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Shifting Attitudes: Torontonians and Their Response to the Great War
No full textThere exists little historical scholarship on Toronto during the First World War, or the impact of the war on its citizens. An examination of various tensions and oppositional activities in Toronto during the war complicates current interpretations of a \u27united front\u27 in the city. While the City of Toronto was \u27united\u27 in the sense that the majority of Torontonians supported the war effort in theory, between 1914 and 1918 there were serious debates and disagreements along various dividing lines regarding what support for the war constituted and required. The focus on homogeneity within the literature has resulted in a lack of analysis of the marginalized groups within the city, as well as the divides that existed within the British-Protestant community itself. The story of Toronto during the war is one of perceived unity, but in reality the city was rife with extensive divisions along national, ethnic, gendered, and religious lines. Far from uniting the city, the war brought forth long held tensions and xenophobia to the surface, resulting in violence in the streets of Toronto
ETHICS IN CHILD AND YOUTH CARE PRACTICE WITH TRANSGENDER YOUTH
No full textIssues that arise in child and youth care practice with transgender (trans) youth and their families can be complex and ethically challenging. While many trans youth are thriving and have strong family and social supports, others face family conflict and experience negative health outcomes linked to societal stigma. The purpose of this paper is to explore how four ethical approaches — bioethics, rights-based ethics, relational ethics, and justice-doing — may be applied to practice situations involving trans youth and their families. This paper is grounded in the gender affirmative model of care and integrates empirical evidence, critical thinking, and explicit argumentation in ethical analysis. Following a brief overview of evidence related to trans youth care, case vignettes are analyzed using diverse ethical approaches. These approaches draw on a variety of philosophical and disciplinary traditions. However, the analyses consistently lead to three imperatives: providing support and affirmation for trans youth; supporting families to support their youth; and fighting injustice where it impedes these goals
THE FUTURE OF CHILD AND YOUTH CARE EDUCATION: INSIGHTS FROM CANADA
No full textThis article reports on an analysis of a conversation held at a World Café gathering in the spring of 2014. At that time, a group of 25 professionals involved in higher education in Child and Youth Care engaged in a discussion of challenges that have implications for the future of the field. Four major themes emerged: tensions between theory and practice, issues related to Child and Youth Care values, trends and traditions in Child and Youth Care, and questions about professional integrity and identity. These themes are discussed in light of ongoing debates in the literature. The results of our discussions also underscore the need to harmonize divisions in the field and consolidate an agreed-upon knowledge base for Child and Youth Care
LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN’S PERSPECTIVES ON BOOKS BEING DELIVERED TO THE HOME DURING THE LETTERBOX CLUB SCOTLAND PROJECT
No full textThe low educational achievement of looked after children — children in the care of a local authority — is well documented in the United Kingdom and internationally. However, official statistics do not reveal the nuances of individual children’s lived experiences nor children’s agency. This article gives weight to children’s perspectives, and reports on the views of looked after children aged 7 to 10 in Scotland during the Letterbox Club project. It specifically investigates children’s perspectives of reading practices in the home and their responses to books delivered to them over a 6-month period. Data were gathered from 3 distinct but interrelated phases of the research: (a) literacy profiles completed by the children in collaboration with their carer(s), (b) children’s comments on evaluation sheets contained in each of the six parcels, and (c) individual conversations with children at the end of the project. The findings reveal the heterogeneous nature of looked after children with multifarious reading proficiencies and reading habits and routines. The children made choices about where and when they read and with whom, expressing opinions about books and authors and using the contents of the parcels to take action and gain greater ownership of their own learning. Finally, the contested nature of children’s agency is discussed, as well as the implications for future research involving looked after children
Social Fact in Chaoulli v. Quebec and Carter v. Canada: Negative and Positive Rights in Ideological Interplay
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Clown and Fool as Voice in Earth Activism
No full textHow can the human relationship with the other-than-human be reenvisioned as neither destructive nor redemptive but as dynamic and playful? I explore ways that the archetype and practice of the fool and theatrical clowning could highlight this fundamental connection. This autoethnographic performative study draws on the work of such play theorists as Huizinga, Carse, Nachmanovitch, Winnicott, Bateson and Martin, Ackerman, and leadership visionary Wheatley. It is a dance between stories and literature that gives examples of play as a way to navigate and imagine a heart, mind, and body engagement with community.
