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The Quebec Difference: Unique Challenges of the Quebec Education System as Compared to Ontario (open access)

The Quebec Difference: Unique Challenges of the Quebec Education System as Compared to Ontario

This thesis examines the current system of education in Quebec. Quebec spends as much money on education as Ontario but is not seeing the same results. In this analysis the reasons for Ontario's success and the challenges that Quebec is facing are outlined along with suggestions for reform in order to improve outcomes in Quebec.
Date: August 2020
Creator: King, Christine
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Quebec's Révolution Tranquille Reflected Through Artists' Voices (1945-1995) (open access)

Quebec's Révolution Tranquille Reflected Through Artists' Voices (1945-1995)

The Quebec of the Quiet Revolution invites a fascinating sociocultural study, and this analysis provides an overview of major changes there during the 1960s and 1970s. The author analyzes how artistic, literary, and musical contributions of the era reflected the public's sentiments toward this metamorphosis. References to political cartoons, plays, poetry, songs, and non-fiction works such as essays and manifestos illustrate attitudes toward the shifting role of the Catholic Church, the arrival of a Liberal government following an ultra-conservative administration, the feminist movement, economic and education reform, and the transformation of Quebec's identity through fierce debates over the status of French and English in the province. Policies enacted by Quebec Prime Ministers, especially Maurice Duplessis, Jean Lesage, and René Lévesque were pivotal to the emerging society. Events such as Vatican II, the publication of the Encyclical letter Humanae Vitae, and the efforts of Catholic Action revealed two concurrent strains of Catholicism present in Quebec and the extent to which the Church had become disconnected from society. This study examines major feminist aims within the historical and literary context and considers how collective efforts were critical to advancing their agenda. Ambitious economic measures enabled Quebec's francophone population to catch up to …
Date: August 2020
Creator: Guerrero, Danica Lynn Eisman
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of Differences in Sentiment from Tweets Related to  COVID-19 Between Canada and US Residents (open access)

An Investigation of Differences in Sentiment from Tweets Related to COVID-19 Between Canada and US Residents

This study aims to understand how individuals communicated and acknowledged to COVID-19 pandemic on Twitter. It mainly focused on identifying and demonstrating the differences in the perspective of United States and Canadian residents.
Date: December 2020
Creator: Gone, Keshava Pallavi & Conrad, Colin
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Generative Artificial Intelligence in Canadian Post-Secondary Education: AI Policies, Possibilities, Realities, and Futures (open access)

Generative Artificial Intelligence in Canadian Post-Secondary Education: AI Policies, Possibilities, Realities, and Futures

Report examining "faculty member and administrator perspectives on Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), which is a technology popularized by ChatGPT that uses machine learning to process data and produce new content, including audio, code, images, text, simulations, and videos" (p. 2).
Date: 2023
Creator: Veletsianos, George
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library