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Contributor(s): Tavcer D. Scharie (author); Trussler Tanya (author); Loutit Keri-Ann (author)
Date issued: 2016
Description: As well as pinpointing gaps in available literature on adult sexual assault in Alberta, this study is focused on identifying the underlying issues that lead to the discrepancies in the number of police-reported sexual assault crimes and the data retrieved from individuals who access victim support services. It is believed that the crime-funnel effect on sexual assault cases, where many cases do not end up continuing through the justice system in Alberta, is a root factor that results in victims choosing not to report the incident; Victims choose not to report the incident knowing that a large percentage of crimes do not proceed to court, do not result in convictions, or the sentences are...
Appears in collection(s): Arts

Contributor(s): Engler Steven (author)
Date issued: 2011
Description: This paper offers a brief overview of Canadian case law since the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was enacted in 1982. At the same time that it has more firmly entrenched religious freedom, the Charter has placed explicit limits on the right of religious freedom. Canadian courts have shown themselves willing to intervene in the internal workings of religious institutions. Legal protection has been extended to include not only non-Christian religions but also non-religious beliefs more generally.The cumulative effect of these decisions has been to effectively erode the de facto separation between Church and State that has developed in Canada. The value of increased respect for...
Appears in collection(s): Arts

Contributor(s): Engler Steven (author)
Date issued: 2009
Description: This article works with theory of ritual in order to begin addressing a series of questions raised by Brazilian spirit possession rituals (in Kardecism and Umbanda). Four contributions to theory of ritual highlight relevant conceptual issues: Humphrey and Laidlaw on non-intentionality; Bloch on deference; Houseman and Severi on social relations; and Kapferer on virtuality. Strawson’s philosophical distinction between objective and reactive attitudes toward intentionality is used to make a case (i) that certain formal aspects of ritual (indexicals) serve to (ii) mark culturally variable attitudes to agency within rituals, which are related to, but fundamentally distinct from, non-ritual...
Appears in collection(s): Arts

Contributor(s): Rasmussen Kyler R. (author); Millar Daniel (author); Trenchuk Jeremy (author)
Date issued: 2018
Description: Research suggests that pornography has the potential to inform sexual and romantic scripts, but no studies have examined the relational content within modern mainstream pornography. In this article, we present a content analysis of 190 sexually explicit online video clips from mainstream pornography streaming websites, coding for the relationship between participants (if any) and whether the video portrayed acts of infidelity. We also contrasted those clips with a comparison sample of 77 YouTube videos. We found that depictions of on-screen committed relationships were relatively rare in pornography (7.9% of videos) compared to YouTube (18.2%), but that infidelity was relatively common ...
Appears in collection(s): Arts

Contributor(s): Engler Steven (author)
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...
Appears in collection(s): Arts

Contributor(s): Tavcer D. Scharie (author)
Date issued: 2017
Description: Sentencing in Canada has remained fairly consistent since formalized courts, at both the federal and provincial levels, were established shortly after Confederation in 1867. Once an accused person is convicted (found guilty) of a crime, the court must decide on an appropriate sentence. Sentencing is one of the most challenging and controversial aspects of our justice system. The public has strong opinions about it, the media reports its perspective, and the written law has its framework. In addition to all of that, there are the individuals affected by the crime—victims and offenders—who also have a broad range of religious, social, cultural, and moral values and views that influence...
Appears in collection(s): Arts

Contributor(s): Engler Steven (author)
Date issued: 2011
Description: This paper interrogates a particular globalizing academic move: the appropriation of Afro-Brazilian religion by the academic study of religion in North America as a paradigmatic form of cultural mixture. Specifically, I ask what difference would it make if Umbanda were the key example of Brazilian cultural hybridity, rather than Candomblé serving as a more universal example of religious syncretism. I elaborate the concept of hybridity of refraction, according to which the ritual and doctrinal spectrum of Umbandas refracts the spectrum of social tensions in Brazilian society. Referring to recent theories of globalization, I argue that Umbanda’s internal variation manifests a variety of...
Appears in collection(s): Arts

Contributor(s): Manarin Karen (author)
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...
Appears in collection(s): Arts

Contributor(s): Voth Daniel (author); Loyer Jessie (author)
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.
Appears in collection(s): Arts

Contributor(s): Rock Melanie J. (author); Rault Dawn (author); Degeling Chris (author)
Date issued: 2017
Description: Dog-bites and rabies are neglected problems worldwide, notwithstanding recent efforts to raise awareness and to consolidate preventive action. As problems, dog-bites and rabies are entangled with one another, and both align with the concept of One Health. This concept emphasizes interdependence between humans and non-human species in complex socio-ecological systems. Despite intuitive appeal, One Health applications and critiques remain under-developed with respect to social science and social justice. In this article, we report on an ethnographic case-study of policies on dog bites and rabies, with a focus on Calgary, Alberta, Canada, which is widely recognized as a leader in animal...
Appears in collection(s): Arts

Contributor(s): Tavcer D. Scharie (author)
Date issued: 2016
Description: Can young men distinguish between quotes from conventional magazines and quotes from convicted rapists? To what extent do young men agree/disagree with statements about dating, sex, women and sexual assault? The purpose of this study is to contribute to the existing literature about young men’s attitudes towards women and sex. This study is a partial replication of the work conducted in the United Kingdom (UK) by Horvath & Hegarty (2011) combined with a partial replication of the work conducted in the United States (USA) by Lonsway & Fitzgerald (1995) Myths, beliefs and the attitudes of today’s young men toward dating, sex, and sexual assault are also explored in this study. Similar...
Appears in collection(s): Arts

Contributor(s): Engler Steven (author)
Date issued: 2009
Description: Scholars of religion continue to talk of syncretism where their colleagues have moved on to talk of hybridity. This paper reviews critiques of the latter concept and argues that ‘hybridity’ can be a useful concept, but only if further specified. I follow Peter Wade in distinguishing between hybridity of origin (the combination of pre-existing forms), and hybridity of encounter (the result of diasporic movements). I propose a third type, hybridity of refraction, in order to highlight the manner in which religiousor cultural phenomena refract social tensions within a specific nation or society, resulting in a spectrum of ritual, doctrinal and/or religious forms. The typology is not meant to...
Appears in collection(s): Arts

Contributor(s): Tavcer D. Scharie (author); Bowles Margaret (author)
Date issued: 2018
Description: The Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter (CWES) team continues to make a difference in lives of women and their children fleeing domestic violence. However, they realise they can do more. A challenge within their shelter program is that women with substance-related issues are occasionally not a good fit for the family centered approach currently in place at the CWES shelter. There are many women, with substance-related issues, who are in need of support related to domestic violence, but supports in Calgary are limited, and often in silos. CWES is considering how they can best serve this specific population of women in Calgary.
Appears in collection(s): Arts

Contributor(s): Bob Uttl (author); Victoria Violo (author); Library OA fund (funder)
Date issued: 2021; 2021
Description: In a recent small sample study, Khazan et al. [1] examined SET ratings received by one female teaching (TA) assistant who assisted with teaching two sections of the same online course, one section under her true gender and one section under false/opposite gender. Khazan et al. concluded that their study demonstrated gender bias against female TA even though they found no statistical difference in SET ratings between male vs. female TA (p = 0.73). To claim gender bias, Khazan et al. ignored their overall findings and focused on distribution of six “negative” SET ratings and claimed, without reporting any statistical test results, that (a) female students gave more positive ratings to male...
Appears in collection(s): Arts

Contributor(s): Snell Madison (author); Tavcer D. Scharie (author)
Date issued: 2018
Appears in collection(s): Arts

Contributor(s): Irene Shankar (author); D. Scharie Tavcer (author); Mount Royal University (funder)
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...
Appears in collection(s): Arts

Contributor(s): Bob Uttl (author); Victoria C. Violo (author); Library OA Fund (funder)
Date issued: 2021; 2021
Description: In a widely cited and widely talked about study, MacNell et al. (2015) [1] examined SET ratings of one female and one male instructor, each teaching two sections of the same online course, one section under their true gender and the other section under false/opposite gender. MacNell et al. concluded that students rated perceived female instructors more harshly than perceived male instructors, demonstrating gender bias against perceived female instructors. Boring, Ottoboni, and Stark (2016) [2] re-analyzed MacNell et al.’s data and confirmed their conclusions. However, the design of MacNell et al. study is fundamentally flawed. First, MacNell et al.’ section sample sizes were extremely...
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Contributor(s): Engler Steven (author)
Date issued: 2006
Description: This paper analyzes three influential studies of dāna (‘giving’ or ‘charity’) in South Asian religious traditions. After clarifying anthropological and sociological theories of the gift, it argues that a reliance on these ideas has distorted attempts by these and other scholars of religion to make sense of dāna, and of related South Asian social relations and religious motivations. It concludes by underlining the need for the ongoing reflexive refinement of the categories and concepts used by scholars of religion
Appears in collection(s): Arts

Contributor(s): Engler Steven (author); Gardiner Mark Q. (author)
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.
Appears in collection(s): Arts

Contributor(s): Morin Alain (author)
Date issued: 2011
Description: Self-awareness represents the capacity of becoming the object of one’s own attention. In this state one actively identifies, processes, and stores information about the self. This paper surveys the self-awareness literature by emphasizing definition issues, measurement techniques, effects and functions of self-attention, and antecedents of self-awareness. Key self-related concepts (e.g., minimal, reflective consciousness) are distinguished from the central notion of self-awareness. Reviewed measures include questionnaires, implicit tasks, and self-recognition. Main effects and functions of self-attention consist in self-evaluation, escape from the self, amplification of one’s subjective...
Appears in collection(s): Arts

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Sexual Assault in Alberta

Constitutional Secularization: Religious Pluralism and the Canadian Courts

Ritual Theory and Attitudes to Agency in Brazilian Spirit Possession

Relationships and Infidelity in Pornography: An Analysis of Pornography Streaming Websites

‘Science’ vs. ‘Religion’ in Classical Ayurveda

Sentencing

A umbanda e a glocalização

Why Read?

Why Calgary Isn't Métis Territory: Jigging Towards an Ethic of Reciprocal Visiting

Dog-bites, rabies and One Health: Towards a coordinated agenda for research, policy and practice

Pornification: A Study Into Young Men’s Attitudes and Beliefs Toward Dating, Sex and Sexual Assault

Umbanda and Hybridity

Service delivery models for emergency shelters: An annotated bibliography and an environmental scan of shelter-based services for women who experience family violence and addictions

Gender bias in student evaluation of teaching or mirage?

The law & violence awareness: A snapshot of some of the laws in Canada and Alberta and violence awareness tips for incoming international students

“Good People with Good Intentions”: Deconstructing A Post-Secondary Institution’s Sexual Violence Policy Construction

Small samples, unreasonable generalizations, and outliers: Gender bias in student evaluation of teaching or three unhappy students?

Dāna (Dádiva) em religiões do Sul da Ásia: Pressuposições e o lugar de teorias

“‘God(s)’ as a Comparative Category”

Self-awareness part 1: Definition, measures, effects, functions, and antecedents.

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