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Gazing Back Into the Closet: Theorizing about Queer Women in the Workplace

By Lesley Vaage — April 10th, 2008
How frustrating it is to step out of that suffocating Closet only to find yourself in a hall of two-way mirrors—undoubtedly, a common experience for queer women who “come out” in the workplace. This paper will attempt to tease out some of the regulatory forces …


Networks of Power: The World Water Council in Global and Local Contexts

By Elui — March 22nd, 2008
Although knowledge networks can be non-hierarchical, representative and democratic spaces to exchange information and determine policies, (Stein, Janice Gross et al., 2001; Stone, 2000) an analysis of the World Water Council (WWC) and its World Water Fora (WWF) reveals that knowledge networks can also reinforce …


An inquiry into factors influencing Canadian policies related to pharmaceutical patents

By Jason Wenczler — March 18th, 2008
My current research studies the primary factors influencing the federal government’s decision-making with respect to pharmaceutical policy during the past decade. I am particularly interested in learning about how the nature of the state-its role and structure-and the state’s relationship with big business has shaped …