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Item Extra chapter: Lullabies: Jules remix(2009) Skinner, HeatherThe MacEwan Book of the Year Student Contest invites students to submit creative and/or critical essay responses inspired by the university's current Book of the Year. Submissions are judged by MacEwan University's Book of the Year committee members. This work was the 2008/09 winning entry for Heather O'Neill’s Lullabies for Little Criminals (2006) and was awarded Creative Project winner.Item Building pressure: a deliberative argument against the Northern Gateway Pipeline(2012) Pluim, Derek NeilThis is a rhetorical analysis comparing and contrasting the supposed benefits and likely consequences of the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline. The issue of the Northern Gateway Pipeline is analyzed through the use of established rhetorical devices and appeals. The result of this rhetorical analysis finds the project to be a far greater liability than a benefit to the people of Alberta and British Columbia. The promises of job creation by Enbridge account for a small minority of the population being employed for a relatively short duration of time. Furthermore, the wealth generated by the pipeline project is not equally distributed back to the people of Alberta and British Columbia, respectively. Enbridge has also made dubious claims to “sustainable communities,” which amount to little more than large one time payments to charities and other organizations across North America. Furthermore, there are findings that suggest health complications in those individuals employed in the oil industry.Item Selling ourselves short: a discussion of water-markets in Alberta(2013) Pluim, Derek NeilThe issue of water management has become one of increasing importance. Any new policy regarding resource management must balance the needs of the environment, the municipalities, and industry. In an effort to reconcile these needs this report will review the best-practices of water policy. Specifically, the reason for undertaking this report is to research policy options available to the Alberta government to provide a framework for improving the Water for Life strategy. One generalization that can be made across the spectrum of privatization models is that whenever a resource is labelled a commodity, the objective to sell it for a profit invariably undermines the aquatic ecology at the source. The report identifies a common practice where industrial entities pay for water on a sliding scale, (if they are made to pay anything at all) with bulk water purchases becoming cheaper as more water is consumed. By applying a conservation-orientated system to industrial users, the minimum amount of water is available, but heavy fees are to be assigned for exceeding the allotment. An industrial system resembling the conservation-orientated approach could also add an extra incentive to recycle water used for industrial purposes. A policy of conservation-orientated charging applied to both municipalities and industry offers the best aspects of water leases and conservation enforcement. Ultimately, the research finds that private ownership of water offers more detrimental than beneficial for the people of Alberta.Item Beautifully average: Dorothy Corder’s only special need is to be another face in the crowd(2014) Garstad, TaylorA resident of the Lo Se Ca group home in St. Albert, Alberta is profiled.Item Children of fear: helicopter parents cultivate cluelessness(2014) Leeuw, Lauren deA look at the helicopter parent, the era where parents play such a significant role in their children’s lives that there is no definitive end in sight for when children will become responsible and contributing adults.Item ‘Not like chicken or fish; something new’: Meet the people behind Canada’s death revolution(2014) Wiart, NikkiAn exploration of death and dying in North America.Item A home in YEG: there is a province‐city plan to end homelessness in 10 years, but many of Edmonton’s street people will believe in progress when they see it(2014) Brown, GabrielleHomelessness in Edmonton is examined.Item Writing apprehension: an unnoticed page from the book of anxiety(2014) Witiw, TaylorThis paper ties together some of the limited research done on writing anxiety or writing apprehension. It considers the scope of this anxiety, treatment options, and illustrates the importance of intervention. Lastly, it calls for further research and attention for writing anxiety.Item Doctor Manhattan's voice(2014) Zittlaw, JimIn this paper, the author analyzes the style of Dr. Manhattan's narrating voice in the "Watchmaker" chapter of Alan Moore's and Dave Gibbons's Watchmen. The use of verbs, phrases, sentence structure, and formatting is examined and found to communicate effectively Dr. Manhattan's unique worldview.Item A local community for the global game: how Alberta’s only professional soccer franchise was built from the ground up, after three decades of failed experiments(2014) Arcuri, Mike; Umbach, JamieThe soccer team FC Edmonton is profiled.Item Things we found in the fire: ‘I’d compare it to the Chinese torture, where you bleed out from 1,000 cuts’(2014) Muzyka, KyleA resident recounts their experience during the Slave Lake, Alberta fire.Item A taste of Ecuador: from the Pacific to the Andes, to the Amazon(2014) Wipf, LloydAn exploration of Ecuadorian cuisine and food culture.Item A long, cold walk: The mean streets of Edmonton are especially frigid for the transgendered community(2014) Lamoureux, MackAn examination of transgendered youth in Edmonton.Item The feminine voice in global journalism: the example of Ukraine(2014) Wiart, NicoleThis study is designed to identify a discrepancy, if any, between the number of female and male journalists reporting on the crisis in Ukraine. Using a combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis, as well as primary and secondary research, the following paper attempts to bring attention to gendered differences in crisis reporting, and explain how those gendered differences affect the interpretation of a conflict. Previous research shows women are more inclined to cover crises from a human interest or human suffering standpoint, whereas men cover crises through politics and violence. The study concludes that while the majority of journalists reporting on the Ukraine crisis for The New York Times are male, it does not find a concrete correlation between the primary focus of the sample articles and the gender of the journalist. The analysis provides a starting point for future research, as well as a new perspective to a modern conflict heavily covered by North American media.Item Edmonton’s elephant in the room: everyone has Lucy’s best interests in mind but, as the debate goes on, one lonely animal is left to face another cold, northern winter(2014) Lamb, BerkleyThe controversy surrounding Lucy the elephant at the Edmonton Valley Zoo is examined.Item Life after the beat(2015) Poyal, PierreWe have all heard stories about posttraumatic stress disorder – soldiers returning from combat, firefighters after 9/11, refugees from war-torn countries, police officers on the job. What we rarely hear about are the things that linger in the mind and heart after a police officer retires from years in an occupation that is stressful and dangerous, and often thankless. Do they have trouble adjusting to civilian life? Does the ugliness of the job stay with them?Item Earth Hour app marketing research(2015) Rojas, Rannie Lou; Wong, LeoMarketing research behind the launch of the Earth Hour App for 2015 was done through this independent study. The project examines people’s heuristics and behaviours towards pledging to chosen environmental activities in preparation of the hour. The study’s foundation is supported by the social distance dimension of the Construal Level theory.Item When life is too much to bear: one woman’s story is a stark, cautionary tale about the toll stress can take on the young(2015) Saifee, SaharAn exploration of mental health issues faced by high school and post-secondary students.Item The struggle for the soul of Alberta Avenue: how 118 is shaking off its bad‐neighbourhood stigma – one little revolution at a time(2015) Khurana, TamannaHow one Edmonton neighborhood is revitalizing itself through the arts.Item The hunt for the inner spirit: it’s one thing to enjoy a culture from a distance, but when you find out you’re part of it, you have to find your way inside(2015) Davits, EvanThe author explores their Cree ancestry.