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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND FRICTION IN MARITIME SECURITY OPERATIONS
Full text linkOn November 18th, 2024, Commander Jason Kelshall presented International Cooperation and Friction in Maritime Security Operations for this year’s West Coast Security Conference. The presentation was followed by a question-and-answer period with questions from the audience and CASIS Vancouver executives. The key points discussed were the challenges of combating illicit maritime trade, transnational organized crime, and environmental crimes within the framework of SEACOP VI.
Received: 12-14-2024
Revised: 01-29-202
An Argument for Policy Making
Full text linkThis paper was originally written for Dr. Clare McGovern’s Political Science 151 course Law and Justice. The assignment asked students to argue for either the adjudicative or policy-making model in the Canadian judicial system, while referencing the 2024 R. v. Bykovets case. The paper uses APA citation style.
There has been much debate in recent years over how much influence the judicial system should have on Canadian policy. Those who subscribe to the philosophy of the adjudicative model believe that it should limited, as opposed to the policy-making model which states that judges should have greater influence. In this paper, I will be arguing in favour of the policy-making framework with the perspective that Canada is a malleable and evolving society. I will be reviewing the BC’s 2011 Insite Case, R. v. Bykovets 2024, Justice Rosalie Abella’s writings on judicial influence and the Charter, and Emma Cunliffe’s reflections on expert testimony and scientific evidence. While there are indeed drawbacks, the positive aspects of policy-making far outweigh the negative
A Meta-Meta-Ethnographic Review of Qualitative Synthesis in Education
Full text linkThis review explores the feasibility of conducting a meta-meta-ethnographic synthesis (a higher-order synthesis) that applies meta-ethnography to existing meta-ethnographies. While meta-ethnography is widely used to synthesize qualitative studies while preserving interpretive depth, its application to synthesizing other meta-ethnographies remains underexplored. By systematically analyzing 14 meta-ethnographic studies in education, this review applies Noblit & Hare’s (Noblit & Hare, 1988) seven-stage method to identify patterns, divergences, and conceptual advancements. This review is framed by Agential Realism, Sociomateriality & Rhizomatic Thinking that examines how institutional policies, pedagogical frameworks, and digital tools interact to shape knowledge production. Findings reveal key methodological challenges and include interpretive layering, epistemological tensions between digital and traditional ethnographies, as well as the role of technology in qualitative synthesis. This study highlights the potential of meta-meta-ethnography to critically evaluate and refine research syntheses, offering new insights into education, pedagogy, and digital ethnography
BUILDING PSYCHOLOGICAL DEFENCES AGAINST MISINFORMATION
Full text linkOn November 20, 2024, Dr. Sander van der Linden presented Building Psychological Defences Against Misinformation for this year’s West Coast Security Conference. The presentation was followed by a question-and-answer period with questions from the audience and CASIS Vancouver executives. The key points discussed were that misinformation can drive public confusion, spark social discord and weaken trust in legitimate sources. Debunking falsehoods after they spread may not reverse deep-seated beliefs, so priming individuals to spot the techniques behind misinformation is a more robust safeguard. Lastly, as new tactics like deepfakes and AI-driven distortions emerge, countermeasures must stay flexible and creative to maintain an effective defence.
Received: 12-14-2024
Revised: 01-20-202
INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION AND SECURITY CHALLENGES
Full text linkOn November 19th, 2024, Superintendent Ben Maure presented Interagency Collaboration in Security and Policing at this year’s West Coast Security Conference. The presentation was followed by a question-and-answer period with questions from the audience and CASIS Vancouver executives. The key points discussed were Supt. Maure's work on international child exploitation, the security and legitimacy gaps in Haiti, and the need for better interagency cooperation and information sharing in Canada.
Received: 12-23-2024
Revised: 01-30-202
Safety, Securitization and the Carceral Web: Who's Public?
Full text linkThis paper explores the implications and impacts of private security presence in the Vancouver Public Library. Historically situating local security culture demonstrates how punitive ideology creates populations predisposed to violence and exclusion, both physical and epistemic. Within the city of Vancouver Indigenous, Black and poor populations are the primary communities strategically pre-categorized as “bad” and pre-emptively subjected to increased surveillance and policing, entwining local communities within globalized practices of racial capitalism. The beliefs and practices of removal or violence as punishment form the backbone of the carceral web in Canada permeating settler colonial pedagogy. The securitization of the public library encroaches upon crucial access to pedagogy that reflects marginalized epistemologies. Methodologically, this paper aims to validate embodied knowledge and lived experience as resistance to the Western scientific research paradigm that tends to replicate pre-existing carceral and colonial norms
Hong Kong Ethnicity and Influence of Cantonese As a First Language on English Language Acquisition: A Literature Review
Full text linkThis paper was originally written for Sylvia Cho, LING 190 course The Science of Speech. The assignment asked students to write a literature review on a topic of choice regarding diverse backgrounds that influence speech. The paper uses APA citation style.
This literature review complies the history and evolution of research on the influence of Cantonese as a first language on the language acquisition of English. Through examining previous studies, phonological processes causing transfer difficulties are contextualized to highlight the major differences between the two languages. The emergence and distinctions of Hong Kong English is summarized to embrace Cantonese speakers’ proliferation of their own form of English, contrasting the conception of their transfer difficulties as errors. Directions for future research are discussed
Disruptive Information in Canada
Full text linkOn January 16th, 2025, Dr. Ahmed Al-Rawi presented “Disruptive Information in Canada” for January’s Digital Roundtable. The presentation was followed by a question-and-answer period with questions from the audience and CASIS Vancouver executives. The key points discussed were the challenges of defining misinformation and disinformation, the role of social media in polarization, and the geopolitical dimensions of disruptive information.
Received January 30th, 2025. Revised May 30th, 2025
Urban Landscapes for Mental Health: Intersections and Connections between Wisdom and Innovation in Design
Full text linkVolume 9 of the Journal of Urban Design and Mental Health examines the interaction between established design principles and new, evidence-based methodologies that foster salutogenic urban ecosystems. As rapid societal, technological, and environmental changes impact our cities, citizens and life, rigorous study is essential to navigating the complex intersections of mental health and urban design. To do this, we continue to highlight what has historically proved successful, as well as future innovations that are both data-informed and resilient. AI-driven advancements are transforming our capacity to analyze human responses to the built environment, accelerating at an unprecedented pace. Yet, as we embrace these new frontiers, we must critically evaluate past lessons and history’s warnings, identifying strategies that foster urban well-being. We are delighted to present six contributions that illuminate this vital nexus
Rights without responsibilities: Exploring the antithetical vernacularization of feminism in Korean anti-feminist forums
Full text linkIn this political moment of post-truth anti-feminism, far-right populists have gained immense support amid a global shift in young men’s voting habits. This paper uses Valesco’s (2023) theoretical framework for the transnational backlash to liberal norms to analyze how anonymous online forums (a prevalent means of networking within the manosphere) can facilitate the antithetical vernacularization of liberal norms for illiberal diffusion as a result of cultural friction. I use a post from the South Korean online community Nate Pann to show how the process of antithetical vernacularization translates feminism from its liberal meaning to entail female supremacy, relying on iterative citationality to naturalize patriarchy, and how this contributes to the gendered political divide capitalized on by populist politicians such as South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol