City rivalries and the modernisation of Eighteenth-Century London, 1720-1770

Longstanding rivalries between the cities of London and Westminster came to a head in the 1730s with the decision by Parliament to build a new bridge at Westminster. Opened in 1750 the bridge seemed to threaten the commercial existence of the City. A competitive urge to modernise London's streets, which revolutionised the ease with which Londoners got around the metropolis, had these city rivalries as its main driving force

2007 Farm Bill: Policy Options and Consequences for Northeast Specialty Crop Industries, Small Farms, and Sustainability. Report on Listening Sessions

Agricultural and Food Policy, Crop Production/Industries,

Le multilinguisme et l’exil dans le théâtre de langue irlandaise contemporain

Les pièces Milseog an tSamhraidh d’Éilís Ní Dhuibhne et Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire de Tom MacIntyre sont représentatives de l’approche conflictuelle qui caractérise la politique linguistique en Irlande. Le bilinguisme dans ces oeuvres est présenté comme un phénomène complexe, indissociable du phénomène de l’exil. Nul doute que le bilinguisme et la « créolisation# » culturelle sont présentés comme la conséquence d’une politique culturelle impérialiste, et ces pièces s’inspirent clairement de certaines réalités propres aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles en Irlande.Éilís Ní Dhuibhne's Milseog an tSamhraidh and Tom MacIntyre's Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire are examples of the conflictual approach that characterises linguistic politics in Ireland. Bilingualism is presented in the work of Ní Dhuibhne and MacIntyre as a signifier of complexity, and especially, exile. No doubt that bilingualism and "créolisation" are also signifiers of cultural imperialism, and these plays are clearly inspired by realities typical of the Ireland of the 18th and 19th centuries

ICBL Working Group on Victim Assistance

Landmine Survivors Network (LSN) currently chairs the ICBL Working Group on Victim Assistance. It is in this capacity, working together with over 20 humanitarian and development non-governmental organizations (NGOs), my ICBL colleagues and I welcome this opportunity to discuss Article 6 which covers States Parties responsibility to provide care and rehabilitation, and social and economic reintegration of mine victims

Keynote Address

Bio: Jerry P. White PhD, Professor of Sociology, Western University Jerry White has nearly two decades of research and evaluation experience in the area of Indigenous issues. He is a prolific researcher having published 17 books on Indigenous subjects, multiple books on healthcare delivery and several widely used texts in Sociology. He is currently the Editor in Chief of The International Indigenous Policy Journal, Director of the Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium ( Int) and Director of Indigilink (An Indigenous issues social networking organization). Over his career he has engaged in many roles developing and implementing public policy including chairing several provincial commissions as Chair of the Health Professions Regulatory Advisory Council and Board Chair of Museum of Ontario Archaeology. As well Jerry White has nearly three decades of University experience. He has been a Department Chair, Associate Dean (Graduate Studies), Associate Dean (Research), Senior Associate Dean Strategic Planning, Budgets and Intra-University Affairs, Acting Dean of Social Science and Senior Advisor to the Provost. He holds the prestigious Pleva Professorship for excellence awarded by University Senate and has served on the Board of Governors for Western University and Kings University playing a role in leading these Universities

Poster Introductions III--Predicting Vulnerability: Pandemic H1N1/09 and Canada’s First Nations

The World Health Organization has estimated that as many as 2 billion or between 15 and 45 percent of the population globally will be infected by pandemic H1N1/09. Certain subgroups have been categorized as high risk given the clinical evidence to date. One of these subgroups is Indigenous populations as they experience poor socioeconomic conditions. There is, however, great variability in socioeconomic conditions across First Nations communities in Canada. Rooted in the social determinants of health, we have developed a model to predict vulnerability and institute relevant measures to mitigate the effects of pandemic H1N1/09 in First Nations communities. The case of St. Theresa Point and Garden Hill, both remote First Nations communities in Northern Manitoba, where the first major outbreaks in Canada occurred provide empirical support for the model. Nicholas Spence holds a PhD in sociology from the University of Western Ontario. He has worked in Ottawa for the federal government, and he is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of Western Ontario, affiliated with the department of sociology and the department of health sciences. Nicholas is also Associate Director of the Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium (International), housed at the University of Western Ontario. His research expertise includes inequality/stratification, health, education/labor markets, and statistics and quantitative research methods