My thesis is now scheduled for Nov. 24th (after a delay) at 10:30am at University of Ottawa TBT 378a (Tabaret Building). It is open to all interested.

Here is the abstract and attached a copy of the draft which has been approved for defence (no edits yet based on comments).
Toward Global Open Scholarship – Access to Research in Development and Globalization

by

Arif E. Jinha

Thesis submitted to the
Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctural Studies
In partial fulfillment of the requirements
For the M.A, degree in
Globalization and International Development

School of International Development and Global Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Ottawa

©Arif Jinha, Ottawa, Canada, 2011

Abstract

Frustratingly and for reasons unknown, Yahoo Answers has a very limited 4-day period during which one can post answers (boo, wasted some time trying to figure out how to be helpful). In response to "When was the first E-journal published on Yahoo Answers India", , my answer is:

According to the Bryn Mawr Classical Review, it is the second-oldest e-journal every pubished - http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/about.html in 1990, and it reports that it was beaten to the punch the same year by Postmodern Culture - http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/footnote.html

Arif

This is my (author's) version of the CPRN publication of my research on this topic. The paper is peer-reviewed however - I disagreed with the peer-reviewers on the title (which I can't remember, that's the problem) and the recommendations and lost that battle with regard to the published version. It is available by clicking on the publications link above (something like 'A Preliminary Examination of Stimulus ..... etc. "). There are style and copy edits in the published version that I would have kept, and some style edits I would have rejected. This is partly an exercise based on my interest in the limitations of peer-review, open peer review, transparency of the publication record, and copyright.

I give credit to my supervisor and the peer-editors for their considerable contributions despite our difference of opinion.

Here is my version

Enjoy,

Arif

Most recent publication....Jinha, A. E. (2010) Article 50 million: An estimate of the number of scholarly articles in existence. Published July 2010 in Learned Publishing ... Full-text to pre-publication version.

Ever feel like negativity isn't really realism, as negative people claim, but just cynicism? Cynicism is the other side of the coin from the naivete that the disappointed cynic recoils from as they try to overcome the fact that they themselves fell prey to unrealistic expectations about how the world should work. It's the other side, because it is just as full of fantasy about the world as naivete is.

The leaders we have now, and the media, both realize the currency involved with promoting this new language of failure that now dominates global discourse. It has been uncritically imbibed by the academic world, who mistake this language of failure for critical thinking. For the media, it is to feed on our sense of voyeurism into the darker side of humanity, the same that causes us to be intrigued by an accident on the road - a 'rubber-necking' that extends the shock value and leaves us paralyzed for constructive action.

A wise decision would be to ask Michaëlle Jean to continue for another term as Governor-General. She has the skills to communicate the symbolic and public relations role of the GG. At a time in history where this can make an actual difference in Canada's human connection to the ordinary people in some of the hardest hit countries in the world, and particularly to our sister country Haiti, I find it hard to understand why we wouldn't want to retain her if she wants to continue in this role. It is not unusual for a term to be renewed and I am disappointed to hear unconfirmed reports that the PM will not. My only theory is that when a boss undermines the integrity of an office with self-serving politics, as Prime Minister Harper has done with his 2 requests for prorogation, they will feel the need to change the individual in that position at every opportunity.

I am building this page for housing seekers, workers and agencies in Ottawa.

1st edition - March 23rd, 2010.

Housing Help - http://www.housinghelp.on.ca/

Social Housing Registry
http://housingregistry.ca/

Social Housing providers (supplement and RGI)
http://housingregistry.ca/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id...

BMR - Below Market Rent Providers - http://housingregistry.ca/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id...

Disability/Accessible
InCommunity - disability housing services, partners to CCOC Beaver Barracks. www.theincommunity.ca

Coop vacancies
CHASEO Coop vacancies report, links to coop websites in Ottawa. Many coops reserve accessible units for persons with disabilities.
http://www.chaseo.org/vacancy2.php

CCOC - Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corporation. www.ccoc.ca

Mental Health Housing Services

Abstract:

How many scholarly research articles are there in existence? Journal articles first appeared in 1665,and the cumulative total is estimated here to pass 50 million in 2009. This sum was arrived at based on published figures for global annual output for 2006, and analyses of annual output and growth rates
published in the last decade.

Full-Text of Author's final refereed version Accepted for publication in April with minor revisions to come to Learned Publishing, UK.

In the 21st century, where money becomes almost universally required to obtain the necessities of life, the endowment of basic capital as a birthright for all human beings through a system of constitutionally guaranteed citizen banking, gauranteed living income and access to microcredit is necessary both to end poverty and the corruption of aid, and to stabilize the global monetary system. This is possible as globalization creates one closed economy, as opposed to a collection of (relatively) 'open' economies.

I wish to draft a paper on this subject. Ideas? contact me

Recession and Stimulus Spending: A Preliminary Examination of Stimulus Spending on Affordable Housing in Ontario

by Arif Jinha

Full text published by CPRN - Canadian Policy Research Networks.