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Beregovska, Khrystyna O., Olga A. Tarasenko, Khrystyna M. Nahorniak, Anastasiia D. Pavlyshyn, and Karina D. Davydova. "Cultural identification of a person in the works of William Kurelek." Linguistics and Culture Review 5, S4 (October 23, 2021): 469–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.21744/lingcure.v5ns4.1587.
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Ethnic groups in Canada try not to dissolve in a foreign national environment and to preserve their identity. Polish-Ukrainian relations are an important topic in the context of studying the immigrant Canadian environment. William Kurelek was interested in this issue and managed to prove the role of Ukrainians in shaping a multicultural Canadian society. The authors of this study aimed to characterize the preconditions and history of the thematic series of Ukrainian immigrants and The Polish Canadians on the basis of artistic works. The works of William Kurelek were characterized and special attention was paid to Polish-Ukrainian motives in his work. The models of Ukrainian-Polish relations through the author's prism of understanding and observing the traditions and culture were derived. Issues of religious tradition, prairie duties, folk celebrations, upbringing, ethnic life and friendship were raised. In his paintings, William Kurelek raised these issues.
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Ravvin, Norman, Sherry Simon, Krzysztof Majer, Justyna Fruzińska, Agnieszka Salska, Jadwiga Maszewska, and Zbigniew Maszewski. "Reviews and Interviews / Contributors." Text Matters, no. 5 (November 17, 2015): 247–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/texmat-2015-0018.
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This paper is an account of the conference titled Kanade, di goldene medine? Perspectives on Canadian-Jewish Literature and Culture / Perspectives sur la littérature et la culture juives canadiennes, which took place in Łódź in April, 2014 as a result of collaboration between the University of Łódź and Concordia University (Montreal). As a venue for discussing Canadian Jewish identity and its links with Poland, the conference supported a dialogue between Canadians, Polish Canadianists, and European scholars from further afield. Established and young scholars attended from Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Czech Republic, and Canada, in addition to many Polish participants. The presence of scholars such as Goldie Morgentaler or Sherry Simon as well as curator Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett contributed to an examination of both past and present Canadian and Polish Jewish life and led to an examination of Polish and Canadian literature and history from a highly personal perspective. Conference-goers took advantage of the opportunity to get to know Łódź, via walking tours and a visit to the Łódź Jewish community’s Lauder-funded centre on Narutowicza. The paper aims, as well, to investigate how the history of Jewish Łódź is conveyed in the novels of Joseph Roth and Chava Rosenfarb.
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Kulinski, Wiktor. "“It Comes with Practice”: Pierogi-Making as Preserving and Imagining Polonia." Canadian Theatre Review 189 (January 1, 2022): 13–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/ctr.189.003.
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Pierogi-making is an everyday performance that is both an act of preservation and an active force that shapes the very heritage from which it draws. During participant observation that I engaged in with members of the Women’s Circle at a Polish Canadian cultural centre in Brantford, Ontario—referred to by its members as “the Hall”—in the summer of 2016, I was taught, through apprenticeship, how to make pierogi. The women under whom I apprenticed imagine the pierogi they make as being traditional in that they believe the recipe is drawn from an archive formed collectively by Polish Canadians. However, pierogi-makers also incorporate their own imaginings of what constitutes a traditional pierogi based on their individual experiences, lived realities, and desires for the future. While there is a passing down of what members of the Women’s Circle imagine as being the heritage of Polonia, those images are also rearticulated through an everyday performance that both conforms to and defies an imagined heritage that, like the act of making pierogi, “comes with practice.” Polish Canadians embody a quintessential migrant reality that exists between past, present, and future, between there and here, as formed by the experiences, performances, and imagination of its members. If Polonia is an imaginary, then pierogi are a punctum from which people of Polish descent draw their heritage. I argue that pierogi function as a kind of imagistic landscape on and through which the nation of Polonia is imagined and performed by its members.
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Reczyńska, Anna. "Sprawy polskie w Kanadzie w czasie I wojny światoweJ." Studia Migracyjne – Przegląd Polonijny 46, no. 2 (176) (2020): 227–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.4467/25444972smpp.20.019.12335.
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Polish Issues in Canada During World War I The article presents the impact of World War I on Polish immigrants in Canada, the position of the Polish ethnic group in this country and the efforts of persons of Polish descent in regard to recruitment for the Polish Army in North America. Poles, who were subjects of Germany or the Austro-Hungarian Empire were treated as enemy aliens. Those people were forced to register and report to the police on a regular basis and some of them were interned in labour camps during the war. Some were released from the camps after an intervention of Polish organizations and priests. Soldiers of Polish descent, volunteers and recruits also fought in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces in Europe. Over 20,000 Polish volunteers from the US (including over 200 from Canada) enrolled in a training camp formed in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario on the border with the US. The problems with the organization and functioning of the camp, and opinions on Polish volunteers shaped the attitude of many Canadians towards the Polish diaspora and the newly established Polish state. Keywords: World War I, Polish Diaspora in Canada, Niagara-on-the-Lake camp, Haller’s Army, Colonel Arthur D’Orr LePan Streszczenie Artykuł przedstawia kilka przykładów obrazujących oddziaływanie wydarzeń I wojny światowej na żyjących w Kanadzie polskich imigrantów, pozycję polskiej grupy etnicznej w tym kraju oraz na aktywność osób polskiego pochodzenia na rzecz rekrutacji do wojska polskiego w Ameryce Północnej. Polaków, którzy byli poddanymi Niemiec lub monarchii austro-wegierskiej traktowano jak przedstawicieli państw wrogich. Mieli obowiązek rejestracji i regularnego zgłaszania się na policję a niektórzy zostali internowani w stworzonych w czasie wojny obozach pracy. Część z nich była z tych obozów zwolniona po interwencji polskich organizacji i polskich duchownych. Żołnierze polskiego pochodzenia, zarówno ochotnicy jak i poborowi, znaleźli się także w oddziałach Kanadyjskich Sił Ekspedycyjnych walczących w Europie. Ponad 20 tys. polskich ochotników z USA (w tym ponad 200 z Kanady) zgłosiło się też do obozu szkoleniowego utworzonego w Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, przy granicy z USA. Problemy z organizacją i funkcjonowaniem tego obozu oraz opinie o polskich ochotnikach, kształtowały nastawienie wielu Kanadyjczyków do polskiej grupy etnicznej i nowotworzonego Państwa Polskiego.
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Jabłoński, Aleksander M. "The Oskar Halecki Institute in Canada. Veritas et Ratio." Studia Polonijne 43, Specjalny (December 20, 2022): 11–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.18290/sp2243.2s.
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The purpose of this article is to present the activity of the Oskar Halecki Institute in Canada, founded in 2014, which continues the work of the Polish Scientific Institute in Canada established in 1942. The past activities of Polish scientific circles in Ottawa since the 1960s, and the reasons for the establishment of the OHI are presented as a historical background. The purpose of the Institute is to promote knowledge about Poland, to foster the development of the national identity of the Polish community, and to share Polish historical thought and the richness of Polish culture through the organisation of meetings and lectures as well as events that activate the Polish community in Ottawa, also in collaboration with other organisations gathering people of Polish and other European descents. The Institute’s scientific activity also includes research into the history and culture of Canadians with Polish roots.
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Gauthier, Alain P., Michel Lariviere, and Nancy Young. "Psychometric Properties of the IPAQ: A Validation Study in a Sample of Northern Franco-Ontarians." Journal of Physical Activity and Health 6, s1 (January 2009): S54—S60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.6.s1.s54.
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Background:The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) has received significant attention since the late 1990s. As it currently stands, its long version has been translated in English, German, Icelandic, Korean, Polish, Spanish, Turkish, and Vietnamese. However no data originating from the self-administered long version (last 7 days) of the IPAQ (IPAQ-SALV) is available for French Canadians. This study developed a self-administered long version (last 7 days) of the IPAQ in Canadian French (IPAQ-SALVCF) and assessed its psychometric properties.Methods:The original IPAQ-SALV was linguistically translated, back-translated, and then reviewed in a focus group to ensure its meaning had been retained. Data were collected on a sample of 34 Francophones from Northern Ontario, and the results compared with step counts assessed by 7-day pedometer recording. Test-retest reliability was examined with a 24-hour delay between questionnaire completion on day 8 and day 9 of the protocol. Convergent validity was assessed by comparing IPAQ-SALVCF (last 7 days) results to average step counts over a 7-day period.Results:Intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC) revealed that the IPAQ-SALVCF results were stable between days. The ICC for total activity scores was highest at 0.93 (CI: 0.86 to 0.97). Total activity scores were also significantly related to pedometer step counts (Pearson r = .66 P < .01). These results confirm those obtained in prior researchConclusion:The IPAQ-SALVCF is a reliable and valid measure of physical activity for French Canadians.
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Gliński, Waldemar. "Działalność wydawnicza Kanadyjsko – Polskiego Instytutu Badawczego w Toronto (1956-2016)." Saeculum Christianum 25 (April 25, 2019): 358–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.21697/sc.2018.25.27.
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The Canadian-Polish Research Institute was founded in 1956 by Wiktor Turek, who was also its first president. The following presidents of the Institute were: Tadeusz Krychowski (1963-1972), Rudolf K. Kogler (1972-1995), Edward Sołtys (1995-2011), and Joanna Lustański (from 2011). During the sixty years of its existence, the Institute published about 50 books. There are several dominant thematic profiles among them: 1. bibliographic books (Polonica Canadiana, The Polish Language Press in Canada); 2. registers of Polish scientists and a list of Polish artists, writers and musicians; 3. memories; 4. monographs on the history of Polish settlement in Canada, as well as Polish institutions and organizations; 5. other publications: an English translation of Melchior Wańkowicz's Three Generations, a volume of poetry and prose by Danuta Bieńkowska – Beetwen the Shores, a monograph on the sciences of law by prof. Tadeusz Grygier Sprawiedliwość, czyli istota moralności, zdrowia i prawa, and the book of Edward Sołtys Black Ribbon Day. The publishing achievements of the Canadian-Polish Research Institute are of paramount importance for promoting the contribution of Poles living in Canada. This participation includes the activity of Polish engineers, scientists, artists, clerics, veterans, social and political activists. Their presentation in the form of studies issued by the Institute is an important element of the Polish public and historical diplomacy.
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Packer, Shira, and Dana Lynch. "Perceptions of People in Canada: Canadian-Born vs. Internationally- Born Postsecondary Students’ Perspectives." TESL Canada Journal 31, no. 1 (April 22, 2014): 59. http://dx.doi.org/10.18806/tesl.v31i1.1167.
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Explicit sociolinguistic instruction in language classrooms has become more widely accepted than ever, but the understanding and teaching of Canadian cul- ture remains a controversial issue, particularly as Canadian culture becomes increasingly diverse. The degree to which Canadians are perceived to exhibit char- acteristics such as “politeness” and “friendliness” has stirred debate, particularly in ESL (English as a second language) and EAP (English for academic purposes) classrooms, owing to differing personal experiences and acculturation processes. This Canada-wide, mixed-methods study compared Canadian-born (CB) and internationally-born (IB) postsecondary students’ and recent graduates’ percep- tions of people in Canada. Employing social media outreach, the study consisted of an online survey and follow-up e-interviews. Emphasis is given to quantitative rather than qualitative data analysis. Findings suggest that the overall percep- tions of CB and IB groups are more similar than different. However, when un- prompted, CB respondents are more likely than IB respondents to perceive people in Canada as “polite,” “kind,” and “caring.” In addition, Likert-scale results demonstrate that CB respondents are significantly more likely to perceive people in Canada as “funny,” “intelligent,” “caring,” and “hardworking.” Implications are drawn for the degree to which IBs are acculturating to Canadian society and the extent to which a positive acculturation process can be explicitly addressed in ESL/EAP programs.Si l’enseignement explicite de la sociolinguistique dans les cours de langue est plus accepté que jamais, les conceptions et l’enseignement de la culture canadienne de- meurent un sujet controversé, surtout que la culture se diversifie davantage. La mesure dans laquelle l’on perçoit que les Canadiens sont « polis » et « aimables » a suscité des débats, notamment dans les cours d’ALS et d’anglais académique où les expériences personnelles et l’acculturation varient d’une personne à l’autre. Cette étude à méthodologie mixte s’est déroulée à l’échelle du Canada et a com- paré les perceptions de gens au Canada qu’ont des étudiants nés au Canada et nés à l’étranger, au postsecondaire ou récemment diplômés. Profitant des mé- dias sociaux, cette recherche a comporté une enquête et des entrevues de suivi en ligne. Nous avons misé sur une analyse quantitative plutôt que qualitative des données. Les résultats suggèrent que les perceptions globales des deux groupes se ressemblent plus qu’elles ne se distinguent. Toutefois, les étudiants nés au Canada ont proposé spontanément que les Canadiens étaient « polis », « gentils » et « bienveillants » plus souvent que les étudiants nés à l’étranger. De plus, selon une échelle de Likert, les étudiants nés au Canada sont significativement plus portés à percevoir les gens au Canada comme étant « drôles », « intelligents », « attentionnés » et « travaillants ». Nous présentons les incidences liées à la mesure dans laquelle les étudiants nés à l’étranger s’intègrent à la société cana- dienne et les conséquences de la possibilité d’évoquer de façon explicite un proces- sus d’acculturation positive dans les programmes d’ALS et d’anglais académique.
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Bacher, John C. "Canadian Housing "Policy" in Perspective." Articles 15, no. 1 (October 21, 2013): 3–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1018890ar.
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This paper provides an overview of the history of Canadian housing policy, reviewing the origins of both the programs which were implemented as well as the options which were defeated. Canada's approach to housing policy is also compared to the manner in which other prosperous western democratic states have approached their housing problems. The paper finds that one of the ironies of Canadian housing policy is that homeownership assistance programs for middle income groups and subsidies for private investors have continually emerged in the midst of political demands for publicly subsidized rental housing for low income groups. The Canadian government's rigid commitment to an assisted market approach is exceptional in comparison with other western states. Starting in the 1930s a unity between government and business emerged while a wide gulf remained between federal housing officials and advocates of social housing. The paper argues that this tilt in Canadian housing policy in favour of those Canadians who are least in need of government assistance in securing decent accommodation is no accident, but reflective of the marketplace ethos that has shaped all federal housing efforts.
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Islam, Syed Serajul, and Ishtiaq Hossain. "Canadian Muslims and Canada's Domestic and Foreign Policy Issues: An Analysis." ICR Journal 3, no. 2 (January 15, 2012): 300–319. http://dx.doi.org/10.52282/icr.v3i2.557.
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This article analyses the participation of Canadian Muslims in debates affecting Canada’s domestic and foreign policy issues. Here, the Canadian Muslim identity is first of all briefly spelled out. Then a detailed discussion is made of their role in debates affecting the country’s domestic affairs. In addition, the Canadian foreign policy issues which are of interest to Canadian Muslims are identified and their stand on those issues are analysed. The discussion in this article demonstrates that the Muslim citizens of Canada are conscious of their own Canadian Muslim identity. It also shows that, like other Canadians, the Muslim citizens of Canada express their opinion freely on matters, which are of importance to the country. Although their impact on policy-making remains negligible, their increasing participation in the political process of the country beacons hope for their more lasting impact on the country’s public policy-making in future.
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Rawson, Nigel S. B. "The Timeliness of New Drug Approvals in Canada." International Journal of Health Services 25, no. 1 (January 1995): 153–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/3xhm-ew8f-5hjy-2d5n.
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In a recent article, Lexchin asks “who needs faster drug approval times in Canada?” and, on the basis of extremely limited and selective data, draws the conclusion that neither the public nor the pharmaceutical industry does. Whether the Canadian system is really slower is investigated by comparing Canadian and U.S. marketing approval dates and by using information on regulatory approval times from the two countries and elsewhere. Marketing approval dates in Canada are significantly later than those in the United States, although not consistently across all therapeutic categories; anti-cancer and gastrointestinal drugs have earlier approval dates in Canada. However, Canadian and U.S. regulatory approval times are not significantly different, indicating that marketing applications are submitted later in Canada, but both are considerably longer than those in the United Kingdom. The evidence shows that Canadians need faster drug approval times if individuals requiring the medications are not to suffer unnecessarily. A significant decrease in drug approval times and the establishment of comprehensive and effective postmarketing surveillance would reduce the time it takes for new drugs to be made available to Canadians while, at the same time, providing a high level of drug safety.
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McNally, Michael B., Dinesh Rathi, Kris Joseph, Jennifer Evaniew, and Amy Adkisson. "Ongoing Policy, Regulatory, and Competitive Challenges Facing Canada's Small Internet Service Providers." Journal of Information Policy 8, no. 1 (March 1, 2018): 167–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.5325/jinfopoli.8.1.0167.
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Abstract Many rural and remote Canadians continue to experience a digital divide. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) operating in these communities play a crucial role in connecting Canadians, yet they are understudied. This study aims to address this gap in the literature by focusing on policy, regulatory, and competitive challenges and issues facing small ISPs. Small ISPs face competitive pressures, but more importantly deal with regulatory challenges induced by the lack of a coherent national approach to rural broadband. Ten Canadian ISPs were interviewed as part of this study. The paper recommends the Government of Canada develop a national broadband strategy informed in part through consultation with small ISPs.
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CASIS. "National Security & Emerging Threats to The West Coast." Journal of Intelligence, Conflict, and Warfare 2, no. 1 (May 17, 2019): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.21810/jicw.v2i1.961.
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On February 21st, 2019, the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies hosted its twelfth roundtable focusing on “National Security & Emerging Threats to the West Coast.” The presentation was hosted by Inspector Benoit Maure, a serving Peace Officer for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police with over 30 years of police experience. Inspector Maure highlighted various emerging and continuing terror threats in British Columbia, highlighting their similarities to other global issues. He discussed the history of terror threats in British Columbia (BC) and the role of symbolic targets in terrorism. The following roundtable discussion centred on a case study describing the Yellow Vest Canada movement and its proclivity toward soft violence. Audience members then brought into question whether or not the media downplays soft violence and if this arguable disposition places Canadians into instances where it may be difficult to detect escalation of groups approaching hard violence.
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Zou, Ping, Cindy-Lee Dennis, Ruth Lee, and Monica Parry. "Hypertension Prevalence, Health Service Utilization, and Participant Satisfaction: Findings From a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial in Aged Chinese Canadians." INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing 54 (January 1, 2017): 004695801772494. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0046958017724942.
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Responding to high prevalence of hypertension and patients’ preference of integrating traditional Chinese medicine for blood pressure control, the Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension With Sodium Reduction for Chinese Canadian (DASHNa-CC) intervention was newly designed as a culturally sensitive dietary educational intervention to facilitate middle-aged and senior Chinese Canadians’ blood pressure control in community. The aim of this study was to report the hypertension prevalence rate according to the data from blood pressure screening events, to describe the characteristics of health service utilization among aged Chinese Canadians, and to report the evaluation of participant satisfaction to the DASHNa-CC intervention. This study was designed as a pilot randomized controlled trial with a sample size of 60. Among 618 Chinese Canadians participated in blood pressure screening events, 54.5% (n = 337) having various levels of hypertension. Across 2 months, 38 (63.3%) participants made a total of 47 visits to see their family physicians; 20 (33.3%) participants consulted their family members 224 times for lifestyle modifications and hypertension self-management. Various forms of Chinese media were frequently used as sources of health care information, and English media were rarely accessed. Participants highly satisfied with the contents, delivery approaches, and integration of traditional Chinese medicine in the intervention. Results indicated that middle-aged and senior Chinese Canadians have high hypertension prevalence and specific characteristics of health service utilization. It is important to implement interventions, which are culturally tailored, language appropriate, using proper technology and incorporating traditional Chinese medicine, in Chinese Canadian community for hypertension control.
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Webster, David. "Mental maps and Canada’s post-war Asian policy." International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis 75, no. 4 (December 2020): 548–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020702020980771.
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This article takes up the concept of mental maps as lens through which to survey Canada–Asia relations. Before Canadians could embrace Asia politically and economically, they had to stop imagining Asia as culturally distant. Their mental maps—the way they imagined the world—formed the invisible background to policy-making. Through an engagement with Greg Donaghy’s work on Canadian relations with Asia, this article makes the case for using mental maps to understand trans-Pacific relations.
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Kozhemyakina, V. A. "LANGUAGE SITUATION AND LANGUAGE POLICY IN THE CANADIAN PROVINCE OF QUEBEC." Bulletin of Udmurt University. Series History and Philology 30, no. 6 (December 11, 2020): 993–1000. http://dx.doi.org/10.35634/2412-9534-2020-30-6-993-1000.
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The article analyzes the language situation and language policy in the Canadian province of Quebec. The Federal and provincial laws on the language adopted in the second half of the XX century are analyzed and the situation in which the French language was in the province of Quebec is indicated. The sixties of the last century in Quebec is called the "quiet revolution", it was a period of profound social and political changes. The quiet revolution was peaceful, evolutionary, but it involved the entire population of the province. The "revolution" was accompanied by a change in the ethnic imbalance in the society, in which the both political and economic powers were in the hands of the English-speaking minority. Another important aspect was the modernization and secularization of the Franco-Canadian community and the rise of its standard of living up to the average level of Anglo-Canadians one. French-speaking Canadians who were at a lower stage of economic development, was on the edge of loosing their native language, which caused a strong rise of the nationalist movement in Quebec, which was directed by provincial authorities to rescue the Quebec version of the French language and improving socio-economic situation of the French speaking community.
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Jeżewska-Witkowska, Grażyna, Beata Horecka, Andrzej Jakubczak, Kornel Kasperek, Brygida Ślaska, Monika Bugno-Poniewierska, and Małgorzata Piórkowska. "Genetic variability of farmed and free-living populations of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes)." Annals of Animal Science 12, no. 4 (September 1, 2012): 501–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10220-012-0042-2.
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Abstract This study was designed to determine the degree of genetic distinctiveness between farmed and wild foxes (Vulpes vulpes). Analysis of polymorphism in 16 microsatellite sequences led to the conclusion that red foxes raised on Polish farms and wild foxes living in Poland are two groups of genetically distinct animals. Farmed Polish foxes are genetically more similar to the population of wild animals from North America than they are to the free-living population in Poland, as confirmed by the fact that the farmed animals are descended from animals raised in Canada. The small genetic distance between wild Canadian foxes (indicated as the progenitor of farmed Polish foxes) and farmed Polish foxes possibly suggests that the differences between the farmed and wild Polish populations may result from the fact that Canadian and Polish foxes took separate evolutionary paths.
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Elliott, Susan, and Francesca Cardwell. "What about the other 50 percent of the Canadian population? Food allergies ignored in national policy plan." Canadian Food Studies / La Revue canadienne des études sur l'alimentation 5, no. 3 (September 30, 2018): 285–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v5i3.326.
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Food allergy is a growing public health epidemic in Canada, affecting 50 percent of Canadian households either directly or indirectly. Despite the physical, psychosocial and quality of life impacts to those affected, food allergy has recently been ignored in the Canadian policy context. While the complete etiology of food allergy remains unknown, we have enough information to make strong policy choices that can maximize choice and minimize risk for affected Canadians, and place Canada at the forefront of food allergy management and research. Policy recognizing food allergy as a chronic health issue that represents a significant public health problem in Canada is critical.
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Janzen, Randall. "Incorporating unarmed civilian peacekeeping into Canadian foreign policy: what do Canadians think?" Canadian Foreign Policy Journal 21, no. 1 (January 2, 2015): 15–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11926422.2014.934865.
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Jakubowska, Joanna. "Contribution biblio-chronologique à l’étude de la représentation de la littérature canadienne dans la revue polonaise "Literatura na Świecie" (1971-2017)." Między Oryginałem a Przekładem 25, no. 45 (August 26, 2019): 55–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.12797/moap.25.2019.45.03.
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The Canadian Literature Represented in the Polish Revue Literatura na Świecie – a Bibliographical-Chronological Survey
In this article we propose a survey of the Polish translations of Canadian literature published in the magazine Literatura na Świecie (Literature in the World), from the beginning until the end of 2017. Thus, we try to evaluate the role played by the magazine in spreading and creating a certain image of Canadian literature in Poland. We present our observations in a chronological list which permits to observe the editorial board’s strategy. The article is provided with an appendix containing the bibliographic references of „Canadian” articles published in the monthly.
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Swartz, Donald. "The Politics of Reform: Public Health Insurance in Canada." International Journal of Health Services 23, no. 2 (April 1993): 219–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/jjgj-nghe-r2cl-h75a.
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The centerpiece of Canadian health policy is a system of public health insurance covering the cost of hospital and medical services for all Canadians. The author analyzes the historical development of this policy and critically assesses its structure and dynamics. He argues that health insurance was won by Canadian workers through protracted industrial and political struggle. At the same time, health insurance was accommodated to the existing structure of power and privilege within the health care delivery system, which precluded a significant shift in the distribution of health care consumption and perpetuated the “irrationality” of a system that treats health as a problem located in the sphere of personal consumption.
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Aladejebi, Funké, Kristi A. Allain, Rhonda C. George, and Ornella Nzindukiyimana. "“We The North”? Race, Nation, and the Multicultural Politics of Toronto’s First NBA Championship." Journal of Canadian Studies 56, no. 1 (March 1, 2022): 1–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jcs-2020-0055.
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The Toronto Raptors’ 2019 National Basketball Association (NBA) championship win, a first for the franchise and for a Canadian team, “turned hockey country into basketball nation” ( CBC Radio 2020 ). Canadians’ burgeoning embrace of the team and the sport seemed to point to a growing celebration of Blackness within the nation. However, we problematize the 2019 championship win to tell a more expansive story about how sport and national myths conceal truths about race and belonging in Canada. We explore two particular cases—the “We The North” campaign and the media coverage of Raptors superfan Nav Bhatia—to highlight the contradictory ways that the Raptors coverage mobilized symbols of the North and multiculturalism to present the team as quintessentially Canadian and rebrand basketball for Canadian audiences. We further explore how these stark contradictions manifest in the racialized policing of basketball courts in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). These cases demonstrate that the celebrations of the Raptors and basketball not only continued to police racialized bodies but also ensured that their inclusion was contingent on the maintenance of the status quo.
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Marchildon, Gregory P., Capri S. Cafaro, and Adalsteinn Brown. "Myths, Misperceptions, and Policy Learning: Comparing Healthcare in the United States and Canada." Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 46, no. 4 (2018): 833–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1073110518821975.
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The U.S. and Canadian health care systems are more similar than is commonly believed. This article debunks some of the powerful myths about these health care systems and opens up the discussion for greater policy learning from both sides of the border. Cross-border comparisons can yield a number of lessons from common policy challenges such as cost control, physician organization and payment, and the organization of health coverage and services for Native Americans and Indigenous Canadians.
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Skibińska, Elżbieta. "Les quatrièmes de couverture comme lieu d’inscription d’une représentation de la littérature traduite : romans canadiens d’expression française en traduction polonaise (2000-2016)." Między Oryginałem a Przekładem 25, no. 45 (August 26, 2019): 117–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.12797/moap.25.2019.45.06.
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The Back Cover as a Place for Creating an Image of Translated Literature: Polish Translations of French-Canadian Novels (2000-2016)
The back cover of a book contains peritext added by the publisher, with a double function of information (about the author and the work) and invitation to read the book. That is why it also becomes the place where publishers decide on a certain image of the books. For this study, we have collected back cover texts from French-Canadian novels which were published in the Polish translation in the years 2000-2016, and we have considered them as a certain image of this literature given to the Polish reader by the publishers. These texts are also a source of information about this literature for the readers. The results of the analysis of the covers of 27 novels published in Poland in the studied period allow us to state that this image is deformed and simplified: it does not reflect the language and regional differences of Canadian literature today. The works themselves belong to such genres as fantasy, thriller or chick lit: they are attractive, pleasant to read, often awarded and adapted for the screen. The “cover image” of the French-Canadian literature given by Polish translations reflects rather the strategy of their publishers: it seems that their choices of translated works are directed mainly by economic prudence.
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Anzueto, Marc-André. "Canadian Human Rights Policy toward Guatemala: The Two Faces of Janus?" Latin American Perspectives 44, no. 5 (June 27, 2017): 74–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0094582x17713746.
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During Guatemala’s 36-year-long civil war (1960–1996), Canada’s role in response to the conflict diverged from the United States’ realpolitik. In contrast to U.S. policy objectives during the cold war, the Canadian distinctiveness in Guatemala was prevalent in the realm of democracy and human rights policy. The Canadian government and civil society condemned human rights violations in Guatemala, supported the various phases of the peace process, and participated in international efforts to strengthen the rule of law. However, since 2003–2004, the Canadian government has promoted mining investments to the detriment of human rights and its relationship with civil society has deteriorated both at home and in Guatemala. This shift can be linked to a securitization process of human rights within the neoliberal order in Latin America and a change in the identity-based interest of Canadian foreign policy during Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s era (2006–2015). Durante los 36 años de guerra civil en Guatemala (1960-1996), la respuesta canadiense se distinguió de la realpolitik estadunidense. A diferencia de los objetivos políticos estadunidenses durante la Guerra Fría, la presencia canadiense en torno a Guatemala se dio en el ámbito de la democracia y la política de derechos humanos. El gobierno y sociedad civil canadienses condenaron las violaciones de los derechos humanos en Guatemala, apoyaron las distintas fases del proceso de paz y participaron en los esfuerzos internacionales para fortalecer el Estado de derecho. Sin embargo, desde 2003–2004, el gobierno de Canadá ha promovido inversiones mineras en detrimento de los derechos humanos, y su relación con la sociedad civil se ha deteriorado tanto en casa como en Guatemala. Este cambio puede vincularse a un proceso de seguridización de los derechos humanos dentro del orden neoliberal de América Latina y un cambio en la política exterior canadiense, antes basada en la identidad, durante el gobierno de Stephen Harper (2006–2015).
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Breaugh, Jessica, Catherine DeJong, and Lauren Rutherford. "Reconsidering Canadian Citizenship Policy in an Era of Globalization." Potentia: Journal of International Affairs 1 (October 1, 2009): 1–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.18192/potentia.v1i1.4365.
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Over the last half of the 20th century, forces of globalization have lead to a significant growth in the number of international migrants, and influenced the national governments of emigrant and immigrant countries to implement dual citizenship policies. This paper will argue that global forces have intensified the extraordinary growth of dual citizenship in Canada, changing the social meaning attributed to dual citizenship and placing internal and external pressures on the government to re-evaluate existing citizenship policies and the rights afforded to non-resident Canadians. The first section of this paper will address the theoretical framework of citizenship policy in Canada, as well as its historical foundations. The second section will discuss the forces of globalization, exploring the reasons behind the dramatic increase in dual citizenship. To conclude, the final section will examine the impact of these pressures on Canadian domestic policy as seen through the public debate surrounding the Lebanon evacuation, and the recent revision of policies granting citizenship to third generation nonresident Canadians. The final thoughts section will speak to recommended policy considerations for government.
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Veall, Michael R. "Internationalization and the Internet: The Case of Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de politiques." Scholarly and Research Communication 11, no. 1 (March 10, 2020): 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.22230/src.2020v11n1a351.
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Background Choices facing a Canadian scholarly journal such as Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de politiques (CPP/Adp) include both its degree of Canadian content and its level of internet accessibility.
Analysis The “Canadian-ness” of CPP/Adp handicaps its upward citation score trend but is intrinsic to informing Canadian public policy. Internet open access would not likely boost citation scores but would likely enhance its policy role. Open access hasn large negative revenue implications.
Conclusion and implications CPP/Adp chose not to reapply for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Aid to Scholarly Journal program. e revenue loss of meeting the program’s new open access criteria, even with the permitted one-year embargo, was estimated to exceed the prospective grant. e CPP/Adp continues other timely ways to make content internet accessible.Contexte Les choix pour une revue savante canadienne telle que Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de politiques (CPP/Adp) incluent à la fois sa proportion de contenu canadien et son accessibilité sur internet.
Analyse Le caractère canadien de CCP/Adp limite combien on le cite mais est indispensable par ce qu’il contribue à la politique publique canadienne. À ce titre, un libre accès à la revue sur internet ne ferait probablement pas augmenter son indice de citations mais améliorerait son impact sur les politiques. Le libre accès en revanche occasionnerait une baisse de revenus.
Conclusion et implications CPP/Adp a choisi de ne pas se réinscrire au programme Aide aux revues savantes du Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines. CPP/Adp, en rencontrant les nouveaux critères de ce programme pour le libre accès—même avec la période d’embargo de 12 mois permise—perdrait davantage de revenus que le montant probable de la subvention. CPP/Adp a donc recours à d’autres méthodes opportunespour rendre son contenu accessible en ligne.
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Thérien, Jean-Philippe, and Gordon Mace. "Identity and Foreign Policy: Canada as a Nation of the Americas." Latin American Politics and Society 55, no. 2 (2013): 150–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1548-2456.2013.00197.x.
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AbstractUsing Canada's relations with the Americas as a case study, this article seeks to better understand the link between identity and foreign policy. It argues that there is a gap between the Canadian government's recent efforts to construct a state identity increasingly turned toward the Americas and Canadians' national identity as it is expressed through public opinion. It concludes that the most plausible explanation for this gap probably has to do with Canada's European cultural heritage. The analysis shows that the projection of national identity into foreign policy is a much more complex process than the projection of state identity.
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Yang, Ge, Sherif El-Defrawy, Graham E. Trope, Yvonne M. Buys, Sophia Y. Liu, and Ya-Ping Jin. "Cataract prevalence following a nationwide policy to shorten wait time for cataract surgery." Medical hypothesis discovery and innovation in ophthalmology 10, no. 2 (August 4, 2021): 86–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.51329/mehdiophthal1426.
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Background: Cataract is an age-related eye disease. Visual impairment from cataract can be restored by cataract surgery. In 2004 the Canadian federal government invested in a multibillion dollar wait time strategy to shorten the wait time for cataract surgery, a government-insured health service in all Canadian jurisdictions. We assessed if this nationwide policy reduced the number of Canadians waiting for cataract surgery as more individuals with cataract were free of cataract following the rapidly conducted surgery.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study we analyzed data from randomly selected individuals aged greater than or equal to 45 years responding to the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) in 2000/2001, 2003, 2005, and the CCHS Healthy Aging in 2008/2009. Information on cataract was obtained from self-reported questionnaire. The age- and sex-standardized prevalence of cataract was calculated for comparisons.
Results: Cataract was reported by 0.93 million Canadians in 2000/2001, 0.99 million in 2003, 1.10 million in 2005, and 1.34 million in 2008/2009. This corresponds to an age- and sex-standardized prevalence of 8.9% in 2000/2001, 9.0% in 2003, 9.5% in 2005, and 10.2% (P <0.05) in 2008/2009. The increase in age- and sex-standardized prevalence was greater in individuals without secondary school graduation than those with secondary school graduation or higher (4.3% versus 1.3%, P < 0.05) and was seen in all Canadian provinces. The largest increase was documented in a province (Saskatchewan, from 9.8% in 2000/2001 to 12.6% in 2008/2009, P < 0.05) with the longest median wait times for cataract surgery (118 days in 2008) and the lowest number of ophthalmologists per 100,000 population (1.96 versus 3.35 national average).
Conclusions: The age- and sex-standardized prevalence of cataract increased 4-5 years after the multibillion-dollar wait time strategy was launched in 2004. A lower threshold to diagnose cataract may be one potential reason for this finding. Further research is needed to understand the true reasons for the increase.
How to cite this article: Yang G, El-Defrawy S, Trope GE, Buys YM, Liu SY, Jin YP. Cataract prevalence following a nationwide policy to shorten wait time for cataract surgery. Med Hypothesis Discov Innov Ophthalmol. 2021 Summer; 10(2): 86-94. https://doi.org/10.51329/mehdiophthal1426
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Woolley, Frances. "Policy Forum: Who Needs Property Tax Deferral?" Canadian Tax Journal/Revue fiscale canadienne 70, no. 4 (2022): 861–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.32721/ctj.2022.70.4.pf.fwoolley.
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There are good reasons to impose property taxes on owner-occupied housing. Yet population aging and declining rates of home ownership among younger Canadians mean that an increasing number of homes are owned by older Canadians, many of whom have modest incomes. This raises the question "How do these seniors get the wherewithal to pay their property taxes?" British Columbia, Alberta, and some other jurisdictions have addressed this issue through property tax deferral programs. These allow property taxes to be deferred until the home is sold, with the interest charged on the deferred amount generally being below market rates. The province or local municipality ensures that the deferred taxes will be repaid by taking a lien on the property. Property tax deferral would be expected to be attractive for seniors, because it usually allows them to tap into their home equity at a low cost and maintain their standard of living as they age. Yet the (scant) evidence available suggests that the takeup rates for property tax deferral programs are "extremely low." This article sets out the rationale for property tax deferral and describes current Canadian property tax deferral programs. The author discusses policy options, arguing that there is a rationale for having property tax deferrals in place, and substantial scope for redesigning property tax deferral programs so that their benefits reach those who need them.
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Pedras, M. Soledade C., Paulos B. Chumala, and Yang Yu. "The phytopathogenic fungi Leptosphaeria maculans and Leptosphaeria biglobosa: chemotaxonomical characterization of isolates and metabolite production in different culture media." Canadian Journal of Microbiology 53, no. 3 (March 2007): 364–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/w06-133.
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Previous molecular chemotaxonomic analyses of isolates of the plant pathogenic fungus Leptosphaeria maculans (Desm.) Ces. et de Not. (asexual stage Phoma lingam (Tode ex Fr.) Desm.) in a chemically defined medium suggested that this species complex was composed of at least three distinct groups. Subsequently, a group within L. maculans was classified as Leptosphaeria biglobosa , on the basis of morphologic characteristics and the lack of sexual crossing. To obtain clarification regarding the metabolite profiles of the various groups or species of blackleg fungi, the objectives of this work were (i) to determine the chemical structures of metabolites produced by Canadian V isolates and Polish-type isolates in potato dextrose broth (PDB) and (ii) to determine the chemotaxonomic relationship among French isolates of L. biglobosa and among Canadian W isolates and Thlaspi isolates of L. maculans. Here, we report for the first time that Canadian V isolates grown in PDB produced 2,4-dihydroxy-3,6-dimethylbenzaldehyde, a metabolite never reported from L. maculans, but none of the usual phytotoxins (sirodesmins). In addition, we report a new metabolite, 2-[2-(5-hydroxybenzofuranyl)]-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propanenitrile, from Polish-type isolates of L. maculans grown in PDB and the metabolite profiles of 16 Thlaspi isolates. The metabolite profiles of Thlaspi isolates indicate that these are part of two distinct groups, the Polish W group and the Canadian W group, i.e., L. biglobosa. Finally, we demonstrate that the metabolite profiles of the French isolates classified as L. biglobosa are similar to those of Canadian W isolates.
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Chowdhury, Mohammad Ziaul Islam, and Monsur Ahmed Chowdhury. "Canadian Health Care System: Who Should Pay for All Medically Beneficial Treatments? A Burning Issue." International Journal of Health Services 48, no. 2 (November 2, 2017): 289–301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020731417738976.
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The Canadian health care system can be characterized as a mix of public and private participation, although it is often described as a publicly funded system. In Canada, “medically necessary” services are covered with public funds; however, the Canada Health Act provides no formal definition of medical necessity. The provincial and territorial health care insurance plans decide which services are medically necessary. As a result, coverage of hospital and medical services differs among provinces. Outpatient prescription drugs are not covered by public plans. The coverage for diagnostics and medications for rare diseases is also limited. Private insurance plans, often provided by employers, are an expensive solution, although coverage is not sufficient. Those who are unemployed, self-employed, or informally employed and those with rare diseases that require expensive treatments and drugs frequently are not covered by any plan and face financial difficulty paying for their prescriptions and treatments. As a result, many Canadians are struggling and facing inequality in acquiring medical services for rare diseases and outpatient prescription drugs due to an unfair Canadian health care system. This paper proposes some recommendation to make medical services more accessible and affordable to every Canadian.
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Mansfield, Elizabeth, Rana Wahba, and Elaine De Grandpré. "Integrating a Health Literacy Lens into Nutrition Labelling Policy in Canada." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 11 (June 10, 2020): 4130. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17114130.
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An increasingly important concern in public health practice is health literacy. Simply stated, it refers to the interactions between individuals and health related information to make informed decisions concerning their health. Research shows that consumers face many health literacy challenges in accessing, understanding and evaluating nutrition labelling information when making food choices. The systematic integration of health literacy considerations into social science and consumer behaviour research can help address these challenges and better meet the needs of the increasingly diverse Canadian population. This application of a health literacy lens should be considered for all future food and nutrition labelling research, to maximize the positive impact of subsequent health policies and regulations on health outcomes and health status of Canadians.
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Sylven, Les, and Carolyn Crippen. "First to serve and protect, then to lead: Exploring servant leadership as a foundation for Canadian policing." Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being 3, no. 2 (October 17, 2018): 22. http://dx.doi.org/10.35502/jcswb.77.
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Canadian police leadership is in the spotlight. In May 2017, three Canadian government studies concluded that the organizational culture inside Canada’s national police force was dysfunctional and appeared to lack a culture of leadership. Similar criticisms were levelled against other Canadian police agencies, and the new Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police was specifically mandated to address workplace bullying, harassment, and abuse of authority. In August 2018, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police 2018 Executive Global Studies program called on police leaders to demonstrate “courageous leadership’” to address the predatory and exclusionary behaviours found inside their agencies. In this concept paper, an alternative view of leadership is put forward as a framework to address these challenges. Servant leadership is a moral/ethical perspective that should intuitively resonate with police officers, particularly the next generation of police leaders. To explore the case for adopting this leadership approach in Canadian policing, its foundational concepts are presented. A description of the limited academic research on servant leadership in policing is described, and the article concludes with recommendations and questions to direct future research on exploring servant leadership in the context of Canadian policing.
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Ewa Chwojko-Srawley. "Polish Footprint on Canadian Art." Polish Review 63, no. 1 (2018): 49. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/polishreview.63.1.0049.
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Drewniak, Dagmara. "“[They] would say she was betraying Poland already”: Major Themes in Contemporary Canadian Literature by Writers of Polish Origins." Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies, no. 27/1 (September 17, 2018): 149–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.7311/0860-5734.27.1.11.
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In June 2015 The Canadian Polish Research Institute organized a panel discussion chaired by professor Tamara Trojanowska called “Writing Change and Continuity: Culture, Languages, Generations.” The debate featured esteemed writers of Polish descent: Eva Stachniak, Andrew Borkowski, Ania Szado, Jowita Bydlowska and Aga Maksimowska. Although the writers in question do not belong to the same generation and do not share exactly the same emigration experience, nowadays they form a distinguished group of Canadian writers of Polish origins. The aim of this paper is to look at the selection of the latest texts written by authors of the Polish diaspora in Canada such as Eva Stachniak’s The Chosen Maiden (2017), Jowita Bydlowska’s Drunk Mom (2013) and Guy (2016), Ania Szado’s Studio Saint Ex (2013) and Aga Maksimowska’s Giant (2012) among others. This paper does not venture to repeat the conclusions drawn during the panel but rather to extend the exploration of the recent Polish diasporic, multivoiced writing as well as offer a modest supplement to the famous analysis of ethnic writing proposed by Smaro Kamboureli in her Scandalous Bodies: Diasporic Literature in English Canada (2009). Hence, the discussion comprises the authors’ choice of themes, (dis)appearance of immigrant motifs, references to Poland as a country of origin and Canada as the new homeland as well as an analysis of the genres the aforementioned authors use.
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Khenti, Akwatu. "The Canadian war on drugs: Structural violence and unequal treatment of Black Canadians." International Journal of Drug Policy 25, no. 2 (March 2014): 190–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.12.001.
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Hari, Amrita. "Putting “Canadians First”: Problematizing the Crisis of “Foreign” Workers in Canadian Media and Policy Responses." International Migration 56, no. 6 (April 14, 2018): 191–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imig.12453.
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Gabryś, Marcin. "The Legend of the Gedania Voyage Through the Northwest Passage." International Journal of Canadian Studies 60 (March 1, 2022): 1–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/ijcs.60.x.1.
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This article analyzes a largely unknown voyage undertaken by Capitan Dariusz Bogucki in the summer of 1975 through the Northwest Passage on-board a Polish yacht called Gedania. This expedition was one of the first attempts to navigate the Arctic straits aboard a small sailing vessel and, although unsuccessful, has attained legendary status among Polish sailors. Despite a ban from the Canadian authorities, the Gedania, managed to penetrate 300 miles into the Canadian Arctic. In Resolute Bay the crew failed, however, to persuade local officials to issue a permit and was ordered to sail south immediately. During her retreat from the Arctic a debate among the Canadian public lasting several weeks began as to how a crew from communist Poland had sailed so far north without trouble, only a few years after the US tanker Manhattan had started a political crisis over Canadian sovereignty over the waters of the Northwest Passage. The aim of this article is to verify the legend of the Gedania voyage through the use of archival materials and to discover whether the reasons consent was refused to the Gedania were entirely based on practical considerations or whether they also had political dimensions.
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ŚLUSARCZYK, Beata, and Adnan UL HAQUE. "Public services for business environment: challenges for implementing Industry 4.0 in Polish and Canadian logistic enterprises Beata ŚLUSARCZYK." Administratie si Management Public 1, no. 33 (November 2019): 57–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.24818/amp/2019.33-04.
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Иванова, Мая. "Академик Петър Динеков и младият полски българист Едвард Можейко (епистоларни свидетелства от 60-те години на ХХ век)." Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne, no. 19 (February 23, 2021): 169–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/pss.2020.19.8.
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The article presents hitherto unknown letters in Polish by Edward Możejko, a Canadian scholar of Polish origin, to the Bulgarian scholar Petar Dinekov. These letters reveal the professional contacts between the two men in the 1960s when the young Możejko defends his dissertation on a topic in the field of Bulgarian studies at the Jagiellonian University and Dinekov is one of his reviewers. The letters are explored in the context of other documentary sources. The present study is part of a larger project on epistolary heritage testifying the active professional contacts of Dinekov with the Polish cultural intelligentsia.
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Bacher, John C., and J. David Hulchanski. "Keeping Warm and Dry: The Policy Response to the Struggle for Shelter Among Canada's Homeless, 1900-1960." Articles 16, no. 2 (August 8, 2013): 147–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1017786ar.
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During the first six decades of the 20th century, the social security safety net designed to protect Canadians from destitution has seen many holes. Despite the well documented extent of misery, conservative attitudes of prejudice against the poor through these years prevented the development of an effective community response to poverty and substandard housing conditions. This paper examines the evolution of the Canadian welfare state over three periods. It finds that while a social security system of old age pensions, family allowances and unemployment insurance had emerged by the end of the Second World War, its creation was due more to opportunistic political calculations, than a benevolent effort to reduce homelessness.
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Sibbald, Shannon L., Rebecca Brown, and Larry Schmidt. "Creating an Interprofessional Network in Lifestyle Medicine: The Journey of the Canadian Academy of Lifestyle Medicine." American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine 15, no. 1 (April 27, 2018): 68–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1559827618767633.
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Canada’s population is increasing, and aging. These demographic patterns are accompanied by a growing awareness and evidence base of the benefits to society of leading a healthy and active life. The Canadian Academy of Lifestyle Medicine (CALM) was created to fill a knowledge gap in the Canadian public: how to lead a healthier and more active life. CALM aimed to address these challenges by confronting the lack of assistance modern medicine provides. As a diverse collaborative network using a lifestyle medicine philosophy, CALM’s objective was to generate discussions and examine lifestyle medicine approaches to improving overall health and well-being for Canadians. CALM aimed to engage patients whose access to health care is through a physician and provide an innovative platform to support care and healthy decision making. Despite perceived widespread support, intense planning, and extensive development, CALM was slow to gain traction and realize its full potential. This article describes the experiences and lessons learned in creating CALM from the perspective of the leadership team. Although most CALM activities have ceased, virtual space and social media remain active so too does the work of the leadership team, striving to enable Canadians to develop behaviors that will improve their lifestyle, and their overall well-being.
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Antabe, Roger, Kimberley Robinson, Winston Husbands, Desmond Miller, Andre Harriot, Kwesi Johnson, Josephine Pui-Hing Wong, Maurice Kwong-Lai Poon, John Wasikye Kirya, and Carl James. "“You have to make it cool”: How heterosexual Black men in Toronto, Canada, conceptualize policy and programs to address HIV and promote health." PLOS ONE 17, no. 12 (December 30, 2022): e0278600. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278600.
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Background Black Canadian communities are disproportionately impacted by HIV. To help address this challenge, we undertook research to engage heterosexual Black men in critical dialogue about resilience and vulnerability. They articulated the necessity of making health services ‘cool’. Methods We draw on the analyses of focus groups and in-depth interviews with 69 self-identified heterosexual Black men and 12 service providers who took part in the 2016 Toronto arm of the weSpeak study to explore what it means to make health and HIV services ‘cool’ for heterosexual Black Canadian men. Results Our findings revealed four themes on making health services cool: (1) health promotion as a function of Black family systems; (2) opportunities for healthy dialogue among peers through non-judgmental interactions; (3) partnering Black men in intervention design; and (4) strengthening institutional health literacy on Black men’s health. Conclusions We discuss the implications of these findings for improving the health of Black Canadians.
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Mauser, G. A., and M. Margolis. "The Politics of Gun Control: Comparing Canadian and American Patterns." Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 10, no. 2 (June 1992): 189–209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/c100189.
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In this paper two questions are asked: To what extent do the Canadian and US publics differ in their beliefs about firearms-control legislation, and to what extent do these differences help to account for the stricter firearms legislation found in Canada? Surveys indicate that Canadians and Americans have remarkably similar attitudes towards firearms and gun control. Linear regression is used to analyze the factors that underlie the popular support for (or opposition to) stricter gun-control legislation. It is found that, with respect to support for gun control, cultural differences between Canadians and Americans are overshadowed by socioeconomic variables, such as gender and gun ownership. The similarities in public attitudes between Canadians and Americans suggest that the explanation for stricter firearms legislation in Canada lies more with the differences in political elites and institutions than with differences in public opinion. The differences in public attitudes in the two countries are insufficient to explain the stark contrast in firearms legislation.
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Margolis, Rebecca. "Translating Jewish Poland into Canadian Yiddish: Symcha Petrushka’s Mishnayes." TTR 22, no. 2 (November 3, 2010): 183–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/044829ar.
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In 1945, with European Jewry in ruins, Polish-born Symcha Petrushka published the first of six volumes of his Yiddish translation and interpretation of the Mishna. Produced in Petrushka’s adopted home in Montreal, the Mishnayes was conceived as a work of popularization to render one of the core texts of the Jewish tradition accessible to the Jewish masses in their common vernacular, and on the eve of World War II Yiddish was the lingua franca of millions of Jews in Europe as well as worldwide. However, in the aftermath of the Holocaust and the destruction of the locus of Yiddish civilization and millions of speakers combined with acculturation away from Yiddish in Jewish population centres in North America, Petrushka’s Mishnayes remains a tribute to the vanished world of Polish Jewry.
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Koval, Olga V. "Legal and Social Aspects of the Belarusian Economic Emigration to Canada in the 1920s-30s." RUDN Journal of Russian History 21, no. 3 (August 31, 2022): 417–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.22363/2312-8674-2022-21-3-417-431.
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The author examines the main features for the formation of the Belarusian economic emigration to Canada. The intensity of the emigration from 1921 to 1939 was analyzed, when the territory of Western Belarus was a part of Poland. The historical base of the research was the unpublished documents of the Belarusian, Ukrainian and Polish archives. The article presents the structure of state emigration bodies that were involved in organizing and controlling the recruitment of emigrants, their employment and the process of re-emigration. It describes the features of the Canadian legislation for the scale of the Belarusian emigration and the legal adaptation of emigrants. Particular attention is paid to the role of the Canadian railway companies “Canadian National Railways” and “Canadian Pacific Railways” in the selection of emigrants and their employment in agriculture and industry. The author argue that the Polish authorities stimulated the emigration of the Belarusian population for the polonization of Western Belarus. The problematic socio-psychological adaptation of the Belarusian emigrants, because Belarusians in Canada weakly expressed the national identity, is described. The author concludes that the international cooperation had an important role in forming the diaspora’s and national identity, especially the international contacts with the representatives of other peoples and the participation in common political organizations and projects.
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Budzik, Justyna. "A Polish-Canadian Trajectory of Feelings." Studia Migracyjne – Przegląd Polonijny 4 (2018): 159–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.4467/25444972smpp.18.051.9453.
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MacKinnon, William. "Do We Throw Our Privacy Rights Out With the Trash? The Alberta Court of Appeal’s Decision in R. v. Patrick." Alberta Law Review 46, no. 1 (November 1, 2008): 225. http://dx.doi.org/10.29173/alr244.
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Grocery lists, birth control information, bank records, and intimate letters to friends past: all are personal items that find their way into the garbage bins of Canadians on a daily basis.1 Canadians have come to expect that once a garbage bag is thrown in a bin behind a home, it makes a direct uninterrupted trip to a landfill, a place where its contents will remain private through the decomposition process. Few realize that, quite frequently, the police, as state agents charged with the responsibility of solving criminal cases, sift through the discarded items of Canadians in the hunt for valuable information. This police behaviour raises two important constitutional questions...
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Drewniak, Dagmara. "Quo Vadis Polish-Canadian Writing? Reflections on Home, Language, Writing, and Memory in Recent Texts By Canadian Writers of Polish Origins." Studia Anglica Posnaniensia 55, s2 (December 1, 2020): 317–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/stap-2020-0016.
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Abstract The aim of this paper is to look at the recent publications by writers of Polish extraction living in Canada and writing in English in order to examine these texts in the context of their treatment of the concept of home, attitude to mother tongue and the usage of English, as well as the authors’ involvement in shaping the Canadian literary scene. The analysis will concentrate on selected texts published after 2014 to delineate the latest tendencies in Polish-Canadian writing. The discussion will include life writing genres such as memoirs, short stories, and novels. Since these writers have undertaken themes of (up)rootedness, identity, and memory and they have touched upon the creative redefinition of the figure of home, these aspects will also be examined from a theoretical perspective in the introductory part of the article. Steven Tötösy de Zepetnek through his concept of “in-between peripherality” (2010: 87) proposes to view Central and Eastern European literature as both peripheral and in-between its “own national cultural self-referentiality and the cultural influence and primacy of the major Western cultures” (2010: 87). Moreover, as diasporic studies are inspired by the search for transcultural, dynamic exchanges and hybridity (Agnew 2005), the analysis will also include discussions on hybridity understood as a transgression of borders, both literary and genealogical as well as thematic. That is why, the classic notion of hybridity known widely in postcolonial studies, is here understood, according to Moslund (2010), as having horizontal and vertical orientations, where the former designates transgression of borders and space and the latter is connected to the movement across time. This approach is particularly interesting in the context of Polish-Canadian migrant and diasporic literature as, according to Pieterse (2001), hybridity understood as movement and translocation can offer new perspectives on migrant literatures in multi-and transcultural worlds.