Faculty and Staff: Scholarly Work, Research, and Creative Activity
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[Pre-print] Gravitational anti-screening and binary galaxies
(Springer, 2017-04)Previously, in Penner (2016a, 2016b), a theory of gravitational anti-screening was shown to lead naturally to the Baryonic Tully-Fisher Relationship. In addition, it was shown to agree with the observed rotational curve ... -
[Pre-print] Gravitational anti-screening as an alternative to the ΛCDM model
(Springer, 2016-11)Previously, in Penner (2016), a theory of gravitational anti-screening was shown to lead to the Baryonic Tully-Fisher Relationship. In addition it was shown to agree with the observed rotation curve of the Galaxy, the ... -
Stability of high-order linear Itô equations with delays
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2018-03-29)A novel general stability analysis scheme based on a non-Lyapunov framework is explored. Several easy-to-check sufficient conditions for exponential p-stability are formulated in terms of M-matrices. Stability analysis ... -
An archive of settler belonging: Local feeling, land, and the forest resource on Vancouver Island
(Carleton University, 2017)This dissertation explores the local, material, and affective processes of Settler (non-Indigenous) attachment to land on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. I describe these feelings for land as Settler belonging ... -
Still so little for the mind: The enduring relevance of Hilda Neatby's defense of liberal education in public schools
(The Eric Voegelin Society, 2017-11-27)Hilda Neatby was disturbed by the education system’s sudden and enthusiastic rush to embrace John Dewey’s philosophical ideas. The reforms being implemented in Canadian public schools in the 1940s and 50s were promising ... -
[Book Review] Why the humanities matter today: In defense of liberal education
(The Eric Voegelin Society, 2017-11-25)David Livingston reviews "Why the humanities matter today: In defense of liberal education" edited by Lee Trepanier (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2017). -
What can liberal education provide for citizens of liberal democracy?
(The Eric Voegelin Society, 2017-11-06)When one looks at the history of higher education in Canada and the United States it is striking to note that at one time every university regarded liberal education as its central purpose. Moreover, that purpose was ... -
Content is king: An analysis of how the Twitter discourse surrounding open education unfolded from 2009 to 2016
(Athabasca University Press, 2018-02)Inspired by open educational resources, open pedagogy, and open source software, the openness movement in education has different meanings for different people. In this study, we use Twitter data to examine the discourses ... -
Why liberals and conservatives will never, ever agree: [Book Review] The great divide
(The Eric Voegelin Society, 2015-09-13)David Livingstone reviews "The great divide: Why liberals and conservatives will never, ever agree" by William D. Gairdner (New York: Encounter Books, 2015). -
Faculty developers as allies (not experts) in supporting Indigenous perspectives
(Universities Canada, 2018-01-30)Situated in teaching and learning centres, faculty developers are well-positioned to be allies in the face of faculty uncertainty. Here and now, teaching and learning centres are being called to go beyond drawing rubrics ... -
Natural Gardener's demise a troubling sign
(Glacier Media, 2015-04-24)Vancouver is graced with many unique retail stores that help give a neighbourhood - be it Grandview-Woodlands, Main Street, or Point Grey - a distinctive flavour. But they are facing threat, and an alarming number have ... -
Springing the trap: [Album Review] Live 1975-85
(Dimension Publishing Inc., 1987-04)Don Alexander reviews the album "Live 1975-85" by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (New York: Columbia Records, 1986). -
[Book Review] The coming of World War Three: Volume 1
(Dimension Publishing Inc., 1987)Don Alexander reviews "The coming of World War Three, Volume 1" by Dimitrios I. Roussopoulos (Montreal: Black Rose Books, 1986). -
[Album Review] Revolutionary tea party
(Dimension Publishing Inc., 1987-10)Review of the album "Revolutionary tea party" by Lillian Allen (Toronto: Verse to Vinyl, 1986). -
Left ecology, deep ecology and shallow environmentalism: [Book Review] Environmentalism and the future of progressive politics
(Dimension Publishing Inc., 1990)Don Alexander reviews "Environmentalism and the future of progressive politics" by Robert C. Paehlke (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1989). -
Are our modern cities doomed?: [Book Review] Limits of the city
(Toronto Star, 1986-10-18)Don Alexander reviews "Limits of the city" by Murray Bookchin (Montreal: Black Rose Books, 1986). -
Anarchism and ecology before Bookchin: [Book Review] Anarchism and ecology
(New City Magazine, 1997)Don Alexander reviews "Anarchism and ecology" by Graham Purchase (Montreal: Black Rose Books, 1997). -
[Book Review] Local places in the age of the global city
(New City Magazine, 1997)Don Alexander reviews "Local places in the age of the global city" edited by Roger Keil, Gerda R. Wekerle, and David V.J. Bell (Montreal: Black Rose Books, 1995). -
Centralism, de-centralism and bio-regionalism
(New City Magazine, 1996)Two of the most important social movements in Canada today are the radical and social-democratic Left (exemplified by the Action Canada Network), and the environmental movement - in one of its more radical manifestations, ... -
The visionary regional planning tradition and the Greater Vancouver region
(New City Magazine, 1996)Since 1987, when the Brundtland Commission published its famous report, Our Common Future, discussions of urban and regional planning have tended to be strongly influenced by notions of 'sustainable development. ' This ...
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