title: Diffusion of Drag Reducing Aqueous Polymer Solutions in External Flow

contributor:
Latto, B.
Mechanical Engineering

subject:
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

abstract:
This thesis describes an experimental study of the diffusion of dilute squeous drag reducing polymers when ejected from a thin wall slot into a developing turbulent boundary layer (external flow).

A horizontal flat plate located in a 0.1524 m. (6 in.) I.D. plexiglass pipe was specifically designed for obtaining diffusion data. Water or aqueous polymer solutions which were dyed with a fluorescing dye were injected tangentially into the boundary layer through a slot situated near the leading edge of the flat plate. Samples were taken from the flow field and by using a spectrophotometer, concentration profiles were established. The investigation was carried out for a constant free stream velocity of 5.4 m./sec. for various injection flow rates and concentrations in the range 0 to 1500 w.p.p.m.

It was found that the diffusion rate will increase for very low polymer concentrations (of the order of 0.75 w.p.p.m.), while the diffusion rate will be reduced for higher concentrations. The resulting data have been compared to Newtonian diffusion phenomena as well as the available data for polymer additives.

Correlations for the concentration profiles, diffusion boundary Layer growth, wall concentration and eddy diffusivity are presented. The research covers the four important zones of diffusion with emphasis on the earlier developing zones for which there are virtually no data available. The results indicate that a universal diffusion correlation exists which represents the data for both Newtonian and polymer solutions for the far region downstream but indicate decidedly different phenomena near the injection region, confirming a previously published theoretical analysis.

abstract: Master of Engineering (ME)


title: A Critique of Alcoholics Anonymous from an Anti-oppressive Perspective

contributor:
Sinding, Chris
Social Work

subject:
Social Work
Social Work

abstract:
Substance abuse is a serious and long-standing problem that causes significant personal, social and financial hardship in our society. In response to the difficulties stemming from alcohol problems, Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) was formed to help individuals adopt and maintain a goal of abstinence. A.A. is well-known in our society and in fact has been referred to as "the major force dealing with alcoholism today" (Murray et aI, 2003: 26) that has shaped society's view of addiction (Le et al., 1995). While the literature has clearly documented the role that self-help groups such as A.A. can play in assisting people to achieve and maintain sobriety (Burman, 1997), there are fewer studies that take a critical approach, examining A. A. 's limitations. This study provides an important contribution by giving an opportunity for individuals who have expressed some dissatisfaction with A.A. to have their voices heard concerning how A. A.'s practices and beliefs have shaped their experiences. Using an anti-oppressive practice perspective, this study draws attention to issues of power and oppression within the A.A. organization, identifying the structural dimensions that serve to marginalize problem drinkers.

This research project is an exploratory, qualitative study conducted within an interpretive, critical framework. The sample consisted of six Caucasian women, four who continue to attend A.A. and two who attended A.A. in the past. While the participants in this study conceptualized their involvement in A.A. in a variety of ways, for the most part they confirmed the following concerns that have been raised in the critical literature about this organization: A.A. is a patriarchal institution that oppresses women; A.A. promotes the disease model of alcoholism which fosters powerlessness in people's lives; blaming the individual shifts the focus away from structural issues; labelling increases stigma which contributes to the marginalization of problem drinkers; and A.A. excludes full participation in society. The theme most evident throughout the study was one of powerlessness. Drawing on the participants' experiences, recommendations are presented in order to develop a model of support that fosters empowerment and self-efficacy, recognizes people's strengths and abilities, and takes into consideration a diversity of needs.

abstract: Master of Social Work (MSW)


title: Decision-Makers' Images in the Foreign Policy Process: The Case of the Korean War

contributor:
Winham, G.R.
Political Science

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract: It is the object of this study to assess the thinking behind the actions of foreign policy decision-makers in the formulation and implementation of foreign policy. This i s done by examining the perceptions of United States decision-makers during the first year of Korean War, through a content analysis of their public speeches and communications.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Truancy and Early School Leaving: An Ongoing Issue

contributor:
Sammon, Sheila
Social Work

subject:
Social Work
Social Work

abstract: The issue of truancy and early school leaving has been a longstanding social problem. The current high school drop out rate of thirty percent has government officials and educators very concerned about the future of our youth. A prevalent theme in the truancy literature is the impact that poverty has on children and families. but, there are many additional factors that contribute to truancy and understanding them assists in developing strategies and programs to address this problem. Research indicates that one caring adult and/or supportive environment can be a key factor for children overcoming tremendous adversity. Schools can be a place where children find caring adults and supportive environments. This qualitative study examined staff perceptions of the impact of an Attendance Incentive Program developed by an Attendance Counsellor in Southern Ontario. The findings of the study showed that Attendance Incentive Programs can, not only be an effective way to address truancy, but also provide positive outcomes. These included greater academic success, student pride, team building among staff and students and positive connections established between the school community and the business community who support the program. A significant matter in question is the sustainability of this particular program as it depends largely upon the efforts of the Attendance Counsellor. A recommendation for continued growth and development of the program includes the soliciting of parent and community volunteers to become involved and take on some of the numerous responsibilities. Although, the findings cannot be generalized to larger school populations they do reveal positive outcomes. Therefore, attendance incentive programs should be considered as an intervention strategy to address truancy.

abstract: Master of Social Work (MSW)


title: Retirement Home Accreditation in Ontario: In Whose Interest?

contributor:
Aronson, Jane
Social Work

subject:
Social Work
Social Work

abstract:
In Ontario, we are currently dealing with a profound public policy void in the area of retirement home regulation. Ret1ecting the neo-liberal political context, much of this industry's growth has occurred with limited or no legal regulation and minimal, if any, involvement from the government. This paper discusses various possible options for addressing the issue of unregulated retirement homes, with a special emphasis on voluntary accreditation.

 This study sought the unique perspectives of retirement home administrators from both accredited and non-accredited homes. Conversations with participants converged around a number of key issues, including affirming the importance of regulation, affirming the need to compete and succeed in the retirement home market, emphasizing the negative aspects of accreditation, and the responsibility of being accountable to various stakeholders. Administrators also offered their perspectives on policy issues and the role of government.

 This study provides insight into the question of "In whose interest is the current retirement home system?" It became evident throughout this study that there is value in creating some level of government regulation beyond what currently exists. It is argued that future policy in this area must hold the interests of seniors as primary, and not the interests of the business community.

abstract: Master of Social Work (MSW)


title: The Re-Settlement Experiences of Refugee Women in Diaspora

contributor:
Daenzer, Patricia
Social Work

subject:
Social Work
Social Work

abstract: With the new Immigrant and Refugee Protection Act, 2002 Immigrant and refugee issues have been on the forefront of Canadian social policy. Refugees are amongst the most vulnerable population in the world and literature suggests that amongst the refugee population, women are disproportionately represented. Each year, Canada is home to thousands of refugees and is faced with the difficult task of re-settling refugees into a new culture, political and social system. While Canada is often celebrated for its immigration policies, there are significant shortcomings in the process of re-settling refugees. The social construction of 'refugee' and 'women of colour' create a situational space for complex and dynamic experiences that refugee women must overcome in the re-settlement process. These interlocking oppressions impact on the newcomers' sense of belonging and inclusion in their community of re-settlement. This research paper looked at the re-settlement experiences of government assisted refugees as well as asylum seekers in the first two years of re-settlement. A comprehensive literature review was conducted as well a two focus groups with refugee women, and three in-depth interviews with settlement service providers. Research showed that often, re-settlement was left to chance. Refugee women faced many barriers to accessing needed resources and therefore were often shut out from full participation in society. Many refugee women felt isolated in their communities and were marginalized because of their status as a refugee woman, impacting their re-settlement into Canadian society. There are no state protections from the factors that marginalize and shut out their participation as contributing citizens. Implications for this research showed that there needs to be additional support offered to refugee women in the re-settlement process especially those who are asylum seekers.

abstract: Master of Social Work (MSW)


title: Competence and Performance in Language and Culture

contributor:
Preston, R.
Landes, R.
Hitchcock, J.
Anthropology

subject: Anthropology Anthropology

abstract:
The claim is made that a theory of performance must include theories of communicative or cultural competence. A theory of performance will model the interlocking of related but distinct communicative competences.

Some hypotheses concerning the relationship of language and culture are considered briefly. The concepts of competence and performance as used currently in linguistic analysis are disoussod in the light of the competence-performance distinction, and evidence gathered from this discussion as to the nature of a theory of performance.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: "Imaginative Typology" in the Canterbury Tales

contributor:
Lee, Alvin A.
English

subject:
English Language and Literature
English Language and Literature

abstract:
As the title of this thesis indicates, I believe that the Canterbury Tales is receptive to both aesthetic and historical approaches. This conviction stems from repeated exposure to Chaucer at different times during the last five years, and from a more recently acquired familiarity with other Middle English and Continental authors Contemporary with him. Although he is no where mentioned in the thesis, I count my reading of Dante as a major force in showing how the medieval imagination operated. When I first encountered Chaucer, however, my knowledge of the medieval period was nil: I was forced then to rely on "aesthetic" avenues into his works. Now, with a small inkling of what "historical" criticism involves, I can still appreciate how valid is the search for image patterns, double meanings, and the ways in which Chaucer creates character and atmosphere. Yet now too, I can see how relevant is the fourteenth century's cultural situation to Chaucer's artistry, for chaucer, no matter how much he transcends them, is nonetheless heir to the ideas and modes of expression of his time.

I have referred solely to F. N. Robinson's edition of Chaucer's work during the preparation of this Thesis, and following him, I have adopted the Manly-Rickert sequence tales, without speculation on the implications of the "Bradshaw shift" for the gist of what follows. Similarly, when quoting Piers the Plowman, Skeat's B-text, as the one with which most readers are familiar, is used. Quotations from the bible follows the Vulgate's rendering, but the revised Standard's version of the pertinent extract is provided in the footnotes. These notes come at the end of the text so as not to distract the reader who wishes to pursue the argument without documentation and peripheral observations. In order to facilitate reference when quotations from Chaucer are introduced, the appropriate page number in Robinsons's text is given.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Engaging Youth in Civic Participation

contributor:
Sin, Rick
Social Work

subject:
Social Work
Social Work

abstract:
This research explored the question of 'how to engage youth in civic participation?' This study was necessary because youth as a vulnerable population are often marginalized and excluded from meaningful participation in society. Civic participation is defined and addressed in varying ways in the literature. The exploration into the topic of civic participation in this research is important as to directly involve the youth and give space for them to explore and express their own definitions and conceptions of civic participation, as well as major obstacles preventing them from participating. This study attempted to explore the complexity of youth participation. What are the youth really interested in? What prevents them from participating? What are their concerns? Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted in order for the researcher to delve into the difficulties and experiences of the youth participants in civic participation.
 This report provides a summary of the existing literature on engaging youth in civic participation. In the findings and discussion section I will highlight two major aspects for critical examination. The first is the discourse on youth civic participation, which included, definition of youth civic participation; how does youth participate; the meaning attached to youth; and how to engage youth? The second issue is the discrepancies between the existing understanding of the barriers to youth civic participation in society. This study points to the fact that a common, or widely acceptable definition of civic participation does not exist in the academic literature or other forms of literature. The findings also suggest that existing definitions tend to be elitist and do not reflect the everyday lived experiences and realities of youth and their community involvement. The report then emphasizes three critical implications for social work research. First, in-depth interviews should be used more often in conducting research on youth civic participation so that they could share their experience and ideas in less restrictive ways. Second, the present elitist definitions of civic participation should not be imposed on youth. Last but not least, youths' definitions of community should be included in the conversations on civic participation.

abstract: Master of Social Work (MSW)


title: HIV+ Mothers from Sub-Saharan Africa: Recognizing Resistance

subject:
Social Work
Social Work

abstract:
This thesis sought to explore the particular experiences of HIV positive mothers living in Toronto, who are refugees and immigrants from Sub-Saharan Africa. The research was based upon a secondary analysis of a data set produced by The Hospital for Sick Children and The Teresa Group for a project in Toronto entitled, Perspectives on Parenting from HIV+ Parents from Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean. This secondary analysis was framed by questions about women's responses to their worry, guilt and loss; it drew on theoretical perspectives that highlight women's work and coping as forms of resistance to adverse social conditions.

The interview transcripts of thirteen members of the original sample of twenty-two formed the basis of the analysis: all thirteen were women originally from countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. A material-discursive approach was employed to explore the women's accounts of their active responses to the challenges they faced.

The findings revealed the odds and difficulties that the women experienced in their daily lives, and the practical and narrative ways in which they managed them. Embedded in their accounts were various forms of work, undertaken to cope with and improve their own situations and the situations of those they cared for. Particular attention was given to the women's understandings of ways in which their self-directed coping could be either sustained or undermined. Their insights have implications for service provision and future research and, more broadly, suggest that attention is needed to the material and institutional structuring of their lives in Canada.

abstract: Master of Social Work (MSW)


title: School Social Workers' Creative and Adaptive Uses of Evidence-Based Practice: A Critical Reflection on the Dominant Discourse of EBP

subject:
Social Work
Social Work

abstract:
Touted as the 'new paradigm' for social work, evidence-based practice (EBP) directs practitioner behaviour and is used to justify services, establish professional credibility and solidify funding. Practicing social workers have not readily adopted EBP. While the literature contains lively debates about what 'constitutes evidence, the adequacy and relevance of the research literature, and the nature of social work practice, the perspectives of front-line practitioners have been absent.

This qualitative research project sought to discover and understand the opinions and experiences of school social workers with evidence-based practice. Four practicing school social workers, representing a range of social work positions and perspectives, outlined their response to EBP. This study found that practicing social workers were accepting of EBP because it helped guide their practice activities, provided certainty, informed them about what works, and enhanced their individual and collective professional credibility. School social workers highlighted significant tensions. arising from their use of EBP: flexibility versus rigidity; practice knowledge versus formal knowledge; improvements versus results; and relationship versus method/technique. Creatively and adaptively, these practitioners redefined evidence, adapted research to local contexts, and used the power of evidence and evidence-based practice to provide accountability, proof of the value of social work services and service rationale.

Contrary to what much of the literature has indicated, this research demonstrates how practitioners were accepting of, and taking up EBP. By valuing practice knowledge, including a broader definition of evidence, and appreciating local adaptations of research as a skill set, practicing school social workers demonstrate how they can simultaneously adopt and challenge the dominant discourse of EBP.

abstract: Master of Social Work (MSW)


title: Shear Strength of A Cohesionless Soil Under Plane Strain and Triaxial Conditions

contributor:
Wilson, Nyal E.
Civil Engineering

subject:
Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering

abstract: An experimental programme was carried out involving both plane strain and triaxial compression tests on a dry sand. A comparison between both methods is presented to show the influence of the intermediate principal stress on the angle of shearing resistance of failure, the shear characteristics and the failure criterion. The Mohr-Coulomb theory was used as a failure criterion. The angle of shearing resistance at failure in plane strain tests was higher than in triaxial tests. Shear strength values at failure were higher in plane strain tests than in triaxial tests. All stress-strain curves in both plane strain and triaxial test have a similar shape.

abstract: Master of Engineering (ME)


title: An Introduction to Colley Cibber's Love's Last Shift

contributor:
Cameron, W. J.
English

abstract:
Cibber as a subject is a rather limited one, and all studies so far have tended to be general and hence repetitious. This study is limited to an analysis of the first of his plays. An attempt has also been made to give a picture of Cibber himself, with a brief resume of his more than forty successful years in the theatre.

Any discussion of Love's Last Shift necessarily entails the fitting of the play into its literary and social contexts: this has been essayed in Part Two, with a survey of comic theory and practice from the Restoration to the early years of the eighteenth century. With this is given the reaction of society away from Restoration libertine comedy to a more consciously exemplary type of play.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: EDWIN MUIR: THE WAR YEARS

contributor:
McK., D. J
English

abstract: This study of the writings of Edwin Muir during the period ofthe Second World War examines recurring themes in the prose and poetry, in an attempt to demonstrate that these years form a watershed in the literary development of the poet.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Coleridge's Conception of Sin in "The Ancient Mariner"

contributor:
Owen, B. W. J.
English

subject:
English
English Language and Literature
English Language and Literature

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Front-Line Child Welfare Experiences of Work Related Stress, Trauma, and Burnout - Is Experience a Mediating Factor?

contributor:
Carranza, Mirna
Social Work

subject:
Social Work
Social Work

abstract:
Child welfare is stressful and child protection workers have the enormous responsibility to protect societies most vulnerable. Stress, trauma and burnout are serious issues affecting front-line child welfare workers and are not adequately being addressed. The enormously high tum over rate of child protection workers is seriously impacting the client worker relationship, case decisions, and time management. As a result of these high turnover rates work experience has often been in short supply (Howe et al., 1999; Regehr et al., 2000; Regehr, Hemsworth, Leslie, Howe & Chau, 2004; and Littlechild 2005).

The purpose of this study was to find out more about the experiences and perceptions of front-line child protection workers as they deal with work related stressors from a social justice perspective. More specifically this study explored whether or not there was a difference in the way that new front-line child protection workers versus experienced front-line child protection workers experience and cope with stress, trauma and burnout.

It was clear that participants felt frustrated about the issues of stress, trauma and burnout and many participants expressed anger about some of the situations they have endured.

New workers were clear that they require more support and positive feedback. It was important for this group to have a sense of working collaboratively in the decision making process, rather than their work being micromanaged. The new worker group also wanted to know that their health, their personal lives, their families and their children are important to their employer and that the job cannot always come first.

The experienced workers were clear that they wanted yearly evaluations and more of a connection to upper management; specifically they wanted more communication from upper management. This group also wanted to be known, and to feel like appreciated and valuable members within the agency.

abstract: Master of Social Work (MSW)


title: Some Considerations of Democracy and Science in the political Philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

contributor:
Novak, D.
Political Science

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract: This thesis is a comparative study of Rousseau's Premier Discours and-Du Contract Social. The essay will attempt to establish the thesis that science is both indispensable and dangerous to a democratic order. Democracy, we assume, presupposes self-restraint, more specifically, the self-restraint of the few best citizens. The question then is-·does science support those virtues by which men may be persuaded to serve democracy or, quite the contrary, to destroy it?

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Overseas Chinese in the Politics of South-East Asia

contributor:
Pringsheim, K.H.
Political Science

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract: An examination of the position of the Overseas Chinese in South-East Asia today, and of factors which may influence their political behaviour in the future.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Sound of Silence Breaking: Toward a Metatheory of Wife Abuse

contributor:
Walters, Vivienne
Sociology

subject: Sociology Sociology

abstract:
This work represents an attempt to understand wife abuse. In an extensive review, the literature is grouped into three general divisions, depending on the attributed locus of causality: individual, family, or a broader social system. Criticisms fall into one of three general orientations, i.e. methodological, ideological or contextual.

Wife abuse, a widespread phenomenon with a high degree of historical and contemporary legitimacy, is conceptualized in terms of violence directed against women qua women and against women qua wives. In the former context, the existential construct of Woman-as-Other focuses on the dominance/subordination relations that exist between husbands and wives/men and women. It is argued that these are maintained through actual, threatened or implicit violence which keeps women subservient to and/or dependent on men. Literature dealing with the dehumanization inherent in war atrocities illuminates the processes whereby women are victimized by men.

The wife's role as domestic labourer is the central focus for the examination of violence against women qua wives. It is argued that (actual or potential) wife abuse, insofar as it is perceived as legitimate, supports the acceptance by the population of the legitimacy of force as the underpinning of the authority of the State. Further, wife abuse is seen as one aspect of the husband's expectations of the wife's role as tension manager. The combination of the fiscal crisis of the State together with the logical consistency of wife abuse with the needs of capital, paves the way towards a reprivatization of the phenomenon.

The theory requires empirical verification. Investigation is needed into the relationship between women's economic power and men's physical use of force. Measures are required for identifying and studying psychological abuse. A comprehensive historical and crosscultural investigation is recommended.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Simcoe: Small-Town Ontario's Response to Extra-Community Change

contributor:
Matthews, Ralph
Shaffir, William
Walters, Vivienne
Sociology

subject: Sociology Sociology

abstract: This study examines the community power structure in the town of Simcoe. In the past ten years, the town of Simcoe has experienced extensive pressures on its social structure due to the extra-community influences of mass industrialization, urbanization and bureaucratization. Previous studies of community power structures reveal that when communities experience extra-community change the elite structure is factionalized. Community elites focus on conflict issues in an effort to gain access to the new resources of power or strengthen their current power positions. These factions are usually split in terms of localitecosmopolitan orientation or oldtimer-newcomer differences. This study finds that the Simcoe respondents do not differ significantly in their extra-community orientation or their social characteristics. Rather, it is the elite's social network ties that determines the faction to which he/she belongs and the way in which he/she can be seen to support an issue.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Swift as Christian Satirist

contributor:
Rosenblood, Norman
English

abstract: This thesis aims to examine the Christian foundation of Swift's satires with special emphasis on A Tale of a Tub. Swift's special contriburtion to the Christian ironic tradition will receive attention along with the Christian framework in which the satires are set. In preparation for the thesis I have read and used the Hebert Davis edition of the complete prose works in fourteen volumes. As a supplement to, not a substitute for, the complete prose works, I have read the significant studies of Swift's satires from the eighteenth century to the present in conjunction with a wide cross-section of the most recent criticism.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Towards a New Approach to Shakespeare's Sonnets

contributor:
W., B. A.
English

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Soil Behaviour Under Repeated Vertical and Horizontal Stresses

subject:
Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering

abstract: The purpose of this research is to simulate the state of stress on soil element in the field under the action of moving wheel loads. The behaviour of an over-consolidated soil subjected to the action of repeated vertical stresses with concurrent repeated horizontal stresses (cell pressure) is compared to the behaviour of soil under the action of repeated vertical stresses with constant horizontal stress. Attention is given to the axial strains and pore water pressures generated under different loading conditions.

abstract: Master of Engineering (ME)


title: Political Involvement: A Case Study of Urban Party Activists

contributor:
March, R. R.
Political Science

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract:
Political involvement is the process of becoming active in the particular political system. One of the most important areas of involvement is the political party. Differences exist among the major Canadian parties that allow them to be placed on a left-right continuum.

In this study, the focus is resiricted to activity in local party structures. Four variables of the party involvement process -- political socialization, recruitment, motivation and socio-economic background -- are examined here to see if there are significant differences among the three major political parties in Canada and the personnel that makes up the local executives of their organizations. An analysis of these differences is undertaken to see if they can be explained by the ideological divisions that separate the party associations.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Political Science Students and the Mass Media

contributor:
Jacek, H. J.
Political Science

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract: This thesis aims to investigate the sources from which First Year Political Science undergraduates derive their information on current political issues. The focus is on patterns of exposure to mass media, discussion of politics, and the way these relate to knowledge and opinion holding on political issues. The objective are to test within the student context hypotheses derived from study of the general population, and to consider what conclusions, if any, are suggested concerning this aspect of the political socialisation process.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Theme of Time in the Poetry of Thomas Hardy

contributor:
Dale, J.
English

abstract: In an examination of Hardy's dominant concern with Time, the thesis attempts firstly to consider this concern in two ways. In the first chapter, Hardy's formulation of a myth of Time is examined, and in the second chapter the interpretation of Time largely by the subjective mind, as represented by the poet or poetic persona, is considered. Secondly, the thesis attempts to relate these treatments of Time, as considered over the whole of Hardy's poetic production, specifically to a detailed critical examination of several poems, in the third chapter.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Disproportionate Impact? School Discipline in a Neo-Liberal State

contributor:
Daenzer, Patricia
Social Work

subject:
Social Work
Social Work

abstract: Recent reviews of the Safe Schools Act, Ontario's school disciplinary policy have raised concerns regarding the disproportionate impact on racialized students and students with disabilities. Critics claim that zero tolerance and the simultaneous provision of mitigating factors leaving room for the abuse of discretionary authority, calls into question the role of discipline in the education system. Reactions to the reports were highly publicized, suggesing that a certain level of resistance existed among members of school communities in the Greater Toronto Area. This exploratory study set out to examine whether this resistance could be substantiated and if so, how it is structured. Using a qualitative, semi-structured interviewing format, this study explored the opinions of parents, educators and community advocates regarding the impact on racialized students facing suspension and expulsion in particular. Participants were asked to reflect on the introduction and application of the policy and it's effectiveness in addressing safety, in the context of the neo-liberalization of the education system and corresponding devolution of an institutional commitment to equity. This author reflects on the punitive approach to behaviour management and discipline driven by an ideology of safety in the neo-liberalized system, using an integrative anti-racist approach that validates the restorative justice model. Shifting notions of citizenship help to legitimate the militarization of the school system manifesting in increased surveillance and criminalization of racialized students and parents. This study concludes by highlighting participants' reflections on the lack of accountability in a letigious school environment, where the denial of public education has serious implications for students who face systemic barriers to economic survival. Finally, the paper concludes with suggestions for moving away from punitive approaches to behaviour management to the institution of a restorative justice principles in building a culture of reparations.

abstract: Master of Social Work (MSW)


title: Perceptions of Child Protection Workers about Violence against Women

contributor:
Sammon, Sheila
Social Work

subject:
Social Work
Social Work

abstract:
Research on child welfare practice, where children have witnessed violence against their mothers has identified paradoxical outcomes: victimized mothers who require the most help are often blamed, pathologized, and labeled as 'bad'. These women are ultimately responsible for the physical, emotional, mental, and environmental welfare of their children, whereas the male perpetrators remain practically unnoticed. Despite the fact that violence can occur within any relationship where there are imbalances of power, this. research study only focused on heterosexual couples in which violence has occurred against women.
 The objective of this qualitative study was to investigate how child protection workers define violence against women and perceive/define intervention plans. I also explored differences in definitions and perceptions between experienced and non-experienced child protection workers, as it was assumed that child protection workers are not 'experts' in women abuse. It was also assumed that child protection workers lacked specific interpersonal violence training, which often contributed to the re-victimization of women. Nine child protection workers, who work for a Children's Aid Society within the Hamilton area, were interviewed about violence against women and child neglect issues. The participants varied in levels of education, experience in child protection and experience in social work. An analysis of the findings led to the emergence of five themes: (1) the belief that it is the mothers job to protect her children; (2) mothers can simply leave; (3) mothers needs are a separate issue from children's needs; (4) deficits in staff training; and(5) moral and ethical dilemmas in working with mothers who were victims of interpersonal violence. Recommendations for anti-oppressive social work practice within the context of child welfare are made, and implications-for future research are discussed.

abstract: Master of Social Work (MSW)


title: The Risk/Reintegration Dichotomy for Community Based Federally Sentenced Women: Oppression in the Name of Justice

subject:
Social Work
Social Work

abstract:
Legislated through the Corrections Services Canada's Corrections and Conditional Release Act (2002), individuals who receive a federal sentence are eligible to complete their sentence at the community level under the auspices of conditional release. The goal is to assist in the rehabilitation of the offender, facilitate his or her reintegration into the community and protect society by managing re-offence risk. Yet the instrument used to determine risk and reintegration needs and outcomes is an actuarial scale based on a homogeneous white Eurocentric male population which does not take into consideration differences based on race, ethnicity, gender or social disadvantage (Webster and Doob, 2004).

Research into the particular conditions experienced by Federally Sentenced Women (FSW) in Canada is a relatively new phenomenon, with the bulk emerging in the last 15 years. Research on the policy impact on service providers, namely parole officers and halfway house workers, appears to be minimal. Yet it is these workers who interpret and implement the policy. This paper contributes to this discourse through critical examination of Corrections Services Canada's (CSC) policy The Standard Operating Procedures for Community Based Supervision (SOP). The stated intent of this policy is managing risk and assisting in the reintegration into the community of all individuals under conditional release. This paper examines the impact of globalization and neo-liberal politics has on crime, fear of crime and risk. It explores how the SOP, as well as other CSC policies, is embedded in racial, cultural and gendered biases. Interviews with parole officers and halfway house workers who provide service to federally sentenced women offer insight onto their understanding of risk and reintegration for FSW as well as their perceptions of how the policy helps or hinders their role in risk management and reintegration for FSW. This paper concludes with a discussion of how these findings can impact Social Work practice and policy.

abstract: Master of Social Work (MSW)


title: Crusader and Cassandra: The Politics of Bertrand Russell

contributor:
Novak, Derry
Political Science

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract:
The principal theme of this study of Bertrand Russell is that from his unique position as the last of a notable line of English Whig reformers and as the "godson" of John Stuart Mill, "the saint of rationalism", he attempted to make a unique contribution to political philosophy―and failed. Half of the seventy books Russell wrote were concerned with political and social questions, and of these all but those written during his last years combine the best values of English Whiggery with nineteenth century liberal humanism and reflect Russell's endeavour to adjust to the complexities of the twentieth century. Liberal humanism permeates Russell's views concerning human nature and education, and I hope to show that these views provide unsatisfactory and ineffectual solutions to the problems Russell tackles. It is, however, when Russell considers the reconstruction of society that he is confronted with his greatest dilemma. Too wise and too honest to equate Fabian reforms and welfare programmes with socialism, his individualism and Whig background obscured the one fact which he could never bring himself truly to face: the fact of the class struggle, the irreconcilable interests of the employers and the employed. Russell's dilemma was that he had a traditional dislike of popular movements and yet knew that the effective socialist reconstruction of society would take place only through the successful outcome of the class struggle. For a brief period, he embraced the cause of revolutionary socialism, but this was primarily an emotional response, one of many political attitudes which were to conflict throughout his life with his fundamental liberalism. The result was pessimism and despair, conditions which plagued Russell and which, I believe, could have been avoided, in his politics at least, were it not for his misunderstanding of Marxism. Russell, although motivated by considerations of the highest ideals for the betterment of humanity, was essentially an individualist who increasingly despaired of mankind. Confidence in ordinary men and women, and in the justification and efficacy of mass action, may have liberated him from this dilemma. In what follows I draw attention to the enthusiasm, Vigour, and the obvious zest which Russell displayed in his periods of political activism during the First World War and during his campaigns for nuclear disarmament and civil disobedience. It was, I suggest, no coincidence that, arising from these periods of intense political activity in a popular movement of protest, Russell was to embrace, albeit briefly, the Marxist theory of class struggle and revolutionary action. Indeed, it will be maintained in this study that the lasting monument to Russell will be neither his political philosophy, nor even his work in logic and mathematics, -but -his passionate sense of commitment, and especially the activity of his last years, when he placed his entire energies and reputation in the service of the quest for a peaceful world. While most philosophers have been content to tell us what we ought to do to achieve the good, Russell, by the example of his sense of commitment, demonstrated how necessary it is to combine theory with practice. There are weaknesses in Russell's approaches, for he was a most human being, and I hope to establish that when applied to social problems his celebrated logic was often faulty, his politics naive, his individualism and emotionalism damaging to the causes he had taken up. Nevertheless, he was, indeed, "the last of the Europeans whom Socrates and Spinoza would have acknowledged as their countryman", for his compassion lights up the frequent gloom of his analysis of the human condition.

 It was Russell's misfortune to witness the defeat of liberal-humanist ideas and the perversion and sacrifice of socialist ideals, to live through a period of social disintegration rather than social reconstruction based on humanist principles. All the major issues of his youth that touched his compassion―oppression, intolerance, in-equality of opportunity, imperialism, and war―had in many respects intensified during his lifetime. His political mentors―Locke , Mill, and William Morris―could expect the future to justify their hopeful view of man, but it was Russell's fate to see state education at work as state indoctrination, to note with despair that enfranchised women were as unenlightened and powerless as men, and that the exploited, if given the chance, would become exploiters. "People seem good while they are oppressed but they only wish to become oppressors in their turn . . . life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim."

 These were powerful factors in the life of Bertrand Russell,which when combined with his class outlook, always at variance with his socialist humanitarianism, help us understand his essentially pessimistic view of man and his failure to adjust the liberal humanism of Mill to the realities of the twentieth century.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Modes of Being and Time in the Theatre of Samuel Beckett

contributor:
Pocknell, Brian S.
Romance Languages

subject: Romance Languages

subject: Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: "Shadow and Substance": a Study of the Relationship between Philosophy and Imagination in the Novels of William Godwin

contributor:
Vichert, G. S.
English

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: An Investigation of Relationships between some Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Memoirs and Roderick Random

contributor:
Cameron, W. J.
English

abstract: Chapter I examines the narrator's point of view and narrative stance in the memoir. The findings are contrasted with Smollett's practice in Chapter II. Chapter III explores the emphasis that is placed upon events at the expense of delineation of the narrator's self in both fomrs. The final chapter seeks similarities in the description and role of character in memoir and novel.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Analysis of a Numerical and Adaptive Control Servomechanism

contributor:
Tlusty, J.
Mechanical Engineering

abstract: The purpose of this project was to analyze the Numerical and Adaptive Control system of a CNC milling machine, in order to improve the time response of the system while maintaining its stability. The available linear control theory as well as the state space method were used to study and simulate the behaviour of the N/C loop. The N/C system was tested to determine the practically optimum values of position and velocity gains. The Adaptive Control system consists of a cutting force transducer, and an Analog to Digital Processor which supply input to an A/C routine resident in the HP-2100A minicomputer. Both classical control theory and the state space technique were also used to investigate the operation of the A/C loop and to predict the response of the actual system.

abstract: Master of Engineering (ME)


title: Isaac Rosenberg: Glimpses of a Plan Terrific

contributor:
Jackson, B. W.
English

abstract: An attempt to trace the controlling idea behind the poetry of Isaac Rosenberg.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Discretionary Decision Making in Child Welfare: Finding Spaces for Antioppressive Practice

contributor:
Baines, Donna
Social Policy

subject:
Social Policy
Social Policy

abstract:
For the purposes of this thesis I interviewed four women. The interviews sought to uncover how these women experienced discretionary decision-making and whether it was a vehicle for novel and emancipatory work. I also asked what and how did the competing policies structure their work and decision-making? What have been their experience and their power in the change making process? Where are some of the locations of change as they experience and understand it? Where do they see change necessary in the structure of these policies?

These four women worked in two different child welfare agencies. The larger of the two agencies has recently undertaken an anti-racism education and organizational change initiative. This work is critical to maintaining or establishing healthy communities. The experience and energies of practitioners must be harnessed as generators of practical assessments and solutions regarding systemic oppression and practical problems. This experience must also be employed as a vehicle for political change both at the frontline and throughout the policy making process.

Although discretionary decision making could clearly be a site for emancipatory work and a vehicle for antioppressive practice, the data show that it was not utilized as such to any great extent in the professional lives of these four women. All four respondents spoke about anti oppressive practice and change as a regular aspect of the work in their agency; all also indicated that there are a significant number of barriers to practicing within this framework.

This work of critical analysis is not covered under existing funding frameworks, nor is it quantifiable through current accountability measures, and thus it remains invisible work. In an era of New Public Management with the contracting out of services, lean service provision built upon principals of just-intime production, it becomes increasingly difficult to justify these efforts of resistance and service reform. Unless the lack of an antioppressive framework can be linked to increased risk to children and families, and thus become a liability to the service providers, it seems unlikely that this reform will be effectively engaged and carried through to completion.

abstract: Master of Social Work (MSW)


title: Hardy and the Heroine: A Study of the Development of the Heroine in Hardy's Fiction

contributor:
Ross, M.
Ferns, H. J.
English

abstract: This thesis traces Thomas Hardy's portrayal of the heroines in his novels and indicates how she is used to provide a focus for the problems and issues he presents. The thesis begins by suggesting that a standard portrayal of the heroine had emerged in Victorian fiction by about 1850 that was considerably modified by female writers such as Charlotte and Emily Brontë, Mrs. Gaskell and George Eliot, and finally, by Hardy himself. The study of some of Hardy's earlier novels reveals that he also created a stereotype of his own. However, the examination of a selection of his later novels makes it clear that he gradually enlarged his scope in order to present a full, detailed and original sense of woman's personal and social predicament.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Party Officers: A Study of the Executives of Local Constituency Associations

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract: This thesis is concerned with the nature of the political involvement of individuals in local constituency associations. Specifically, this study focuses on the socio-economic and demographic background of local party officers and their motivations. In order to carry out this study, a theoretical framework of the recruitment process is devised, operationalized, and applied to the executive officers of four local constituency associations. The results are analyzed to gain an understanding of why people become involved in politics and how their reasons might affect the organizational behavior of the constituency association.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Civic Participation in Five Communities: A Cross-Cultural Comparison

contributor:
Aggar, Robert E.
Political Science

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract: This thesis concerns itself with the formulation of a model of civic participation and its testing in five communities in North America and Eastern Europe. The model posits that there are four conceptually distinct sets of variables: socio-economic status, general personal orientations, political culture and political events, each of which acts both independently and additively on participation in civic affairs. It is further hypothesized that these four variables act inter-dependently on two separate dimensions of participation, which are conceptually defined as interest and involvement. The model suggests that using interest and involvement as two separate dimensions and combining these with the four previously defined 'mediating' variable sets, one can construct a theory of civic (political) role and civic (political) role change that provides a useful set of hypotheses about ,vays to ameliorate and perhaps relinquish man's atomization in the mass societies of the post-industrial era.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Dogmatism and Alienation: An Attempt to Assess Their Relationship

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract: This thesis is an attempt to examine the relationship between the two attitudes of Dogmatism and Alienation, as an initial step toward the construction of a theory of the interrelationship between attitudes as a future means of obtaining a deeper comprehension of political behaviour them is now possible. The two concepts will be broken down into their constituent dimensions through Factor and Scalogram Analysis and the relations between these sub-dimensions will be assessed, as indication of the degree and strength of the underlying relationship between the two major concepts. Two groups were chosen for the research, a group of undergraduates following the Introduction to Political Science Course, at McMaster University and the City Council of the City of Hamilton. The results of these two groups are not to be utilised for strict comparative purposes, they will be used to substantiate each others sets of findings.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Helping A Client's Voice Heard: Advocates And The ODSP Appeals Process

contributor:
Rice, James J.
Social Work

subject:
Social Work
Social Work

abstract: This study seeks to understand how a client's voice is transmitted through an advocate who is representing them in front of a Social Benefits Tribunal (SBT). Three clients and three advocates were separately interviewed in a southwestern Ontario city for an average of fifty minutes. While not specifically trained to work in an adversarial system, the literature reflects that social workers can be well suited to work in settings such as the SBT. This study reports that clients felt that their advocate accurately represented their voice within the hearings and that their voice was stronger than it would have been without the advocate. The participants also shared that there are many ways the SBT, ODSP frontline staff and administrative procedures both hear and silence their voice. This study suggests that the application process for ODSP should be made more simplified and user friendly. It concludes that the weighting of the client application forms and treatment of medical evidence should be clarified. While advocates typically perform their jobs with a high level of excellence, it is felt there is some room to enhance accountability and the client's knowledge of complaint procedures. Advocates should continue to do what they do well; recognizing the injustices clients experience, and working to correct them. They also should seek multi-disciplinary cooperation to target the rules and regulations that they fmd unjust. Further research should continue to highlight the injustices of the ODSP system and seek to better understand how intersecting oppressions influence the client's voice. Finally, advocates have harnessed the power of the SBT to achieve a small level of justice for their clients and should continue to use these techniques as a "manageable and effective technique in the practice of social work" (Kutchens et aI, 1987, 132).

abstract: Master of Social Work (MSW)


title: No Magic Bullet Here: An Analysis of the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Primary Education in Botswana and Malawi

contributor:
Watt, Susan
Social Work

subject:
Social Work
Social Work

abstract: Reaching the second Millennium Development Goal may not be achievable by the 2015 deadline for either Botswana or Malawi, but both countries have made great strides towards this goal. An analysis, using Gil's framework (1973), of their respective educational policies reveals the successes and challenges faced by each country in this area. The analysis indicates that HIV/AIDS does impact the country's ability to achieve universal primary education; however, it is not the only issue of concern. The policy analysis also shows the incredible complexity of the issues that are encountered in education such as concerns about suitable and accessible infrastructure, the provision of quality education that is relevant to national goals and regional realities, teacher training and attrition rates, financial concerns and donor expectations. This project concludes by investigating some emerging issues of the provision of primary education, such as policy development, statistical reliability, and the role of international donors as well as drawing the connection between this policy analysis and the profession of social work.

abstract: Master of Social Work (MSW)


title: Federalism and Intergovernmental Financial Relations in Canada

contributor:
March, Roman
Political Science

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract: This thesis is concerned with the development and evolution of intergovernmental financial relations from the time of Confederation to the present day. The particular area of interest is the time from 1946 to 1968. The past quarter century has seen a powerful resurgence in provincial influence and in-creasing demands from the provinces for financial autonomy. The provincial revenues have been very much increased, but so too have their responsibilities. As Federal Government revenues have increased much more rapidly than Federal responsibilities the period has also been marked by considerable increases in payments from the Federal to the Provincial Governments. It is around the conditions attached to these increased payments that the majority of Federal-Provincial conflicts have been concentrated. The increasing degree of variation in economic wealth seen between the provinces, the increasing degree of urbanization, and the rapid growth of provincial revenues, will all be considered. Possible solutions to the more serious and immediate problems are considered but no 'grand solution' is offered since it seems unlikely that any static solution could hope to satisfy the needs in a society as dynamic as Canada is, and will continue to be, for the remainder of this century.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Child Protection Parents Speak: "Treat Us With Respect" - A study of child protection service user perspectives

contributor:
Dumbrill, Gary
Social Work

subject:
Social Work
Social Work

abstract: This thesis is a secondary data analysis that examines what child protection service (CPS) providers can learn from the experiences of the service users in regards to service delivery. Using Grounded Theory research method, this study analyses the experiences of 44 parents who have used or were currently using CPS in Ontario. The findings suggest that respect is that vital yet missing element in the delivery of CPS. The study concludes by calling for a reconceptualization of service users from the deep-seated pathologizing framework to a strength-based framework.

abstract: Master of Social Work (MSW)


title: Computer Simulation of Ion Implantation

contributor:
Thompson, D.A.
Electrical Engineering

subject:
Electrical and Electronics
Electrical and Electronics

abstract: In this work, a computer simulation for ion implantation has been carried out based on a simplified random model. This simulation has been used to obtain range profiles and deposited damaging energy distributions, for any system and for a wide energy range. The obtained distributions show good agreement with the third order Edgeworth expansion approximation of the standard transport theory solution (the WSS theory). By taking into account the motion of the first knock on atoms, as well as the incident ion itself, a good agreement between the simulation and the WSS theory is found for the damage distribution. A random model for dealing with poly-atomic targets is presented. Results obtained show good agreement with the available experimental results for range profiles. The simulation includes obtaining a complete picture of the collision cascade (in space and time). The complete picture of the collision is discussed in relation to the recently observed "molecular effect" and explains some available experimental results. The examination of typical cascades suggests that high energy density regions are responsible primarily for the obtained departures from "Linear Cascade Theory".

abstract: Master of Engineering (ME)


title: Framework for Reaction: the politics of evaluating North America's first safe injection site

contributor:
Baines, Donna
Social Work

subject:
Social Work
Social Work

abstract: Program evaluation is inherently political, and the evaluation of a state-sponsored injection site for drug users especially so. Stakeholder analysis is one element of a comprehensive evaluation, one that usually takes place after the program has been in operation for some time. In the case of the City of Vancouver's decision to establish such a site, it was clear that there was already stakeholder opinion prior to the opening of the site. This study examines pre- and post-trial stakeholder opinion by reviewing media and other accounts of the pre-trial public debate, and by interviewing six major stakeholders eight months into the trial. Special attention was given to the issue of how to include the voice of a marginalized population in a stakeholder analysis, and four principles were proposed as a means to guide the stakeholder analysis piece of the initial evaluation of this highly controversial initiative.

abstract: Master of Social Work (MSW)


contributor:
Brink, Andrew
English

abstract:
It is the purpose of this thesis, The Diversity of John Donne's Songs and Sonnets, to attempt to explain the diversity of these love-lyrics by means of a detailed grouping of the lyrics related to the categories of the contemporary drama in order to assess their coherent imaginative viewpoints. The fifty-four poems of Helen Gardner's classification are categorized by groups or genres, rather than by theme or form, or both, with the express purpose of showing the various ways in which Donne handles the same theme. In Donne's interpretation of the theme of death, for instance, the death of love can be a satiric comedy, but the mimic death for love' sake, or the fictional/actual death of a mistress is in the form of a tragedy. Also, a miracle of love can be a spiritual love between a man and a woman, or it can mean an ecstatic physical and spiritual union of lovers. Probably the best example of the diversity of Donne's lyrics, however, is to be found within his songs, for they can be ribald and insolent, quaintly humorous, or gentle and thoughtful depending on the mood of the poet. Most of the songs are heroic, but not all, and they do not, therefore, fall under the same grouping in my scheme.

A study of the lyrics along the lines outlined above reveals that Donne's originality is most striking in his redefinition of 'true' love: no longer can the courtly affectation of lovers be termed love because of its impractical idealism in the face of the overt sexuality of men and women. Donne defines 'true' love as a love that no more denigrates the body than it exalts the soul, for it is simultaneously a physical reality and a metaphysical construct. This is not to say that Donne is an iconoclast: he does not tear down; he refashions new models out of old materials. The Songs and Sonnets are not brooding meditations on the folly of desire, or the way of the world. If the real world is relevant" at all to these love-lyrics it is mostly in a metaphoric sense. The external world exists for Donne "in these poems not only in such imagery as an interfering friend, a group of school boys and apprentices, or suppliants after love's "pattern", but also in the paraphernalia from the Petrarchists' store of emblems, as well as concrete images from the world of the court, commerce and science which are the bedrock of his conceits. It is true that Donne's penchant for personification gives apparent form and substance to abstract qualities, but Donne shows that the complete world of reality for lovers lies within the lovers themselves, and they alone possess each other and this world which is also visionary.

The dramatic element in Donne's Songs and Sonnets is pivotal to an understanding of its demonstrable appeal to an unseen or implied audience. The drama inherent in this poetry, however, is to be found in more than the use of a direct style, or a striking imagery; it resides in the drama of love itself whose truth of experience is revealed through the transforming power of the poet's vivid imagination which makes poetry out of personal experience.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Canadian Federal Public Administration in the 1930's

contributor:
Melling, Dean John
Political Science

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract:
This thesis studies the evolution and development of the federal public administration during the Thirties - a period in which many of the root s of what we know as the modern positive state were implanted. An era of social upheaval and turmoil, the decade provided an environment conducive to new concepts and relatively 'radical' solutions to issues surrounding the role of the public sector; the federal public administraion - the administrative arm of government - was markedly affected by these developments.

Employing a basically historical framework, the thesis attempts to relate changes in this realm to factors outside of it: sociopolitical events, economic developments, personalities of leaders, aspects of the Canadian political culture. In such a fashion the undertaking seeks to shed light on a little-discussed segment of Canadian public administration.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: To Govern the Northwest

contributor:
Grady, Donald J.
Political Science

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract: The problem confronted by this paper is to determine whether territorial sovereignty may be properly exercise by the Dominion of Canada over those regions lying to the north of its ten constituent provinces, and, if so, to what geographical extent. International law has traditionaly advanced a variety of criteria from which such sovereignty is alleged to flow. The basic hypothesis of this endeavour is an estimation of the degree to which Canada satisfies these criteria together with an argument which hopes to describe the illusory character of such criteria. The conclusion which the thesis hopes to justify is that even of Canada might be found to conform to all the strictures of the said criteria sufficiently to confer covereignty upon Canada over the material regions, yet the notion of sovereignty is itself an ambiguity worthy of critical reappraisal if the northern ambitions of Canadian nationals are to be ensured.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Organization of Soviet Foreign Policy Formulation

contributor:
potichnyj, P. J.
Political Science

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract: The subject of this thesis is the machinery through which Soviet foreign policies are processed, the men who staff positions in this machinery and the "interest groups” which affect the decision-makers. This analysis attempts to establish the division of powers and responsibilities that exist among the agencies which deal with foreign affairs and to establish through the analysis of social background and career pattern data conclusions about the type of men recruited into :foreign policy decision-making positions. It seeks further to analyze the interplay of competing foreign policy positions within the Soviet union. A convenient shorthand form of describing this thesis might be to call It an attempt at a decision-making analysis of Soviet foreign policy by means of elite and interest group analysis.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: From State to Community: Restructuring of Social Services and its Impact on Community-Based Partnerships A Case Study

contributor:
Lee, Bill
Social Work

subject:
Social Work
Social Work

abstract: Throughout the public, private, and non-profit sectors, there is increasing experimentation with the use of partnerships, alliances, and networks to design and deliver social programs (Brinkerhoff, 2002). In addition government and private funding initiatives are promoting coalitions, collaborations and other inter-organizational approaches to address complex community, social services and health issues (Mizrahi, 2001). Community partnerships can be developed out of natural collaboration and shared values where there is a general interest in improving services for the community, individuals, families, youth and children. More recently however, community partnership literature has focused attention towards the pressures to partner that are resulting from economic and political restructuring policies. Along with this the social service sector has revealed that the demand to partner from the government can cause un-welcomed structural and organizational pressures while impacting upon the agency's ability to meet their core mission (George, Moffat, McGrath and Lee, 2003). The development of partnerships as community-based alternatives in social programming has raised both hopeful possibilities for and illusions of social change, but this does not come without its struggles. This qualitative case study explores the context of these partnerships, the barriers to community-based partnerships and the impact of government restructuring initiatives on community-based partnerships through a look at one community. Utilizing interviews of five key informants, this case study reveals several struggles to develop relationships between the organizations and ministries set out to meet the needs of children and families in their community. The stories of these struggles to partner have revealed three emergent themes. Firstly, Government Restructuring-The Rules Keep Changing: which looks at the impact of government changes to resources and jurisdiction during Alberta's regionalization process. The second theme, Bureaucratic Imperatives, involves looking at the impact of forced formalization upon these partnerships. Finally the theme of Goal Displacement: which, looks at the struggles to manage the demands to partner and their agency core missions. This exploratory study will conclude that, despite the informant optimism in forced partnerships, outside influences and resources have dominated and overwhelmed their local initiatives and informal partnerships creating barriers to partnership work, which, has seemingly, resulted in a dependency upon government endorsed partnership initiatives.

abstract: Master of Social Work (MSW)


title: A Study of Candidates in the 1968 Federal Election in Ontario

contributor:
March, Roman R.
Political Science

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract: The theoretical orientation for the data collection was based on the concept of amateurism and professionalism in politics. The concept was not productive in data analysis, however, and the more natural variables of party and occupation were found to have the greatest utility. These, and two scales, are examined in an effort to understand candidate behavior. Study of candidates enables some conclusions to be made about party organization and the federal party system of Ontario.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations: A Systems Analysis

contributor:
Davy, G. R.
Political Science

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract: A selective case study of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (F.A.O.) in terms of a concept of the political system.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Novels of William Golding

contributor:
Murphy, D. S.
English

subject: English Language and Literature

abstract: This thesis examines the four novels written to date by the English author, William Gerald Golding. It considers the author's use of allegory, and studies the ideas which he presents in his books -- often through this device -- and their implications. It seeks to evaluate Golding's skill as a novelist by looking at his style and the structure of his works, judging his originality, and trying to estimate his contribution to modern English literature.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Consent: A Critical Study of Some of the Postulates in the Social Theory of Locke and Kropotkin

contributor:
Melling, John
Political Science

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract:
In the course of the last fifteen years political philosophy has undergone momentous changes, induced from without as well as from within. While the behaviourists have been questioning the normative theorists, these theorists themselves have been reassessing their skills and objectives. As a result, from what had been feared to be a situation of irreversible decline there has emerged a new literature, still dynamic, though now more circumspect. Political philosophy has become more careful about its claims and more firmly grounded in the findings of all the empirical social sciences.

I hope that this study is in harmony with the mood and demands of the 'new' political philosophy. I must acknowledge a heavy reliance on the work of C. B. Macpherson and Michael Oakeshott, and on the series edited by P.Laslett and W. G. Runciman, for inspiration, material and methodology.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Undisturbed Sampling of Saturated Cohesionless Soil Using A Gelatin Injection Technique

contributor:
Emery, John J.
Civil Engineering

subject:
Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering

abstract: A technique for in situ sample solidification using gelatin injection has been developed that allows the recovery of relatively undisturbed samples of saturated cohesionless soil. This involved the development of design guidelines for gelatin selection and the design and construction of a prototype field sampler. Gelatin has an important advantage over the conventional chemical grouts previously used for this purpose in that it can be readily removed from the sample when required. The intact solidified sample can be visually examined for stratigraphic information, and the gelatin can be washed out for determination of void ratio, liquefaction potential, shear strength paramaters etc. Unfortunately, gelatin solutions maintain a relatively low viscosity for a much smaller proportion of their setting times than do other chemical grouts. Therefore care must be taken during the selection of the gelatin concentration to be used in the field. This will ensure that sufficient grout is injected to solidify the proposed sample before the setting time is reached.

abstract: Master of Engineering (ME)


title: Political Recruitment to the Ontario Legislative Assembly: A Research Schema

contributor:
Mongar, T. M.
Political Science

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract: Political recruitment is a process by which individuals with certain expectations and occupying certain specified social positions ln their community are screened by representatives of political institutions for elective office. In this inquiry, three pairs of variables corresponding to the three elements of the process -- resources, opportunities, and motivation (interpreted as expectations )-- are structured into a research schema. This schema is applied to the Members of the Ontario Legislative Assembly with the objective of identifying recurring uniformities of activity among the recruitment experiences of those political actors.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: George Orwell and the Cricket Morality

contributor:
Vichert, G. S.
English

abstract: The aim of this thesis is first to establish the moral basis of Orwell's thought, and then to show how this influences his writing. The enquiry is focused on 1984 as the novel giving fullest expression to the moral outlook which determines the style and form of the work as well as Orwell's treatment of its sources.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Female Quest in the Novels of D.H. Lawrence

contributor:
Ross, Michael
English

abstract: The quest of a bored or frustrated woman for some appeasement of desire is a familiar one in Lawrence's fiction. The following study concentrates on three such quests: Ursula Brangwen's in The Rainbow, Kate Leslie's in The Plumed Serpent, and Connie Chatterley's in Lady Chatterley's Lover. The study draws attention to recurrent patterns and motifs in these three novels and makes some tentative distinctions between the different interests and achievements of Lawrence's career.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: "Roman Catholicism and Form in Three Novels of Henry James"

contributor:
Brasch, J. D.
English

abstract: An interpretative study of the use of Roman Catholic imagery and related imagery of form in three novels of Henry James: The American, The Portrait of a Lady, and The Wings of the Dove.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: An Examination of the Attitudes of the Canadian Conservative and Liberal Parties Towards the British Connection from 1956 to 1963

contributor:
Kersell, J. E.
Political Science

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Meeting the Health and Health Care Needs of Low-Income Women

contributor:
Watt, Susan
Social Work

subject:
Social Work
Social Work

abstract:
There is a growing body of evidence that suggests that the prevailing public discourse around improving the health of Canadians has failed to provide any meaningful results. Despite universal access to a publicly funded system of health care delivery, the research clearly demonstrates that persons with low incomes can expect to be less healthy, suffer more and die earlier than their wealthier neighbours, simply because they are poor. In particular, women marginalized by poverty are at much higher risk for inequitable health care treatment as well as the gamut of health related concerns. As poverty becomes increasingly feminized and medicalized as a result of shifting socio-political priorities, the consequences for women may be particularly dire.

This paper focuses on the health and health care needs of low-income women living in an urban setting. Based on the findings of a qualitative study, it explores the relationship between health, poverty and gender and discusses how those most impacted view their own health and the health care they receive. The results indicate that the traditional biomedical discourse that individualizes health matters does not adequately reflect the complex and multidimensional health needs of low-income women that are often rooted in their social locations. As a result, current health care responses offer only limited solutions to women's health problems. Further, based on participants' narrative accounts, women who experience poverty also experience significant marginalization when accessing mainstream health services. Using an institutional ethnographic analysis to frame the findings, this paper concludes that the health care oflow-income women is largely structurally determined as a product of dominant ruling relations that reinforce and perpetuate the feminization and medicalization of women's poverty. Poor health is a product of societal injustices and, therefore, requires responses beyond the individual including policy, practice and research initiatives.

abstract: Master of Social Work (MSW)


title: Virginia Woolf: A Pattern In Reality

contributor:
Bishop, Alan
English

abstract: The thesis attempts to explore the problem of a critical response to a fiction essentially experimental and inaccessible to conventional critical terminology. The critical premise finally reached agrees with Virginia Woolf's own perception that a book is "not form which you see but emotion which you feel". Accordingly, the thesis examines a series and pattern of imagery that can be found moving through her three major novels - Mrs. Dalloway, To The Lighthouse, The Waves - so condensing and conveying,-aesthetically, a distinct emot'ional reality and consequent vision of death and so life.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: W. E. B. Du Bois and Pan-Africanism: His Place in its Early Development

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Henry Fielding's Joseph Andrews: A Structural Analysis

contributor:
Rosenblood, B. N.
English

abstract:
The scope and purpose of the thesis is to discover how the basic structures and patterns of action in a fiction may themselves contribute to the meaning of the work.
An analysis is offered of this process, and of the meanings conveyed, as they are found in Joseph Andrews.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Testing For Outliers

contributor:
Tiku, M. L.
Statistics

subject:
Applied Statistics
Applied Statistics

abstract: Several test statistics, which are known, can be used for testing for outliers. Two new statistics T and tc are proposed. T and tc are based on censored and complete samples and are similar to Tiku's T and tc statistics for testing for normality. The distribution of T is closely approximated by the Beta distribution, and the distribution of tc is closely approximated by Student's t distribution. T and tc are also both origin and scale invariant. Besides T and tc are easy to calculate. The statistic T is more powerful than Tietjen and Moore's statistics Lr and Er. The statistic tc is, on the whole, as powerful as Er.

abstract: Master of Science (MS)


title: Existentialism and selected contemporary Novels in English

abstract:
As "an attitude and outlook that emphasises human existence", Existentialism can clearly be related to the concerns of the novel as a genre. This thesis investigates that relationship, suggesting that the contemporary novel contains ideas which are also expressed in existential thought; it also suggests that a knowledge of existential ideas is an important tool for the critic of modern fiction. It has been suggested that this similarity of thought may be explained as "The whole mind of the times... inclining in one direction." Both Existentialism and the contemporary novel can be seen as manifestations of the world viewed in a certain manner. Existentialism is not considered to be separate from modern fiction; concern for the individual forms the essence of both movements.

The contemporary novel offers many examples of existential thought. This thesis could not, of course, hope to include all these examples. Certain novels have been referred to on several·occasions because they illustrate more than one existential idea. My contention that Existentialism helps towards an understanding of the contemporary novel is substantiated by this approach. A majority of the novels cited appear on the graduate course which covers contemporary fiction. The following chapters were written with this course in mind; the contemporary novel is linked in this manner because I believe that Existentialism clarifies the thoughts expressed in the novels.

The form which the thesis takes is a brief exposition of Existentialism followed by examples of this thought in selected novels. Four of the following chapters deal with ideas in the contemporary novel and the first- chapter is a description of Existentialism. Rather than select a few works I have chosen to use many novels in the belief that it exposes more clearly the main a rgument of this thesis. The presence of existential thought in so many novels is proof, I believe. that a knowledge of Existentialism is necessary for the reader of the contemporary novel. The final section of the work concludes that Existentialism and the contemporary novel should be considered together when the subject is the individual in the present society.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: Long-Term Care Personal Support: "There's a System at Work"

contributor:
Aronson, Jane
Social Work

subject:
Social Work
Social Work

abstract:
The purpose of this research is to examine front line practices in long-term care (LTC) facilities and the conditions which variously preserve, enhance and constrain workers' efforts to provide personalized and identity supporting work with older adults deemed cognitively impaired. This interest derived from my experience as a student in a longterm care facility setting and matured through subsequent years of practice experience with cognitively impaired older adults.

A modified form of institutional ethnography was employed to explore how personal support work in long-term care settings was "socially organized" by local and extra-local forces (Campbell & Gregor, 2002). A qualitative study was conducted, involving semistructured interviews with personal support workers employed in long-term care facilities. Participants were recruited from two, non-profit long-term care facilities in Southern Ontario. While small, this sample of front line experience can illuminate current practices in long-term care and stimulate conceptualization of its challenges and possibilities.

A predominant theme in the findings is the constraint of 'time', which is exacerbated by factors, such as: staff shortages; Ministry standards, and demands of care; and performing underappreciated and undervalued tasks. Participants' accounts of their work with cognitively impaired older adults revealed their commitment to personalize care. Participants also described how they strove to negotiate time and organizational constraints in order to facilitate identity-supporting work. Lastly, participants offered suggestions for proposed changes to the organizational culture of long-term care and to improving their work conditions.

In conclusion, the possibilities of organizational change efforts aimed at enhancing personalized care are considered, along with their policy and resource implications.

abstract: Master of Social Work (MSW)


title: Impediments to Unity in The Politics of Guyana: An Application of Partial Allocative Theories of Inputs

contributor:
Gardy, Donald J.
Political Science

subject:
Political Science
Political Science

abstract: The study deals with the adaptations of the concept of Political System to the analysis of the Politics of Guyana. In forwarding his research, the author has focused attention on the element of "Stress" upon the Political System of Guyanese society. Sections an theory and comparative method have been organized in order to develop a framework of partial allocative theories of inputs. This instrument has been applied by assessing in turn, the environmental content of Guyanese society, patterns of demand and support behaviour, and in the formulation of proposals for an explanatory model of the process of national Political Development.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: The Technique of Multigui ty in the Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins

contributor:
Ferns, H. J.
English

abstract: Most words in the English language have more than one meaning, and few poets exploit this fact more than Hopkins, who often uses one word to suggest others that look or sound the same. What brings these supplementary denotations or implications to the surface of a word is usually the diction and imagery of the poem in which it appears, but other poems by Hopkins and his diaries can also be illuminating. In this thesis I explore the relation between multiple meanings and systems of imagery in individual poems and in Hopkins' poetry as a whole. My discussion consists mainly of close analysis of selected poems and parts of poems intended to demonstrate the density and unity which result from this important stylistic technique.

abstract: Master of Arts (MA)


title: X-RAY AND ELECTRON SPECTROMICROSCOPY OF CARBON NANOTUBE SYSTEMS

contributor:
Hitchcock, Adam
Chemistry and Chemical Biology

subject:
Carbon nanotube
NEXAFS
STXM
X-ray linear dichroism
momentum transfer
electron energy loss spectroscopy
Analytical Chemistry
Materials Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
Structural Materials
Analytical Chemistry

abstract:
This thesis presents studies of the X-ray linear dichroism (XLD) in individual single-walled (SW) and multi-walled (MW) carbon nanotubes (CNT) measured by a scanning transmission X-ray microscope (STXM). The C 1s spectra of CNT showed a large XLD at the C 1s→π* transition. The magnitude of the XLD was found to be related to the quality of CNT such that in high quality CNT, it was fairly large and as the quality lowered it decreased. This dichroic effect was used to map defects along individual CNT. In addition, STXM was employed to map chemical components in pristine, purified, and dodecyl functionalized SWCNT bundles to investigate the changes occurring in them due to chemical functionalization.
STXM has limited spatial resolution. Thus, electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) in a transmission electron microscope (TEM) was used to obtain similar information about CNT, but at much higher spatial resolution. The measurements performed in the scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) mode produced signals analogous to the XLD when the orientation of the momentum transfer (q) was resolved. This was achieved by displacing the pattern of electron scattering from CNT relative to the EELS entrance aperture. TEM-EELS was also utilized to map defects in pristine and focused ion beam (FIB) modified CNT.

abstract: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)


title: ENGINEERING POLYMER SURFACE CHEMISTRY AND TOPOGRAPHY VIA ADDITIVE MIGRATION AND PHYSICAL SECTIONING

contributor:
Zhu, Shiping
John Vlachopoulos, Gianluigi Botton
John Vlachopoulos, Gianluigi Botton
Chemical Engineering

subject:
polymer
ATRP
surface modification
migration
controlled chattering
nanopattening
Chemical Engineering
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Polymer Science
Chemical Engineering

abstract: This work detailed in this thesis has developed two new technologies for modifying polymer surfaces with variable chemistry and topography: 1. Surfadditive (surface-active-additive) approach for polymer surface chemistry modification during molding. This concept was demonstrated by the synthesis and application of two types of surfadditives. The first type of surfadditive is a block copolymer having the “head-neck-body” structure. The “head” and “neck” of the chain molecule provides functionality and enables the surfadditive to migrate to the surface, while the “body” of the molecule provides rooting to the bulk material. The second type of surfadditive is a magnetic nanoparticle having an iron core and PMMA/POSS block copolymer shell. Both surfadditives were successfully applied in the molding processes of PMMA samples for surface chemistry modification. Various factors affecting the migration processes were investigated; 2. A one step “cutting-edge” based on controlled chattering for surface topography construction (patterning). This technology was developed by using an oscillating diamond knife in ultramicrotomy and was operated at high cutting speed with controlled oscillation. One dimensional wavy patterns on PMMA and epoxy sample surfaces were successfully fabricated by this one-step method. The sizes of patterns were tunable form 30 nm to 3 µm through adjusting cutting speed and oscillation frequency. Besides, this technology was also able to fabricate nanowires structures with high aspect ratios (10,000) and adjustable sizes from a variety of materials.

abstract: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)


title: ASSESSMENT OF ORTHOLOGY IDENTIFICATION APPROACHES AND THE IMPACT OF GENE FUSION AND FISSION IN BACTERIA

contributor:
Golding, Brian G.
Stone, Jonathon
Elliot, Marie
Biology

subject:
ORTHOLOGS
SIMULATION
GENOME SEQUENCE
PROTEINS
GENE FUSION
GENE FISSION
Computational Biology
Computational Biology

abstract: Orthology identification is central to comparative and evolutionary genomics and is an active area of research. Despite a recent shift towards tree reconciliation and other phylogenetic methods, previous comparisons between different algorithms relied on real datasets where true orthology relationships are unknown and did not conclusively show whether phylogenetic methods truly outperform sequence similarity-based methods. Using simulated datasets generated from programs we developed, we show that tree reconciliation does perform better than similarity-based methods when the true species phylogeny is known. Even slight deviations in the species phylogeny can have adverse effects on the performance of reconciliation algorithms and in those cases similarity-based methods may perform better. Fusion and fission complicate orthology identification and are not explicitly considered in most existing algorithms. Programs designed specifically to investigate fusion and fission events are either unavailable or are not specific enough to identify events affecting orthologous genes. We developed a pipeline of programs called FusionFinder that perform this task, gaining new insights to the contributions of fusion and fission to bacterial protein evolution and uncover an unexpected abundance of fissions in Bacillus anthracis that to our knowledge yet to be reported.

abstract: Master of Science (MS)


title: Seasonal Distribution, Diurnal Periodicity and Physiological Age of Host-Seeking Tabanids (Diptera: Tabanidae)

contributor:
Davies, D. M.
Biology

subject: Biology Biology

abstract:
Host-seeking activity, for most tabanid species, reached a maximum in mid-afternoon. The diurnal periodicities of Chrysops vittatus and C. univittatus, however, were bimodal, with activity peaks in the morning and late afternoon. Air temperature and rainfall were the meteorological parameters having the greatest influence on the diurnal activity pattern.

Host-seeking activity began at 13°C and reached a maximum at temperatures between 26 and 28°C. The effect of solar radiation on activity varied with the air temperature.

Physiological age studios showed that few females completed two gonotrophic cycles. Tabanus rainwardtii was proven to be autogenous. Autogeny is suspected for C. niger. C. cuclux, C. cincticornis, T. guinquevittatus and Hybomitra lasiophthalma are thought to be capable of facultative autogeny. Other species (C. moechus, C. vittatus, C. univittatus, T. similis, T. lineola, C. aberrans, H. epistates and C. callidus) were anautogenous.

Parous females formed a greater percentage of the host-seeking population in the afternoon than in the morning.

abstract: Master of Science (MS)


title: Use of Pseudotypes of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus In Studies of a Temperature-Sensitive Mutant of Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus

contributor:
Prevec, L. A.
Biology

subject: Biology Biology

abstract: A mutant of Moloney murine leukemia virus (MoLV), designated ts₃, was recently shown to have a temperature-sensitive defect associated with the release of mature virus particles budding from the cell membrane (Wong and McCarter, 1974). In an attempt to determine whether the defective function resides in an envelope component of the virion, the formation of pseudotypes between VSV and ts₃ was studied under non-permissive and permissive conditions of ts₃ infection. Whereas similar levels of phenotypic mixing were observed between VSV and wild type MoLV at both 39ºC and 34ºC, the level of pseudotypes formed between VSV and ts₃ was found to be considerably lower at 39ºC (non-permissive temperature) than at 34ºC (permissive temperature). The results of temperature-shift experiments indicate that two separate blocks to VSV (ts₃) pseudotype production may occur depending on the length of time ts₃-infected cells are incubated at the non-permissive temperature. Pre-incubation of ts₃-infected cells for 24 hours at 39ºC, prior to super-infection with VSV at 39ºC, introduces an irreversible block at VSV (ts₃) pseudotype production. In contrast, brief incubation at 39ºC, coincident with VSV infection, introduces a reversible block which prevents the release of VSV (ts₃) pseudotypes from the cell membrane. Complementation of ts₃ through ts₃ (VSV) pseudotype production was not detected at the non-permissive temperature.

abstract: Master of Science (MS)


title: Socially influenced behaviour and learning in the context of food choice and egg-laying sites in Schistocerca gregaria

contributor:
Dukas, Reuven
Jeff Galef, Jim Quinn
Jeff Galef, Jim Quinn
Psychology

subject:
social learning
local enhancement
learning
locusts
Schistocerca gregaria
Behavior and Ethology
Other Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Behavior and Ethology

abstract: Social learning, defined as learning from other individuals, has been well studied in vertebrates and social insect species. In order to promote further understanding of the evolution of social learning, I tested a non-social insect for social learning and socially influenced behaviour. The desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) is a gregarious insect which has the opportunity for social learning and can benefit from such ability. Locusts showed rapid individual learning, preferring a diet they have experienced over another of equal nutritional quality. Adult locusts also showed socially influenced behaviour, preferring to eat and lay eggs in the vicinity of other locusts over doing so alone. Fifth instar locusts did not show the same socially influenced behaviours. Neither adult nor nymphs showed social learning after interacting with previously fed models or after observing models feed through a screen. These results provide evidence for socially influenced behaviour in locusts and for a difference in social behaviour between nymphs and adults. Further research utilizing locusts as a model system may help us gain a better understanding of the evolution of social learning.

abstract: Master of Science (MS)