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Presents information on forest policy and research papers submitted at a conference held at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario in October 2000. Names of reviewers and conference organizers; List of researchers and overview of their research.

In 2015, the predominantly visible minority immigrant community of Herongate, in Ottawa, Ontario, was slated for redevelopment by its landlord, Timbercreek Asset Management. This redevelopment involved mass eviction of the incumbent tenants, demolition of the existing affordable housing and its replacement with luxury rentals, which, by all indications, are beyond the financial reach of the former Herongage tenants. This paper seeks to problematize large-scale residential real estate redevelopment in Canada and examine its impact, using the Herongate situation as a case study. Among other things, it profiles the Herongate community, its history and present redevelopment, and explores the legal framework, and the limits thereof, constraining mass evictions of this type in Ontario. The findings indicate that the selection of Herongate for redevelopment was not fortuitous; generally, racialized and immigrant communities like Herongate are disproportionately likely to be selected for large-scale redevelopment projects, and thus subjected to mass-evictions. Further results suggest that the dissolution of the Herongate community -- and the attendant dislocation of its members -- has exacted a pronounced social and economic toll and compounded the racial discrimination already experienced by the former Herongate residents, most of whom are visible minorities. The paper concludes with an appeal to imbue the redevelopment process with a greater regard for social justice, and a right to housing as a policy solution to address the injustice caused by real estate redevelopment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Canada, the solar electricity sector is growing rapidly. Much of this success is based on the growth of the Ontario solar market where more than 99% of Canada's solar electricity is generated. Ontario has developed a globally recognized solar market sector. The vast surface area of existing residential roofs across Canada represents an untapped resource for capitalizing on passive and active management of impinging solar insolation. The aim of the current research study is to evaluate the new energy harvesting technologies such as a thin-film PV integrated roof system that could serve as a conventional roofing for weather protection while generating clean solar electricity, and the new generation micro inverters that have the potential to outperform string inverters under shading and snow-cover conditions. This paper has two parts that will discuss about two smart energy harvesting technologies and their performance on residential applications in Canadian climate. Part 1 of the paper focusses on field evaluation of Roof Integrated Photovoltaic (RIPV) and Part 2 talks about the energy yield performance of integrated solar tiles and new generation micro inverters. The RIPV field trial took place at the Canadian Centre for Housing Technology (CCHT) Info Centre in Ottawa, Canada. This is a novel approach adapted from a roofing system that would typically be found on low-sloped roofs such as commercial supermarkets, industrial warehouses and school buildings. Over the eight month study period, surmounting the effects of snow cover and shadows, the RIPV system generated over 1 MWh of electricity, and had a measured system efficiency of 5.3%. The study on the new generation micro inverters for residential applications addressed the shading effects on the intermittent nature of solar energy generation. Simulating the shading conditions that are experienced by typical residential rooftop, the micro inverters were found to increase production by 1–68% relative to the conventional string inverters. The research outcome of this study has demonstrated that both these energy harvesting technologies have important incremental benefits in increasing the renewables contribution to power generation in residential homes in Canadian climatic conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines the development of a grassroots movement to revive the defunct Ottawa Rough Riders CFL franchise. Particular attention is paid to the theoretical implications of this movement for understanding social processes of collective action in sport-related contexts, the political economic forces that guide/structure these processes, and relationships between sport-related interest groups, the state and mass media. This historical inquiry and theoretical discussion is based on interviews that were conducted with key members of the revival movement (in 1999 and 2000) and on a content and textual analysis of mass media coverage of the group (from February 1998 until July 2000). The paper concludes with some comments about the potential relevance of this study for broader work on community, identity, and sport and with recommendations for future research on sport-related grassroots movements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Province of Ontario, Canada, launched a wastewater surveillance program to monitor SARS-CoV-2, inspired by the early work and successful forecasts of COVID-19 waves in the city of Ottawa, Ontario. This manuscript presents a dataset from January 1, 2021, to March 31, 2023, with RT-qPCR results for SARS-CoV-2 genes and PMMoV from 107 sites across all 34 public health units in Ontario, covering 72% of the province's and 26.2% of Canada's population. Sampling occurred 2–7 times weekly, including geographical coordinates, serviced populations, physico-chemical water characteristics, and flowrates. In doing so, this manuscript ensures data availability and metadata preservation to support future research and epidemic preparedness through detailed analyses and modeling. The dataset has been crucial for public health in tracking disease locally, especially with the rise of the Omicron variant and the decline in clinical testing, highlighting wastewater-based surveillance's role in estimating disease incidence in Ontario. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Highlights • Preclinical mesothelioma models are used to inform clinical therapeutic strategies. • Contrast administration time delay impacts enhancement of mesothelioma tumor on CT. • Segmented mesothelioma tumor volume from MRI is associated with patient survival. • Deep learning shows promise for mesothelioma tumor segmentation in CT. • CT-based radiomics is related to the prognosis of mesothelioma patient survival. Abstract Mesothelioma patients rely on the information their clinical team obtains from medical imaging. Whether x-ray-based computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) based on local magnetic fields within a patient's tissues, different modalities generate images with uniquely different appearances and information content due to the physical differences of the image-acquisition process. Researchers are developing sophisticated ways to extract a greater amount of the information contained within these images. This paper summarizes the imaging-based research presented orally at the 2018 International Conference of the International Mesothelioma Interest Group (iMig) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, held May 2–5, 2018. Presented topics included advances in the imaging of preclinical mesothelioma models to inform clinical therapeutic strategies, optimization of the time delay between contrast administration and image acquisition for maximized enhancement of mesothelioma tumor on CT, an investigation of image-based criteria for clinical tumor and nodal staging of mesothelioma by contrast-enhanced CT, an investigation of methods for the extraction of mesothelioma tumor volume from MRI and the association of volume with patient survival, the use of deep learning for mesothelioma tumor segmentation in CT, and an evaluation of CT-based radiomics for the prognosis of mesothelioma patient survival. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper describes core processes, components, and insights gained from a research internship offered through the University of Ottawa, Canada. The growing demand for high quality nursing research requires the development and implementation of strategies for enhanced research capacity. A three-month intensive internship was developed as a main feature of a nursing chair held by the first author. The internship was deliberately structured around core processes of providing individual and group mentoring, creating opportunities for experiential education, and strengthening networks with researchers and decision-makers in health services and policy research. Building and sustaining individual research capacity was supported with strategies to address system challenges. If nurses are going to make their voices heard and increase their contributions to novel health service delivery approaches, building research capacity will be a core element. The internship may be a useful prototype for the development of initiatives to build research capacity in other settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aims On 1 August 2001, the City of Ottawa (Canada's Capital) implemented a smoke-free bylaw that completely prohibited smoking in work-places and public places, including restaurants and bars, with no exemption for separately ventilated smoking rooms. This paper evaluates the effects of this bylaw on restaurant and bar sales. Data and measures We used retail sales tax data from March 1998 to June 2002 to construct two outcome measures: the ratio of licensed restaurant and bar sales to total retail sales and the ratio of unlicensed restaurant sales to total retail sales. Restaurant and bar sales were subtracted from total retail sales in the denominator of these measures. Design and analysis We employed an interrupted time-series design. Autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) intervention analysis was used to test for three possible impacts that the bylaw might have on the sales of restaurants and bars. We repeated the analysis using regression with autoregressive moving average (ARMA) errors method to triangulate our results. Findings Outcome measures showed declining trends at baseline before the bylaw went into effect. Results from ARIMA intervention and regression analyses did not support the hypotheses that the smoke-free bylaw had an impact that resulted in (1) abrupt permanent, (2) gradual permanent or (3) abrupt temporary changes in restaurant and bar sales. Conclusions While a large body of research has found no significant adverse impact of smoke-free legislation on restaurant and bar sales in the United States, Australia and elsewhere, our study confirms these results in a northern region with a bilingual population, which has important implications for impending policy in Europe and other areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Infant mortality is widely recognized as an indicator of poor living conditions. Scholars have identified economic, housing, environmental, and more recently, cultural determinants of infant mortality. Using individual-level data and record linkage this paper documents and explains the geography of infant mortality in Ottawa in 1901. Infant death in Ottawa mirrored the geography of poor living conditions in the city. The poorest and most densely settled community in Ottawa was Lowertown, a mostly French-Canadian part of the city with a disproportionate share of the city's infant deaths. In addition to environmental factors, infant mortality was linked to economic standing. Poorer families in Lowertown were more likely to have one of their infants die than better off families. After controlling for economic standing, however, cultural factors were stronger predictors of infant deaths. French-Canadian families in Lowertown had a greater risk of infant deaths than did families of other backgrounds irrespective of material circumstances. Supporting conclusions drawn elsewhere, this paper suggests that the interaction of particular cultural practices, such as shorter periods of breast-feeding among French-Canadians and a poor sanitary environment, resulted in high infant mortality rates in Ottawa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines the ways in which dogs and their owners interact in the Glebe, a small upscale neighborhood in the centre of Ottawa. Using participant observation and autoethnography, the paper documents my arrival with my dog in this new neighborhood, and our adventures good and bad. Issues such as contested use of territory, along with an examination of stratified layers of legislation and local, more personal views on dogs, are combined to provide a picture of a society in transition and partition, particularly with regards to public land and park use. Competing interest groups include cyclists, young families, seniors and those who believe dogs should be neither seen nor heard. The paper shows that dogs are 'lightning rods' for different levels of public opinion, which are manifestly concerned with animals but latently more involved with human socialization, with governance of the neighborhood, and with allocation of natural resources in the area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper reports the results of a laboratory study of the effects of (i) manhole proximity to installation site, (ii) pipe slope (i.e., approach velocity), (iii) upstream head measurement location, and (iv) submergence on the "hydraulics" of two types of sewer weirs used by the City of Ottawa. The City's streamlined form of broad-crested weir and its compound-shaped sharp-crested weir were initially calibrated for a "pipe straight"-arrangement (no upstream manhole is present) for a wide range of flow conditions at 0.2%, 0.4%, and 1.0% pipe slopes. The calibration tests were then repeated with the weirs positioned immediately downstream of a model manhole structure ("manhole"-arrangement). Corresponding data sets were compared to determine the effects of (i) approach velocity and (ii) manhole proximity (for two different shapes of manhole "benching") on the respective weir discharge coefficients.Key words: sewer weirs, broad-crested weir, compound sharp-crested weir, calibration, sewer benching, discharge coefficients.Cet article rapporte les résultats d'une étude en laboratoire sur les effets de : (i) la proximité des bouches d'égout du site d'installation, (ii) la pente des conduites (i.e., vélocité d'approche), (iii) l'emplacement des mesures de la hauteur de la colonne d'eau en amont, et (iv) la submersion sur « l'hydraulique » de deux types de crêtes pour égouts utilisés par la ville d'Ottawa. Les profils d'écoulement des crêtes rectangulaires de la ville et de ses crêtes triangulaires on été calibrés au départ pour un arrangement de « conduites droites » (aucune bouche d'égout présente en amont), pour une variété de conditions d'écoulement ayant des pentes de conduites de 0,2%, 0,4% et 1,0%. Les tests de calibration ont été répétés avec les crêtes positionnées immédiatement en aval d'un modèle d'une structure de bouche d'égout (arrangement « bouche d'égout »). Les banques de données correspondantes ont été comparées afin de déterminer les effets de : (i) la vélocité d'approche, et (ii) la proximité de la bouche d'égout (pour deux types différents de formes de bouche d'égout) sur les coefficients d'écoulement des crêtes respectives.Mots clés : crêtes pour égouts, crête rectangulaire, crête triangulaire, calibration, structure de support pour égouts, coefficients de déversement.[Traduit par la Rédaction] [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The arguments of this paper are primarily methodological: that distinguishing characteristics of a group can be identified through an analysis of its social control activities; and that an examination of a group's control behaviours should begin with a study of its culture, with special attention to its central problematic. Elements within the culture of a group contain important sources of behavioural control and contribute to the nature of the social order within that group. It is within the culture that normal sanctions, and limitations upon sanctions are either inferred or are explicitly articulated. The mode of analysis is illustrated through the study of the culture of the La Leche League, a self-help organization for women who want to breastfeed their babies. The paper concludes that the League's success in encouraging its members to adapt a lifestyle with substantial costs can be attributed to some important characteristics of the content of its central problem and its articulation with other aspects of the culture. The data analyzed come from La Leche League publications; participant observation at League meetings; and interviews with League members. The research site is Ottawa, Ontario. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents information on various developments related to labor. The State Historical Society of Wisconsin will record the oral history of the United Packinghouse Workers of America with the help of an NEH grant. Under the direction of Society Archivist Jim Cavangah, some 200 hours of interviews will be taped with union members throughout the Midwest. The Society is also the official repository of the records of the UCPWA, which is now part of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. The Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs at Wayne State University has opened several collections relating to the history of American radicalism since the publication of its catalog in 1974. The University of Louisville, Kentucky Archives has published a microfilm edition of the City of Louisville Municipal Reports. This complete set covering the years 1866-1916 includes information of interest to labor and urban historians and costs $640. The Sixth Conference on Workers and their Communities will be held May 9-11, 1986 at the University of Ottawa, Ontario and will focus on the theme Confronting the Crisis: Struggles in Work, Communities, and the Public Sector.

Background: The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic has disproportionately affected African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) communities in Canada. We investigated the prevalence and factors associated with HIV infection among ACB people in Ontario. Methods: A cross-sectional survey of first- and second-generation ACB people aged 15-64 years in Toronto and Ottawa (Ontario, Canada). We collected sociodemographic information, self-reported HIV status and offered dried blood spot (DBS) testing to determine the prevalence of HIV infection. Factors associated with HIV infection were investigated using regression models. Results: A total of 1,380 people were interviewed and 834 (60.4%) tested for HIV. The HIV prevalence was 7.5% overall (95% confidence interval [CI] 7.1-8.0) and 6.6% (95% CI 6.1-7.1) in the adult population (15-49 years). Higher age (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 2.8; 95% CI 2.77--2.82), birth outside of Canada (aOR 4.7; 95% CI 1.50-14.71), French language (aOR 9.83; 95% CI 5.19-18.61), unemployment (aOR 1.85; 95% CI 1.62-2.11), part-time employment (aOR 4.64; 95% CI 4.32-4.99), substance use during sex (aOR 1.66; 95% CI 1.47-1.88) and homosexual (aOR 19.68; 95% CI 7.64-50.71) and bisexual orientation (aOR 2.82; 95% CI 1.19-6.65) were associated with a positive HIV test. Those with a high school (aOR 0.01; 95% CI 0.01-0.02), college (aOR 0.00; 95% CI 0.00-0.01) or university education (aOR 0.00; 95% CI 0.00-0.01), more adequate housing (aOR 0.85; 95% CI 0.82-0.88), a higher social capital score (aOR 0.61; 95% CI 0.49--0.74) and a history of sexually transmitted infections (aOR 0.40; 95% CI 0.18-0.91) were less likely to have a positive HIV test. Conclusion: Human immunodeficiency virus infection is linked to sociodemographic, socioeconomic, and behavioural factors among ACB people in Ontario. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports on the Ottawa 90 International Animation Festival which was held from October 3 to 8, 2003 at the National Art Center in Ottawa, Ontario. Films in competition during the festival; Award winners; Quality of films featured during the event.

Abstract: This paper describes a detailed investigation into the effects of some of the major design features on the mobility of tracked vehicles over snow. The investigation was carried out using the latest version of an advanced computer simulation model, known as NTVPM, developed under the auspices of Vehicle Systems Development Corporation (VSDC), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Results show that the road wheel system configuration, initial track tension (i.e., the tension in the track system when the vehicle is stationary on a level, hard ground) and track width have significant effects on vehicle mobility over snow. On deep snow where the vehicle belly (hull) contacts the snow surface, the location of the centre of gravity (C.G.) of the sprung weight in the longitudinal direction has a noticeable effect on vehicle mobility, as it affects the attitude of the belly and the belly–snow interaction. Based on the investigation, a conceptual high-mobility tracked vehicle for over snow operations is discussed. Results of this study will provide the vehicle designer with guiding principles for the development of high-mobility tracked vehicles. It also demonstrates that NTVPM is a useful and effective tool for design and performance evaluation of tracked vehicles from a traction perspective. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: Urban forestry is increasingly vital for both wildlife conservation and human use, despite frequent conflicts between these functions. A fundamental task in urban habitat and recreation forestry is the identification of those habitat characteristics important for animal species and the evaluation of these within the geographies of human presence, urban proximity and land cover variation and change. This paper examines the habitat characteristics for birds in urban built, green and greenbelt areas of Ottawa, Canada, and an area of continuous Ontario forest, to determine the effects of vegetation density and patch size, and human presence on bird presence. Bird presence was measured by point counts, and land cover was mapped using field observation and aerial photographs (1955 and 1999). At the species level, the pre-dominantly forest birds were affected by human presence and were primarily associated with tree stands in the greenbelt and continuous forest. In dense urban areas there were larger numbers of a few ‘generalist’ species. Both forested and urban (residential/commercial) environments increased in area between 1955 and 1999, creating the two types of land cover favouring the largest number of birds, while the less habituated grass/farmed areas declined in area. More informed bird conservation and recreation management will depend on paying greater attention to vegetation cover combinations with urban development. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

This paper describes the results of a study of the correlation between the performances of wheels for lunar vehicles predicted using the Nepean wheeled vehicle performance model (NWVPM), developed under the auspices of Vehicle Systems Development Corporation, Ottawa, Canada, and the corresponding test data presented in 'Performance evaluation of wheels for lunar vehicles', Technical Report M-70-2, prepared for George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA, by the US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES). The NWVPM was originally developed for design and performance evaluation of terrestrial off-road wheeled vehicles. The purpose of this study is to assess the potential of the NWVPM for evaluating wheel candidates for the new generation of extra-terrestrial vehicles. Two versions of a wire-mesh wheel and a hoop-spring wheel, which were considered as candidates for lunar roving vehicles for the NASA Apollo program in the late 1960s, together with a pneumatic wheel were examined in this study. The tractive performances of these wheels and of a 4×4 test vehicle with the pneumatic wheels on air-dry sand were predicted using the NWVPM and compared with the corresponding test data obtained under Earth's gravity and previously documented in the above-named report. While test data on wheel or vehicle performances obtained under Earth's gravity may not necessarily be representative of those on extra-terrestrial bodies, because of the differences in gravity and in environmental conditions, such as atmospheric pressure, it is still a valid approach to use test data obtained under Earth's gravity to evaluate the predictive capability of the NWVPM and its potential applications to predicting wheel or wheeled rover performances on extra-terrestrial bodies. Results of this study show that, using the ratio (P20/W) of the drawbar pull to normal load at 20 per cent slip as a performance indicator, there is a reasonable correlation between the predictions and experimental data. This indicates that the NWVPM has the potential as an engineering tool for evaluating wheel candidates for a future generation of extra-terrestrial vehicles, provided that appropriate input data are available. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper presents the first actions of the Ordre de Jacques Cartier, a secret society founded in 1926 by a group of French Canadian functionaries in Ottawa. To get out of despair to survive and fight the constant opposition to recognize the right to use French at school and at church, those men decided to use the tools used by their adversaries. They opted for a new leadership, a discret action in the frame of a secret society with an authoritarian superior council, the chancellerie, and local cells, the commanderies. Their first revendications were for use of French, just representation in civil, politic and religious fields, in civil service, and also in school board, and University of Ottawa. The action of Ordre, will soon spread among Canada français, as a whole. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: We relate families of faults in the Ottawa graben to periods in the tectonic evolution of eastern North America. The Ottawa graben is a seismically active structure that coincides with a 55km wide topographic depression extending from near Montréal through Ottawa. It is part of the St. Lawrence rift system that also includes the seismically active Saguenay graben. The Cambrian to Ordovician sedimentary rocks that overlie Grenvillian basement rocks in the Ottawa area are cut by several generations of brittle faults. Relative ages of faults and associated structures are determined, or inferred, from field studies of key outcrops. Three periods of faulting are defined. The orientations of the paleo-stress fields associated with each period are modelled using fault and fault surface lineations orientation data. The oldest generation of faults (D1) formed in response to a stress field in which the greatest principal stress (σ 1) was horizontal and oriented NW. D2 and D3 occurred when σ 1 was oriented WNW and SW, respectively. Hence the paleo-stress field underwent a counterclockwise rotation from D1 to D3. The D2 and D3 periods involved the reactivation of faults and the development of new faults. D1 structures are kinematically congruent with the compressional direction associated with the closing of the Iapetus Ocean during Paleozoic time. Emplacement of Cretaceous carbonatite dykes coincided with D2, which occurred during the Mesozoic when the stress regime was associated with the opening of the Atlantic Ocean. The relative timing of these structures supports both Paleozoic and Mesozoic ages of mineralization events within the Ottawa graben. D3 structures are consistent with the post-Cretaceous stress field in eastern North America. Recent seismicity within the Ottawa graben may involve reactivations of faults belonging to the families identified in this paper. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Examines the state of homelessness in Ottawa, Ontario. Information about the country Ottawa; Influence of public opinion on legitimacy of the anti-homeless laws; Implications for political conditions.

Settler introduction of tobacco to Inuit Nunangat (homeland of Inuit in Canada) has led to high tobacco use prevalence among Inuit. Inuit are moving from traditional territories to the province of Ontario to access resources, including health services. Indigenous-specific tobacco cessation approaches in Ontario lack cultural relevance among Inuit, as they often reflect First Nations and Métis worldviews. To improve effectiveness of tobacco cessation services for Inuit living in Ontario, materials reflective of Inuit culture and worldviews were developed through a community-based participatory approach. The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health collaborated with Tungasuvvingat Inuit and members of an Engagement Circle who work with Inuit or identify as Inuk (n = 25) to initiate a knowledge translation project aimed at co-creating a toolkit of Inuit-specific cessation resources. Development was guided by Two-Eyed Seeing, whereby Inuit and Western worldviews come together to support a strengths-based approach. The toolkit was evaluated through a pilot session and focus group with Inuit living in Ottawa who use tobacco (n = 13) and an online survey administered with a group of helpers who work with Inuit (n = 11). Analysis of qualitative data from the focus group and online survey highlighted five themes: choice, cultural relevance and safety, capacity-building, access, and impact. Focus group participants reported they learned quitting was possible and identified new strategies to quit through the session. Our findings emphasize the importance of engagement and co-creation with Indigenous Peoples to ensure cultural relevance and appropriateness of healthcare interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The initial state of a sand, defined by the void ratio and effective mean normal stress, can be used to predict its large-strain response. Laboratory studies have shown that the shear-wave velocity of a sand is controlled primarily by the effective confining stresses and void ratio. Since shear-wave velocity can be measured both in the field and in the laboratory, there is an increasing interest in using shear-wave velocity to define the state of a sand. This paper presents an experimental study of shear-wave velocity interpretation for clean Ottawa sand based on steady/critical state concepts. The results show that the large-strain behavior of Ottawa sand can be estimated using shear-wave velocity measurements combined with a knowledge of the in-situ effective stress. Knowledge of the state of a sand makes it possible to estimate the boundary between either a contractant or dilatant sand at large strains. Based on these findings, a preliminary method to evaluate the potential for flow liquefaction using shear-wave velocity measurements is presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa, Ontario, has had a supervised playground program for the past 6 years, which is available to inpatients, outpatients, and their visitors This paper describes playground staff and volunteer prerequisites the role of interdisciplinary involvement, equipment and materials, factors to consider when planning outdoor activities, and the activities found to be most useful The authors' purpose is not to give the recipe for an ideal playground program, but rather to stimulate interest in the desirability of playground programs in health care settings through the description of one such facility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a citation of geologist Mark D. Hannington for the Silver Medal for 2008 from the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG). It cites his achievements while at Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) in Ottawa, Ontario for 16 years and subsequently at the University of Ottawa. It notes that he has published over 150 research papers, while his more than 100 refereed papers are published in 30 various journals and books. Also mentioned are other prestigious awards he has received, including the Waldemar Lindgren Award of the SEG.

Provides information on the International AIDS Impact Conference, held on July 15 to 18, 2000 in Ottawa, Canada. Topics being discussed at the conference; Attendance for the conference.

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The study analyzed the patterns of emergency shelter stays of single persons in three Canadian cities of different sizes (i.e., Toronto, Ottawa, and Guelph). Similar to findings of previous research conducted in large American cities in the early 1990s, cluster analyses defined three clusters with distinct patterns of shelter stays (temporary, episodic, and long stay). A temporary cluster (88-94 per cent) experienced a small number of homeless episodes for relatively short periods of time. An episodic cluster (3-11 per cent) experienced multiple homeless episodes also for short periods of time. A long-stay cluster (2-4 per cent) had a relatively small number of homeless episodes but for long periods of time. Despite their relatively small size, the episodic and long-stay clusters used a disproportionately large number of total shelter beds. The study extends findings from previous American research to a Canadian context and to small- and medium-size cities. Implications of the findings for program and policy development are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article discusses the grand strategy theory of Carl von Clausewitz applied to the culture and strategic choice of Canada in military strategy during the Cold War. It examines the explanations of the region's war strategy related to the theory of foreign policy and international relations. An overview of the conceptual and methodological challenges to Canada's military strategy is provided. It also explores the strategy applied in North Atlantic Triangle in Ottawa, Ontario wherein the strategy requires industrial, human, and military resources.

The Canadian political career structure has undergone recent and dramatic change. The merger of two right of centre political parties and the blurring of ideological lines between parties has noticeably increased the number of elected officials who switch political parties between elections. At the same time, the uneven fortunes of Canada's political parties across the country and within provinces has resulted in a patch work of career structures. There is no single or dominant career pattern in Canada. Instead there is as much movement from Ottawa to the provinces as there is from the sub-national level to the federal assembly. Given Canada's fractured party system, this arrangement seems likely to remain for some time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]