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Investigating the structure of neutron rich calcium isotopes
Get PDF1 online resource (iii, 47 pages) : illustrations (chiefly colour)Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (pages 46-47).The behavior of neutron and proton rich nuclei that lie far from the region of stability is a matter of great scientific interest. This is because not only do these nuclei play important roles in stellar nucleosynthesis events such as the r-process, but they also allow us to observe changes in the nuclear shell structure, which helps shape our understanding of the nuclear interaction. This behavior is often attributable to the existence of shell closures, that occur at a few specific numbers of protons and neutrons. Forming a complete understanding of such shell closures requires knowledge regarding the orbital occupancies of these nuclei. Through an experiment conducted at TRIUMF, Canada’s particle accelerator center, the orbital occupancies of neutron rich Calcium isotopes have been probed. These nuclei, with a conventional closed proton shell of Z = 20, draw interest with new neutron shells signaled at N=32 and 34. An overview of the experimental process and subsequent analysis will be detailed throughout the following discussion. The overview of the experiment will detail the conditions and methods used, while the discussion of the analysis will review the steps undertaken towards the construction of 50Ca(d,d)50Ca Q-Value spectra
The emergence of vegetarianism alongside the British suffrage movement from the mid nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries
Get PDF1 online resource (70 pages)Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (pages 64-70).This study examines the emergence of vegetarianism in Britain in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and compares this with the developing women’s suffrage movement during the same period. Through this comparison, the research examines how vegetarianism became associated with feminist theory, in contrast to the early days of male dominated vegetarian societies. This research also discusses the shift of religious devotion in vegetarianism to a more secular motivation at the turn of the twentieth century as more women began to practice a vegetarian lifestyle. Finally, this paper argues that the feminist adoption of vegetarianism arrived through the development of active political citizenship, influenced through such measures as hunger strikes and forcible feedings
Confronting a paradox : an historical analysis of the complex political claims of Parisian women of the third estate in revolutionary France 1785-1795
No full text1 online resource (70 pages)Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-70).This thesis explores the variances in political discourse, identity and understanding of citizenship amongst Parisian women of the Third Estate during the French Revolution. By exploring the divergences and cleavages that existed amongst women, this thesis critiques the representation of female experiences in much of the current scholarship, which tends to homogenize women’s experiences and thus lacks a more nuanced exploration of the topic. To achieve this goal, this thesis: establishes a general overview of the scholarship; explores the political landscape and involvement of women in the early revolutionary period; and examines two sets of cases studies with a focus on individual identity in chapter three and collective identity in chapter four. The former will focus on the individual political identities and theories of Olympe de Gouges and Marie-Jeanne Roland de la Platière, (Madame Roland) as influential figures in the Revolution, and with clear variances in their political thought. The latter will provide a case study of two groups, the Dames des Halles and Citoyennes Républicaines to underscore factionalism in identity politics as well as their different views on politics and citizenship. These two sets of case studies underscore the need to differentiate the types of active citizenship in future works exploring the involvement and participation of women during the French Revolution
Ineffective U.S. immigration policies and deterrence mechanisms at the U.S.-Mexico border : the story of Mexico and the Northern Triangle
Get PDF1 online resource (35 pages)Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (pages 26-35).Starting approximately in the 1960s, large waves of migration from Mexico and the Northern Triangle countries - Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala - has resulted in a 'crisis' at the US Mexico border, where US border enforcement agents are faced with large waves of illegal migration. In response, the United States has established over the years a series of policies and deterrence mechanisms that have included human right violations, to stop and reduce illegal migration. The goal of this paper was to understand the effect of these policies and deterrence strategies on migration from Mexico and the Northern Triangle countries, to gauge their effectiveness or lack thereof. The results demonstrated that current US policies and deterrence strategies are ineffective in achieving their stated objective to reduce/stop large waves of migration from Mexico and the Northern Triangle since they actually perpetuate the migration they seek to stop. What we find is that current policies and deterrence strategies, combined with the push factors, including politics and corruption, poverty, and violence from gang and drug cartels, create a cycle of debt migration, where migrants are in such a vulnerable position, that they have no other choice but to try and migrate again to the United States. As a result, this paper suggests that the United States reevaluate its migration policies, to have a more welcoming approach, to increase legal pathways to migration, and to address the root causes in Mexico and the Northern Triangle in cooperation with those countries. Without a change in policies, the problem at the US-Mexico border will persist
Fairtrade and child labour in Ghana's cocoa sector : challenges, gaps and recommendations
Get PDF1 online resource (vii, 5 pages)Includes abstract and appendices.Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-72).In spite of the numerous interventions put in place by the Government of Ghana,
international development agencies and other relevant bodies such as Fairtrade to
eradicate child labour in Ghana’s cocoa sector, it continues to be a significant problem in
cocoa production. This research paper aims to explore the main reasons for the persistent
occurrences of child labour in cocoa and the role of Fairtrade in ensuring the eradication
of child labour in Ghana’s cocoa sector. The research identifies explicitly various causes
of child labour in Ghana’s cocoa by reviewing relevant academic and grey literature in
the area. It provides a critical assessment of the role of Fairtrade in eradicating child
labour. The research paper also relied on data from fifteen (15) key informant interview
respondents comprising five (5) officials from Fairtrade West Africa and International
Cocoa Initiative, and ten (10) Fairtrade certified cocoa farmers from three selected cocoa
growing areas in the Western, Eastern and Brong Ahafo Regions of Ghana. The paper
concludes that poverty, the lack of awareness among cocoa farmers and cocoa-growing
communities about child labour policies, inadequate educational infrastructure in cocoa growing communities, and other socio-cultural factors are the leading causes of child
labour in Ghana’s cocoa sector. It examines how Fairtrade interventions, namely
technical training and support for farmers, provision of educational infrastructure in
cocoa-growing areas, and the sensitization of farmers and community members about
child labour policies, are helping fight child labour in Ghana’s cocoa sector. It concludes
by recommending an increase in Fairtrade premiums and prices, technical training and
support for cocoa farmers, educational infrastructure and scholarships in cocoa-growing
areas and the sensitization of cocoa farmers and communities
In pursuit of a Canadian identity : the creation of national colonial narratives through national historic sites in Nova Scotia, Canada
Get PDF1 online resource (iv, 128 pages) : illustrations (chiefly colour), map (colour)Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-128).Within Canada, a variety of national colonial narratives are present which represent it as a welcoming, multicultural, and just country. These narratives do not include the histories of a variety of minority or marginalized nations, notably those of the
First Nations, Métis, and Inuit. Canada’s national colonial narratives have been
constructed mainly through avenues such as National Historic Sites (NHS). This thesis argues that Canada’s national colonial narratives are reliant on a version of Canadian
history, which centres, sanitizes, and romanticizes the history of French and British
colonisation in Canada while sidelining or ignoring Indigenous and other marginalized
histories. Recognition of these realities would destabilize the legitimacy of the Canadian
state and require the settler Canadian population to confront a variety of uncomfortable
realities. This argument is forwarded through an analysis of two NHS in Nova Scotia,
Canada, (the Fortress of Louisbourg NHS, and the Halifax Citadel NHS). The versions of
history presented at these NHS create Canadian national colonial narratives and have real world impacts, particularly on Indigenous peoples
2021-09-17 Senate Minutes and Agenda
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2021-01-22 Senate Minutes and Agendas
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Identification of key reaction products from molybdenum trioxide and ethylene glycol mixtures used for attempted molybdenum disulfide electrodeposition and synthesis of bidentate ligands and related group 1 and 13 metal complexes
Get PDF1 online resource (XXI, 281 pages) : illustrations (chiefly colour), charts (some colour), graphs (some colour)Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (pages 12-16, 28-35, 93-103, 147-153, 204-208).Replication of a procedure to electrodeposit MoS2 required use of an uncharacterized crude MoO3 and ethylene glycol reaction mixture as a molybdenum precursor. Multiple attempts to replicate the desired “brown oil” resulted in isolating four crystals, with three being previously unknown products for this reaction. This evidence highlights possible identities for the molybdenum precursor responsible during this MoS2 electrodeposition. A sterically bulky phosphine-imine treated with either H2O2, S8, Se0 , or reacted with 9-bromofluorene followed by one equivalent of a base made four ligand precursors that can be deprotonated to act as mono-anionic ligands for a variety of metal complexes including Li-K, Al, and In. The four ligands undergo tautomerization revealing 2-4 isomers observed by 1H, 13C, and 31P NMR spectroscopy, with two of these supported by SC-XRD analysis. Alkali metal complexes showed diverse η2 to η4+6 interactions with the delocalized phosphonium fluorenylide and η1 /η2 with 2,6-diisopropylphenyl aromatic ring systems