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Boundary of the Greenbelt Plan, 2007.
An analysis of the success of the Greenbelt Plan in curbing urban sprawl in Ontario.
1,299 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper discusses the Greenbelt Plan 2005. It looks at the issues that have been created by suburban development, particularly urban sprawl. The paper then discusses the environmental, economic and political problems that can be caused by urban sprawl. The paper analyzes the Greenbelt Plan and discusses how it has been implemented in Ontario and its success. The paper finally presents an argument that the Greenbelt area is not significantly curbing urban sprawl. In order to further its arguments, the paper includes area maps.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Greenbelt Plan
Thesis
The Study Area
Method
Population Growth in Scugog Township
The Growth Rate of Vaughan and Uxbridge
Conclusions
From the Paper
"The first factor that needs to be considered is that the census data is not current. The census data was obtained in 2001. The Greenbelt plan was not implemented until 2005. This means that the real effects of the Greenbelt will not be observable until the most recent census is made available. Even then the data may only show the beginning of a curbing trend."
"The other factor to consider is location. Vaughan is located immediately north of Toronto. Uxbridge and Scugog Township are located to a considerable distance from Toronto. Vaughan's close proximity to Toronto may be a factor in its higher growth rate."
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Racial Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System, 2007.
An examination of racial prejudices and racial bias in the criminal justice system in Canada and the reasons for this practice.
1,040 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 36.95
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This paper analyzes whether Black people are mistreated by the criminal justice system in Canada and if they face discrimination from both the police and the courts. It discusses the failure of the criminal justice system to provide appropriate services to people of minority groups. The paper specifically looks at the over-representation of black people in the criminal justice system. It then attempts to analyze some of the reasons how and why Black citizens are targeted by the criminal justice system.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Background on Black Over-representation in the Criminal Justice System
Possible Reasons Behind The Black Over-representation Trend
Arguments Against Criminal Justice System Racial Bias
Conclusion
From the Paper
"It is difficult to know how to respond to racial prejudices in the criminal justice system, as the overrepresentation of black citizens is imbedded in socioeconomic factors which cannot be explained by discriminatory practices implicit in the criminal justice system. The most obvious solution to the problem is to have separate justice systems for people of Aboriginal descent, where most of the problems of racial discrimination in Canada lie. However, would not the existence of different courts of law for different ethnicities further encourage racial stratification in society? The solution is not an easy one, and much more research must be done on the topic before an answer is forthcoming. A number of factors must be explored before a solution is implemented, such as what the current statistics revolving around discrimination studies mean, the relationship between social and economic factors and the criminal justice system, and the impact of developing stratification between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal citizens (La Prairie, 2004, p. 277). "
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Sport Chek Clientele, 2007.
This paper discusses Sport Chek outlet with regards to retail management.
817 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 29.95
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In this article, the writer examines the viability of a Sport Chek's retail location in the Toronto area. Sport Chek is first examined as a retail operation and then its target market is given some discussion. Finally, the Toronto area demographics are examined with some detail awarded to customer psychographics.
Outline:
Abstract
Sport Check Clientele
Overview
Target Market
Market Segmentation
Demographics
Psychographics
From the Paper
"Sport Chek specializes in delivering unequalled customer service in a retail environment that has been tailored to the customer needs and desires rather than to corporate strategies or operational needs. Sport Chek's product mix places it in different product categories within the sports industry which allow it to appeal to a wide customer base. Among its product categories are: apparel, bikes, fitness, footwear, golf, hockey, outerwear, racquet sports, ski, team sports, and snowboard products. Sport Chek is owned by the Forzani Group which is the largest retail sports retailer in Canada with several other retail operations in addition to Sport Chek. While the company does not breakdown earnings by division, Sport Chek's parent corporation, the Forzani Group, reported $1,129,404k in total revenues of 2006. Sport Chek is a recognizable brand in Canada and particularly in the Toronto area."
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Big Box Sprawl, 2007.
An analysis of the range of variables that have contributed to the decline of the urban, inner-city retail strips and the rise of the suburban economic power centers.
2,383 words (approx. 9.5 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 73.95
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This paper discusses the decline of the urban, inner-city retail strips and the rise of the suburban economic power centers featuring the massive commercial developments known as "big box" or "category killer" retailers. The paper examines this phenomenon and focuses on the experience of the greater Toronto area. It looks at the range of variables that have contributed to this phenomenon, the most significant of which is the explosive levels of growth in North American suburbs as immigrants bypass the traditional inner-city reception areas and settle directly in the suburbs.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Death of the Inner-City Retail Strip
Immigration and Growth
Characteristics of Suburban Retail Growth: The Big Boxes
Conclusion
From the Paper
"Rather, as this essay has attempted to show, demographic factors have also played an important role in both diminishing the local clientele for inner-city retail strips and fuelling the growth of not only the suburbs but the "big box" retailers situated in the suburbs. Immigrants have been central in this dynamic, as migration from overseas bypassing the traditional immigrant reception areas in Toronto's downtown core, as well as intra-city migration of already established immigrants, are not only resulting in the collapse of retail strips such as Chinatown East, but are accentuating the growth of Chinese suburbs and malls. In this analysis, while the suburban power-centres and inner city retail strips are not in direct competition, they are twin poles of an economic dynamic that is reshaping the retail and settlement patterns of cities such as Toronto."
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Urban Development in Toronto, 2007.
An analysis of the options for the development of Toronto's waterfront.
2,489 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 75.95
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This paper examines waterfront development in Toronto. In particular, it look at the history of waterfront development in Toronto since the 1970s and at how the current waterfront is falling short as a tourist attraction and as a business enterprise. The paper finally suggests which course of action makes the most sense for Toronto, as it strives to produce a twenty-first century waterfront, and then discusses these options.
From the Paper
"Moving forward, many critics are eager to point out that Toronto's tourism industry has been in a steady free-fall since the late 1990s and that Toronto's waterfront has not done its part in piquing the interest of outside visitors ("Aquarium Yes, Humanitas No," 2005: A18). Such frustration has convinced some that Fong's idea of catering to high-income "yuppies" is misguided; instead of trying to make Toronto's waterfront a place that hi-tech companies and their employees will find desirable, the focus should shift to designating aesthetically-pleasing "green spaces" along the waterfront. In fact, some seem to privilege keeping sections of the waterfront "green" more so than they do the idea of turning it into a place for low-income housing (Stefanovic, 2002: 304-315)."
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Canada's First Nations and the Mass Media, 2007.
This paper analyzes the representation of Canada's Aboriginals in Canadian newspapers.
1,267 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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The paper focuses on the time when Elijah Harper's single vote in Manitoba blocked the constitutional reform package known as Meech Lake. The paper explains how Harper's action elevated the concerns and interests of Canada's First Nations to prominence on the Canadian political scene. The paper then examines Thomas Walkom's article "A Tragic Death Puts Meech into Perspective" that highlights the Canadian mass media's view of the First Nations of Canada. The paper shows how the mass media's perspective is a complex one which, at one and the same time, mingles respect and sympathy for peoples of the First Nations with a view that these peoples are inevitably "wards" of the Canadian state.
From the Paper
"Mass media analysis is invariably complex in that media messages are often conveyed on more than one level in a mass media text. Consider, for example, Thomas Walkom's moving article "A Tragic Death Puts Meech into Perspective" from the Toronto Star. This article is profoundly disturbing in its depiction of the tragic death of a young Aboriginal woman - Noreen Munro - on the streets of Toronto where she lived homeless, while the constitutional debate known as Meech Lake continued. While this article is moving in describing the tragic end of this young woman's life, it is unusual in how Walkom suggests that this death suggests how pointless are the constitutional talks then underway in Ottawa. He concludes that such conferences should be limited to one in a century (Walkom)."
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Vipassana Meditation Training, 2007.
This paper presents a proposal for the introduction of Vipassana meditation training in federal correctional institutions.
1,690 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 14 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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The paper relates that Vipassana techniques for federal correctional institutions stem from experiments in prisons in the Republic of India that prove helpful to timeservers suffering from addictions, mental illness and apathy. The paper explains how Vipassana meditation teaches participants to clear the mind, achieve a new orientation of one's situation and relate better to others. The paper explores the success of Vipassana courses in Western prisons and concludes that in the Canadian context, one sees no objective reason as to why it might be unsuited to a federal institution.
Outline:
Rationale
Involved Parties
What is Offered
Orientation
Variables
Closing Gaps in Practice and Planning
Vipassana in Western Prisons
Concluding Notes
From the Paper
"This proposal was earlier developed for consideration by provincial corrections authorities and was suggested for a Federal facility. It pertains to basic Vipassana Meditation Training for timeservers to augment addictions and therapy modules that are presently provided in federal institutions. Vipassana techniques now taught in American and other prison settings stem from pioneering experiments in prisons of all kinds in the Republic of India to prove helpful to timeservers suffering from addictions, mental illness, and apathy. (Mazumdar 1981) Vipassana Meditation has shown its suitability in Third World and Western institutions. (See Fig II)"
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Crown Arguments and Sentencing in Canada, 2007.
A look at two cases dealing with crown arguments and lower criminal sentencing in Canada.
1,945 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 61.95
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This paper refers to two scenarios that can be seen as usual in lower Canadian criminal courts, in comparatively minor charges, with various circumstances to be determined by prosecutors towards recommendations for sentencing. The paper attempts to further understanding about the resistance Canadians show towards the concept of minimum sentences and, on the other hand, why the Canadian public often discusses sentencing as too lenient.
Outline:
Introduction
Case I
Case II
Reflection
Concluding Discussion
From the Paper
" The matter of a young woman charged with assault and possession of a dangerous weapon does not really involve a dangerous weapon, at all. The young person had made a verbal threat to inject the AIDS virus into a neighbour she claimed had caused a disturbance, on his property, as would be dismissed in terms of whether or not the needle had contained the AIDS virus or the offender's actual intent. A syringe may point to the offender's drug use but it is not illegal to possess one in contrast with selling an item pertaining to illicit drug use. As the matter involves uttering a threat, or assault with a weapon, implying a threat while holding a weapon, considered loosely under this charge, the Crown might request a penalty approximating a compromise between assault with a weapon and mischief. "
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Regulation and Market Forces, 2007.
This paper provides an analysis of pollution controls in relation to the Canadian petroleum industry.
2,341 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 72.95
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The paper examines the effectiveness of Canada's aggressive regulatory regime in controlling pollution emissions by the Canadian petroleum industry. The paper places particular emphasis on information asymmetries between government and industry. The paper shows the flaws of government regulation and concludes that were the government to instead invest in systematically promoting environmental awareness among the public, it would clearly have a significant impact upon the petroleum industry through market forces.
Outline:
Introduction
The Canadian Petroleum Industry
Information Asymmetries and the Pigouvian Tax
Regulation and its Discontents
Conclusion
From the Paper
"The question of the effectiveness of aggressive regulatory intervention in the marketplace is a complex one given how it balances economic theory and legal principles within the context of political realities. The complexity of this is due to the extremely high level of variables that must be incorporated into an analysis in order to fully understand the problem at hand. In this regard, the Canadian regulatory regime of pollution controls on the country's petroleum industry represents an excellent example through which we may understand the complexity of analysis of government practices in this regard."
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Health and Ontario's Poor, 2007.
This paper looks at the social causes of health differences in Canada.
703 words (approx. 2.8 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 25.95
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The paper discusses how social determinants of health affect health differences that are seen among people in Canada. The paper reveals that income and its distribution is an important determinant of health. The paper maintains that resources are not properly distributed and the poor are threatened by such issues as housing shortages, food insecurity and health problems.
From the Paper
"Social determinants of health determine how people will have the physical, personal, and social resources to satisfy needs, cope with their environment, and fulfill their personal hopes (Raphael, 2004). Such resources include conditions of childhood and income. Health differences that are seen among people in Canada mainly result because they are from very different environments which are linked to the social determinants of health. The most important point about the social determinants of health is that they produce a cumulative effect on the likelihood of developing a wide variety of disease (Raphael, 2004)."
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Canadian Owned Investment, 2007.
This paper discusses how free trade affected Canadian-owned capital.
2,878 words (approx. 11.5 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 85.95
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In this article, the writer looks at the historic patterns of Canadian-owned investment capital since the middle of the last century and explores how investment patterns were impacted by the arrival of the Free Trade Agreement. Specifically, the paper delves into which industries appear to be receiving Canadian investment capital, which ones are not, if that investment capital is staying in Canada, who among Canadian investment capital owners appear to be benefiting from the free trade regime, and what the future holds for Canadian-owned capital and those who determine to which ends it is put. In the final analysis, the writer maintains that Canadian-owned capital, largely because of free trade, will become more internationalized, more concentrated in service sectors, and more aggressively invested.
Outline:
Introduction
Historic Patterns of Canadian-Owned Capital Investment - From the 1950s Onward
The Introduction of Free Trade: How it Impacted Canadian-Owned Capital
Conclusion
From the Paper
"As one might expect, Canadians have long sent their disposable investment capital south of the border; indeed, by about the middle of the twentieth century, Canadians were sending more investment capital to America than they were to any other country. By the early 1960s, Canadians also constituted the largest group of foreigners engaging in "issue borrowing" in New York - so it is evident that many Canadian investors and borrowers preferred to deal with New York at least much as they did Toronto or Montreal. Naturally, this investment approach rather complicated nationalist policies put forward by Canadian governments which would have preferred that investment monies remain in Canada."
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Canadian Maple Leaf, 2007.
This paper looks at the evolution and history of the Canadian maple as a symbol of Canada.
1,100 words (approx. 4.4 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 38.95
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In this article, the writer explores the Canadian maple leaf as a symbol. Particularly, the paper looks at the significance of the maple leaf to nineteenth century forebears and how the national flag gradually evolved from prominently featuring the British Union Jack to not featuring it at all. Attention is also devoted to outlining how the maple leaf - unpretentious though it may be - is intended to serve as a symbol of strength and resiliency. The writer notes that ultimately, the maple leaf reveals the spirit of the nation as well as its growth as an independent entity.
From the Paper
"The maple leaf has always been a potent symbol for Canadian nationalists. For example, as early 1805 - fully 62 years before Confederation - the Quebec Gazette was praising the unprepossessing maple leaf as emblematic of French Canada; the following year, the rival le Canadien pronounced it suitable for the entire fledgling territory of all British North America. Why this might be so is a question which can lead to many different answers, but one of the most compelling ones put forward is that the maple leaf tree was seen by early nineteenth-century nationalists as a sturdy thing which endured storms and the vulnerability of youth to gradually emerge strong, free, and tall and capable of withstanding tempests; for the early nationalists, the tough and resilient maple tree was emblematic of the Canadian people. In fact, the maple leaf was so well-established in the popular iconography that Canadian officials actually wore maple leaf lapels and brooches during official royal visits in the nineteenth century - such as one celebrated visitation from the Prince of Wales in 1860 which was a major social event in Canada."
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LHINs in Ontario, 2007.
This paper explores the effectiveness of local health integration networks (LHINs) in Ontario.
1,459 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 48.95
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This paper explores both the potential benefits and the possible negative impacts of introducing local health integration networks (LHINs). The paper researches what the effects will be for Ontario once the LHIN program is operational. The paper provides a literature review and concludes that the outcome depends on the Ontario government's collaboration with the health care providers and the degree of integration that can be achieved.
From the Paper
"Local health integration networks (LHINs) are made up of 14 government building blocks. They are intended to plan, integrate, and fund health services at the local level. LHINs are intended to be an important part of the evolution of health care in Ontario from a collection of services that is uncoordinated to an integrated system (Ontario Government, 2006). These services include hospitals, community care centers, long-term care, and home care, among others in certain geographic regions. LHINs in Ontario will be serving between 250,000 and 1.5 million patients who will also be able to obtain health care services outside of their specific LHIN area (Lewis, 2005). The rationale for LHINs is that a particular community's health needs are best known by a person who knows the community (Ontario Government, 2006, p. 1)."
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Multiculturalism in Canada, 2007.
An analysis of the value of the government's multicultural policy in Canada.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 39.95
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This paper critically examines the complexity of negotiating cultural differences in Canada in the context of multiculturalism. It outlines the origins of the government's multiculturalism policy and discusses the criticism of the policy in practice. The paper argues that while the policy has undeniably been of value in supporting a multi-ethnic society in Canada, it has also often served to accentuate cultural differences rather than provide a mechanism for bridging these difference.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Beginnings of Multiculturalism
Negotiating Difference: Multiculturalism's Discontents
From the Paper
"In this analysis, it is clear that multiculturalism has been flawed both conceptually and in its practical implementation. This being said, however, the question of its ultimate effectiveness must be decided in its favour. As even its critics have noted, official multiculturalism policies actually costs the Canadian government only about $30 million a year; a cost that is far outweighed by its benefits for the Canadian body politic (Bissoondath 1994). The reality in Canada today is that while racism and prejudice remain concerns, Canada has never developed the ghettoes nor the apparently intractable racism that seems to be a constant of United States society. Instead, while Canadians do not always communicate well across cultural/racial boundaries, the toxicity and hatreds that may be encountered in other societies do not seem to be relevant here (Fleras 1992). As a result, it must be concluded that while multiculturalism is not perfect, it has yielded considerable benefits in easing tensions and promoting some degree of understanding in our complex, multi-ethnic society."
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Water in Vancouver, 2007.
An analysis of the environmental concerns surrounding Vancouver's drinking water.
914 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 32.95
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This paper discusses the bacteria content and safety of the drinking water in Vancouver, Canada. It looks at how the environment can affect one's drinking water and what needs to be done to prevent bacteria from entering the water we drink. The paper then discusses what individuals can do to help the community improve the safety of drinking water.
From the Paper
"Vancouver's water system has experienced problems in the past. For instance, bacteria in the water can be a health risk. Bacteria can affect drinking water if it is not prevented. "Unfiltered surface water supplies have the potential of containing the protozoan pathogens Giardia and Cryptosporidium" (Water 7). In fact, this has occurred in the past such as during the late 1920's. Since this time, environmental concerns have been addressed by many communities in Canada and the United States. Canada is concerned about improving water and sanitation in the region (ADB Taking New Directions). While Vancouver gets much of its water from Eagle Lake and Montizambert Creek, testing for bacteria is required. Samples are tested for bacteria, physical and chemical parameters including metals as well as samples for fecal coliform, total coliforms, and E.coli (2005 Drinking Water ii)."
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