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Widening the Frame in Healthcare: Centering the Voices of Refugee and Newcomer Communities
No full textThe purpose of this research project is to explore the immigrant and refugee health experience with the healthcare system and their expectations with health professionals through a community-engaged research (CER) approach. The study looks into possible pathways of addressing the immigrant and refugee population's health needs by better aligning the expectations with future health providers' education and training opportunities. The community partners, including SFU Radius, SFU TD Community Engagement Centre, and SFU World University Service of Canada (WUSC), were contacted for participant recruitment. Participants were born outside of Canada, have lived in Canada for at least a year, are able to converse in English and, at least 18 years of age. Data was primarily collected through focus groups and interviews. Participants were asked if they would like to become community member research partners to review the final report and input their thoughts and comments. The findings illustrate that immigrants and refugees experience a lack of health-related information when immigrating to Canada, they face cultural, language and communication barriers with their healthcare providers. The participants provided valuable insights on competencies future healthcare providers should have when working with immigrants and refugees through their educational years. Overall, recommendations were made on how and what prospective health sciences students should learn as they are the next generation of healthcare providers and public health professionals working with newcomers and refugees.
Faculty Supervisor: Dr. Kate Tairyan, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser Universit
Illicit Drugs & the Impact of Canadian Organized Crime Groups
Get PDFOn November 22, 2019, the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies hosted its second annual West Coast Security Conference titled: Guns, Drugs, and the Weaponization of Identity. Chief Constable Mike Serr of the Abbotsford Police, presented on “Illicit Drugs & the Impact of Canadian Organized Crime Groups.” The presentation touched upon the nexus between organized crime, and the use of illicit drugs to fund their agendas. Furthermore, the presentation finished with a quick coverage of each drug that is popularly distributed currently in Canada.
Interview with Rhiannon Wallace : Children’s author, and librarian. World Literature SFU Alumni
Get PDFInterview with author Rhiannon Wallace
Using Tradition to Inform Perspective and Explore Worldview
Get PDFThis paper breaks down the way that competing perspectives of the Romantics period are expressed through the poetry of Felicia Hemans and Emily Dickinson. It looks at the way that individual identity and world view are articulated and addressed in both poems through the use of similar language and imagery
Environmental Romanticism: The “Protection” of Nature Perpetuates Erasures of Indigenous Existence from Their Traditional Territories
Get PDFThis paper was originally written for Clifford Atleo’s Resource and Environmental Management (REM) 407: Indigenous Governance and Resource Relationships. The assignment asked students to engage with a subject of our choosing, related to any of the themes raised in class in greater depth. The paper uses the APA citation style.
The essay investigates how environmentalism of the late 20th- and early 21st-century is embedded with the sentiment of keeping the wild intact. However, this conception of the natural environment as uninhabited and wild negates Indigenous presence on the land. Thus, environmental romanticizations of nature invalidate Indigenous self-determination while authorizing erasures of Indigenous existence in their unceded traditional territories. The paper explores the themes of Indigenous resource relationships, co-management, and environmentalism through case studies in Clayoquot Sound and Bella Bella, British Columbia, Canada
Sharing intelligence culture: Working with foreign intelligence services
Get PDFUnited States (U.S.) civilian and military intelligence services increasingly have engaged with local intelligence services, either in an advisory role or direct coordination or liaison. In many cases, the intelligence officers have tended to try to remake the local intelligence services in the image of U.S. intelligence structures and procedures, with these efforts rather futile in most cases. One factor that has led to considerable frustration and potential failure has been a lack of understanding of the culture of local intelligence systems. Understanding both the subtleties of an area’s social norms and mores, and the bureaucratic and historical cultures of other intelligence services remain critical factors in long-term success. Using case studies of environments in which established intelligence services have worked with emergent intelligence agencies, this paper examines the requirements for incorporating both larger cultural approaches and detailed knowledge of other intelligence bureaucracies.
Received: 2021-12-14Revised: 2022-03-1
Great Leadership is Timeless: Lessons from Outstanding Military Leaders
Get PDFOn November 26, 2021, Dr. Michael Hennessy, Professor of History and War Studies at Royal Military College of Canada, presented on Great Leadership is Timeless: Lessons from Outstanding Military Leaders. The presentation was followed by a question and answer period with questions from the audience and CASIS Vancouver executives. The topics discussed included gaps in military leader development, valued traits of successful military leaders, and examples of great senior leaders
Building a Police Service in Challenging and Changing Times
Get PDFOn November 25, 2021, Deputy Chief Cst. Jennifer Hyland, with the Surrey Police Service (Canada), presented on Building a Police Service in Challenging and Changing Times at the 2021 CASIS 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 included the development of a new policing service in a developing city with a diverse community such as Surrey, community policing, and practicing a healthy policing culture within the police force in order for it to be reflected externally in the community
Online Neighbourhood Patrol: How to Best Understand the Changing Online Social Contract
Get PDFOn November 25, 2021, Kathy Macdonald (M.O.M.), former Calgary Police officer, presented on How to Best Understand the Changing Online Social Contract at the 2021 CASIS West Coast Security Conference. The presentation was followed by a question and answer period and a breakout room session with questions from the audience and CASIS Vancouver executives. The key points discussed included the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for police work in dealing with forensic cyber investigations and processing digital evidence, as well as building community relationships