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Social media use and the pandemic: Increased social isolation negatively impacts the mental health of middle school students
No full textThe context for this paper is based on my experience as a teacher of students who are learning to
navigate the responsibilities of daily life all while having additional pressure placed on them
through the digital world of social media. In recent years, I have observed students utilizing
social media platforms with greater frequency and at younger ages. I have also seen a rise in
mental health struggles among students during this same time period. Add to this a global
pandemic that forced students into social isolation and onto their devices for greater periods of
time. In this paper, I argue that the rise in social media use among middle school students during
the pandemic has led to the deterioration of their mental health. During the pandemic, students
were required to utilize their devices and engage with the digital world as a part of their
schooling. After viewing social media posts, however, students tend to compare themselves and
their experiences to the ideals seen online, which leads to increased rates of anxiety, depression,
and suicidal thoughts. They also judge their experiences based on the number of likes and
comments their social media posts receive, creating pressure for them to create content that may
include risk taking behaviours in order to increase their viewership. The negative influences of
social media are significant within the educational environment because a student’s mental
health directly impacts their ability to engage in learning opportunities, meaning educators need
to address the social emotional needs of the students within the classroom. The implication is
that since students became accustomed to using social media as their main form of
communication throughout the pandemic, educators must now teach youth to navigate the world
of social media in a responsible way so they can maintain a positive state of well-being.adolescentsmiddle schoolerssocial mediamental healthmental well-beingCOVID-19 pandemicCapston
Student voices: Photovoice as an alternative for understanding online learning design - part 1
No full textSandra Polushin discusses the preliminary findings of a photovoice research project with students with learning differences who seek to enhance online learning designs.presentationBetter Together Conferenc
Studio Nuvo brochure
No full textStudio Nuvo is a unique creative agency run by students during their final year of VCC’s Graphic Design Diploma program. This brochure was created to introduce Studio Nuvo to potential graphic design clients and describe the process of working with design students.Sam Tam - design lead and all other illustrations; Ada Bucur - photography + back cover illustration; Isabella Mellish - layoutphotographygraphic designphotography editinglayoutillustratio
Beyond the beach body: How gym culture influences eating disorder recovery
No full textEating disorders (ED) are serious illnesses. Those struggling with EDs often engage in gym exercise and may encounter or work with a variety of fitness professionals, placing both fitness professionals and gyms in a position to identify, intervene, and perhaps even help prevent EDs. Most fitness professionals in Canada do not receive formal education, training, or guidelines on how to identify EDs or on how to navigate issues that arise when faced with gym members who are struggling with these illnesses. This enhanced critical incident technique (ECIT) study interviewed 10 adult women in ED recovery to better understand which aspects of their gym experience helped their recovery and which aspects hindered their recovery. Participants supplied 115 incidents which were organized into one of 13 themed categories. The results of this study will be used to inform education, training, and guidelines on EDs in the fitness industry.Eating disordersgymgym culturefitness industryexercisefitness cultur
Need to get somewhere fast: A critical examination of the transition from post-secondary education to work
No full textNeed to Get Somewhere Fast critically explores the transition from post-secondary education to work - it seeks to complexify the dominant view of the transition from post-secondary education to work as a linear, distinct event that can be assessed through primarily financial indicators. Complexifying our understanding of transition, as critical scholars/educators and critical practitioners, allows us to move beyond deficit-focused interventions and offers a more comprehensive understanding of how factors beyond the individual student constitute and constrain the transition experience. With a more complex understanding of transition, post-secondary educators, students, employers, and researchers can consider the pressures on students to “get somewhere fast” and support transition processes that involve complex and interrelated factors.
Need to Get Somewhere Fast is grounded in the narratives of social service workers. Social service workers, practitioners who work with marginalized people in community-based, not-for-profit agencies, are a liminal group who face significant challenges, including tenuous work, vicarious trauma, and precarity. Their narratives of navigating the neoliberal institutions of school and work highlight power relations, idealized expectations, and the experience of transition as an ongoing process. Their narratives illustrate the importance of resistance, criticality, and exploring alternate discourses of what it means to successfully transition into a professional role. Need to Get Somewhere Fast puts more-than-human, relational, and performative ontologies to work to see what is possible, from a practical, ethical perspective, for educators and educational institutions. -- From publisher website
Child & Youth Care Practicum Resources
Get PDFYouth Care practicum (internship, fieldwork, field placement) is central to all CYC credentials across Canada. How has it come to be the way it is today? What purposes does it serve? Who gets to decide? The newly formed Child & Youth Care Educational Accreditation Board of Canada (CYCEAB) Practicum Committee led a invites you to participate in a lively discussion about all things CYC practicum. At that session "Child & Youth Care Practicum: Past, Present & Future", the following resources were ‘launched’ and presented by Charlotte Serpa and Carys Cragg (and members of the CYCEAB Practicum Committee) at Education Day hosted at the National Child and Youth Care Conference, October 5-7, 2022. The Child & Youth Care Practicum Resources were compiled by Carys Cragg for the CYC Educational Accreditation Board of Canada. (CYCEAB).Practicum Committee and are also posted on their website along with other CYC resources.
The following list is a collection of Child & Youth Care (CYC) practicum resources for educators, supervisors, students, and other people intersecting with CYC practicum. It is offered in the spirit of highlighting CYC practicum knowledge, to support those who design, deliver, and experience it. Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria: the list includes available resources (mainly literature) concerning both Child and Youth Care (youth work, psychoeducation, etc.) and practicum (field work, field placement, internship, etc.). It excludes all other information, including, for example, other human service professional education practicum literature, and resources if CYC and practicum is not one of the primary topics of the resource.Not peer reviewe
Was This Helpful? Yes Or No: Design Explorations Of Ethics And Agency In Social Media
Get PDFThis thesis project focuses on exploring the ways in which designers can facilitate agency and ethical understanding in social media users. My research began with the investigation of how consent forms for online platforms are designed, the rules that govern them, and the amount of user information collected through these forms. At the same time, I investigated the definition of true informed consent on these platforms. I conducted various data visualization experiments, using both simple and complex data, to learn the ways in which information design can make data understandable. Using quantitative methods and design action research, I expanded my investigations to interrogate concepts of data exhaust, inferences, and behavioral modification, with the aim to empower users to understand and control the use of their personal data. Throughout these investigations and research projects, I understood that information design can be a useful tool to uncover ethical, political, and corporate structures which affect the privacy and agency of social media users. Uncovering these structures also assist future designers in understanding their own contributions to these spaces.InferencesBehavioral dataData exhaustData literacyInformation desig
The COVID-19 pandemic and the opioid overdose crisis: the effects of intersecting public crises on vulnerable populations
Get PDFFor the first time in history, British Columbia has been experiencing two public health emergencies simultaneously; the opioid overdose crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. Not only are these two public health crises occurring alongside each other, they are intersecting and informing the impacts of each other, creating higher risk levels for specific social groups. Vulnerable populations, namely Indigenous communities, BIPOC (black, Indigenous, people of colour) individuals, and youth, are disproportionately negatively impacted by both the impacts of the intersecting crises and by the public health measures enacted to address them. Using Young’s (1988) Five Faces of Oppression and the concept of intersectionality, this paper utilizes an anti-oppressive lens to analyze the disproportionately high overdose death rates and COVID-19 infections and death rates among marginalized groups. Findings/themes in the literature review include the impact of the intersecting crises on the ongoing impacts of colonization — lack of resources, substandard housing, lack of access to clean water, and stigma — experienced by Indigenous communities, as well as the disproportionately high rates of mental health decline amongst youth. Social work has an important role to play in fostering de-stigmatization, continuing to advance harm reduction approaches to addiction, and advocating for social change and equity among all citizens. The role of social work in mitigating the impacts of these dual health emergencies is further examined
Imagining possibilities with liberating structures
Get PDFBeth Cougler Blom is a facilitator and learning designer who works with clients across all sectors to help them design and facilitate great learning experiences, both in person and online. She has been very involved in the Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) courses through BCcampus and Royal Roads University (RRU) for many years and teaches courses in RRU’s Advanced Facilitation Certificate. Her book 'Design to Engage: How to Create and Facilitate a Great Learning Experience for Any Group' is available in the Douglas College Library.
Author website: https://bethcouglerblom.com/
Liberating structures website referred to in her presentation: https://www.liberatingstructures.com/presentationBetter Together Conferenc
Biological Mechanisms of Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder
Get PDFIn this paper, we sought to understand the biological mechanisms of Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD), so that we could learn how to benefit those with ADHD. Previous research has found that ADHD symptoms can be mediated by variables such as body mass index (BMI), consumption of refined sugar and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). In our first (correlational) study, we tested the strength of these relationships by examining naturalistic daily changes in their variables longitudinally over a one-week period. We measured weight and BMI by using a weight scale, as well as a standard BMI calculator. We tracked food intake, refined sugar intake, and PUFA intake through the MyFitnessPal application. We measured ADHD symptoms using the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale. Based on the strength of correlation found between PUFA and ADHD symptoms in our correlational study, we then conducted a second (experimental) study to test for a causal relationship between these two variables. Over a one-week period, we randomly assigned participants each day to either a placebo condition or a PUFA supplement condition using a double-blind procedure and measured the effect this manipulation had upon ADHD self-report symptoms using the Adult ADHD Rating Scale. Data pooled across participants in our correlational study failed to show significant correlations of BMI, sugar intake, and PUFA intake with ADHD symptoms. However, data pooled across participants in our experimental study showed that PUFA intake significantly reduced ADHD Self-Report Scale scores. This data suggests that PUFA supplementation is beneficial in the reduction of ADHD symptoms, both on their own and in conjunction with stimulant medication.Supervising Instructor & Course Number: Michael Pollock, Psyc 215 (“Biological Psychology”