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INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL ISSUE: ASSIMILATION, INTERRUPTED: TRANSFORMING DISCOURSES OF CULTURE- AND HONOUR-BASED VIOLENCE IN CANADA
No full textThis special issue about race, honour, culture, and violence against women in South Asian Canadian communities is proffered as an entry point to a wider, multilayered discussion about race, culture, gender, and violence. It hopes to intensify a debate on gendered violence that could tie in with analysis and commentary on individual killings in family-related sites, murders of racialized women and girls in public sites, and other forms of violence against women and girls in society. We encourage readers to consider how to understand the landscape that South Asian Canadian women and girls are confronting, while also asking critical questions about the wider settler colonial system in which we all participate as we fight gender-based violence
Beyond the Traditional Nation State: The complex case of Moldova, Transnistria, and their Domestic Minorities
No full textMoldova and Transnistria have a peculiar relationship. Moldova is recognized as an independent state by most all other countries. Transnistria, on the other hand, lacks this formal recognition of sovereignty but functions as an independent country in every other way. This odd but fascinating relationship between the two autonomous political units is worthy of its own study. However, this relationship becomes even more interesting when analyzing their minority relations. Both Moldova and Transnistria have their own minority populations. But as Transnistria is not technically an independent state, Transnistrians are therefore considered a minority within Moldova. To do justice to the inherent complexities, the thesis of this paper is twofold: first, it will argue that both Moldova and Transnistria have been relatively successful at integrating their own minority populations. Secondly, it will argue that Moldova and Transnistria have largely been unable to integrate with each other, a phenomenon attributable to their differing political development and threats of unification with other countries
Tree Climbing and the Locomotive Connection Between Past and Present Hominins
No full textBipedalism is considered one of the defining traits of past hominins and modern humans. It has long been assumed that the adaptation to bipedal locomotion came at the cost of tree climbing ability. Recent studies are showing that contemporary humans are still capable of tree climbing to acquire resources. The results of these studies suggest that tree climbing remained an important form of locomotion for certain species of past hominins and certain groups of humans today. In this way, tree climbing could represent a connection between humans in the present and to hominins in the past
Using Sociality to Manage Health Amongst Women Experiencing Homelessness
No full textThis research combines non-participant observation, a focus group, and semi-structured interviews with both residents and staff at a shelter open to cisgender women, families, and trans and non-binary individuals. The shelter, Valdridge House, is in a medium-sized city in Southern Ontario. This research explores how women experiencing homelessness manage their health through sociality within the shelter space. Adapting to the perceived inaccessibility of the healthcare system, residents use sociality to narrate their mental health and trauma, placing blame on their environment rather than themselves for their situation. Here, they create support amongst residents without any perceived judgement
