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South Asian and Chinese International Students in Canada: The Role of Social Connections in their Settlement and Integration
No full textWhen coming to Canada to pursue post-secondary education, international students experience academic, financial, employment, and social and emotional challenges. Drawing on social network studies and studies of social anchoring, twenty-three in-depth interviews with South Asian and Chinese international students reveal the ways they navigate these issues in their post-secondary school environments. We find that international students work hard to establish social networks by making new connections at school, and students turn to their institutional networks for assistance. However, institutional networks alone are inadequate, and international students must also find support and advice through their family and community networks. We conclude that having strong institutional, family, and community networks are crucial to the social anchoring of international students in Canadian society. Social networks mitigate the challenges that international students encounter as they build their futures through post-secondary education. 
Implementing Wet Services in Montréal for Highly Vulnerable People Experiencing Homelessness who Use Alcohol: A Feasibility Study
No full textContext: People experiencing homelessness and alcohol dependence are highly marginalized as they struggle to access various health and social services. This study is part of a broader feasibility study on the implementation of "wet services" in Montréal, Canada.
Methods: Four focus groups were conducted with 20 participants working in the field of homelessness. The objectives of this study were to gather their perspectives on the need for wet services in Montréal, define the main purpose of such services, and identify the key factors promoting their success.
Results: All participants felt that wet services could meet several critical needs of many people experiencing homelessness in Montréal, and most argued that they should also be implemented without delay. According to most participants, these services should be grounded in a harm reduction philosophy, take a low-threshold approach and be accessible to the target population at all times. Participants argued that wet services should primarily aim to offer a safe place to consume alcohol whilst also serving as a place where people experiencing homelessness could meet their basic needs, reconnect socially, and access various health and social services.
However, participants cited a number of financial, logistical, and organizational constraints, such as control-related mechanisms (e.g., eligibility criteria, rigid bylaws, or the institutionalization and medicalization of services), which they feared could stand in the way of achieving the objectives of wet services or perpetuate the exclusion of people experiencing homelessness. To avoid these potential problems, most participants felt that wet services should be delivered by well-established and well-funded community-based organizations, accompanied by a variety of partnership arrangements, including those with health services.
Conclusion: This qualitative study contributes to the growing body of evidence on alcohol-related harm reduction services. Its findings may serve to inform the eventual implementation of wet services in Montréal and in other locations
Front Matter
No full textA summary note from the Editor-in-Chief regarding developments at the journal Locke Studies and the contents of volume 20 (2020). The note also looks ahead to changes for the journal coming in 2021
Building the fourth pillar: The state of cancer immunotherapy in 2020
No full textThe past decade saw great excitement over cancer immunotherapy, reaching a fever pitch, with the discovery being heralded as a “game changer”.1 In 2013 Science magazine dubbed immunotherapy the “breakthrough of the year”,2 and in 2018 the Nobel prize in physiology and medicine was awarded for contributions to the field.3 Throughout the 2010s unprecedented clinical results were seen with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy,4–6 and the first FDA approvals were obtained for CAR T-cell products,7 oncolytic viruses,8 and checkpoint blockade.9 Despite rapid advances, cancer immunotherapy progress has not been without its hurdles. New toxicities and high costs continue to challenge the field, alongside uncertainties regarding the durability of responses and widespread applicability of these therapies across different tumour types.10,11 Now, at the close of the decade we provide herein a brief overview of the history and current state of immunotherapy, reflecting on whether this treatment modality has truly “changed the game”
A Rare Case of Myocarditis Induced by Cannabis Use
No full textCannabis is one of the most commonly abused drugs in the world and there is a widespread misconception that cannabis is a safe drug without adverse effects. Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is one of the main chemicals of cannabis and considerable research suggests that cannabis and THC may have severe consequences on mental as well as physical health. However, the cardiovascular effects of cannabis are not well known. This article outlines the first reported case of pediatric death due to myocarditis induced by cannabis exposure. The subject is an 11-month-old male without any previous medical history that presented to the emergency department with central nervous system depression. The patient then went into cardiac arrest and died. Autopsy revealed myocarditis as the cause of death. Post-mortem blood analysis further revealed high concentrations of Δ-9-THC which is a metabolite of THC that can be detected for 24 hours after exposure. Considering that no other alternate causes of myocarditis have been confirmed, this raises cannabis exposure as the most likely cause. Although this is the first case of death from cannabis-induced myocarditis, there have been other cases wherein which cannabis exposure lead to myocarditis in young males. Altogether, these cases highlight the need for further investigation into the cardiovascular effects of cannabis and to consider cannabis in the diagnosis of myocarditis
Trauma, Critical Care, and Medical Education in the Face of COVID-19: An Interview with Dr. Rob Leeper
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The Two-Centuries-Old Quest: A Lyrical Retelling of Matthew Arnold’s “The Scholar Gipsy”
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Histoire de la jeunesse du Commandeur : le portrait d’un personnage qui se cherche
No full textLe chevalier qui est le héros de ce roman moins connu de l’abbé Prévost présente un personnage qui s’identifie à plusieurs modèles successifs : les romans lui font désirer de devenir chevalier de Malte, quand sa famille s’attend à ce qu’il prenne la tête des affaires de sa maison ; il devient féminin (jusqu’à se déguiser en femme) lorsqu’il est passionnément amoureux d’Helena et en contrepartie elle est finalement déguisée en homme lors d’une attaque corsaire ; L’Espagnol et lui forment une équipe indissociable, lorsqu’ils sont deux capitaines interchangeables, puis Perès devient de plus en plus raisonnable, devenant clairement une figure de modèle paternel pour le chevalier qui finit par se substituer à lui, à devenir de plus en plus comme lui.Le chevalier qui est le héros de ce roman moins connu de l’abbé Prévost présente un personnage qui s’identifie à plusieurs modèles successifs : les romans lui font désirer de devenir chevalier de Malte, quand sa famille s’attend à ce qu’il prenne la tête des affaires de sa maison ; il devient féminin (jusqu’à se déguiser en femme) lorsqu’il est passionnément amoureux d’Helena et en contrepartie elle est finalement déguisée en homme lors d’une attaque corsaire ; L’Espagnol et lui forment une équipe indissociable, lorsqu’ils sont deux capitaines interchangeables, puis Perès devient de plus en plus raisonnable, devenant clairement une figure de modèle paternel pour le chevalier qui finit par se substituer à lui, à devenir de plus en plus comme lui
L’efficacité perçue de l’apprentissage coopératif en groupe dans un programme de cycle supérieur
No full textThis paper addresses a gap in the literature about the study of the implementation of cooperative/collaborative group learning, and the assessment of its efficacy in facilitating transformative learning in the context of graduate studies. These topics have been widely discussed in the scholarly literature at the K-12 and post-secondary (college and undergraduate) level for many years, and cooperative group learning has generally been found to facilitate student learning. What has not been addressed is the use of this form of group learning in graduate studies. This paper reports on an intentional model of cooperative group-learning used in a Master of Education in Higher Education program at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Higher Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto. A brief review of the literature that grounds this praxis, the elements of the model used, and a post-hoc analysis of the perceptions of 77 graduate students (90% response rate) surveyed in a case study regarding its efficacy in facilitating their learning are presented. The findings suggest that this model of group-based learning has the potential to enhance the process for transformative learning at the graduate level of education.Cet article traite de l’écart qui existe dans la recherche publiée entre la mise en oeuvre de l’apprentissage coopératif/collaboratif en groupe et l’évaluation de son efficacité pour faciliter l’apprentissage transformatif au niveau des études supérieures. Ces sujets ont été largement discutés pendant des années dans les travaux de recherche publiés sur l’apprentissage au niveau de la maternelle à la douzième année ainsi qu’au niveau post-secondaire (collège et premier cycle universitaire) et les recherche ont montré que l’apprentissage coopératif en groupe facilitait l’apprentissage des apprenants. Toutefois, la question qui n’a pas été traitée est celle qui se rapporte à cette forme d’apprentissage en groupe au niveau des cycles supérieurs. Cet article présente un rapport sur un modèle intentionnel d’apprentissage coopératif en groupe employé dans un programme de maîtrise en éducation de l’enseignement supérieur à l’Institut for Studies in Higher Education (OISE) de l’Université de Toronto. Une brève revue des publications qui fondent cette praxis, les éléments du modèle employé, ainsi que l’analyse après coup des perceptions des 77 étudiants à la maîtrise (taux de réponses de 90 %) ayant participé à ce sondage dans le cadre d’une étude de cas concernant son efficacité pour faciliter leur apprentissage, sont présentées dans l’article. Les résultats suggèrent que ce modèle d’apprentissage en groupe a le potentiel d’améliorer le processus d’apprentissage transformatif au niveau des études de cycles supérieurs