The Transformation of Ontario's Postsecondary Education System examines the developments that are re-shaping the province's postsecondary system, including higher enrolments, further development of a knowledge-based economy, increased demands for research focused on competitiveness and productivity, and Ontario's transition to a multicultural, internationally connected, urban, and aged society. Universities and colleges are also adjusting to internal changes in the composition of the student body and staff, faculty work profiles, and funding arrangements. The authors consider possible changes...

The Transformation of Ontario's Postsecondary Education System examines the developments that are re-shaping the province's postsecondary system, including higher enrolments, further development of a knowledge-based economy, increased demands for research focused on competitiveness and productivity, and Ontario's transition to a multicultural, internationally connected, urban, and aged society. Universities and colleges are also adjusting to internal changes in the composition of the student body and staff, faculty work profiles, and funding arrangements. The authors consider possible changes...

While this book was written specifically for Generation Y (13-34 year olds) it has been helpful to all who have read it. The book includes 5 different sections: WHAT IS LEADERSHIP? - leadership defined, leader versus manager, leadership opportunities, leadership styles, power bases, characteristics of effective leaders, ethics, etc. DEFINING YOUR LEADERSHIP STYLE - discovering who you are, what influences what we become, limiting beliefs, reflecting, journaling, etc. DEVELOPING YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS - seeking resources, mentoring, focus on 4 key areas; communication, critical thinking,...

Sam Reed is not your average hitman. Unlike most others, he has a conscious. Unfortunately, it's his conscious that puts him in the river with a bullet wound in his back courtesy of his boss, a mobster named Vince Zapato. But rather than return to his career as a hitman, the experience changes Sam. With the help of a former police chief and his son, Sam decides to use his talents for good. He decides to become the Specter, a masked vigilante willing to do whatever is necessary to take down Zapato and men like him. Meanwhile, Zapato is waging a war on the city's police force and the district...

Sam Reed, a former hitman turned masked vigilante, is back as the Specter in his third exciting adventure. An explosion in the heart of the city puts Sam on the trail of a deadly group of kidnappers who are snatching the children of some of the city's most influential citizens. Sam enlists the help of his friends, Red Donnelly and Jack McNulty, and together they uncover a plot far more sinister than first thought. Whoever is taking these children is looking for more than just ransom. Once again, Sam's investigation puts him at odds with law enforcement, including the district attorney, Robert...

When John Wilkes Booth stepped into that theatre to assassinate Abraham Lincoln, he did so without the knowledge or consent of the Confederate government. But what if the Confederates had developed their own plot to assassinate the President? It's early spring in 1865. The bloodiest war in the nation's history is coming to an end. Despite their best efforts, the Confederates are losing and they know it. Borne out of desperation, members of the rebel government develop a plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln, hoping that such an act might help turn things around. Against the orders of...