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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 4Glass ceilings and North stars |
This chapter provides a biography of Julie Payette, the first female Canadian astronaut. Topics discussed in this chapter include her experiences in space and a history of sexism in space exploration. | Elizabeth Howell | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 5Canadarm, cufflinks and collaboration |
This chapter provides a biography of Chris Hadfield, the most experienced Canadian astronaut. Additional topics include the installation of Canadarm2 on the International Space Station and the … | Elizabeth Howell | 28 | 2020 | $2.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 6More than just visitors |
This chapter discusses the experiences of Canadians conducting research on the International Space Station. Topics include how different countries cooperate on research conducted on the space station. | Elizabeth Howell | 21 | 2020 | $2.10 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 7Nine years an astronaut |
This chapter discusses the experiences of some of the most recent Canadian astronauts to visit the space station. | Elizabeth Howell | 24 | 2020 | $2.40 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Chapter 8Don't let go, Canada |
This chapter explores the future of Canadian space exploration, the challenges that will be faced and the potential for future discoveries and missions | Elizabeth Howell | 21 | 2020 | $2.10 Add |
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From ![]() Classroom Practice and Student-Friendly SuggestionsUp Close and Personal From: Degrees of Failure |
The university’s current malaise owes much to an emphasis on the bottom line, on the primacy of vocational training in combination with elements such as an increasingly predatory education … | Randle W. Nelsen | 23 | 2017 | $2.30 Add |
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From ![]() Community, Communication, Digital Mediation, and FriendshipFrom: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
When we look at the changes in our own behavior due to i-tech, the first thing to very seriously consider is that the whole concept of social media was thought up by an individual who many … | Mari K Swingle | 20 | 2019 | $2.00 Add |
![]() CyberidentitiesCanadian and European Presence in Cyberspace |
This innovative study explores diverse aspects of Canadian and European identity on the information highway and reaches beyond technical issues to confront and explore communication, culture and … | Leen d'Haenens | 220 | 1999 | View |
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From ![]() Democracy, Technology, and Communication in CanadaFrom: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition |
Excerpt of a 2005 book by Darin Barney, Communication Technology, exploring the effect of information and communication technologies on Canadian democracy. | Debra Thompson; François Rocher; Peter Russell | 5 | 2015 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() Educators and Education at a DistanceThe High-Tech Classroom and the New Mediated Learning From: Degrees of Failure |
If we continue pouring resources into an education at a distance centred on the “efficiency” of machine technology our universities will continue to replicate the computerized … | Randle W. Nelsen | 17 | 2017 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() Electronic Commerce Policy and the European CommissionFrom: Cyberidentities |
During the last year significant progress has been achieved in mapping out the issues in global electronic commerce, and even in reaching a certain degree of consensus on principles between major … | Paul Timmers | 5 | 1999 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() EndgameFrom: Man at the Airport |
This chapter covers the author’s arrest by Malaysian authories, his detention in jail, and a visit from an employee of the Canadian High Commision that changed his life. | Hassan Al Kontar | 32 | 2021 | $3.20 Add |
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From ![]() EpilogueSo What to Do? From: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
I believe we owe it to ourselves to keep one face, one mind, firmly fixed on the past while the other mind bravely looks forward, embracing change. | Mari K Swingle | 5 | 2019 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Epilogue |
Epilogue | Elizabeth Howell | 13 | 2020 | $1.30 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Foreword |
Foreword | Elizabeth Howell | 4 | 2020 | $0.40 Add |
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From ![]() From Digital Natives to i-KidsFrom: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
In this chapter, I am going to speak of a critical dynamic that i-media has with play, learning, and creativity. This is a dynamic that concerns mostly digital natives, and the now very young: … | Mari K Swingle | 12 | 2019 | $1.20 Add |









