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Showing Up, or, Ajay as Accompanist
No full textSam Boer reflects on his relationship with Ajay Heble, focusing on his role as an accompanist to activities in the community
L’ accessibilité dans le développement des collections au sein des bibliothèques universitaires du Manitoba, de la Nouvelle-Écosse et de l’Ontario
No full textAccessibility in collection development policies (CDPs) and practice in Canada is understudied. Two studies focusing on academic libraries in provinces with accessibility legislation were done to investigate both policy and practice. The first study employed a content analysis of publicly available CDPs of academic libraries in Manitoba, Nova Scotia, and Ontario to determine if accessibility was explicitly mentioned in them. The study aimed to explore possible legislative influence in the wording of CDPs. Since CDPs show only part of the picture as to how selectors make their acquisition decisions, in the second study, a multiple-choice and short answer survey was administered to selectors at academic libraries in these three provinces, in order to discover the factors that influence selectors in deciding if and how they use accessibility as a selection criterion. This article presents the research undertaken and sheds new light on how accessibility functions in collection development in the Canadian academic library context.L’accessibilité dans les pratiques et les politiques de développement des collections (PDC) au Canada est sous-étudiée. Deux études portant sur les bibliothèques universitaires dans des provinces dotées d’une législation sur l’accessibilité ont été menées afin d\u27examiner à la fois les politiques et les pratiques. La première étude, une analyse de contenu des PDC accessibles au public des bibliothèques universitaires du Manitoba, de la Nouvelle-Écosse et de l’Ontario, cherchait à déterminer si l’accessibilité était explicitement mentionnée. L’étude tentait d’explorer l’influence potentielle de la législation sur la formulation des PDC. Étant donné que les PDC ne présente qu’une image partielle de la manière dont les personnes responsables pour la sélection prennent leurs décisions quant à l’acquisition, une deuxième étude, un questionnaire à choix multiples et à réponses courtes, a été menée auprès de ces personnes responsables au sein des bibliothèques universitaires des trois provinces ciblées afin de découvrir les facteurs qui les influencent lorsqu’elles décident si et comment elles utilisent l’accessibilité comme critère de sélection. Cet article présente cette recherche et met en lumière le rôle de l’accessibilité dans le développement des collections dans le contexte des bibliothèques universitaires canadiennes
A republican poem on the complexity of the Indigenous condition:: Nísia Floresta\u27s A Lágrima de um Caeté
No full textThis article presents the first English translation of A Lágrima de um Caeté (1849), a Brazilian revolutionary republican poem by Nísia Floresta, a pioneering Latin American philosopher. Based on the 1849 Ferdinand Denis edition and informed by a comparative study of modern versions, the translation preserves the poem’s structure while making it accessible to a contemporary audience. The accompanying introduction situates the poem within the political context of post-independence Brazil and highlights Floresta’s critical engagement with natural and civil rights, Indigenous dispossession, and the contradictions of Brazilian nationhood. We advance two interpretive claims: first, that the poem is a milestone in Floresta’s philosophical trajectory, articulating her reflections on freedom, justice, and citizenship; second, that it dramatizes Afro-Indigenous epistemologies and Black resistance as central to imagining a plural and emancipatory republic. By foregrounding these dimensions, the translation opens new avenues for research in history of philosophy and political thought through gender and territorial lenses of interpretation
Climate Scientists: Searching the Golden Mean between Pencil Pushers and Activists
No full textErlend Moster Knudsen is a Norwegian climate researcher and science communicator. He has a PhD in Arctic climate dynamics and works as a PostDoc at the University of Cologne (Germany). He is also the deputy director of the international climate awareness campaign Pole to Paris. For the latter, he took on a 3000 km run from the Norwegian Arctic to the climate summit COP21 in Paris last fall. Along the way, he gave talks in schools, universities and open events, shared climate information via traditional and social media, and met with politicians and members of rural communities
A new mobility concept for remote communities
No full textCan we use new Advanced Air Mobility technologies to improve accessibility for rural communities? Data from Statistics Canada shows that air travel is the only way to reach 191 Canadian communities in North. There is no road or ferry network connecting these communities to other population centers. Limited access to air transport would translate into limited access to health financial, legal services and retail services for the people living in these areas in Canada. Interviews of Kuujjuaq residents, a Community in the North of Quebec confirmed lack of affordable air mobility as a challenge for public servants as well as locals. Advanced air mobility (AAM) is a developing technology introduced in recent years that involves the use of electric or hydrogen vertical take-off and landing vehicles. AAM is anticipated to provide a zero-emission alternative for transporting passengers and goods in urban and rural areas, significantly enhancing affordable mobility. To transition AAM from concept to operation, not only new vehicles but also new ground infrastructure called vertiports are required. As part of our concept, we recommend establishing a publicly owned and maintained, community-operated fleet of 130 AAM aircraft to serve remote Canadian communities in North. We forecasted that establishing this service requires between 1B of capital investment which in turn would need government subsidization with the goal of maintaining affordable fares between 100
Addressing Rural Labour Shortages through Newcomer Attraction and Retention: A Scoping Review with Impacts for Communities
No full textWith many rural and northern Ontario communities facing severe labour shortages, population aging, and even decline, newcomer attraction and retention has emerged as a key area for rural growth and revitalization. Despite considerable interest from rural policy makers, researchers, and employers in the potential of rural immigration, existing knowledge of rural newcomer attraction and retention as a workforce development strategy continues to be disorganized and underdeveloped. This presentation will discuss an ongoing initiative to correct this through a scoping review of the existing literature on rural newcomer attraction and retention in Canada. This project has systematically assembled a comprehensive overview of this body of literature covering the years 1980-2022 and analyzed it for themes using established coding methods. The presentation will focus on what implications the literature has for rural and northern communities that are considering newcomer attraction and retention as a strategy to combat labour shortages, as well as themes such as welcoming communities, integration, and barriers to rural newcomer settlement. There will be recommendations for policy makers, immigrant settlement service providers, industry groups, and academic researchers
The housing crisis on Prince Edward Island and its effects on international students
No full textAtlantic provinces accounted for about 6% of all new Canadian study permits approved between 2016 and 2021 and that number keeps increasing year by year on Prince Edward Island. Therefore, international students are an increasing number of our island resident population which could represent economic growth for our island. However, P.E.I. has the country\u27s lowest immigrant-retention rate. To find out the cause for these numbers, focusing on our housing crisis is a must. Affordable housing is a right and the lack of it can have a big influence on these statistics. In fact, our island’s, low vacancy rates have made it hard for tenants to find affordable housing, and soaring housing prices, and the increase in short-term rentals, have only increased pressure on the rental market. Our housing crisis may not only one cause but many harmful effects for islanders and newcomers, especially international students. When we look at the average international student’s status, we look at young adults struggling to pay the continuously increasing tuition costs while being limited to working only 20 hours per week with a constricted school schedule. We’ll look at how we can possibly improve our retention rates by reinvesting in affordable housing projects
Tree to Home: Northern housing supply solutions for the ongoing housing crisis in rural and remote First Nations
No full textAs the world demand for wood fibre is set to quadruple over the next decade and the world has endorsed achieving conservation planning at the landscape scale to achieve 30% by 2030 to maintain biodiversity and contribute to climate change resiliency. There remains a strong need to find northern housing supply solutions for the ongoing housing crisis in rural and remote First Nations. Wahkohtowin, a social enterprise owned by three Treaty No9 First Nations have formed One Bowl - Tree to Home, not for profit housing Corp to build partnerships and co-create a housing supply chain ecosystem that grows the opportunity for a circular economy for the long term