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“Religion is the opium of the people”: The political intentions behind the Bolshevik anti-religion campaign of 1917-1929
No full textThis paper challenges the prevailing assumption that the 1917-1929 anti-religion campaign, carried out by the Bolsheviks in the Russian countryside, was primarily intended to secularize the peasantry. Using a variety of primary and secondary sources, this paper analyzes the two main tactics of the anti-religion campaign within the context of spiritual belief in rural Soviet Russia: the persecution of the clergy and the seizure of religious property. I argue that the campaign was not designed to secularize the peasantry, but to undermine the political autonomy of Russian villages
FAMILY QUALITY OF LIFE AND NURTURING THE SIBLING RELATIONSHIP
No full textResearch that gauges family quality of life in families that include a child with a disability has often focused on the relationship between parents and the child, but in doing so they underestimate the importance of the sibling relationship: siblings are in each other’s lives generally for a much longer period of time than parents are. The sibling relationship is not intrinsically positive or negative, but it is a dynamic and critical bond; from it children can learn to understand and advocate for themselves and each other in the context of the disability. The sibling relationship is a lifelong one. Nurturing it in the early stages of development will not only support family quality of life, but will set the foundation for healthy adult sibling relationships that can create positive outcomes for all members of the family. The important aspects of nurturing the sibling relationship are considered from the viewpoint of both sibling and parent. The assumptions that inform sibling relationships are discussed, and suggestions for nurturing them are provided
Episode 2 - Regulatory Competition and the Growth of International Arbitration in Singapore
No full textThis episode is all about international commercial arbitration. The two guests featured here are Elizabeth MacArthur (UVic law student and Appeal author) and Dr. Joshua Karton (Associate Professor, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies & Research at Queen’s Law).The song in this episode is “Two Pianos” by Tajirijus
Children, Outdoor Play, and Loose Parts
No full textIn an effort to understand how loose parts in early learning environments benefit children’s play and development, through observations of preschool children in a rural outdoor natural environment, this study examined behaviours that children exhibited as they used loose parts. Children exhibited a range of positive social behaviours, complex verbal and nonverbal behaviours, and various types of risk taking in their play. The findings suggest that children do not explicitly exhibit stereotypical gender or age-exclusion behaviours while using the loose parts. The results would suggest that increasing children’s opportunities to use loose parts in an early years outdoor environment will support their various aspects of development in positive ways
(Re)considering Squirrel––From Object of Rescue to Multispecies Kin
No full textThis is a story situated in the Pacific Northwest region of North America, where encounters with a non-native “rescue” squirrel present disequilibrium for an educator and surprises for an early childhood classroom community. Thinking with Haraway, Latour, and common world frameworks challenges the educator’s “back to nature” narrative and generates opportunities to engage with different perspectives about the intersection of nature and culture, human and nonhuman kin, and the limiting quality of anthropocentric, child-centered pedagogies in early childhood education
"Like an old tale still": The Winter’s Tale and Bard on the Beach
No full textFor the production: The Winter\u27s Tale (2017, Bard on the Beach, Canada)
King John at the Union Theater
No full textFor the production: King John (2012, Claire Evans, in association with The Steam Industry, UK)
