Australia has given a high priority to education programs emphasizing the relationship of sun exposure and skin cancer and teaching about sun safety and sun protection. Have these efforts been successful?

St. John’s Sideroad, is a major east-west arterial under the jurisdiction of the Regional Municipality of York (York Region). It is located in the Town of Aurora, Ontario, Canada and lies within the watershed of the East Holland, Lake Simcoe basin. This unique project involved the widening and reconstruction of a two-kilometre section of St. John’s Sideroad between Yonge Street and Bayview Avenue.

As a result of increased traffic volumes due to highly active residential development in the area, the existing two-lane rural road section could not meet the needs of the growing population (figure 1). In response to the proposed development growth in the Town, the Class Environmental Assessment study undertaken for the project identified that additional roadway capacity was needed, and recommended that this section of roadway be widened to a four-lane urban cross-section.

"English Purchasing Power: The Rise of Consumerism in Rural England, 1675-1750" interrogates how the English yeomen transitioned from austere farmer to capitalist consumer during the Jacobean and post-Restoration eras. In agrarian England, this reconfigured landscape was most clearly embodied in the struggle over the enclosure of common land. Focusing on the yeoman's understanding of the fiscal benefits of enclosure and land acquisition, I argue that--although beset by fractured social relations--the growth in grain markets within East Anglia led to a newfound prosperity, which was most clearly articulated in the yeoman's rise as a viable and discernible luxury goods consumer. Accordingly, my project draws attention to the yeoman's relevance and leadership in this role, which not only observes their elevation and advancement within the English class structure, but also views the expansion of luxury consumption and the impact of the developing market economy on the English rural household.