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Harney, Stefano. "Anti-racism, Ontario style." Race & Class 37, no. 3 (January 1996): 35–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/030639689603700303.
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Campeau, Anthony G. "Distribution of Learning Styles and Preferences for Learning Environment Characteristics Among Emergency Medical Care Assistants (EMCAs) in Ontario, Canada." Prehospital and Disaster Medicine 13, no. 1 (March 1998): 47–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1049023x00033033.
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AbstractIntroduction:In Ontario, Canada, Emergency Medical Care Assistants (EMCAs) have many opportunities for continuing education. However, little is known about how EMCAs learn.Objectives:The intent of this study was to explore the distribution of learning styles, preferences for major learning environment characteristics, and the associations between these two factors among the EMCA population in Ontario, Canada.Methods:Following review of the literature, a 32-item survey of learning environment characteristics was constructed to measure the respondents' preferences. Using a random number generator, 386 EMCAs were selected for participation. Each received: a) an explanatory cover letter; b) a copy of the Kolb Learning Style Inventory (LSI) questionnaire; c) a second questionnaire consisting of learning environment characteristics; and d) a stamped, return addressed envelope. Completed surveys were scored to determine the respondent's Learning Style. The LSI and Learning Environment survey results were entered into a data base and subjected to Dual Scaling analysis in order to 1) Identify the distribution of learning styles; and 2) Explore associations between styles and environmental characteristics.Results:A total of 75 completed surveys were returned, each of the four styles of learning (Converger; Diverger; Assimilator; and Accommodator) were identified in the sample. Dual Scaling analysis indicated a noteworthy association (R(jt) correlation >0.300) between learning style and 10 of the 32 environmental characteristics. The data describe the usefulness of each of the learning styles.Accommodators believed courses with a strong emphasis on practical applications and working in groups to be very useful, but were less interested in courses with a strong emphasis on theory. Assimilators felt lectures and courses with a strong emphasis on theory very useful, but were less interested in providing input into course objectives. Divergers found that a lot of verbal explanation is useful, but were less interested in working with teachers who act as coaches. Convergers believed that working with teachers who act as coaches is useful. They also preferred courses with a strong emphasis on practical applications, but were less interested in courses with a strong emphasis on theory.Conclusion:The findings in this study, provide some additional insight into the connections between learning style and elements of the learning environment, and their application may contribute to operationalizing learning theory.
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Parris, Urica. "An Access to Care Center as a Learning Organization." Healthcare Management Forum 13, no. 1 (April 2000): 50–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0840-4704(10)60733-8.
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The Durham Access to Care (DATC) is one of the new streamlined vehicles for the delivery of integrated home-based and community-based health services across Ontario. Management and staff in this change transition have undertaken to become a learning organization. To implement this visionary process leadership qualities and style is key. This article gives a brief account of DATC and its move to becoming a learning organization and the author's observational reflections of an effective leadership style.
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Olafson, Gordon A., and Dennis W. Hastings. "Personal Style and Administrative Behavior in Amateur Sport Organizations." Journal of Sport Management 2, no. 1 (January 1988): 26–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jsm.2.1.26.
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This paper examines the effect of personal style on the administrative behavior of executive directors of sports governing bodies. Seventy-two executive directors from the National Sport and Recreation Centre in Ottawa and the Ontario Sport Administrative Centre in Toronto completed surveys designed to describe personal style (Personal Style Inventory) and administrative behavior (Leadership Behavior Description Questionnaire). Statistical analysis revealed significant differences in behavior based on personal style. The best model of prediction included the behavioral variables of representation, reconciliation, structure, tolerance of freedom, consideration, and predictive accuracy. The results of this study support the hypothesis put forward by Kilmann and Herden (1976) that a person’s behavior in a decision-making role may be a reflection of personal style. These findings suggest that it may be important to understand the contribution of personal style to the decision-making process. Further, this may be a helpful exercise in understanding administrators in many organizations and, particularly as it pertains to this study, in volunteer sport organizations.
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Kelly, Jennifer M., Debra L. Inglis, and Gary J. Pickering. "Sensorial and Volatile Analysis of Wines Made from Partially Dehydrated Grapes: An Ontario Case Study." Journal of Food Quality 2020 (December 24, 2020): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8861185.
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Winemaking in cool climate viticultural areas can pose challenges due to difficulties in achieving optimal ripeness from climatic conditions that tend to vary vintage-to-vintage. To stabilize quality, the use of partially dehydrated grapes has been indicated as beneficial to the production of high-quality wine (“appassimento” style) despite climatic variation. Postharvest wine grape dehydration is a complex process that involves the concentration or formation of sugars, aromas, and flavours. One of the quality challenges facing appassimento style winemaking is elevated levels of undesirable oxidation compounds. The aim of this study was to characterize wines made from a local yeast isolate, Saccharomyces uvarum CN1, which demonstrates limited osmotolerance and may have application to this wine style, as it is a known lower producer of such compounds. Wines made with CN1 were compared to wines made with the accepted commercial standard, S. cerevisiae, EC1118. Fermentations (n = 24) were established at three target starting sugar concentrations from dehydrated Cabernet franc grapes (24.5, 26.0, and 27.5°Brix) and a control (21.5°Brix) and were assessed for volatile organic compound (VOC) composition via gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Wines also underwent quantitative descriptive analysis to identify and quantify sensory attributes by a trained panel (n = 11). Results show that the wines fermented with the yeast isolate contain significant differences in the concentrations of VOCs in the wines. Sensorially, the wines differed in intensity for a number of attributes, including red fruit aroma, black fruit flavour, and length of finish both within Brix treatments and amongst yeast strains. The most important differentiating factor amongst these wines was the combination of yeast strain at the highest starting sugar concentration (27.5°Brix). These findings may assist winemakers by informing the yeast strain choice for optimizing appassimento style wine quality in cool climates.
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Students, SLRP. "Research highlights from the Ontario Veterinary College Summer Leadership and Research Program." SURG Journal 4, no. 2 (March 11, 2011): 93–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.21083/surg.v4i2.1343.
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The Summer Leadership & Research Program (SLRP) at the Ontario Veterinary College offers BSc, DVM and other summer student researchers at OVC a stimulating slate of events from May to August. The program includes a Round Table series with veterinarians and scientists working in diverse and intriguing areas, field trips to cutting-edge research facilities and the Metro Toronto Zoo, and professional development workshops to prepare for conference-style sessions.
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Students, SLRP. "Research highlights from the Ontario Veterinary College summer leadership and research program." SURG Journal 5, no. 2 (April 22, 2012): 74–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.21083/surg.v5i2.1781.
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Here we present research highlights from the Summer Leadership and Research Program (SLRP) at the Ontario Veterinary College. The SLRP offers BSc, DVM and other summer student researchers at OVC a stimulating slate of events from May to August. The program includes a Round Table series with veterinarians and scientists working in diverse and intriguing areas, field trips to cutting-edge research facilities and the Metro Toronto Zoo, and professional development workshops to prepare for conference-style sessions.
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Toth, Robert. "Masaru Shintani: la creación de un maestro moderno de kárate canadiense." Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas 2, no. 1 (July 18, 2012): 74. http://dx.doi.org/10.18002/rama.v2i1.286.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This article looks at the life of Japanese/Canadian karate pioneer, Masaru Shintani, from his birth in Vancouver, British Columbia, until his death in Kapuskasing, Ontario. After more than thirty years of teaching, Shintani created one of the largest karate organizations in North America with over 27,000 members. Shintani also invented Shindo, a martial art facilitating the use of an ancient weapon, the short stick, with modern techniques. For this article, many of Shintani’s senior students helped to reconstruct his life and explain his complex personality with recollections of their teacher. From the beginning of his karate training in an internment camp, to the eventual achievement of 9th-degree black belt, Masaru Shintani epitomized the modern karate master.</span></span></span></p>
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Chorlton, Lesley. "Regional setting of vein-style gold mineralization around the Goldlund mine, Sandybeach Lake area, northwestern Ontario." Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 27, no. 12 (December 1, 1990): 1590–608. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e90-170.
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The Sandybeach Lake area was deformed in four stages. Stage 1 produced gently south-southeast-dipping foliations at low angles to bedding. Stage 2 involved draping of these planes and formation of contact-strain aureoles related to the emplacement of granitoid stocks. Stage 3 produced doubly plunging folds, steep foliations, and shear zones, which resulted from regional transpression, with a sinistral lateral shear sense along this arm of the Wabigoon greenstone belt. Stage 4 produced minor folds and shear displacements in some places and final tightening of stage 3 folds in others, compatible with final regional convergence.Regional quartz veins, including those carrying gold, appear to have filled tensional fractures related to bulk belt-perpendicular shortening and belt-parallel extension, sinistral shear, and tightening of folds in sheetlike competent bodies. Veins and mineralization thus coincided with late stage 3 deformation, possibly overlapping stage 4.Auriferous vein occurrences at the Goldlund mine display geometries similar to those of veins in the surrounding region. The main body of auriferous vein mineralization is hosted by a thick, composite metatonalite–metadiorite sheet. The vein system of this zone likely originated during the steepening and axial-plane transposition of the southeast-dipping limb near the southwest-plunging end of a stage 3 fold.
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Hakimi Rezaei, Javad, and Andrew G. Reynolds. "Impact of vine water status on sensory attributes of Cabernet Franc wines in the Niagara Peninsula of Ontario." OENO One 44, no. 2 (June 30, 2010): 61. http://dx.doi.org/10.20870/oeno-one.2010.44.2.1464.
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Aim</strong>: To examine the impact of vine water status on sensory and chemical characteristics of Cabernet franc wines on non-irrigated sites in the Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, to assess whether vine water status might be a key factor in the determination of so-called terroir effects.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Methods and results</strong>: The effects of vine water status on wine sensory characteristics were studied in <em>Vitis vinifera</em> L cv. Cabernet franc in the Niagara Peninsula (Ontario, Canada) in the 2005 and 2006 vintages. Vine water status was monitored throughout the growing season in ten vineyard blocks using midday leaf water potential (Ψ) values. Chemical and descriptive sensory analyses were performed on nine (2005) and eight (2006) pairs of experimental wines to elucidate differences between wines from high and low water status (HWS, LWS) zones in each vineyard. Twelve trained judges evaluated six aroma, six flavor and three mouthfeel/taste sensory attributes, as well as color intensity. In 2005, LWS wines had higher color intensity (four sites), black cherry flavor (one site), and red fruit aroma and flavor (two sites). Similar trends were observed in the 2006 vintage. No differences were found from one year to the next between the wines produced from the same vineyard, despite markedly different conditions in the 2005 and 2006 vintages.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Conclusions</strong>: Measurement of midday leaf Ψ was successful in detecting differences among vine water status levels throughout the growing season. The range of leaf Ψ values were almost consistent at most sites in both 2005 and 2006 years. Differences in vine water status resulted in wines with different composition, aroma, flavor, and color intensity. Despite two different vintages of hot and dry (2005) and wet (2006) seasons, similar trends were observed in high and low water status wines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Significance and impact of study</strong>: The strong relationships between leaf Ψ and sensory attributes of Cabernet franc suggest that vine water status is a major basis for the terroir effect.</p>
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Byrne, M. L. "Seasonal sand transport through a trough blowout at Pinery Provincial Park, Ontario." Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 34, no. 11 (November 1, 1997): 1460–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e17-118.
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Trough blowouts represent transport pathways for sediment through coastal dune systems. This paper documents seasonal differences in sand transport through a trough blowout. Measurements were made by trapping sand in Rosen-style traps installed at the mouth and crest of the parabolic dune and with erosion pins in the throat. Erosion-pin data indicated that the surface of the dune was generally accreting in late summer and eroding in winter, suggesting that the major loss of sediment from the dune was occurring in winter. The traps were emptied every 2–4 weeks and showed that, in general, more sand left the dune system than entered it. The amount of sand transported past the traps at the mouth of the dune varied seasonally, with smaller amounts during the summer months than in winter. The upper traps showed greater variability, but had more sediment transported in all months when compared with the lower traps. Amounts of sand transported during winter were greater than in summer.
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Amer, Adan. "The Sustainability Crisis of Deathstyles." Journal of Integrative Research & Reflection 3 (June 9, 2020): 32–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.15353/jirr.v3.1633.
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This paper will focus on the sustainability crisis in the funeral industry, with a particular look at conventional forms of funeral style like burial and cremation. Burials and cremations pose a threat to land scarcity and natural resource pollution. This is especially the case for Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver, BC. In response to these crises, newer "sustainable" deathstyles have arisen, but they do not come without their own risks. This paper assesses the risks of conventional forms of funeral styles alongside their sustainable counterparts and their inclusion in the current regulatory policies of Ontario. A third section will focus on the social and cultural barriers that resist the just transitions to unconventional deathstyles. The final section includes recommendations to expand current legislation to accommodate the newer forms of disposal and minimize their associated risks, as well as additional consumer rights procedures to address the social barriers that impede the adoption of these alternatives.
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Storm, Palle, Susan Braedley, and Sally Chivers. "Gender Regimes in Ontario Nursing Homes: Organization, Daily Work, and Bodies." Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement 36, no. 2 (March 21, 2017): 196–208. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0714980817000071.
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RÉSUMÉAujourd’hui, des hommes, ainsi que des personnes immigrantes, travaillent dans le secteur des soins de longue durée. Cette nouvelle donne modifie profondément le stéréotype du travailleur de ce secteur, soit une femme d’un certain âge née au Canada. Bien que toujours minoritaires, on en sait peu sur les expériences de travail des hommes qui prodiguent des soins de longue durée, ainsi que sur les dilemmes et les opportunités auxquels ils font face en raison de leur genre. Cet article examine comment le personnel de deux centres d’hébergement et de soins de longue durée ontariens perçoit les travailleurs masculins de ce secteur. S’appuyant sur une méthode ethnographique rapide, qui comprend à la fois des entrevues et des observations, nous avons constaté que le style de gestion de ces établissements entraîne des répercussions significatives sur l’intégration et l’acceptation des travailleurs masculins. Dans un centre d’hébergement doté d’une organisation du travail rigide et laissant peu de place au pouvoir décisionnel des travailleurs, les travailleurs masculins sont perçus négativement. Au contraire, dans des centres d’hébergement dotés d’une organisation du travail plus flexible qui met l’emphase sur une approche relationnelle du care, les travailleurs masculins sont perçus plus positivement. Finalement, des processus de racialisation influencent également les relations de genre dans les centres d’hébergement et de soins de longue durée.
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Cohn, Daniel. "Under what conditions are ministers able to “let go” in Westminster-style political systems? Evidence from Ontario, Canada." Zeitschrift für öffentliche und gemeinwirtschaftliche Unternehmen 39, no. 1-2 (2016): 65–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/0344-9777-2016-1-2-65.
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Bertrand, Alain, and Rosella Triquet-Pissard. "Le carbamate d'éthyle dans les eaux-de-vie de vin. Observations sur son origine." OENO One 20, no. 2 (June 30, 1986): 131. http://dx.doi.org/10.20870/oeno-one.1986.20.2.1295.
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Une fois de plus le marché des vins et spiritueux est en émoi, le Canada impose pour le carbamate d'éthyle une limite par litre de 30 µg pour les vins et de 400 µg dans les eaux-de-vie. Supposé être cancérigène (mutagène) le carbamate d'éthyle ou uréthane (NH<sub>2</sub>COOC<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>) a été signalé par OUGH (1976) comme provenant de l'éthanolyse du phosphate de carbamyle puis, également de la décomposition du carbonate de diéthyle, antiseptique (non autorisé) ajouté au vin.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Parmi les boissons alcoolisées interdites à la vente en Ontario (Canada) figurent des vins, des vins spéciaux, des eaux-de-vie de fruits et quelques vieux armagnacs. Les professionnels nous ont donc demandé de contrôler leurs produits et de rechercher l'origine de cette substance.</p>
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Sproule, R. A., R. Sutcliffe, H. Tracanelli, and C. M. Lesher. "Palaeoproterozoic Ni–Cu–PGE mineralisation in the Shakespeare intrusion, Ontario, Canada: a new style of Nipissing gabbro-hosted mineralisation." Applied Earth Science 116, no. 4 (December 2007): 188–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/174327507x207492.
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Larson, Brendon MH, and Spencer CH Barrett. "Reproductive biology of island and mainland populations of Primula mistassinica (Primulaceae) on Lake Huron shorelines." Canadian Journal of Botany 76, no. 11 (November 1, 1998): 1819–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b98-150.
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To investigate the influence of insularity on plant reproductive biology at a local geographic scale, we examined aspects of reproduction in distylous Primula mistassinica Michx. (Primulaceae) on Lake Huron shorelines of the Bruce Peninsula and adjacent Tobermory Islands in Ontario, Canada. A total of 7 mainland and 13 nearshore island populations were compared. Controlled pollinations demonstrated that P. mistassinica possesses a dimorphic incompatibility system with intermorph crosses setting significantly more seeds than self or intramorph crosses. Floral morphology, population style-morph ratios, and seed fertility were compared in mainland and nearshore island populations to determine whether there was evidence for differences in reproductive traits between these areas. Style-morph ratios did not differ significantly from equilibrium expectations, and there were no consistent differences between island and mainland populations in floral morphology or fertility. Rather, the generalized pollination system of P. mistassinica and extensive historical opportunities for colonization appear to have mitigated insular effects so that proximate ecological factors are more relevant to the current reproductive biology of populations.Key words: distyly, insularity, pollination, reproductive biology.
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Tindale, Joseph A. "M. Novak Aging and society: A Canadian perspective, Scarborough, Ontario: Nelson (1988)." Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement 8, no. 4 (1989): 395–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0714980800008667.
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RÉSUMÉMark Novak a effectué une revue approfondie de la documentation en gérontologie sociale au Canada. Son livre est soigneusement organisé et est divisé en cinq parties. Ces divisions se conforment à un style traditionnel, mais les contenus semblent différer des normes retrouvées dans d'autres textes gérontologiques. Par exemple, dans une section sur la maturation (Maturational), l'auteur s'attarde longuement sur la psychologie du vieillissement consacrant un chapitre à la biologie, un à la psychologie et un à la psychologie sociale du vieillissement. Dans cette section ainsi que dans celle qui suit sur les changements institutionnels (Institutional), l'auteur, en début de chapitre, présente des études de cas fort intéressantes destinées à capter l'attention du lecteur tout en introduisant le thème principal du chapitre. C'est dans la section sur les institutions (Institutional) que Novak se distingue particulièrement alors qu'il précise où il y a concensus dans la documentation, où il y a matière à débat et pourquoi. Le lecteur comprendra pourquoi ce texte semble tellement à propos de nos jours lorsqu'il se reportera à la dernière section, celle qui traite des changements sociaux (Societal). En discutant de la formation possible d'un parti politique composé de personnes âgées, l'auteur se garde bien de se laisser aller à des notions romantiques. Il exprime plutôt une réalité, celle qui rejète la notion que les gens âgés organisent leur vie autour de leur vieillesse, mais qu'ils continuent plutôt de forger leur quotidien autour de nouvelles experiences et autour de celles qui meublent leur esprit.
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Henry, Symon. "ECM+Génération2014 : pistes de réflexion sur la notion de style chez les compositeurs de la relève canadienne." Les Cahiers de la Société québécoise de recherche en musique 15, no. 2 (April 13, 2016): 71–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1036120ar.
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En 2014, l’Ensemble contemporain de Montréal (ECM+), dirigé par Véronique Lacroix, célébrait le 20e anniversaire du projet Génération, concours pancanadien bisannuel de composition. Cet article étudie les démarches des compositeurs qui ont participé à l’édition 2014 : Marie-Pierre Brasset (Québec), Alec Hall (Ontario/New-York), Evelin Ramon (Québec/La Havane) et Anthony Tan (Alberta/Berlin). Y sont proposées certaines bases de réflexion quant à la notion de style appliquée aux démarches de compositeurs de la relève liés à la scène canadienne de musique contemporaine. L’article circonscrit d’abord l’idée de style telle qu’elle a été comprise dans le cadre de cet article. Est ensuite mise en perspective, grâce à cette définition de concept, les démarches des lauréats du projet ECM+ Génération2014. Ceux-ci partagent un certain dialecte stylistique, tout en ayant une forte volonté d’indépendance. On remarque particulièrement un positionnement fort, chez les quatre compositeurs, par rapport aux archétypes de la musique classique occidentale – comme le lyrisme traditionnel et l’expression personnelle. L’idée de recherche et d’expérimentation constante s’est aussi révélée être un angle d’approche important afin d’étudier la notion de style chez les quatre lauréats. L’expression personnelle a été le dernier enjeu majeur commun ayant émergé de cette étude. En conclusion, la prise en charge critique, par les compositeurs, de l’ensemble de contraintes qui définit leur donné stylistique, s’est révélé être un outil de création de sens puissant dans leur travail.
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McDowall, Duncan. "A Game of Thrones, 1936-Style: How Three Canadians Shaped the Abdication of Edward VIII." University of Toronto Quarterly 90, no. 1 (June 2021): 1–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/utq.90.1.01.
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King Edward VIII’s 1936 abdication has remained fixed in modern memory as a traumatic constitutional crisis wrapped in what many consider the most fateful love story of the century. The King’s determination to marry Wallis Simpson, “the woman he loved,” still feeds the mills of popular and academic history. The narrative, however, habitually focuses on the Anglocentric world of the Court of St. James, the Anglican hierarchy, and Stanley Baldwin’s Conservative government. This focus overlooks the key role of non-British participants in the crisis. This article views the abdication through a significant Canadian prism. In London, Ontario-born banker Sir Edward Peacock (1871–1962) served as the Receiver-General of the Duchy of Cornwall, the investment trust designed to support the duties of the Prince of Wales. As such, Peacock became Edward’s most intimate financial advisor as abdication loomed, a role now fully elaborated in light of hitherto unconsulted papers held at Queen’s University. Press baron Lord Beaverbrook played a more public role, joining with Churchill, as the King’s champion, using his mass-circulation newspapers to curry public sympathy for the beleaguered monarch. In Ottawa, Prime Minister Mackenzie King trod a characteristically cautious line between guarding Canada’s autonomy, won under the 1931 Statute of Westminster, while still preserving its filial tie to Britain.
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Kaszycki, Christine A. "A model for glacial and proglacial sedimentation in the shield terrane of southern Ontario." Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 24, no. 12 (December 1, 1987): 2373–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e87-223.
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Zonal stagnation is an important element in the regional style of deglaciation in areas of moderate bedrock relief (50–150 m), such as the shield terrane of southern Ontario. Bedrock topography played a major role in the stagnation process, as ice blocks were trapped within bedrock basins of all sizes. Stagnation occurred subglacially as the ice sheet thinned and trapped basal ice became increasingly isolated from its source. Sediment–landform relationships support this model. Bedrock lakes are floored by highly faulted laminated sediment, often displaying large ice-block casts. The dominant depositional landforms are ice-contact terraces, which flank valley walls. Sediment forming the terraces is variable, depending upon ice-marginal depositional environment.Models for two depositional systems are developed: (1) localized ice-marginal and subglacial sedimentation in upland terrain, and (2) thick proglacial basin-fill sequences developed in major structural valleys. In upland areas, sediment cover is thin and discontinuous and is composed primarily of complex sediment-flow assemblages. Basal till is rare but occurs as two distinct lithofacies representing (1) meltout from beneath wholly stagnant ice, and (2) deposition by basal melting from thin slabs of stagnant, debris-rich ice lodged beneath an active shear zone. Thick proglacial basin-fill sequences exhibit complex facies relationships. Ice-contact lacustrine terraces comprise fining-upward subaqueous outwash sequences, developed as density underflows were funnelled between rock knobs and blocks of stagnant ice. Kettle lakes developed within large basins where ice blocks persisted for the longest period of time.
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Hubbard, Melissa. "Nurse Practitioner Preferences for Distance Education Methods Related to Learning Style, Course Content, and Achievement. Andrusyszyn MA, Cragg CE, Humbert J (University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada). J Nurs Educ. 2001;40:163-170." Journal of Physical Therapy Education 17, no. 1 (2003): 79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00001416-200301000-00016.
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Sparkes, Brian A. "(J.W.) Hayes Greek and Greek-style painted and plain pottery in the Royal Ontario Museum, excluding black-figure and red-figure vases. Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum, 1992. Pp. xv + 223, ill. C$95. 0888543980." Journal of Hellenic Studies 117 (November 1997): 264. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/632616.
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(CSPS), Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sci. "Conference 2018: Translating Innovative Technology to Patient Care. An international symposium held jointly by CSPS, CSPT, and CC-CRS, May 22-25, 2018, Toronto, ON, Canada." Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences 21 (July 20, 2018): 1s—162s. http://dx.doi.org/10.18433/jpps30085.
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Plenaries and Special Presentations:- Mary Haak-Frendscho, Blueline Bioscience & Versant Ventures: The View From Here: Innovation Canadian Style- David Juurlink, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre: The North American Opioid Crisis from 30,000 Feet- Tak Mak, Ontario Cancer Institute, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto: The Fourth Pillar of Cancer Treatment: It Takes a Village - Richard Weinshilboum, Mayo Clinic: Pharmacogenomics: Clinical Implementation and Future Challenges- Gordon Amidon, University of Michigan: Don’t Throw the BA/BE out with the Bathwater: (Mechanistic Oral BE) CSPS Lifetime Achievement Award: Presentation & Lecture.Conference Sessions:Special Session: Innovation and Management of Modern Pharmaceuticals1. Opioid Crisis2. Regulatory Reforms3. Crossing Biological Membranes4. Knowledge Translation - From Real World Evidence to Canadian Healthcare Needs5. Pharmaceutical Potential of Stem Cell & CRISPR-Mediated Gene Modifications6. Immuno-Oncology7. The Gut Microbiome as a Novel herapeutic Target8. Practical Pharmacology: Case Studies9. Translational Medicine10. Cannabinoids11. Innovative Biomaterials for Drug Delivery12. Pharmacogenomic Implementation13. Drug Therapy in Children
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Mithun, Marianne. "Grammars and the community." Perspectives on Grammar Writing 30, no. 2 (March 31, 2006): 281–306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/sl.30.2.06mit.
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The audience for a grammatical description is an important consideration for anyone involved in descriptive linguistics. Potential grammar users include linguists, the interested public, and members of the communities in which the language is spoken. An awareness of the target audiences is necessary in shaping the grammar to meet varying needs. It might, for example, affect the choice of topics to be discussed, the organization and style of the presentation, the depth of detail to include, the use of technical terminology, and the nature of exemplification. It is not yet clear whether one grammar can serve all potential audiences and purposes. Whether it can or not, however, there is a good chance that any grammar will eventually be pressed into service for more than one. This paper offers some suggestions based on the author's experience with Mohawk communities situated in Quebec, Ontario, and New York State.
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Ramey, Heather L., Heather L. Lawford, Heather Chalmers, and Yana Lakman. "Predictors of Student Success in Canadian Polytechnics and CEGEPs." Articles 48, no. 2 (March 12, 2019): 74–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1057104ar.
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Student success in post-secondary education is an ongoing concern, however, research has focused on relatively homogeneous university samples. Moreover, Canadian research on predictors of student success is limited. Following recent trends, we examined non-cognitive, personal qualities, rather than cognitive predictors (e.g., IQ), of student success. Relying on a psychosocial model, we examined age, gender, perceived stress, maternal education, identity style, perseverance, and student engagement as predictors of student success in a multi-site sample of students attending a CEGEP in Quebec (N = 239; Mage = 18.6 years; 68.2% female) and a polytechnic school in Ontario (N = 209; Mage = 20.6 years; 71.3% female). Maternal education and perseverance emerged as significant predictors in both samples. Links between informational identity and cognitive engagement and student success differed by location. Our findings suggest the need to focus on student perseverance, and to consider identity and cognitive engagement dependent on the educational context.
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van Straaten, Bram I., and M. G. Kopylova. "Pyroclastic kimberlite deposits from the Victor Northwest pipe (Ontario, Canada): the transition from phreatomagmatic to magmatic explosivity." Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 50, no. 10 (October 2013): 1059–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2013-0028.
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Magmas of all compositions, including kimberlites, may undergo both magmatic and phreatomagmatic fragmentation during emplacement. In this contribution we assess the extent of phreatomagmatism at different stages of the pipe formation for the Victor Northwest kimberlite (northern Ontario, Canada). Detailed drill core and petrographic observations of all volcanic facies within the pipe suggest emplacement in two volcanic cycles, each consisting of three repeated eruptive phases. Pyroclastic kimberlite formed at the start of both cycles is characterized by the presence of fine-grained, poorly sorted deposits containing broken olivine crystals, angular country rock fragments, accretionary lapilli, and variably vesicular irregular-shaped juvenile pyroclasts. All observations indicate these deposits formed by phreatomagmatism. Subsequent clastogenic coherent kimberlite deposits were formed as a result of Hawaiian fire-fountaining during the second phase of both cycles. These phases were followed by mass wasting into the partly filled crater. The evolution from phreatomagmatic to magmatic fragmentation is commonplace in volcanic systems, and our study provides the first indication that the evolution from a phreatomagmatic to magmatic eruption style is also present in kimberlite volcanoes, suggesting kimberlite volcanism is not significantly different from more common basaltic to rhyolitic systems. In addition, this research indicates that high fragmentation intensities recorded by the presence of broken olivines, accretionary lapilli, abundant (angular) country rock clasts, and retention of ash are important textural criteria for recognition of phreatomagmatic kimberlite deposits.
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Auguste, Bourne Lewis, Michael Girsberger, Claire Kennedy, Thatsaphan Srithongkul, Margaret McGrath-Chong, Joanne Bargman, and Christopher T. Chan. "Are adverse events in newly trained home dialysis patients related to learning styles? A single-centre retrospective study from Toronto, Canada." BMJ Open 10, no. 1 (January 2020): e033315. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033315.
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ObjectivesHome haemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) have seen growth in utilisation around the globe over the last few years. However, home dialysis, with its attendant technical complexity and risk of adverse events continues to pose challenges for wider adoption. We examined whether differences in patients’ learning styles are associated with differing risk of adverse events in both home HD and PD patients.DesignRetrospective cohort study.SettingTertiary care hospital in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.ParticipantsOne hundred and eighteen prevalent adult (≥18 years) home dialysis patients (40 PD and 78 home HD) were enrolled. Patients on home dialysis for less than 6 months or receiving home nursing assistance for dialysis were excluded from the study.InterventionsEnrolled patients completed (VARK) Visual, Aural, Reading-writing and Kinesthetic questionnaires to determine learning styles.Primary and secondary outcome measuresHome HD and PD adverse events were identified within 6 months of completing home dialysis training. Event rates were then stratified and compared according to learning styles.ResultsThirty patients had a total of 53 adverse events. We used logistic regression analysis to determine unadjusted and adjusted ORs for a single adverse event. Non-visual learners were 4.35 times more likely to have an adverse event (p=0.001). After adjusting for age, gender, dialysis modality, training duration, dialysis vintage, prior renal replacement therapy, visual impairment, education and literacy, an adverse event was still four times more likely among non-visual learners compared to visual learners (p=0.008). A subgroup analysis of home HD patients showed adverse events were more likely among non-visual learners (OR 11.1; p=0.003), whereas PD patients showed a trend for more adverse events in non-visual learners (OR: 1.60; p=0.694).ConclusionsDifferent learning styles in home dialysis patients exist. Visual learning styles are associated with fewer adverse events in home dialysis patients within the first 6 months of completing training. Individualisation of home dialysis training by learning style is warranted.
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Harvey, Carol D. H. "Anne Martin Matthews. Widowhood in later life. Toronto: Butterworths, 1991, pp. 146." Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement 13, no. 3 (1994): 414–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0714980800006243.
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RÉSUMÉLe livre d'Anne Martin Matthews sur le veuvage au Canada est rédigé dans un style clair et fournit un compte rendu exhaustifde la documentation sur ce sujet. Elle utilise une approche d'interaction symbolique qui met l'accent sur les changements qu'apportent les personnes avec le temps. Elle mentionne que le veuvage est perçu comme une période stressante de la vie et met en lumière les caractéristiques propres à l'âge et au sexe des personnes qui traversent cette épreuve. Elle explore diverses questions telles le soutien social, la variabilité, le travail et la retraite, les orientations futures des recherches et les questions ayant trait aux politiques. Elle fait souvent référence à son travail en Ontario, mais le complète en faisant mention d'autres ouvrages canadiens, américains, britanniques et australiens. La lecture de ce livre, qui fait partie de la série de Butterworths sur le vieillissement de la personne et de la population, est recommandée aux chercheurs et aux praticiens.
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Ramey, Heather L., Heather L. Lawford, Heather Chalmers, and Yana Lakman. "Predictors of Student Success in Canadian Polytechnics and CEGEPs." Canadian Journal of Higher Education 48, no. 2 (August 31, 2018): 74–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.47678/cjhe.v48i2.188110.
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Student success in post-secondary education is an ongoing concern, however, research has focused on relatively homogeneous university samples. Moreover, Canadian research on predictors of student success is limited. Following recent trends, we examined non-cognitive, personal qualities, rather than cognitive predictors (e.g., IQ), of student success. Relying on a psychosocial model, we examined age, gender, perceived stress, maternal education, identity style, perseverance, and student engagement as predictors of student success in a multi-site sample of students attending a CEGEP in Quebec (N = 239; Mage = 18.6 years; 68.2% female) and a polytechnic school in Ontario (N = 209; Mage = 20.6 years; 71.3% female). Maternal education and perseverance emerged as significant predictors in both samples. Links between informational identity and cognitive engagement and student success differed by location. Our findings suggest the need to focus on student perseverance, and to consider identity and cognitive engagement dependent on the educational context.
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Kerr, M., J. Hanley, G. Morrison, J. Everest, and C. Bray. "Preliminary Evaluation of Trace Hydrocarbon Speciation and Abundance as an Exploration Tool for Footwall-Style Sulfide Ores Associated with the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario, Canada." Economic Geology 110, no. 2 (January 23, 2015): 531–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/econgeo.110.2.531.
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Schell, Bernadette, and Debra Tarnopolsky. "Budgeting Attitudes in Smaller Universities: A Function of the Environment, Environmental Outcomes, and Personal Outcomes." Canadian Journal of Higher Education 20, no. 2 (August 31, 1990): 9–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.47678/cjhe.v20i2.183071.
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Academic and administrative staff involved in the budget process in four small-medium universities in Ontario responded to a 16-page mail questionnaire on budgeting attitude as it relates to content, context, process, environmental outcomes, and personal factors. The results showed that for this setting, budgetees seem to have positive budget attitudes, high academic satisfaction levels, and high commitment levels. There was some dissatisfaction expressed, however, with many economic facets, including the university budget, the faculty budgets, the university's long-range plans, and the university's external relations. The personal budget history and values as motivators appeared to have less of an effect on budgetary attitude than did the respondent's definition of a budget, the perception of a consultative, fair superior-subordinate leadership style, and the fact that the superior holds the budgetee personally accountable for budget variances within the department. As hypothesized, there was not a significant difference in budget attitude scores between those of an administrative background and those of an academic background. Objectives for administrators in this particular environment are discussed.
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Balint, Gabriel, and Andrew G. Reynolds. "Effect of different irrigation strategies on vine physiology, yield, grape composition and sensory profiles of Vitis vinifera L. Cabernet-Sauvignon in a cool climate area." OENO One 48, no. 4 (December 31, 2014): 269. http://dx.doi.org/10.20870/oeno-one.2014.48.4.1695.
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Aim</strong>: The efficacy of partial root zone drying (PRD) and regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) on vine physiology, yield components, fruit composition and wine sensory profiles of ‘Cabernet-Sauvignon’ was investigated in a cool climate region in Ontario, Canada.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Methods and results</strong>: Field experiments were conducted in a Cabernet-Sauvignon block in Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON Canada between 2006 and 2008. There were five treatments : non-irrigated control, PRD, full irrigation [100 % of crop evapotranspiration (ET<sub>c</sub>)] and two levels of RDI (50 and 25 % ET<sub>c</sub>). Treatments started immediately after fruit set and continued until post-veraison. Soil and vine water status were apparently controlled not only by the amount of water but also by the irrigation strategy used. In the PRD treatments, soil moisture, leaf water potential, and transpiration rate were generally lower than in 100 % ET<sub>c</sub> but higher than non-irrigated and RDI treatments. Almost all treatments were different than in non-irrigated vines in fruit composition and wine sensory attributes. Wine sensory attributes differed considerably due to the amount of irrigation water applied in 2007. RDI strategies were more consistent than the PRD treatments in their effect on vine water status, grape composition and wine sensory profiles. Inconsistent patterns across seasons for some variables indicated that besides soil and vine water status, there were other factors that impacted vine physiology, yield components and berry composition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Conclusions</strong>: RDI treatments improved wine quality when compared with full or either non-irrigated treatments. Overall, use of RDI irrigation or PRD during dry and warm years can improve grape composition in cool climates.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Significance and impact of the study</strong>: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first evaluation of PRD and RDI on Cabernet-Sauvignon in a cool humid climate. It suggests that although RDI strategies are more effective, PRD also has value, particularly in dry seasons.</p>
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Fullagar, Peter K., Dean W. Livelybrooks, Ping Zhang, Andrew J. Calvert, and Yiren Wu. "Radio tomography and borehole radar delineation of the McConnell nickel sulfide deposit, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada." GEOPHYSICS 65, no. 6 (November 2000): 1920–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/1.1444876.
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In an effort to reduce costs and increase revenues at mines, there is a strong incentive to develop high‐resolution techniques both for near‐mine exploration and for delineation of known orebodies. To investigate the potential of high‐frequency EM techniques for exploration and delineation of massive sulfide orebodies, radio frequency electromagnetic (RFEM) and ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) surveys were conducted in boreholes through the McConnell massive nickel‐copper sulfide body near Sudbury, Ontario, from 1993–1996. Crosshole RFEM data were acquired with a JW-4 electric dipole system between two boreholes on section 2720W. Ten frequencies between 0.5 and 5.0 MHz were recorded. Radio signals propagated through the Sudbury Breccia over ranges of at least 150 m at all frequencies. The resulting radio absorption tomogram clearly imaged the McConnell deposit over 110 m downdip. Signal was extinguished when either antenna entered the sulfide body. However, the expected radio shadow did not eventuate when transmitter and receiver were on opposite sides of the deposit. Two‐dimensional modeling suggested that diffraction around the edges of the sulfide body could not account for the observed field amplitudes. It was concluded at the time that the sulfide body is discontinuous; according to modeling, a gap as small as 5 m could have explained the observations. Subsequent investigations by INCO established that pick‐up in the metal‐cored downhole cables was actually responsible for the elevated signal levels. Both single‐hole reflection profiles and crosshole measurements were acquired using RAMAC borehole radar systems, operating at 60 MHz. Detection of radar reflections from the sulfide contact was problematic. One coherent reflection was observed from the hanging‐wall contact in single‐hole reflection mode. This reflection could be traced about 25 m uphole from the contact. In addition to unfavorable survey geometry, factors which may have suppressed reflections included host rock heterogeneity, disseminated sulfides, and contact irregularity. Velocity and absorption tomograms were generated in the Sudbury Breccia host rock from the crosshole radar. Radar velocity was variable, averaging 125 m/μs, while absorption was typically 0.8 dB/m at 60 MHz. Kirchhoff‐style 2-D migration of later arrivals in the crosshole radargrams defined reflective zones that roughly parallel the inferred edge of the sulfide body. The McConnell high‐frequency EM surveys established that radio tomography and simple radio shadowing are potentially valuable for near‐ and in‐mine exploration and orebody delineation in the Sudbury Breccia. The effectiveness of borehole radar in this particular environment is less certain.
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Gordon, Ascelin, Brendan A. Wintle, Sarah A. Bekessy, Jennie L. Pearce, Lisa A. Venier, and Joab N. Wilson. "The use of dynamic landscape metapopulation models for forest management: a case study of the red-backed salamander." Canadian Journal of Forest Research 42, no. 6 (June 2012): 1091–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/x2012-068.
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Spatial models of population dynamics have been proposed as a useful method for predicting the impacts of environmental change on biodiversity. Here, we demonstrate advances in dynamic landscape metapopulation modelling and its use as a decision support tool for evaluating the impacts of forest management scenarios. This novel modelling framework incorporates both landscape and metapopulation model stochasticity and allows their relative contributions to model output variance to be characterized. It includes a detailed sensitivity analysis, allowing defensible uncertainty bounds and the prioritization of future data gathering to reduce model uncertainties. We demonstrate this framework by modelling the landscape-level impacts of eight forest management scenarios on the red-backed salamander ( Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818)) in the boreal forest of Ontario, Canada, using the RAMAS Landscape package. The 100 year forest management scenarios ranged in intensity of timber harvesting and fire suppression. All scenarios including harvesting predicted decreases in salamander population size and the current style of forest management is predicted to produce a 9%–17% decrease in expected minimum population size compared with scenarios without harvesting. This method is amenable to incorporating many forms of environmental change and allows a meaningful treatment of uncertainty.
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Balint, Gabriel, and Andrew G. Reynolds. "Effect of different irrigation strategies on vine physiology, yield, grape composition and sensory profile of Sauvignon Blanc (Vitis vinifera L.) in a cool climate area." OENO One 47, no. 3 (September 30, 2013): 159. http://dx.doi.org/10.20870/oeno-one.2013.47.3.1547.
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Aim</strong>: The impacts of partial root zone drying (PRD) and regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) on soil moisture, vine water status, yield components, fruit composition and wine sensory profile of Sauvignon blanc were studied in a cool climate region.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Methods and results</strong>: Field experiments were conducted in a commercial Sauvignon blanc block in Ontario, Canada between 2006 and 2008. Treatments were: non-irrigated control, PRD, full irrigation [100% of crop evapotranspiration (ET<sub>c</sub>)] and one level of RDI (25% ET<sub>c</sub>). Treatments began immediately after fruit set and continued until the beginning of September. Reference evapotranspiration (ET<sub>o</sub>) was calculated using the Penman–Monteith equation. Soil moisture and vine water status (leaf water potential and transpiration rate) in the PRD treatments were generally less than in 100% ET<sub>c</sub> but higher than in non-irrigated and 25% ET<sub>c</sub> treatments. Almost all treatments were different than non-irrigated vines in fruit composition and wine sensory attributes. RDI strategies were more consistent across vintages than the PRD treatments in their effect on vine water status, grape composition and sensory profiles.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Conclusions</strong>: Use of RDI or PRD in cool climates during dry and warm years can improve grape composition. In very dry and hot seasons, like that of 2007, irrigation improved grape composition and wine aroma typicity. RDI enhanced fruity aroma attributes, which suggests that this could be a viable strategy to improve grape and wine quality in cool areas. However, due to high climatic variation over the period studied, no consistent pattern of irrigation effects was found for berry composition, suggesting that plant water status was not the only factor that controlled fruit and wine quality.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Significance and impact of the study</strong>: To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first evaluation of PRD in a cool, humid climate, and highlights the potential value of both RDI and PRD irrigation techniques in cool climate regions, particularly during dry growing seasons.</p>
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Petrie, David A., Valerie De Maio, Ian G. Stiell, Jonathan Dreyer, Michael Martin, and Jo-Anne O’Brien. "Factors affecting survival after prehospital asystolic cardiac arrest in a Basic Life Support-Defibrillation system." CJEM 3, no. 03 (July 2001): 186–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1481803500005522.
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ABSTRACT Objectives: Previous studies have shown a low but meaningful survival rate in cases of prehospital cardiac arrest with an initial rhythm of asystole. There may be, however, an identifiable subgroup in which resuscitation efforts are futile. This study identified potential field criteria for predicting 100% nonsurvival when the presenting rhythm is asystole in a Basic Life Support-Defibrillation (BLS-D) system. Methods: This prospective cohort study, a component of Phases I and II of the Ontario Prehospital Advanced Life Support (OPALS) Study, was conducted in 21 Ontario communities with BLS-D level of care, and included all adult arrests of presumed cardiac etiology according to the Utstein Style Guidelines. Analyses included descriptive and appropriate univariate tests, as well as multivariate stepwise logistic regression to determine predictors of survival. Results: From 1991 to 1997, 9899 consecutive cardiac arrest cases with the following characteristics: male (67.2%), bystander-witnessed (44.7%), bystander CPR (14.2%), call–response interval (CRI) ≤ 8 minutes (82%) and overall survival (4.3%) were enrolled. Of 9529 cases with available rhythm strip recordings, initial arrest rhythms were asystole in 40.8%, pulseless electrical activity in 21.2% and ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia in 38%. Of 3888 asystolic patients, 9 (0.2%) survived to discharge; 3 of these cases were unwitnessed arrests with no bystander CPR. There were no survivors if the CRI exceeded 8 minutes. Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that independent predictors of survival to admission were “CRI in minutes” (odds ratio [OR] = 0.87; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.77–0.98) and “bystander-witnessed” (OR = 2.6; 95% CI, 1.5–4.4). Conclusions: In a BLS-D system, there is a very low but measurable survival rate for prehospital asystolic cardiac arrest. CRIs of over 8 minutes were associated with 100% nonsurvival, whereas unwitnessed arrests with no bystander CPR were not. These data add to the growing literature that will help guide ethical decision-making for protocol development in emergency medical services systems.
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Marciniak, Matthieu, Ralph Brown, Andrew Reynolds, and Marilyne Jollineau. "Use of remote sensing to understand the terroir of the Niagara Peninsula. Applications in a Riesling vineyard." OENO One 49, no. 1 (March 31, 2015): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.20870/oeno-one.2015.49.1.97.
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<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Aim:</strong> The purpose of this study was to determine if multispectral high spatial resolution airborne imagery could be used to segregate zones in vineyards to target fruit of highest quality for premium winemaking. We hypothesized that remotely sensed data would correlate with vine size and leaf water potential (ψ), as well as with yield and berry composition.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Methods and results:</strong> Hypotheses were tested in a 10-ha Riesling vineyard [Thirty Bench Winemakers, Beamsville (Ontario)]. The vineyard was delineated using GPS and 519 vines were geo-referenced. Six sub-blocks were delineated for study. Four were identified based on vine canopy size (low, high) with remote sensing in 2005. Airborne images were collected with a four-band digital camera every 3-4 weeks over 3 seasons (2007-2009). Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) values (NDVI-red, green) and greenness ratio were calculated from the images. Single-leaf reflectance spectra were collected to compare vegetation indices (VIs) obtained from ground-based and airborne remote-sensing data. Soil moisture, leaf ψ, yield components, vine size, and fruit composition were also measured. Strong positive correlations were observed between VIs and vine size throughout the growing season. Vines with higher VIs during average to dry years had enhanced fruit maturity (higher °Brix and lower titratable acidity). Berry monoterpenes always had the same relationship with remote sensing variables regardless of weather conditions.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Remote sensing images can assist in delineating vineyard zones where fruit will be of different maturity levels, or will have different concentrations of aroma compounds. Those zones could be considered as sub-blocks and processed separately to make wines that reflect those terroir differences. Strongest relationships between remotely sensed VIs and berry composition variables occurred when images were taken around veraison.</p><strong>Significance and impact of the study:</strong> Remote sensing may be effective to quantify spatial variation in grape flavour potential within vineyards, in addition to characteristics such as water status, yield, and vine size. This study was unique by employing remote sensing in cover-cropped vineyards and using protocols for excluding spectral reflectance contributed by inter-row vegetation.
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Marcellus, Lenora. "Bibliometric and Textual Analysis of Historical Patterns in Maternal–Infant Health and Nursing Issues in The Canadian NurseJournal, 1905–2015." Canadian Journal of Nursing Research 51, no. 2 (December 21, 2018): 53–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0844562118804119.
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Study background Journals are key learning mechanisms for nursing organizations. Analysis of publications provides opportunities to explore influences, priorities, and perspectives of nurses over time. Purpose To identify historical trends in maternal–infant health and nursing practice. Methods Historical bibliometric and content analysis of articles in The Canadian Nurse, 1905–2015. Six hundred sixty-eight lead publications in the journal were identified. Data were extracted on authorship, writing style, geographical distribution, and language, and content themes were determined. Results Five hundred twenty-five publications were written by nurses, and 272 came from the Ontario and Quebec. Nine key content areas were identified, including changing families, women’s bodies, prenatal care, birth care, postpartum care, when things go wrong, and keeping babies healthy. The number of maternal–infant publications in this national journal has been decreasing since the emergence of specialty journals. Conclusion Advances in perinatal nursing practice over the past 115 years in Canada reflect emerging scientific developments and evolving social values. These articles traced the medicalization and reclamation of pregnancy and childbirth, the shifting role of nurses in relation to other health and social care providers, and the impact of determinants of health on the well-being of mothers, infants, and families.
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Grauch, V. J. S., Eric D. Anderson, Samuel J. Heller, Esther K. Stewart, and Laurel G. Woodruff. "Integrated geophysical analysis provides an alternate interpretation of the northern margin of the North American Midcontinent Rift System, Central Lake Superior." Interpretation 8, no. 4 (October 26, 2020): SS63—SS85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/int-2019-0262.1.
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The Midcontinent Rift System (MRS) is a 1.1 Ga sequence of voluminous basaltic eruptions and multiple intrusions followed by widespread sedimentation that extends across the Midcontinent and northern Great Lakes region of North America. Previous workers have commonly used seismic-reflection data (Great Lakes International Multidisciplinary Program on Crustal Evolution [GLIMPCE] line A) to demonstrate that the northern rift margin in central Lake Superior developed as a normal growth fault that was structurally inverted to a reverse fault during a compressional event after rifting had ended. A prominent, curvilinear aeromagnetic anomaly that extends from Isle Royale, Michigan, to Superior Shoal in central Lake Superior, Ontario (the IR-SS anomaly), is commonly presented as a manifestation of this reverse fault. We have integrated multidisciplinary geophysical analyses (seismic-reflection, seismic-refraction, aeromagnetic, and gravity), physical-property information (density, magnetic susceptibility and remanence, and compressional-wave velocity), and geologic concepts to develop an alternate interpretation of the rift margin along GLIMPCE line A, where it intersects the IR-SS anomaly. Our new model indicates that a normal fault is the dominant structure at the northern rift margin along line A, contrary to the original rift-margin paradigm, which asserts that compressional structures are the dominant features preserved today. Integral to this alternate model is a newly interpreted, prerift sedimentary basin intruded by sills in northern Lake Superior. Our alternate model of the northern rift margin has implications for interpreting the style, scale, and timing of extension, rift-related intrusion, and compression during development of the MRS.
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Wister, Andrew V. "Living Arrangement Choices among the Elderly." Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement 4, no. 3 (September 1985): 127–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0714980800015968.
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ABSTRACTThis research explores factors which differentiate non-institutionalized elderly persons living alone, living only with a spouse, and living with other persons (with or without a spouse present). Special attention is devoted to the measurement and investigation of several social norms and personal preferences. These factors are organized in terms of a decision-making framework developed from micro-economic and demographic theory. Choice of a living arrangement is seen as the product of underlying norms and preferences, a set of socio-demographic factors, and constraints on choice. This research relies on data from 454 personal interviews drawn from a stratified random sample of persons 65 and over living in private households in London, Ontario, Canada.Data analysis indicates that the decision of whom to live with is complex and is influenced by a large group of variables. However, the most important factors are the social norms and personal preferences of the respondents. Of these, a preference for independence and privacy surfaces as the strongest predictor of living arrangements. Being able to do what one wants without outside interference in conjunction with a private living style tends to be viewed by older persons as very important household ‘goods’. The expected separateness of the elderly, age segregation or differentiation, and kinship obligations and ties were found to be influential social norms affecting living arrangement decisions. The analysis also suggests that the constraining effects of domestic competence, physical strength and mobility, and availability of kin for co-residence are also important. In addition, several socio-demographic variables including age, sex and ethnicity arise as significant predictors of living arrangements.
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Brownlie, Robin. "Man on the Spot: John Daly, Indian Agent in Parry Sound, 1922-1939." Journal of the Canadian Historical Association 5, no. 1 (February 9, 2006): 63–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/031073ar.
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Abstract In this article, the local application of Indian policy is examined though an analysis of the career of an Ontario Indian agent, John M. Daly, who served in the Parry Sound Agency from 1922 to 1939. While policy was decided in Ottawa, which closely monitored field officials, the agents were responsible for its practial implementation and for dealing with the contradictions and ambiguities which could arise in concrete situations. The Indian Department's reliance on information provided by the "man on the spot" meant that his recommendations carried a great deal of weight in decision-making. An in-depth analysis of the agent's day-to-day activities thus provides insights into the actual realities faced by Native people in their interaction with government. Daly's methods conformed well to the style of administration encouraged by the Department. A confirmed paternalist, he offered some protection to vulnerable individuals while opposing those who strove to assert self-determinaiton. He was always very concerned to maintain the Department's authority, on which his own was dependent — in particular, this involved keeping aboriginal people and band councils "in their place". By the 1920s the failure of the federal policy of separation, civilisation and assimilation was readily apparent — aboriginal people remained a distinct, unassimilated population, still largely segregated on the reserves which were intended to be absorbed into the surrounding communities. The formerly stagnant or shrinking Native population was beginning to increase, while reserves remained fixed in size and their resources were already substantially depleted. This, combined with the marginalization of aboriginal people within the mainstream labour market, meant poverty and hardship for many Natives. Since federal policy was never adjusted to cope with the new realities, the agents found themselves approaching the problem of Native poverty on an ad hoc basis. Daly's negotiation of these difficult circumstances is analysed in the following paper.
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Buskard, Paula. "A case study of teaching styles at One Ontario college." Journal of Vocational Education & Training 72, no. 4 (October 1, 2020): 599. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13636820.2020.1771081.
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Mercer, Kevin. "Facilitating Organizational Mergers: Amalgamation of Community Care Access Centres." Journal of Health Services Research & Policy 13, no. 1_suppl (January 2008): 46–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/jhsrp.2007.007066.
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Background The development of 14 Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs) in Ontario necessitated the re-organization of Community Care Access Centres (CCACs). The achievement of LHIN objectives was contingent upon the organizations responsible for home and long-term care placement being aligned within the LHIN geographic boundaries. This re-alignment required 42 provincial organizations to re-structure, integrate and reduce to 14. Assessment of problem This project was focused on the amalgamation of two CCACs in the Waterloo Wellington LHIN. Both were distinctly different due to their organizational evolution, the composition of the region and leadership approach. The different organizational cultures, if not managed properly, could result in a derailing of several current projects that were underway and were also key to the overall health system transformation agenda. A literature search provided a plethora of critiques of organizational change approaches and practical suggestions. Of particular relevance was a report to the Royal Commission on Health Care in 2002 that authenticates the dismal success in health care to meet change objectives. The project included a joint planning day for the leadership teams of the two organizations followed by an Organizational Readiness Assessment conducted by the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation (CCHSA). Results Both activities brought the leadership and staff of Waterloo and Wellington together, started the integration process and solicited staff participation. A follow-up survey of the leadership teams revealed the effectiveness of the project in advancing integration between the two organizations and recognizing organizational cultural differences. The CCHSA Organizational Readiness Assessment process was viewed as an effective means for advancing the integration of the two organizations, particularly as it relates to allowing the staff groups to define for themselves the benefits of the merger. Lessons and messages The lack of hard evidence on the benefits of a merger could have been problematic in terms of resistance to change if the CCHSA process had not been used. The readiness assessment report provided 49 recommendations that served as baseline information needed for the design of a change strategy that is anchored in knowledge of variation in organizational culture, practice, communications, client service and leadership style.
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Caruana, Jane, and Vince Morabito. "TURNING THE SPOTLIGHT ON CLASS REPRESENTATIVES -EMPIRICAL INSIGHTS FROM DOWN UNDER." Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice 30, no. 2 (October 1, 2012): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.22329/wyaj.v30i2.4367.
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Ten months before Ontario became the first Canadian common law province to authorise American-style class actions, class actions became available in the Federal Court of Australia. In these two countries and in the United States, the named plaintiffs, commonly referred to as class representatives, are the only claimants formally in charge of the litigation, on the plaintiff side, whilst the outcome of class actions binds not only them and their opponents but also the claimants that they represent, the absent class members. And yet, to date, there have been no comprehensive studies of class representatives in these three countries. The aim of this article is to partly address this significant lacuna in the international legal literature by providing the findings of an empirical study, that the authors have undertaken, of the persons that acted as class representatives in the class actions that were filed in the first 17 years of the operation of the class action procedure in the Federal Court of Australia. It is hoped that this article will prompt Canadian scholars to undertake similar studies with respect to Canadian class representatives.Dix mois avant que l’Ontario devienne la première province de common law canadienne à autoriser les recours collectifs à l’américaine, la Cour fédérale d’Australie autorisait ceux-ci. Dans ces deux pays, ainsi qu’aux États-Unis, les demandeurs nommés, communément appelés représentants, sont les seuls demandeurs formellement mêlés au litige du côté de la partie demanderesse, tandis que l’issue des recours collectifs lie non seulement les représentants et leurs adversaires, mais aussi les demandeurs qu’ils représentent, c’est-à-dire les personnes inscrites au recours collectif qui sont absentes. Pourtant, il n’y a eu à ce jour aucune étude approfondie sur ces représentants de groupes dans ces trois pays. L’objet du présent article est de combler en partie cette importante lacune dans la littérature juridique internationale en fournissant les conclusions d’une étude empirique effectuée par les auteurs et portant sur les représentants dans le cadre des recours collectifs introduits dans les 17 premières années du régime des recours collectifs devant la Cour fédérale d’Australie. Il est à espérer que le présent article incitera les chercheurs canadiens à entreprendre de telles études en ce qui concerne les représentants de groupes canadiens.
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Globerman, Kinneret. "VP110 Building Capacity In Health Technology Assessment Through Plain Language." International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 33, S1 (2017): 200–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266462317003695.
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INTRODUCTION:Health Technology Assessments (HTAs) and policy papers are generally written in academic style using industry jargon — pharmaceutical, medical, or scientific terminology — with a generous use of abbreviations. Transforming technical or biomedical data into easily understandable text is a necessity and a challenge for all of us if our goal is to facilitate HTA collaboration beyond borders and integrate HTA into healthcare practice. Many countries have legislated for plain language (PL), and organizations globally are beginning to recognize how it helps in the uptake of information, whether geared to healthcare professionals and all those interested in HTA, or the lay public.METHODS:A preliminary, informal online search for legislative and supporting guidance on PL was conducted, and a query sent out to forty-eight International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment (INAHTA) members.RESULTS:•The United States Plain Writing Act of 2010 has legislated that federal agencies use “clear Government communication that the public can understand and use” (1). Of the twenty-one respondents from INAHTA Listserv, seven use plain language in either their knowledge transfer tools (such as executive and research summaries, booklets and fact sheets, and patient or lay material).•The Government of Canada promotes plain language in all of its communications (2).•McMaster University's 2014 Health Forum on strengthening public and patient engagement in HTA in Ontario supported “clarity and consistency in the use of public- and patient-engagement terminology” in HTAs.•A growing number of international health-related and HTA organizations promote PL in their reports and HTAs to help with their health literacy.•Many pharmaceutical companies encourage PL communication in their writing (3).•Of the eighteen INAHTA responses received, eight reported that they use PL in their report summaries, knowledge transfer materials, and/or patient education tools.CONCLUSIONS:Adopting the practice of clear, straightforward writing and editing in all biomedical communication — including HTAs and journal articles — encourages interaction and engagement among patient, public, and healthcare stakeholders invested in HTAs, and their desire to have measured decision making based on comprehensive, informed, and easily understandable information. However, it remains to be seen if PL will be embraced by organizations worldwide. This preliminary, informal inquiry as to its use suggests that the adoption of PL by governments, HTA organizations, and the scientific community worldwide has not yet been fully embraced.
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Verma, A., I. Cheng, K. Pardhan, L. Notario, W. Thomas-Boaz, and D. Shelton. "LO39: Using an ambulatory zone to improve physician initial assessment times in a tertiary care hospital emergency department." CJEM 22, S1 (May 2020): S21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cem.2020.94.
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Background: Increasing Emergency Department (ED) stretcher occupancy with admitted patients at our tertiary care hospital has contributed to long Physician Initial Assessment (PIA) times. As of Oct 2019, median PIA was 2.3 hours and 90th percentile PIA was 5.3 hours, with a consequent 71/74 PIA ranking compared to all Ontario EDs. Ambulatory zone (AZ) models are more commonly used in community EDs compared to tertiary level EDs. An interdisciplinary team trialled an AZ model for five days in our ED to improve PIA times. Aim Statement: We sought to decrease the median PIA for patients in our ED during the AZ trial period as compared to days with similar occupancy and volume. Measures & Design: The AZ was reserved for patients who could walk from a chair to stretcher. In this zone, ED rooms with stretchers were for patient assessment only; when waiting for results or receiving treatment, patients were moved into chairs. We removed nursing assignment ratios to increase patient flow. Our outcome measure was the median PIA for all patients in our ED. Our balancing measure was the 90th percentile PIA, which could increase if we negatively impacted patients who require stretchers. The median and 90th percentile PIA during the AZ trial were compared to similar occupancy and volume days without the AZ. Additional measures included ED Length of Stay (LOS) for non-admitted patients, and patients who leave without being seen (LWBS). Clinicians and patients provided qualitative feedback through surveys. Evaluation/Results: The median PIA during the AZ trial was 1.5 hours, compared to 2.1 hours during control days. Our balancing measure, the 90th percentile PIA was 3.7 hours, compared to 5.0 during control days. A run chart revealed both median and 90th percentile PIA during the trial were at their lowest points over the past 18 months. The number of LWBS patients decreased during the trial; EDLOS did not change. The majority of patients, nurses, and physicians felt the trial could be implemented permanently. Discussion/Impact: Although our highly specialized tertiary care hospital faces unique challenges and high occupancy pressures, a community-hospital style AZ model was successful in improving PIA. Shorter PIA times can improve other quality metrics, such as timeliness of analgesia and antibiotics. We are working to optimize the model based on feedback before we cycle another trial. Our findings suggest that other tertiary care EDs should consider similar AZ models.
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Frager, Ruth A., and Carmela Patrias. "Welland Ontario’s Springfield Plan: Post-War Canadian Citizenship Training, American Style?" Histoire sociale/Social history 50, no. 101 (2017): 113–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/his.2017.0006.
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Semple, Noel. "Male, Pale, and Stale? Diversity in Lawyers’ Leadership." Canadian Journal of Law and Society / Revue Canadienne Droit et Société 31, no. 03 (November 21, 2016): 405–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cls.2016.33.
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Abstract When lawyers elect the leaders of their self-regulatory organizations, what sort of people do they vote for? How do the selection processes for elite lawyer sub-groups affect the diversity and efficacy of those groups? This article quantitatively assesses the demographic and professional diversity of leadership in the Law Society of Upper Canada. After many years of underrepresentation, in 2015 visible minority members and women were elected in numbers proportionate to their shares of Ontario lawyers. Regression analysis suggests that being non-white was not a disadvantage in the 2015 election, and being female actually conferred an advantage in attracting lawyers’ votes. The diverse employment contexts of the province’s lawyers were also represented in the elected group. However, early-career lawyers were completely unrepresented. This is largely a consequence of electoral system design choices, and can be remedied through the implementation of career-stage constituencies. The Law Society’s “benchers” are more demographically diverse than other elite lawyer sub-groups, such as judges, and the open and transparent selection process may be part of the reason.
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Winger, Darrell, and Bruce Hunsberger. "Clergy Counseling Practices, Christian Orthodoxy and Problem Solving Styles." Journal of Psychology and Theology 16, no. 1 (March 1988): 41–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009164718801600105.
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This survey study of 127 male clergy from 10 Protestant denominations in Ontario investigated counseling practices, religious orthodoxy, problem solving styles and related variables, in order to increase the understanding of clergy as counselors. Results confirmed that clergy spend a significant amount of time counseling a wide variety of problems, and that their views of mental illness and their approaches to counseling are related to their religious orthodoxy and their approaches to problem solving. For example, clergy who tended to view both the individual and God as active in problem solving also tended to report using both psychological and spiritual techniques in their counseling. However, clergy who tended to view the individual as passive, and God as active in problem solving, were more likely to use spiritual techniques in their counseling. Similarly, more orthodox clergy employed spiritual counseling techniques more than did less orthodox clergy. Other findings and their implications are reported and discussed.