ii To the memory of my bubbe, Lillian Kotovsky, and to my parents who have taught me the importance of embracing my cultural heritage. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my Thesis Supervisor, Professor Craig Adcock, for the time and energy he has dedicated to assisting me in the completion of this thesis. My gratitude also goes to Professor Wallace Tomasini and Professor Dorothy Johnson...

This article outlines some of the major Eastern sexual and spiritual traditions (primarily Hinduism, Taoism and Tantrism), and discusses their relevance for the contemporary Western world. The article begins by examining the sources of Eastern sexual traditions, before and after the "Axial" period, the turning point at which male consciousness and power gained ascendancy over the female princi...

Humans have a form of externalised memory. They are able to transmit information across generations in the form of learned cultural traditions and preserve this knowledge in artefacts. How this capability evolved from the simpler traditions of other animals is an active area of research.

Over the past century, the congruency between the modern description of hemophilia and a hereditary coagulation disorder described in the Talmud has been widely noted. Examination of the Talmudic text suggests that: 1. The disease described there closely resembles the modern characterization of classic hemophilia. 2. The hereditary pattern described is consistent with the distinctive inheritanc...

Each of the previous three articles in this series has examined one of the three main traditions of humour theory; those based around incongruity, superiority and the release of energy. We have seen that each of these theoretical traditions sheds some light upon humour and laughter, but also that all fail in their overly ambitious task of offering a fully comprehensive theory. This has not dete...

The largest school division in Winnipeg, Canada—the Winnipeg School Division—is undertaking several initiatives the teaching for reconciliation and meeting educational mandate of Truth Reconciliation Commission Canada’s 94 Calls to Action. These are being implemented many division’s K-12 schools a variety subject areas. This articleexamines reconciliatory that provide Indigenous non-Indigenous ...

Cross-site comparison studies of behavioral variation can provide evidence for traditions in wild species once ecological and genetic factors are excluded as causes for cross-site differences. These studies ensure behavior variants are considered within the context of a species' ecology and evolutionary adaptations. We examined wide-scale geographic variation in the behavior of spider monkeys (...