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Relentless (for Chamber Orchestra)

Relentless, for chamber orchestra (2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 bsn., 2 trb., 1 tuba, 1 pno., 1 timp., 1 xyl., 1 mrb., 6 vln., 2 vla., 1 vlc., 1 d.b.) is a minimalist composition, which, in addition to the traditional repetition of patterns, is propelled forward by the superimposition of different pulses heard in different instruments in the orchestra. Timbral interplay is employed to articulate rhythmic complexity and independence. At different points in the development of the musical material, each of these pulses becomes prominent and its relationship to the other pulses causes a false impression of metric modulation. After several such "false" metric modulations, there is a real one which takes place at the climax of the work. The timpani is at the core of this central modulation. Its dotted quarter-note pulse gradually overwhelms the texture and, at the point of the metric modulation, it becomes the new tempo. As the music progresses forward, there is also a deeper kind of transformation taking place. The initial systematic approach to structure gradually yields to a more intuitive process and, by the end, it becomes quite referential, making vague and, occasionally, overt allusions to pop music from the 1960s. It is this deeper transformation from process to reference and from conceptual thinking to intuition that lies at the heart of this work's structure. I have always been interested in pop music and throughout my university education, I have tried to find ways of implementing the sounds and surface language of this music while retaining a more complex and rigorous rhythmic and structural control below the surface that can propel the composition forward and the listener's attention beyond the 3 - 4 minute attention span of pop music. Relentless represents the current stage in my quest to be able to speak both languages without compromising one for the sake of the other.

Keywords: chamber orchestra
minimalism
pop
solo strings
Advisor: Christos, Hatzis
Cloned Product Variants: From Ad-hoc to Well-managed Software Reuse

A large number of companies, especially in the automotive, electronics, aerospace and defense domains, develop a portfolio of closely related software products designed to satisfy similar, yet not identical, needs of their customers (a.k.a. a software product line). Even though numerous software product line engineering approaches promise to ease the product line development and maintenance effort, in practice, the adoption of such approaches is still limited. Instead, products are often established ad-hoc, e.g., by copying existing variants and modifying them to fit the requirements of a new customer or market segment.In this thesis, we investigate the reuse culture in organizations that employ cloning to realize their product lines. By analyzing development activities in several industrial product lines, we show that an efficient management of clones relies on both (1) the unification of the cloned variants into single-copy representations promoted by product line engineering methods and (2) the construction of a management infrastructure on top of existing variants, which allows to mitigate the shortcomings of cloning while leveraging its benefits. These two directions, in fact, coexist and complement each other within a single organization during the transition from ad-hoc to managed reuse~-- a process that usually takes several years. Based on empirical evidence, we build the foundations for the management of cloned product variants, contributing a framework that specifies a set of conceptual operators required for variant maintenance and evolution. We show that these operators provide the necessary building blocks that can be composed to realize complex scenarios related to the management of clones, during both the unification and the maintenance of existing variants. We discuss possible implementations of the operators, mapping them to existing work when available. We also provide implementation for some of the missing functionality, and identify opportunities for future research.We believe that the operator-based view promoted by this work provides a systematic approach for understanding the required, existing and missing functionality. It thus transforms the effort of introducing managed reuse in organizations that employ cloning from opportunistic to predicted, controlled and reproducible. Our work supports both researchers and practitioners interested in improving reuse practices in families of related products, promoting an incremental and staged transition from ad-hoc to well-managed reuse.

Keywords: Cloned Product Variants
Feature Location
Legacy Product Lines
N-Way Merge
Product Merging
Software Product Lines
Advisor: Marsha, Chechik
Lesbian and Gay Career Development and Super's Life-span, Life-space Theory

Abstract The primary goal of the present study was to examine the influence of sexual minority identity on the career decision and trajectory of 15 lesbian women and 14 gay men, between the ages of 18-57. Next, the phase of career development and the social context of these participants were examined through the lens of Super's (1990) life-span, life-space theory of career development. Three main findings emerged from this study. First, although oppressive forces, such as heterosexism, homophobia, and discrimination pervasively influence the career development of sexual minorities, there is evidence of a process by which they mediate the impact of these influences on career development, namely, by minimizing exposure to homophobia, maximizing exposure to affirming professional and personal supports, and by capitalizing on strength and resilience gained over the course of developing a sexual minority identity. Next, although participants' phase of career development was consistent with what Super's (1990) life-span theory would predict, factors related to sexual orientation and homophobia influenced how they maneuvered within and between these phases. Finally, the situational determinants-portion of life-span theory were determined to have limited efficacy for describing the social context within which sexual minorities choose and pursue careers, as it does not take into consideration the systemic heterosexism and homophobia that qualify the life-space of sexual minority persons. The addition of oppression as an over-arching influence on the life-space of marginalized persons in general, and sexual minority persons in particular, is proposed. Limitations of the present study, as well as implications for research and counselling practice are presented.

Keywords: Career Development
Donald Super
Gay and Lesbian
Homophobia
Sexual Minority
Advisor: Margaret, Schneider
Vaccination and the Law in Ontario and Nova Scotia (1800 - 1924)

Since the discovery of smallpox vaccination in the late eighteenth century, Western societies have often confronted the question of whether the state can justifiably impose the procedure on its citizens in the interest of safeguarding general public health. This question is at the heart of ongoing controversies regarding whether to require mandatory vaccination to check a resurgence of childhood diseases such as measles. While there are social and medical histories of the application of vaccination to the problem of infectious diseases in Canada, much remains unknown about the legal history of the procedure, including, specifically, the nature and scope of legal mechanisms used to enforce vaccinations and the factors -- legal, social or otherwise -- that account for the effectiveness, success or failure of these mechanisms. This dissertation addresses this gap through the lens of the legal history of smallpox vaccination in Ontario and Nova Scotia in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. It provides an original, comprehensive account of vaccination law and policy in nineteenth century Canada, encompassing the factors and ideologies that triggered and shaped the legal regulation of smallpox vaccination, the processes, design, content and outcomes of legal regulation, challenges associated with the implementation and enforcement of vaccination laws, and the influence or impact of broader social and political arrangements and norms. It also provides a firsthand account of why and to what extent mandatory approaches to vaccination were utilized in preventing the introduction and spread of smallpox, how such approaches were fashioned, and the reasons why they succeeded or failed to achieve stated regulatory aims. The study shows that approaches to vaccination varied between Ontario and Nova Scotia, and that the effectiveness of vaccination policies depended on the design of legal measures utilized, strong and responsive (local) government, holistic approaches that eschew a singular focus on vaccination over other methods of fighting infectious diseases, the absence of ideological contests over the legitimacy of mandatory vaccination, availability of financial resources to support the administration of vaccination, heightened and sustained threats of infectious diseases, and a population that is generally supportive of public health interventions.

Keywords: Canadian History
Infectious Diseases
Low Law
Public Health
Smallpox
Vaccination
Advisor: Trudo, Lemmens
Patronage in the re-Christianized Landscape of Angevin Apulia: The Rebuilding of Luceria sarracenorum into Civitas Sanctae Mariae

This dissertation examines the early fourteenth-century architecture, art, and urbanism of Lucera in Apulia, a city that for most of the thirteenth century served as the only Muslim settlement on the Italian peninsula until its violent purge and destruction by the king of Naples on August 15, 1300. As a city that was suppressed, repopulated, and rebuilt within the span of two decades, Lucera is unique and facilitates a case study that bridges scholarship on the art and architecture in southern Italy, urbanism, multiculturalism, and the emergence of states. This interdisciplinary work argues that Lucera's destruction and reconstruction were due to the rise of an Angevin state and investigates how the repopulated city's art and architecture were affected by the priorities of consolidation and centralization. This dissertation emphasizes the growth of Angevin cities as social and historical phenomena within an analysis of their built environments and the art forms that inhabited them. The most fundamental question raised is how did the emergence of the centralized Angevin crown, the same force that willed the end of Muslim Lucera and its subsequent reconstruction, affect architectural production as well as the dissemination of artistic styles throughout the kingdom? In addition, what was the relationship between arts on a smaller scale, many examples of which were "imported" from regional artistic centers, and buildings, which largely were vernacular constructions? This dissertation argues that the links between political centralization, building production, and artistic circulation within the Angevin South were inextricable. It reaches three fundamental conclusions: the development of an Angevin state meant that a large population of visible religious and ethnic minorities at Lucera was seen as detrimental to political, social, and cultural consolidation, necessitating a purge; the group of outsiders was located within an economically important region of the kingdom, prompting an immediate reconstruction to complete a network of urban centers that had begun three decades earlier; and the same commercial and diplomatic networks of which rebuilt Lucera formed one of the final pieces facilitated the circulation of materials, individual expertise, and art work employed to build, govern, and furnish the reconstructed city. In essence, this dissertation provides a history of the Angevin state through a detailed examination of Lucera's art and architecture rather than providing purely monographic histories of each object.

Keywords: Angevin
Colonialism
Islam
Italy
Naples
Advisor: Jill, Caskey
On the Formation of Elliptical Galaxies via Mergers in Galaxy Groups

Elliptical galaxies comprise the majority of luminous galaxies in our universe. Ellipticals have long been thought to form through gas-rich "major" mergers of two roughly equal-mass spiral galaxies. We propose instead that ellipticals form through gas-poor, mainly minor mergers of spirals in groups. This hypothesis is tested using a novel sample of hundreds of numerical simulations of mergers in groups of three to twenty-five spiral galaxies. These simulations are accompanied by mock observations of the central remnants in each group, comparing to data on ellipticals from galaxy surveys. The simulated merger remnants have similar surface brightness profiles to observed ellipticals - if the spirals begin with concentrated bulges. The remnants follow tight size-luminosity and velocity dispersion-luminosity relations (

Advisor: John, J. Dubinski
Examining the Oral Health, Access to Dental Care and Transnational Dental Care Utilization of Adult Immigrants: Analysis of the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada (2001-2005)

Immigrants form a significant and growing proportion of Canadian society. Around 250,000 immigrants are admitted into the country each year. Recent immigrants to Canada are, on average, healthier that the general Canadian population, in a phenomenon called "the healthy immigrant effect". However, over the years after immigration, their health declines. Very little is known about the oral health of adult immigrants to Canada, and there is no evidence that "the healthy immigrant effect" applies to oral health. Little and inconsistent evidence is also found regarding immigrants' access to dental care and dental care utilization. A secondary data analysis was conducted on the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada (LSIC 2001-2005). Using a generalized estimating equation (GEE) approach, we examined socio-demographic and economic factors associated with changes in self-reported dental problems among a sample of adult immigrants to Canada over a four-year period. Using logistic regression, we also examined predictors of barriers to accessing dental care (i.e., unmet dental care needs) and transnational dental care utilization over a three point five year. Results revealed that immigrants were more likely to report dental problems than Canadians over the period of observation (OR=2.77; 95% CI: 2.55-3.02). Lack of dental insurance predicted immigrants' unmet dental care needs (OR=2.63; 95% CI: 2.05-3.37) and transnational dental care utilization (OR=2.05; 95% CI:1.55-2.70) post-migration. Immigrant women were also more likely to report dental problems, and to use transnational dental care services over time. In conclusion, this study identified an increased likelihood of reporting dental problems over time, suggesting that the healthy immigrant effect applies to oral health. Immigrants lacking dental insurance were more likely to face barriers to accessing dental care and to use transnational dental care strategies to overcome those barriers. Shortcomings in immigration policies and the features of the Canadian dental care system, which tend to exclude most socially marginalized groups, may contribute to immigrants' oral health deterioration. Importantly, immigrant women who over time were more likely to report dental problems should be at the forefront of public policies aiming to improve the oral health ofimmigrants.

Keywords: Dental Care
Immigration
Longitudinal Studies
Oral Health
Advisor: Carles, Muntaner
The Ontario Leadership Framework for Catholic Principals and Vice-Principals: Purpose versus Practice

Education is a field that experiences a number of policy initiatives and changes all in an effort to improve the system. The success of these initiatives is dependent in large part on the way the policies have been received by those expected to implement the changes. This study explored the experiences of seven Catholic secondary principals and seven Catholic secondary vice-principals with the Ontario Leadership Framework (OLF) in one school district of Ontario. As a provincially mandated policy change, the OLF was part of an initiative to support and sustain current school leaders in their work by providing a catalogue of leadership practices and competencies that have been found to be highly effective both in the research literature of educational leadership and from current practitioners. A review of the policy implementation and educational change literature was used to provide a perspective on how innovations can be understood to go through a process that involves 3 phases: initiation, implementation, and institutionalization. Of particular interest to this study is the presence of factors that influence how an innovation is implemented. This conceptual framework was used to explore and understand the presence of these factors in the experiences of this study's participants. Qualitative data were collected through personal interviews with participants and provided opportunities for them to reflect on their experiences with the OLF.Findings suggest that participants' experiences were largely influenced by the way their school district unpacked the OLF. More specifically, participants identified the framework as a tool for performance appraisals, a reference for job interviews, and a source of a common leadership language. Despite the intent to embed core leadership practices and competencies into the professional learning and daily practices of school leaders, study participants only used the framework to complete two administrative tasks. Further, principals and vice-principals noted aspects of their work that were not reflected in the framework. Results of this study suggest a number of implications for practice for governments, school districts, and for principals and vice-principals.

Keywords: Change Process
Educational Change
Leadership
Policy Implementation
Principal
Vice-Principal
Advisor: Blair, Mascall
The Unlimited Guitar: Arranging Bach and Britten as Means to Repertoire Expansion

Transcriptions and arrangements are an essential part of the classical guitar repertoire. Benjamin Britten's first Cello Suite is a cornerstone of the solo cello repertoire and, at present, has not yet been arranged for the classical guitar. This study proposes, through the detailed examination of historical arrangements, texts, articles, and methods, to create adaptations of Britten's Cello Suite, Op.72 and of J.S. Bach's Partita No.1 for Unaccompanied Violin, BWV 1002 that are idiomatic to the guitar. Along with a detailed adaptation log of J.S. Bach's Partita, BWV 1002, the present study includes an overview of the arranging process gleaned from Bach's own arrangements, examination of guitar transcriptions of Bach's unaccompanied string music among other composers and arrangers' works, and analysis of guitar audio recordings. As a result, this study generates criteria that, when applied, inform and create effective adaptations, providing a blue print for arrangers interested in adapting music for guitar. Bach's method of adaptation, the adaptation criteria derived from this study, and several notable guitarists and scholars' approach to arranging are then integrated into a guitar performance edition of the aforementioned works.

Keywords: Adaptation
Arrangements
Arranging
Bach
Britten
Transcription
Advisor: Ruth, Harvey E.
The Impact of Informal Caregiving Intensity on Labour Market Outcomes

Most OECD countries have introduced policies shifting health care into community settings. These policies rely on informal caregivers to provide care to disabled or ill family and friends. At the same time, there are policies in place promoting labour market retention. To better understand how caregiving and labour policies may interact to affect the available pool of caregivers and labour force participants, we need more evidence about how informal caregiving is related to labour market outcomes. We explore this issue through three empirical studies, with a focus on caregivers who provide significant amounts of weekly care (i.e. intensive caregivers).The first study uses the Canadian cross-sectional General Social Survey to determine whether providing informal care is associated with various labour market states. We find that intense caregiving is associated with being fully retired for men and women. High intensity caregivers are also more likely to be retired before age 65. In the second study, we use the American National Longitudinal Survey of Mature Women and control for time-invariant heterogeneity and time-varying sources of bias amongst retirement-aged women. We find that women who provide at least 20 hours of informal care per week are 3 percentage points more likely to retire relative to other women, which supports the idea that intensive caregiving may cause women to retire. Finally, given changes in the policy, demographic, and cultural contexts, we use the American National Longitudinal Surveys of Young and Mature Women to explore whether labour market penalties have changed over time. Following two cohorts of pre-retirement aged women, we find that intensive informal caregiving is negatively associated with labour force participation for both pre-Baby Boomers and Baby Boomers. The caregiving effects are not significantly different across cohorts, implying that, despite the introduction of offsetting policies, labour market penalties for caregivers have persisted.

Keywords: Canada
gender
informal care
retirement
United States
unpaid care
Advisor: Peter, C. Coyte
Disability and the Desire for Communnity

Bringing together disability studies with aspects of diaspora studies and feminist theory, and written through an interpretive methodology informed by hermeneutics and phenomenology, this dissertation explores the phenomena of "disability community." I analyze how disability communities are enacted through a desire for disability and how such enactments bring new meaning to disability, community, and geography. I begin by exploring how meanings of geographic spaces and meanings of people, are produced in and through culture in entangled ways. I trace out a few historic examples of how disabled, racialized, and racialized people were culturally produced as `non-human' (`slaves,' `fools,' `freaks,' and stateless bodies) by and within geographic sites such as slave ships, ships of fools, freak shows, asylums, and immigration offices. Turning to contemporary examples, I explore how particular environments are culturally produced as disposable, a production closely connected to how their (poor, racialized) inhabitants are produced. I attend to how disabled and racialized people are rendered not simply as undesirable citizens, but as bodies in a perpetual state of `unbelongingness,' for we live in geographic spaces in which we are both undesirable, as manifestations of abnormalcy, and desirable, for the ways that such manifestations are necessary for the production of normalcy. Turning to the particular geographic space of a university campus, I engage stories generated in interviews. My interviews reveal that a sense of belonging in community is produced by feelings, rather than structures, common identities, or shared embodiments. I explore how enactments--fleeting, unstructured, and, perhaps, unexpected moments wherein people come together through a desire for disability of disability-- of community can rework these terrains. I end by proposing that enactments of crip communities `crip,' that is, open up with desire for the way that disability disrupts, ways that we understand disability and how we come together in community.

Keywords: Community
Disability
Social Geography
Stories
Storytelling
Advisor: Tanya, Titchkosky