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A SHORT NOTE ON CHANGES IN PRE-ASPIRATION IN WOODS CREE
Woods Cree has five pre-aspirated consonants which occur in coda position. While the coronal segments, ht and Jus, show little evidence of change, there is substantial evidence of weakening amongst the other three pre-aspirated...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
THE EFFECT OF INFORMATION STATUS ON WORD ORDER
Donna Starks
Sep 03, 2013
Word order differences taken from conversational exchanges and narrative texts show how information status influences word order in Woods Cree, an Algonquian language spoken in northern Manitoba. The paper illustrates how the...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Deaf Culture in Inclusive Schools
Carrie Woods
Jan 07, 2022
The purpose of this chapter is to examine the culture of students who are d/Deaf and hard of hearing within the broader context of inclusive schools, specifically as demonstrated though their learning experiences, socialization...
Published by: IGI Global
Makerspaces
The idea of makerspace in a library is one that has re-emphasized the importance of library spaces in today’s digitally controlled society. Makerspace as a concept promotes creative learning, critical thinking, communication...
Published by: IGI Global
Screening Job Candidates With Social Media
With the proliferation of social media, job candidate screening and evaluation professionals have new avenues to gather information regarding job candidates. Job candidates recognize that recruiters will examine their social...
Published by: IGI Global
Dear Data
Christopher Cumby
Oct 01, 2018
Dear Data is a project by Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec (2016), two strangers who met at a conference and decided to become friends by sending post cards to each other each week depicting hand-drawn data visualizations from...
Published by: The Morning Watch: Educational and Social Analysis
Charlemagne, Patron of Scholars
Christopher Winsor
Nov 10, 2018
The Carolingian Renaissance fostered a renewed interest in learning and education during the eighth and ninth centuries. This paper aims to examine the function of this learning for Carolingian administration and society...
Fixing What Ain't Broke
Griffyn Geoffrey Chezenko
Aug 22, 2017
Since 2001, legislation implementing fixed dates for general elections has been passed by the federal government, and most provincial and territorial governments. The notion that general election dates are now fixed, however, is...
Canadian politics; Canadian provincial politics; electoral politics election law; provincial elections; federal elections; time; voting; Canada
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Effective Number of Parties in Nova Scotia
Griffyn Geoffrey Chezenko
Aug 22, 2017
For nearly two decades, provincial general elections in Nova Scotia have been exciting contests among three parties. While no substantial changes have been made to the province's electoral process in that time, multiparty...
Canadian politics; Canadian provincial politics; Nova Scotia politics; electoral politics elections; political parties; party systems; Nova Scotia
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Agency vs. Stewardship Theory in Local Government Contracted Mobile Apps
This paper examines citizen satisfaction levels with local government contracted mobile platforms and applies two theories of the contracting relationship to them: principal-agent and stewardship theory. It uses survey data to...
Published by: IGI Global
The Effects of Task Service Fit on Brand Loyalty
Motivated by the role that branded apps play in enhancing customer perceptions of brands, this paper is developed to provide a better understanding of the extent to which task-service fit associated with branded apps influences...
Published by: IGI Global
Comparing Sexual Harassment Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms at Universities in Canada and the United States
Christopher Ivancic
Aug 22, 2017
The United States and Canada have markedly different legislation dealing with sexual harrassment policies on university campuses. In the States, there is a federal standard which publicly funded universities must meet, or they...
Political Science, Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Public Policy, Sexual Harassment, Feminism Sexual Harassment, University Harassment Policy
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Autoethnography of Work
Christopher Cumby
May 17, 2018
The purpose of this article is to explore the tensions between Queer experience and what Mizzi (2013) calls heteroprofessionalism within the corporate workplace. Using an analytic approach to autoethnography, this article...
Published by: The Morning Watch: Educational and Social Analysis
Ending Water Scarcity In The Desert
Christopher Wieczorek
Feb 27, 2020
This paper examines contemporary efforts to end water scarcity in the Israeli state. Although the supply of water was initially envisioned as a responsibility solely of the state and took on an almost religious importance...
Political Science; Environmental Studies Desalination; Water Scarcity; Israel; Technology; Public-Private Partnerships
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Investigating genotype-phenotype relationship of extreme neuropathic pain disorders in a UK national cohort.
Andreas C Themistocleous, Georgios Baskozos, Iulia Blesneac, Maddalena Comini, Karyn Megy, Sam Chong, Sri VV Deevi, Lionel Ginsberg, David Gosal, Robert DM Hadden, Rita Horvath, Mohamed Mahdi-Rogers, Adnan Manzur, Rutendo Mapeta, Andrew Marshall, Emma Matthews, Mark I McCarthy, Mary M Reilly, Tara Renton, Andrew SC Rice, Tom A Vale, Natalie van Zuydam, Suellen M Walker, Christopher Geoffrey Woods, David LH Bennett
Apr 09, 2023
The aims of our study were to use whole genome sequencing in a cross-sectional cohort of patients to identify new variants in genes implicated in neuropathic pain, to determine the prevalence of known pathogenic variants and to...
Men, Masculinities, and the Global Pandemic
This article reflects on and analyzes interlocking relations of power pertaining to the politics of masculinities during the initial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Situated within the context of the current global pandemic, we...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Market Orientation, Alliance Governance, and Innovation
Relying on resource dependence theory and transaction cost economics, this article discusses the important role of alliance governance as a mediating mechanism in the relationship between market orientation and innovation, and...
Published by: IGI Global
“About Nothing Without Us”
Christopher B. R. Smith
Dec 29, 2016
Background: A growing body of literature demonstrates the value of autonomous organizations of people who use drugs (PUD) in education, mutual support, and policy debates. Simultaneously, over the past 10 years, Canada has...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Comparison of Reaction Time Between eSports Players of Different Genres and Sportsmen
Peter Bickmann, Konstantin Wechsler, Kevin Rudolf, Chuck Tholl, Ingo Froböse, Christopher Grieben
Jan 01, 2021
Quick reactions are considered important in both, traditional and electronic sports and research findings suggest that reaction time can be optimized by both sports activity and playing action video games. In this study...
Published by: IGI Global
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