In the 1870s, Manitoba was a province in the midst of transition from an Indigenous and Métis space to an agricultural centre for the Canadian nation. During this transition, the English and French-language newspapers (both Métis and Franco-Manitoban) of Manitoba documented Mennonite immigration, families, and farming practices. This thesis explores the observation accompanying the nation-building project of Mennonite immigration reserves. Through the newspapers, governments and other residents of Manitoba were able to monitor the successes and failings of the Mennonites, telling stories about their arrival and adjustment. The tensions around the re-making of Manitoba into a Canadian province are evident, and debates about immigration were often centred on Mennonites. While Mennonites themselves may or may not have been aware of their role in the colonial project, they were, nevertheless, recruits and participants in the larger national and provincial ambitions for the future success of Manitoba as part of the nation. / October 2016

A regional assessment of the potential effects of introducing transmission facilities in alternative corridors east of Lake Winnipeg was conducted. The primary focus of the study was on the impact of transmission facilities on outdoor recreation. Several proposed transmission corridors were compared on the basis of the potential negative impact on five factors: existing development providing outdoor recreation facilities, polices and planning objectives east of Lake Winnipeg, natural resources used for outdoor recreation, ecological processes and natural ecosystems and the appearance of the landscape. The West Corridor and W₁ trunk along the east shore of Lake Winnipeg was considered to have the least impact on outdoor recreation, and further study of this alternative was recommended. / 1978

ABSTRACT FROM BARNYARDS TO BEDSIDES TO BOOKS AND BEYOND: THE EVOLUTION AND PROFESSIONALIZATION OF REGISTERED PSYCHIATRIC NURSING IN MANITOBA, 1955-1980 In the 1950s, psychiatric nursing in Canada was developing into two models. East of Manitoba, psychiatric nursing was a part of general nursing. To the west of Manitoba, it was evolving into a distinct profession. Manitoba, during the 1950s, did not fit either the eastern or western model. But in 1960, it achieved the same distinct professional status, through legislation, as its neighbours to the west. This study is an examination of the factors that swayed Manitoba to adopt the western psychiatric nursing model and achieve the legislation which governed its first twenty years. The factors are: male collegiality with the leaders of the other three western psychiatric nurses associations, the support of the western based Canadian Council of Psychiatric Nurses, the encouragement of medical superintendents of the provincial mental hospitals in the formation of an alternative workforce, and the lack of interest by general nurses in working in the provincial mental institutions. The legislation achieved in 1960 gave some authority to the Psychiatric Nurses Association of Manitoba to govern its own affairs, but it was not entirely effective in bestowing full professional status on psychiatric nurses. This was especially true of the control over education which was placed in the hands of a committee, dominated by medical superintendents. This study also examines the evolution of the profession during its first twenty years as it worked to gain control over education, develop a professional ideology, and establish a place for itself in the Manitoba mental health system. This study concludes in 1980 with the passage of full professional legislation. A genealogical analysis was used to examine data which came from archives, oral interviews, and secondary sources. The findings suggest that registered psychiatric nursing in Manitoba is a contingent and political construction, but that it can continue to evolve and grow in unique ways through an ongoing examination of its roots, icons, practices, and philosophy. / May 2008

This research: (1) examines the impact of missing data from permanent counters on the accuracy of the AADT; and (2) analyses the effect of varying short term count durations on the accuracy of AADT estimates. Data gaps can occur at permanent counters due to equipment malfunction and lane closures and can result in no available useable data. For short term counts a balance between accuracy and cost efficiency drives a need for an ideal count duration. Using data from Manitoba’s permanent counters, controlled data gaps and simulated short term counts were created to estimate AADTs. 150,000 AADTs were obtained from the analysis and were then compared to the true AADT to determine the overall error. The findings of this research showed that larger data gaps and shorter duration counts carry more error. Additionally, factors including month of the year and traffic pattern group impact AADT estimates illustrating the need for context sensitivity when rejecting data from a permanent counter and selecting an appropriate count duration. / October 2015

The Huron Claim rare-element pegmatite is located in the Winnipeg River pegmatite district, southeastern Manitoba. The pegmatite outcrops within the Archean Bird River greenstone belt, in the western part of the English river subprovince of the Canadian Shield. The pegmatite is hosted within metagabbroic rocks of the Lamprey Falls formation, in which it forms a thin, sub-horizontal, tabular body crosscutting the foliation; it is approximately 100 m long and 45 m wide, and has a maximum thickness of 3.9 m. The pegmatite is relatively poorly zoned, with discontinuous units of aplite and graphic pegmatite (albite plus quartz) along its margins, units of medium to coarse-grained albite and blocky microcline-perthite in its interior, and a segmented quartz core. A poorly-defined and texturally variable albite "replacement" unit occurs in the central part of the pegmatite, and may partially replace the blocky microcline unit. Late, metasomatic veinlets of albite are present in the medium to coarse-grained albite unit, and a late, hydrothermal, calcium mineral assemblage occurs in some abundance throughout the pegmatite. The Huron Claim pegmatite is best classified as a fully-differentiated, partly albitized, gadolinite-type, blocky microcline-biotite pegmatite, containing significant amounts of Be, Nb>Ta, REE, U, Th, Zr>Hf and Rb. Rare-element minerals occuring within the pegmatite include beryl, columbite-tantalite, fersmite, microlite, niobian, rutile, euxenite (?), uraninite, monazite, zircon, thorite, niobian titanite, bavenite, bityite and bertrandite. The pegmatite is a member of the co-genetic Shatford Lake pegmatite group, but differs from the rest of the pegmatites in this group by its high U and Rb, low Sn and F, enrichment in LREE> (HREE+Y), extensive albite development, wide-spread metasomatic replacement of beryl and columbite-tantalite, and isolated location east of the Lac du Bonnet batholith. The pegmatite crystallized at intermediate crustal levels and is genetically linked to the Lac du Bonnet leucogranite. It probably formed by continued igneous differentiation at the quartz-feldspar minimum, coupled with separation of supercritical fluids from a volatile-oversaturated residual melt. Although it is a past producer of beryl, columbite-tantalite and feldspar, the Huron Claim pegmatite is of no commercial importance due to its small size.

The Huron Claim rare-element pegmatite is located in the Winnipeg River pegmatite district, southeastern Manitoba. The pegmatite outcrops within the Archean Bird River greenstone belt, in the western part of the English river subprovince of the Canadian Shield. The pegmatite is hosted within metagabbroic rocks of the Lamprey Falls formation, in which it forms a thin, sub-horizontal, tabular body crosscutting the foliation; it is approximately 100 m long and 45 m wide, and has a maximum thickness of 3.9 m. The pegmatite is relatively poorly zoned, with discontinuous units of aplite and graphic pegmatite (albite plus quartz) along its margins, units of medium to coarse-grained albite and blocky microcline-perthite in its interior, and a segmented quartz core. A poorly-defined and texturally variable albite "replacement" unit occurs in the central part of the pegmatite, and may partially replace the blocky microcline unit. Late, metasomatic veinlets of albite are present in the medium to coarse-grained albite unit, and a late, hydrothermal, calcium mineral assemblage occurs in some abundance throughout the pegmatite. The Huron Claim pegmatite is best classified as a fully-differentiated, partly albitized, gadolinite-type, blocky microcline-biotite pegmatite, containing significant amounts of Be, Nb>Ta, REE, U, Th, Zr>Hf and Rb. Rare-element minerals occuring within the pegmatite include beryl, columbite-tantalite, fersmite, microlite, niobian, rutile, euxenite (?), uraninite, monazite, zircon, thorite, niobian titanite, bavenite, bityite and bertrandite. The pegmatite is a member of the co-genetic Shatford Lake pegmatite group, but differs from the rest of the pegmatites in this group by its high U and Rb, low Sn and F, enrichment in LREE> (HREE+Y), extensive albite development, wide-spread metasomatic replacement of beryl and columbite-tantalite, and isolated location east of the Lac du Bonnet batholith. The pegmatite crystallized at intermediate crustal levels and is genetically linked to the Lac du Bonnet leucogranite. It probably formed by continued igneous differentiation at the quartz-feldspar minimum, coupled with separation of supercritical fluids from a volatile-oversaturated residual melt. Although it is a past producer of beryl, columbite-tantalite and feldspar, the Huron Claim pegmatite is of no commercial importance due to its small size.

Inner-city revitalisation poses perhaps the most complex challenge faced by urban planners today. This dissertation explores the role of planning in urban restructuring by providing a critical empirical investigation into a major Canadian tripartite planning intervention that spans a decade -- The Winnipeg Core Area Initiative (1981 to 1991). The purpose of the dissertation is to study the Winnipeg Core Area Initiative (CM) as a prototypical model for urban regeneration and public-policy intervention, to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the CAI, and to evaluate the impact that this urban intervention had over a period of ten years. Backed by a comparative analysis of urban regeneration efforts in Great Britain and the United States, it explores the concept of "distress" in inner-city areas and attempts to answer the questions: Distress -- who can relieve it and how? The case-study method is used for an evaluation of the CAI that includes content analysis of published materials produced about, and for, the Initiative and public-attitude surveys and newspaper reports over the period 1981 to 1991. The results of interviews with twenty-five "key or core players" provide qualitative data that enriches the dissertation by presenting a picture of the CAI that is missing from evaluation reports commissioned by the tripartite partners or from published commentaries on the Initiative. This case study reveals an urban intervention strategy with objectives that were conceptually broad and comprehensive, perhaps too much so for the level of financial and organisational resources available and the level of public expectations that was raised. While the model was an excellent vehicle to harmonise scarce public resources and leverage private investment, this study reveals a disjunction between policy intent and policy implementation in attempting to balance economic development with disparity relief efforts. This dissertation concludes that there are components of the CAI model that provide valuable instruction for urban restructuring but it is unlikely that the model as originally designed, could, or should, be replicated. The importance of this study is to provide a broad examination of the theoretical framework behind the Winnipeg CAI as an instrument for urban public policy that will assist future planning-and-policy formation attempts in urban revitalisation and strengthen the public and private ability to generate comprehensive, strategic and cohesive urban policy.

The purpose of this research is to understand and measure the integration experiences of Korean immigrants in Manitoba in terms of their social, political, education and employment domains. The primary theory used in this research is social capital. Theories of acculturation, ethnic economy, power and stratification are also used to situate my research. Data was collected using mixed methods comprising a survey of 260 Korean Canadians living in Winnipeg and qualitative interviews with 12 respondents. The analysis shows, among other things, high levels of racism felt by Korean immigrants in Winnipeg. While this perception and daily encounter of discrimination in the community would impede Korean immigrants’ integration into Canada, there also is a strong will to succeed in the community through accessing existing social capital and a willingness to invest in social capital. The contributions made in the development and operationalization of social capital in terms of willingness to invest and social capital mindset are documented. Several program ideas are offered for policy-makers and future research areas have been identified. The development of a political engagement index provides justification for observations made by the social capital theory and immigrant integration literature.

Objectives: To analyze data collected in the 2009 Manitoba School Nutrition Survey to describe the school food environment, and to assess whether Manitoba schools have developed and implemented food and nutrition policies. Methods: A quantitative survey sent to all publicly funded schools in Manitoba (n=688). Questions covered food service facilities (cafeterias, canteen/tuck shops, and vending machines), lunch at school, fundraising, food-related school events, school food programs, and policy development. Results: Response rate from schools was 78%. Results indicate that 56% of schools have a policy in place at the division level and a further 29% have policies at the school level. 65% of Manitoba schools have nutrition and/or health committees in place. 44% of schools stated they have funded school food programs. The top three food items sold for fundraising were Mom’s pantry items (41%), chocolate bars (27%), and frozen pizza (24%). Conclusions: Results of the 2009 Manitoba School Nutrition Survey show that food remains as an essential part of school life. The high response rate suggests that great importance is being placed on child nutritional health in schools. The survey shows that there have been changes in the school food environments compared to the baseline data from the 2006 survey, especially in the area of policy development and the placement of a health committee. School food programs continue to be an important element in schools. Implications: This study shows that the Manitoba approach to school nutrition policy appears to have been effective in producing changes in Manitoba schools and provides directions for future efforts to implement policies.

ABSTRACT FROM BARNYARDS TO BEDSIDES TO BOOKS AND BEYOND: THE EVOLUTION AND PROFESSIONALIZATION OF REGISTERED PSYCHIATRIC NURSING IN MANITOBA, 1955-1980 In the 1950s, psychiatric nursing in Canada was developing into two models. East of Manitoba, psychiatric nursing was a part of general nursing. To the west of Manitoba, it was evolving into a distinct profession. Manitoba, during the 1950s, did not fit either the eastern or western model. But in 1960, it achieved the same distinct professional status, through legislation, as its neighbours to the west. This study is an examination of the factors that swayed Manitoba to adopt the western psychiatric nursing model and achieve the legislation which governed its first twenty years. The factors are: male collegiality with the leaders of the other three western psychiatric nurses associations, the support of the western based Canadian Council of Psychiatric Nurses, the encouragement of medical superintendents of the provincial mental hospitals in the formation of an alternative workforce, and the lack of interest by general nurses in working in the provincial mental institutions. The legislation achieved in 1960 gave some authority to the Psychiatric Nurses Association of Manitoba to govern its own affairs, but it was not entirely effective in bestowing full professional status on psychiatric nurses. This was especially true of the control over education which was placed in the hands of a committee, dominated by medical superintendents. This study also examines the evolution of the profession during its first twenty years as it worked to gain control over education, develop a professional ideology, and establish a place for itself in the Manitoba mental health system. This study concludes in 1980 with the passage of full professional legislation. A genealogical analysis was used to examine data which came from archives, oral interviews, and secondary sources. The findings suggest that registered psychiatric nursing in Manitoba is a contingent and political construction, but that it can continue to evolve and grow in unique ways through an ongoing examination of its roots, icons, practices, and philosophy.