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Relationality in Early Childhood Education in the Context of Climate Crises
Full text linkThe kinship relationships and interwoven living in early childhood education context are urgent in an era of climate crises and the Anthropocene. In this article, I delve into the nested relationships between humans with more-than-human forms. My purpose is to create ethical spaces of dialogue that weave together stories-beginning with my own childhood stories, extending to the narratives of South Asian early childhood educators in Alberta and tying knots with Indigenous stories
Canada\u27s National Policy Bargain
Full text linkThe national policy horizon for the new federal government will depend heavily on its capacity to negotiate with the provincial and territorial governments that dominate policy making in Canada
The Construction of the Political Subject in the Educational Discourse: From the Theoretical Definition to the Cuban Case
Full text linkThis research examines the construction of the political subject in the educational discourse and explores how educational contexts shape citizenship and political commitment. It seeks to understand how Cuban educational institutions (K-12) construct political subjects by reinforcing ideological power through the curriculum. The findings suggest that education plays a significant role in shaping political subjectivities within the Cuban context where textbooks and other educational materials contribute to the formation of citizenship and political engagement. The research reveals that while schools play a crucial role in political socialization, they often produce subjugated, passive subjects disconnected from critical political engagement. The study argues for a more participatory and critical curriculum that reflects the lived realities of students and enables them to actively question and engage with political systems
Blurry Borders and Identity in Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist
No full textThis essay explores the viability of developing non-dualistic identities in a globalized world that imposes neo-imperialistic hierarchies like old/new, east/west, oppressed/oppressor, and terrorist/terrorized. Incorporating theories of the contact zone (Mary Pratt), translocality, contemporary coloniality (Derek Gregory), and moving through dualisms (Deleuze and Parnet, Homi Bhabha), I analyze how Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist brings together past and present in seemingly distant spaces like Pakistan, the United States, and Chile. Although it has often been interpreted as a post-9/11 novel, The Reluctant Fundamentalist challenges linear spatiotemporal structures that lend themselves to neat conclusions. This article approaches Chile as a turning point where the nation-bound mindset foregrounded in the beginning of the novel gives way to an alternative framework of interconnectedness. Yet this paradigm shift is narrated through a monologic form that makes it impossible to determine if the novel is moving towards a stable identity or one based on constant change. By not resolving this interpretive dilemma, The Reluctant Fundamentalist envisions a liminal political self that challenges neo-imperialism by oscillating between then and now, here and there
Politiques de lutte contre le harcèlement dans les programmes de médecine au Canada et à l’international : forces, aspects à améliorer et nécessité de normalisation
Full text linkBackground/Purpose: Medical trainee harassment is a global issue that has led to a multitude of detrimental effects. An important area of consideration is whether harassment policies are clear and available to all medical trainees globally. We aimed to develop a standardized rubric for evaluating anti-harassment policies and assess policies across Canadian medical schools and top international universities to identify strengths and areas for improvement.
Methods: We constructed a rubric by synthesizing criteria from established frameworks on harassment policy effectiveness, adapting key elements to assess clarity, accessibility, and comprehensiveness in medical school policies. On March 2023, we evaluated 58 harassment policies from 16 Canadian medical schools and 31 policies from eight of the top 10 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)-ranked universities. Our rubric, developed from four key frameworks, scored policies across three themes: (1) Policy Foundation, (2) Complaint Procedures, and (3) Resolution and Implementation.
Results: Canadian universities performed well in foundational policy areas (average score 83.00% on Theme 1) but showed meaningful gaps in Complaint Procedures (48.75%) and Resolution and Implementation (39.38%). Top international QS-ranked universities similarly scored low in these latter themes, though they performed better on formal complaint processes. Key areas needing improvement include informal complaint procedures and timelines for response in Canadian universities, and policy revision commitments in top QS-ranked universities.
Conclusions: This study highlights the need for enhanced anti-harassment policies, particularly in complaint and resolution procedures. Our rubric provides a structured approach for policy evaluation, enabling Canadian and potentially international institutions to improve policy clarity, accessibility, and comprehensiveness, fostering safer training environments.Contexte/ Objectif : Le harcèlement des internes en médecine est un problème mondial aux multiples conséquences néfastes. Il est important de se demander si les politiques en matière de harcèlement sont claires et accessibles à tous les internes en médecine du monde entier. Notre objectif est d’élaborer une grille d’évaluation normalisée des politiques de lutte contre le harcèlement et évaluer les politiques des facultés de médecine canadiennes et des meilleures universités internationales afin d’identifier les points forts et les points à améliorer.
Méthodes : Nous avons élaboré une grille d’évaluation en synthétisant les critères des cadres établis sur l’efficacité des politiques de lutte contre le harcèlement, en adaptant les éléments clés pour évaluer la clarté, l’accessibilité et l’exhaustivité des politiques des facultés de médecine. En mars 2023, nous avons évalué 58 politiques de lutte contre le harcèlement de 16 facultés de médecine canadiennes et 31 politiques de huit des 10 meilleures universités classées QS. Notre grille d’évaluation, élaborée à partir de quatre cadres clés, a évalué les politiques selon trois thèmes : (1) Fondements de la politique ; (2) Procédures de plainte ; et (3) Résolution et mise en œuvre.
Résultats : Les universités canadiennes ont obtenu de bons résultats dans les domaines fondamentaux des politiques (score moyen de 83,00 % pour le thème 1), mais ont présenté des lacunes importantes en matière de procédures de plainte (48,75 %) et de résolution et de mise en œuvre (39,38 %). Les universités internationales les mieux classées par QS ont également obtenu de faibles résultats dans ces derniers thèmes, bien qu’elles aient obtenu de meilleurs résultats dans les processus de plainte formels. Les principaux domaines à améliorer comprennent les procédures de plainte informelles et les délais de réponse dans les universités canadiennes, ainsi que les engagements de révision des politiques des universités les mieux classées par Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).
Conclusions : Cette étude souligne la nécessité de renforcer les politiques de lutte contre le harcèlement, notamment en ce qui concerne les procédures de plainte et de résolution. Notre grille d’évaluation propose une approche structurée pour l’évaluation des politiques, permettant aux établissements canadiens et potentiellement internationaux d’améliorer la clarté, l’accessibilité et l’exhaustivité de leurs politiques, favorisant ainsi des environnements de formation plus sécuritaires
Firefighting, Temperance, and Hermeneutical Virtue: Gadamer\u27s Fusion of Horizons as Key to Understanding Temperance in the Fire Service
Full text linkTraditional understandings of temperance do not adequately address the ethical alienation and displacement firefighters experience because these definitions do not account for the constant and often extreme transitions firefighters make in their work. I argue that firefighters would be better served by a novel, hermeneutically-conceived approach to temperance. Moreover, temperance is not only or even primarily about self-control. Rather, temperance is best understood on the basis of Gadamer’s conception of the “fusion of horizons” as a kind of ethical agility to move between difficult and disparate situations. This, I suggest, is an essential aspect of philosophical hermeneutics because the fusion of horizons is the means by which we experience the transitions, oscillations, and amalgamations of the world. Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics provides a vital way, therefore, in which firefighters can cultivate the virtue of temperance as they transition and move between difficult and disparate circumstances
AIDS-related gay activism in socialist Slovenia and its transnational context, 1984-1991
No full textThe article examines grassroots AIDS-related gay activism in socialist Slovenia in the mid-to-late 1980s, a period marked by the lack of relevant official initiatives. It argues that gay activists played a crucial role in disseminating important information to curb HIV transmission within their community. Simultaneously, their advocacy for safer sex and a comprehensive socio-political approach to AIDS, aimed at reducing stigma, also had a broader social impact. The article illustrates how the content and language of these grassroots campaigns were shaped by a selective and reflective reception of transnational transfers of ideas tailored to the Slovenian context. The article helps diversify the history of AIDS activism in Europe by highlighting the understudied synergies between socialist youth structures, gay activism and AIDS campaigning. It also highlights the importance of hitherto under-studied cross-border transfers for political and media reactions to AIDS in Slovenia in Yugoslavia, as well as gay and lesbian movements in the former
Sexual and Postcolonial Minorities in 1990s France: An Impossible “Convergence of Struggles” against AIDS?
No full textAct Up-Paris was created in 1989, modeled on its New York counterpart. It was mainly composed of gays and lesbians, but it developed a theory and practice around the convergence of struggles with other minority causes. At the end of the 1990s, a new organization appeared, Migrants Against AIDS, that protested against public authorities’ negligence in the face of HIV/AIDS affecting migrants. They also criticized various actors for their hegemony in the fight against AIDS, including predominantly gay organizations. Migrants Against AIDS was coveted by Act Up-Paris, which would have liked it as its ally. But Migrants Against AIDS expressed its distrust of Act Up-Paris, which was perceived as one of the actors it considered to be hegemonic in the fight against AIDS. This conflict stemmed from the racial dimension having a social aspect. Act Up was predominantly composed of white, middle- and upper-class gay men and women who were structurally privileged relative to racialized men and disadvantaged social minorities. In its theoretical approach to equating minorities, Act Up did not consider that certain categories enjoy privileges inaccessible to others. Migrants Against AIDS’s critique thus concerned the unequal distribution of power and social legitimacy. Based on an ethnographic survey carried out during the 1990s, this paper analyzes the ambivalent and conflicting relations between Act Up-Paris and Migrants Against AIDS during this period
Is Public Debt Reduction Worthwhile?
Full text linkThis paper examines whether reducing Canada’s federal debt is a worthwhile policy objective, in light of economists’ advice and public opinion favouring debt reduction. As well, the federal government has projected a gradual decrease in its debt-to-GDP ratio over the next 30 years. Reducing the public debt means that governments have to adopt a policy of fiscal austerity. This paper focuses on the trade-offs of fiscal austerity — short-term sacrifices for long-term benefits