Preface: An unprecedented amount of unemployment throughout the western world challenges men to use their utmost intelligence to combat this monstrous social evil. yet without an understanding of all the available facts concerned, the problem is incapable of solution. The scope of this thesis is confined to the unemployed in the city of Brandon during the month of September, 1931. The purpose is to present certain aspects of the personal circumstances of their lives, and to discuss the bearing of these circumstances on the local unemployment problem. This study is based on the analysis of the registration of the unemployed of the city of Brandon that was made during the week beginning September 21st, 1931. The statistical method of approach was used both in securing the necessary factual basis and in exploring causual relationships. / Thesis / Master of Arts (MA)

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This study examined the responses of algae and invertebrates to a single application of nutrients in a series of experimental wetland enclosures in the Interlake Region of Manitoba during 1989 and 1990. Water, sediment and vegetation chemistry were also monitored. The 3 fertilization treatments were: dissolved inorganic high (6200 $ mu$g/l N, 420 $ mu$g/l P), dissolved inorganic low (3200 $ mu$g/l N, 210 $ mu$g/l P) and organic high (alfalfa: 6200 $ mu$g/l N, 420 $ mu$g/l P). / Dissolved nutrients in the high and low treatments were quickly depleted from the system but dissolved N increased in the alfalfa treatment as decomposition progressed. No changes in sediment or vegetation chemistry were detected. Phytoplankton biomass increased in all the fertilized enclosures while epiphytic periphyton exhibited only minor responses. Epipelon biomass increased in the alfalfa treatment and metaphyton standing crops were extensive in the high treatment enclosures. / In the alfalfa treatment, high microbial respiration rapidly decreased dissolved oxygen concentrations which negatively affected invertebrates. This trend reversed as oxygen levels increased. Dominant nektonic and benthic herbivores-detritivores increased in the high and alfalfa treatment enclosures. Orthocladiinae emergence increased in the high and alfalfa treatments while Chironominae and Tanypodinae increased in the alfalfa treatment. Responses by algae and invertebrate communities to the fertilization treatments were minimal during 1990. Annual single pulse fertilization has the potential to increase the productivity of Interlake wetlands.

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The nature of the inter-relationship of valley-side slopes and the streams at their base is regarded as being of fundamental significance in the study of landscape morphology. One aspect of this relationship, the problem of the development of valley-side asymmetry in east-trending valleys under the joint influence of microclimatic and stream controls, is investigated in two areas of uniform, flat-lying beds, using the approach and techniques of experimental design. Valleys in both study areas have been formed during the last 12,000 years, so that the importance of fossil slope forms is minimal. The variation in lithology between the two areas is held to be of less consequence than the difference in climatic regimes, as far as the type of asymmetry developed. The moister of the two areas, S.W. Manitoba, shows the typical, valley-wide asymmetry regarded as characteristic of non-periglaclal regions, with north-facing slopes significantly steepened by 3.1°, on average: the effects of basal steepening by meandering streams are additive with the microclimatic differences. In the drier area, S.E. Wyoming, the effects of the two controls are non-additive, and asymmetry is a purely localised development created by the over-steepening of shaded, north-facing undercut slopes. The moisture availability in this environment is probably increased by the formation of snowdrifts in the winter months. Asymmetry resulting from differences in aspect is statistically insignificant both in east-trending valleys without defined stream channels and in south-trending valleys with meandering streams. The absolute maximum angle is found to be an excellent indicator both of local changes in slope form and of the nature of the profiles as a whole. The degree of organisation of all profiles studied, in relation to the maximum angle, is high, with the exception of the south-facing slopes in those east-trending valleys in Wyoming which lack defined channels. In general, the maximum angle appears more directly related to the other geometric features of the profile than to the characteristics of soil, vegetation or nearby stream channel. A consideration of all available data on multiply-controlled asymmetry in non-periglacial areas leads to the conclusion that differences in steepness of slopes with northern and southern aspects are more likely to develop in regions of comparatively low humidity and that the valley-wide asymmetry found in Manitoba is the most common form. The strictly localised asymmetry developed in the Wyoming valleys appears to be a specialized phenomenon confined to a narrow area of semi-arid climate. It is suggested that the local conditions of moisture availability are the prime controls of multiply-controlled valley asymmetry, in that they will determine the relative importance of slope and channel processes and hence the nature of the valley-side development. / Arts, Faculty of / Geography, Department of / Graduate

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Cette thèse s'intéresse à la construction de la masculinité des garçons en contexte scolaire. Plus particulièrement, elle vise les garçons francophones du Manitoba de la onzième et de la douzième année et veut mieux cerner le phénomène de la construction de la masculinité des garçons à travers leur participation à des groupes sociaux et à des communautés de pratique à l'école. Dans ce contexte, le développement de la masculinité est étudié en profondeur. Les garçons négocient et présentent diverses versions de la masculinité dans différentes situations sociales et chaque contexte social a un impact considérable sur l'élaboration de leur masculinité, ce qui engendre des effets sur le vécu scolaire des garçons à l'école. Notre thèse est qualitative de type ethnographique. La phase de collecte des données a été faite au moyen d'entrevues semi-structurées auprès de seize garçons du Collège Louis-Riel. Nous nous sommes également appuyés sur trois années d'observations en tant qu'enseignant, conseiller en orientation et entraîneur à l'école secondaire en question. Les données ont été analysées à partir de la théorie sociale du genre de Connell (1987, 1995, 2002) ainsi que de celle des communautés de pratique développée par Wenger (2005). Les garçons se situent dans différents groupes sociaux et dans différentes communautés de pratique à l'école où ils négocient d'ailleurs la signification de la masculinité en s'engageant dans des interactions avec d'autres. Ces théories mettent à profit l'importance d'une perspective sociale de l'apprentissage et reconnaissent que les garçons doivent composer avec de nombreuses conditions liées au milieu scolaire. Conséquemment, la construction de la masculinité est à la fois complexe et particulière. La présente thèse fait progresser particulièrement les connaissances par rapport au développement de la masculinité des garçons en milieu scolaire. À la suite de cette analyse approfondie, nous pourrons mieux saisir la dynamique des garçons qui cherchent à construire leur masculinité.

A history of the development and organization of artificial land drainage in Manitoba and the involvement of statutory authorities in land drainage is reviewed. The Department of Mines, Resources and Environmental Management Water Resources Division, conservation districts and municipal governments divide jurisdiction and responsibility over watercourses in Manitoba. The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration and the Manitoba Department of Agricultural Technical Services Branch provide conditional assistance to farmers contemplating slough drainage. The Agricultural and Rural Development Agreement and the Fund for Rural Economic Development Program contain comprehensive drainage programs in Manitoba. The common and statute law concerning drainage is reviewed. Legal drainage procedures for individuals, rural municipalities, conservation districts and the Province of Manitoba are outlined. In addition, procedures for obtaining drainage assistance from the Manitoba Department of Agriculture and the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration are also presented. Many statutory provisions concerning drainage in Manitoba are obscure and inconsistent. Clarification of these provisions is sorely needed before drainage law can be used as an effective tool in a wetland preservation effort.

A history of the development and organization of artificial land drainage in Manitoba and the involvement of statutory authorities in land drainage is reviewed. The Department of Mines, Resources and Environmental Management Water Resources Division, conservation districts and municipal governments divide jurisdiction and responsibility over watercourses in Manitoba. The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration and the Manitoba Department of Agricultural Technical Services Branch provide conditional assistance to farmers contemplating slough drainage. The Agricultural and Rural Development Agreement and the Fund for Rural Economic Development Program contain comprehensive drainage programs in Manitoba. The common and statute law concerning drainage is reviewed. Legal drainage procedures for individuals, rural municipalities, conservation districts and the Province of Manitoba are outlined. In addition, procedures for obtaining drainage assistance from the Manitoba Department of Agriculture and the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration are also presented. Many statutory provisions concerning drainage in Manitoba are obscure and inconsistent. Clarification of these provisions is sorely needed before drainage law can be used as an effective tool in a wetland preservation effort.