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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 ...
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 ...
Class Politics in the Era of Neoliberalism: The Case of Karachi, Pakistan
(2014)
In one of the fastest growing cities in the world, and the biggest city in Pakistan, Karachi, the question of political praxis has seldom been addressed in academic literature beyond the received wisdom of various 'primordial' ...