… the global spatial has created renewed interest in recovering the role of the ‘local’ in the creation, maintenance and expansion of global flows and networks. Global place(s) are the urban territories where global networks ‘touchdown’ and organize material capabilities. This reorganization of urban space also creates new geographies of marginality and new struggles over …

… their priorities. Using critical geography theories, this paper questions the necessity of one of today’s most unquestioned assumption. To begin, the three components of the nation—the people, the territory or homeland, and a mystical bond between the people and the territory—will be examined separately in order to illustrate the construction of the nation, its need for state-like …

… the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) in 2003 marks an attempt to integrate all of Canada’s various border-controlling agencies and acts under one enforcement organization; it’s function is to provide “integrated border services that support national security and public safety priorities and facilitate the movement of persons and goods.” In taking on this role, the agency presents …

… reporters to visit ground zero at Trinity Site on Sept. 11. 1945
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… the World Water Council (WWC) and its World Water Fora (WWF) reveals that knowledge networks can also reinforce power dynamics and exclude particular voices. This research contributes to the development of critical approaches to knowledge network research. In addition to exploring how global actors are shaping international, national and local policies, analysis of the relationships of global …

… Marx, reflected the manner in which economics transcends national borders. Bastian van Apeldoorn (2004: 143) encapsulates this sentiment, writing that “the world of international relations has from the start been inextricably bound up with the expanding capitalist world economy and thus embedded within and shaped by transnational social relations growing out of that globalizing …

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… revealing my obsession with the presidential primary season in the U.S., I’d like to draw attention to the collapse of Hillary Clinton’s campaign. This race has certainly been a difficult one to pin down - for all observers I think. But as of last night I am able to make a projection (cue the cheesy CNN sound clip): Barack Obama will win the democratic primary, I repeat, Barack …

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… domestic, global and regional treaties, institutions, organizations and politics. Copyright policy provides an ideal lens through which to examine the distinctive development of North American integration. Like regional integration, copyright policy, which is moving to the centre of the global political economy, involves the interplay of cultural, economic and political interests and forces at …

… cooption are persisting as they always have? These seem to be the two poles in an ongoing debate. My presentation, drawing on the theories of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, will suggest that the transformations currently taking place in the recording industry are much more complex than either of these positions suggest. To get a picture of how the industry both evolves and resists change, …

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Using key informant interviews and documentary analysis, my research explores the following two cases: (1) the 1997 review of the Patent Amendment Act; and, (2) the 2007 review of Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR). The 1992 Patent Amendment Act revised …

… lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride. According to Bloomberg News, Bishop Gianfranco Girotti says that the new sins, brought about by the phenomenon of globalisation, add a social dimension. A number of media outlets are linking the release of this list to recent surveys indicating that fewer and fewer Catholics are going to confession at all. The list includes: …

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… the environment. Paintings of Canada’s natural beauty opened up our land culturally to the phenomenon of real-estate development; from sea, to sea, to sea. The CNR and CPR as major early patrons of the arts set this trend and painting’s landscape trajectory has followed those tracks up until this very day. The message of grand vistas framed was to create pre-determined ornate views …

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