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The Intersection of Mutual Aid and Third Places in Rural Nova Scotia During the COVID-19 Pandemic
No full textThis ongoing research project intends to explore three primary items:• What is the relationship between mutual aid and third places in rural Nova Scotia?• How has this relationship changed with the COVID-19 pandemic?• What gaps might answering these questions reveal? And how do these items change the waywe think about social capital and community welfare?Literature outside of Nova Scotia indicates that the majority of mutual aid in the US and Canada is concentrated within the family unit or cultural community, rather than the larger neighbourhood. What do these geographies look like in rural Nova Scotia, and how has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the established landscape? Considering its relation to public space, are actors withdrawing to their immediate familial supports, whether they want to or not, or is COVID-19encouraging unique methods of community-building and care? Exploring these themes might help provide some insight into identifying policy gaps, challenges and opportunities to support capacity-development for explicit mutual aid projects, as well as providing a peek into this matter as it relates to pandemic conditions, namely COVID-19
Education to Employment Transitions of Refugee Newcomer Youth in Rural Nova Scotia
No full textEducation to Employment Transitions of Refugee Newcomer Youth in Rural Nova Scoti
British Columbia Social Procurement Initiative: Introduction to BCSPI and Social Procurement | Introduction au Concept D’approvisionnement Social: La British Columbia Social Procurement Initiative
No full textBritish Columbia Social Procurement Initiative: Introduction to BCSPI and Social Procurement
Introduction au Concept D’approvisionnement Social: La British Columbia Social Procurement Initiative
Community Sponsorship and Two-Way Integration Arising through Refugees Resettling in Rural NS | La Commandite Communautaire et L’intégration Bilatérale Provenant des Réfugiés se Réinstallant Dans le Milieu Rural de la Nouvelle-Écosse
No full textCommunity Sponsorship and Two-Way Integration Arising through Refugees Resettling in Rural NS
La Commandite Communautaire et L’intégration Bilatérale Provenant des Réfugiés se Réinstallant Dans le Milieu Rural de la Nouvelle-Écosse
Embedding Local Capital: Lessons from Community Investment Fund Programs in Canada | Intégration du Capital Local: des Leçons Provenant de Programmes de Fonds D’investissement Communautaires au Canada
No full textEmbedding Local Capital: Lessons from Community Investment Fund Programs in Canada
Intégration du Capital Local: des Leçons Provenant de Programmes de Fonds D’investissement Communautaires au Canada
Weed, Greed and the Need for Reconciliation | Le Cannabis, L’avarice et le Besoin de Réconciliation
No full textWeed, Greed and the Need for Reconciliation
Le Cannabis, L’avarice et le Besoin de Réconciliation
Past and Present Informing the Future: A Case Study of Cultural Heritage Tourism in Louisbourg, NS
No full textThe importance of leveraging Cultural Heritage for the sake of knowledge preservation and exploration into the tourism sector cannot be understated. The Fortress of Louisbourg is an excellent example of rural tourism, as it continues to attract tourists from across Canada and beyond despite its remote location on Cape Breton Island. The Fortress was first declared a National Historic Site in 1928, but the partial reconstruction of this French Fortress is what attracted tourists to this municipality in the 1960s. In 2017, Dr. Amy Scott from the University of New Brunswick, in partnership with Parks Canada, established a bioarchaeological field school at Louisbourg to address ongoing coastal erosion, allowing students to build their bioarchaeological skills. Secondarily, ongoing bioarchaeological excavations have been supported and highlighted by Parks Canada to enhance the overall tourist experience.
Throughout the 2023 bioarchaeological field season, surveys were administered to 30 tourists inquiring about their Fortress experience, and interests and values as tourists in Canada. Of these 30 guests, 96.7% indicated it was important for people traveling in Canada to visit Cultural Heritage sites, like the Fortress. These research findings exemplify how investments into local Cultural Heritage may provide communities opportunities to enhance economic development through tourism
Heart Failure Screening in Moose Factory, Ontario: Early Results and Lessons Learned to Facilitate Early Intervention and Specialist Cardiology Care in the James and Hudson Bay region
No full textThe Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) and the University Health Network (UHN) worked in collaboration to co-develop a heart failure (HF) screening pathway to bring cardiovascular care closer to home for residents in the Hudson and James Bay region. Building on an established partnership and guided by WAHA’s principles and values, the pathway was implemented and executed over 6 months. Canadian Cardiovascular Society guidelines were applied to a WAHA maintained patient roster. 37 patients were identified as at-risk for HF and further refined down to 28 patients through clinical and co-ordination considerations (such as kidney function and previous follow-up for cardiovascular complaints). Each qualifying patient was contacted by a WAHA nurse clinical coordinator and invited to be screened through brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) testing. 26 of 28 patients agreed to be screened (93% conversion rate). 24 of 26 patients completed their bloodwork. 7 patients were then identified for rapid in-community follow-up, by UHN cardiologists, within two weeks of their positive screen. 4 patients were seen, and 2 were enrolled in a remote management program for HF. This screening pathway increases the capacity of WAHA and UHN teams to provide coordinated, continuous care, focused on prevention and early intervention of HF
Challenges with Rural Drinking Water Infrastructure Operations and Maintenance in Rural Newfoundland and Labrador During COVID-19
No full textPresentation on Challenges with Rural Drinking Water Infrastructure Operations and Maintenance in Rural Newfoundland and Labrador During COVID-19 as part of the Innovating through Infrastructure panel discussion
Rethinking Infrastructure Investment: Supporting Post-Pandemic Rural Recovery and Climate Resilience Through Green Infrastructure
No full textPresentation on Rethinking Infrastructure Investment: Supporting Post-Pandemic Rural Recovery and Climate Resilience Through Green Infrastructure as part of the Innovating through Infrastructure panel discussion