Corner Brook Research Articles

The impact of multidisciplinary program requirements on student attitudes toward sustainability and education for sustainability

PurposeThis paper aims to investigate the role of multidisciplinary course requirements in shaping student attitudes toward sustainability and education for sustainable development. Previous research indicates that students conceptualize sustainability based on their academic discipline; thus, this research investigates whether there is a difference in student attitudes toward sustainability at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland, where students are encouraged to cross the borders of their academic disciplines.Design/methodology/approachThis research reports on the findings from a mixed-methods study to assess the impact of program requirements on student attitudes toward sustainability and education for sustainable development at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland. In phase one, an anonymous survey was administered to students regarding their perceptions and attitudes toward sustainability and education for sustainable development. The survey yielded 100 usable responses. Phase 2 consisted of a series of 10 semi-structured expert interviews with key faculty and staff at Grenfell Campus and a representative from the City of Corner Brook, which gave further insights regarding sustainability programming and campus culture.FindingsContrary to previous research, the results of this research indicate that the School of Study does not have a statistically significant impact on student attitudes toward sustainability. This may be attributed to Grenfell Campus’s Breadth of Knowledge requirement within the School of Arts and Social Science and the School of Science and the Environment, which requires that students take elective courses from a broad range of subject matter to develop their holistic awareness of social, cultural, scientific and political issues.Practical implicationsThe results of this research indicate that students who are exposed to broad multidisciplinary requirements may be more likely to have positive attitudes toward sustainability than students who focus on a single discipline.Originality/valueA limited number of studies investigate the impact of core program requirements on student attitudes toward sustainability. This paper promotes an effective way of raising sustainability-literate young people/citizens in a Canadian higher education context.

Gros Morne Summer Music Festival, 2022, Corner Brook and Woody Point, Newfoundland and Labrador

Gros Morne Summer Music Festival, 2022, Corner Brook and Woody Point, Newfoundland and Labrador

A Laurentian cratonic reference from the distal Proterozoic basement of Western Newfoundland using tandem in situ and isotope dilution U-pb zircon and titanite geochronology

The Humber Margin of Newfoundland preserves the most distal exposures of Proterozoic basement in northeastern Laurentia. Age uncertainty has permitted a range of hypotheses for its origin and links to subsequent tectonic events. One hypothesis has proposed large-scale orogen-parallel displacement between basement blocks in western Newfoundland. The apparent absence of Grenville- (∼1250–950 Ma <i>sensu lato</i>) or Taconic-aged (∼480–450 Ma) magmatism or metamorphism on the Corner Brook Lake Block (CBLB), which are defining features of the Humber Margin, has been reconciled by restoring the CBLB to a pre-Taconic position in Labrador with &gt;400 km of post-Taconic dextral motion along the Humber River Fault. To test this model and better define the basement and Paleozoic rifted margin of North America, we conducted a geochronological study of the CBLB and the basement of the adjacent Humber Margin at Indian Head Range using tandem <i>in situ</i> and isotope dilution U-Pb zircon and titanite geochronology. These basement blocks, separated by the Humber River Fault, consist of <i>∼</i>1500 and <i>∼</i>1250 Ma protoliths, 1140 to 1135 Ma magmatism, 1000 to 970 Ma metamorphism, and <i>∼</i>607 Ma intraplate magmatism. These basement blocks are also overlain by similar late Ediacaran to Cambrian siliciclastic successions with similar detrital zircon age spectra. From this set of geological data, we conclude that the Humber River Fault did not accommodate significant orogen-parallel displacement. New basement ages and a revised compilation of detrital zircon ages from overlying rift-related deposits contribute to a geochronologic cratonic reference datum for western Newfoundland9s crystalline basement, whose protolith has a restricted age range from <i>circa</i> 1500 to 950 Ma. New age constraints for metasedimentary rocks are also used to document a 1250 to 1135 Ma succession at Indian Head Range and a ∼1000 Ma succession on the CBLB associated with Grenvillian orogenesis. Protracted late Grenvillian tectono-thermal events are inferred from cores and metamorphic overgrowths of ∼990 to 920 Ma detrital titanite in late Ediacaran conglomerate overlying CBLB basement.

Correlation of seasonal precipitation isotopic profile with the modern climatological data: a case study from the western Newfoundland region of Canada

Abstract The measurement of stable water isotopes (i.e. δ 18 O and δ 2 H) in precipitation is a powerful tool for detecting changes in climate patterns, assessing groundwater movements and studying the hydrological budget. In this study, daily precipitation was collected and δ 18 O and δ 2 H were analysed in Corner Brook, western Newfoundland, and Labrador, for 2015. The study provides the first background data of any kind related to liquid water isotopes in western Newfoundland. More than 130 samples were analysed using a state-of-the-art cavity ring-down spectrometer, the Picarro Liquid Water Isotope Analyzer L2130-i, with a minimal instrumental error. The data suggest seasonal variations in which the δ 18 O varies from −33.4 to −0.03‰ (±0.023‰) and δ 2 H ranges from −253.4 to 15.1‰ (±0.148‰). Our data are compared with modern meteorological data and publicly available δ 18 O and δ 2 H data from greater Atlantic Canada, which suggests that the atmospheric circulation patterns, spatial features and other climate factors are distinct in Corner Brook. Isotopes in meteorological precipitation data referenced and collected in this study reflect the cool, wet climate and air-mass fluctuations unique to the geographical region and thus, this baseline is fundamental to understanding the modern isotope hydrological/climatic studies for this region.

Fly-ash from a pulp and paper mill: A potential liming material for agricultural soils in Western Newfoundland.

Most agricultural soils in Western Newfoundland are acidic and need lime to raise soil pH to be productive. Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Ltd produces a substantial amount of fly-ash, disposed of at a local landfill. This study was conducted to assess the potential for using fly-ash as a liming material for agricultural soil (pH 5.5) in Western Newfoundland. Heavy metal concentration in the soil and fly-ash were analysed and compared with soil and compost guidelines. As per quality guidelines, only part of the lime requirement can be substituted by fly-ash. The percentage may vary depending on initial soil pH and the desired pH for the crop to be grown. The total lime requirement can be met when fly-ash is applied combined with other soil amendments low in trace element concentration.

Affordable and efficient adsorbent for arsenic removal from rural water supply systems in Newfoundland

The fly ash from the Corner Brook Pulp and Paper (CBPP) mill was used in this study as the raw material for the preparation of a low-cost adsorbent for arsenic removal from the well water of Bell Island. The CBPP fly ash was physically activated in two different ways: (a) activation with pure CO2 (CAC) with the iodine number and methylene value of 704.53 mg/g and 292.32 mg/g, respectively; and (b) activation with a mixture of CO2 and steam (CSAC) with the iodine number and methylene value of 1119.98 mg/g and 358.95 mg/g, respectively, at the optimized temperature of 850 °C and the time of 2 h for both activations. The BET surface areas of the CAC and CSAC at the optimized conditions were 847.26 m2/g and 1146.25 m2/g, respectively. The optimized CSAC was used for impregnation with iron (III) chloride (FeCl3) with different concentrations (0.01 M to 1 M). The study shows that the adsorbent impregnated with 0.1 M FeCl3 is the most efficient adsorbent for arsenic removal. Isotherm analysis shows that the Langmuir model better describes the equilibrium behavior of the arsenic adsorption from both local well water and synthesized water compared to the other models. The maximum arsenic adsorption capacity was 35.6 μg/g of carbon for local well water and 1428.6 μg/g of carbon for synthesized water. Furthermore, the kinetic behavior of arsenic adsorption from synthesized and local well water was well depicted by the pseudo-second order kinetic model.

Anthropogenic modification of a fjord: Bay of Islands, Newfoundland

The majority of Newfoundland fjords are relatively pristine. However, the Bay of Islands fjord, site of Corner Brook (Newfoundland's second-largest city with a population of 20 000), shows considerable anthropogenic modification. Submarine slides have been triggered by dock and road construction. Dredge spoil and a scuttled barge litter the seafloor. A large mound of wood chips extending into the Bay of Islands is waste from a paper mill. The Bay of Islands, western Newfoundland, is a fjord bounded at its seaward end by an arcuate submarine moraine (Fig. 1a) up to 100 m thick (Josenhans et al. 1990; Josenhans & Zevenhuizen 1993; Josenhans & Lehman 1999). The moraine formed after retreat of ice that formerly extended far out on the continental shelf (Shaw et al. 2006). The deepest areas of the fjord (295 m) are immediately landward of the shallow (30 m) moraine. The fjord has three principal arms, the largest of which (Humber Arm, Fig. 1a, c), averages 100 m deep and shallows steeply at its head where the Humber River enters. Humber Arm has many of the attributes of fjords elsewhere; it hosts thick glacimarine sediments (Fig. 1b) overlain by postglacial mud (Shaw et al. 2000 …

“The mill whistle was blowing and the Germans were coming”

In summer 2007, while conducting maintenance on the mill’s structure, the Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Mill silenced the whistle that had been part of the local “soundscape” (Schafer 1977) for more than eighty years. When the whistle did not return immediately, public outcry was voiced in the local newspaper over the loss of part of the city’s heritage. Its return in December 2007 at half the previous daily frequency provided the impetus for a collection project.While the mill whistle is an important tool that marks the passage of time, regulates the movement of bodies, and signals trouble at the mill (such as a fire), its significance to the community extends beyond the utilitarian. It plays a role in memorialization (sounding on Remembrance Day) and celebration (marking, for example, the end of WWII), and has become a familiar icon for local song-writers and authors alike. This article provides an overview of “The Mill Whistle Project” designed to document the mill whistle in Corner Brook, describes the historic functions of the mill whistle, and identifies alternative uses of the whistle over time. It then interrogates the whistle’s relationship to World War II and Remembrance Day, demonstrating its extension as a community-wide notification system, its mobilization as a means of celebration, and its continuing role in memorialisation.

Access to health services in Western Newfoundland, Canada: Issues, barriers and recommendations emerging from a community-engaged research project

Research indicates that people living in rural and remote areas of Canada face challenges to accessing health services. This article reports on a community-engaged research project conducted by investigators at Memorial University of Newfoundland in collaboration with the Rural Secretariat Regional Councils and Regional Partnership Planners for the Corner Brook–Rocky Harbour and Stephenville–Port aux Basques Rural Secretariat Regions of Newfoundland and Labrador. The aim of this research was to gather information on barriers to accessing health services, to identify solutions to health services’ access issues and to inform policy advice to government on enhancing access to health services. Data was collected through: (1) targeted distribution of a survey to communities throughout the region, and (2) informal ‘kitchen table’ discussions to discuss health services’ access issues. A total of 1049 surveys were collected and 10 kitchen table discussions were held. Overall, the main barriers to care listed in the survey included long wait times, services not available in the area and services not available at time required. Other barriers noted by survey respondents included transportation problems, financial concerns, no medical insurance coverage, distance to travel and weather conditions. Some respondents reported poorer access to maternal/child health and breast and cervical screening services and a lack of access to general practitioners, pharmacy services, dentists and nurse practitioners. Recommendations that emerged from this research included improving the recruitment of rural physicians, exploring the use of nurse practitioners, assisting individuals with travel costs, developing specialist outreach services, increasing use of telehealth services and initiating additional rural and remote health research.Keywords: rural, remote, healthcare, health services, social determinants of health

Impact of short‐term exposure to low subzero temperatures on egg hatch in the hemlock looper, Lambdina fiscellaria

AbstractThe frequency of extreme events, such as cold spells, is expected to increase under global warming. Therefore, the ability of insects to survive rapid changes in temperature is an important aspect to investigate in current population ecology. The hemlock looper (HL), Lambdina fiscellaria (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), a defoliator of boreal balsam fir forests in eastern Canada, overwinters at the egg stage on tree trunks and branches where eggs can be exposed to very low subzero air temperatures. Using eggs from the island of Newfoundland (NL) and Quebec mainland (QC), we undertook field and laboratory experiments to determine: (1) their supercooling point (SCP) in mid‐January and mid‐February; (2) overwintering mortality; (3) cold tolerance to various combinations of subzero temperatures (−25, −30, −33, −35, or −37 °C) and exposure durations (2, 4, 8, 12, or 16 h); and (4) potential causes of death at subzero temperatures above the SCP. Regardless of population or sampling date, eggs supercooled on average at −40.1 °C. In the field, 59% of eggs from either population that overwintered in Sainte‐Foy (QC) and Corner Brook (NL) hatched successfully, whereas none did in Armagh (QC) or Epaule (QC). In the laboratory, 50% of eggs survived after 4 h at −34.4 °C or after 14 h at −32.9 °C. In contrast, regardless of exposure duration, &gt;50% of eggs hatched at temperatures ≥−33 °C, but &lt;50% did so at ≤−35 °C, suggesting high pre‐freeze mortality. However, when eggs were attached to thermocouples and exposed to temperatures ranging from −25 to −37 °C for 16 h, 69% froze at temperatures of −35 to −37 °C, but only 2% did at −25 or −30 °C. Time to freeze decreased as subzero temperatures declined, and this was more evident in island eggs than in mainland eggs. Overall, eggs can freeze after a brief exposure to subzero temperatures higher than the standard SCP, and are thus highly vulnerable to cold spells.

The Corner Brook Lake block in the Newfoundland Appalachians: A suspect terrane along the Laurentian margin and evidence for large-scale orogen-parallel motion

Available geochronological (U-Pb and Ar/Ar) and geological data indicate that the Corner Brook Lake block of the Humber zone in the western Newfoundland Appalachians has unique characteristics. Grenvillian ages (ca. 1.0 Ga), which are typical for the Laurentian Appalachian margin, are absent in the crystalline basement to the Corner Brook Lake block. This makes it unlikely that the block is underlain by true parautochthonous Humber margin basement. However, the lithological makeup of its late Neoproterozoic–Early Cambrian sedimentary cover and detrital zircon populations indicate a Laurentian-type provenance. In addition, there is no geochronological or other geological evidence for a Middle Ordovician tectono-thermal event in the Corner Brook Lake block, suggesting that it escaped the penetrative tectono-thermal effects of the Taconic collision present elsewhere in the Laurentian realm. Instead, the block underwent strong regional deformation and associated peak metamorphism during the Silurian Salinic orogeny. Combined evidence, including the absence of Grenvillian ages, the presence of late Neoproterozoic ca. 600 Ma granitoid plutons, the regionally distinct early Paleozoic tectonic history of the Corner Brook Lake block, and its fault-bounded nature, implies that the block represents an allochthonous terrane. Available data indicate that significant orogen-parallel movement of the block (possibly 400 km or more) could have taken place during the Appalachian orogeny. The possibility of large-scale strike-slip tectonics, in addition to the well-documented convergent motions, has significant implications for the tectonic interpretation of the early Paleozoic evolution of the Newfoundland Appalachians.

Creating Community: Industrial Paternalism and Town Planning in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, 1923–1955

In the early twentieth century numerous primary extractive industries constructed company towns on the resource frontiers of North America. Company directors hoped that massive capital infusion in remote areas in the form of planned towns would secure a much-needed skilled workforce and generally increase returns. The pulp and paper town of Corner Brook in western Newfoundland is a significant, but largely neglected case in point. This paper details the paternalist and utilitarian motivations of companies for single-industry community construction at this time. More importantly, however, it offers a new and critical approach to the issue of single-industry community development. Early multinational companies sought to secure a place "on the ground" through comprehensive planning and community administration. At the same time, residents of Corner Brook, though constrained by dependence on the sole industry, negotiated their own physically and socially distinct community in a variety of ways. The global-local nexus of company planning, resident response, and change introduces a complexity into the study of company towns that are generally portrayed in terms of rigid top-down company exploitation of a "captive" workforce.

Spread of a Gammabaculovirus within Larval Populations of Its Natural Balsam Fir Sawfly (Neodiprion abietis) Host Following Its Aerial Application.

Field trials and assessments of the balsam fir sawfly (Neodiprion abietis) nucleopolyhedrovirus (NeabNPV: Baculoviridae, Gammabaculovirus) against its natural host were conducted in July and August 2002 near Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, in naturally regenerated, precommercially thinned stands dominated by balsam fir (Abies balsamea). Two experimental blocks, each with its own untreated control, were established. The purpose of the Island Pond block was to examine the spread of NeabNPV from a 313-ha aerial treatment block out into adjacent populations of balsam fir sawflies. The purpose of the Old Man’s Pond block (2,093 ha) was to determine whether NeabNPV could disperse into populations of balsam fir sawflies within a 200-m zone between spray swaths. NeabNPV was applied to treatment blocks by a Cessna 188B AgTruck aircraft equipped with MicronAir AU4000 rotary atomizers at an application rate equivalent to 1 × 109 NeabNPV occlusion bodies/ha in 2.5 L of 20% aqueous molasses. At Island Pond, NeabNPV infection increased with time following the spray, especially for individuals close to the treatment block, and infection rate decreased to a measured distance of 400 m from the treatment block. At Old Man’s Pond, NeabNPV infection rose higher (80% vs. 15%) and sawfly densities declined more (84% vs. 60%) in the area between spray swaths than in the control block.

Seeing Double at Memorial University: Two WorldCat Local Usability Studies

Obtaining user feedback is valuable yet often overlooked, so when Memorial University Libraries launched OCLC’s WorldCat Local discovery tool for Fall 2010, usability testing was a logical next step. Two branches, each with distinct user groups, the Ferriss Hodgett Library in Corner Brook, and the Health Sciences Library in St. John’s, conducted unique usability studies to gain evidence into how WorldCat Local performed common research tasks. The Health Sciences Library was inspired by the information seeking habits of Memorial University’s Faculty of Medicine, School of Nursing, and School of Pharmacy. This demographic’s heavy reliance on journal literature, and known item searching made these users an interesting test group. The Ferriss Hodgett Library, serving an undergraduate Liberal Arts and Sciences population, was interested in the information seeking behavior of new students with little to no experience using library resources. At the local level, evidence obtained as a result of this usability testing will provide guidance into future use of WCL at Memorial University Libraries. On a broader scale, the usability findings are relevant to any library considering the shift to a new discovery tool.

Modeling insecticide protection versus forest management approaches to reducing balsam fir sawfly and hemlock looper damage

A decision support system (DSS) for improved management decision making and to reduce impacts of forest insect outbreaks was developed and implemented for two defoliators, hemlock looper ( Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria Guen.) and balsam fir sawfly ( Neodiprion abietis Harris), in District 15, a 336,805 ha forest managed by Corner Brook Pulp and Paper Ltd. in western Newfoundland, Canada. Over the past 15 years, 56% and 12% of the landbase were defoliated by balsam fir sawfly and hemlock looper, which had major effects on forest growth and yield. Relationships between reduced growth and survival and cumulative defoliation were quantified for each insect, to permit calculation of relative impact per forest stand as a function of defoliation, stand age, and species composition. These were integrated into a forest estate model to project effects on timber supply for 25 years. Defoliation during 1996–2008 was estimated to reduce total operable softwood growing stock and softwood harvest level by 26% and 31%, respectively, for balsam fir sawfly, and by 2–3% for the smaller-scale hemlock looper outbreaks. Given the long-term influence on forest structure, effects of defoliation on yield were projected to continue for up to 60 years after defoliation ceased. Sensitivity analysis using different defoliation scenarios suggested that maximum reductions in harvest levels could be reduced from 40% to 17% by protecting the most susceptible 25% of the landbase using biological insecticides, and minimized further to 9% by re-optimization of harvest schedules to reduce losses. This DSS provides a tool to help forest managers decide when and where to use biological insecticides, and how to use rescheduling of harvest, forest restructuring or planned salvage to reduce future losses.

Predictive distribution model for the boreal felt lichen Erioderma pedicellatum in Newfoundland, Canada

ESR Endangered Species Research Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsSpecials ESR 15:115-127 (2011) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00374 Predictive distribution model for the boreal felt lichen Erioderma pedicellatum in Newfoundland, Canada Yolanda F. Wiersma1,*, Randolph Skinner1,2 1Department of Biology, Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland A1B 3X9, Canada 2Present address: Atlantic Canada Conservation Data Centre, Corner Brook, Newfoundland A2H 751, Canada *Email: ywiersma@mun.ca ABSTRACT: The worldwide population of the boreal felt lichen Erioderma pedicellatum is currently listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN, with over 95% of the current population residing on the island of Newfoundland, Canada. Surveys of E. pedicellatum habitats and populations have primarily been opportunistic, rather than systematic, in nature. We used a geographic information system and compiled occurrence data and pseudo-absence data to develop the first predictive spatial distribution model for E. pedicellatum in Newfoundland. Of the suite of 19 models using 4 different parameters examined, the model with distance from coastline and topographic aspect was the best candidate. The final model had low sensitivity (i.e. a low ability to predict false presence), but high specificity (a strong ability to predict true absence). The final predictive model can contribute to future species status assessments and provincial conservation management decisions that require information on probable species distribution. KEY WORDS: Habitat · Lichen · Predictive habitat model · Species distribution · Rare species · Generalized additive model · Newfoundland Full text in pdf format PreviousNextCite this article as: Wiersma YF, Skinner R (2011) Predictive distribution model for the boreal felt lichen Erioderma pedicellatum in Newfoundland, Canada. Endang Species Res 15:115-127. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00374 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in ESR Vol. 15, No. 2. Online publication date: November 10, 2011 Print ISSN: 1863-5407; Online ISSN: 1613-4796 Copyright © 2011 Inter-Research.

New population models help explain declines in the globally rare boreal felt lichen Erioderma pedicellatum in Newfoundland

ESR Endangered Species Research Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsSpecials ESR 13:181-189 (2011) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00326 New population models help explain declines in the globally rare boreal felt lichen Erioderma pedicellatum in Newfoundland R. Ian Goudie1,*, Christoph Scheidegger2, Claudia Hanel3, Anne Munier4, Eugene Conway5 1LGL Limited Environmental Research Associates, 388 Kenmount Road, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador A1B 4A5, Canada 2Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, WSL Zürcherstr. 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland 3Department of Environment and Conservation, Endangered Species Branch, 117 Riverside Drive, PO Box 2007, Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador A2H 7S1, Canada 4Centre for Non Timber Resources, Royal Roads University, 2005 Sooke Rd, Victoria, British Columbia V9B5Y2, Canada 5Newfoundland Lichen Education and Research Group, Box 16, Conception Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador A0A1Z0, Canada *Email: igoudie@lgl.com ABSTRACT: A preliminary population model was developed for the boreal felt lichen Erioderma pedicellatum (Hue) P. M. Jørg. in Newfoundland using life stage data collected in eastern and south-central Newfoundland, Canada. This Critically Endangered epiphytic lichen displayed a life history strategy with high adult survival and low recruitment. Deterministic models in 6 mo to 1 yr intervals were generated, yielding similar results to the overall mean values for the 4 yr of study in eastern Newfoundland. The populations of E. pedicellatum in Newfoundland are predicted by our models to be unsustainable because of adult mortality, and we attribute this problem to a decline in the forests of balsam fir Abies balsamea (Mill) that predominantly support this lichen. In eastern Newfoundland, thalli are located almost entirely on mature to over-mature balsam fir, and there is little regeneration because of heavy browsing by the introduced moose Alces alces population. The current and projected predictors indicate that habitat effects may be important in predicting future population size. An assessment of the stable stage distribution indicated that the current population has more juveniles and fewer apothecia-bearing thalli than projected, meaning the current population likely generated from a different set of survival and recruitment rates. The projected annual population growth rates calculated for 4 yr indicated that populations are declining (λ < 1.0, mean decline ± SD = –0.175 ± 0.079). The elasticity values support the fact that the population growth rates are most sensitive to changes in the survival of necrotic (apothecia-bearing) cohorts. We suggest that conservation is best focused on the inventory and protection of old-growth forests important to this species, the reduction of the introduced moose population and the use of herbivore exclosures in specific core population areas. KEY WORDS: Demography · Population model · Boreal felt lichen · Stable stage distribution · Elasticity analysis · Old-growth forests · Dispersal · Forest landscapes Full text in pdf format Supplementary material PreviousNextCite this article as: Goudie RI, Scheidegger C, Hanel C, Munier A, Conway E (2011) New population models help explain declines in the globally rare boreal felt lichen Erioderma pedicellatum in Newfoundland. Endang Species Res 13:181-189. https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00326 Export citation Mail this link - Contents Mailing Lists - RSS Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in ESR Vol. 13, No. 3. Online publication date: March 09, 2011 Print ISSN: 1863-5407; Online ISSN: 1613-4796 Copyright © 2011 Inter-Research.

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Fear of Flight , Fear of Fright: Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland and Eight "Trans-Canadian" Playwrights Touch Down at Factory Theatre

Fear of Flight, Fear of FrightArtistic Fraud of Newfoundland and Eight "Trans-Canadian" Playwrights Touch Down at Factory Theatre Barry Freeman (bio) and Robin C. Whittaker (bio) Fear of Flight by Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland. Created by Jillian Keiley (director), Robert Chafe (script) and Jonathan Monro (composer). Produced by Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland in association with Die in Debt and Cahoots Theatre Projects. Written by Robert Chafe with writing contributions by Denise Clark, Bernie Stapleton, Marie Clements, Daniel MacIvor, Bryden MacDonald, Judith Thompson, David Yee, and Guillermo Verdecchia. Factory Theatre's Performance Spring Festival, Toronto, 13–17 May 2009. Previously developed by the company "in residency" with students of Corner Brook's Sir Wilfred Grenfell College in 2005. It officially premiered at LSPU Hall in St John's in April/May 2008. The present production was also presented at the Magnetic North Theatre Festival in Ottawa, June 2009 and as part of the Vancouver Cultural Olympiad in February 2010. We habitually take for granted machine-aided human flight. We trust, or believe, that an array of phenomena—natural and man-made—can vault us into the sky, fly, and land us back down, though most of us understand little about how any of it works. Flying (under someone else's control) is an act of near-spiritual faith. That act of faith is the theme of Fear of Flight, the latest category-defying spectacle from Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland. We attended its Toronto incarnation in the spring of 2009 at Factory Theatre (as part of the "Performance Spring Festival"). Set aboard a plane en route from St. John's to Vancouver, Fear of Flight's cast of fourteen—twelve passengers and two attendants—slowly unfold their stories as the fear of flying dredges up a range of other private fears. For some, the fear is malignant, for others it is barely perceptible, and for others it is paralyzing. Over the course of the flight, aerophobia develops into a metaphor for our reluctance to take chances even when our feet are firmly planted on the ground. Regular readers of CTR will be familiar with the core collaboration at the heart of Artistic Fraud— the collaboration between director Jillian Keiley and playwright Robert Chafe—and familiar also with "kaleidography," the method by which Keiley choreographs stage gesture and movement with the mathematical precision of a musical score (see Lynde; Keiley and Chafe; Keiley). In Fear of Flight (as in several of the company's previous productions), the kaleidography is structured around an actual musical score forming a complex choral soundscape created here by collaborating actor-musician Jonathan Monro. Adding another dimension to the collaboration, the company based Fear of Flight on monologues solicited from eight of Canada's most acclaimed contemporary playwrights. According to its YouTube promotional video, the company invited each playwright "to muse on fear of flying and fear of life" (1:31). The eight monologues they solicited form the basis of eight characters, with connecting dialogue and additional characters supplied by Robert Chafe. "Fear of life" surfaces within the characters as a fear of each other and of oneself. At the outset of the piece, Denise Clark's "Dennis" (played by Monro) states that he wants to "let [his] personality show through." Later someone proclaims, [End Page 88] "People afraid of these things? It's a waste. They're wasting their precious reprieve from the really scary stuff. The stuff they left behind when they boarded. The stuff waiting for them at baggage claim." Yet the situation of disparate characters breathing, sleeping, reading and typing in such close quarters creates symbiotic relationships. There is the need to stand, to shift a leg over, or to recline, just as when, say, one is sitting in a theatre audience. These are the physical needs of the quiet, trapped spectator. But belief and fear are considerably stronger when one is being moved above the clouds where there are psychological needs too, such as the need to stifle blurting out your deepest fears to the passenger beside you. Shared needs create harmony between the chorus of passengers and attendants on board. Keiley describes what she does as "choral theatre," (99) and indeed...

Acquisition of additional debt capital by small and medium enterprises (SMEs): evidence from Canada

The purpose of this research was to investigate the availability and acquisition of additional debt capital by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Newfoundland, to observe the constraints they encounter in securing debt capital, and to suggest measures to eliminate those constraints and enhance enterprise development. Data were collected from a sample of 79 SMEs that were operating in the area surrounding the city of Corner Brook, in Newfoundland. The findings indicated that a significant number of SMEs have experienced problems accessing debt financing, and the majority of firms rely on government as an alternative source of debt financing.