Browsing MES Major Papers by Issue Date
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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) Crisis and the Policy Process: A Comparative Policy Network Analysis in United States and in Ghana.
(2014)Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been globally classified as a chemical substance of harm to flora and fauna. By virtue of this classification, PCBs have become an issue among well-meaning governments, non-government ... -
Beyond the Politics of Recognition: Settler Colonial Development & Urban Aboriginal Self-Determination in Toronto
(2014)This major paper explores the role that settler colonization has had in the ongoing struggles of local Aboriginal communities in Toronto. In order to explore arguments for Aboriginal rights in the city, the main research ... -
The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF- International) – A historical analysis
(2014)This Major Paper provides a historical analysis of the formation and development of CARF-International, a prominent private accreditation body in the social and human services sector. Accreditation is a system of evaluation, ... -
Of Erasure and Difference: The Continuing Colonial Project in Trancultural Psychiatry
(2014)Drawing on the personal stories of people of colour who have been in contact with psychiatric spaces, I argue that transcultural psychiatry commits itself to a colonial project which aims to do the following: exclude people ... -
Gender and Culture in Postcolonial Zambia: The Life Experiences of Yolanta Chimbamu Mainza Chona
(2014)When I was four years old, in 1991, my family moved from Canada to Kenya. My earliest memories are of our house on the college campus in Nairobi where I grew up. Along with my older brother, I attended an international ... -
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Sustainability in the Niger Delta: A case study of Chevron Nigeria Limited.
(2014)The objective of this study is to explore Chevron Nigeria Limited's (CNL) corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in relation to environmental sustainability in the Niger Delta (ND), as both in theory, work ... -
Engaging Citizens in Sustainable Development Policy in Regional Planning: A Comparative Study of the Regional Municipalities of York (Ontario) and Wood Buffalo (Alberta)
(2014)This paper explores whether changes in direct settlement patterns by recent visible minority immigrants influence the development and implementation of sustainability planning policy—the Integrated Community Sustainability ... -
Moving Towards Greater Justice: A Community-Based Research Project on Transit Affordability in Toronto
(2014)This report reflects on a collaborative advocacy research project I undertook in partnership with the Fair Fare Coalition (FFC), a transit activist and advocacy organization in Toronto. The project is a community-based ... -
Territory and Identity in Relation to Resource Development in Québec Settler Society
(2014)In the past few years Québec has been investing much more attention in more conventional types of energy. Indeed, more than one government has considered the possibilities to exploit shale gas, increase northern development ... -
Consultation Report on the Validity and Capacity of the Canadian Institute of Planning (CIP) to Facilitate a National Planning for Food Systems Platform.
(2014)This report is the result of Jamie Unwin's Master's in Environmental Studies (Planning) Major Project. It was conducted over a twelve-month period and designed to explore the validity and capacity for the Canadian Institute ... -
Meadow Systems Planning: Analysis of Restoration Strategies at the Don Valley Brick Works Park
(2014)This Major Research Project will assess management alternatives for ecological restoration in the DVBW Meadow in Toronto, with response to the following questions: How can the Don Valley Brick Works Meadow management be ... -
Gathering Abundance: An Exploration of Urban Foraging Practices in Toronto
(2014)This paper explores different urban foraging practices within Toronto aiming to understand the motivations for foraging within an urban centre, how this is enacted, and how the context of Toronto affects this practice. As ... -
The Skin of Nostalgia: A Reflection on the Artifice of Postcards, Structuralist Filmmaking, and Home Movies.
(2014)Widespread culture are infamously sentimental, sometimes trite, and often mundane. Feelings of nostalgia are often as benign as they are malevolent: a balm for the troubled soul, a poisonous dependence on the old ways, ... -
Think Outside the Cage: Moving Towards New Understandings of Companion Rabbits
(2014)Rabbits are the third most common companion mammal in Western homes, and their popularity continues to rise. However, they are also one of the most broadly used animal resources around the world, commonly being bred for ... -
Density Bonusing and Development in Toronto
(2014)Height and density bonusing is a planning tool that municipalities in Ontario have authority to use by virtue of Section 37 of the provincial Planning Act, which allows a municipality to grant a developer bonus height or ... -
Fostering Community Collaborations, Ecological Identities, and Eco-Spiritualistic Ideologies
(2014)In expanding my theoretical and practical knowledge in fostering successful collaborative learning opportunities, my major project is an example of participatory arts-based action research. I was e nthusiastically inspired ... -
Waking Dream: Cornell, Langstaff Gateway and Planning New Suburbs in the GTA
(2014)This paper explores the gaps between anti-sprawl policies and what has materialized on the ground in the Greater Toronto Area, a matter of particular import as the province's suite of growth management legislation is now ... -
Suburban Retrofits and Form-based Codes as Tactics for Strategic Densification: Evaluating Viability and Potential in the GTA Fringe
(2014)Suburban retrofits and form-based codes are innovative planning and regulatory tools that may provide a desirable alternative to conventional suburban development practices which often produce sprawling, low-density ...