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Fenwick, Tara – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2008
This article explores processes and possibilities for critical learning in the workplace, with a focus on workers laboring in what are often exploitive and dehumanizing conditions. The argument is based on a study of work-life learning of women, mostly new immigrants, employed long-term at an Alberta garment manufacturing plant. It is argued that…
Descriptors: Industry, Females, Manufacturing, Foreign Countries

Norman, Christian – History and Social Science Teacher, 1982
Business archives are important to historical researchers, especially when history is being rewritten from the standpoint of institutions and social processes rather than focusing on major figures and events. Archivists must surmount problems of neglect and indifference as business archives become increasingly relevant to Canadian history. (KC)
Descriptors: Archives, Business, Foreign Countries, Historiography

Wrobel, Kim; Capjack, Linda – Canadian Home Economics Journal, 1993
Consumers must realize how vital the fur industry is to Canada, and those within the industry must educate consumers about both sides of the environmental story. The Canadian textile and apparel industries also must take a proactive role in promoting environmentally responsible actions. (JOW)
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Environmental Influences, Fashion Industry, Foreign Countries

Pendakur, Manjunath – Journal of Communication, 1981
Examines the ownership and policies of the dominant firms in the Canadian film market to explain Canada's dependence on imported films. Demonstrates how the economic relations existing between Canadian and U.S. film industries limit the profitability of films made in Canada. (JMF)
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Exports, Film Industry, Film Production

Barker, Mary L.; Soyez, Dietrich – Environment, 1994
Describes the reversal of the strategy to "think globally, act locally," whereby environmentalists and indigenous peoples of Canada, protesting environmentally unsound practices, have taken their protests to the countries most related to those practices. Issues discussed include logging in British Columbia, the James Bay hydroelectric…
Descriptors: Activism, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Forestry
Page, Garnet T. – 1984
This paper examines various areas related to industry's role in and awareness of the need to respect environmental considerations, both from the perception of the factors relevant to staying in business in the longer term, and the regulations and requirements formulated by governments, often in cooperation with the industrial sector concerned.…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Government Role, Industry, International Programs

Cameron, Evan William – Journal of Film and Video, 1992
Puts film teaching and filmmaking in Canada into colonial context as an endeavor dominated by the United States. Discusses the colonial context; the innovation of U.S. imperialism; feature film exhibition, distribution, and production; studying filmmaking in Canada; and the future of filmmaking in Canada. (SR)
Descriptors: Colonialism, Cultural Influences, Film Industry, Film Production
Orpwood, Graham – Education Canada, 1980
The lack of "Canadian content" in Canadian public school textbooks can be more easily explained by changing national educational goals than by foreign ownership of the publishing industry. Science textbooks are used to illustrate. (SB)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Economics, Educational Objectives, Nationalism
Madden, John C. – 1979
The prospect of videotex services becoming available and widely used throughout Canada presents potential problems. It is important that the industry structure that evolves for videotex be one in which society-as-a-whole benefits as well as individuals. To insure that this happens, the Canadian government should formulate policies to (1) ensure…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Foreign Countries, Industry, Information Services
Auster, Ethel; Choo, Chun Wei – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1993
Discusses results of the final part of a study of the environmental scanning behavior of chief executive officers in two Canadian industries--publishing and telecommunications. The results of personal interviews were analyzed to determine their main sources of environmental information and how they made use of the information in decision making.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Decision Making, Foreign Countries, Information Sources
Obadia, Isaac; And Others – World of Work, 1994
Includes "Chemicals: Benefits and Dangers" (Obadia); "Jobs, Development and Environment" (Bhalla); "Improving the Urban Work Environment" (Miller); "Learning to Manage Tomorrow's World"; and "Indigenous Peoples and Sustainable Development" (Doohan). (JOW)
Descriptors: Chemical Industry, Conservation (Environment), Developing Nations, Environment

Doutriaux, Jerome; Barker, Margaret – Industry and Higher Education, 1996
Canadian government support for university-industry collaboration has increased cooperative research and development. The Canadian infrastructure for collaboration helps make innovations relevant to smaller enterprises. Still needed is effective integration of university-industry partnerships into national systems. (SK)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Government Role, Industry, Partnerships in Education

Fasick, Adele – Emergency Librarian, 1991
Discusses the relationship and interdependence of children's libraries and publishers of children's books. Developments in publishing for children in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada are examined; publishing trends are described, including a more global approach; and the influence of technological changes are considered. (five…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Childrens Literature, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)

Hayward, Pat – Canadian Library Journal, 1992
Discusses reasons for the self-publishing trend in Canada. Topics addressed include changes in the publishing industry, desktop publishing, quality control, printing, publicity, reviews, marketing, and the future of self-publishing. Two sidebars discuss vanity presses and self-publishing and libraries. (32 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Desktop Publishing, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Library Acquisition
Saville, Nick; Kunnan, Antony – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2006
This interview took place at the Language Testing Research Colloquium in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (at the Chateau Laurier Hotel on July 21, 2005), at which Professor Bernard Spolsky was presented with the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate/International Language Testing Association Lifetime Achievement Award. The conference…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conferences (Gatherings), Professional Recognition, Awards