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Profiles the landscape of the North End of Winnipeg, Canada. The poverty-stricken area; The classic example of the ecological processes of invasion and succession; The ethnic other; Self-help and political action; Landscape and internal diversity.

Legislation requires universities to provide reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities to facilitate their access to post-secondary education. In the case of professional programs, educators must think beyond the classroom and consider the implications for clinical practice. The nature of some students' accommodations prompted concerns about the students' ability to meet program expectations. This paper describes the explorations and actions of the University of Manitoba Faculty of Nursing regarding working with undergraduate nursing students with disabilities. The paper includes a summary of literature, strategies adopted to facilitate access to nursing education for students with disabilities, and issues that require further attention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper is concerned with events that were the subject of an inquest into the deaths of 12 children who died while undergoing or shortly after having undergone cardiac surgery at the Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre, Manitoba, Canada, during 1994. A notable finding of the Sinclair Inquest was that nurses involved with the pediatric cardiac surgery program were concerned about the competence of the surgeon and made sustained efforts throughout 1994 to have these concerns addressed. That the nurses' concerns were not taken seriously is the central problem of this paper. Essentially, the position articulated is that gendered and gendering discourses constituted a form of power that structured the field of nurses' possible actions. These discourses constituted a resource to make nurses knowable, to produce them as certain forms of the person, and were therefore part of what governed nurses everyday conduct. Though neither simply good nor bad in themselves, in this case, these discourses had constraining effects on how nurses were able to conduct themselves. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines housing revitalization in Winnipeg's inner-city from local, national and global perspectives. Inadequate housing is a global phenomenon characterized by poverty, inequality, and marginalization. We will argue that Canada suffers from a systemic housing crisis that primarily affects immigrants and Aboriginal peoples. This study focuses on the Spence Neighbourhood Association (SNA), a community-based organization (CBO) funded by the Province of Manitoba. SNA has played a key role in promoting housing renewal in Winnipeg's inner-city, including renovating boarded-up homes in order to provide affordable houses for low-income families. Yet, SNA has produced contradictory results, including the onset of gentrification. The paper concludes that Winnipeg is facing a housing crisis that will not be solved by CBOs alone; it will require the involvement of the Canadian government through the promotion of a national housing strategy, particularly to address the immediate housing needs of Aboriginal and immigrant communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Numerous empirical studies have sought to establish a link between poverty, crime and victimization. However, the limitations of official crime and victimization statistics do not allow for a meaningful understanding of the experiences of the poorest of the poor in Canadian society. The homeless, those living in shelters, in downtown single room occupancy hotels, and in rooming houses are seldom surveyed about their experiences with crime and victimization. In this paper I present some preliminary findings from a multi-method study of crime and victimization among this segment of the urban poor. In-depth, qualitative interviews with a purposive and diverse sample of social assistance recipients in the inner city of Winnipeg provide the basis for the analysis. Preliminary analysis of the interview data suggests that the victimization experiences of this segment of the urban poor are unique and in large part shaped by their economic circumstances. The interviews also demonstrate that many among the urban poor do not view victimization in the same way as do the more fortunate in Canadian society. I use the words of interview participants in this paper to re-conceptualize the notion of victimization as it applies to the poorest of the urban poor. Furthermore, the experiences of participants provide a sobering account of the way the actions of governments, financial institutions and some inner city businesses interact in ways that can leave the most vulnerable in our society feeling even more victimized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The use of fiber-reinforced composite materials for the construction and rehabilitation of civil engineering structures is relatively new. Structural members are routinely joined by bolted connections. Bolted connections are relatively easy to assemble and maintain, and are capable of transferring the high loads that typically occur in civil engineering structures. Currently there is a serious lack of knowledge on the behavior and design of bolted connections for fiber-reinforced composites. In light of this, a comprehensive experimental and analytical investigation was conducted at the University of Manitoba to study the behavior of bolted connections in composite materials appropriate for civil engineering applications. A total of 102 single-bolt connections were tested up to failure. The various parameters investigated were the width of the structural member, the edge distance, the thickness, and the direction of the fibers with respect to the applied load. The experimental program also included comprehensive material testing to determine the various in-plane material properties. This paper discusses the experimental program, test results, and various modes of failure as affected by the foregoing parameters. From the test results an analytical model and design procedure were developed as proposed in a companion paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The housing difficulties facing many low income Canadians today is well documented. For newcomers, and particularly refugees, these challenges may be amplified. This paper considers the influence of legal status and place in the housing outcomes of government-assisted refugees and refugee claimants in Vancouver, BC and Winnipeg, MB. Results from the study indicate that while claimants in Vancouver face a more difficult 'pathway to permanent housing' than do government-assisted refugees, the same is not true in Winnipeg. More alarmingly, certain refugee groups face barriers beyond legal status and place, owing to characteristics of the group itself. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: An extensive research project is currently being carried out at the University of Manitoba, Canada, involving the development of glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) wind turbine towers. The towers consist of multi-cell segments, each segment constructed from eight filament wound cells jointed together with resin applied over their interface. The present paper mainly addresses the static and dynamic characteristics, such as failure static loads, modes of failure, fundamental frequencies and periods of such segmented composite towers. Both experimental and numerical results are presented. The experimental investigation involved the testing of two jointed scaled towers. These specimens had a total height of 4.88-m (16-ft) and were tested as cantilevers under static and dynamic loading. The testing was conducted at the W.R. McQuade Structural Engineering Laboratory of the University of Manitoba. Finally, finite element models were developed to analyze the structural behavior, static and dynamic, of single and multi-cell composite segments and towers. The results from the finite element models under static loading were validated through comparison with the experimental results. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

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This paper presents the results of an evaluation of the impact of Bill C-127 on the processing of sexual assault cases through the criminal justice system in Winnipeg. Because the law was intended to change the way in which sexual assault cases were treated by the courts, the authors employed logistic regression to examine the impact of several independent variables on charges and convictions before and after the new legislation. Logistic regression made it possible to determine whether the rape reform legislation led to changes in the way these independent variables affect charge and conviction. The research suggests the legislative reform has had only a modest impact on the treatment of sexual assault cases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the results of a study of the juvenile court system in twenty-two northern and rural Manitoba communities. The study included interviews of key actors and community members, court visits at each site, and an extensive file review. The study examines the problems of northern and rural circuit courts, compares the case processing time in these communities with the Winnipeg court, and analyzes the influence of social and legal variables on court dispositions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Highlights the role of continuing education for the safe and component practice of nursing in the first national Continuing Education in Nursing Conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Agreement of the group on a three-fold plan of action; Improvement of communication about continuing education for nurses; Need for a position paper on the education for registered nurses in Canada.

Drawing upon ethnographic research in Winnipeg, Manitoba, we complicate simplistic epidemiological and sexual health discourses that position African newcomer teen girls and young women as "at-risk" for HIV/AIDS and other consequences of being sexually active. By tracing the trajectories of sexual health messages and utilizing the concept of assemblage, we seek to account for the ways in which risk is actively made and negotiated in practice by African newcomer youth. By highlighting the perspectives and experiences of participants in relationship to Canadian literature on the subject of sexual risk, culture, and education, we work to counter essentializing, racializing, and pathologizing discourses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents an interview with Dr. Peter Warren, associate dean, undergraduate education at the University of Manitoba medical school. His most influential teacher; The research paper that has had the most influence on his career; The last book he read; The make and year of car he drives.

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The article focuses on several symphysiotomies performed by the author in the last few years in a tertiary hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Symphysiotomy is a surgery that divides the symphysis pubis and its reinforcing ligaments with a scalpel. The author decided to perform Caesarean delivery in the case of a pregnant woman whose cervix was fully dilated. Another case was that of a young woman having diabetes and a persistent occipitoposterior position.

Background: research has reliably demonstrated cardioprotection from regular alcohol use. Heavy episodic drinking (HED), however, negates these beneficial effects and increases the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). The impact of age on the health effects of episodic drinking has not been evaluated. Objective: to examine the association between alcohol volume and pattern of consumption on the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality across the lifespan. Design and Setting: prospective, community-based cohort study of adults in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Subjects: a total of 1,154 participants (580 men and 574 women) aged 18-64 surveyed at baseline (1990-91) on alcohol consumption levels and pattern of use. Methods: usual alcohol consumption was measured using a quantity-frequency approach. HED was estimated by asking participants how often they consumed eight or more drinks in one sitting in the past year. Questions were asked separately for wine, beer and spirits. Surveillance for cardiovascular events was conducted for 10 years (i.e. up to age 74 years). Diagnoses of CVD were obtained via health utilization records. Cox proportional hazard models were derived for both genders and for `young adults' (baseline age 18-34), `middle-aged adults' (baseline age 35-49) and `older adults' (baseline 50-64). Models were adjusted for marital status, cigarette smoking status and educational level. Results: Reduced risk of CVD was associated with usual consumption, whereas an increased risk was associated with RED. Among male usual drinkers, cardioprotection was afforded only to middle and older age groups. The benefits of regular consumption were seen only in the youngest age group among women. The heaviest usual consumption category was associated with a decreased risk of CVD in men. Heavy episodic drinking increased the risk of coronary heart disease in middle-aged men and was marginally significant in middle-aged women. Risk of hypertension was elevated in older men with heavy episodic drinking. Conclusions: The well-established relationship between regular alcohol consumption and decreased risk of CVD may not become evident until middle age or older in men. Women may benefit from usual consumption at a much younger age. In both sexes, however, these beneficial effects of alcohol use are negated when alcohol is consumed in a heavy episodic drinking pattern, particularly for middle-aged and older men. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The special characteristics of the hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) plant make it one of the most challenging crops to handle. Several studies, both in the laboratory and the field, have been conducted at the University of Manitoba, Canada, on the engineering perspectives of hemp production, including the physical and mechanical properties of the hemp plant, hemp harvesting and processing. Physical properties of the hemp plant, such as plant height, seed-head length, stem diameter and stem specific mass, vary highly within a field and across fields. The force and energy required for cutting a hemp stem are much greater than those required for cutting maize stalk and forage crops. The two-windrow harvesting concept has been demonstrated to be feasible and can be implemented into a commercial windrower for harvesting dual-purpose hemp. Conditioned hemp dries significantly faster than unconditioned hemp. However, conditioning hemp requires more power than conditioning a forage crop. The basic machine functions required for hemp fibre processing are separating the fibre from the core and cleaning the fibre. A field-going processing unit can be formed by combining a modified forage harvester and a straw walker from a grain combine. However, the effectiveness of such a unit is limited, and the design of new separating and cleaning devices may be required for higher fibre yield and purity. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The present study examined the relationship between characteristics of neighborhoods (with set physical boundaries and relatively homogeneous populations) and personal well-being as mediated by sense of community and neighboring behavior. A randomly selected representative sample of 345 residents living in non-apartment dwellings in Winnipeg, Canada, completed a mail survey that included created measures of neighboring and sense of community and the General Health Questionnaire. Results demonstrated that sense of community mediates the relationship between neighborhood stability (as defined by the marital status and mobility) and residents' well-being. The frequency of engaging in neighboring behavior was not directly predictive of residents' sense of personal well-being, but was predictive of increased sense of community. Consistent with previous research, findings highlight the importance of building a sense of community among residents in a neighborhood. Implications of findings for neighborhood planning are discussed. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Comm Psychol 32: 9–25, 2004. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Provides information on Treaty Indian reservations in Canada. Kinds of privileges given to Treaty Indians; Information on the rate of addiction to alcohol, cocaine and gambling; Increase in the number of Indian youth who are involved in criminal gangs in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

This article distinguishes between cities experiencing high rates of growth and those growing more slowly and argues that 1) widely held North American assumptions to the contrary, slow growth is not a pathology: and 2) because we do tend to view it as a pathology, we fail to plan for it and instead follow policies more appropriate to rapidly growing centers. Using Winnipeg as the primary example of a slowly growing city, but drawing on a wide range of data, the article considers the following policy areas: housing, management of infrastructure, economic development, and immigration. In each of these areas the argument is that policies that may be defensible in rapidly growing centers are inappropriately.followed in slowly growing cities where different lines of policy would be more beneficial. Appropriate policies for slowly growing cities are suggested and their merits evaluated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Presents information on a study which reported the results of a pilot study on the financial abuse of mentally incompetent seniors in Manitoba, Winnipeg. Indicators and implications of financial abuse; Ways on how to respond to the abuse; Results and discussion.

Investigates how a universally insured health care system delivers care that are related to health status. Characteristics of residents in Winnipeg, Canada, by relative affluence of neighborhood; Differences in age and sex-standardized death rates across the population; Hospital use by relative affluence of neighborhood, using Winnipeg's type of hospitalization.

This article explores the extent to which Jews were able to transplant their East European Shtetl communities into the city as ethnic urban villagers, to what extent they are also active in the macro political and economic structures of Winnipeg, Manitoba, and to what extent they employ social psychological means of identification. Since the Jews have seldom been in political control of a national territory, they did not come to Canada with great visions of Jewish power and influence in this country. When the Jews moved into the Northend of Winniepeg, they settled first in the Point Douglas area. They were some of the first to settle in this territory together with the Ukrainians and Poles. In a democracy, an ethnic group must dominate an ecological area demographically in order to gain control of the political decisions in the area. The Northend was always a part of the city of Winnipeg. The East Europeans did send representatives from their Northend wards which were often Jewish. Economically, the Jews who were originally of lower socio-economic status, have risen to highest status in Winnipeg. They, however, under-represented among the corporate elite. The article concludes that the Jews were never able to dominate the ecological, demographic, political and economic macro-social structures in Manitoba.

We describe an application of an equilibrium trip assignment method to the 1970 road network of the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. We discuss in detail the validity of the method. The results are encouraging and demonstrate the suitability of the method for planning purposes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Examines the relationship between acculturation and delinquency based on a sample of Chinese youth and adolescents in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Prevalence and explanations of delinquency; Definition of acculturation; How Chinese culture reduced the likelihood of delinquency involvement.

Focuses on the strike by physicians in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in the years 1932 to 1934. Labor action's focus on the medicare dispute between the medical profession and the government; Background on the socio-economic conditions affecting the doctors' decision to go on strike.

Describes the inquest into the deaths of 12 young patients being treated in Winnepeg's Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery Program. Questions the operation of a program as sophisticated as pediatric cardiac surgery in a province the size of Manitoba; The surgical techniques of Dr. Jonah Odim; Synopses concerning four of the deaths. INSET: Twelve Deaths in Winnipeg.

Examines orthopedic injuries in children associated with backyard trampoline use. Children admitted to the Winnipeg Children's Hospital; Review of the charts, x-ray films and operative reports for children under 16 years old.

Highlights the 1986 Conference on Stress and Health Psychology organized by the Department of Psychology at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. Details on the agenda of the meeting; Number of psychologists attending the event; Theme of the convention.

Highlights the 14th world of congress of Rehabilitation International in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Accounts on the event; Statement of consensus on measures to enable humanity to protect and nourish the rights and responsibilties of every person; Goal of the congress.

Introduces Dr. Nicholas Anthonisen, dean of medicine at the University of Manitoba and a medical scientist who specializes in pulmonary medicine. Appointment to the Editorial Board of the `Canadian Medical Association Journal'; Questions on his most influential teacher, favorite pastime, and biggest mistake; Advice to a young physician; The aspect of his work that gives the most pleasure; More.

States that breast cancer patients at a Winnipeg, Manitoba oncology clinic are testing a touch-screen computer program that helps them identify their information needs and the role they want to play during treatment. Details about the study funded by the Canadian Breast Cancer Initiative.

This article highlights a conference on family life education to be held in Winnipeg, Manitoba on November 4 and 5, 1966, under the auspices of the Winnipeg Interprofessional Study Committee on Family Life Education.