Excerpt Parliamentary privilege encompasses certain special rights and immunities deemed necessary to protect legislatures and members from undue interference so that they can effectively carry out their functions of inquiring, debating and legislating. The doctrine has engendered conflicts that have never been wholly resolved between courts and legislatures, and between individual rights and parliamentary privileges. The […]
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Certificate in Sustainability
Author Langlois, Colette
Advisor Sossin, Lorne
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SDGs Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Excerpt Zebrafish, a novel vertebrate model organism, has a high nucleotide sequence homology with human genes. Its transparent and fast developing embryo allows the analysis of physiological and anatomical characteristics, many of which are similar to those of mammals. Although the prolific nature of zebrafish can facilitate genetic studies, linking genes and behaviour is difficult because […]
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
Author Luca, Ruxandra Monica
Advisor Gerlai, Robert
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SDGs Life Below Water
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Departments Psychology
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Keywords fish
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Excerpt Males were given false feedback that they scored low, high, or no feedback (control group) on masculinity and given a “masculine” food (meat pizza), a “feminine” food (vegetarian pizza), or the choice between the two to eat. An interaction between masculinity condition and food condition was found when the “feminine” food condition and the Control […]
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
Author Lipschitz, Lisa Jodi
Advisor Herman, C. Peter
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SDGs Zero Hunger
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Excerpt This thesis examines the development of the right of indigenous peoples to natural resources on their lands and territories in international law. It examines international treaties, the jurisprudence of international courts and other international bodies, as well as the practice of international actors. A special focus is on the UN General Assembly Declaration on the […]
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
Author Linde, Eva
Advisor Macklem, Patrick
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SDGs Peace, Justice and Strong InstitutionsResponsible Consumption and Production
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Excerpt This paper justifies and delineates a common law right to privacy. The first part of the paper reviews the current state of the law of privacy. The second part defines privacy by distinguishing privacy rights from those otherwise protected by the common law. The paper argues that the appropriate organizing principle behind the legal concept […]
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
Author Lilles, Jaan
Advisor Weinrib, Ernest
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Excerpt This study uses a translog cost function to specify the production structures of the softwood lumber industry in three U.S. regions (the West Coast, the Inland, and the South), and four Canadian regions (Ontario, the British Columbia Coast, the British Columbia Interior and Quebec), from 1988 to 2005. First, two separate production models are specified […]
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
Author Li, Jingjing
Advisor Kant, Shashi
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SDGs Industry, Innovation and InfrastructureResponsible Consumption and ProductionSustainable Cities and Communities
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Departments Forestry
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Excerpt Background: Injury is an enormous public health problem in Canada. Recent studies have suggested that characteristics of the residential environment, particularly neighborhood marginalization, may be important in determining injury risk. Objective: To determine whether there is an association between neighborhood marginalization and injury in the largest urban cities of Ontario. Methods: A retrospective, cross-sectional, ecological […]
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
Author Lee, Patricia Pui Shuen
Advisor Nathens, Avery B. ||Urbach, David Robert
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SDGs Climate ActionGood Health and Well-BeingSustainable Cities and Communities
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Departments Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
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Keywords cities*, environment, health
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Excerpt The problem of climate change is the major challenge to the world community. However, the full world community still fails to find an adequate solution to this problem. In such a situation, the mutual efforts of plurilateral institutions, such as the G8+5, MEM (now MEF), APEC and APP are major drivers of the successful solution […]
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
Author Kim, Soomee
Advisor Kirton, John
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Keywords climate, energy, institution
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Excerpt The size and complexity of modern VLSI computer chips are growing at a rapid pace. Functional debugging is increasingly becoming a bottleneck in the design flow where it can take up to 60% of the total verification time. Scaling existing automated debugging tools is necessary in order to continue along this path of rapid growth […]
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
Author Keng, Brian
Advisor Veneris, Andreas
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Departments Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Excerpt This thesis argues that the current Canadian approach to freedom of religion is inconsistent with Canada’s approach to multiculturalism. It begins by placing Canada’s multiculturalism legislation into the broader intellectual context of the leading political theories on the governance of diverse populations. It then examines the Canadian case law regarding freedom of religion, arguing that […]
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Sustainability Scholar
Certificate in Sustainability
Author Kislowicz, Howard
Advisor Shachar, Ayelet
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Departments Law
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Keywords governance
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