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Safeguarding the "springs of life" : women's contributions to social and moral reform in Fort William and Port Arthur, Ontario, 1900-1930
(1998)
This thesis examines women's involvement in the moral and social reform movement under the umbrella of social purity, as it occurred in Fort William and Port Arthur, Ontario, between 1900-1930. I analyze the role of two ...
Physicians' perceptions of elderly alcohol abuse
(1998)
Alcohol abuse Is often hidden and unrecognized problem among
seniors. Although the degree of the aged affected by alcohol abuse may not be
extremely high, alcohol consumption appears to be particularly toxic In the
elderly, ...
Social construction of the middle class : class identification and class images of young Canadians
(1999)
There is a contradiction between some of the theoretical
issues regarding class and the results of subjective class
identification research in the United States and in Canada.
Arguments concerning the decline of the ...
Creation of Dorothy Smith's standpoint epistemology : a feminist appropriation of male theorists / by Deirdre Mary Smyth.
(1995)
One of Dorothy Smith's most important contributions to feminist theory was the
development of her concept called'the standpoint of women' (Smith, 1979). This thesis
traces the evolution of this concept In her work from ...
Regulated Health Professions Act and dental hygiene : a study of the changing social organization of health care delivery in Ontario / Lynda McKeown Mickelson
(1995)
Has the new health legislation, the Regulated Health Professions
Act, 1994. changed the social organization of health care delivery
in Ontario? My research has shown that this new legislation, which
governs twenty-four ...
Indicators of fear of victimization
(1993)
The main objective of this thesis was to examine the
indicators of fear of victimization by incorporating the
variables age, gender, living arrangement and security
precautions into Warr and Stafford’s (1983) conceptual ...
Determinant variables in seasonal migration cessation
(1992)
Past research into the seasonal migration of the elderly has mainly
focused on how health and economic systems are affected by this group
as well as how social and kinship ties are maintained by active
participants. ...
Religion, modernity and homosexual ordination in a liberal protestant denomination
(1993)
The United Church of Canada's General Council
determined that all members could be considered for
ordained ministry regardless of sexual orientation
in 1988.
The membership was not unanimous in this matter.
This ...