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Housing Affordability and Safe Supply — with Jean Swanson
No full textJean Swanson has been a city councillor in Vancouver since 2018, when she was elected through COPE (The Coalition of Progressive Electors).Jean is an anti-poverty activist who has been working with Downtown Eastside organizations for almost 50 years, and was awarded the Order of Canada in 2017. She is the author of the book, Poor Bashing: The Politics of Exclusion. Jean recently announced her intention to run for re-election in 2022. Resources: Housing For All Of Us: https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-making-home-kennedy-stewart-revisedCarnegie Action Projects: http://www.carnegieaction.org/reports/Residential Tenancy Act: https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/lc/statreg/02078_01Vacancy Control: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/b-c-needs-vacancy-control-tenants-group-says-following-alarming-evictions-study-1.5588483CMHC: Rental Market Report: https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/professionals/housing-markets-data-and-research/market-reports/rental-market-reports-major-centresRenter Services Centre: https://vancouver.ca/people-programs/renter-office.aspxIan Mulgrew: B.C.\u27s chief coroner laments lack of action as opioid crisis hits worst death toll yet: https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/change-bonnie-henry-to-b-c-s-chief-coronerVancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU): https://vandureplace.wordpress.com/Drug Users Liberation Front (DULF): https://www.dulf.ca/Fair Price Pharma: http://fairpricepharma.ca/Insite: https://www.phs.ca/program/insite
A Threshold Test for Validity: The Supreme Court Narrows the Act of State Doctrine
No full textThis Article analyzes the Supreme Court\u27s recent decisions involving the act of state doctrine. This doctrine, which is based upon notions of international comity, prevents the courts of one state from adjudicating the acts of a foreign state that occur within the foreign state\u27s territory. This respect for foreign tribunals reduces friction between states and promotes more cooperative interaction in the international arena.
The Article first defines comity and explains its importance in international litigation. Professor Swanson then outlines the diminishing role of comity as a basis for the act of state doctrine. In early opinions, United States courts refused to question a foreign sovereign\u27s act of state. Professor Swanson asserts that during the last century, the Supreme Court has backed away from the act of state doctrine and has left the doctrine\u27s parameters in disarray. As a result, the task of defining the doctrine has been left to the lower courts. In this context, Professor Swanson discusses significant Supreme Court and lower court decisions.
The Article pays particular attention to a recent Supreme Court case, W.S. Kirkpatrick & Co. v. Environmental Tectonics Corp. In Kirkpatrick, a unanimous court held that the validity of a foreign state\u27s actions must be in question before the act of state doctrine is applicable. Professor Swanson interprets this decision as an attack on the act of state doctrine. Moreover, Professor Swanson asserts that this decision gives courts free reign to retain or reject cases for reasons completely unrelated to comity and other political concerns. Professor Swanson concludes that by narrowing the doctrine\u27s scope, the Supreme Court has shown a lack of respect for the laws and practices of other states
FIGURES 15–22 in Nine true bugs (Heteroptera) newly-discovered in Illinois
No full textFIGURES 15–22. Current known distribution of eight Heteroptera newly reported for Illinois by state/province within the U.S.A. and Canada: (15) Neuroctenus pseudonymus; (16) Metacanthus multispinus; (17) Anasa repetita; (18) Chelinidea vittiger; (19) Phymata fasciata fasciata; (20) Arhyssus nigristernum; (21) Aufeius impressicollis; and (22) Niesthrea louisianica. Being known from only two states, the range of Nannium pusio is not depicted.Published as part of Swanson, Daniel R., Taylor, Steven J. & Heads, Sam W., 2017, Nine true bugs (Heteroptera) newly-discovered in Illinois, pp. 571-585 in Zootaxa 4269 (4) on page 577, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.4.10, http://zenodo.org/record/58279
Swanson, John C. 2011. “About a Village” (Documentary Feature). 68 minutes.
No full textSwanson, John C. 2011. “About a Village” (Documentary Feature). 68 minute
Coded Territories : Tracing Indigenous Pathways in New Media Art
No full text"This collection of essays provides a historical and contemporary context for Indigenous new media arts practice in Canada. The writers are established artists, scholars, and curators who cover thematic concepts and underlying approaches to new media from a distinctly Indigenous perspective. Through discourse and narrative analysis, the writers discuss a number of topics ranging from how Indigenous worldviews inform unique approaches to new media arts practice to their own work and specific contemporary works. " -- Publisher's website
284 - Clayton W. Swanson
No full textIncludes bibliographical references.Motor cortex inhibition is significantly associated with complex bimanual control of the upper extremities. It remains unclear whether this same relationship exists for the lower extremities. We utilized transcranial magnetic stimulation to assess motor cortex inhibition and wireless, inertial sensors to quantify gait variables to assess how cortical inhibition contributes to the control of gait in healthy, young adults. Gait cycle duration variability was significantly correlated to right motor cortex inhibition. The results of this study indicate that motor cortex inhibition may be associated with complex components of gait in a similar fashion to its association with bimanual control
Dead bugs do tell tales: implications of a new fossil assassin bug (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) for the evolutionary history and systematics of an extant lineage
No full textThe following thesis comprises three parts: (1) the description of a new fossil assassin bug, (2) the use of this newly described taxon to inform the phylogenetic history of the family, and (3) a survey of previously-described extinct taxa compiled into the first taxonomic catalog of fossil Reduvioidea.
The first chapter presents a new Eocene (Ypresian) fossil assassin bug, Aphelicophontes iuddorum gen. et sp. nov. (Reduviidae: Harpactorinae), described from the Green River Formation of Colorado. The specimens informing this description are marked by an extraordinary level of preservation, particularly in external and internal structures of the adult male genitalia. Following the description, discussions of phylogenetic signal and the implications for the systematics and evolutionary history of the group are presented.
The second chapter uses Aphelicophontes iuddorum gen. et sp. nov. as a new calibration point in order to re-estimate the divergence dates of Reduvioidea. This analysis also utilizes a new set of fossil calibrations from previous studies. Tree topology is inferred using MrBayes and RAxML, and divergence dates are inferred using BEAST2. Convergence was not reached in the BEAST analysis, resulting in divergence estimates with low levels of support in which the divergence of Reduvioidea from Heteroptera was suggested to be 344 Ma. The potential problems with this and previous divergence estimates are discussed.
To supplement and better justify the description and placement of the new taxon, an annotated taxonomic catalog of the fossil Reduvioidea was compiled; this composes the third chapter of the thesis. This catalog marks the first such compilation for the 48 extinct members of the group and documents additional information such as the taphonomy, age (with references), and type repository for each fossil. Supplementing the catalog proper is a discussion of the subfamilial distribution of fossil reduvioid taxa, with tables enumerating undescribed fossil reduvioid material and fossil species originally but erroneously described in Reduviidae.
The thesis concludes with a general discussion of potential future work involving fossil Reduvioidea.Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2018-05-01The student, Daniel Swanson, accepted the attached license on 2016-04-20 at 14:09.The student, Daniel Swanson, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2016-04-20 at 14:28.This Thesis was approved for publication on 2016-04-20 at 17:10.DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #9376 on 2016-07-07 at 13:50:29Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-07T20:27:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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ACTFL celebrates its first 50 years
No full textAuthor accepted manuscript version of an article published in:
Swanson, P. (2016). ACTFL celebrates its first 50 years. Foreign Language Annals, 49(4), 642-646. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12242
Building and sustaining our profession
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Swanson, P. (2016). Building and sustaining our profession. Foreign Language Annals, 49(1), 5-6. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12185
Building social capital alongside a strong sense of efficacy
No full textAuthor accepted manuscript version of an article published in:
Swanson, P., & Osborn, T. A. (2016). Building social capital alongside a strong sense of efficacy. Foreign Language Annals, 49(2), 197-198. https://doi.org/10.1111/flan.12205
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