| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Cara Laney |
| Author | Erin K. Morris |
| Author | Daniel M. Bernstein |
| Author | Briana M. Wakefield |
| Author | Elizabeth F. Loftus |
| Abstract | In two experiments, involving 231 subjects, we planted the suggestion that subjects loved to eat asparagus as children. Relative to controls, subjects receiving the suggestion became more confident that they had loved asparagus the first time they tried it. These new (false) beliefs had consequences for those who formed them, including increased general liking of asparagus, greater desire to eat asparagus in a restaurant setting, and a willingness to pay more for asparagus in the grocery store. Ratings of photographs made after the suggestion reveal that the altered nutritional choices may relate to the fact that the sight of asparagus simply looks more appetizing and appealing. These results demonstrate that adults can be led to believe that they had a positive food-related experience as children, and that these false beliefs can have healthy consequences. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved). (from the journal abstract) |
| Publication | Experimental Psychology |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 291-300 |
| Date | 2008 |
| DOI | 10.1027/1618-3169.55.5.291 |
| ISSN | 1618-3169 |
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| Library Catalog | EBSCOhost PsycARTICLES |
| Date Added | Monday, November 02, 2009 6:28:19 PM |
| Modified | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 1:03:21 PM |
Written by Daniel Bernstein, Department of Psychology
| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Sue Ann Cairns |
| Abstract | The Canadian young adult novel The Maestro by Tim Wynne-Jones foregrounds the relationship between imagination and subjective agency. While Burl uses his imagination at the beginning to protect himself from his abusive father, his fantasies become dress rehearsals for small performances that allow him to try on new identities and exercise autonomy through conscious choice of possible actions. The protagonist’s imagination, nurtured by reading fairy tales, allows him to move out of his lonely private realm into intersubjective relationships with others, particularly with parental figures who support his developing sense of agency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Publication | Children's Literature in Education |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 59-74 |
| Date | March 2009 |
| DOI | Article |
| ISSN | 00456713 |
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| Library Catalog | Academic Search Premier |
| Date Added | Monday, October 19, 2009 8:07:33 PM |
| Modified | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 1:12:22 PM |
Written by Sue Ann Cairns, Department of English
| Type | Report |
|---|---|
| Author | Kent Mullinix |
| Place | Langley, BC |
| Institution | Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Institute for Sustainable Horticulture |
| Date | 6/1/09 |
| Pages | 1 |
| URL | http://www.kwantlen.ca/__shared/assets/envisioning-a-preferred-metro-agrifood12903.pdf |
| Date Added | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 12:42:37 PM |
| Modified | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 12:44:48 PM |
| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Charles Quist-Adade |
| Abstract | Part of a special section on the jointly organized 2007 symposium, "Ghana and Canada-50 Years of Friendship." The writer discusses Ghana's liberation movement and its leader, Kwame Nkrumah. He describes Nkrumah's liberation speech on March 6, 1957, and comments on his pan-African approach to liberation from colonial powers. He also remarks on the 2007 symposium organized by the Ghana Canada Association of British Colombia and Kwantlen University College in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada under the theme "Ghana and Canada-50 Years of Friendship." |
| Publication | The Journal of Pan African Studies |
| Volume | Vol. 1 |
| Issue | No. 9 |
| Pages | 224-225 |
| Date | August 2007 |
| ISSN | 0888-6601 |
| URL | http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com/hww/jumpstart.jhtml? recid=0bc05f7a67b1790ea903ef22f9e61c0ae9bcb841733a11bbd9aeb9dd0c06188984b21eb230cd887e&… |
| Archive | Social Sciences Full Text |
| Date Added | Wednesday, November 18, 2009 9:46:19 AM |
| Modified | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 12:27:48 PM |
Written by Charles Quist-Adade, Dept. of Sociology
| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Mark Glouberman |
| Abstract | In a recent 5-to-4 decision, the Supreme Court of Canada denied to Harvard University a patent on a genetically modified mouse. In their reasoning, the majority Justices, concerned obviously about the implications of granting the patent for the human case, argue that higher organisms (mammals) are not “compositions of matter” in the sense intended by the Canadian Patent Act. But if a mouse is not a composition of matter, what—indeed, what on earth—is it? As the minority Justices complain, the majority decision smacks of dubious metaphysics and theology. Appealing to a quite unlikely source, the Bible, I show that the distinction between mice and men can be defended without introducing problematic metaphysical and question-begging theological materials. I also show, en route, that the biblical position on the special status of men and women is not inconsistent with evolutionary theory. Granting a patent on the mouse (as was done in the U.S.A.) is compatible with denying it to human organisms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Publication | Ratio Juris |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 107-124 |
| Date | March 2008 |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9337.2007.00385.x |
| ISSN | 09521917 |
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| Archive | Academic Search Premier |
| Date Added | Wednesday, October 21, 2009 11:26:56 AM |
| Modified | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 1:09:29 PM |
Written by Mark Glouberman, Department of Philosophy and Humanities
| Type | Book Section |
|---|---|
| Author | P. Randall Kropp |
| Author | Stephen D. Hart |
| Author | David R. Lyon |
| Editor | J. Reid Meloy |
| Editor | Lorraine Sheridan |
| Editor | Jens Hoffmann |
| Abstract | A celebrity is someone who is "famous for being famous," to paraphrase Boorstin. Although celebrities do not represent a new phenomenon, the rise of mass media in the 1980's gave the general public access to the intimate facts of the lives of public figures, and even allowed them to see or hear public figures on a regular basis. The phenomenon of stalking has interesting ties to the concept of celebrity. It was the mass media that introduced these stalkers to their victims and that fueled their obsessions. Although it is generally recognized that most stalking arises in the context of close personal relationships (e.g., following dissolution of intimate relationships), stalking cases that involve public figures are among the most complex, fascinating, and difficult to assess and manage. This chapter addresses primarily the initial task of appraising risk in public figure stalking cases and leaves discussion of stalking risk management to other chapters. It begins by highlighting the difficulties inherent in the assessment of stalking risk, especially in cases involving public figures. Next, the main approaches to risk assessment are reviewed, focusing on structured professional judgment (SPJ) as a suitable procedure for cases involving public figure targets. The chapter concludes by applying a specific SPJ instrument, the guidelines for Stalking Assessment and Management (SAM), to a case of public figure stalking. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved) (from the chapter) |
| Book Title | Stalking, threatening, and attacking public figures: A psychological and behavioral analysis. |
| Place | New York, NY |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Date | 2008 |
| Pages | 343-361 |
| ISBN | 0-19-532638-5 |
| URL | http://webcat.kwantlen.ca:8080/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/3? searchdata1=206923{CKEY}&… |
| Call Number | HV 6594 S742 2008 |
| Date Added | Monday, November 02, 2009 6:44:18 PM |
| Modified | Tuesday, September 28, 2010 7:36:26 PM |
Written by David Lyon, Department of Criminology
| Type | Conference Paper |
|---|---|
| Author | Noemi Gal-Or |
| Author | Mathias Rauch |
| Author | Kristin Seffer |
| Abstract | The article elaborates upon the vast wage gap between the United States and Mexico asserting that solely economic explanations, i.e. New Economic Geography or the Theory of Comparative Advantage, trying to explain the low wage level in Mexico are not exhaustive. We show that Mexico is rather limited in undertaking economic policy measures to improve its international competitiveness due to its high dependence on the United States - the main trading partner. While an economic analysis can describe this situation and the recent developments, it regularly falls short of identifying the socio-economic and structural causes of the phenomenon. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate politico-economic and societal structures within the Mexican economy, state, and civil society. We argue that the main cause for the low wages is the existence of a state class able to generate rents. This state class uses a surplus, through which it has access due to the conjuncture of holding an office, to deliver loyalty and maintain its own privileged position. It does so by binding parts of society – especially the rural poor – clientelistically, what keeps them from political participation. These underprivileged, marginalised agricultural workers often migrate to industrial centres and offer their workforce accepting low wages. Redundant workers thus limit the bargaining power of the labour force. These circumstances, the incorporated labour unions and foreign – mostly US-American – maquila businesses interested in low labour costs had not only been very effective in keeping Mexican wages on a low level, they also successfully fragmented the working class. ..PAT.-Conference Proceeding [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Date | 2006 |
| Proceedings Title | Conference Papers -- International Studies Association |
| Pages | 1-32 |
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| Archive | Academic Search Premier |
| Date Added | Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9:42:59 AM |
| Modified | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 12:29:13 PM |
Written by Noemi Gal-Or, Department of Political Science
| Type | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author | Jeffrey Shantz |
| Abstract | In this article, the author links the workplace violence between 1941 and 1943 in Detroit, Michigan, to the riot that finally erupted in June 1943. According to the author, the riot left approximately forty people dead and 700 wounded and incurred approximately two million dollars worth of property damage. He notes that as in the earlier riots in other parts of the U.S., what precipitated the actual riot were rumors. However, according to the author, the violence that erupted during the period stemmed from escalating economic tensions between black and white members of the community. |
| Publication | Studies in the Literary Imagination |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 75-91 |
| Date | Fall 2007 |
| ISSN | 00393819 |
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| Archive | Academic Search Premier |
| Date Added | Wednesday, October 28, 2009 10:33:12 AM |
| Modified | Wednesday, September 29, 2010 12:28:08 PM |
Written by Jeffrey Shantz, Department of Criminology
| Type | Book Section |
|---|---|
| Author | Robert Adamoski |
| Editor | Diana L. Gustafson |
| Abstract | This chapter examines some of the earliest policies and practices of the emerging Canadian welfare state and discerns important tendencies evident in efforts to constitute women as appropriately gendered citizens. These tendencies have reemerged in a starkly neoliberal form in recent policies directed toward lone mothers and their children. Discussion focuses on the experiences of lone mothers in British Columbia who sought assistance from the Vancouver Children's Aid Society (VCAS) during the first 3 decades of the twentieth century. Correspondence and other data drawn from the case files of families who came into contact with the Society allow unique historical insight into how gender and race shaped the options available to lone mothers seeking alternate forms of care for their children. The Society's policies and practices toward lone mothers highlight the gendered bases by which fathers and mothers were able to argue for standing as citizens in their contact with this emergent form of governance. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved) (from the chapter) |
| Book Title | Unbecoming mothers: The social production of maternal absence. |
| Place | Binghamton, NY |
| Publisher | Haworth Clinical Practice Press |
| Date | 2005 |
| Pages | 141-165 |
| ISBN | 0-7890-2452-7 |
| URL | http://webcat.kwantlen.ca:8080/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/57/5/3? searchdata1=152363{CKEY}&… |
| Call Number | HQ 759.3 U63 2005 |
| Date Added | Monday, November 02, 2009 7:17:10 PM |
| Modified | Tuesday, September 28, 2010 7:36:50 PM |
Written by Robert Adamoski, Department of Social Sciences