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Pantaleo, Sylvia. "Children's Literature across the Curriculum: An Ontario Survey." Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l'éducation 27, no. 2/3 (2002): 211. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1602221.
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Hernandez, Anna. "City Profile: Stratford, Ontario." World Literature Today 91, no. 3 (2017): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/wlt.2017.0034.
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Giscombe, C. S. "Ontario Towns." Hudson Review 43, no. 4 (1991): 582. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3852186.
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Geist, Jaimie, Line Tremblay, Sandra Dorman, and Christina Rinaldi. "Anglophone culture, Francophone culture, family behaviours, and childhood obesity in Sudbury, Ontario." Diversity of Research in Health Journal 1 (June 21, 2017): 84–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.28984/drhj.v1i0.35.
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In general, Francophones in Ontario are more likely than their Anglophone counterparts to suffer from overweight and obesity. It has also been established that Francophones, Canada-wide, eat fewer daily servings of fruits and vegetables than Anglophones and tend to consume more kilocalories from fat (Batal et al., 2013). Despite these trends, comparative investigations amongst Francophone and Anglophone children in Ontario have not been completed. Therefore, the purpose of this literature review will be to investigate research evidence regarding Francophone children in Ontario and whether they are more likely or less likely to suffer from overweight or obesity than Anglophone children in Ontario. In addition, we will examine research on cultural factors that may be different between the two linguistic groups and which may contribute to the prevalence of obesity. This literature review will present an overview of childhood obesity in Northern Ontario and Francophone and Anglophone culture as well as identify the gaps within the literature for that require further research attention.
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Shah, Vidya, Gisele Cuglievan-Mindreau, and Joseph Flessa. "Reforming for Racial Justice: A Narrative Synthesis and Critique of the Literature on District Reform in Ontario Over 25 Years." Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, no. 198 (February 17, 2022): 35–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1086426ar.
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Ontario school districts are struggling to respond to racism in schooling and society. How has the literature on school district reform in Ontario addressed these ongoing and growing concerns? Through a narrative synthesis and a systematic literature review, we map and characterize the existing literature on school district reform in Ontario in the past 25 years. By combining systematic searches in main online databases with key journal and author search, we analyzed and coded a total of 95 documents. Framed through Critical Race Theory (CRT) and in conversation with recent studies on anti-racist district reforms in the United States, we conceptualize four approaches to district reform literature in Ontario: The Politics of Race Evasion, the Politics of Illusory Equity, the Politics of Representation and Recognition, and the Politics of Anti-Racist Resistance. The authors conclude with a commentary on the use of these conceptualizations in district operations and policies, as well as directions for future research. They also propose a potential fifth approach to district reform, The Politics of Regeneration.
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Shahaed, Heba, Guneet Sandhu, and Eric Seidlitz. "Reviewing Inequities in Primary Care Received by Indigenous Peoples in Ontario." Sciential - McMaster Undergraduate Science Journal, no. 5 (December 4, 2020): 21–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.15173/sciential.v1i5.2542.
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Research has shown that Indigenous peoples in Canada experience health inequities when compared to the non-Indigenous population. High quality primary care has been described in literature; however, this has not been explored through the lens of Indigenous health. A scoping review was performed in order to investigate the quality of primary care received by indigenous peoples in Ontario. To conduct this review, a search of current literature on primary care in Indigenous communities in Ontario was performed. The studies examined in this review were derived from four different databases and many evaluated specific communities using a qualitative and quantitative approach. Several themes were identified including inadequate preparation and training of health care providers, physician and nursing shortages, strategies associated with improved quality of care, management of mental health, disparities in health service delivery station types and ineffective primary care impacts on hospitalizations. This literature search demonstrated a clear gap in the literature on the quality of primary care received by the Indigenous population in Ontario. Thus, further research is necessary in order to outline the current state of primary care being delivered to Indigenous populations in Ontario, and develop strategies to enhance the quality of care for this population.
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Burns, Diane, Vicky Simanovski, Victoria Karuna Hagens, and Garth Matheson. "Reducing the impact of distance on hematopoietic cell therapy patients." Journal of Clinical Oncology 36, no. 30_suppl (October 20, 2018): 74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2018.36.30_suppl.74.
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74 Background: Hematopoietic Cell Therapy (HCT) patients experience unique travel challenges and high out-of-pocket costs due to the highly specialized care required. We conducted a mixed methods study to understand current patient support programs in Ontario and other jurisdictions and a cost analysis to inform the development of recommendations to reduce the impact of remoteness on HCT patients and caregivers. Methods: Qualitative information on patient transportation and accommodation supports was gathered through informal and structured input from fourteen Ontario Regional Cancer Program Directors, Hematologists, Patient and Family Advisory Council and Aboriginal Navigators. An environmental scan of medical travel assistance programs within Ontario and in other jurisdictions was performed. A scoping literature review was conducted of published studies focused on inequities in receipt of cancer care in countries with Universal Health care. HCT patient travel patterns to each of the transplant facilities in Ontario were obtained from analysis of Cancer Care Ontario data holdings. Results: We concluded that travel assistance for cancer patients in Ontario varies considerably across the province, and that Ontario lags behind other jurisdictions in Canada and internationally. The scoping literature review revealed that patients who live far from specialist centres, for some diseases, have later stage at diagnosis, less timely access to specialist care, poorer outcomes, lower patient experience scores, and make treatment decisions based on distance. From the analysis of travel patterns for HCT patients, provincially 4 – 79% of patients travel for HCT based on their location (see table below). Conclusions: This study highlights the need to better support HCT patients in Ontario. As a result, a proposal to support accommodations for HCT patients was developed and approved by the Ontario government for implementation in 2018/19.[Table: see text]
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Wood, Valerie M., and Lobna Chérif. "Resilience-based curriculum for Canadian Military Colleges: An environmental scan and literature review." Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health 8, no. 1 (February 1, 2022): 28–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jmvfh-2021-0057.
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LAY SUMMARY There is a growing need to recognize resilience as an acquired skill for graduates in higher education, such as universities and colleges, particularly for those entering demanding occupations like the military. To help the administrators of Canada’s Military Colleges (CMCs) make decisions about the development and implementation of resilience programs, the authors carried out a review of current resilience education programs within Ontario universities and the U.S. Federal Service Agencies (U.S. FSAs). Findings showed that only seven Ontario Universities and two U.S. FSAs offered resilience education, with none of these programs having any published scientific reports of their effectiveness (how well they work to improve resilience). This article offers recommendations for CMC administrators to use to build resilience education for Canadian officer and naval cadets.
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Wood, Valerie M., and Lobna Chérif. "Resilience-based curriculum for Canadian Military Colleges: An environmental scan and literature review." Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health 8, no. 1 (February 1, 2022): 28–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jmvfh-2021-0057.
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LAY SUMMARY There is a growing need to recognize resilience as an acquired skill for graduates in higher education, such as universities and colleges, particularly for those entering demanding occupations like the military. To help the administrators of Canada’s Military Colleges (CMCs) make decisions about the development and implementation of resilience programs, the authors carried out a review of current resilience education programs within Ontario universities and the U.S. Federal Service Agencies (U.S. FSAs). Findings showed that only seven Ontario Universities and two U.S. FSAs offered resilience education, with none of these programs having any published scientific reports of their effectiveness (how well they work to improve resilience). This article offers recommendations for CMC administrators to use to build resilience education for Canadian officer and naval cadets.
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Forsyth, Robert G., Michael J. Oldham, Eric Snyder, Frederick W. Schueler, and Ross Layberry. "Forty years later: distribution of the introduced Heath Snail, Xerolenta obvia, in Ontario, Canada (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Hygromiidae)." Check List 11, no. 4 (August 7, 2015): 1711. http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/11.4.1711.
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Xerolenta obvia is a Central European land snail that is introduced to Ontario, Canada, where it was first recorded in the literature in 1975 from a single population at Bethany (City of Kawartha Lakes). Over the four decades since that publication, additional records have been found clustered near Bethany, within the City of Kawartha Lakes, and in neighbouring Peterborough County and the Regional Municipality of Durham. Two distant sites are also now known, one in rural Ottawa (southeastern Ontario), and one at Windsor, Essex County (southwestern Ontario).
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Ontario in literature"
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King, Bryan J. "The reading of Christian literature in the parish using a variety of Christian authors' works in a Lutheran congregation in Ottawa, Ontario /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.
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Sathianathan, Sarmatha. "School-Based Sexual Violence Prevention: An Analysis of the 2015 Ontario Curriculum in Light of Themes Present in the Literature and the Social Norm Approach." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/39762.
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Sexual violence is experienced by a number of North American women who, after being victimized, can develop a series of physical, psychological and financial consequences. As such, it is necessary to develop policies and programs that can better prevent this type of violence. This study aims to determine if the contents of the 2015 Ontario Health and Physical Education Curriculum at the 9th grade level includes central themes and components that are detailed in the literature to be needed to deter sexual violence perpetration.
Through the development and application of a theoretical framework of knowledge, this research project conducted a deductive qualitative content analysis on the 2015 Ontario Health and Physical Education Curriculum. Information used to evaluate the Curriculum includes central themes identified in the literature as being pertinent to the prevention of sexual violence and the use of the social norms theory.
Overall, it was determined that while the 2015 Ontario Curriculum addresses most literature themes associated with sexual violence perpetration and school-based programming, it contains certain limitations that will likely make it a less effective program.
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Stevens, Robin Colette. "The Uncertainties of Life in Canada: A Comparison of the African American Communities at Wilberforce and Buxton in Ontario, Canada from 1820-1872." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu149071014775098.
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Noah, Imeyen A. "La symbolique des animaux dans les contes ontarois." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/5053.
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Feng, Qi. "Le mélange de la réalité et de la fiction dans trois romans de Marguerite Andersen : De mémoire de femme, Parallèles et Le figuier sur le toit." Thesis, Limoges, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014LIMO0030/document.
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Dans cette étude, on s’est concentré sur trois oeuvres de Marguerite Andersen, qui s'écrivent autour d’un thème : le mélange de la réalité et de la fiction. Donc, le but de cette thèse repose sur une étude de l'écriture autofictionnelle, qui se rattache étroitement à la quête identitaire du personnage. Et tout cela renvoie bien à la motivation de l’écriture de l’auteure : d’un côté, elle partage ses témoignages personnels avec celui qui vit aussi dans un contexte multiculturel, de telle manière que son écriture participe d’une pédagogie. De l’autre, elle parle au nom d’une femme écrivaine, de façon à contribuer à la lutte de la femme pour un avenir plus lumineux dans la société. Ainsi, la thèse comporte une première partie consacrée à la construction de l’identité entre le personnage, la narratrice et l’auteure, la deuxième analyse l’écriture du temps et de l’espace, et la troisième est composée de trois chapitres, portant respectivement sur l’hétérogénéité narrative dans les trois oeuvres. A travers des analyses de la modalité narrative exploitée par l’auteure dans chaque oeuvre, dans la conclusion, on dégage dans les trois oeuvres la cohérence, qui donne à réfléchir sur des thèmes constants et le mécanisme exploré par l’auteure dans d’autres oeuvres, et qui renvoie à la contribution de l’écriture andersenienne à l’écriture au féminin, à la littérature francophoneIn this work, we focused on three works of Marguerite Andersen, which are written around a theme : the mixture of reality and fiction. Therefore, the aim of this thesis is based on a study of autofictional which is closely related to the investigation of character identity. All of these exactly refer to the author's motivation : on the one hand, by sharing her personal stories with the person who also lives in a multicultural context, in such a way that her writing is considered a pedagogy. On the other hand, as a female writer, she could be more able to understand women's struggle and help them to rebuild a brighter future in society more objectively. Thus, the first part of this thesis is devoted to construct a consistent identity among the character, the narrator, the author; the second part analyzes the writing in terms of time and space; and the third is composed of three chapters, which elaborate narrative heterogeneity among three works respectively. Based on the analysis of narrative modality exploited by the author in each work, in the conclusion part, we draw from three works a common which leads to a reflection about constant theme and the writing skills explored by the author in other works£»meanwhile, it highlights the contribution of andersenienne in regards to women's writing and Francophone literature
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Boughton, Roberta Ruth. "The game of bingo: A review of the literature and study of women players in Ontario." 2008. http://link.library.utoronto.ca/eir/EIRdetail.cfm?Resources__ID=772017&T=F.
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Baker, Jennifer. ""Why I haven't written/and why I write" : class, Tory progressivism, and feminism activism in rural Ontario literature." Thesis, 2009. http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/976557/1/MR63027.pdf.
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Canadian Modernism and modernity have had profound effects on how Canadian literary scholars approach rural Ontario literature, rural class systems and rural Ontario feminist practices. In fact few rural Ontario writers are widely studied in a regional context. Instead, the focus for writers like Nellie McClung and Emily Ferguson remains rooted in explorations of their achievements for suffrage in the West, while study of Ontario's Christian Social Activist writers like Ralph Connor and Marian Keith have largely fallen out of favour because their religious convictions seem antiquated in a modern context. However, these authors are still important in terms of establishing cultural continuity with more contemporary rural Ontario writers like Alice Munro, Al Purdy, Phil Hall, and the undeservingly neglected George Elliott. These more contemporary works are concerned with the tangible effects of modernist thought and modernity on rural Ontarians' understanding of their own subjectivities. Instead of evolving a culture that is coherent with their transatlantic and settler histories, they have been forced to deal with the cultural void left by the emergence of Canadian modernism by adopting symbolic stereotypes of rural culture imposed by urban instruments of marketing and mass cultural production. These products of the "symbolic rural" lift the cultural implications of the rural from its specific ties to place and history, constructing false generalizations about class and gender identities that can fit cleanly into the predominantly urban context of modernist ideologies.
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Tennier-Gigliotti, Julie Corine Elizabeth. "Le « vécrire » dans l’œuvre romanesque de Marguerite Andersen." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/44138.
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L’intérêt des romans de Marguerite Andersen repose sur les enjeux stratégiques des modalités génériques employées par l’auteure, ainsi que sur les mécanismes exploités par chaque narratrice dans le récit de son parcours identitaire. Nous proposons une approche théorique qui s’inspire de la thématique du « vécrire », néologisme emprunté au roman Salut Galarneau ! de Jacques Godbout.
La narratrice du premier roman, De mémoire de femme, emploie le mot « vécrire » en réfléchissant à son projet d’écriture et si la narratrice exprime le même désir que le personnage de Jacques Godbout, celui d’entremêler la vie et l’écriture, il y a encore plus. Chez elle, « vécrire » est intimement lié à l’énonciation de la quête de sens de ses protagonistes féminins, un parcours narratif à visées éthiques et esthétiques. Il s’agit d’un processus complexe qui exige un cadre théorique à trois dimensions, alimenté d’écrits dans plusieurs domaines. La première dimension du cadre théorique porte sur la construction identitaire, la deuxième dimension, sur la dynamique mémorielle et figurative du « vivre » et de l’« écrire » et la troisième dimension, sur la question générique.
La thèse comporte un premier chapitre consacré aux enjeux théoriques. Le deuxième analyse De mémoire de femme et sert en quelque sorte de matrice esthétique et didactique, car il révèle les éléments fondamentaux du « vécrire » qui traversent tout le corpus. Les troisième, quatrième et cinquième chapitres portent respectivement sur L’Homme-papier, La soupe et Parallèles. La quête scripturaire de chaque narratrice soulève des questions intéressantes quant à la confusion des sphères du référentiel et de l’imaginaire qui peut s’opérer selon la volonté de l’écrivaine – dans les termes de Jacques Godbout, par le mensonge – ou à d’autres moments, par le mécanisme du refoulement ou le jeu entre la mémoire et l’oubli. Dans la conclusion, nous abordons brièvement deux romans récents de Marguerite Andersen, pour dégager la cohérence de son projet d’écriture. Enfin, notre réflexion portera sur la façon dont ces textes participent au mouvement littéraire francophone, à l’écriture au féminin et à la littérature franco-ontarienne.
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Atkinson, Tannis. "Negotiating Responsibilization: Power at the Threshold of Capable Literate Conduct in Ontario." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/43444.
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This thesis considers how statistics about adult literacy have produced a new transnational norm of what it means to “be literate” and asks what has been produced by demarcating a calculable threshold of capable literate conduct. Analyzing literacy as a form of conduct enables investigation of the political dimensions of governmental interest in literate conduct and consideration of what subjects, relationships and forms of power are produced by various problematizations. Genealogical analysis of the currently dominant governing rationality, what is termed the psychometrological regime, revealed that Level Three of the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) has been constructed as a threshold between people who can act as autonomous, entrepreneurial subjects and those who cannot. In the case of Ontario, this threshold becomes an indicator of “employability” and produces a singular and problematic population who are subjected to coercive educational interventions. Tactics and techniques in the province’s Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) policy construct literacy programs as sites responsible for transforming subjects below the threshold into human capital assets; this represents a significant departure from the original mission of community-based agencies. Data from interviews with educators in these programs indicate that adult literacy workers occupy an uneasy position between the demands of policy, their pastoral relationships with learners, and the complex realities faced by adults who struggle with print. While these educators may choose to disobey some policy imperatives they nonetheless act, at times unwittingly, as agents of governance. By highlighting the impossibilities produced by the neoliberal problematization of literacy, and the negotiations that literacy workers perform in the face of such dilemmas, this research contributes to thinking through how to transform coercive and authoritarian tendencies currently governing literate conduct.
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Colarusso, Dana Mafalda. "Teaching English in the Global Age: Cultural Conversations." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1807/18334.
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Globalization and English-language predominance situate English teachers as increasingly influential mediators of both language and culture. In the iconic multicultural hub of Ontario, Canada, teachers work within a causal nexus of social theories of language, the information and communication technologies revolution, and unprecedented global interdependency. Changes in English curriculum reflect these trends, from references to “global citizenship,” to stress on “intercultural communication,” “cultural sensitivity,” and Information and Communication Technology (Ontario Ministry of Education, 2007). Delegated gatekeepers of both linguistic and critical literacies, and facing new questions about the purposes and priorities of their discipline, Ontario English teachers must negotiate the divide between an inherited curriculum and the impacts of sociocultural transformation on changing literacy needs. To contribute to a professional dialogue about teaching English in a multicultural society and global age, this thesis presents findings from interviews with fifteen Ontario secondary English teachers. The focal question, “How is English changing?” introduces a range of pressing issues, such as: displacing the canon, practicing intercultural communication, balancing a democratic discourse, or “common culture,” with respect for diverse values, and managing opposing views and resistance to English curriculum change. The data reveal how English teachers across levels of experience occupy contrasting positions on the curriculum change debate. In part, this can be explained in terms of epistemological orientations. The participants represent three categories: Adaptation, Applied Research / Collaborative Inquiry, and Activism, each by turn more geared toward reconceptualizing English for social diversity and global consciousness. Beyond these classifications, the teachers reflect dissonant perceptions, sometimes personal ambivalence, on the changing role of text choice, and written and oral dialogue in the English classroom. From passionate defenses of Shakespeare, to radical measures to revamp book lists for cultural relevance, to remarkable illustrations of curriculum linked with global consciousness and civic action, the responses of the English teachers delineate zones of difficulty, change, and possibility. They help, too, to catch sight of a new horizon: the English classroom as a space for “cultural conversation” (Applebee, 1994) where canon- and teacher-centred dialogue give way to intertextual (Bakhtin, 1981; Kristeva, 1980) and intercultural (R. Young, 1996) transactions.
Books on the topic "Ontario in literature"
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LeVert, Suzanne. Ontario. Edited by Sheppard George and Philip Lief Group. New York: Chelsea House, 1991.
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LeVert, Suzanne. Ontario. Edited by Sheppard George. Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 2001.
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"Ontario." In Re-Writing Pioneer Women in Anglo-Canadian Literature, 91–125. BRILL, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004490963_007.
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Buse, Chris G. "Are Climate Change Adaptation Policies a Game Changer?" In Examining the Role of Environmental Change on Emerging Infectious Diseases and Pandemics, 230–57. IGI Global, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0553-2.ch010.
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The health impacts of climate change have received significant attention in the international scholarly literature. Despite this, there is an absence of research evaluating existing policies aimed at promoting and protecting population health. This chapter provides an implementation analysis of the Ontario Public Health Standards (OPHS), 2008/2014--the provincial policy statement that governs mandatory public health activities in the province which includes taking action on climate change. This chapter responds to two specific questions: First, how are Ontario's 36 regional health units interpreting and implementing this policy statement; and second, how are those interpretations translated into practice. Using a web-scan and in-depth interviews with practitioners from twenty Ontario health units, this paper presents four interpretations of the OPHS, a typology of best practices related to regional adaptation, and policy recommendations to bolster domestic and international adaptive capacity to emerging infectious diseases associated with climate change, and a variety of other health-related climate impacts.
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Buse, Chris G. "Are Climate Change Adaptation Policies a Game Changer?" In Natural Resources Management, 1288–308. IGI Global, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0803-8.ch061.
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The health impacts of climate change have received significant attention in the international scholarly literature. Despite this, there is an absence of research evaluating existing policies aimed at promoting and protecting population health. This chapter provides an implementation analysis of the Ontario Public Health Standards (OPHS), 2008/2014--the provincial policy statement that governs mandatory public health activities in the province which includes taking action on climate change. This chapter responds to two specific questions: First, how are Ontario's 36 regional health units interpreting and implementing this policy statement; and second, how are those interpretations translated into practice. Using a web-scan and in-depth interviews with practitioners from twenty Ontario health units, this paper presents four interpretations of the OPHS, a typology of best practices related to regional adaptation, and policy recommendations to bolster domestic and international adaptive capacity to emerging infectious diseases associated with climate change, and a variety of other health-related climate impacts.
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Getfield, Jacqueline. "Family Engagement in a Pandemic." In Advances in Early Childhood and K-12 Education, 176–95. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4569-3.ch011.
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COVID-19 has introduced a new “normal.” During the pandemic, parents of young children and parents of children enrolled in special education have had to assume the role and so perform as teachers. Teachers have had to find ways to include parents who are willing to serve as de facto teachers. In addition to findings from the Ontario Alliance of Black School Educators (ONABSE) webinar series in 2020, this chapter also draws on other publicly available online documents to reveal the ever-changing education landscape in Ontario, Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic. Family literacy was examined broadly through family engagement practices. This chapter shows that there is no one essential story emerging from the pandemic. To date, very few stories have been told of the students who have blossomed and flourished during the pandemic. By gathering stories of the thoughts and actions of Black educators and parents, the chapter augments the existing literature on home-school-community partnerships in Ontario.
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Tavares, Vander. "Multilingual International Students From the Perspective of Faculty." In Research Anthology on Bilingual and Multilingual Education, 1307–23. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-3690-5.ch066.
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This chapter explores the experiences and perceptions of 14 faculty members toward multilingual international students at River University—a large, research-focused university in Ontario. Data was collected through an online survey and analysed thematically. Responses were categorised under three broad categories with respect to faculty's (1) perceptions of multilingual international students' contributions to River's academic community, (2) challenges surrounding faculty's interactions with multilingual international students, and (3) strategies developed and implemented to support students' academic success. Overall, findings were consistent with those in the current research literature, in which language proficiency was identified by faculty as a major concern, and multilingual international students were considered important for the enhancement of cultural and intellectual diversity, and for the internationalisation of higher education.
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Tavares, Vander. "Multilingual International Students From the Perspective of Faculty." In Multidisciplinary Perspectives on International Student Experience in Canadian Higher Education, 102–19. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5030-4.ch006.
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This chapter explores the experiences and perceptions of 14 faculty members toward multilingual international students at River University—a large, research-focused university in Ontario. Data was collected through an online survey and analysed thematically. Responses were categorised under three broad categories with respect to faculty's (1) perceptions of multilingual international students' contributions to River's academic community, (2) challenges surrounding faculty's interactions with multilingual international students, and (3) strategies developed and implemented to support students' academic success. Overall, findings were consistent with those in the current research literature, in which language proficiency was identified by faculty as a major concern, and multilingual international students were considered important for the enhancement of cultural and intellectual diversity, and for the internationalisation of higher education.
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Kumar, Rahul, and Clinton Kewley. "Towards a Framework for Planning International Student Instruction." In Handbook of Research on Teaching Strategies for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse International Students, 18–36. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8921-2.ch002.
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Pre-pandemic Canadian universities relied on international student enrolment to generate revenue and instill beneficial internationalization on Canadian campuses. As the pandemic disrupted established pedagogical practices and international students' on-campus participation, how international programs are delivered has been re-envisioned and recalibrated. Initially, changes in teaching and learning were reactionary and predicated on available resources, often laden with problems identified in OCUFA findings. Upon careful examination and reflection of current practices in Ontario universities, the authors developed a framework derived from policy literature that examines international program delivery from pedagogical, technological, and operational standpoints. The proposed framework can be applied in planning and evaluating universities' international program activities, near or far, mediated by technology or not, and applicable beyond the pandemic.
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Cox, Vanessa, Treena Orchard, Pamela Cushing, and Elizabeth Anne Kinsella. "Mediators of Inclusion." In Research Involving Participants with Cognitive Disability and Difference, 109–20. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198824343.003.0010.
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Adults with mild intellectual disability (MID) often rely on professionals and family for support, giving caregivers the power to control many aspects of their daily lives This extends to research, where investigators wanting to include adults with MID must seek the cooperation of caregivers. This chapter features data from a qualitative study conducted in London, Ontario, that explored independence, sexuality, and social relationships in 15 adults with MID, six family caregivers, and six professionals. Key findings discussed here include the ways in which caregivers influence socio-sexual relationships in adults with MID, the challenges to including adults with MID in research, and the experiences of adults with MID as study participants. These findings contribute new insights to the disability literature that explores research inclusion in adults with MID, as well as the nature of socio-sexual life among these adults, whose first-hand experiences are rarely included in qualitative research.
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Jarvis, D. H. "Teaching Mathematics Teachers Online." In Teaching Mathematics Online, 187–99. IGI Global, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-875-0.ch009.
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Online course offerings in continuing teacher education are rapidly becoming standard features for faculties of education involved with the professional development of in-service teachers. However, instructors of mathematics education courses which are offered online must navigate certain formidable obstacles in the planning and delivery of their online learning experiences. In an era of reform-oriented mathematics education (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2000; Ontario Ministry of Education, 2005), which emphasizes the increased use of manipulatives, technology, groupwork, problem-based learning, and varied assessment, the “virtual” instructor must develop creative methods for modeling these important aspects of teaching and learning. Drawing upon the relevant research literature, and based on nearly a decade of online instructor/course evaluation feedback and on the author’s own observations, the following paper presents five key strategies for bridging this technological gap, and for navigating the intersection of andragogy (i.e., adult education), technology, and reform-based mathematics education within emergent online teaching models.
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D’Souza, Renée, Alice Hovorka, and Lee Niel. "Conservation Canines." In Animal Labour, 65–88. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198846192.003.0004.
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For centuries, dogs have played a key role in the lives of humans both as companions as well as working animals. In recent years, the value of dogs in environmental work has been documented in the literature—namely their ability to detect targets more efficiently than humans and equipment. However, the environmental work dogs perform in Canada has been largely understudied in terms of both the specific tasks they are responsible for, as well as their welfare within these roles. This chapter addresses those gaps through an exploration of whether conservation canines could be an example of a humane job—one that is good for people, animals, and the environment. To do so this chapter explores tangible and moral issues related to dogs’ enjoyment of and suffering within conservation work, highlighting the complexity of dogs’ work-lives related to issues of freedom and consent. Findings are presented from two main case studies: Alberta and Ontario. An ethogram was used to assess dog welfare, while semi-structured interviews and participant observations revealed further insights into dogs’ work and work-lives. Ultimately, this chapter offers a discussion regarding how the study’s findings might inform assessment of humane jobs and work-lives, offering enjoyment, control, agency, respect, and recognition for dogs in this sector and for possibilities of fostering interspecies solidarity in other areas.
Conference papers on the topic "Ontario in literature"
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Shah, Vidya. "Reforming for Racial Justice: A Narrative Synthesis and Critique of District Reform Literature in Ontario (1996–2021)." In 2022 AERA Annual Meeting. Washington DC: AERA, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.3102/1886764.
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Gummow, Robert A., Robert G. Wakelin, and Sorin M. Segall. "AC Corrosion: A New Threat to Pipeline Integrity?" In 1996 1st International Pipeline Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1996. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ipc1996-1849.
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Corrosion of steel by alternating current was investigated as far back as the early 1900’s. These early studies and others in the 1950–60’s indicated that AC corrosion of steel was only a fraction of an equivalent amount of direct current (i.e. less than 1% of a like amount of DC) and in addition was controlled to negligible levels with cathodic protection applied to industry standards. In 1986 however, an investigation into a corrosion failure on a high pressure gas pipeline in Germany indicated that the sole cause of the failure was AC corrosion. This corrosion failure on an otherwise well protected pipeline resulted in several laboratory and Held studies which indicated, that above a certain minimum AC current density, standard levels of cathodic protection will not control AC corrosion and AC mitigation is required to prevent further corrosion. Several other corrosion anomalies were discovered at coating holidays during the follow-up investigations in Germany. The authors have investigated several corrosion occurrences on pipelines in Ontario during the last 2–3 years which appear to be caused by AC corrosion. This presentation traces the literature record on AC electrolysis from the past to the present and discusses the key parameters which determine the likelihood of corrosion attack. Several case histories of suspected AC corrosion will be discussed and guidelines on how to assess whether or not a pipeline is susceptible to AC corrosion will be offered.
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Lyons, Murray, and William David Lubitz. "Archimedes Screws for Microhydro Power Generation." In ASME 2013 7th International Conference on Energy Sustainability collocated with the ASME 2013 Heat Transfer Summer Conference and the ASME 2013 11th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/es2013-18067.
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Archimedes screw generators (ASGs) are beginning to be widely adopted at low head hydro sites in Europe, due to high efficiency (greater than 80% in some installations), competitive costs and low environmental impact. Compared to other microhydro generation technologies, ASGs have greatest potential at low head sites (less than about 5 m). The performance of an Archimedes screw used as a generator depends on parameters including screw inner and outer diameter, slope, screw pitch and number of flights, and inlet and outlet conditions, as well as site head and flow. Despite the long history of the Archimedes screw, there is very little on the dynamics of these devices when used for power generation in the English literature. Laboratory tests of small Archimedes screws (approximately 1 W mechanical power) have been conducted to support the design and validation of ASG design tools. This paper reports experimental results examining the relationship between torque, rotation speed and power. The laboratory screw maintained reasonable efficiency over wide ranges of operating conditions, although distinct efficiency peaks were found to occur. The cause of changes in power output caused by varying the water level at the outlet of the screw were attributed primarily to the corresponding variation in head, and dynamic limiting of screw rotation speed causing corresponding limits in volume flow through the screw. Test results were qualitatively consistent with data from a prototype ASG installed by Greenbug Energy in southern Ontario, Canada, and recent data reported from European laboratory tests and commercial installations.
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Samuel, Siby, and Yovela Murzello. "Global Changes to Driver Behavior Amid COVID-19." In 13th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2022). AHFE International, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1002458.
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Road safety has remained a primary issue worldwide since the advent of automobiles. Significant advances have been made over the past several decades that have led to substantial improvements in safety. These advances include changes to the infrastructure, improvements to automobiles including ambient interfaces, connected and automated technology, and the availability of advanced cognitive training interventions. However, the recent spread of COVID-19 and subsequent social distancing measures, including travel bans and partial/complete lockdowns worldwide, has caused a dynamic shift in driver behavior, particularly those elements of behavior most associated with safety in general and crashes in specific. The current article aims to identify the critical changes to safe driver behavior in the post-COVID-19 era, reflect upon the behavioral factors driving this change, and suggest potential countermeasures to mitigate the unexpected change in driver behavior. The current review identified three crucial characteristics of post-pandemic driver behavior consisting of two negative trends, including 1) an increase in speeding behaviors, and 2) a greater propensity for distracted driving, and one positive trend 3) a reduction in congestion. A recent literature review shows that critical behavior changes include increased excessive speeding accompanied by a reduction in congestion. Further, distracted driving incidents are rising globally, while road crashes and mobility have declined. A preliminary analysis was conducted on open traffic data available from various locations. In Ontario, the number of speeding tickets issued from July 2020 to June 2021 was more than double the number of tickets issued in 2019. Additionally, an analysis of traffic tickets issued in New York State showed an increase in violations involving mobile phones and portable electronic devices in driving during the lockdown period in 2020. This unexpected shift in driver behavior necessitates the exploration of countermeasures that promote safer driver behavior. A discussion is presented along with future steps to tackle the negative trends in driver performance. The findings may have potential implications for policymakers, researchers, and the public.
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Freed, Adam, Heather Colbert, and Daniel Blais. "Opportunities for Wearable Technology to Increase the Safety of Rail Sector Workers." In 13th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2022). AHFE International, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1001482.
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Transport Canada’s Innovation Centre supports emerging transportation technologies to help ensure Canadians can benefit from a safe, secure, clean, and integrated transportation system. From the standpoint of safety in rail transportation, the Centre is interested investigating the viability of using wearable technologies to increase the safety of rail sector workers. Although wearable technologies have proven to be useful in other industries, their adoption in Canadian rail has yet to gain traction. This study aims to show that wearable technologies have the potential to increase the safety of rail sector workers and that further investigation of specific use cases could be valuable.To achieve the objectives of the study, FactorSafe Solutions, an Ottawa, Ontario based human factors consultancy, was contracted to collect and analyse relevant data from multiple sources and then to report on their findings. The data collection methods were three-fold: a literature and market review of known human factors considerations of trackside and yard workers and existing technologies that may be suited to address those considerations; an analysis of the past five years of reported rail occurrences found on the Transportation Safety Board’s Rail Occurrence Database System to determine the most common types of occurrences where wearable technologies may have mitigated the risk levels; and a series of interviews with subject matter experts from the rail industry as well as researchers in the field of rail safety and associated technologies to validate the previous findings as well as uncover new information.By synthesizing the analysed data from the three data collection tasks, it was concluded that there are 11 relevant occurrence types, the highest priority of which include non-main track derailments, non-main track collisions, and movements exceed limits of authority, for which yard and trackside workers could potentially benefit from the implementation of specific wearable technologies. The 11 occurrence types are spread across both the yard and tracksideenvironments and could potentially be addressed through a variety of different wearable technologies. An important conclusion of the study is that there is not likely to be a single solution to meet the needs of all workers, environments, or tasks.Finally, a research framework is proposed to guide Transport Canada’s Innovation Centre through the potential next steps. The framework includes foundational research to build on the knowledge of the prioritized use cases and technologies, pilot studies conducted in nonoperational simulated settings with small groups of participants, and then larger field trials to assess performance of the wearable technologies during actual operations. A key successfactor to the research framework is to engage with the rail industry to benefit from their knowledge and resources, including incorporating their safety management systems with a human factors risk assessment during pilot studies to ensure that the wearable technologies do not introduce new safety risks.
Reports on the topic "Ontario in literature"
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Hamblin, A. P. Devonian sandstones of southwestern Ontario: summary of literature. Natural Resources Canada/ESS/Scientific and Technical Publishing Services, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.4095/209976.
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Hamblin, A. P. Upper Cambrian strata of southwestern Ontario: summary of literature. Natural Resources Canada/ESS/Scientific and Technical Publishing Services, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.4095/209983.
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Hamblin, A. P. Upper Ordovician strata of southwestern Ontario: synthesis of literature and concepts. Natural Resources Canada/ESS/Scientific and Technical Publishing Services, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.4095/210366.
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Hamblin, A. P. The Middle Ordovician Shadow Lake Formation of southwestern Ontario: summary of literature. Natural Resources Canada/ESS/Scientific and Technical Publishing Services, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.4095/209982.
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Hamblin, A. P. Lower Silurian Medina Group of southwestern Ontario: summary of literature and concepts. Natural Resources Canada/ESS/Scientific and Technical Publishing Services, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.4095/210631.
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Kain, Dylan, Nathan M. Stall, Vanessa Allen, Gerald A. Evans, Jessica Hopkins, Fiona G. Kouyoumdjian, Allison McGeer, et al. Routine Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Screen Testing of Ontario Long-Term Care Staff After COVID-19 Vaccination. Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, March 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.47326/ocsat.2021.02.15.1.0.
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SARS-CoV-2 screen testing is routine serial testing of asymptomatic individuals outside of outbreak or known exposure settings to identify staff infectious with SARS-CoV-2 and exclude them from work. Routine asymptomatic screen testing of staff has been proposed as a potential mitigating strategy to reduce SARS-CoV-2 introduction and transmission in long-term care (LTC) homes. A rapid review of the literature found no real-world evidence to either support or refute screen testing in preventing LTC home COVID-19 outbreaks. There are several direct harms associated with screen testing, as well as opportunity costs, including exacerbating LTC staffing shortages. On the basis of the evidence reviewed, and given the high rates of protection of COVID-19 vaccines against symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection, the potential harms and costs of screen testing among vaccinated LTC home staff likely outweigh the benefits.