“The Proletarian Prometheus: Socialism, Ethnicity, and Revolution at the Lakehead, 1900-1935” is an analysis of the various socialist organizations operating at the Canadian Lakehead (comprised of the twin cities of Port Arthur and Fort William, Ontario, now the present-day City of Thunder Bay, and their vicinity) during the first 35 years of the twentieth century. It contends that the circumstances and actions of Lakehead labour, especially those related to ideology, ethnicity, and personality, worked simultaneously to empower and to fetter workers in their struggles against the shackles of capitalism. The twentieth-century Lakehead never lacked for a population of enthusiastic, energetic and talented left-wingers. Yet, throughout this period the movement never truly solidified and took hold. Socialist organizations, organizers and organs came and went, leaving behind them an enduring legacy, yet paradoxically the sum of their efforts was cumulatively less than the immense sacrifices and energies they had poured into them. Between 1900 and 1935, the region's working-class politics was shaped by the interaction of ideas drawn from the much larger North Atlantic socialist world with the particularities of Lakehead society and culture. International frameworks of analysis and activism were of necessity reshaped and revised in a local context in which ethnic divisions complicated and even undermined the class identities upon which so many radical dreams and ambitions rested. / Thesis (Ph.D, History) -- Queen's University, 2007-12-14 20:26:40.652

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T20:19:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2265.pdf: 523337 bytes, checksum: 2477d159e27f57cd16b0c9b6babbf96e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-03-05 / Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos / OBJECTIVE: To translate and culturally adapt the Need for Recovery Scale (NFR) to Brazilian Portuguese and to assess the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version among industrial workers. METHODS: The translation process followed a guideline for cultural adaptation of questionnaires, which included the stages of translation, synthesis, back-translation, committee review and pretesting. The NFR Portuguese final version (Br-NFR) was evaluated regarding reliability by tests of stability (n=52) and internal consistency (n=192); convergent validity by simultaneously assessment with other instruments: the Borg Scale (n=59); the Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire (n=57) and 3 subscales of the SF-36 (n=56). RESULTS: Stability and internal consistency achieved the criterion for a reliable measure (ICC=0.80 and Cronbach s α =0.87, respectively). The convergent validity between Br-NFR and other instruments also showed good results: Borg Scale (r=0.64); Chalder Questionnaire (r=0.67); SF-36 subscales: Vitality (r=-0.84), Physical Functioning (r=-0.54), and Role- Physical (r=-0.47). CONCLUSIONS: The Br-NFR revealed to be a reliable instrument to evaluate work-related fatigue symptoms in industrial workers. Furthermore, it showed significant and good correlations with accepted instruments in the field like the Borg Scale, the Chalder Questionnaire and SF-36 Vitality subscale, providing support for the validity of the scale. / OBJETIVO: Traduzir e adaptar culturalmente a Need for Recovery Scale (NFR) para a Língua Portuguesa do Brasil e investigar os parâmetros psicométricos da versão Brasileira em trabalhadores industriais. MÉTODOS: A tradução da escala seguiu um guia para adaptações culturais de questionários, que envolveu as etapas de tradução, síntese, tradução reversa, revisão por Comitê e pré-teste. A versão final em Português da escala (Escala de Necessidade de Descanso - ENEDE) foi avaliada quanto a confiabilidade pelos testes de estabilidade (n=52) e consistência interna (n=192) e quanto a validade convergente em avaliações simultâneas com outros instrumentos: Escala de Borg (n=59), Questionário de Fadiga de Chalder (n=57) e 3 Escalas do SF-36 (n=56).RESULTADOS: A estabilidade e consistência interna da escala atingiram o critério de medida confiável (ICC=0.80 e α de Cronbach=0.87, respectivamente). A validade convergente entre a ENEDE e os outros instrumentos também apresentaram bons resultados: Escala de Borg (r=0.64); Questionário de Fadiga de Chalder (r=0.67); escalas do SF36: Vitalidade (r=-0.84), Capacidade Funcional (r=-0.54) e Aspectos Físicos (r=-0.47). CONCLUSÕES: A ENEDE apresentou boa confiabilidade para avaliação de sintomas de fadiga relacionada ao trabalho em trabalhadores industriais. Além disto, a ENEDE também apresentou correlações satisfatórias e significativas com outros instrumentos aceitos pela literatura, como a Escala de Borg, o Questionário de Chalder e a Escala Vitalidade do SF-36, que fornecem suporte para a sua validade.

Background: Information technology (IT) is today a large part of our everyday life and it is here to stay, develop and become an even larger part of our society. Today's industries are investing to digitize the industry for a sustainable future for both man and the environment. IT-stress begins to become a more familiar concept that emphasizes that we humans are affected by IT. Aim: To investigate industrial workers perceived IT-related stress and whether they feel that education received has been appropriate and that their competence development is enough for managing the implementation of industry 4.0. Method: Inductive approach with exploratory goals. A qualitative semi-structured interview was conducted on 6 respondents followed by a manifest content analysis. Result: The digitization generates several aspects that affect the individual and can lead to stress. Conclusions: More research is needed to ensure how implementation of industry 4.0 can be done with reduced IT-related stress / Bakgrund: Informationstekniken (IT) är idag en stor del av vår vardag och den är här för att stanna, utvecklas och blir en ännu större del av vårt samhälle. Dagens industrier satsar idag för att digitalisera industrin för en hållbar framtid för både människan och miljön. IT-stress börjar bli ett mer känt begrepp som understryker att vi människor påverkas av IT. Syfte: Undersöka industriarbetares upplevda IT-relaterade stress och om de upplever att kompetensutvecklingen varit ändamålsenlig för att hantera implementeringen av industri 4.0. Metod: Induktiv ansats med explorativa mål. En kvalitativ semi-strukturerad intervju utfördes på 6 respondenter därefter en manifest innehållsanalys. Resultat: Digitaliseringens förändringar medför flera aspekter som påverkar individen. Slutsats: Mer forskning behövs för att säkerställa hur implementering av industri 4.0 kan ske med minskad IT-relaterad stress.

The Centralia Tragedy of 1919 has been represented in numerous works over the course of the past 100 years. The vast majority of them concern the events of the day of the Tragedy, November 11, 1919, and whether a small group of Wobblies – members of a union group known as the International Workers of the World (I.W.W.) – opened fire on a group of parading American Legionnaires. This particular element, whether or not the Wobblies opened fire on the Legionnaires or the Legionnaires actually charged the hall where the Wobblies were staying, has generated significant concern in academic and popular literature since it occurred. This study is less concerned with the events of the day itself, accepting that the full truth might not ever be known. It is instead focused on the collective remembering of that event, and how those recollections splintered into several strands of memory in the nearly 96 years since. It categorizes those strands into three specific ones: the official memory framework, the Labor countermemory framework, and the academic framework. Each strand developed from early in the Tragedy’s history, starting with authors and adherents in the days after a 1920 trial. That trial, which declared the Wobblies guilty of the deaths of four Legionnaires while not holding anyone accountable for the lynching of Wobbly Wesley Everest, generated ample discord among Centralians. This lack of closure prompted the various aggrieved parties to produce books, pamphlets, speeches, protests and even a famed statue in Centralia's main park. Over time, the various perspectives congealed into the distinct strands of memory, which often flared up in conflict between 1930 and the present day.