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Prentice Post (Spring 2014)
No full textHighlights the Prentice Institute's activities, initiatives and research affiliations.Inside this issue:
Spring 2014
The Prentice Institute does research on
the changing human population and its
potential impacts on social and economic
issues, and communicates its findings
widely.
The Prentice Institute and its research
collaborators seek to understand long-term
changes in the human and economic
environments, within a historical context,
with particular attention to the role human
actions play in influencing those out-comes.
We conduct and integrate research on the
dynamics of Canadian and global demog-raphy
and their impacts on economic well-being
through migration, culture, trade
and natural resource availability.
We communicate widely the output of our
work and that of others to stimulate fur-ther
research and to enable individuals,
governments, and corporations to make
better-informed decisions. We educate
students and future researchers.
Director’s Note 1
Our New Postdoctoral Fellow 1
Five Year Celebration 2
Prentice Institute Outreach 3
Prentice Institute Ph.D. Student 4
Prentice Institute Research
Assistant
4
In the News 5
In the News...continues 6
Brown Bag Seminars 7
Prentice Institute Spotlight 8
Mission Statement
1
Di rec tor’ s Note
Prentice Post
Our New Postdoctoral Fellow
The highlight of 2014 was the 5-year celebration of
the Prentice Institute for Global Population and
Economy. We hosted a delightful celebratory party in
April, just as the spring academic term was ending.
Photos of the event are included in this issue. We also
produced a 5-year report, which if you have not seen,
is available on our website: www.uleth.ca/
prenticeinstitute/news/prentice-institute-five-year-report
It has been a busy five years indeed, and we are only
beginning. With the many successes we have had and
the recognition locally, regionally, nationally and
internationally we have received, we anticipate a very bright future for the Prentice
Institute.
The awarding of scholarship funds by the Society of Edmonton Demographers to
the Prentice Institute for graduate studies in Population and Demography is a
welcome indication of our growing prominence in Population Studies. We were
honoured that Peter Kellett, a Prentice Institute Ph.D. student was officially
awarded the first SED Scholarship in March in Edmonton at the 22nd Kalbach
Conference.
A second banner event of spring 2014 were the successful defenses of two of our
Masters students, Celeste Barnes and Tanya Byrne. Celeste is continuing her
studies, working toward a Ph.D., while Tanya is employed in Calgary.
As usual for active researchers in global population, we present our research and
work with collaborators across Canada and the world. Our travels in 2014 have
taken us to China, Hong Kong, Japan, the United States, Cuba, Mexico, Greece,
Turkey, Iran, and various countries in Africa.
Ye (Oscar) Liu joined the
Prentice Institute for Global
Population and Economy and the
Department of Geography,
University of Lethbridge, as a
Post-doctoral fellow in
November 2013.
He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc.
in China and in 2013, his Ph.D. in
Geography and Resource
Management at the Chinese
University of Hong Kong. His
research interests include migration, urban labour market and spatial
analysis and modelling. He is currently working on wage inequality and wage
determinants in China by using China 2005 Population Sample Survey Data.
Welcome Oscar!
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Five Year Celebrat ion
For five years The Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy has
been conducting, integrating and stimulating research. Our reach is global with
our nine international Research Affiliates and our 25 University of Lethbridge
Affiliates providing relevant, world-class research. Under the leadership of our
Director, Professor Susan McDaniel,
The Prentice Institute addresses the many
challenges faced in both the Canadian and
global population. The research of the
numerous disciplines represented by the
Institute reaches deeply into the long-term
consequences of our human story, how we
interact in our societies, in our economies,
and in our environments.
These five years have seen much collaboration, many millions in research funding and many of our researchers acknowledged
by their peers as leaders in their various disciplines. Dozens of books, hundreds of research articles and book chapters, dozens
of research reports and projects, and hundreds of conference presentations are all evidence of the success of our various
research teams. Along with active academic research and publication, many of our
Affiliates are engaged in flourishing programs of graduate education. Mentoring the
next generation of Masters and Ph.D.’s is another layer of passing knowledge on. It
doesn’t stop at the door of academia: our Research Affiliates are actively involved
in public outreach and education.
The Prentice Institute has, in the
past five years, been the host of
a lecture series which attract
students, faculty, staff and
members of the community to the
wide variety of subjects. We have been fortunate to come together with a
number of community partners and our interaction with them has been one
of our many highlights. Many of our Affiliates are called on to speak as
experts in their disciplines and can be found as active members of our
community in the news and public speaking forums.
We, at The Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy, have
had an amazing five years. We live in a complex and global world and
we are excited to be in a position of knowledge and growth, ready to
help meet the challenges of both the present and the future. We look
forward to many more years of association with our Affiliates, the
University, and our community.
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Spring 2014 Prentice Post
www.uleth.ca/prenticeinstitute @PrenticInst The Prentice Institute
Prent ice Inst itute Outreach
In February 2014, at the O-Sho Family Restaurant, the Prentice
Institute for Global Population and Economy held its third Café
Conversation community outreach event. Two previous Café
Conversation events were on global health and on climate change/
challenges. The February panel shared findings from grant-sponsored
research looking into whether there are labour or skills shortages in
Canada now or in the near future. The event was attended by
university faculty and students as well as a number of people from the
community, including prominent business people.
The Labour/Skills Shortage Conundrum in Canada
Panelists included:
Heather McIntosh-Rivera, BMgt
Master of Arts Candidate
University of Lethbridge
Dr. Susan McDaniel, Ph.D.
FRSC, Canada Research Chair
in Global Population & Life
Course, Prentice Research Chair
in Global Population & Economy
& Professor of Sociology,
University of Lethbridge
Dr. Bonnie Watt-Malcolm, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Secondary Education
University of Alberta
moderated by Alexander Darku
U n i v e r s i t y o f L e t h b r i d g e s o c i o l o g i s t
D r . S u s a n A . McD a n i e l a p p o i n t e d
C h a i r o f CC A ’ s S c i e n t i f i c A d v i s o r y
C ommi t t e e
T h e C o u n c i l o f C a n a d i a n Ac a d e mi e s i s p l e a s e d t o
a n n o u n c e t h e a p p o i n tme n t o f S u s a n A. McD a n i e l , FR SC , a s
C h a i r o f t h e S c i e n t i f i c Ad v i s o r y C o mmi t t e e ( SAC ) f o r t h e
C o u n c i l o f C a n a d i a n Ac a d emi e s . T h e C o u n c i l wo u l d a l s o
l i k e t o e x t e n d a s i n c e r e t h a n k s t o T o m B r z u s t o ws k i , FR SC ,
FC AE , f o r t h e f u l f i l lme n t o f h i s r o l e a s C h a i r s i n c e 2 0 1 0 .
D r . McD a n i e l p r e v i o u s l y s e r v e d a s V i c e C h a i r o f SAC.
Congratulations to
Dr. Susan McDaniel
one of Alberta’s 50 most influential people
2014
“...when Alberta’s 50 Most Influential
People wield their influence, things happen.
They shape our province’s destiny.”
The list of Alberta’s 50 Most Influential
People is published in the July issue of
Alberta Venture.
albertaventure.com/rankings
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Prent ice Inst itute Ph.D. Student
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please email [email protected]
“The issue of men’s depression is relatively
hidden, but in another way it’s completely in our
face,” says Kellett. “Men don’t want to talk about
being depressed, but we see and feel the results of
it. When left undiagnosed and untreated, men’s
depression has a huge impact on the overall health
of society. We need to be able to identify men’s
depression and understand all the social contexts
that are tied to it.”
Peter presented his research at the “Aging Across Borders: A Transnational Look at Just Social Policies of Care”
Symposium held in late January 2014 at the University of Southern California.
~
Peter was awarded the Society of Edmonton Demographers Graduate Student Scholarship. He is the first recipient of
this award so it is a particular honour. Peter’s name will go down in history as he sets precedent for those that follow.
The scholarship was presented to Peter at this years Warren Kalbach Conferenced in Edmonton held in March where he
presented a research paper. Congratulations again, Peter.
Rebecca Deutsch, awarded the competitive Chinook Summer Research Award, began
working at the Prentice Institute in May 2014 for the summer as a research assistant.
Rebecca is currently majoring in Sociology at the University of Lethbridge. Over the past
semester her interests have been increasingly drawn to the way that ideas about bodies are
involved in the conceptualization of individuality and individual rights. Her curiosity lies
in whether or not different approaches to bodies based on gender or race contribute to
increased or decreased levels of violence. She has been exploring the work of Foucault,
Durkheim and Butler. At the Prentice Institute Rebecca is involved in the big Gender
Migration and the Work of Care project, looking at available literature on supply and
demand, income inequality, and various other aspects of care work.
Welcome Rebecca.
Peter Kellett
wants to
change the way
we think about
depression.
www.uleth.ca/prenticeinstitute/news/
shedding-new-light-dark-subject
You can find the full article here:
Photo by Rob Olson in UofL SAM Volume 5, Issue 2, Spring 2014
Prent ice Inst itute Research Assistant
Spring 2014 Prentice Post
In the News
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Greece still has a long way to go. Trevor Harrison, Prentice Institute Associate Director, Lethbridge Herald, May 22, 2014.
As the country heads into elections, Greeks hoping worst of financial crisis is behind them.
You can find the Prentice Institute highlighted on the UofL New
Research website and landing page along with several other centres and
institutes considered among the best in Canada here:
www.uleth.ca/research/prentice-institute-global-population-and-economy
Susan A. McDaniel, Amber Gazso, and Seonggee Um. 2013. “Generationing Relations in Challenging Times: Americans
and Canadians in Mid-Life in the Great Recession,” Current Sociology 61(3):301-321.
THERE ARE ENOUGH EMPLOYEES IN THE WORKFORCE:
TRAINING THEM IS KEY
April 10, 2014
@Globe_Education
When it comes to the current debate on skills and
employment in Canada, however, it may be the
“unknown knowns” that are most important...
ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS, SOLVING THE RIGHT
PROBLEMS. As we rethink our labour market policy we need to
improve the collection and analysis of data, and we must also engage
employers and educational institutions in an
analysis of skills. Tyler Meredith Policy Options,
April 9, 2014. www.irpp.org
"Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind." --- Marston Bates
Prentice Institute Research Affiliate, Bonnie Lee, Faculty of Health Sciences Associate Professor, developed a new model
for couples counselling, Congruence Couples Therapy. In March 2014, she hosted a national workshop at the University of
Lethbridge on this model for problem gamblers. It proved to be a big success.
Glenda Tibe Bonifacio, Prentice Institute Affiliate and University of Lethbridge Women and Gender Studies professor
officially launched her new book Pinay on the Prairies late January 2014 at a special event held at the U of L’s Penny
Building. “This book is, I would say, the first one to work on Filipino women, their migration pattern and experiences in a
more nuanced way outside of Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto,” states Bonifacio.
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ww w. p r e s s p r o g r e s s . c a “ A s t u d y h e a d e d b y t h e P r e n t i c e I n s t i t u t e r e s e a r c h e r D r . S u s a n McD a n i e l h a s
f o u n d t h a t t h e n u mb e r o f t em p o r a r y f o r e i g n wo r k e r s h a s i n c r e a s e d d r a m a ti c a l l y , f r o m 8 9 , 0 0 0 p e r y e a r
i n 2 0 0 0 to 2 1 3 , 0 0 0 i n 2 0 1 2 . A n d T FWs , a p p r o v e d t o wo r k i n C a n a d a b y t h e f e d e r a l g o v e r n m e n t , a r e
b e i n g u s e d p r im a r i l y i n l o we r p a y i n g j o b s , p a r t i c u l a r l y i n t h e h o s p i t a l i t y , a n d fo o d a n d b e v e r a g e
i n d u s t r i e s . "
T h i s wa s t h e b e g i n n i n g o f s e v e r a l r i c o c h e t a r t i c l e s , a b a n o n T FW’ s i n v a r i o u s c o mp a n i e s a c r o s s
C a n a d a a n d a n e w l o o k a t w h a t i s b e i n g r e f e r r e d t o a s C a n a d a ' s s l a v e ma r k e t .
Ottawa To Cut Size And Scope Of Temporary Foreign Worker Program CBC News | June 20, 2014
Few provinces track complaints by temporary foreign workers C B C N e ws
Thousands of temporary foreign workers hired at minimum wage shows program is 'off the rails': AFL
E d mo n t o n J o u r n a l
Temporary foreign worker program 'completely out of hand' C B C N e ws
Restaurant owners seek meeting with PM over foreign worker freeze C B C N ews etc.
I n th e News… c ont inues
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Please take the time to check out all of our affiliates publications, news releases, conferences and opportunities on the
Prentice Institute website www.uleth.ca/prenticeintsitute
Congratulations to two of our Prentice Institute students
who successfully completed their Final Masters Thesis Defenses
Name of Candidate: Ms. Tanya Byrne April 14, 2014
Title of Thesis: Household Adaptive Capacity and Current Vulnerability to Future Climate Change in Rural
Nicaragua
Name of Candidate: Ms. Celeste Barnes April 17, 2014
Title of Thesis: Coastal Population Vulnerability to Sea Level Rise and Tropical Cyclone Intensification
Under Global Warming
Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy Seed Grant recipients:
Prentice Institute Research Affiliate William Ramp as principal investigator and Trina Filan as co-investigator were awarded a
Prentice Seed Grant in March of 2014. The title of their project, Mapping Social and Organizational Networks within the
Lethbridge, Alberta Food System.
With the assistance of the seed grant, this project will essentially help community members engage in developing and
strengthening the local food system to identify points of commonality, collaborate in effective knowledge and skill sharing,
and identify resource needs and avenues for filling those needs.
Looking forward to the findings from this project in a future Prentice Brown Bag event.
~
Our former Prentice Seed Grant recipients include Prentice Institute Research Affiliates Glenda Bonifacio and Bonnie Lee.
Income Inequality and Infant Mortality: A Panel Analysis
of Canadian Provinces (1979-2009)
Adébiyi Germain Boco
Prentice Institute for Global Population & Economy
University of Lethbridge
To examine whether annual changes in
income inequality are associated with
annual changes in infant mortality rates
in the period 1979-2009 in Canadian
provinces.
Research objective Context
Most past studies, looking across countries, states/provinces, and metropolitan areas, has found positive and statistically significant associations
between income inequality and overall mortality (Lynch and Kaplan 1997). However, in recent years more robust statistical methods using larger
and richer data sources have generally pointed to little or no relationship between inequality and mortality (Mayer and Sarin 2005; Spencer 2004).
Ross et al. (2000) conducted a cross-sectional data analysis, using census data and vital statistics, to report that income inequality (median share of
income) in the state or province and metropolitan area is associated with mortality in the United States but not in Canada.
Evidence for a cross-sectional relationship between income and health is strong but is probably biased by substantial confounding (Gunasekara et al
2012). Longitudinal data with repeated income inequality and health measures on the same individuals can be analysed to control completely for
time-invariant confounding, giving a more accurate estimate of the impact of changes in income inequality on health (Gunasekara et al 2014).
Data
The panel data used that contains 10 Canadian provinces for
the years 1979-2009 were obtained from Statistics Canada’s
Canadian Socio-economic Information Management
(CANSIM) database (http://www.statcan.gc.ca/). The data
analyzed were extracted from:
(1): Statistics Canada. Table 102-0030 - Infant mortality, by sex and
birth weight, Canada, provinces and territories, annual, CANSIM
(database). (accessed: 2014-02-10).
(2): Statistics Canada. Table 202-0705 - Gini coefficients of market,
total and after-tax income, by economic family type, annual
(number), CANSIM (database). (accessed: 2014-02-10) .
(3): Statistics Canada. Table 202-0804 - Persons in low income, by
economic family type, annual, CANSIM (database). (accessed: 2014-
02-10).
Table 1. Definitions and sources of the
variables used in the analysis
Method of Estimation
Results
Figure 1. Over time trend of income inequality
(A) and infant mortality (B)
0 5
10 15
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
Year
AB
BC
MB
NB
NL
NS
ON
PE
QC
SK
25 30 35 40
Houshold Adjusted Income Gini Coefficient
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
Year
AB
BC
MB
NB
NL
NS
ON
PE
QC
SK
(B): Infant mortality rate for ten
provinces: 1979-2009
(A): Income inequality for ten provinces
: 1979-2009
NOTE. AB: Alberta; BC: British Columbia; MB: Manitoba; NB: New Brunswick; NL: Newfoundland and
Labrador; NS: Nova Scotia; ON: Ontario; PE: Prince Edward Island; QC: Quebec; SK: Saskatchewan.
Table 2. Descriptive Statistics 1979-2009
Variable
Number of
observations Mean
Standard
deviation
Minimu
m
Maxi
mum
Dependent Variable
Infant mortality rate per
1,000 live births 310 6.9 2.2 1.5 13.2
Independent Variables
Year 310 1994 9.0 1979 2009
Adjusted household income
inequality (Gini coef. X100) 310 32.7 2.0 26.9 37.8
Percentage of persons in low
income 310 16.9 3.3 7.8 27.1
Sources: Statistics Canada CANSIM Table 102-0030; Table 202-0705 and Table 202-0804 (see Table 1).
Table 3. Fixed-Effects Regression Predicting Infant
Mortality Rate in Canada Provinces (1979–2009)
0 5
10 15
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births
25 30 35 40
Gini Coefficient x100 (Adjusted Household Income)
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births Fitted values
Summary of findings
and conclusion
References
Avendano, M. 2012. "Correlation or causation? Income inequality and infant mortality in fixed effects
models in the period 1960–2008 in 34 OECD countries." Social Science & Medicine 75:754-760.
Gunasekara, F.I., K. Richardson, K. Carter, and T. Blakely. 2014. "Fixed effects analysis of repeated measures
data." International Journal of Epidemiology 43:264-269.
Gunasekara, I.F., K.N. Carter, I. Liu, K. Richardson, and T. Blakely. 2012. "The relationship between income
and health using longitudinal data from New Zealand." Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
66:e12.
Leigh, A. and C. Jencks. 2007. "Inequality and mortality: Long-run evidence from a panel of countries."
Journal of Health Economics 26:1-24.
Lynch, J.W. and G.A. Kaplan. 1997. "Understanding How Inequality in the Distribution of Income Affects
Health." Journal of Health Psychology 2:297-314.
Mayer, S.E. and A. Sarin. 2005. "Some mechanisms linking economic inequality and infant mortality." Social
Science & Medicine 60:439-455.
Ross, N.A., M.C. Wolfson, J.R. Dunn, J.-M. Berthelot, G.A. Kaplan, and J.W. Lynch. 2000. "Relation between
income inequality and mortality in Canada and in the United States: cross sectional assessment using
census data and vital statistics." BMJ 320:898-902.
Spencer, N. 2004. "The effect of income inequality and macro-level social policy on infant mortality and low
birthweight in developed countries – a preliminary systematic review." Child: Care, Health and Development
30:699-709.
Wooldridge, J.M. 2002. Advanced panel data methods. Econometric analysis of cross section and panel data.
Cambridge: MIT Press.
Acknowledgments
I am grateful to The Prentice Institute for Global Population & Economy at the University
of Lethbridge for providing support in printing, transporting, and posting this poster.
Contact information
Adébiyi Germain Boco
Prentice Institute for Global Population & Economy
University of Lethbridge
E-mail: [email protected]
Data and Method
Variable Definition Data sources
Infant
mortality
rate
Infant mortality corresponds to the death of a child
under one year of age (per thousand live births)
Statistics
Canada CANSIM
Table 102-0030
Provincial
income
inequality
(Gini
coefficient
of adjusted
household
income)
The Gini coefficient is a number between zero and one
that measures the relative degree of inequality in the
distribution of income. The coefficient would register
zero (minimum inequality) for a population in which
each family (or unattached individu
Prentice Post (Summer 2015)
No full textHighlights the Prentice Institute's activities, initiatives and research affiliations.Inside this issue:
The Prentice Institute does research on
the changing human population and its
potential impacts on social and economic
issues, and communicates its findings
widely.
The Prentice Institute and its research
collaborators seek to understand long-term
changes in the human and economic
environments, within a historical context,
with particular attention to the role human
actions play in influencing those out-comes.
We conduct and integrate research on the
dynamics of Canadian and global demog-raphy
and their impacts on economic well-being
through migration, culture, trade
and natural resource availability.
We communicate widely the output of our
work and that of others to stimulate fur-ther
research and to enable individuals,
governments, and corporations to make
better-informed decisions. We educate
students and future researchers.
Director’s Note & Name our ‘Duck’ 1
Prentice Institute Publication 1
Prentice Institute Post—Docs 2
Prentice Institute News 3-4
Recognitions 5
Book Publications, 2013-2015 6-7
Public Lectures Spring 2015 8
Mission Statement
1
Di rec tor’ s Note
Prentice Post Summer 2015
Prent ice Institute Publicat ion
Summer 2015 is far from a time of fun in
the sun for us in the Prentice Institute. It is
full steam ahead with our many research
and outreach endeavours. Many of us
associated with the Prentice Institute are
giving research papers at various
conferences. And all are busy doing research
and writing up our research for publication.
The reach and recognition of the
Prentice Institute grows each year locally,
nationally and internationally. Our research
is always peer-reviewed and academic. This
gives the research we do a special credibility
and helps build our reputation across the
world. You will get a sense of the breadth
and amount of research we are doing from
checking the URL below. This will take you
to a summary report of our research over
only a two year period. It will be apparent
why the reach and reputation of the
Prentice Institute is growing by leaps and
bounds.
Wishing all our followers and supporters an
enjoyable summer.
~Susan A. McDaniel
Who is the ‘duck’ in
gumboots? Well, let me
introduce this duck, which
is actually a gull. What
everyone in the Prentice
Institute refers to as a
duck, seems to make an
appearance every time I
appear in any news story
that includes a photo. This
is one photogenic ‘duck’ so
we thought maybe she/he
has become our mascot.
She/he may need a name.
Suggestions welcome.
The Prentice Institute has published a summary report
showcasing the outstanding research done by our many
afiliates at the University of Lethbridge, across Canada
and over-seas. Covering the academic years of 2013-
2015, this publication highlights the numerous ways our
affiliates contribute to their diverse fields of study.
Included is how active many of them are in outreach to
their communities and society at large. We are proud to
present our research, please go to: http://issuu.com/
prenticeinstitute/docs/research_affiliate_book
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Prent ice Inst itute Post Docs
Prentice Institute Post Doc Dr. Jing Shen says goodbye
Dr. Andrew Patterson joins us from the
University of British Columbia where he
completed his Ph.D. in Sociology. His
research compares the impact of political
regimes on population health. He finds a surprisingly strong relationship
between democratic governance and population health. As part of his post-doctoral
research, he intends to compare more regime types, further
exploring the relationship between democracy, economic prosperity and
health, attempting to discern why neither systems of accountability for
leaders’ decisions nor social inequalities act as mediators. He is very keen
to analyse causes and explanations of the relationship of governance to
population health, relying on an ecological
perspective.
We are sad to see Jing leave our Institute early. She completes her journey here on
April 30th and will return to her husband in Toronto shortly thereafter.
We wish you well Jing, with all your future endeavours!
Dr. Daniel Dutton is currently a Research Associate at The School of
Public Policy, University of Calgary. His training is in population health and
economics and he has a special interest in how policy can change
population-level health outcomes. In the past he worked for the Ontario
Ministry of Finance before moving to Alberta for his Ph.D.
On a side note, in a funny email exchange, Daniel wanted me to mention that
he is very disorganized . I don’t believe it.
The Prentice Institute has two new Post-Docs ~ July 2015
Dr . S e o n g - ge e Um, f o rme r p o s t - d o c t o r a l fe l l ow a t t he P r e n t ic e
In s t i t u t e , i s n o t o n l y c o - a u t h o r wi th S u s a n McDa n i e l o f t h e re ce n t l y
p u b l i s h e d 2 0 1 5 b o o k , S t at e s an d M ark e t s : Pu b l i c Po l i c y i n Can ad a
(Ox f o r d Un i ve r s i t y P r e s s ) , b u t s h e h a s r e c e n tl y b e e n awa r d e d a
p e rma n e nt j o b a s Re se a r c he r wi t h th e We l l e s l e y In s t i t u t e i n
T o r o n t o . h t t p :/ /ww w.we l l e s l e yi n s t i t u t e .c om/
Congratulations Seong -gee!
(We l l e s l e y i s d e d i c a t e d t o u r b a n h ea l t h )
Summer 2015 Prentice Post
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He r b Eme r y
Give the gift of reading
A people-to-people initiative to rebuild school
libraries in disaster-affected communities
ReadWorld Foundation has sent over 30 boxes of
donated books to Tacloban City, Philippines to help
rebuild libraries in public schools affected by super
typhoon Haiyan. This was made possible by the
generosity of the Lethbridge community- schools,
students, teachers, parents, colleagues, friends,
residents, and West Lethbridge Lions Club.
Update:
It takes more than 1 box to reconstruct libraries damaged by the strongest typhoon ever recorded. The Lethbridge community has
continued donate books and we need to ship them. We are looking for sponsors to help us send these books to the Philippines.
Shipping cost of 1 standard box (18 x 18 x 33) is $90. Please contact [email protected] if you wish to become a
sponsor. We accept individual, group, and corporate sponsorship.
Prent ice Inst itute News
The Prentice Institute is pleased to welcome
Our Newest Research Affiliate (International)
Dr. Shirley Hsiao-Li Sun, Associate Professor of Sociology, School of
Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Dr. Shirley Hsiao-Li Sun studies family, population and genomic medicine in
global contexts. She was a Visiting Associate Professor at the University of Brit-ish
Columbia (UBC) for AY2014-2015, while on sabbatical leave from Nanyang
Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. She is a graduate of New York
University, and the author of Population Policy and Reproduction in Singapore:
Making Future Citizens (Routledge, 2012).
More about her work can be found at http://works.bepress.com/shirleysun.
ReadWorld Foundation
Founding President, Prentice Institute Research Affiliate, Glenda Bonifacio
IS THIS HOW YOU FEEL?
http://isthishowyoufeel.weebly.com/this-is-how-scientists-feel.html (James Byrne)
In the Media
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News Cont inues
Prentice Post Summer 2015
Gender, Migration and the Work of Care, SSHRC Partnership Project
Sub-Project Title: Demography, Economics and Policy
Domain: Structural Factors a in the Supply & Demand for Care
Under the direction of Susan McDaniel, Sub-project lead and
Co-Investigator of overall project, participants gathered from
across Canada to share ongoing research, discuss
collaborations and set deliverable outcomes.
The Workshop began with a social evening followed by an
intensive day of presentations and round-table discussions. The
major topics included: an overview of the larger project; global
migration, inequality, ageing populations, transnationalism;
temporary foreign workers, low-skilled vs high skilled, human
capital, deskilling; pathways to migration, world system theory,
institutional theory, social network theory; reproductive labour
vs productive labour, comparison research, mutually dependent
care chains; producer lead migration, consumer lead migration,
retirement migration and many others. The working day ended
with renewed connections and clear ideas where the research
and collaborations are.
Front Left - Right
Zenaida Ravanera (Western University), Matthew Kerr (University of Lethbridge), Alex Zanidean (University of Lethbridge), Mon ica van Huystee
(Citizenship and Immigration Canada), Seong-gee Um (University of Montreal), Shirley Hsiao-Li Sun (,Nanyang Technological University) Glenda
Bonifacio (University of Lethbridge)
Standing Left – Right
Teresa Abada (Western University), Peter Kellett (University of Lethbridge), Leanne Little (University of Lethbridge), Susan McDaniel (University of
Lethbridge), John Rietschlin (Employment & Social Development Canada), Ito Peng (University of Toronto)
03.11.2015
Economist and Prentice Institute Research Affiliate Richard E. Mueller from the
University of Lethbridge lectured at UM (Universidad De Montevideo)
On March 11, Richard E. Mueller from the University of Lethbridge visited the UM. He met with authorities and
students and lectured in the cycle of seminars of the School of Economics. Researchers Alejandro Cid, Ana Balsa,
Marcelo Caffera, Ignacio Presno and Daniel Ferrés attended his talk.
He presented his research on access to
post-secondary education and also
reported the attendance rates to university
among children who were immigrants or
were born to immigrant parents. He finds
that these children are more likely to
attend post-secondary education than
non-immigrant youth.
www.um.edu.uy/international/news/148-
economist-from-the-university-of-lethbridge-
at-the-um/
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25 years ~ Pamela Winsor, Education
15 years ~ James Graham, New Media - Abdie Kazemipur, Sociology - Heidi MacDonald, History
Richard Mueller, Economics and Wei Xu, Geography
10 years ~ Henning Bjornlund (retired 2015), Economics and Bonnie Lee, Health Science
Retiree Recognition ~ Peter McCormick, Political Science
40 years ~ Reginald Bibby, Sociology, and Peter McCormick
Prentice Institute Research Affiliate Annual Long Service Awards and Retiree Recognition, UofL
May 2015
The sun never sets on the age of e-globalization
Prentice Institute Research Affiliate, Constantine Passaris
troymedia.com
Electronic interconnectedness - e-globalization - is the virtual glue that holds the
contemporary global economy together.
U of L sociologist & Prentice Institute Research
Affiliate Kazemipur wins prestigious book award
Dr. Abdie Kazemipur, a University of Lethbridge professor of sociology and
the University Scholar research chair in social sciences, has been named by
the Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) as this year’s recipient of
The John Porter Tradition of Excellence Book Award for his recent book
The Muslim Question in Canada: A Story of Segmented Integration
(2014, UBC Press).
Reg Bibby
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Please take the time to check out all of our affiliates publications, news releases, conferences and opportunities on the
Prentice Institute website www.uleth.ca/prenticeintsitute
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Book Publicat ions 2013-2015
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Prentice Post Summer 2015
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please email [email protected]
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For more videos from the Prentice Institute go to the website at ww.uleth.ca/prenticeinstitute or type Prentice Institute on YouTube
We had a well r ounded and infor mative ar r ay of Br own Bag lectur es this last semester and ar e alr eady wor king on
our upcoming sessions. We encourage all of you to watch our webpage for upcoming Brown Bag events.
Friday 9 January 2015
“Canadian Families and Care-Related Expenses”
Karen Duncan, Associate Professor, Department of Family Social Sciences, University of Manitoba
Thursday 5 February 2015
“Host Cities and the Olympics: An Uneasy Relationship?”
Harry H. Hiller, Director of The Cities and the Olympics Project and Faculty Professor of Urban Sociology at the
University of Calgary
Thursday 12 March 2015
“The Resource Curse: The Challenges of Managing an Economy Dependent on Volatile Commodity Prices”
Herbert Emery, Prentice Institute Research Affiliate, Program Director for Health Policy in the School of Public
Policy, University of Calgary and Managing Editor of Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de politiques
Thursday 9 April 2015
“International Development, Poverty, and Income Differentials: A Special Reference to Sub-Saharan Africa”
Alexander Darku, Associate Director, Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy,
Associate Professor, Economics
Department, University of Lethbridge
Wednesday 22 April 2015
“Personalized Medicine and Asian DNA: Pharmacogenomics and Market Forces”
Dr. Shirley Hsiao-Li Sun, Associate Professor, Sociology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
The Prentice Institute
Brown Bag Series – Winter & Spring 2015
On Thursday, March 12, 2015 the Prentice Institute hosted an evening Cafe Conversation discussion panel at
Osho Restaurant. Panelists included Trevor Harrison, Associate Dir ector Pr entice Institute, Pr ofessor of So-ciology,
UofL and Director of Parkland Institute, Herbert Emery, Prentice Institute Research Affiliate, Program
Director for Health Policy in the School of Public Policy, UofC and Managing Editor of Canadian Public Policy/
Analyse de politiques Geoffrey E. Hale, Professor, Department of Political Science, UofL. Moderated by Pamela
Winsor, Pr entice Institute Resear ch Affiliate Pr ofessor , Faculty of Education, Uof
Prentice Post (Spring 2013)
No full textHighlights the Prentice Institute's activities, initiatives and research affiliations.Inside this issue:
Spring 2013
The Prentice Institute does research on
the changing human population and its
potential impacts on social and economic
issues, and communicates its findings
widely.
The Prentice Institute and its research
collaborators seek to understand long-term
changes in the human and economic
environments, within a historical context,
with particular attention to the role human
actions play in influencing those out-comes.
We conduct and integrate research on the
dynamics of Canadian and global demog-raphy
and their impacts on economic well-being
through migration, culture, trade
and natural resource availability.
We communicate widely the output of our
work and that of others to stimulate fur-ther
research and to enable individuals,
governments, and corporations to make
better-informed decisions. We educate
students and future researchers.
Director’s Note 1
Accolades 1
Prentice Institute New Affiliate 2
Prentice Institute Research
Affiliates
2
Prentice Institute Outreach 3
Spotlight 4
Prentice Institute Students 5
Prentice Brownbag Seminars 6
Prentice Pillar 6
Mission Statement
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Di rec tor’ s Note
Prentice Post
Accolades
S u s a n Mc D a n i e l , D i r e c t o r o f t h e P r e n t i c e I n s t i t u t e f o r G l o b a l
P o p u l a t i o n a n d E c o n omy , C a n a d a R e s e a r c h C h a i r ( T i e r 1 )
i n G l o b a l P o p u l a t i o n a n d L i f e C o u r s e , P r e n t i c e R e s e a r c h C h a i r
i n G l o b a l P o p u l a t i o n & E c o n omy a n d P r o f e s s o r o f S o c i o l o g y
R e c e i v e s Q u e e n ’ s D i amo n d J u b i l e e Me d a l
The Prentice Institute for Global Population &
Economy is pleased to announce that our Director,
Professor Susan McDaniel, FRSC, has been award-ed
the prestigious Queen Elizabeth II Diamond
Jubilee Medal. In a ceremony held at the Universi-ty
of Lethbridge on February 26, 2013, Dr.
McDaniel was honoured to receive her award from
Professor Yolande Grisé, President of The Royal
Society of Canada, and the Society’s Executive
Director, Darren Gilmour, as well as from the sen-ior
administration at the University of Lethbridge, notably Andrew Hakin and Daniel
Weeks. This is the first time ever that a President of the Royal Society has visited the Uni-versity
of Lethbridge. Susan was nominated by the Royal Society which received large
numbers of nominations, all of which were peered reviewed by Fellows of the Royal Soci-ety.
This award is given in recognition for Susan’s outstanding contributions to Canada
and the world through her research, publications and service to society, public policy and
to the Royal Society of Canada, where she has selflessly given her time and talents.
Spring 2013 sees the prestige and the reach of the Prentice Institute for Global
Population and Economy growing locally, nationally, and internationally. This past
year saw a number of new graduate students joining the institute, along with new
Research Affiliates and the arrival of our new postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Willa Liu,
from the University of Toronto.
This past year also saw our highly popular Distinguished Lecture series draw
increasing numbers from the community, students, faculty and staff. One of our
distinguished guests was co-sponsored with us and two community groups. Our
Brown Bag noontime lectures and panels have similarly become so popular that
we have on several occasions far exceeded the capacity of our Board Room!
Consistent with the Prentice Institute’s mandate and mission, we are reaching out to the world and
achieving significant recognition. Recent and upcoming travels by those associated with the Prentice
have included Australia, Taiwan, China, Germany, Greece, Japan and Korea, as well the United States
and various places across Canada. Researchers associated with the Prentice Institute are regularly invit-ed
to give talks on their research to groups across the world and Canada, and locally. We are invited to
speak with university students, policy makers both public and corporate, and diverse other groups. We
are, as well, consulted regularly by the media. All of this gives the Prentice Institute prominence and
brings our research to public awareness and action.
The gift of funds for graduate student scholarships in Demography and Population Studies by the Socie-ty
of Edmonton Demographers is wonderful acknowledgement of the Prentice Institute and what we are
working to accomplish.
We remain optimistic that our new Ph.D. concentration in Population Studies and Health will be
approved, despite the deep cuts to Post Secondary Education across Alberta announced in the recent
provincial budget. We continue to keep our eyes focused on the prize: the building of the Prentice
Institute’s capacity for research and public education.
Prent ice Research Af filiates Feature
Prentice Post Spring 2013
Richard E. Mueller is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of
Lethbridge and Associate Director of the Education Policy Research Initiative at
the University of Ottawa. He recently completed a secondment in the
Social Analysis Division at Statistics Canada in Ottawa. His research
includes various labour market issues including Canada-US migration and the
determinants of access to post-secondary education. His work has
appeared in a number of economics and Canadian studies journals, and edited
volumes. Recently he is co-editor of two volumes on post-secondary education
published by McGill-Queen’s University Press.
Rick has travelled extensively, is the proud father three sons and two
precocious cats. See: directory.uleth.ca/users/richard.mueller
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Prent ice Inst itute New Research Af filiate
Olu Awosoga is a consulting statistician by profession with interest in the applica-tion
of statistics in Education, Health and Social Sciences. He is currently an
Assistant Professor in Health Sciences at the University of Lethbridge. He teaches
Applied Statistics courses to students in Nursing, Public Health, and Addictions
Counselling program at both undergraduate and graduate levels. He has worked
with various faculty members on their projects in health sciences as a
statistical consultant with advice on questionnaire design, quantitative research
methods, setting up database and data analysis. His research interests include: Re-peated
Measures Design, Longitudinal Studies, Categorical Data Analysis,
Biostatistics, Parametric and Nonparametric methods, Time Series and Survival
data analysis.
He is a co-investigator in the following projects: Health Status of Childcare Work-ers
in Southern Alberta; Moral Distress in the Care of Persons with
Alzheimer Disease in Residential Care Facilities; Slave Lake Wildfire Study;
CAETL Project to assess teaching effectiveness in undergraduate applied statistics course; Assessing Urban
Aboriginal Housing and Homelessness in Canada; Effects of Hope on Risky Behaviours and Health Status of
Adolescents; A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Congruence Couple Therapy for Pathological Gambling;
and a host of other studies still at the planning stage. See: directory.uleth.ca/users/olu.awosoga
Miles Corak, the Prentice Institute’s newest Canadian Research Affiliate is a Professor at the
University of Ottawa in labour economics. Dr. Corak is working on child rights, poverty,
immigration, social and economic mobility, unemployment, and social policy. Much of his
research involves comparisons across countries and is detailed in numerous articles as well as
his blog and twitter feeds. Miles’ research on mobility has been cited by the U.S. President.
Currently he is working on issues dealing with the socio-economic status of immigrants and
children of immigrants, and also with comparisons in the development and well-being of
children in the rich countries. See: milescorak.com
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Prent ice Inst itute Outreach
In March we held our 2nd Annual
Café Conversation
Colleagues and friends, both old and new, of the Prentice Institute packed the room at the Osho restaurant as
we enjoyed delicious food and drink while participating in the presentations of three well-informed panelists.
This Café Conversation was on one of the most talked about issues affecting the world today: Climate
Change. This unique forum allowed the topic to be presented and discussed with diversity.
We hope to enjoy more of these informative community outreach sessions. Stay tuned to our website for
upcoming community events. See: www.uleth.ca/prenticeinstitute
The President of the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of
Canada (SSHRC), Dr. Chad Gaffield, visited the Prentice Institute
for a quick ‘hello’ while visiting the University on April 10, 2013.
Dr. Gaffield zipped through the campus in the morning, and gave an
open talk for faculty and graduate students at Andy’s Place at
9:45am. Details of his talk are found here
www.uleth.ca/graduatestudies/node/952/
With Dr. Susan McDaniel on his left, Dr. Gaffield is holding her
new book, Global Aging, which he mentions in his U-wide talk. To
his right is Dr. Alexander Darku, Associate Director of the Prentice
Institute.
Thank you to our panelists,
James Byrne and Bryson Brown of the UofL and Gwendolyn Blue of UofC,
for the riveting Café Conversation on
Climate Change: Impacts, Risks, Solutions - March 11, 2013.
To Susan McDaniel, UofL for moderating the conversation, keeping everyone in line and adding
her own academic perspective.
Most of all, to ALL who joined us at Osho’s with you, information comes alive.
Keep the conversations going!!
The Prentice is an ever changing, ever growing venture and as I started gathering all the latest Spotlights
on all of our affiliates near and far, I began to see that we have completely outdone ourselves. With a
serious number of publications, articles, lectures and grants, as well as all the exciting new research the
Prentice Institute and its affiliates are a bee hive of activity. ***Nancy Metz, Administrative Assistant.
Recent Publications
In the Public Eye (a sample only)
1 2 3 4 5 Questions - Dr. Olu Awosoga - Assistant Professor in the Health Sciences - April 4, 2013 Dr. Olu
Awosoga, Prentice Affiliate, speaks to the Legend about his research. (Page 7, April 2013, volume12, issue 8)
The World is Leaving Canada’s Carbon Economy Behind - James Byrne PhD., Professor of Geography,
Prentice Institute Research Affiliate - March 14, 2013
www.ipolitics.ca/2013/03/14/the-world-is-leaving-canadas-carbon-economy-behind
Susan McDaniel: Fruits of the Earth: Not all Belong at the Top. November 15, 2013 posted by Susan
invitation on Broadbent Institute Blog
www.broadbentinstitute.ca/en/blog/susan-mcdaniel-fruits-earth-not-all-belong-top
To keep up on publication's of our research affiliates please check our site at
www.uleth.ca/prenticeinstitute/research/publications
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Spot light
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please email [email protected]
Global Ageing in the Twenty-First Century Challenges,
Opportunities and Implications
Edited by Susan A. McDaniel, University of Lethbridge, Canada and
Zachary Zimmer, University of California at San Francisco, USA
The Public Policy Making Process in Ghana: How
Politicians and Civil Servants Deal with Public Problems
Edited by Frank Ohemeng, University of Ottawa, Barbara Carroll,
McMaster University, Joseph Ayee, University of KwaZulu-Natal
& Alexander Bilson Darku, University of Lethbridge
Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
Zora Neale Hurston
Spring 2013 Prentice Post
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Over the past 18 years, Peter Kellett has worked as a registered nurse, nurse educator and manager in both provincial and
federal (FNIHB) health systems in three Canadian provinces and one U.S. State in the areas of medical/surgical care,
emergency care, primary health care, community health, and First Nations Health. Peter is a member of the nursing pro-gram
in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Lethbridge. He holds a Master of Nursing degree in popula-tion
nursing/epidemiology, and is currently a Ph.D. student in Demography with the Prentice Institute for Global Popula-tion
and Economy. See: directory.uleth.ca/users/peter.kellett
Tanya Byrne is a second year M.Sc. candidate, majoring in multidisciplinary studies. Her research interests include
vulnerability to climate change, food security, and household adaptive capacity. Her current research involves a sub-national
assessment of relative vulnerability to climate change in rural Nicaragua. While at UofL, Tanya has maintained
a 4.0 GPA and was awarded the 2013 25th Anniversary MA/ MSc scholarship. She completed her undergraduate degree
at the UofA where she graduated, with honors, from the Bachelor of Commerce program in 2008. She spent three years
working as a management consultant in Edmonton before moving to Panama in 2011. While in Panama, Tanya spent her
time doing free-lance consulting work, learning Spanish, surfing and volunteering with at-risk youth in a suburb of Pan-ama
City. In addition to her Masters work, she has been part of a project that focuses on implementing healthcare information technolo-gy
(IT) on First Nations Reserves in Alberta. The team has been nominated for the 2013 Deputy Minster’s Award for Excellence.
Celeste Barnes is currently completing a Multidisciplinary Master of Science at the University of Lethbridge in the area
of geography, new media, and sociology. Her research focus is on modelling coastal population and food production
vulnerabilities to sea level rise and tropical cyclone threats in the Caribbean. Prior to resuming university, Celeste was
employed in the Information Technology field. She was responsible for managing staff and budgets for annual opera-tions,
numerous capital projects, computer hardware and software contracts, and procurement in a fiscally responsible
manner. She implemented security relating to computing systems as well as policy, procedure, and documentation
approvals to ensure the business computing environment functioned smoothly. She focused on team work, improved
customer satisfaction and communication to aid the business user community. Celeste has worked with all levels of an organization to
reach a common vision.
Samuel Mantey Ofori Dei, from Ghana, is interested in how to improve the health and well-being of people residing in
poor countries. Being from a poor community himself, Samuel was witness to the devastating effects of diseases and the
challenges faced by rural people in meeting their daily health needs. Samuel’s experiences with ineffective health care
and lack of necessary health interventions, has enabled him to utilize this knowledge by becoming involved in health
research to find solutions for devastating health problems facing disadvantaged populations. His intended
doctoral project, he feels, will assist him in this endeavour. Samuel with be starting the Ph.D. in Demography in Sep-tember,
2013
Heather McIntosh-Rivera is a Canadian-Belizean with a wealth of knowledge and experience in research and market
analysis, travel & tourism, project management, strategic business planning, and business development. In 2008 Heather
completed Bachelor of Management Degree with great distinction at the University of Lethbridge and began her career in
economic development. This fall, Heather will begin her Masters studies in Demography and part-time studies with Dr.
Susan McDaniel and in her thesis will explore the social, economic and cultural impacts of second-generation immi-grants
at the regional, provincial and national level.
LingLing Fan will be the Ph.D. in Demography in September 2013. She is interested in exploring the socio-cultural dimensions of
health, illness, and healthcare practices. In particular, she will focus her Ph.D. research on the effects of cultural practices on the LGS
Mennonites’ mental health, especially the links between the role of the Bible and its authority (such as the interpretation of the Bible)
and individual’s mental well-being. This research extends her Masters work at UofL which explored the beliefs and practices related to
death, dying and care for the end-of-life among the Low German-speaking (LGS) Mennonites. She will be funded by a CIHR grant to
Dr. Judith Kulig, Health Sciences.
The number of graduate students involved with the Prentice Institute are increasing. Their enthusiasm and topic diversity add
dimension to the mandate and mission of the Prentice Institute.
We are fortunate to have been awarded a grant from the Society of Edmonton Demographers (SED) to contribute to graduate scholar-ships
for students in Demography and Populations studies.
Prent ice Brownbag Seminars
* Podcast videos can be found on the website at www.uleth.ca/prenticeinstitute
We had a well rounded and informative array of Brown Bag lectures this Spring Semester and are
already working on our Fall Sessions. We encourage all of you to watch our webpage for
upcoming Brown Bag events.
*Friday 11 January 2103
Kurt Klein
“The Biofuels Frenzy:
Implications for Agriculture, Food
Security and the Environment”
*Thursday 31 January 2013
Alexander Darku
“Income Inequality, Status
Seeking and Savings in Canada”
Friday 8 February 2013
Cheryl Currie
“Pathways to Health for
Aboriginal Canadians:
The Role of Cultural Continuity”
Friday 1 March 2013
Pamela Winsor
“Helping to Make a Difference:
Literacy Teacher Education in
Diverse Global Contexts”
Friday 5 April 2013
Ivan Townshend, Olu Awosoga
and Judith Kulig
“Family Resilience and PTSD in
Children in Slave Lake”
*Friday 19 April 2013
Ana Ferrer, Dept. of Economics, UofC
“Labour Force Participation in
Immigrant Households”
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Prentice Post Spring 2013
It is always a good idea to take some good old Rn’R, (rest and relaxation). You crave it, your doctor tells you
it should be so and for health purposes it is a very good idea indeed. At the Prentice, however, I have learned a
new impression of ‘The good ol’ Rn’R’. It comes with expletives bursting from the office and a general, overall
form of frustration. As I am most curious, I often wondered what it was that was setting the fires in Susan’s
office on these occasion when she would moan, “I have to do another Rn’R..”
Well? I questioned, most interested, that’s not right! There should be no hair pulling, no growls and grrr’s
during your period of ‘rest and relaxation’! It did finally occur to me to ask why the ‘rest
and relaxation’ was so stressful when Susan calmly corrected me in stating that she would
certainly need to take an Rn’R from the latest … revise and resubmit… of journal articles.
Ahhh! Now I understand. Hair pulling indeed!
Prent ice Pillar
“Research is to see what everybody has seen and to think
what nobody has thought.” Alberta Szent-Gyorg
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Infections in patients taking Rituximab for hematologic malignancies: Two-year cohort study
No full textBackground: Rituximab (R) is a chimeric human-murine anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody used to treat B-cell lymphomas. Despite R remarkable activity against malignant cells, there are concerns that R may facilitate the occurrence of infections. This study is aimed to define risk factors for infections, and the potential interaction with time since therapy, in patients undergoing R containing regimens.Methods: The study has been designed as a multiple failure events historical cohort including all patients who received a R contain regimen at London Royal Free Hospital between May 2007 and April 2009.Result: One-hundred-eighty-one infections occurred among the 113 enrolled patients (overall incidence rate 3.30 per 1000 person-days). Multivariate analysis showed that lymphocyte counts at nadir, graft versus host disease, HIV sero-status and the type of malignancy were all independently associated with the risk of infection. In addition the analysis of the interaction with the time since the start of therapy provided evidence that different risk factors may increase risk of infections in different times.Conclusion: This study provides preliminary data to describe the association between several patients' baseline characteristics and infections during therapy with R. © 2013 Lanini et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd
Terminal transferase expression in relapsed acute myeloid leukaemia
No full textIn three cases of acute myeloid leukaemia marked increases in expression of the nuclear enzyme, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT), were observed during disease relapse. The first case was heterogeneous at diagnosis, consisting of subpopulations of large TdT- myeloblasts and small TDT+ blasts; however, at relapse there was complete replacement by TdT+ lymphoblasts. The other cases at diagnosis were both typical acute myeloid leukaemia, TdT-; at relapse, one showed a mixture of TdT- myeloblasts and TdT+ lymphoblasts, while in the other, TdT was demonstrated on a subpopulation of myeloblasts. No chromosomal abnormalities were found. It is suggested that in the first two cases these phenomena may have been due to leukaemic involvement of a pluripotential stem cell, or that sub-clones with different properties may have coexisted. In the third case at relapse, TdT was expressed aberrantly by malignant myeloid cells
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