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Two Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trials Of Fampridine-Sr For Treatment Of Spasticity In Chronic Spinal Cord Injury., D. D. Cardenas, J. F. Ditunno, V. Graziani, A. B. Mclain, D. P. Lammertse, P. J. Potter, M. S. Alexander, R. Cohen, A. R. Blight

Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Faculty Papers

STUDY DESIGN: Two randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of fampridine sustained-release tablets (fampridine-SR) 25 mg twice daily for moderate-to-severe spasticity in patients with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI).

SETTING: United States and Canada.

METHODS: Patients with incomplete chronic SCI were randomized to twice daily fampridine-SR 25 mg or placebo, with a 2-week single-blind placebo run-in, a 2-week titration, 12 weeks of stable dosing, 2 weeks of downward titration and 2 weeks of untreated follow-up. Co-primary end points were the change from baseline, averaged over the double-blind treatment period, for Ashworth score (bilateral knee flexors …

Bank Of Canada Liquidity Facilities, Bank Of Canada/Central Bank Of Canada/La Banque Du Canada

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Term Pra Transactions, Bank Of Canada/Central Bank Of Canada/La Banque Du Canada

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Auction-Level Data Regarding The Term Pra Facility For Private Sector Instruments, Bank Of Canada/Central Bank Of Canada/La Banque Du Canada

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Term Loan Facility Transactions, Bank Of Canada/Central Bank Of Canada/La Banque Du Canada

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Indigenizing King Lear, Michael K. Johnson

Western Writers Online

Staged with an all‑aboriginal cast, the 2012 production of William Shakespeare’s King Lear at Canada’s National Arts Centre creatively reimagined the play in a frontier New World setting. Directed by Peter Hinton, and starring August Schellenberg (Mohawk) as Lear, the production placed Shakespeare’s drama in seventeenth‑century Canada, amongst a group of Algonquin people on the outer edge of European colonialism and cultural contact. The idea for this resetting of the play originated with August Schellenberg—some 45 years ago—who thought that Lear would be particularly adaptable to an indigenous / First Nations setting. That it took nearly half a century to …

Collective Representation And Employee Voice In The U.S. Public Sector Workplace: Looking North For Solutions?, Martin H. Malin

All Faculty Scholarship

Legislation enacted in many states following the 2010 elections in the United States strengthened unilateral public employer control and weakened employee voice. This rebalancing of power occurred in the context of state public employee labour relations acts modeled on the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), but with a narrower scope of bargaining than in the private sector. This narrow scope channels unions’ voice away from the quality of public services and towards protecting members from the effects of decisions unilaterally imposed by management. The Supreme Court of Canada has held that the freedom of association guaranteed by the Charter of …

Linked Data And Canadian Legal Resources, F. Tim Knight

Librarian Publications & Presentations

An overview of the basic theory and building blocks that support linked data; the growth of the so-called linked open data cloud; how this idea might be applied to legal resources and some of the challenges involved; and what organizations like CanLII can do to support linked data developments

Outcomes Of A Smoking Cessation Clinic In Cardiology Services, Vancouver, Canada, Chizimuzo T.C. Okoli, Milan Khara

Nursing Presentations

BACKGROUND: Adults who have experienced cardiac events have a high burden of smoking and are likely to continue post cardiac event. Research in this population suggests that smoking cessation services offered to this population can reduce the re-occurrence of cardiac events by assisting patients in cessation. However, few cardiology clinics offer smoking cessation services and few cardiologists refer patients to such services. The Smoking Cessation Clinic (SCC) provides evidence-based smoking cessation treatment within Cardiology services in Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver, Canada. The aim of this study was to evaluate the SCC program in terms of its program engagement …

Chrysler Fiat 2009, Bruce J. Harreld, Paul W. Marshall, David Lane

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Ethics Education For Canadian Medical Students, Jocelyn Downie, Francoise Baylis

Research Papers, Working Papers, Conference Papers

This study was designed to determine the nature extent and quality of medical ethics education for students in Canadian medical schools In 1989 a questionnaire that used primarily openended questions was sent to all 16 Canadian medical schools they all responded Significant findings include the following 15 of the 16 schools provided some ethics education with wideranging objectives the time allotted for such instruction ranged from ten and a half hours to 45 hours per degree not per year with no discernible pattern in the distribution of hours across the years most teaching was casebased and issueoriented most instructors were …

Alaska & Canada 2013 Field Notes, Mariel Campbell

Division of Mammals - Field Notes and Catalogs

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Vitamin D Status Of Older Adults Of Diverse Ancestry Living In The Greater Toronto Area, Jaime K. Ginter, S Krithika, Agnes Gozdzik, Heather Hanwell, Susan Whiting, Esteban J. Parra

Faculty Publications and Scholarship

Background: Physiological and lifestyle factors put older adults at an increased risk of vitamin D insufficiency and resulting negative health outcomes. Here we explore the vitamin D status in a sample of community dwelling older adults of diverse ancestry living in the Greater Toronto area (GTA).

Methods: Two hundred and twenty-four (224) adults over 60 years of age were recruited from the Square One Older Adult Centre, in Mississauga, Ontario. Circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentrations were measured from dried blood spot cards. Dietary and supplemental intakes of vitamin D were assessed via questionnaires. Skin pigmentation was assessed quantitatively by measuring …

The Detroit River International Crossing Bridge: A Stakeholder Analysis Of How One Wealthy Individual Could Exercise His Will Against Many, Kent Walker

Odette School of Business Publications

This case discusses the only privately owned bridge between Canada and the United States and the legacy of the billionaire owner, Matty Moroun, who engaged in a number of unethical and ethical tactics to stop construction of a competing publicly owned bridge. Over the last 10 years Matty Moroun did everything within his power to stall and stop construction of a new bridge, maintaining his near monopoly on the busiest border crossing in North America. With a crucial vote on the fate of the public bridge the night of the presidential election in 2012, with the vote favouring the public …

Expenditure Comparison Of Overseas, Canadian, And Domestic Nonresident Travelers To Montana: 2012, Kara Grau

Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications

This report gives a comparison of overseas, Canadian and domestic visitation and spending during 2012. It includes total expenditures and average daily spending in different spending categories.

Perceptions And Experiences Of Environmental Health Risks Among New Mothers: A Qualitative Study In Ontario, Canada, Eric Crighton, C Brown, Jamie Baxter, L Lemyre, J R. Masuda, F Ursitti

Geography & Environment Publications

There is a growing awareness and concern in contemporary societies about potential health impacts of environmental contaminants on children. Mothers are traditionally more involved than other family members in managing family health and household decisions and thus targeted by public health campaigns to minimise risks. However little is known about how new mothers perceive and experience environmental health risks to their children. In 2010, we undertook a parallel case study using qualitative, in-depth interviews with new mothers and focus groups with public health key informants in two Public Health Units in Ontario Province, Canada. We found that the concern about …

Issues In The Analysis Of Inequality, Michael R. Smith

Population Change and Lifecourse Strategic Knowledge Cluster Discussion Paper Series/ Un Réseau stratégique de connaissances Changements de population et parcours de vie Document de travail

In spite of data and methodological challenges, research has largely reached the conclusion that earnings inequality has risen in Canada, the US and elsewhere, and that the rise has been mainly driven by large increases at the top of the earnings distribution. Researchers offer two competing explanations for causes of the rising inequality: (1) innovations in information and communication technologies, and (2) institutional changes such as the freezing of the minimum wage, decline in unionization, and the spread of performance-related pay increases. Inequality is influenced by changes in population composition, specifically, the size of cohorts entering the labour market, and …

For Want Of Sloops, Water Casks, And Rum: The Difficulties Of Logistics In The Canadian Theater Of The Seven Years War, Daniel Bazan

Masters Theses

The thesis examines the various difficulties with logistics the British needed to overcome in Canada during the Seven Years War and those who helped . Without the necessary supplies and provisions for frontier campaigning, Britain would have lost the war. The thesis provides primary accounts of the geography during the war, various logistical factors, and the men that helped provide the necessary materials for the successful outcome of the British offensive in Canada.

Citizenship Status And Patterns Of Inequality In The United States And Canada, Sofya Aptekar

Publications and Research

Objective: This study investigates inequalities in the distribution of citizenship status among immigrants in Canada and the US between 1970 and 2001. It is motivated by a desire to probe deeper into the gap in citizenship rates between the two countries.

Methods: Logistic regression analysis of Census data is used to predict the odds of citizenship among the foreign-born, controlling for a range of factors.

Results: There has been a growing inequality in the distribution of citizenship in the US, but not in Canada. Low rates of citizenship hide the appearance of a large disparity in citizenship …

[Sabbatical Report], Emmanuel Iyiegbuniwe

Sabbatical Reports

The main purpose of this sabbatical leave was to provide me the opportunity to conduct relevant research and subsequently write two book chapters on environmental health and policy issues in two countries: Belize (a developing country) and Canada (a developed country). Specifically, the two book chapters were titled "Analysis of Environmental Health Policy in Belize" and "Analysis of Environmental Health and Policy Issues in Canada." As called for in my proposal, I was able to travel to Belize with a group of CHHS faculty and students during the 2013 winter term. During the leave period, I success fully conducted research …

Restructuring Of The U.S. Auto Industry In The 2008-2009 Recession, Thomas H. Klier, James Rubenstein

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El Salvador Seeks International Help To Block Gold Mine In Guatemala, Benjamin Witte-Lebhar

NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America

This article discusses the opposition in El Salvador to the Cerro Blanco gold mine, located just over the border in Guatemala. The environmental effects of the mine, namely water pollution and deforestation, constitute the primary concerns about the mine. El Salvador has frozen foreign mining and is seeking international pressure to impede the mine operations in Guatemala.

Immigrant Student Parents Are A Group Apart, Ferzana Chaze

Faculty Publications and Scholarship

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Towards A Model Of Conscientious Corporate Brands: A Canadian Study, David Hutchinson Dr., Jang Singh, Goran Svensson, Tore Mysen

Odette School of Business Publications

Purpose – This paper attempts to validate a conceptual model for conscientious corporate brands (CCB) by exploring environmental and climate change issues together with perceptions of the internal and external effectiveness of corporate codes of ethics as dimensions of CCBs.

Design/methodology/approach – By surveying organizations, the paper attempts to extend and validate previous research in ethical branding by proposing an additional empirically grounded conceptual model of “the conscientious dimension” of corporate brands.

Research limitations/implications – The CCB model was tested on a sample of small-, medium- and large-sized companies in Canada, which may indicate less generalizability to larger companies or …

A Comparative Rhetorical Analysis Of Narratives Of Homelessness In Canada As Represented In The National Press, Stacey Daoust

Cultural Analysis and Social Theory Major Research Papers

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Defragmenting International Investment Law To Protect Citizen-Consumers: The Role Of Amici Curiae And Public Interest Groups, Alberto Salazar

Comparative Research in Law & Political Economy

Investment arbitration decisions are often inconsistent. In particular, complaints about the unpredictability of NAFTA Chapter 11 jurisprudence and the difficulties in balancing foreign investors’ interest and public policy are common and unresolved. An examination of the role of interest groups may shed important light on the resolution of that problem as they are involved in the social construction of the meaning and use of NAFTA Chapter 11 through arbitration and public debate. This work discusses the extent to which amici curiae empower public interest groups that seek to protect citizen-consumers. It argues that currently amici curiae provides an extremely narrow …

Section 2(B)'S Other Fundamental Freedom: The Press Guarantee, 1982-2012, Jamie Cameron

Comparative Research in Law & Political Economy

The Charter’s thirtieth anniversary is a checkpoint, an opportunity to take stock of s.2(b)’s journey to date. The focus in this paper is freedom of the press, and the central concern the central concern which emerges is the Supreme Court’s avoidance of s.2(b) and its reluctance to grant newsgathering activities status under the Charter. Insisting that the press can be protected in other ways is unconvincing in the face of the Court’s unwillingness to engage the Charter’s explicit guarantee of a free press. Looking ahead, two obstacles stand in the way of robust protection for this freedom: one is theoretical …

Predictors Of Obesity Among Métis Children: Socio-Economic, Behavioural And Cultural Factors, Martin J. Cooke, Piotr Wilk, Kenneth W. Paul, Shelley L.H. Gonneville

Paediatrics Publications

Objectives: To examine the socio-economic, behavioural and Métis-specific factors that predict obesity among Métis children aged 6 to 14 years. Socio-economic factors included household structure and income, parental education and food insecurity. Cultural factors included knowledge of an Aboriginal language, participation in cultural activities, time spent with Elders and parental residential school attendance. Methods: The 2006 Aboriginal Peoples Survey, Children and Youth component collected data about Métis children, including child height and weight, reported by the person most knowledgeable about the child (PMK). Multivariate binary logistic regression was used to predict obesity, defined using IOTF BMI cut-offs. After testing for …

Religious Interfaith Work In Canada And South Africa With Particular Focus On The Drafting Of A South African Charter Of Religious Rights And Freedoms, I Benson

Law Papers and Journal Articles

Constitutional protections for religious freedom (and related freedoms of conscience, belief and association and equality), once interpreted by courts and tribunals, apply in a precedential manner to future cases. They have an influence well beyond the particular community to which they first applied. For this reason, religious communities have increasingly banded together and sought to intervene or even, on occasion, to initiate legal actions asserting or defending their rights. This article reviews some of the principles around the freedom of religion as understood in South Africa and Canada to show how courts have understood the freedom of religion in its …

A.L. Van Houtte Cafe Bistro, Van Houtte

The Marilyn B. Feingold Menu Collection

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