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Response to Löhr: Why we still need a new normativism
No full textGuido Löhr's recent article makes several insightful and productive suggestions about how to proceed with the empirical study of collective action. However, their critique of the conclusions drawn in Gomez-Lavin & Rachar (2022) is undermined by some issues with the interpretation of the debate and paper. This discussion article clears up those issues, presents new findings from experiments developed in response to Löhr's critiques, reflects on the role of experimental research in the development and refinement of philosophical theories, and adds to Löhr's suggestions about the path forward.Final article published
Bison way : organizational unifiers and values as a driver of success, The
No full textSustained success is a significant challenge in a rapidly changing world. Changes in leadership present a notable obstacle to sustained success. The North Dakota State Bison football program is the most successful Football Championship Subdivision football program in history. Over the last twelve years, the team has won nine out of a possible twelve national championships. This was achieved with the leadership of three separate head coaches. Factors that contributed to the unprecedented success of North Dakota State were the focus of this study. A case study was used to examine the football program through the lens of Complexity Leadership Theory. Interviews with the Athletics Director and Head Coach were combined with Focus Groups involving assistant coaches and players to discern key factors of the Bison’s success. Identity, values, and the community of Fargo, North Dakota guided the Bison in establishing a unified culture. Expectations placed on the program combined with the recruiting philosophy created the opportunity for movement and growth in a complex environment. Finally, empowered player leadership and the establishment of clear processes within the program created conditions to support sustained success.
Keywords: Success, Leadership, Culture, Values, Educational Leadership, Coaching, Football, Coaching Leadershi
Person centered care planning? An institutional ethnography exploring What actually happens in rural community mental health
No full textMental health services have begun to take a more recovery-oriented approach to care internationally and throughout Canada. One of the main principles of recovery-oriented practice is providing person-centered care, which includes people being actively involved in treatment planning. Though this is an ideal way to practice, it has been difficult to accomplish. The purpose of this study was to gain an understanding of how care is planned in rural community mental health clinics in one Canadian province and the organizational influences that impact practice. Institutional ethnography was used as a research method to investigate the day-to-day work of community mental health therapists along with documents that guide their practice. Data was gathered by interviewing six community mental health therapists and reviewing a variety of institutional documents such as policies and procedures. Through iterative, qualitative data analysis, a map of mental health therapists’ workflow in care planning was identified along with the impact of documents on that process. Standardization was identified as ruling relation that influenced how therapists provided care. Standardized assessments, risk management, and electronic medical records all enforced a biomedically dominant approach to care which directedly opposes and creates barriers to person-centered care planning within the recovery paradigm. Participants reported that providing mental health services in rural communities has additional barriers compared to urban communities including: barriers to accessing services (location, poor internet, and cell phone service), staffing shortages, limited types of services, minimal access to psychiatrists, stigma, and confidentiality.
Keywords: Person-centered care, person-driven care, person-centered care plan, shared decision making, rural community mental health, recovery, recovery-oriented practic
Moon Water
No full textIt's a short story about two sisters who are witches and one of them seeks revenge on a town that has wronged her
Attitudes of disposability towards MMIWG on the highway of tears: a CPTED study
No full textMissing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls has been a common topic in the media for the past few decades, and the Canadian government and Canadian people are beginning to recognize, realise and uncover the truths behind the continuing epidemic of Indigenous women identifying and LGBTQ2+ being victimised and murdered all over the country. As the cause is gaining attention, it is important to take the time to understand why thousands of Indigenous Women and Girls have gone missing or have been found murdered with little to no attention from police, society, or the media. This project connects the relationship between “disposability” and “MMIWG”, and then implements the relation onto the case study of the Highway of Tears, using CPTED to provide a concrete direction of application for future use. The research is found by using a semi-systematic literature review and case study approach using online journal tools and examining the contents for similar relationships and findings. A clear equation can be formulated to understand how MMIWG has grown exponentially with little knowledge to the greater public. Society finds certain behaviours as “risky”, and these behaviours come with predetermined consequences that are accepted as a punishment. Therefore, if Indigenous women partake in societally deemed “risky” behaviours, and if they face violence, it is deemed as an acceptable punishment, therefore when it is taken to the police there is less help provided due to the preconceived notions that the violence is the result of the “risky” behaviours, versus the Indigenous women being a target of violence. This project utilises a CPTED study on the Highway of Tears in order to create recommendations to make the space safer. The results found that there was a lack of defensible space, light and the environment inhibits communities to be key agents in their own safety, which speaks to the rates of MMIWG on the highway. Keywords: MMIWG, Highway of Tears, Disposability, CPTED.MMIWGHighway of TearsNational InquiryMobilityBillboardsindigenousgirlsindigenous murderwomen murderhigh risk
The story of the baseball
No full textCollector and bibliographer Jean Baird tells Karis Shearer the story of the baseball that she donated to the Baird-Bowering Collection at UBC Okanagan Special Collections and Archives
Summary report for Canadian Ethics Bowl Tug of Logic 2023
No full textTug of Logic was played by dozens of Canadian high school students alongside the national championships of the Canadian Ethics Bowl, which took place April 28-29, 2023, at the Canadian Museum of Human Rights in Winnipeg, MB. This event, which gave the new game--now a web app--national exposure, followed upon its invited appearance at the 2019 Canadian Ethics Bowl Championships in its former form as a board-game. An invitation to bring the Tug of Logic web app back in 2024 has already been extended
