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Effective Teaching: Bridging Classroom Learning and Home Study
No full textThis proposal highlights an integrated teaching strategy that combines traditional lectures with independent home study to enhance critical thinking and engagement in psychology courses. By employing a flipped classroom model, students actively engage with real-life applications and case studies during lectures, while hands-on projects and interactive group activities deepen their understanding. Outside the classroom, students are supported with pre-lecture videos, detailed notes, and interactive quizzes, allowing for flexible, self-paced study. This balanced approach ensures that classroom learning is reinforced through independent work, fostering problem-solving skills and promoting continuous engagement with course material
Call It What It Is: Imposterization in Academic Spaces
No full textA recent article, Stop telling women they have imposter syndrome (Tulshyan and Burey, 2021), discusses the idea of imposterization without explicitly using the term that others have since adopted (Gutiérrez, 2021; Holmes et al., 2022; Phelan, 2024). In this session, we will be framing our experiences navigating academic spaces by articulating how the intersectionalities of our identities have shaped our academic careers as migrant scholars. We will argue that instead of placing the onus on academics belonging to equity deserving groups for ‘feeling’ as imposters, many of the common practices in academia are the root cause of these feelings. Rather than having imposter syndrome, these academics are being made imposters…have been imposterized. We will discuss how to dismantle the barriers that keep marginalised people from fully participating in academic spaces. We advocate for recognizing such barriers by sharing our experiences – among ourselves as well as with others – and naming them for what they are
The State of Creativity during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Get PDFThe 2020 COVID-19 pandemic caused a huge displacement for people globally. This displacement resulted in a shift in notions of personal reality and affective relationships. Creativity is a sensitive process that is impacted by one’s physical, social, and cultural reality. In this paper, I understand creativity to encompass the process, experience, and feelings associated with the creation of new products and ideas, that are both novel and appropriate to a given situation or time-period (Amabile et al. 2005). This ethnography explores the impact of the pandemic on the creative processes of six Toronto-based artists. I explore the effects of decreased collaboration, decreased social interaction, and greater isolation, on the motivation for art creation, the content of art created and the overall affectual states of the artists. I consider how these changes were linked to the different layers of Hennessey and Amabile (2010)’s structural model of creativity and I posit why artists had different creative outcomes. Preference for alone time when creating art versus creating through collaboration impacted people’s motivation for creativity during COVID-19 and the subsequent amount of art created. Preference for alone time was also linked to the affective results of different artists during the COVID-19 pandemic—those who previously collaborated during their artistic process suffered more than those who mostly created in solitude. The mediums different artists engaged with also impacted motivation and their ability to continue creating.
 
Synthesizing Cultural Competency and Reproductive Justice: A Case Study of Afghan, Refugee Mothers
Get PDFCultural competency and reproductive justice are two popular frameworks by which medical anthropologists, public health experts, and social justice advocates understand minority women’s health; however, both frameworks present shortcomings which limit holistic visualizations of wellness. I synthesize these frameworks in a case study of Afghan refugee mothers in North Carolina. My exploration of the composite framework uncovers significant factors affecting Afghan refugee mother’s reproductive health, including the persisting effects of gender inequality in Afghanistan. History and health merge as I explore the lasting effects of the Taliban’s gender apartheid on the reproductive health of Afghan women living in America. In Afghanistan, gender apartheid inhibits women from mastering the same abilities as men, namely driving and speaking English. In America, these different abilities precipitate deficits in social and mental health of Afghan women as compared to their husbands. Infrastructure in America reifies these deficits and further hinders the women’s agency. Mapping powerlessness from Afghanistan to America, this framework illuminates the architecture of power that extends across the two countries.
 
Addressing Black Maternal Mortality
Get PDFIncreasing rates of maternal morbidity and mortality is a growing concern in many industrialized countries. Data from US maternal mortality review committees indicate that more than 80% of these deaths are preventable (Trost et al., 2019). Various factors contributing to this issue include advancing maternal age, increased adults living with congenital disease that may affect outcomes and increased prevalence of comorbidities such as diabetes and hypertension (Fink et al., 2023). In the United States, black women are disproportionately affected by maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity, facing rates almost three times higher than those of white women (Hoyert, 2023). Few Canadian studies exist, but they echo similar findings. Research by McKinnon and colleagues (2016) found that Black women were more likely to have premature babies and have their pain experiences discounted. A more recent qualitative study based in Toronto reported pervasive obstetric racism experienced by Black women (Boakye et al., 2023). These disparities stem from a complex interplay of factors, including systemic racism, socio-economic disparities, and unequal access to quality healthcare. Unfortunately, research on Black maternal mortality and morbidity is limited in Canada, and we lack a much-needed national system to track these outcomes. Unlike the United States, few Canadian health agencies collect racial statistics. However, disaggregated race-based data is critical for informing targeted interventions and policy changes. This infographic was created under the umbrella of The Newcomer Health Hub, a Canadian medical student-run organization that seeks to increase awareness of health-care disparities in order to improve medical training. Infographics play a crucial role in enhancing comprehension, increasing engagement, and promoting health literacy. Together, through education, advocacy, and community engagement, we can work towards ensuring that every mother receives the support, resources, and care they need to have a safe and healthy pregnancy and childbirth experience, regardless of race or ethnicity.
Community-Based Doula Training: A Promising Practice for Improving Black Maternal Health
Get PDFIntroduction: This paper presents findings from an evaluation of the novel community-based Black Postpartum Doula Training pilot project in Regent Park, Toronto. Rooted in the urgent need to address health care disparities and improve maternal outcomes, this initiative seeks to empower Black women to become doulas, health care leaders, and advocates within their own communities. Methods: Analysis of training participant interviews revealed several key themes. This pilot contributes to the growing body of evidence supporting the value of doula care in addressing health disparities, especially among marginalized communities. Results: It emphasizes the potential of targeted doula training programs as promising practices for promoting health equity in maternal care. These findings hold implications for future practice, highlighting the role of doulas in combating anti-Black racism and driving structural change in maternal health care. Conclusion: The paper underscores the significance of culturally competent care, advocacy, and self-care in enhancing maternal health outcomes and advancing health equity
Table of Contents
Get PDFWelcome to the Special Issue
2 - From the HPI Flagship
3 - From the Guest Editorial Board
4 - Table of Contents
Cover / Artwork
5 - Fetus in Situ, Thompson
Commentary
8 - Where Are You Really From?: A Commentary on Ancestral Black Nova Scotia Identity, Jefferies
Articles
13 - Time Spent in Canada and Ethnic Identity Moderate the Relationship Between Race-Based Traumatic Stress Symptoms and Cognitive and Emotional Processes, Bergeron-Germain, Hickens, & Lackner
34 - Perspectives on Cultural Competency and Black Canadians’ Access to Mental Health Care in Canada: A Thematic Analysis, Whyte
Infographic
49 - Addressing Black Maternal Mortality, Alphonsus, Alphonsus, & Thompson
Spoken Word Poem
52 - “Resilience” Unveiled, Idris
Closing
53 Acknowledgement
Le mensonge et ses variations dans l’oeuvre de Philippe Vilain
No full textThis study reveals the presence of lies at different levels in Philippe Vilain\u27s work. Concealing the truth is a recurring narrative theme in his autofictions and novels. The deceptions can be slight or far more far-reaching, to the point of becoming the central theme of some books (such as La fille à la voiture rouge).
Lies are set in relation to love as Philippe Vilain sees it, but also to an important category in his work, that of romance. Far from opposing lie and fiction, Philippe Vilain brings them together to the point of seeing the importance of self-invention as a central characteristic of literature at the beginning of the 21st century.Cette étude révèle la présence du mensonge à différents niveaux de l’oeuvre de Philippe Vilain. Le fait de dissimuler la vérité est avant tout un thème narratif récurrent dans les autofictions et les romans. Les tromperies racontées peuvent être légères ou beaucoup plus lourdes de conséquences au point de devenir le thème central de certains livres (comme La fille à la voiture rouge).
Le mensonge est en lien avec l’amour tel que Philippe Vilain le conçoit mais aussi avec une catégorie importante chez lui, qui est celle de romanesque. Loin d’opposer mensonge et fiction, Philippe Vilain les rapproche au point de voir dans l’importance de l’invention de soi une caractéristique centrale de la littérature du début du XXIème siècle
Penser la disparition : la question du disparêtre dans les romans de Philippe Vilain
No full textThe \u27disappearance\u27 of the \u27other\u27, in various forms, which we will analyse in this context, is a constant feature of Philippe Vilain\u27s work. It goes hand in hand with another form of disappearance, which stems from the complex relationship this writer establishes with the expressive modalities of subjectivity, a source of critical reflection in his essays and of narrative experimentation with the speech of the "I" protagonists. Beginning with the first, more explicitly autofictional essays, his narrative subjectivities evolve and multiply, fragmenting an emotional, intellectual and cultural authorial self with multiple facets. This article proposes an analysis and critical reflection on these disappearances of beings, both fictional and auctorial.La « disparition » de l’ « autre », sous diverses formes, que l’on analysera dans ce contexte, constitue une constante de l’oeuvre de Philippe Vilain. Elle s’accompagne d’une autre forme de disparition, qui découle de la relation complexe que cet écrivain établit avec les modalités expressives de la subjectivité, source de réflexions critiques dans ses essais et d’expérimentations narratives de la parole des « je » protagonistes. À partir des premières épreuves plus explicitement autofictionnelles, ses subjectivités narratives évoluent et se multiplient, fragmentations d’un moi auctorial émotionnel, intellectuel et culturel, aux multiples facettes. Une analyse et une réflexion critique sur ces disparitions d’êtres, fictifs et auctoriaux, est proposée dans cet article