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Testing Extraocular Movements (Close Up)
No full textExaminer is performing a big H and asking patient to follow with their eyes to examine extraocular eye movements (CN III, IV and VI)https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/neuro_cranialnerves/1001/thumbnail.jp
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No full textEach drawing encapsulates where my head was at during a certain point in time. I have no formal art training, so I typically just draw what I feel, what I am enjoying at a particular time, what consumes my thoughts, or something I would just like to reimagine through my own interpretation
Cassandra
No full textMy artwork contemplates the day-to-day lived realities of marginalized identities. Although I use both acrylics on canvas and graphite on paper within my work, I use these different mediums to express the same underlying messages. I aim for viewers to interact with my work and see parts of themselves within the subjects of the drawings and paintings, regardless of the differences between their personal identities and the subjects portrayed. As a black-identifying person of colour, it is extremely important for me to see people of colour represented in the visual arts. Moreover, through my artwork, I strive not only to have representation that is visual, but emotive as well. My work is largely a reaction to the micro-aggressions that minorities face. The build-up of negative emotion-inducing experiences is often repressed by individuals and largely undermined in a broad societal context. The harshness of lines and boldness of colour within my work is a call against this silence while the softer elements and indistinct transitions between tones shed light on the complex and often difficult to work through emotional experiences of minority groups. Through the contrast in colour and shape within my artworks, I mirror the multi-faceted nature of the everyday experiences of minority groups. As well, combining various textures and varieties of realism within pieces draws attention to the varying levels of one’s true emotion and experience shared with the world and community around them. These artworks invite viewers to reflect upon the extent to which they allow themselves to be vulnerable and honour the validities of their struggles in a world of systemic suppression
This Kind of Love
Get PDFMy poetry explores those nostalgic memories Black people all around the world hold close to our hearts. This poem is a reminder of the tradition of cooking by Nigerian women, including my mother whom I learned this tradition from. My mother\u27s cooking is a form of love, the love I deserve and it cannot be replaced. I\u27d hope every Black person who reads this poem remembers all the feelings of love and family that come from eating homemade food
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No full textEach drawing encapsulates where my head was at during a certain point in time. I have no formal art training, so I typically just draw what I feel, what I am enjoying at a particular time, what consumes my thoughts, or something I would just like to reimagine through my own interpretation. I hope looking at these inspires some positive reactions.https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/upliftingblackness_images/1015/thumbnail.jp
Dose Digital
No full textEach drawing encapsulates where my head was at during a certain point in time. I have no formal art training, so I typically just draw what I feel, what I am enjoying at a particular time, what consumes my thoughts, or something I would just like to reimagine through my own interpretation. I hope looking at these inspires some positive reactions.https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/upliftingblackness_images/1014/thumbnail.jp
Birth Of A Tribe
No full textAcrylic painting, 24x36 in
This was a black-history themed painting inspired by traditional paintings and carvings of African market women and I wanted to do a colourful take on that. The colours were inspired by things like true feminine essence, intense vibrancy and so forth. Watching all the colours mesh seamlessly was my favourite part of creating this piece.https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/upliftingblackness_images/1008/thumbnail.jp
Fostering an Evaluative Culture by Addressing a Breakdown in the Policy Development Cycle
Get PDFThis Organizational Improvement Plan (OIP) aims to address the problem of practice (PoP) of a breakdown in the policy development cycle. The breakdown has resulted in a lack of evaluative feedback on the extent to which policies have been implemented as intended and are effective in achieving their intended outcomes. The PoP challenges elected trustees, in a large and diverse K–12 school division in Western Canada, to carry out their governance role. To address the PoP, the OIP offers a comprehensive change implementation plan, guided by a four-step change path model, actions, and continuous improvement cycle, supported by communication strategies intended to occur over a 3-year period. A case study approach for monitoring and evaluation will provide an in-depth description and identification of key themes derived from the enactment of the implementation plan. This OIP is grounded in the theoretical underpinnings of constructivism and organizational learning and the leadership approaches of adaptive and servant leadership. The change process will engage trustees, the superintendent, and members of an advisory group in co-learning opportunities to strengthen the board’s governance function by creating and piloting a policy evaluation framework. Addressing the PoP will lead to the desired state of an evaluative culture in which policy evaluation findings inform the governance work of the board, foster strong engagement practices with a focus on social justice, and support evidence-based decision-making. The change process described in this OIP could be applied by other school divisions to enhance their policy evaluation function
Building Human and Organizational Capacity in a Small Nonprofit and Human Service Organization Through a Culture of Leadership Development
Get PDFNonprofit organizations are typically comprised of staff from different backgrounds and education, and with varying degrees of leadership experience. In many cases, underequipped staff members are thrust into senior roles without mentorship or development that would prepare them for increased responsibility, leading to operational challenges, depleted morale, and staff burnout. Furthermore, without developing future leaders, issues of succession planning become evident both at the organizational level, and at the sector level. These concerns, in part, can be remedied by embedding strategic and intentional leadership development into the organizational culture of small nonprofit human service organizations. The problem of practice (PoP) in Kehillah Care Alliance (Kehillah) is the lack of intentional leadership development, and the organizational improvement plan (OIP) is focused on analyzing Kehillah through multiple lenses and frameworks in order to identify solutions to the PoP. This OIP examines Kehillah’s organizational context through Bolman and Deal’s four frames, Quinn’s competing values framework, and Nadler and Tushman’s organizational congruence model. It is determined that the best solution for the PoP is a collaborative leadership development program with customized options. Through use of a hybrid authentic-servant leadership approach, and in consideration of Kehillah’s systems theory framework, Lewin’s three-step model is used as the guiding change tool supported by plan-do-study-act (PDSA) iterative monitoring and improvement cycles. The desired state of Kehillah is one of high performance, caring culture, and growth opportunities. The OIP is mapped out to achieve this state, and can be modified, applied, and scaled for nonprofit organizations of any size
Developing Comprehensive Indigenous Education Programs through Meso Level Leadership to Promote Indigenous Student Success
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Annual reports to the B.C. Ministry of Education on Indigenous student progress in 2019/2020 indicated notable gaps in academic achievement, sense of belonging, and post-secondary transitions between non-Indigenous and Indigenous students. Meso level leaders are responsible for developing new programs and resources to support Indigenous student success. They do not yet have the skills and knowledge to address the gap that exists between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. This Organizational Improvement Plan (OIP) presents a collaborative inquiry approach to decolonize the K-12 system that promotes interwoven perspectives of Western and Indigenous epistemologies, pedagogies, and methodologies. A collaborative professional learning community (PLC) of meso level leaders provides the space for building relationships and defining common ground to bridge gaps between Indigenous knowledge and tenets of Western education. Adaptive and Indigenous leadership methodologies are identified that support meso level leaders in promoting Indigenous student success. The change implementation plan includes Stroh’s four stages (2015) connected to the First Peoples Principles of Learning (FNESC, 2008) to ensure that all partners are mindful of local traditions, protocols, ceremony, and stories to inspire change. The plan-do-study-act (PDSA) approach provides a monitoring and evaluation process and incorporates four phases of communication (Deszca et al., 2020) including ongoing consultation with local Knowledge Keepers and Elders. This OIP aligns with the organization’s mission to focus on strategies and resources to improve success for Indigenous students, and develop programs to support Indigenous culture, languages, and history (B.C. Ministry of Education, 2021).
Keywords: Indigenous, meso level leadership, education, adaptive leadership, decolonize, collaborative inquiry, professional learning communit