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In this sequence of essays, Ian Angus engages with themes of identity, power, and the nation as they emerge in contemporary English Canadianphilosophical thought, seeking to prepare the groundwork for a criticaltheory of neoliberal globalization. The essays are organized into threeparts. The opening part offers a nuanced critique of the Hegelianconfidence and progressivism that has come to dominate Canadianintellectual life. Through an analysi...

Michael R. W. Dawson is a professor of psychology atthe University of Alberta. He is the author of numerous scientificpapers as well as the books Understanding Cognitive Science(1998), Minds and Machines (2004), Connectionism: AHands-on Approach (2005), and From Bricks to Brains: TheEmbodied Cognitive Science of LEGO Robots (2010).

Pat Morin is Professor in the School of ComputerScience at Carleton University as well as founder and managing editorof the open access Journal of Computational Geometry. He is the authorof numerous conference papers and journal publications on the topics ofcomputational geometry, algorithms, and data structures.¿

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This book argues for a review of the systems by which Canadian football is governed and analyzes the reforms proposed by football leagues and by players.

David R. Slavitt is a widely known poet, novelist, critic, and translator. He prepared these English versions of the laysof Marie de France because he loved them.

Judy Rashotte is director of nursing research at the Children¿s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa and an adjunct professor with the School of Nursing in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa. Writing in international journals and engaging in research that expresses her passion for nursing, she draws on the eclectic nature of her nursing career as a clinician, educator, and manager to reveal the hidden complexities of n...

Macrosociology--the study of large-scale social structures andthe fundamental principles of social organization--was the styleof sociology practiced by the founders of the discipline. Today, thesocial theories of Karl Marx, Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, and HerbertSpencer (among others) are commonly studied as part of the history ofthe field, but, although the macrosociological approach that thesethinkers advocated is still employed, it no longer...

Elizabeth J. (Liz) Burge is professor of adulteducation at the University of New Brunswick. She is a past presidentof the Canadian Association for Distance Education/Associationcanadienne de l'¿cation ¿istance.Ch¿ Campbell Gibson is professor emerita of adulteducation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She established theCertificate of Professional Development in Distance Education hasserved on numerous editorial boards. Terry L. Gibsonis...

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A collection of essays on interdisciplinary theory, research, and teaching.

Jason Russell is assistant professor of labour studiesat Empire State College, State University of New York.

How current legislation governs privacy and freedom in the digital age.

Light from Ancient Campfires is the first book in twenty years to gather together a comprehensive prehistoric archaeological record of the Alberta Plains First Nations. In this monumental examination of the region's earliest inhabitants, author Trevor Peck reviews the many changes of interpretation that have occurred in relevant literature published during the last two decades. Beginning with the earliest archaeological evidence for people in ...

From Bricks to Brains introduces embodied cognitive science and illustrates its foundational ideas through the construction and observation of LEGO Mindstorms robots.

Dr. George Veletsianos is an assistant professor ofinstructional technology at the University of Texas. His manypresentations and publications on education and instructionaltechnologies can be found at www.veletsianos.com.

Originally published in: Beitr'age zur Kanadistik, Vol. 13, by Wissner-Verlag, Augsburg, 2005.

Dr. Arthur Clark is a Professor of Neuropathology andClinical Neurosciences at the University of Calgary, and an activestaff neuropathologist at the Foothills Hospital in Calgary. He carrieslifelong experience with militant nationalist culture, having come ofage during the Vietnam War and serving two years as Captain in theUnited States Army Medical Corps. In 1995, in honour of his late wife, he established the Dr. Irma M. Parhad Programmes at...

Dr. Joseph Couture (1930-2007), known affectionately as"Dr. Joe, " stood at the centre of some of the greatestpolitical, social, and intellectual struggles of Aboriginal peoples incontemporary Canada. A profound thinker and writer, as well as a giftedorator, he easily walked two paths, as a respected Elder andtraditional healer and as an educational psychologist, one of the firstAboriginal people in Canada to receive a PhD. His work challenged...

Poet, philosopher, and family farmer, Charles Nobledivides his time between Banff and Nobleford, Alberta. His most recentbooks are Sally O: Selected Poems and Manifesto (Thistledownpress, 2009) and Death Drive Through Gaia Paris (University ofCalgary Press, 2007). He won the Writers Guild of Alberta poetry awardfor his collection Wormwood, Vermouth, Warphistory(Thistledown Press, 1995).