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Point of care ultrasound: The height of the column of fluid in the internal jugular vein as a measure of jugular venous pressure
Get PDFImplementation of an Interprofessional Education (IPE) module for pediatrics residents: Development of the CanMEDS collaborator role for complex medical patients
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Examining Failure through Digital Games
Get PDFGames like Pong, Pacman, Space Invaders and Galaxian filled the TV screens and arcades of my childhood. With each new arrival, I would pick up the game controller and try my skills on each challenge. Inevitably, I would quickly fail at even the most basic level, rarely progressing far in the game-world before giving up. So, while many of my friends became obsessed with video games, I found other hobbies to fill my time. Any time that I decided to try the next generation of digital games, I was quickly defeated. Even as my own children developed a borderline addictive relationship with games, I found it difficult to see the appeal. When curiosity compelled me to take a gamble and enroll in ED 6927:Digital Game Based Learning, I was forced to revisit my uneasy and ignored relationship with video games. Certainly, my first time playing Call of Duty with my son, brought back all of my suppressed negative feelings. I actually felt helpless to do anything about my failure, and almost immediately wanted to give up. The experience was no different with games such as MarioKart, where, despite my spotless driving record of 30 years, I could barely keep a virtual kart on the roadway
Teacher Recruitment in Rural and Aboriginal Communities
Get PDFThe north coast of Labrador is full of rough terrain and rugged coastlines. There are six active communities in the northern most area of this region: Nain, Natuashish, Hopedale, Makkovik, Postville and Rigolet, which have a population of about 300-1200 each, consisting of a majority of Inuit descent, while the one, Natuashish, is mainly Innu/First Nations. People in these communities spend most of their time on the land and water, taking part in culturally rich activities such as hunting, fishing, and gathering wood. The conditions can be harsh in the north with temperatures ranging from about 25 degrees Celsius in summer to about -50 degrees in winter. There is a great respect for understanding and navigating the land and water, especially for knowledge of survival and awareness of incoming weather which can include days of low visibility with blowing snow and winds from 80 to 100 km/h in some of the most desolate places in our province. All the six communities are rural communities. Budge (2006) argues that it is very difficult to establish a set of common characteristics among rural communities, however, many rural communities have similar traits and challenges such as decline in population, remoteness, out migration, and conflict over purposes of schooling. She illustrates that many people from rural communities have prominent attachment to their place. She goes further and explains that understanding of place is possible through the observation of our relationship to each other and to the world. She presents six characteristics to understand the sense of place: connectedness, development of identity and culture, interdependence with the land, spirituality, ideology and politics, and activism and civic engagement
Indigenous Social Movements in North America
Get PDFIndigenous social movements throughout North America, while varying according to specific local contexts, often share common grievances, goals and obstacles. As these movements attempt to address issues such as land rights, self rule, and resources, activists have implemented vastly different strategies in order to accomplish their goals. This paper examines two indigenous social movements — The American Indian Movement, which was most active in the United States during the 1960s, and Idle No More, a Canadian aboriginal movement that began in 2012. The aim of this research is to understand how these movements’ strategies and organizational structures have shaped their impact on indigenous rights in North America. In particular, the comparison focuses on the level of centralization within each social movement, as well as the use (or non-use) of confrontational and violent tactics. The research finds that while there aremany similarities between both groups, the major differences in strategy and structure have presented their own unique challenges for each social movement
Comparing Sexual Harassment Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms at Universities in Canada and the United States: Getting Policy Right
Get PDFThe United States and Canada have markedly different legislation dealing with sexual harrassment policies on university campuses. In the States, there is a federal standard which publicly funded universities must meet, or they risk losing federal funding. Conversly, in Canada eduation is a provincial jurisdiction and the result is a patchwork of standards. This essay examines the American standard, Title IX, and then employs it to show theoretical problems with the sexual harassment policy in place at Memorial University. It further purports that the inefficacy of title IX is due to the courts interpretation of the act, and not its contents
