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Ironic Accountability: An Analysis of Creative Economy Access in the Age of ‘Cancel Culture’
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Examining Pre-Service Teacher Mental Health Training and Self-Efficacy at One American University
No full textWith rates of mental health concerns among students increasing, teachers are expected to support the mental health needs of students in their classrooms. However, practising teachers report low levels of ability to support students with mental health needs. Mental health training during pre-service teacher preparation could proactively prepare teachers to support student mental health. The current study examined the level of mental health training that pre-service teachers receive, their reported level of mental health self-efficacy, and how self-efficacy differs based on exposure to mental health training. We surveyed undergraduate pre-service teachers at a public university in the United States Midwest (n = 105). Overall, participants reported minimal levels of mental health training that varied by year in the program. Most participants indicated some confidence in their capacity to successfully support students’ mental health needs. Results suggest that participants who reported some mental health training exposure also reported higher levels of self-efficacy to support students with mental health needs compared to participants with a lack of mental health training exposure. Implications for training pre-service teachers are reviewed
HOCUS POCUS - Exploring the use of Artificial Intelligence in Point of Care Ultrasound Application in the Emergency Department
No full textThe field of emergency medicine has changed since the first introduction of portable ultrasound fifty years ago. Smaller equipment and the ability to produce higher quality images has driven the wide adoption of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) in emergency departments. PoCUS is an integral tool for physicians to obtain images in real-time and rapidly diagnose critically ill patients for timely intervention when every minute matters. Recognizing Core applications of PoCUS has been highlighted by the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians and training programs are within the core curriculum for EM residency. However, the main challenge of PoCUS is that the diagnostic accuracy and interpretability is dependent on operator expertise. With the resurgent interest in artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare, its integration into PoCUS was promising. Several studies have looked at integrating AI analysis with PoCUS imaging to improve diagnostic accuracy, guide training models, and increase the accessibility of PoCUS for novice users. Given that PoCUS usage improves patient satisfaction and clinician confidence, increased PoCUS usage is a worthy and achievable goal in Canadian emergency departments. The promising adaptation of artificial intelligence with PoCUS assessments will serve to expand training and diagnostic confidence to improve patient outcomes
Realize, Recognize, Respond: The Building of Trauma-Informed Care in Medicine
No full textIn December 2019, Western University delivered its first lecture on trauma-informed care (TIC) to its medical students. TIC is a universal treatment framework that involves realizing, recognizing, and responding to the effects of emotional trauma. The model shifts the question from “what is wrong with you?” to “what has happened to you?” This change in approach has only recently gained traction among medical professionals, perhaps because until recently, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was predominantly understood within the context of military trauma while much less was known about the pervasiveness of trauma within the civilian domain. Consequently, historians have largely focused on the medical community’s understanding of psychological trauma in the wake of the Vietnam War. Indeed, combat-related psychiatric research helped shape early ideas of trauma, but there existed concurrent driving forces that have been mostly overlooked. Knowledge of a more complete historical narrative of the civil origins of TIC may serve as a powerful tool to create genuine empathy towards patients with past trauma. Drawing on journal articles, newspaper archives, and physician questionnaires from the early 1970s to the present, this paper demonstrates the significant contributions made by the women’s movement in forming the official diagnosis of PTSD, in dismantling taboos surrounding domestic violence, and in initiating the move toward TIC. This paper concludes with a discussion of the important role that TIC training in medical school curriculums may hold, followed by an analysis of barriers to the implementation of TIC within clinical practice, and finally, suggested future directions
Investigating the Impact of K-12 International Recruitment Policyscapes through Neoliberal and Anti-Colonial Frames
No full textWhile Canadian public schools do not charge students tuition the same way post-secondary institutions do, we are increasingly seeing neoliberal pressures contribute to a lucrative market for tuition-based international students in K-12 education similar to higher education. This study focuses on how neoliberalization is shaping and contributing to the international recruitment policyscape in Ontario’s K-12 education system. Theoretically informed by neoliberalism and anti-colonialism, this paper examines the case study of international student programming in Ontario (and Canada’s) largest school board, the Toronto District School Board. Using “What’s the Problem Represented to Be?” as a methodological approach, we conducted a policy analysis of various documents published by the board with respect to their international student program. Our analysis shows how overarching neoliberal pressures imposed by provincial governments contribute to the creation and maintenance of this particular policyscape, along with a discussion of how this impacts public education in Ontario
La prévention de la violence sexuelle et les étudiants étrangers aux universités en Canada: Désalignements, lacunes et mobilisations vers l’avenir
No full textThis article reports findings from a qualitative study exploring how international students and campus staff in urban universities in Canada perceive sexual violence and prevention initiatives enacted in their university. The study rests upon personal interviews and three focus groups involving a total of 95 participants (64 students from 25 countries and 31 campus support staff members who work directly with these learners). The analysis of these narratives focuses on three pivotal areas in sexual violence prevention: awareness, incident reporting patterns, and fostering a “culture of consent.” It reveals important misalignment between the needs and knowledges of international students and the Western, ethnocentric cultural logic of campus approaches. Instead, international students seek peer-led discussions about gender inequality, sexuality, safe sex, and the role of religion, culture, and parents within their own communities and countries of origin. They also seek safe spaces to think through and debate the kind of politics or actions that could enable changes within their home countries and the world.Abstrait
Cet article est un rapport sur les contestations d’une étude qualitative qui explore comment les étudiants étrangers et membres du personnel des campus universitaires urbaines au Canada perçoivent la violence sexuelle, ainsi que les initiatives préventatives promulgués par leurs institutions. L’étude repose sur entrevues personnelles et deux groupes de discussions, totalisant 90 participants (59 étudiants étrangers de 25 pays et 31 membres du personnel qui travaillent directement avec ces apprenants). L’analyse est centrée sur trois domaines essentielles dans la recherche sur la prévention de la violence sexuelle: la conscience, les modes de reportage et l’encouragement d’une « culture de consentement ». L’étude révèle désalignements entre les souhaits et connaissances des étudiants étrangers et les logiques occidentales et eurocentriques trouvées aux campus. Ces étudiants veulent plutôt des discussions concernant l’égalité des sexes, la sexualité, les rapports sexuels sans risques, et le rôle de la religion, la culture, and les parents dans leur communautés et pays d’origines. Ils cherchent aussi des espaces sûrs où ils peuvent réfléchir et discuter les types de politiques et actions qui pourraient permettre changements dans leurs pays d'origines et dans le monde.
Mots clés: prévention de la violence sexuelle, étudiants étrangers, l’enseignement supérieur
 
Representing the Shoah on Hollywood Screens: Mimesis, artifice, and memory
No full textFilmic representations of the Shoah are fraught with ethical challenges, but they are also important for collective memory as the single biggest catalyst for learning about the Shoah in popular culture. This essay explores the history of Holocaust Film, both in terms of representational techniques and audience reception. In so doing, it aims to chart how directors past and present have walked the line between historical truth and evocative power, creating a range of films that extend memory into the present