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First Canadian bee species records (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) collected from tallgrass prairie and oak savanna in southern Ontario, Canada
No full textSeven bee species (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) are documented from Canada for the first time, and their known natural history, distributional range and floral associations are discussed. The new species records for Canada are Andrena (Callandrena) krigiana Robertson, 1901 (Andrenidae); Andrena (Trachandrena) nuda Robertson, 1891; Andrena (Iomelissa) violae Robertson, 1891; Protandrena (Pterosarus) labrosa (Robertson, 1895) (Andrenidae); Protandrena (Pterosarus) compositarum Robertson, 1893; Sphecodes (Sphecodium) antennariae Robertson, 1891 (Halictidae); and Megachile (Sayapis) inimica Cresson, 1872 (Megachilidae). All records were from tallgrass prairie and oak savanna habitats in southern Ontario
Poster and Presentation Abstracts Entomological Society of Ontario Annual General Meeting
No full textRural Futures: Bridging Research and Community Solutions for a Resilient Ontario
No full textThe Rural Futures project has been serving as a vital conduit for knowledge exchange, facilitating connections between rural researchers and stakeholders. Insights gleaned from an evaluation process have informed our future endeavours as researchers emphasize the importance of disseminating findings to non-academic audiences, while stakeholders recognize the potential of current research to address local challenges.
This poster presents our initial plan for bolstering knowledge mobilization, drawing on the insights gathered from the evaluation. There is a clear demand for diverse knowledge products tailored to various sectors and contexts, as highlighted by the research team. Also, student researchers at the University of Guelph advocate for further customization of the project website, which serves as a valuable resource for accessing rural reports and profiles.
The project sustainability plan involves an approach that aims to improve partnerships and dialogue, strengthening connections between stakeholders and knowledge producers. By linking research to community solutions, Rural Futures will continue to foster symbiotic relationships, providing employment opportunities for researchers and enhancing community resilience in Ontario
A Logical Difficulty in Supererogating
No full text*WINNER OF THE KIP HUNTER BOOK PRIZE*
This essay contends that supererogatory acts – acts which are good to do, but not morally obligatory – are more difficult to perform than it commonly seems. Sections I and II introduce and define the supererogatory. Sections III and IV address the Classic Paradox of supererogation (if supererogating is so good, why is it not obligatory?). The common response to the Classic Paradox asserts that nonmoral reasons and prerogatives are morally relevant in evaluating one’s obligations, which explains why supererogating is voluntary, though this claim is challenged in section V. In section VI, this essay contends that there is a logical difficulty in supererogating: agents who are willing to supererogate lose any rational justification to do otherwise, rendering them obliged to supererogate. Thus, they do not go beyond duty. Section VII addresses an objection to this claim and section VIII makes room for a limited supererogation, both explaining how going beyond duty is possible and how moral heroes who claim they were “just doing their duty” really are telling the truth
Treating Trauma: Hip Hop Spoken Word Therapy, Mindfulness, and Collaborative Therapy
No full textExposure to traumatic events may take place throughout different life stages. Trauma subjection serves as a precursor to future mental health deficits. While research support is beginning to proliferate for the utilization of hip-hop spoken word therapy for individual therapy, there is little research on the effects it may have with families. The following composition is an exploration of the utilization of integrating hip hop spoken word therapy, mindfulness, and collaborative therapy to treat trauma symptoms with youth and their families. Implications of the integration of the therapeutic practices and recommendations for future research have been conferred upon. The purpose of assembling this composition is to address treating trauma exposed adolescents/youth in family therapy with a combination of collaborative therapy, mindfulness, and hip hop spoken word therapy. Further areas that will be highlighted as they relate to trauma are: trauma overview, specifications of how the combination of collaborative therapy, mindfulness, and hip hop spoken word therapy treat the issue, the state in which current research is facilitating treatment, strengths, limitations, and evidence of treatment, gaps in current literature, methodical utilization in family therapy treatment, future needed research, study with diverse populations, and the key take away from working with adolescents. La exposición a eventos traumáticos puede tener lugar a lo largo de diferentes etapas de la vida. El sometimiento al trauma sirve como precursor de futuros déficits de salud mental. Si bien el apoyo a la investigación está comenzando a proliferar para la utilización de la terapia de palabra hablada hip-hop para la terapia individual, hay poca investigación sobre los efectos que puede tener en las familias. La siguiente composición es una exploración de la utilización de la integración de la terapia de la palabra hablada del hip hop, la atención plena y la terapia colaborativa para tratar los síntomas del trauma con los jóvenes y sus familias. Se han conferido implicaciones de la integración de las prácticas terapéuticas y recomendaciones para futuras investigaciones. El propósito de reunir esta composición es abordar el tratamiento de adolescentes / jóvenes expuestos al trauma en terapia familiar con una combinación de terapia colaborativa, atención plena y terapia de palabra hablada de hip hop. Otras áreas que se destacarán en relación con el trauma son: descripción general del trauma, especificaciones de cómo la combinación de terapia colaborativa, atención plena y terapia de palabra hablada de hip hop tratan el problema, el estado en el que la investigación actual está facilitando el tratamiento, fortalezas, limitaciones y evidencia de tratamiento, lagunas en la literatura actual, utilización metódica en el tratamiento de terapia familiar, La investigación y el estudio con poblaciones diversas y la conclusión clave del trabajo con adolescentes
Preguntas Frecuentes
No full text¿La terapia colaborativa ha tomado prestada o ha sido influenciada por alguna sabiduría espiritual o religiosa? ¿La terapia colaborativa respalda algún concepto espiritual/religioso, ya sea implícita o explícitamente
Perspectives intergénérationnelles de l’emprunt à l’anglais chez les francophones du Nord-Est ontarien
No full textIn a paper published in 2013, Alain Tomas studied how French speakers from Northeastern Ontario perceived the use of loanwords from English. His results revealed intergenerational differences, thus corroborating the trends observed in other studies of Francophones in Ontario. However, the shift towards English is not regular and seems more intense among speakers born between 1940 and 1960. In his conclusion, Thomas expressed the wish that his investigation be reproduced on a larger scale and that the effect of the concentration of Francophones in the communities be verified. This paper follows both of these wishes through the analysis of a corpus of 120 French-speakers, born between the 19th and 21st century, living in Northeastern communities. The analysis subscribes to a dynamic synchrony approach. Its aim is threefold. First, it will analyze lexical items borrowed from English over generations and then compare the use of these loanwords with those of their French equivalencies. Given that the concentration of Francophones varies among the communities under study, this variable too will be verified.Dans un article paru en 2013, Alain Thomas faisait état de la perception qu’avaient des francophones du Nord-Est ontarien de l’utilisation des emprunts lexicaux à l’anglais. Ses résultats révèlent des différences intergénérationnelles, ce qui corrobore les tendances observées dans d’autres enquêtes auprès des francophones ontariens. Le glissement vers l’anglais n’est cependant pas régulier et l’anglicisation semble plus intense chez les locuteurs nés entre 1940 et 1960. Dans sa conclusion, Thomas exprimait le souhait que son enquête soit reproduite à plus grande échelle et que l’effet de la concentration des francophones dans les communautés soit vérifié. Ce texte y donne suite par une analyse de corpus auprès de 120 francophones nés entre le 19e et le 21e siècle et habitant diverses communautés du Nord-Est ontarien. L’analyse, qui s’inscrit dans une approche de synchronie dynamique, vise d’abord à dégager la présence de lexèmes empruntés à l’anglais en fonction des années de naissance des locuteurs, puis à comparer les probabilités d’usage des emprunts à celles des variantes françaises équivalentes. Puisque les communautés à l’étude varient de franco-minoritaires à franco-majoritaires, les indices d’usage sont ensuite vérifiés afin de cerner l’importance de cette variable dans le processus d’anglicisation
Universal Principle or Hasty Generalization? A Case Study on Gricean Pragmatics
No full textPaul Grice, the British philosopher of language, aimed to present a framework for conversational implicature, however, he took a step too far in claiming its universal application. The purpose of this paper is to present an objection to Grice’s claim that his principled maxims are rational universals. Instead, I argue that Grice’s universals are deeply rooted, socially-defined conventions. In pursuit of proving this point, this essay briefly restates Grice’s framework as a basis for further remarks before presenting a counterexample: the Malagasy people. This counterexample aims to demonstrate that there are fully rational agents who do not conform to Gricean pragmatics in their use of language. Additionally, this essay addresses a potential objection that Grice might have made himself and elaborates on relevant points to this discussion
Herakles and the Goblet of Fire
No full textMany classical myths are alluded to throughout the Harry Potter series. Myths were important to ancient Greeks, because they “are the archaic way of interpreting the world and its meaning, in times before science” and, “talks about another level that exists alongside our world.” The most expansive comparison made to Greek mythology, in Johanne (J.K.) Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, is specifically confined to a competition Harry is involved in—the Triwizard Tournament. It is a modern novel that draws strong similarities to the labours of Hercules, explained by Pseudo-Apollodorus in Bibliotheca Book 2 Chapter 5. Hercules and Harry are drafted into undertaking difficult and dangerous tasks which culminate in their retrieval of important items. They face creatures with similar characteristics, as well as comparable monsters. There are equivalent characters and themes—like those who use transformation to hide their evil intentions—in both Pseudo-Apollodorus’ and Rowling’s stories. 
‘Nothing for us without us’: Exclusion of students with disabilities in disability policy review at a South African institution of higher education
No full textThe prominent disability rights slogan ‘nothing for us without us’ which was adopted from the 16th-century Polish revolution ‘nihil de nobis, sine nobis’, means that persons with disabilities, should be involved in anything that concerns their welfare so that they speak for themselves as people with a lived experience of disabilities. This empirical paper explores the participation of students with disabilities in the review of an institutional disability policy in a single institution of higher education in South Africa. Qualitative data were collected through interviews with twelve students with disabilities and seven disability unit staff members. Informed by critical disability theory, the finding was that there was limited participation by students with disabilities in the formulation of institutional disability policy meant for their welfare. While contemporary scholarship on disability seeks to address the exclusion of historically disadvantaged social groups such as those with disabilities but without privileging the voice of those with a lived experience of disability in policy issues, the ‘nothing for us without us’ slogan will remain elusive, fragile and cliché merely chanted. The paper thus aims to contribute to the understanding that limited participation in policy formulation could negatively affect the learning of students with disabilities and consequently their timeous graduation. For genuine inclusion, all students, including those with disabilities will fully participate in higher learning.