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- Contributor(s)
- Steven Engler; Mark Q. Gardiner
- Date issued
- 2013
- Description
- In this paper we argue that, despite the fact that the term ‘god’ may be used effectively as a comparative concept in the study of religion within narrowly circumscribed contexts, the risks of doing so as a broad cross-cultural category outweigh any possible benefits. We advance an account of the kind of meaning that complex concepts, like ‘god’, have. This account guarantees a risk that certain further concepts that are associated with ‘god’ in some cultural contexts will be illicitly transferred to its use in others. The centrality of ‘god’ in western and Christian contexts makes this risk particularly acute, to the point of not being worth the trouble.
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Arts
- Contributor(s)
- Christina Volstad; Jean Hughes; Sonya L. Jakubec; Sonya Flessati; Lois Jackson; Ruth Martin-Misener
- Date issued
- 2020; 2020
- Description
- Mental health is central to overall wellbeing and, for students attending university, mental health is critical for learning and academic success. A wealth of research has focused on young people who experience psychosocial declines during academic and developmental transitions, but little is known about how young people flourish in this transition. The first to explore the experiences of flourishing among first-year Canadian university students making the transition directly from high school, this study sought to develop an understanding of: 1) the factors that promote flourishing amidst this academic and developmental transition, and 2) how first-year students define and experience...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Health, Community and Education
- Contributor(s)
- Kenneth Reilly
- Date issued
- 2017
- Description
- In the fall and winter of 1908, the Canadian Government developed the British Honduras Scheme, a plan to transport all South Asian immigrants from British Columbia to British Honduras. To justify this relocation, the Canadian Government argued that British Honduras needed cheap labour to maintain sugar plantations, railroads and that these immigrants could not survive in Canada because they faced unemployment, starvation, and they were not suited for harsh winters. This attempt was well received by many white Canadians of British descent. Many agreed that this transportation would benefit the South Asian community and white Canadians. Analyzing this scheme in the context of the way...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Undergraduate Student Research
- Contributor(s)
- Sonya L. Jakubec
- Date issued
- 2016
- Description
- The roles of place & belonging on wellbeing are increasingly understood. Seniors are increasingly living in suburbs – though little is known about the strengths, strategies and struggles! The views of seniors were the place for Vivo to begin to understand how to work together. This study asked: What does belonging mean to seniors in Calgary’s NE/Central suburbs? What are the facilitators & barriers? What could belonging look like for seniors in the suburbs?
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Health, Community and Education
- Contributor(s)
- Cameron Mitchell
- Date issued
- 2019
- Description
- Throughout the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, ‘constituted authority’ served as a rhetorical banner under which the interests of the state and capital overlapped. Throughout the six-week walkout, representatives of all three levels of the state and members of the shadowy Citizens’ Committee of 1,000 repeatedly returned to the language of ‘constituted authority’ in order to illustrate what was threatened by the strikers. Tapping into post-war fears of ‘enemy aliens,’ Bolsheviks, and Soviet revolution, the Winnipeg Citizen, capital’s mouthpiece during the strike, was adept at conflating the goals of the strikers with those of an attempted revolution. Even when the Western Labour News, the...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Undergraduate Student Research
- Contributor(s)
- Elizabeth M. Banister; Sonya L. Jakubec; Judith A. Stein
- Date issued
- 2003
- Description
- This ethnographic study explored the health-related concerns, within dating relationships, of 40 female adolescents aged 15 and 16.The results reveal a complex interaction of male/female relational dynamics and socialization processes in these relationships.To avoid behaviours risky to their health, participants had to negotiate power relationships with partners and peers; yet, paradoxically, any increase in their power could increase the threat of violent confrontation, loss of power,and further health compromises.The girls’ desire to have a dating partner outweighed their desire to avoid health threats such as substance abuse and violence.This dynamic can be understood in terms of...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Health, Community and Education
- Contributor(s)
- Irene Shankar; D. Scharie Tavcer
- Date issued
- 2021; 2021
- Description
- This exploratory study investigates the expertise of committee members tasked with constructing sexual violence policies within a post-secondary institution (PSI) and the constraints under which they complete this work. Our findings indicate that allocated committees prioritize institutional risk management, normalize confusion, and most members have little or no understanding of the intersectionality of violence. These findings contextualize PSI’s failure to address structural violence. Our recommendations urge PSIs to include subject experts, consult with existing service providers, and integrate research on the intersectionality of sexualized violence within their policy and program...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Arts
- Contributor(s)
- Charlotte A. Ross; Sonya L. Jakubec; Nicole S. Berry; Victoria Smye
- Date issued
- 2018
- Description
- We undertook an institutional ethnography utilizing the expert knowledge of nurses who have experienced substance-use problems to discover: (a) What are the discourses embedded in the talk among nurses in their everyday work worlds that socially organize their substance-use practices and (b) how do those discourses manage these activities? Data collection included interviews, researcher reflexivity, and texts that were critically analyzed with a focus on institutional features. Analysis revealed dominant moralistic and individuated discourses in nurses’ workplace talk that socially organized their substance-use practices, subordinated and silenced experiences of work stress, and erased...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Health, Community and Education
- Contributor(s)
- Steven Engler
- Date issued
- 2003
- Description
- This paper evaluates claims that classical Ayurveda was scientific, in a modern western sense, and that the many religious and magical elements found in the texts were all either stale Vedic remnants or later brahminic impositions. It argues (1) that Ayurveda did not manifest standard criteria of “science” (e.g., materialism, empirical observation, experimentation, falsification, quantification, or a developed conception of proof) and (2) that Vedic aspects of the classical texts are too central to be considered inauthentic or marginal. These points suggest that attempting to apply the modern western categories of “science” and “religion” to ancient South Asian medical texts at best...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Arts
- Contributor(s)
- Genevieve Currie; Joanna Szabo
- Date issued
- 2019
- Description
- Background: Parent experiences of caring for children with neurodevelopmental disease have been silenced and constrained by social, political and health influences. There is a need to co‐construct new meanings and interpretations of parenting a child with complex disabilities by having an increased understanding of the struggles and barriers for parents. Methods: A hermeneutic phenomenology approach was applied in this inquiry. Fifteen parents of children with rare neurodevelopmental diseases participated in semi‐structured interviews. Results: Parents experienced silencing or being silenced within interactions with health‐care and social care systems and providers. Interpretive thematic...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Health, Community and Education
- Contributor(s)
- Sonya L. Jakubec; D. Averns; R. Thomas; A. Link
- Date issued
- 2012
- Description
- This paper shares discoveries from a grounded theory inspired study of “optimizing vocational strengths” and the unique attributes of Tourette Syndrome and co-morbidities, including Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (or TS/TS+), in the workplace. This one year study featured 16 participants with various levels of workplace functioning and health status and was set in an art college. Data gathering methods included individual/group interviews alongside observations of, and products from, studio art workshops in drawing, sculpture, performance, and creative writing. Data collected in this way elicited a breadth and depth of representation and...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Health, Community and Education
- Contributor(s)
- Karen Manarin
- Date issued
- 2018
- Description
- Why read? What is the point of reading in higher education if students can succeed in their classes without reading? Using Wigfield and Eccles’ Expectancy-Value theory of motivation as a framework, I explore why different instructors think their students should be reading and whether students share these motivations. Instructors and students attribute value to reading differently. Instructors value reading for what it allows students to do and become. Students may value reading but still not read depending on competing factors including time available and assessment tasks required. The essay concludes by asking higher educational professionals to consider what, if anything, should be done...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Arts
- Contributor(s)
- Daniel Voth; Jessie Loyer
- Date issued
- 2019
- Description
- Though Métis people have had a long presence in Calgary and southern Alberta, their kinship within the Nehiyaw Pwat allied them against the Blackfoot Confederacy: as strangers politically and culturally, they remained as guests in this territory. For Métis people who live in Calgary who want to be good guests, the authors suggest an “ethic of reciprocal visiting” that emerges from Métis visiting culture, where Indigenous guests outside of their home territory are called to listen to their hosts as a dancer listens to the fiddler and adjusts their steps, engage in respectful non-interference, and be prepared for correction.
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- book chapter
- Appears in collection(s)
- Arts
- Contributor(s)
- Ana Sepulveda; Ranee Drader; Margy MacMillan
- Date issued
- 2014
- Description
- These two scholarship of teaching and learning undergraduate student co-investigators talk about why they got involved in SoTL research, describe the projects they've worked on and what they've learned, and share their perspectives on how faculty and students can work together toward improving student learning. Some key themes from their talk include how they now have a better understanding of what research is and what universities do, how much they were inspired and excited by doing the research and gained confidence by being able to add value to a research project, and also how it taught them life skills such as developing time management skills, learning that setbacks are okay, and...
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- conference publication
- Appears in collection(s)
- Centres & Institutes
- Contributor(s)
- Rachel Pizante
- Date issued
- 2020-01-19; 2020-01-19
- Description
- Wildlife cameras allow conservation scientists to monitor wildlife. However, there are performance limitations associated with wildlife cameras that must be understood prior to their use. This study compared two wildlife camera models, the Spypoint Solar Trail and the Reconyx Hyperfire 2, on behalf of Calgary Captured, a collaborative project between the Miistakis Institute and the City of Calgary to determine wildlife occupancy in Calgary’s Natural Area Parks. The camera models were set up in pairs at 10 sites. There was no significant difference in detections of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) or coyotes (Canis latrans) by either model, but the Reconyx cameras successfully...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Undergraduate Student Research
- Contributor(s)
- Tatiane Piucco; Saray Giovana dos Santos
- Date issued
- 2010
- Description
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This exploratory study aimed to analyse the magnitude and duration of the impact generated on the athletes' body during training in Ippon-Seoi-Nage judo technique. Two black belt judo athletes were studied, the tori (the thrower) weighing 75 kg and having 19 years of practice, and the uke (the thrown) weighing 72 kg and having 15 years of practice. A Bruel & Kjaer 4321 Accelerometer Triaxial, fastened to the fist, hip and ankle of the uke, was used. Data were collected in the laboratory. Ten falls were performed for each of the three articulations investigated. The largest impact values were observed for the fist in the vertical axis (351.95 g) and the smallest values were for the hip...
Este estudo exploratório objetivou analisar as magnitudes e o tempo de duração dos impactos gerados em diferentes regiões corpo do judoca projetado pela técnica Ippon-SeoiNage. Participaram dois judocas faixas pretas, sendo tori (judoca que projeta) com 75 kg e 19 anos de prática, e o uke (judoca que cai) com 72 kg e 15 anos de prática. Foi utilizado um acelerômetro triaxial 4321 da Brüel & Kjaer fixado no punho, quadril e tornozelo do uke. Os dados foram coletados em ambiente laboratorial, sendo realizadas 10 quedas para cada articulação investigada, totalizando 30 quedas. Os maiores valores de impacto ocorreram no punho no eixo vertical (351.95 g) e os menores valores no quadril no eixo... - Type
- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Health, Community and Education
- Contributor(s)
- Tatiane Piucco; Fernando Diefenthaeler; Rogério Soares; Juan M. Murias; Guillaume Y. Millet
- Date issued
- 2017
- Description
- Purpose: the aim of this study was to investigate the criterion validity of a maximal incremental skating test performed on a slide board (SB). Methods: Twelve sub-elite speed skaters performed a maximal skating test on a treadmill and on a SB. Gas exchange threshold (GET), respiratory compensation point (RCP) and maximal variables were determined. Results: oxygen uptake (V̇O2) (31.0 ± 3.2 and 31.4 ± 4.1 mL∙min-1∙kg-1), percentage of maximal oxygen uptake (V̇O2max) (66.3 ± 4 and 67.7 ± 7.1%), HR (153 ± 14 and 150 ± 12 bpm), and ventilation (59.8 ± 11.8 and 57.0 ± 10.7 L∙min-1) at GET, and V̇O2 (42.5 ± 4.4 and 42.9 ± 4.8 mL∙min-1∙kg-1), percentage of V̇O2max (91.1 ± 3.3 and 92.4 ± 2.1%),...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Health, Community and Education
- Contributor(s)
- Janice Miller-Young; Jennifer Boman
- Date issued
- 2017
- Description
- This special issue demonstrates how “Decoding the Disciplines” not only provides a framework for inquiry into teaching and learning disciplinary concepts, but also holds much potential for bridging disciplinary thinking and teaching practice across disciplines, and serving as a tool for both teaching and curriculum development. In Chapter 1, together with our Faculty Learning Community (FLC) co-authors, we describe the “Decoding the Disciplines” FLC at Mount Royal University, including how it started as a faculty development initiative, and how it developed into various teaching, curriculum, and research projects which are presented in detail in subsequent chapters. We hope that others...
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- book
- Appears in collection(s)
- Centres & Institutes
- Contributor(s)
- Mohamed El Hussein; Sandra Hirst; Vince Salyers; Joseph Osuji
- Date issued
- 2014
- Description
- There are many challenges and criticisms attached to the conduct of research, none the least of which is a notion that much of the research undertaken in professional disciplines such as nursing may not have clinical and/or practical relevance. While there are a plethora of qualitative research methods that individuals must consider when designing research studies, one method stands out - Grounded Theory (GT). Grounded theory was developed in the early 1960’s by Glaser and Strauss. With its theoretical orientation based in sociology, GT strives to understand and explain human behavior through inductive reasoning processes (Elliott & Lazenbatt, 2005). Because of its emphasis on the...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- Health, Community and Education
- Contributor(s)
- Francine May; Alice Swabey
- Date issued
- 2014
- Description
- This study examines how students are using academic library spaces and the role these spaces are playing in the campus community. Data was collected on five campuses (two community colleges, two undergraduate universities and one technical institute) via observational seating sweeps and questionnaires. The study found remarkably similar usage patterns across all library types. Academic pursuits remain the most common activities, despite perceptions of the modern library as a social space. The library as a place to study is shown to be a complex topic, with noise, need and personal preference influencing experience. The research provides libraries with evidence to demonstrate their support...
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- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library