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One Take | What is Smudging? (Longer version)
No full textCecil Isaac explains what smudging is and why it\u27s important.https://first.fanshawec.ca/firstnationscentre_visualcontent_videos_onetake/1002/thumbnail.jp
I AM INDIGENOUS: Wahsay Pyawasit
No full textWhat does it mean to be Indigenous to you?https://first.fanshawec.ca/firstnationscentre_visualcontent_videos_iam/1002/thumbnail.jp
Young People’s Participation in Envisioning Community Change: “We Need to Keep This Community Clean, Safe, and Good”
No full textIt is vitally important that Indigenous youth are provided a forum to express and share their expertise and knowledge on all matters that affect and impact their lives. Through the use of photo-voice, this qualitative study provided the space for eleven youth from (location withheld for review) to share their perspectives on their community and environment, their lives, and how they conceptualize childhood. Employing the theoretical frameworks of the Sociology of Childhood, children’s rights, desire-centred research framework, and an Indigenous culturally responsive method, four over-arching themes emerged – the importance of: i) relationships; ii) health and well-being; iii) knowledge; and iv) community and culture. The youth in this study demonstrated their capacity to identify and share their unique perspectives on their community and proficiencies in assessing their community’s strengths and challenges – further demonstrating that youth are not merely passive subjects of social structures, but competent citizens able to contribute to change in authentic ways
The Sitdown: Ceremony
No full textThe Sitdown series gathers different guests to discuss a wide range of topics and ideas.https://first.fanshawec.ca/firstnationscentre_visualcontent_videos_thesitdown/1005/thumbnail.jp
The Sitdown: Inspirational Parents
No full textThe Sitdown series gathers different guests to discuss a wide range of topics and ideas.https://first.fanshawec.ca/firstnationscentre_visualcontent_videos_thesitdown/1015/thumbnail.jp
The Sitdown: Life Purpose
No full textThe Sitdown series gathers different guests to discuss a wide range of topics and ideas.https://first.fanshawec.ca/firstnationscentre_visualcontent_videos_thesitdown/1014/thumbnail.jp
The Sitdown: Indigenous Education and Involvement
No full textThe Sitdown series gathers different guests to discuss a wide range of topics and ideas.https://first.fanshawec.ca/firstnationscentre_visualcontent_videos_thesitdown/1013/thumbnail.jp
FIRST NATIONS CENTRE: What do we offer?
No full textChris Hannah from the First Nations Centre talks about what the First Nations Centre Offers to its students.https://first.fanshawec.ca/firstnationscentre_visualcontent_videos_info/1006/thumbnail.jp
Disaster preparedness and response in older adults: a review and discussion
Full text linkOlder adults are disproportionately affected by disasters when they occur, from health, psychological and social perspectives. The needs of older adults are different, complex, and are often overlooked during disaster planning and response. The aim of this study was to review the current literature surrounding the needs of older adults from disaster preparedness and response perspectives
Exploring empathy levels among canadian paramedic students
Full text linkIntroduction: Empathy is an important factor in communication between healthcare provider and patient. Previous studies have shown that empathy benefits patient care in multiple ways. Empathy allows a space of decreased vulnerability as a result, builds trust in healthcare relationships, fosters open communication that leads to improved patient care, improves patient satisfaction and buffers healthcare provider burnout. This study aimed to determine the empathy levels demonstrated by paramedic students to patients with various medical conditions, and to compare these findings to previous studies.
Methods: This study employed a cross sectional design of a convenience sample of first and second year paramedic students in a community college program in Ontario, Canada. The Medical Condition Regard Scale( MCRS) was used to measure empathy levels in these students across five medical conditions: physical disability, intellectual disability, suicide attempt, mental health emergency, and substance abuse.
Results: A total of 43 students participated in the study; 27 males and 15 females (1 unknown). Males demonstrated a mean empathy score of 232.44 while females demonstrated a mean of 266.4. Across the five medical conditions, substance abuse had the lowest mean empathy score (42.88), followed by mental health emergency (49.58), suicide attempt (49.47), intellectual disability (50.42) and physical disability (53.0).
Conclusion: Results from this study suggest that paramedic students demonstrated the lowest levels of empathy towards patients suffering from substance abuse issues, and the highest levels of empathy towards patients with a physical disability. Male paramedic students are less empathetic than their female peers, and second year paramedic students are less empathetic than their first year counterparts. These results provide an insight into paramedic students attitudes in Canada, and provide a foundation for further studies