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Capturing connections of real voices, real people
No full textWelcome to your role in an international mission. This mission is dedicated to expanding educational access and championing student empowerment through "open pedagogy." In this approach, you, as a student, are at the heart of an engaging, collaborative learning environment, with the freedom to access your educational journey. What is this mission's ultimate goal? To heighten social justice in our community, promoting the free exchange of knowledge and work. Under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework, this renewable assignment paves your path to becoming an agent of change within your community. Prepare to embark on this transformative journey.
For this work, we will integrate the disciplines of Communication and Adult Basic Education Programs to achieve the primary goal of responding to SDG #10: Reduced Inequalities. Within this SDG, we will focus on the specific target 10,2. This assignment also focuses on SDG #8: Decent Work and Economic Growth.Not peer reviewedassignment guidelinesUN Sustainable Development Goals Open Pedagogy Faculty Fellowshi
What you eat: photo essay/field notes
No full textWelcome to your role in an international mission. This mission is dedicated to expanding educational access and championing student empowerment through "open pedagogy." In this approach, you, as a student, are at the heart of an engaging, collaborative learning environment, with the freedom to access your educational journey. What is this mission's ultimate goal? To heighten social justice in our community, promoting the free exchange of knowledge and work. Under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework, this renewable assignment paves your path to becoming an agent of change within your community. Prepare to embark on this transformative journey.
For this work, we will integrate the disciplines of Sociology and English Language for Academic Purposes to achieve the primary goal of responding to SDG #2: Zero Hunger. Within this SDG we will focus on the specific target 2.4. This assignment also focuses on SDG #13: Climate Action.Not peer reviewedassignment guidelinesUN Sustainable Development Goals Open Pedagogy Faculty Fellowshi
The hidden world of fine art comics
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INFLUENZA VACCINE PREVALENCE AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH INFLUENZA VACCINATION AMONG CANADIAN ADULTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS: AN EXPLORATION OF THE CCHS DATA
Get PDFIndividuals with mental illness are at high-risk for influenza (flu) and reduced receipt of preventive services i.e., flu vaccination. Yet, literature is limited on flu vaccination among this population. This study identifies flu vaccine rates and explores factors associated with having a flu vaccine among adults with mood/anxiety disorders living in 4 Canadian provinces. Data from the 2017-2018 Canadian Community Health Survey were analyzed. Of the mental illness sample, 65.1% received a flu vaccine in their lifetime. Of those, 55.9% received it less than 1 year ago. Those more likely to receive a lifetime flu vaccine are 60 years +, females, have higher education and household incomes, chronic comorbidities, non-smokers, non-sedentary behaviours, had relationships, primary care access, and lived in Alberta health regions. Findings highlight that Canadians with mental illness may need support to receive annual flu vaccines, and health interventions should target these specific factors to promote flu vaccination.Mental illness, Influenza vaccination, Health Promotion Mode
The Boundary: Workshop 2 Summary Report
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Linking school based monitoring to land and water decision-making in the Nechako watershed
Get PDFClimate change is compounding existing threats to waters from land use activities such as forestry, agriculture, and mining, requiring alternative approaches to caring for watersheds. Community science and school-based monitoring are gaining attention as processes for communities and youth to become involved in decision-making by collecting data about the health of their lands and waters. However, due to the complexity of social-ecological systems, connecting community science to decision-making is a recognized challenge requiring more qualitative research that engages various actors. In response, this action-research project aimed to co-design water monitoring tools with students, teachers, and decision-makers to explore potential avenues for school-based monitoring to inform decision-making. The project focused on the case study of the “Koh-learning in our Watersheds” education initiative on Saik’uz First Nation Territory near Vanderhoof, British
Columbia. Research activities took place with high-school classes from the Nechako Valley Secondary School at locations along Murray Creek, a tributary to the Nechako River. Phases of water monitoring actively shaped and informed qualitative research interviews and workshops to bring together youth, teachers, and decision-makers. Pathways identified for school-based monitoring to inform decision-making include: 1) increased attention on waterways, 2) identifying issues and imagining solutions, 3) filling gaps and providing new data, 4) behaviour change and stewardship, 5) contributing to reconciliation, and 6) conversations for action. The findings highlight that the strengths of school-based monitoring lie in its ability to contribute imaginative solutions to local problems that perplex decisionmakers and, when attuned to and aligned with Indigenous governance, can meaningfully support truth and reconciliation. Informed by these findings, an adapted version of the framework for a ‘social learning approach to monitoring’ is proposed and may serve as a tool in the design of future school-based monitoring that can target multiple pathways to influence decision-making. This research underscores that when connecting across knowledges, generations, and linking with decision-making, school-based monitoring can support a paradigm shift in water management
How to play philosophy: A book for public thinking and the thinking public
No full text"How to Play Philosophy is a series of lyrical, creative essays that explore timeless and timely ideas about who we are and how we live. MIT-trained philosopher Michael Picard shares ideas of numerous. philosophers from conflicting traditions and builds an intellectual background to enable readers to draw their own conclusions." Written in a spirit of free and playful inquiry, the essays were composed originally to support public participatory philosophy, or Café Philosophy, which the author has facilitated for decades. Subjects include Play it With Feeling (Desire, Stress, Anger); Games We Play (Intimacy, Loyalty, Betrayal) and Playing Fair (Values, Good, Integrity), alongside epistemological topics including Truth (Knowledge, Certainty, Objectivity) and the perennial metaphysical quandaries (Human Nature, The Sacred, God). -- Provided by publisher.bookDC Author's celebration 202
The Limitation of Misinformation Under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Get PDFThe purpose of this thesis to explore what limitations may exist for s.2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the Charter), the section concerning freedom of expression. Specifically, this thesis is interested in how the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has interpreted this section regarding the dissemination of misinformation. To this end, this thesis examined SCC decisions post-1982 to understand the Justices’ logic when navigating issues of false news. This thesis followed a qualitative, hermeneutic case analysis under the psychological theoretical basis of the “dual-process” theory to best understand a person’s motivation when disseminating misinformation. Doing this, this thesis collected a couple of SCC cases which fulfilled the requirements as laid out in the methodology chapter. The results indicate that SCC is unwilling to use the powers of government to silence statements of misinformation due to the potential chilling effect for a minority population’s freedom of expression. On the other hand, specific wording in the Charter exempts private actors from being bound to the s.2(b), therefore leaving open the possibility of civil lawsuits. This article is scholarly significant as it informs the public discussion regarding private platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat to moderate speech on their platforms. Furthermore, this distinction between civil and criminal action has implications for the range of sanctions available for any potential offender
Who’s at the Research Table?: An Undergraduate Student Podcast Challenges Faculty to Embrace Inclusion
No full textIn this reflection, a group of undergraduate research assistants and student changemakers use a podcast to explore which students are at the research table and what barriers are keeping many others away. This student- and faculty-authored paper, which includes a SoTL-inspired auditory experience, dives into multiple topics, such as gender, race, and socio-economic factors impacting students in relation to their research activities in an undergraduate setting. Faculty listeners and readers are encouraged to reflect on the recruitment process they use in finding their student partners. The hope is that this article helps post-secondary leaders better serve underrepresented populations across the undergraduate research field by implementing equity, diversity, and inclusion practices in all student-as-partners work.This podcast is both an academic discussion and reflection from six Canadian undergraduate students/Mount Royal University alumni, and part of an article published in Imagining SoTL (MRU-based Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Journal). The goal of this audio submission aimed to amplify student voices within the higher education and research field in hopes of reaching other students and educators/faculty in a creative wa
A Comprehensive Analysis of Section 24(2) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Evolving Evidentiary Rule
Get PDFThe Supreme Court of Canada’s (SCC) evolving understanding of section 24(2) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms has been informed largely by three landmark cases. In R. v. Collins (1987), R. v. Stillman (1997), and R. v. Grant (2009), the Court was required to consider the scope, applicability, and impact of the Charter. The Court’s most recent decision, R. v. Grant (2009), represented a major change to Canada’s constitutional exclusionary rule. A critical analysis of the Grant test will evaluate whether s. 24(2) provides a test that is rigorous enough to preserve the integrity of the administration of justice. This thesis will address criticism relating to the notion that the police conduct inquiry has become a determinative factor governing the admissibility of evidence. Under the first line of inquiry, the Court provides greater leeway for police conduct at the expense of individual rights and freedoms. This creates an imbalance between competing societal and state interests. A newly articulated s. 24(2) test that expands the scope of Charter-protected rights and constrains police powers will attempt to resolve this tension. This will be achieved by incorporating privacy interests into the s. 24(2) consideration and placing limitations on the concept of good faith. In doing so, this test will allow the Constitution to progressively adapt to changing societal needs, increasing knowledge, and technological advancements. These modifications will achieve a better balance between the rights-protection and truth-seeking functions of s. 24(2)