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The Dog Ate My Homework: An Examination of Food and Nutrition Literacy in Newfoundland and Labrador with Policy Recommendations
Get PDFTo achieve individual and population health goals in Newfoundland and Labrador, people must have the capacity to take an active role in their personal nutritional health and wellbeing and to advocate for social, cultural, environmental, economic and political change that promotes nutritional health and wellbeing in their own, and others’, lives. This capacity is dependent on food and nutrition literacy. This article defines food and nutrition literacy and examines the need for education initiatives to better promote these literacies in Newfoundland and Labrador. It is argued that current initiatives do not address all attributes of these literacies and are therefore unable to effectively achieve health promotion outcomes. To correct for this gap in health promotion, it is recommended that cross-curricular food and nutrition education be introduced into primary and secondary school curricula, and that registered dietitians be keenly involved in the development of these curricula
Public Discourses and the Intellectual Origins of Labrador Nationalism
Get PDFWithin the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Labrador has a distinct geographical and cultural identity satisfying many of the conditions of nationhood. In fact, given the ubiquity of nationalist symbolism and discourse in contemporary Labrador, it is easy to overlook how recently the idea of a unified regional public came to be. Its emergence between 1969 and the mid-1970s transformed Labrador society on a scale little short of revolution, chiefly by shifting control over discourse and practical affairs into local hands. Yet this public did not arise suddenly. Rather, it sprang from colonial traditions brought by figures like Wilfred Grenfell, Harry Paddon, and Lester Burry, who supplied not only a model for discourse but also the physical means for communication, through radio and improved transportation networks, while shifting the cultural centre of the region inland and openly advocating for the consolidation of a regional society.It would take twenty years from Confederation for the idea of a Labrador society to become naturalized, with Labradorian intellectualism sped along by unprecedented demographic, economic, social, and technological changes, primarily associated with resource development. Considering pre-1969 public discourses in Labrador, including indigenous, settler, and outsider perspectives, will help us to contextualize, understand, and ultimately to celebrate the sudden rise in Labradorian intellectual and literary output in the early 1970s—an output which produced the basis for our political and national identity today
An examination of communication barriers between rural family physicians and urban consultants in Newfoundland and Labrador
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Off the Beaten Path: Undiscovered gems from the Choral Public Domain Library
Get PDFThe Choral Public Domain Library represents a wealth of free music: the site currently hosts free scores of over 20,000 choral and vocal works by over 2500 composers, and its stores continue to grow daily. As schools of all levels battle reduced budgets, a free resource such as CPDL represents a treasure trove of easily reproducible, conveniently stored and readily accessible repertoire. While CPDL permits easy access, the sheer volume of possibilities can be overwhelming. In an attempt to make certain selected CPDL compositions more familiar, this reading session will aspire to present to attendees largely unknown but accessible works for mixed choirs from every era of music history appropriate for mixed choirs of various sizes at high school, college, community and church institutions. Palestrina wrote so much more than Sicut Cervus, and Certon wrote more than La, la la, je ne l’ose dire (to name two Renaissance composers). Let’s explore beyond the tried and true and see if CPDL holds any further choral gems which are less well known but no less deserving of performance
Cognitive load and simulated critical medical skills performance on stationary and moving platforms
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