In this thesis I develop an account of the nature of limits of thought in terms of Husserl's phenomenology. I do this by exploring in terms of Husserl's phenomenology various ways thought-limits are encountered. Chapter One employs Husserl's analyses of…

Efficient and reliable tools are needed to accurately characterize the mechan- ical properties of soft tissue. A knowledge of Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio is essential to model mechanical behavior and quantify stresses and strain within soft tissues. The goal…

This study is an institutional ethnography which employs a critical race feminist theoretical framework in order to explicate the social relations that coordinate the experiences of racialized female student activists at McGill University. Interviews with students, administrators, faculty and staff,…

Changes in the Cree way of life over the last century are reflected by an increased prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Since traditional medicine (TM) is considered an appropriate complementary approach for T2D treatment and management, suitable delivery methods…

A literature review of student outcomes from inquiry instruction generated a list of 23 criterion-referenced student outcomes. These included more commonly addressed outcomes such as content knowledge and process skills, and less commonly addressed outcomes such as creativity, motivation, collaborative…

Inclusive education has had a long history of support from research and policy, yet remains controversial within some parent groups. Montréal parents of typically developing children and children with disabilities of elementary school age learning in an inclusive classroom were…

This thesis examines how silent mediums of expression in The Silent Woman, The English Patient and In the Skin of Lion widen the breadth of knowledge accessible to readers through storytelling. This study scrutinizes Michael Ondaatje's and Janet Malcolm's self-conscious…

This study examined the ways in which CBI classes are taught, including teachers' comprehensible input, the amount of student output, and the perceptions of both students and teachers regarding CBI. Two intact postsecondary CBI classes in Japan, totaling 76 students…

Knowledge Management (KM) to date has been poorly recognized, explained, and applied in China, and lack of empirical evidence has become a major barrier to the development of KM research in the Chinese academic community. The purpose of this study…

This dissertation formulates and analyzes three original models dealing with aspects of optimal property rights protection, in varying contexts. Chaper 1 is a survey of the literature on the importance of property and property rights in economic thought beginning from…