Home-ownership is a source of security, sense of belonging and saving accumulation. In the City of Montreal only a quarter of the population own their homes. Despite the fact that the majority of renters wish to become owners, only a small fraction can afford new products of the home-building industry. In this thesis the author proposes to the industry a strategy for cost reduction: uncompleted condominiums, that are the least finished dwelling units legally allowed for living. The proposed design is analyzed from the legal, social, technical and economic points of view. The research is founded on a review of the literature, a market survey and three simulations. It was found that the proposed product might be 26-29% less expensive, than investigated examples, and could be appreciated by childless households.

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Note: / There is a growing body of literature dealing with the division of labour between ethnic groups.* The major works in this field are Lord Olivier1s "White Capital and Coloured Labourf,(l) and Gunnar l/tyrdal's "An American Dilemma"(2). The former, published in 1929, described the formal organization of labour in the Union of South Africa on a racial basis; and the latter work, published in 1944, described both formal and informal efforts to effect divisions of labour on a Negro-white basis in the United States of America. [...]

The relationship between provincial social service spending and subsequent rates of volunteerism in Quebec was evaluated using information contained in a Montreal volunteer database (N = 2784) and revenue and expenditure data from the Department of Finance. A secondary analysis was performed to identify possible structural correlates to volunteerism, thus providing an alternative to existing theoretical approaches, which predominantly focus on the study of individual differences between volunteers. / The results of the correlation analysis revealed a positive relationship between public spending and volunteer rates. In addition, a positive correlation was found to exist between levels of coordination activity and rates of volunteerism, lending strength to the contention that organizational infrastructure is related to volunteer rates. In general, the results highlight the integral role of public monies to the sustainability of Quebec's voluntary sector.

During the melting of a major ice-cap such as that which covered Central Quebec-Labrador until relatively recent times, there must inevitably be an enormous and rapid release of meltwaters. Evidence of this is left in the form of abandoned channels cut in both drift and bedrock, and assorted fluvioglacial deposits. By careful study of these features it is possible to deduce much as to the nature of the melting ice-mass which nourished the meltwater streams. [...]

A glance at a large scale map of Labrador-Ungava brings to the forefront the fact that a myriad of lakes abound in the area. Schefferville, Quebec, the site of the McGill Sub-Arctic Research Laboratory and of the field work included in this thesis, is in an extremely advantageous location for the study of lakes, both large and small, for besides being in a formerly glaciated area, it is located on folded sedimentaries surrounded by the Canadian Shield. [...]

The demand for increased efficiency is a dilemma which faces members of all professions. Improved techniques, new discoveries, further research and the studies of the experiences of others have resulted in improved procedures in all fields. The education profession is no exception, as it has recently felt the impacts of concentrated efforts to increase efficiency at all levels. [...]

In using the term "periglacial morphology", it is meant to include all those elements of the landscape that may be attributed to the action of periglacial processes. While the mechanics of all periglacial processes are not yet fully understood, a number of morphological features have been recognized in various parts of the world that owe their existence, wholly or in part, to the formation or melting of permanent, seasonal or diurnal ice within or at the surface of the ground. [...]