Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: As medical strategies for regulating people with leprosy in the 1940s and 1950s were replaced in the 1960 by the movement to deinstitutionalize leprosy patients, new regimes of authenticity and preservation are constituted in the governing practices of patient associations. This paper examines the dynamic and unstable mixing of legal codes, legal practices, and legal spaces that operate within local contests and local rules. It is argued that through the actions and stories of people whose very lives are testimony to the power of particular legal cultures, such as penality and privacy, patients govern and are governed by the cultural politics of quarantine.

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: Although terrorism has become a focal point for scholarship, the phenomenon often exists in the context of broader civil conflict. Consequently, if civil conflict can be mitigated, terrorism too might be reduced. This paper examines autonomy agreements as one means of controlling ethnic conflict. In particular, the paper examines the variety of types of self-rule (including cultural autonomy, territorial autonomy, personal autonomy, etc.) and determines which sorts of agreement will best provide for those desires. A framework is created where autonomy is understood as part of a larger set of choices ranging from complete subservience to the state, through various forms of autonomy, and in its broadest manifestation, independence. The research is placed within this framework.

Publication Type: Abstract
Abstract: Since Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, popular concern over pesticide hazards has grown. Trust in government and industry assurances have been eroded by recurring disclosures of public health and environmental hazards. This paper explores the emergence of several private certification initiatives in the agrofood sector which rely on pesticides. We begin by tracing the interplay of state pesticide regulations and popular concerns over disclosures of pesticide hazards. We then compare and contrast pesticide standards in 3 illustrative private certification initiatives in the agrofood sector, asking to what degree these initiatives go beyond or diverge from the state regulatory schemes that have been the focus of public mistrust, and how vulnerable they are to future risk disclosures.

Publication Type: Poster Presentation
Abstract: In Québec, surface runoff accounts for a significant part of the water balance. Spatial gradient in landscape attributes has a prominent effect on surface hydrology and the transfer of non point source contaminants to surface water, and thus calls for the targeting of most hydrologically active zones of cropland. Since these runoff-prone field zones typically have also a low or negative profitability for the farmer, treatment leads to a win-win situation for the farmer and rural community with regards to water quality benefits. Airborne multi-spectral imagery and LIDAR (Light detection and ranging), covering 60 to 120 km2 surface area, have been used to map soil wetness, surface runoff pathways and contrasting soil properties on watersheds of Yamaska and Pike rivers in south-western Québec. The geo-informatics project provides precision GIS data to farmers and extension staff involved into watershed rehabilitation projects. Mapping of soil wetness and areas of concentrated surface runoff support custom designs for structural runoff controls on fields, complementary to riparian buffers establishment. Parallel to the water management applications, LIDAR data is also used to detect and map spatial gradients in soil properties based on the classification of the landscape attributes using LandMapR software. Validation of this zone management approach is supported through multi-scales pedological survey from 1: 40,000 to 1: 7,500.

Publication Type: Session Presentation
Abstract: Culture is the context of language, and teaching culture is an essential element in language classrooms. Presenters will share and demonstrate successful ways to teach culture in the target language and assess cultural learning in Standards-based and proficiency-oriented language instruction through beginning to AP level instruction.