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Item 2011 Dame Nita Barrow visitorship : final technical report(2013-05-12) International Development Research Centre (IDRC)This grant supported the visit of Shanthi Diariam, the fourteenth Dame Nita Barrow Distinguished Visitor, to the University of Toronto (UT) and the initial development of ‘Friends of the Dame Nita Barrow Visitorship.’ During her residence at UT, Ms. Dairiam taught a graduate course in the Adult Education and Community Development Program (AECD) at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). The report reviews activities, meetings, lectures and future plans for the ‘Friends of the Dame Nita Barrow Visitorship.’ Dame Ruth Nita Barrow was the first female Governor-General of Barbados.Item À l'épreuve du gouvernement urbain, les transformations du Parti de la Justice et du développement au Maroc(Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Paris, FR, 2009) Catusse, Myriam; Zaki, LamiaItem Above and below ground competition for solar radiation and soil moisture in a windbreak soybean system(University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, US, 1998) Nieto-Cabrera, C.The main role of windbreaks in agricultural systems is to improve the microclimate and enhance the growth and yield of the protected crops. However, some competitive windbreak-crop relationships have been recognized. Windbreak-soybean above- and below-ground competition was studied in 1996 and 1997 at Mead, Nebraska (41$\sp\circ$ 29$\sp\prime$ N, 96$\sp\circ$ 30$\sp\prime$ W, and 354 m altitude). The factors in the study were: windbreak orientation (east windbreak, west exposed (EW), south windbreak, north exposed (SW), and west windbreak, east exposed (WW)), root pruning (pruned (P) and not pruned (NP)), and distance from the windbreak (0.75H, 1.5H, 2.25H, and 3.0H in 1996, and 0.5H, 0.75H, 1.5W, and 3.0H in 1997). Windbreaks were two rows of green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica L.) combined with eastern redcedar (Juniperus virginiana L.) or Austrian pine (Pinus nigra Arnold), 12-15 m height (H), and approximately 60% density. The most critical period of windbreak-crop competition for soil moisture occurred during soybean reproductive and grain filling stages. Windbreak-crop competition for soil moisture existed at EW and WW up to 0.75H, but it was negligible at SW. The differences in soybean yield between NP and P plots at 0.75H, were 192-601 kg ha$\sp{-1}$ (12.2-21.7%) at EW, 892-874 kg ha$\sp{-1}$ (32.1-40.8%) at WW, and 137-173 kg ha$\sp{-1}$ (5.4-6.1%) at SW in 1996 and 1997 respectively. Soybean canopy temperature (CT) was higher and soybean leaf water potential $(\Psi)$ was more negative at EW and WW compared with CT and $\Psi$ at SW, at NP compared with CT and $\Psi$ at P plots, and at 0.75H, compared with CT and $\Psi$ at other distances. Competition for solar radiation existed at the three windbreak orientations up to 0.75H, but it was significantly greater at SW when measured up to 0.5H. Incident photosynthetic photon flux density (PPFD) integrated over the crop season in 1997 was 45.6 and 85.2% at SW, 73.5 and 86.7% at EW and 62.3 and 82.7% at WW, at 0.5H and 0.75H, respectively, compared with PPFD at an exposed field. Shading effects reduced soybean yield by 2333 kg ha$\sp{-1}$ (68.6%) at SW 0.5H, and by 577 to 1712 kg ha$\sp{-1}$ (17 to 40%) at SW 0.75H, compared with yields at SW 3.0H. Fewer accumulated growing degree days (GDD) were observed at SW up to 0.75H. Correlation between GDD and soybean phenological development existed at SW, but not at EW and WW windbreaks. Soybean phenological development at EW and WW responded more to soil water availability than to GDD accumulation.Item Abya Yala : una mirada indígena sobre el mundo, año 1, número 4, Equinoccio de Primavera 2004(Centre de recherches et d'études des traditions amérindiennes, Montréal, QC, CA, 2004) Centre de recherches et d'études des traditions amérindiennes; Filiatrault, Pascal G.Item Abya Yala : una mirada indígena sobre el mundo, año 2, número 1, Solsticio de Verano 2004(Centre de recherches et d'études des traditions amérindiennes, Montréal, QC, CA, 2004) Centre de recherches et d'études des traditions amérindiennes; Filiatrault, Pascal G.Item Abya Yala : una mirada indígena sobre el mundo, año 2, número 2, Equinoccio de Otoño 2004(Centre de recherches et d'études des traditions amérindiennes, Montréal, QC, CA, 2004) Centre de recherches et d'études des traditions amérindiennes; Filiatrault, Pascal G.Item Abya Yala : una mirada indígena sobre el mundo, año 2, número 3, Solsticcio de Invierno 2004(Centre de recherches et d'études des traditions amérindiennes, Montréal, QC, CA, 2004) Centre de recherches et d'études des traditions amérindiennes; Filiatrault, Pascal G.Item Abya Yala : una mirada indígena sobre el mundo, año 2, número 4, Equinoccio de Primavera 2005(Centre de recherches et d'études des traditions amérindiennes, Montréal, QC, CA, 2005) Centre de recherches et d'études des traditions amérindiennes; Filiatrault, Pascal G.Item Access to artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) and quinine in malaria holoendemic regions of western Kenya(BioMed Central, 2014) Watsierah, Carren A.; Ouma, CollinsFindings from this research show a low availability of subsidized Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) in the form of artemether-lumefantrine (AL). There is higher frequency of stock-outs in government facilities, while the private sector sells AL at higher prices, thus making it less affordable. In addition, frequent stock-outs of the required antimalarials for different weight groups calls for more emphasis on the implementation of malaria treatment policy. Evaluation of the subsidy policy, its implementation and role in malaria burden is necessary. ACT has been adopted following widespread malarial parasite resistance to more affordable antimalarial drugs.Item Acheter, c'est voter : le cas du café(Éditions Écosociété, Montréal, QC, CA, 2005) Waridel, LaureItem Activate, summer 2000 : countering media stereotypes the non - profit way(IMPACS, Vancouver, BC, CA, 2000) Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society; Morin-Labatut, G.; Gibbs, A.; Longhurst, J.; Crawley, M.; Barker, D.Item Actuarial Sciences Graduate Training Program (India-Waterloo) : final report(Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, CA, 2012-07) Hardy, Mary RosalynActuaries assess risks involved in insurance and pensions, through proper product design, pricing, development of underwriting standards, determination of asset management strategies, claims analysis, and enterprise risk management. The extremely small number of credentialed actuaries in India are in very senior positions, not available for supporting trainees’ education. The University of Waterloo developed an elite program to fast-track high-quality mathematics and engineering graduates through the actuarial credential. The sole use of funds was supporting the students named, and the ultimate impact depends on how successful these individuals are in promoting and developing the Indian actuarial profession.Item Adaptation to climate change in Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico : bridging disciplines and scales with scenario based integrative modeling(Rural Poverty and Environment, IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2009) Rodriguez Baide, Joysee M.The research aims to determine strategies that could assist successful adaptations to climate variability in complex socio-ecological systems such as the Calakmul biosphere region in Mexico. The presentation reviews environmental conditions and the lack of access to water supply, the organizational structure in Calakmul, the importance of forest resources, and the necessity of diverse income generating activities. Livelihoods are mainly dependent on natural resources (extraction and land conversion for cropping or cattle ranching). Regulations over resources and political marginalization can greatly limit adaptation options. The study presents some options and mechanisms for livelihood diversification.Item Adapting to climate change in Calakmul, Campeche, Mexico : bridging disciplines and scales with scenario-based, integrative modeling; technical report(Rural Poverty and Environment, IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2010) Rodriguez Baide, Joysee M.The report provides background to current socio-economic and environmental conditions in Calakmul, in particular rainfall variability and hydrological aspects of the region. Appropriate understanding and representation of the climate vulnerability aspects of socio-ecological systems is crucial. A participatory scenario modelling method provides an innovative, interactive way of looking at the future to explore potential and proactive decisions. Thematic issues were developed from a compilation of 235 survey participants.Item Addressing the maquila(CoDevelopment Canada, Vancouver, BC, CA, 1999) Rader, J.Item Africa in the world(University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, CA, 2002) Atta-Mills, JohnItem Africa peace and conflict journal, v. 2, no. 1, June 2009(University for Peace Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2009-06) Abdalla, Amr; Karbo, Tony; Murithi, TimLiberal peace theories prescribe electoral democracy and the free market as panaceas for all postconflict states, irrespective of a society’s ability to cope with the inherent competitiveness of ‘democracy’ and the markets. Current approaches to state building of universalized and ‘best practice’ approaches, not only restore superficial states, they also extend the colonial project of undermining organic processes of state formation and state building. Indigenization stands as a complement to the liberal peace approach. Challenges to traditional mechanisms of conflict resolution in Chad, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uganda are examined at various stages and levels of intervention.Item Africa peace and conflict journal, v. 2, no. 2, December 2009(University for Peace Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2009-12) Abdalla, Amr; Karbo, Tony; Allen Nan, SusanIn conflict systems, lasting social change depends on a host of dynamics. No one approach by itself holds the solution to protracted conflict: education and youth programs are only possible where human security supports physical survival; forgiveness and reconciliation cannot be divorced from reasonably open economic opportunity for all. Peacebuilding takes more than a village; it takes a village and a court and a school and an arts program and many more multifaceted components for building relationships, structures, and processes of peace. This issue highlights contributions by grants beneficiaries from Peace Research Capacity Building in Africa.Item Africa peace and conflict journal, v. 3, no. 1, June 2010(University for Peace Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2010-06) Abdalla, Amr; Karbo, Tony; Nelson, CatherineConflicts funded by lootable natural resources complicate the political economy of war, and transitions to peace. Globalization has provided an outlet for the sale of illicitly obtained local resources by state and non-state actors. These same global outlets in turn supply military groups with weapons. The absence of functional institutions in conflict areas, and systems of governance without prospects for furthering economic development have allowed the formation of war economies marked by violent appropriation of local resources. Academic thought on peacebuilding and development needs the kind of critical analysis offered in this issue.Item Africa peace and conflict journal, v. 3, no. 2, December 2010(University for Peace Africa Programme, Addis Ababa, ET, 2010-12) Abdalla, Amr; Karbo, Tony; Nelson, CatherineIn the wake of violence, many questions remain concerning what can be done to build peace: What are the dynamics of conflict in a given African context? Why are youths at the forefront of violence in countries across the continent? What measures should or can be taken to mitigate violence? Although simmering conflicts haunt African policy makers and academics alike, there are sometimes glimmers of hope, along with moments of regression. Contributors to this edition look at various issues involving violence and security and how local communities have bypassed the state in seeking solutions on their own.