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Network evolution: the origins, development and effectiveness of Manitoba's railway system
(2011-09-13)
This thesis examines the characteristics of railway infrastructure development and associated issues in Manitoba, Canada. The period under consideration dates from when the first tracks were laid in 1878 through to the ...
‘It has impacted our lives in great measure’: families, patients, and health care during Manitoba’s polio era, 1928 – 1953
(2013-08-23)
This dissertation examines the broad social impacts of the multiple polio epidemics that occurred in Manitoba between 1928 and 1953, a period I refer to as the epidemic era. It argues that examining the six major polio ...
They who part the grass: the Japanese government and early nikkei immigration to Canada, 1877–1908
(2012-04-04)
This paper provides an account of early Japanese immigration to Canada in the years between 1877 and 1908 from the point of view of the Japanese Imperial government of the time. Drawing on Japanese diplomatic correspondence ...