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Aggregates and Agriculture: Understanding the Impacts of Aggregate Production on Agriculture and Identifying Mitigating Strategies
No full textAcross Canada, aggregate extraction provides economic stimulus for many rural locales, however these operations significantly alter the landscapes upon which they occur and are often considered a nuisance to adjacent land owners. Aggregate operations frequently occur on agricultural land or within close proximity to productive farmland. Given the potentially disruptive nature of aggregate extraction, it is important to understand their impacts on nearby farms so that measures to mitigate these impacts can be developed and implemented. Thus, research is needed that understands the social, economic, environmental and land use impacts of aggregate extraction to help ensure that adjacent agricultural operations prosper, further protecting food security. This research identifies and explores the farm operator’s perspective concerning the impacts of aggregate extraction on crop and livestock production, along with corresponding management practices that can be utilized to mitigate these impacts. A review of literature, case study research, and key informant interviews illustrate potential social, economic, environmental, and land use impacts on agriculture and, as a result, food security. Examples from across the country and internationally provide insight into alternative management practices. Policies regulating aggregate extraction are also explored. The research conducted provides a framework to assist governments, land use planners, and aggregate operators in the management of the relationship between aggregate extraction and agricultural activity. Through the implementation of the identified best management practices, conflict and negative impacts to agricultural production and food security from aggregate operations across Canada can be reduced or mitigated
Investigating Place-Based Rural Innovation Systems … and their Implication for Rural Policy
No full textInvestigating Place-Based Rural Innovation Systems … and their Implication for Rural Polic
Alain Thomas et le Salon du Livre de Toronto : Entretien avec Valéry Vlad
No full textIn this interview, Valéry Vlad, the president of the Administrative Council of the Salon du Livre de Toronto, speaks of the prizes awarded by the Salon du Livre and of the role that Alain Thomas played in the organization of these prizes.Dans cet entretien, Valéry Vlad, le président du Conseil d\u27Administration du Salon du Livre de Toronto, évoque les prix décernés par le Salon du Livre et le rôle qu\u27Alain Thomas occupait dans la gestion de ces prix. 
Rythme prosodique dans le français et l’anglais des francophones du Nord-Est de l’Ontario
No full textThis article presents the results of a study of prosodic rhythm of the French and English of Franco-Ontarians in two municipalities located in the Northeast of the province, Kapuskasing (francophones in a local majority context) and Timmins (francophones in a local minority context). The data do not show a more stress-timed rhythm in the minority context of Timmins in comparison with the majority context of Kapuskasing. Thus, our results do not support the hypothesis of an influence of English where the contact of French with that language is more intense. Furthermore, rhythm metric values demonstrate that Francophones maintain a clear difference between the rather syllable-timed rhythm of their French and the rather stress-timed rhythm of their English, a result that does not support the hypothesis of a convergence in rhythm patterns between the two languages in contact.Cet article présente les résultats d’une étude du rythme prosodique du français et de l’anglais de Franco-Ontariennes et Franco-Ontariens de deux municipalités situées dans le Nord-Est de la province, Kapuskasing (francophones en situation locale majoritaire) et Timmins (francophones en situation locale minoritaire). Les données ne montrent pas une rythmicité plus accentuelle dans le contexte minoritaire de Timmins par rapport au contexte majoritaire de Kapuskasing. Ainsi, nos résultats ne soutiennent pas l’hypothèse d’une influence de l’anglais là où le contact du français avec cette langue est plus intense. En outre, les valeurs des mesures rythmiques révèlent que les francophones maintiennent une différence claire entre la rythmicité plutôt syllabique de leur français et la rythmicité plutôt accentuelle de leur anglais, résultat qui n’appuie pas l’hypothèse d’une convergence dans le rythme des deux langues en contact
Intra-Africa student mobility: benefits for Africa and factors militating against it
No full textIntra-Africa student mobility holds immense opportunities for students, institutions, nations and the African continent in general through the resourcefulness promoted by cross-border education and research capacity building. If well harnessed, the benefits of intra-Africa student mobility will enhance the visibility of Africa and its higher education institutions and serve as a vehicle through which the continent can profit from internationalisation. This paper argues that intra-Africa student mobility offers several benefits for both Africa and Africans, and is a viable means for turning the tide of the brain drain in the continent. The paper addresses an important question: In what way is intra-Africa mobility beneficial to Africa? The paper was developed qualitatively through a review of relevant literature
