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Change Prerequisite and its Impact on Nursing Statistics Course
No full textIn 2008 Alberta Education proposed a change of high school mathematics curriculum from the previous Pure Math-10, 20, 30 and Applied Math-10, 20, 30 to Math 10-C, Math 20-1, Math 30-1, Math 20-2, Math 30-2, Math 10-3 Math 20-3 and Math 30-3. The new high school mathematics curriculum was implemented in 2010 and the first group of high school graduates with this new mathematics curriculum got into the post-secondary institutions in 2013.
With the old mathematics curriculum, the prerequisite was Pure Math 30 for the students taking mathematics or statistics courses in science and engineering (including nursing) in any post-secondary institutions in Alberta. With the new mathematics curriculum, the prerequisite is Math 30-1 for the students taking mathematics or statistics courses in science and engineering. A question was raised: “Do we allow the students with Math 30-2 to take introductory statistics for nursing degree program?” By comparing the contents of Math 20-1, Math 30-1 and Math 20-2, Math 30-2, the answer was yes from all the post-secondary institutions in Alberta. As a result, the prerequisite for nursing statistics course has been Math 30-1 or Math 30-2 (changed from the previous Pure Math 30) since 2013. What is the impact with this change of the prerequisite? Is there any difference in statistics course performance between the students with prerequisite Math 30-1 and Math 30-2?
In the past five years, there were about 1000 students taking the nursing statistics course at Mount Royal University. A sample of 279 students regarding their performance in statistics course and prerequisites was gathered. Statistical analyses indicate significant difference between two groups. Some explanations and suggestions are given in this study
Why Calgary Isn't Métis Territory: Jigging Towards an Ethic of Reciprocal Visiting
No full textThis is a draft of a chapter that has been accepted for publication by Oxford University Press in the forthcoming book Visions of the Heart: Issues Involving Indigenous Peoples in Canada, 5th edition, edited by Gina Starblanket and David Long, with the late Olive Patricia Dickason, due for publication in October 2019.
Visions of the Heart, 5th edition, is available through the Oxford University Press website: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/visions-of-the-heart-9780199033447?cc=gb&lang=en&q=visions%20of%20the%20heart#
The copy provided here is the pre-copyedited draft and may contain slight differences from the published version.Though Métis people have had a long presence in Calgary and southern Alberta, their kinship within the Nehiyaw Pwat allied them against the Blackfoot Confederacy: as strangers politically and culturally, they remained as guests in this territory. For Métis people who live in Calgary who want to be good guests, the authors suggest an “ethic of reciprocal visiting” that emerges from Métis visiting culture, where Indigenous guests outside of their home territory are called to listen to their hosts as a dancer listens to the fiddler and adjusts their steps, engage in respectful non-interference, and be prepared for correction
Perceptions of the content and employability value of credentialed teaching certificates
No full textThe purpose of this research was to gain a broader understanding of what department heads and doctoral students believe to be the value of credentialed teaching certificates. Using a survey methodology with participants (N= 450), the study focused on the extent to which a credentialed teaching certificate provides a competitive advantage when seeking employment, as well as the content (pedagogical knowledge) that is perceived to be important for such programmes. Using a cross-sectional survey design, results highlight significant differences between doctoral students and department heads regarding the content and value of a credentialed teaching certificate in higher education
‘It would be much easier if we were just quiet and disappeared’: Parents silenced in the experience of caring for children with rare diseases
No full textBackground: Parent experiences of caring for children with neurodevelopmental disease have been silenced and constrained by social, political and health influences.
There is a need to co‐construct new meanings and interpretations of parenting a child
with complex disabilities by having an increased understanding of the struggles and
barriers for parents.
Methods: A hermeneutic phenomenology approach was applied in this inquiry.
Fifteen parents of children with rare neurodevelopmental diseases participated in
semi‐structured interviews.
Results: Parents experienced silencing or being silenced within interactions with
health‐care and social care systems and providers. Interpretive thematic analysis revealed three insights: (a) parents experience a sense of disconnect and silencing as
little is known or understood by health‐care providers about the experience of caring
for children at home; (b) parents make strong efforts to be heard and acquire services
within health and social systems as fighters, saviours and navigators; and (c) parents
sacrifice themselves to the caregiving role and become therapists and caregivers to
their medically fragile children at the cost of losing themselves as parents.
Conclusion: An understanding of parents’ experiences in caring for a childwith a rare neurodevelopmental disease may provide insight to systemic health and social support challenges faced by families and mitigate appropriate and supportive policies and services
Improving gender representation in Canadian federal politics and parliament.
Get PDFHow can we establish equitable gender representation in Canadian politics and parliament? What obstacles stand in the way of this goal? And, what can serving Canadian parliamentarians tell us about the challenges they have either experienced or witnessed among their colleagues? In this article, the author use primary interviews with six MPs and a secondary literature review to explore theories used in support of methods designed to improve gender representation. They conclude by suggesting that methods to improve gender representation in politics need to be fulsome and diverse
Healing Lodges: A Strong Predictor Of Success In Canada & Recommendations Moving Forward
No full textIn response to the vast overrepresentation of Indigenous peoples in Canadian corrections, the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) developed initiatives that are intended to provide Indigenous offenders with culturally appropriate services to address their unique needs and reduce the number of Indigenous offenders in corrections. There is strong statistical evidence that validate the notion that culturally specific healing programs can improve the recidivism rates of Indigenous offenders post-release. In turn, this suggests that Indigenous spiritual healing has the capacity to address risk factors and prevent high recidivism rates (Milward, 2011, p. 47). However, healing lodges lack the capacity to effectively deliver culturally appropriate programming to offenders. This systematic literature review examines relevant articles and studies that confirm the effectiveness of healing lodges on Indigenous offenders risk of recidivism. As promising healing lodge sound in terms of deterring offenders away from crime, healing lodges are under-funded, under-staffed, and lack appropriate resources to effectively administer culturally specific programs to Indigenous offenders who need it most. It is recommended that the CSC allocate government funding to support such initiatives and provide greater resources to Indigenous offenders in the system to ensure healing lodges are being utilized. It is recommended that legislature and policy makers revise the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and that the CSC provides Elders, Indigenous communities and Indigenous offenders with more freedom to effectively facilitate traditional healing methods
Perceived Accessibility in City of Calgary Recreation Facilities: A Comparison Between People With and Without Accessibility Needs
No full textThere is a great deal of research pertaining to the standards and regulations required to create “accessible” spaces. However, by only following minimum recommendations and guidelines, facilities are falling short of meeting and exceeding all people’s accessibility needs. Introduced in 1988, The City of Calgary mandates measures that follow established Access Design Standards (ADS), which exceed Alberta Building Code requirements. While these standards are required in all new City of Calgary buildings and renovation projects, they are not required to integrate the standards into existing infrastructure. Research indicates that the built environment directly reflects society's understanding of accessibility. However, there is a lack of research specifically looking at how an individual’s perception of a built environment is impacted by their accessibility needs
Socialization and the Construction of a Professional Identity among Public Relations Students in the United Arab Emirates
No full textIn the United Arab Emirates, economic and cultural forces are affecting the development of public relations. A high imbalance of expatriates to locals (Emiratis) in the population has left the field of public relations lacking in local representation. Without adequate representation across the major sectors of the society, Emirati can lose influence and control over their own homeland where they are a significant minority. A contributing factor to success in any field is the development of professional socialization and construction of a professional identity in the post-secondary environment. This is an exploratory study examining Emirati public relations students and their professional development. It is a qualitative study of semi-structured interviews of 10 Emirati public relations students, utilizing a grounded theory approach. Findings reveal that Emirati public relations students are developing in their professional identities at institutional and relational levels, but there is more that can be done by the students, themselves, to support the construction of their professional identities in their post-secondary environment. This would likely increase their chances for career placement and success in the area of public relations, and further greater representation of locals in the society
Examining the Outcomes of Sport Specialization for Individual Athletes and the Industry
Get PDFIn North America, sport specialization for young athletes has become a prerequisite for sport achievement, but academics have yet to explore the effects that sport specialization has on athletes’ consumption and participation patterns. Thus, this project explores the following research question: what are the effects of sport specialization on the individual volleyball athlete in terms of: i) patterns of participation in sport (past, present, and future); and ii) consumption patterns in the sport industry? The methodological approach was to interview current and retired volleyball players aged 18 to 30 in Calgary, Alberta. The questions were designed to ask participants how they spend their time and money during and after sport specialization. The findings indicate that early specialization in volleyball directly impacts an athlete’s patterns of participation and consumption in the sport of volleyball and the sport industry broadly. Many participants articulated that due to specialized training they became lost in the identity of a “volleyball player,” and when they ceased participation in the sport they found that they had not been participating for their own intrinsic values but for extrinsic values placed on them by their coaches, parents, teammates, and other invested stakeholders. Participants also indicated that their specialization years developed specialized knowledge in sport, a unique analytical consumption experience that influences present and future sport consumption. The findings are a call to action for the volleyball industry to evaluate the participation and consumption patterns in specialized volleyball training and implement changes to benefit specialized athletes and the industry
Critical skating intensity on a slide board: physiological and neuromuscular responses and correlation with performance on ice
Get PDFThe aim of this study was to assess the physiological and neuromuscular responses at critical
skating intensity on a slide board and to investigate the correlations between critical cadence
(CC) and skating performances on ice. 13 well-trained speed skaters (19.8±4.2 years, 69.6±9.06
kg) performed a maximal skating incremental test (IT) on a slide board. CC was determined from
3 to 4 trials to exhaustion lasting from 3.1 ± 0.7 to 13.9 ± 3.1 min, using linear and hyperbolic
mathematical fittings. A time to exhaustion test at CC (TTE-CC) was performed. CC values
(55.3±5.0 ppm) were significantly higher than cadence at the respiratory compensation point
(RCP) (53.5±4.0 ppm). Mean duration of TTE-CC was 22.9±4.8 min. Peak values of oxygen
uptake (V̇O2peak), heart rate (HR), ventilation (VE), respiratory exchange ratio (RER) and ratings
of perceived exertion (RPE) during TTE-CC were significantly lower (p<0.05) than the peak
values reached during the IT. V̇O2, HR, VE, RER and RPE significantly increased from 25% to
100% of TTE-CC. Muscle activity (EMGi) significantly increased after 75% of TTE-CC for
vastus lateralis and gluteus maximus muscles. V̇O2 at CC was better associated to skating
performance on 500, 1000, 1500 and 5000 meters than V̇O2peak at IT and V̇O2 at RCP.
Physiological responses indicate that critical skating intensity on slide board occurred within the
heavy exercise domain where V̇O2 increases but does not reach its maximum. Critical cadence
could be used as a better indicator of performance and training prescription for long track speed
skating distances