The term ‘global peacelessness’ is used to describe the impact of persistently high rates of interpersonal violence throughout the world, and particularly violence against women (Flaherty, 2010). This violence is epidemic and constitutes a global health problem and pervasive hum…
From 1758 to 1928, Nova Scotia had a bicameral Legislature made up of the House of Assembly and the Legislative Council. In the period following Confederation, the Legislative Council came under increasing fire as unnecessary, expensive, and anachronistic. Yet, for a period of h…
This thesis is about personal transformation and therefore transformation of the world. Using poetry as the transformative medium based upon the peace education principles of holism, values formation, dialogue, and conscientisation, the author dialogued with three women poets of…
The Canadian Incidence Study on Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (Trocmé, 2001) found that structural factors such as poverty, poor housing, and substance misuse contribute to the overrepresentation of First Nations children in child welfare care and yet there is very little inf…