out as the sole reaction pathways. V(dibm)3 has been synthesized and confirmation of enantiomerization of this complex has been inferred from the lineshape analysis of the NMR spectra of the diastereotopically non-equivalent methyl groups.

In an attempt to establish the existence of a bond rupture process, an attempt was made to synthesize V(triac)3. Because of partial decomposition of the ligand, the product was a mixture of V(triac)3 and V(triac)2(acac). Although coalescence of the resonances of the methyl groups bonded to the ring carbons of the triac‾ ligand of V(triac)2 (acac) was observed at about 76ºC, no evidence of site exchange of the acetyl methyl group and the ring methyl groups (linkage isomerization) was obtained up to 200ºC. for either compound. This evidence does not support a bond rupture mechanism.

The effect of solvent on the rates of rearrangement of V(tfac)3 and V(hfac)2 (acac) has been determined. For V(tfac)3, the effects are small. However, for V(hfac)2 (acac), the solvent effects are pronounced. The large solvent effect is most readily interpreted in terms of a bond rupture mechanism.

The enthalpies and entropies of the rearrangement processes of a number of β-diketonato V(III) complexes have been estimated and found to exhibit a linear relationship suggesting that the rearrangement processes may occur via a common mechanism.

abstract: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)


title: Schooling in Diversity: The Education of New Immigrant Students in an Elementary School

contributor:
Synge, Jane
Sociology

subject: Sociology Sociology

abstract: A participant observation study was conducted at a public elementary school (using the pseudonym Blossom School) situated within a medium sized industrial city in southern Ontario. Along with this, documentary research was also done using census material and other government statistics. Through examination of the development of immigration policies the pattern of changes became evident. Canada has shifted from a relatively homogeneous nation founded on the two cultures of English and French, to one that has great cultural diversity. This has had an impact on the education system where many schools have been challenged to develop a programme that meets the needs of new immigrant students and the needs of the Canadian-born. Since the early 1980s the neighbourhood in which Blossom School is situated has been a favoured destination for many new immigrants, especially those from South East Asia. The most significant adjustment to accommodate the change has been the introduction of the English as a Second Language programme. This could have been a source of division between the immigrant and non-immigrant students. However, the language classes are closely linked to work in the regular classroom. This has required close cooperative planning between language and classroom teachers which has facilitated the emergence of a sense of community within the school. The effect of the language programme then has extended beyond language acquisition and has become a strong influence on the general direction of the school.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Experience of the Holy Spirit as Evidence of Salvation in Paul's Letters

contributor:
Westerholm, Stephen
Religious Studies

subject:
religious studies
Religion
Religion

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: An examination of professor Mou Tsung-san's understanding of Prajna in the light of the classification of doctrines

contributor:
Jan, Yun-hua
Religious Studies

subject:
Religious Studies
Religion
Religion

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Sensitivity of Optimal Control Systems

contributor:
Sinha, N. K.
Electrical Engineering

subject:
Electrical Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering

abstract:
The sensitivity of performance to variations in plant parameters is considered for optimal open-loop linear control as well as optimal closed-loop linear control with one or two degrees of freedom. It has been shown that, in general, the sensitivity of performance to finite variations in a plant parameter, is smaller for closedloop optimal control than for the open-loop case.

A second order linear plant has been considered as an example, to further illustrate the theory, which is contrary to some recently published work.

abstract: Master of Engineering (ME)


title: Six Degree-of-Freedom, Musculotendon Joint Stiffness: Examples with the Knee

contributor:
Pierrynowski, Michael
Kinesiology

subject:
stiffness
impedance
muscle
tendon
translation
Biomechanical Engineering
Biomechanical Engineering

abstract:
Increased muscle stiffness helps prevent excessive movement that can lead to ligament and soft-tissue damage. There is empirical evidence suggesting that muscles are important in preventing injuries caused by excessive translational movements. Very little is known, however, on how our muscles provide translational stiffness. This thesis uses complementary theoretical (Chapters 2 and 3) and experimental (Chapter 4) techniques to address how muscles provide translational joint stiffness.

In Chapters 2 and 3, we used an elastic energy approach to successfully derive equations that quantify muscular contributions to joint stiffness. From the equations, we were able to determine how the geometric orientation and mechanical properties of an individual muscle allows it to provide translational stiffness. In Chapter 4, using the techniques developed in the previous chapters, we test the notion that the nervous system is responsive to translational loading.

From these works, several important discoveries were found. We are the first to find that muscles with large squared projections (alignment) over a degree-of-freedom are well suited to provide translational stiffness. Further, by explicitly describing the interactions between the translational and rotational stiffnesses we found that ignoring these interactions resulted in an overestimation of principal stiffnesses. This has large implication for stability analyses, where such overestimations could suggest that an unsafe task is actually safe. Experimentally, we found that the nervous system is responsive to translational loading. This was accomplished through increased activity of muscle well suited to provide translational stiffness.

Collectively, the works presented provide much needed knowledge on the role muscle play in stabilizing and protecting our joints. This thesis provides a strong foundation for continued joint stiffness, stability, and impedance research.

abstract: Doctor of Science  (PhD)


title: The Non-Totalizing Gaze of Faith: Towards a Religious Ethic of Attention

contributor:
Boetzkes, Elisabeth
Philosophy

subject:
religious
ethic
non totalizing
Philosophy
Philosophy

abstract: This thesis is an attempt to show that religion is neither irrelevant nor antithetical to ethics; it aims, ultimately, to recover the significance of religion for ethics. The germ of this project is threefold. First, it is grounded in the conviction that religion holds significance for moral discourse and that this relevance is not sufficiently acknowledged in philosophical ethics. Furthermore, philosophical ethics is considered unsatisfying insofar as it seems that being moral is not simply a matter of good, rational decision-making (though moral existence entails this). Finally and most importantly, the focus on the moral "agent" and the language of "praise and blame" seems to indicate an implicit egoism, which jars with moral virtue. This last conviction and the turn to otherness in postmodern thought allow me to build a bridge from secular philosophical ethics to a religious ethic of attention. My argument is that religion enables us to become more other-centered, an ethos that is putatively central to postmodern thought, insofar as religion or, more precisely, religious faith is the practice of attentive looking (to GOd). I have thus suggested that the tum to "the other" in contemporary ethics can be realized by the looking of prayer and worship. I have engaged with two thinkers in the attempt to think this idea through: feminist philosopher of religion Grace Jantzen and French philosopher and mystic Simone Weil. Weil provides a discussion of attention as the activity of grace, and will, which she understands as the dominating activity of the self; this distinction allows me to explore the possibility that religion or religious faith leads to a transformed, less egoistic, ethic. Moreover, it is Weil's understanding of faith as "waiting for God" which enables me, ultimately, to establish the connection between attending to God (religious faith) and responding appropriately to the other (ethics).

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Aesthetics in the Age of Reason

contributor:
Simpson, Evan
Philosophy

subject: understanding art modernist aesthetics Habermas Philosophy Philosophy

abstract: This thesis examines the societal forces which have helped shape the present-day form of the institutionalization, criticism, and appreciation of art. Specifically, it examines the influence of modern thought on our present understanding of art. First, we examine how modernists have typically 100ked at art. Both the enlightening aspects as well as the deficiencies of modernist aesthetics are uncovered. Also, with the help of Jurgen Habermas, we examine a modernist societal approach to aesthetics. Second, the fundamental philosophical presuppositions of modernity are uncovered so that the societal forces that have helped to make art an autonomous institutionalized field of expertise can be examined. In passing, we discuss the concept of "lifeworld". We then examine the explanatory powers of considering the arts as forms of language. Third, as Habermas's social theory indicates, an excursion into the theory of argumentation provides indications of the mechanisms involved in the understanding of art. We consider the rhetorical, dialectical, and logical aspects of both non-verbal and linguistic argumentation. This provides us with a forum for discussing Habermas' s notion of an ideal speech situation, Gadamer's concept of the various modes of iii experiencing tradition and its parallel with the experiencing of art, and Quine's thesis of the indeterminacy of translation and what it implies for non-verbal forms of art. Fourth, we examine the implications and explanatory powers of Habermas's three-world distinction, which is, in turn, derived from the modernist presupposition of the distinction between subject and object. With these distinctions, we can see that the existence of a highly specialized field of expertise surrounding art and notions such as "art for art's sake" are not accidental. To conclude, we examine emotional life and its implications for modern notions of art.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Application of Magnetic “Fishing” and Mass Spectrometry for Function-based Assays of Biomolecular Interactions

contributor:
Brennan, John D.
Junop, Murray S.
Capretta, Alfredo
Chemistry and Chemical Biology

subject:
Protein-Protein Interactions
Mass Spectrometry
Magnetic Beads
Modulator
High-Throughput Screening
Analytical Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry

abstract: The human interactome presents a goldmine of potentially powerful therapeutic targets, yet very few small molecule modulators of protein-protein interactions (PPI) have been identified. PPI pose a particular challenge for drug discovery, and one of the major obstacles to fully exploiting these interactions is a lack of appropriate technologies to screen for modulating compounds. This thesis aims to address the need for function- based approaches that target PPI by using magnetic beads (MB) and mass spectrometry (MS) to develop efficient assays to monitor these interactions and their modulation by small molecules. The work begins with the validation of a novel magnetic “fishing” assay, which uses affinity-capture MB to isolate intact complexes of a “bait” protein from solution. By monitoring the recovery of the secondary binding partner, this assay was used to functionally screen a library of 1000 compounds for small molecule modulators of a calmodulin/melittin (CaM/Mel) model system. The versatility of magnetic “fishing” is clearly demonstrated during a study of a more relevant CaM-based system, which uncovered a novel mode of interaction for the CaM-binding domain of transcription factor SOX9. In addition to the MB-based approach, a simple MS-based competitive displacement assay is developed to identify minimal inhibitory fragments of a target complex as indicators of potential ‘hot-spots’. The assay was used to probe a DNA repair complex of XRCC4/ligaseIV, and identified a short helix that can be used as a more defined target surface for future high-throughput screening and rational drug design. The functional MS-based assays herein are highly adaptable tools to monitor PPI, and will facilitate the study of these and other important biomolecular interactions.

abstract: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)


title: "That Which is Shown" as th" Unifying Project in Wittgenstein/s Philosophy

subject:
Lugwig Wittgenstein
metaphysics
Philosophy
Philosophy

abstract: The distinction between that which can be said with a language and that which must be shown by a language is central to Ludwig Wittgenstein/s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus. The theme of "saying and showing" has at least three distinct but related connotations in that work. First, the theme constitutes the core of the Tractarian view of the logic of language and, with this, the core of its view of metaphysics. The logical form of a proposition must show itself thereby allowing the proposition to picture a possible state of affairs in the world and, consequently, allowing a language-user to claim that that state of affairs is actually the case in the world. Second, the theme of saying and showing is apparent in Wittgenstein/s view of the elucidating activity that is philosophy, as the philosopher brings one to see that which shows itself and thereby brings one to see the world aright. Third, the theme of saying and showing accounts for Wittgenstein's remarks on the ineffability of the mystical/ethical: why one must remain silent concerning that which is "higher" and what this silence means. The implications of the third connotation of the theme of saying and showIng, however, make possible a critique of and a development within the first connotation of that theme. This third sense of the theme, therefore, makes possible a changed view of language, logic and the world. Exactly such a view is developed in the Philosophical Investigations and other later writings of Wittgenstein. The theme of saying and showing can thus be traced into Wittgenstein's later writings. Further, having found the theme in the later writings as well as in the earlier work and having linked the theme with Wittgenstein's views on the mystical/ethical, it becomes reasonable to postulate a unified ethical project of showing the limitations of language as underlying the entire corpus of Wittgenstein's work.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Explanation and Causation

subject: Philosophy Philosophy

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This thesis deals with the nature of theoretical explanation and causation. In chapter one, I examine Wesley Salmon's S-R basis of scientific explanation, through which prior events or conditions are sought out that are statistically correlated to explanandum. However, it seems that Salmon's account fails to explain events. Salmon attempts to provide a causal account of the statistical relevance relations. This is done by providing a novel account of causality.

In chapter two I discuss Salmon's treatment of causality. Salmon's treatment comprises four components. First, he takes "processes" rather than "events" as the basic entities of the universe. Second, he argues that through causal processes causal influence is propagated, and such propagation by causal processes is the "necessary connection" between cause and effect. Third, Salmon distinguishes three sorts of causal forks that are explained in terms of causal processes and certain statistical relations. Fourth, he maintains that it is causal interaction which produces causal marks of processes that are capable of being transmitted. Events are occasions where causal processes intersect, interact, and undergo changes. Thus in our attempt to explain, what we seek are causal processes connecting the event-to-be-explained and the events that constitute the S-R basis. If no such connecting processes is found, we may try to fmd common causes leading to both the event-to-be-explained and the statistically relevant events contained in the S-R basis. For Salmon, only knowledge of the causal processes, or common causes, counts as explanatory knowledge.

This, however, does not settle the question of justification. What right do we have to impute causal relations to events and processes in the universe? Salmon makes appeal to the pragmatic efficacy of science. But science itself cannot prove the reality of causal processes or relations; rather these are among the basic presuppositions of the scientific enterprise. The justification of causality, if any is possible, must rest on different grounds.

Thus in chapter three, I introduce Rescher's metaphysical realism in an attempt to offer a possible justificatory strategy. For Rescher, the objective causal order of the universe is a metaphysically necessary presupposition. This much can readily be reconciled with the principle of "fallibilism" in science by making reference to, most prominently, the interaction between mind and nature. This approach dissolves the question of whether or not science ever has to reach, or will ever reach, the "real" truth by asserting that scientific truth is, while objective, always conditioned. The "conditionedness" of scientific truth does not, however, detract from the universality of scientific truth or mind-independent reality of causal relations.

I will address two specific problems concernmg the objectivity and universality of causal explanation: (1) the seemingly pragmatic aspect of causal explanation; and (2) whether intentional actions can be understood and explained causally. I believe these problems do not pose any difficulties for causal explanation, and I believe that the validity of causal explanation can be established.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The UV Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Transients, an Experimental and Computational Investigation of Electronic Structure and Reaction Mechanisms

contributor:
Werstiuk, Nick H.
Chemistry

subject: Chemistry Chemistry

abstract:
A test study of the vacuum thermolysis of phenyldiazoethane has shown the ability to generate a diazo compound from the respective sodium salt. It has also illustrated the utility of using a CW CO2 laser as a directed heat source to thermolize a diazo compound and record the PE spectrum of the pyrolysate. The spectrum of styrene was successfully recorded upon the thermolysis of phenydiazoethane in the source chamber of the PE spectrometer.

Photoelectron spectra of possible precursors to the elusive cycloheptatetraene were recorded. Thermolyses of these precursors were performed in the source chamber of the PE spectrometer and PE spectra of their thermolysates were recorded. Calculations of ionization potentials and simulation of partial PE spectra of possible products of the thermolysis were employed in order to attempt to assign the observed experimental ionization potential bands. Although a clear PE spectrum of cycloheptateraene could not be obtained, the thermolysis experiment has shown IP bands belonging to fulvenallene, which is the lowest energy isomer on the C7H6 potential energy surface. A PE spectrum of bicyclo[3.2.0]hepta-1,3,6-triene was recorded and its ionization potentials were assigned relative to calculated values. Although this triene is considered as a key intermediate on the C7H6 potential energy surface it was not detected in the pyrolysis of 2-diazobicyclo[3.2.0]hepta-3,6-diene.

Thermolysis of bicylo[3.2.0]hept-6-en-2-one has made it possible to record a PE spectrum of a transient cyclohepta-2(Z),4(E)-dien-1-one. PE spectra of both ketones were recorded for the first time. The thermolysis has also illustrated that the ring openin gof the cyclobutene moiety follows the conrotatory path in accord with the Woodward-Hoffmann rules despite the small size of the ring adjoined to the cyclobutene. A PE spectroscopic, thermolysis and computational investigation of N,N-bicyclo[3.2.0]hepta-3,6-dien-1-amine has illustrated the ability of E,Z,Z transient isomer to rearrange through a trans-cis isomerisation to yield a thermodynamically more stable product.

An investigation of 7-subsituted cycloheptatrienes has shown that most cycloheptatrienes favor the substituents in the equatorial position. The only compound that has been identified with PE spectroscopy to prefer the substituent in the axial position was the methylthiocycloheptatriene.

abstract: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)


title: Triple Entente or Unholy Alliance? Official Russian Attitudes toward Britain and France, 1906 to 1914.

contributor:
Johnston, R.H.
History

subject: History History

abstract:
This dissertation is an examination of official Russian attitudes toward Britain and France from 1906 to 1914, from the inauguration of a constitutional regime in Russia to the outbreak of World War One. In order to illustrate the motivations behind Russian foreign policy making at a critical juncture in the history of Russian autocracy, several groups within the Russian government and bureaucracy are examined, including the Emperor and the Court, the Foreign Ministry and the Ministries of Finance and Trade and Commerce.

A wide spectrum of opinions about Russia's Entente partners existed among Russia's rulers. Although ideological apprehensions about partnership with the two western bourgeois constitutional states did bother some officials, (Russian officialdom overwhelmingly accepted this unusual partnership as a matter of necessity. The policy of the Triple Entente -- to preserve the status quo in Europe and to contain Germany -- was accompanied by Stolypin's domestic reform programme, all in an attempt to save the 'ancien regime' in Russia. But, as with the domestic reforms, Nicholas II's foreign policy lacked the imagination necessary to halt the precipitous decline of autocratic power in Russia.

The severe constraints on Russian power that had resulted from the Russo-Japanese War and the 1905 revolution shaped Russia's dependent relationship with Britain and France. As Russia recovered from the twin disasters of 1905, she began to place more demands on Britain and France and to reassert herself in the international arena. As the international situation became more tense, official Russia became more adamantly committed to the Triple Entente. The thesis illustrates and analyzes at close range how the alliance system in Europe immediately prior to World War One became increasingly rigid and how, as a result, it became one of the major factors in the outbreak of general war.

abstract: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)


title: Friedrich Nietzsche and Fyodor Dostoyevsky on Solitude.

contributor:
Kroeker, Travis
Philosophy

subject: Philosophy Philosophy

abstract: This paper is an examination of the themes of solitude and community in Friedrich Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Fyodor Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov. I will argue that there are both areas of convergence and divergence in their treatment of social relations in terms of solitude, isolation and community. Generally speaking, Dostoyevsky diverges from Nietzsche in advocating a humble "active love" towards society, which is capable of moral and spiritual regeneration. Nietzsche has a much more selective conception of higher society, deeming the bulk of society hopelessly fallen. Whereas Dostoyevsky is drawn towards the people, Nietzsche is drawn towards the able few. Despite the areas of divergence, however, I believe that the areas of convergence are more profound. Both men argue that isolation in its various forms is one of society'S greatest problems. This isolation can be overcome only through the cultivation of solitude and genuine community.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Development and Resistance: Rural Resistance to Economic Development Practices in Western Samoa

contributor:
Rodman, William
Anthropology

subject: Anthropology Anthropology

abstract:
In this thesis I show that contemporary development practices in western Samoa are the product of a historical encounter between two social, political, and cultural worlds; the Samoan world characterized by a kin-ordered mode of production and the world of global capitalism. That encounter culminated in the incorporation of the Independent State of Western Samoa created and defined by members of a Samoan political elite in collaboration with members of the New Zealand colonial elite.

Since the incorporation of the Independent State of Western Samoa, successive government elites in collaboration with aid donors have attempted to implement a state-centred model of and for development directed toward the goals of national self-reliance and a condition of improved economic well-being for all Samoans. Government strategies have focused on the development of relations with patron states that provide aid in the form of grants, loans, technology, and technicians for investment, for the most part, in large state-owned commercial ventures and infrastructural projects.

Unfortunately, government strategies have failed to achieve either a movement toward national self-reliance or enhanced economic well-being for the majority of Samoans. The Government development practices have not effectively mobilized and utilized rural resources, specifically, the rural institutions of land and labour, as tools for raising productivity in the rural sector of the economy. Instead the production of export crops has stagnated or declined, and government attempts to utilize land for forestry or infrastructural projects have been met, more often than not, with resistance from people living in the rural areas. Furthermore, young Samoans continue to migrate out of the rural areas leaving their families short of labour and struggling to produce a surplus in addition to their subsistence requirements.

abstract: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)


title: Conscience and Morality

subject: Philosophy Philosophy

abstract:
This thesis is a study of morality from the ontological point of view. I take as my main clue Heidegger's criticism of the moral interpretation of conscience in his Being and Time. This criticism enlightened me with the thought that conscience is associated with authentic existence, while morality is associated with inauthentic existence. Therefore, in this thesis morality is investigated in light of its connection to conscience.

My main argument is that conscience is the center of the existence of the Self, while morality is based on the misunderstanding of the Self that speaks silently in conscience. Therefore, my central claim is that the movement from conscience to morality coincides with the transition from authentic to inauthentic existence. Furthermore, I show that this movement happens twice. The first movement coincides with the transition from the original existence of the Self to human existence. The second movement coincides with the transition from authentic to inauthentic (everyday) human existence.

Although Heidegger emphasizes the importance of the call of conscience in authentic Being-one's-Self, he does not really put conscience in the center of human existence, because the principle of his ontology is the concept of Being rather than the concept of the Self Therefore, in this thesis I reinterpret his ontology in terms of the Self and base my study of morality on this reinterpretation.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Communitarian Critique of Liberalism: A Critical Comparison of Charles Taylor's Sources of the Self and Alisdair MacIntyre's After Virtue.

contributor:
Seaman, John W.
Political Science

subject: Politics Politics

abstract:
This thesis examines the political philosophy of Charles Taylor and Alisdair Macintyre. In particular this thesis focuses on Taylor's Sources of the Self and Macintyre's After Virtue. These two books represent a major contribution to what has become known as the communitarian critique of liberalism. This thesis examines four fundamental aspects of the communitarian critique. The first aspect examined is the communitarian contention that liberal theory fundamentally misunderstands the nature of identity and selfhood. The second aspect examined is the communitarian assertion that liberal theory, with its focus on individual rights and autonomy, undennines community. The third aspect of the communitarian critique examined is its claim that liberalism's neutrality on questions of the good conceals the important role that notions of the good play in the moral life of the individual. Finally this thesis looks at Taylor and MacIntyre's description of modern moral discourse.

This thesis examines these four key communitarian concerns and posits potential liberal responses to all four. In this thesis two possible liberal responses come to the fore in response to almost all of Taylor and Macintyre's concerns. The first liberal response argues that Taylor and Macintyre describe and attack a hyperKantian definition of liberalism held by no actual liberal. The second key liberal response argues that the role Taylor and MacIntyre see the public sphere playing in individua1's lives is more than adequately fulfilled by the private sphere. This thesis concludes by arguing that Sources of the Self and After Virtue are best read as critiques of the social and philosophical vagaries of modem liberalism and not as actual alternatives to liberalism.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Concept Of Poverty In the Pali Canon

contributor:
MacQueen, Graeme
Religious Studies

subject: Religion Religion

abstract:
Every religious system must give some account of poverty and its significance, because every community must face the reality of poverty in its midst at some time. This is the case today and it was the case in ancient times.

In the post-colonial period some people in countries whose populations are primarily Theravada Buddhist have tried to deal with the problem of poverty through de-Westernization of their socio-political structures and the establishment of new structures that draw on traditional and Buddhist . roots. A sound knowledge of the notion of poverty in the primary scriptures of such societies may be useful both for such reformers and for those who intend to study these texts.

The thesis uses a variety of theoretical tools in order to unearth attitudes toward poverty in the textual materials: word study, narrative analysis, and the insights of anthropologist Victor Turner. Two notions of poverty are revealed: one that identifies poverty with deprivation, and one that identifies poverty with simplicity. Narrative analysis lays bare the values that ground these notions, and the application of Turner's ideas provides a means of understanding their interaction.

This thesis provides the first systematic study of the concept of poverty in the Pali Canon. Its particular combination of research tools provides a means of understanding poverty in these scriptures that is valuable to scholars of Buddhism and Buddhists generally.

abstract: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)


title: The Place of Values in a Teacher-Constructed Global Education Curriculum.

contributor:
Dr. C. Beattie, Dr. G. McQueen
Teaching

subject: Teacher Education and Professional Development

abstract: This project examines the role of values in a teacher-constructed global education curriculum. Using several strategies, both teacher and student values were made explicit. The teacher's strategy was to pinpoint career events which had impacted on the curriculum that she had designed. These career events were synthesized into several value statements. Action research was used to suggest value positions for the students. The intersection of teacher and student values led to suggestions as to how these intersecting values could be integrated into the teacher-constructed curriculum. Values that did not intersect, and the idea of alienation, a "nonvalue" were also cons1dered as add1tions to the curriculum. The project argues for making the values of all the stakeholders in a teacher-constructed curriculum explicit as a means of continually revitalizing such a document.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)