Faculty Research Collection: Recent submissions
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Human health risk and bioaccessibility of toxic metals in topsoils from Gbani mining community in Ghana
(Journal of Health and Pollution, 2019)Background. Anthropogenic activities such as artisanal mining pose a major environmental health concern due to the potential for discharge of toxic metals into the environment. Objectives. To determine the distribution ... -
Convening interdisciplinary communities of practice in an institution of higher education
(Papers on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching, 2017)Communities of practice (CoP) are rich learning spaces that support knowledge creation, social engagement and practice improvement. In some university settings, there is a buoyant interest in creating and supporting ... -
A study of authentic assessment in an internship course
(Papers on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching, 2019)Internship courses are an active and applied opportunity to integrate educational learning programs and courses within practice settings. Individual learners in internship courses have different work internship placements ... -
A posthumanist critique of flexible online learning and its “anytime anyplace” claims
(British Journal of Educational Technology., 2019)Flexible approaches to online learning are gaining renewed interest in some part due to their capacity to address emergent opportunities and concerns facing higher education. Importantly, flexible approaches to online ... -
A fraud investigation plan for a false accounting and theft case
(Journal of Financial Crime, 2019)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to formulate and propose a fraud investigation plan that forensic accountants can use to investigate financial frauds. In particular, the paper sets out the structure and rationale of ... -
Harm reduction through housing first: an assessment of the Emergency Warming Centre in Inuvik, Canada
(Harm Reduction Journal, 2017)Background: This research examines the effectiveness of an Emergency Warming Centre (EWC) in Inuvik, Canada, at reducing rates of morbidity and mortality for homeless persons with concurrent disorders (mental health ... -
22. UDL-From disabilities office to mainstream class: How the tools of a minority are addressing the aspirations of the student body at large
(Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2013)Confronted by the increasingly changing and varied nature of disabilities in Higher Education (Bowe, 2000; McGuire & Scott, 2002), Disability Service providers across North America are progressively moving away from targeted ... -
Like fire to water: Building bridging collaborations between Disability service providers and course instructors to create user friendly and resource efficient UDL implementation material
(Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2014)This study presents a post-secondary campus` experience with systematic and global promotion of Universal Design for Learning. It analyzes data collected over a 24 months period, relating to course instructors’ responses ... -
A multi-perspective examination of the barriers to field-placement experiences for students with disabilities
(Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2014)In light of the innumerable changes in post-secondary environments that reflect a movement toward inclusive education and a reliance on real-world evaluations in the form of field placements, we report on our findings from ... -
Reflections on school engagement: An eco-systemic review of the Cree School Board’s experience
(In Education, 2014)25 years represents one of the first occurrences worldwide of a society having globally acknowledged that a curriculum, as a whole, did not necessarily fit a specific group, rather than the individuals not performing ... -
Making do with what we have: Using the built-in functions of a Learning Management System to implement UDL
(Ahead Journal, 2018)One of the great challenges in the increasingly rapid and systemic implementation of Universal Design for Leaning (UDL) in higher education is currently the perception instructors have that the demands on their time are ... -
7 things you should know about the 2016 key issues in teaching and learning: Accessibility and Universal Design for learning
(Educause/ELI’s Key Issues, 2016)Since 2011, ELI’s Key Issues survey has been a way for the higher education teaching and learning community to discover the common ground that cuts across differences such as Carnegie Classification and FTE counts. The ELI ... -
Exploring the student voice within Universal Design for Learning work
(Ahead Journal, 2018)One of the reasons that makes Universal Design for Learning (UDL) particularly appealing to the post-secondary sector is the fact that it is entirely focused on the design reflection of the instructor, and does not require ... -
‘What`s in a name?’ Assessing dynamic tension between Critical Theory ambitions and Neoliberal pragmatism in Higher Education Disability service provision
(International Studies in Widening Participation, 2015)The study examines the experience of a Higher Education Disability service provider as it battles the conflicting imperatives symbolised by a proposed name change for the service. One of the key dilemmas involved in the ... -
Access, universal design and the sustainability of teaching practices: A powerful synchronicity of concepts at a crucial conjuncture for higher education
(Indonesian Journal of Disability Studies, 2017)Sustainability in Higher Education is usually interpreted as a concept applying solely to operations management and energy policy. Though the applicability of the concept to social justice is immediately tangible, few ... -
Frameworks and models for disseminating curated research outcomes to the public
(SAGE Open, 2019)In our post-truth society, mobilizing “facts” and “evidence” has never been more important. We live in an age that is paradoxically information rich due to the proliferation of Internet Communication Technologies (ICTs) ... -
Thoughts from Afghanistan: Rebuilding community in complexity
(Intervention: Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict Affected Areas, 2018)This personal reflection shares four vignettes from the author’s field journal while on assignment in Afghanistan. Note 1 shares the thoughts (with permission) of a few of her female Afghan colleagues; Notes 2 and 3 share ... -
A multiple case study of mental health interventions in middle income countries: Considering the science of delivery
(PLoS ONE, 2016)In the debate in global mental health about the most effective models for developing and scaling interventions, there have been calls for the development of a more robust literature regarding the "non-specific", science ... -
Don’t trust #CDNMedia: A corpus-assisted discourse analysis of Twitter posts from eight Canadian communities during #elxn42.
(IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 2018)Originally designed for networking and to deliver mostly inconsequential information, social media is becoming more prevalent in political landscapes [81], while traditional local news environments are diminishing. Part ... -
DNA metabarcoding allows non-invasive identification of arthropod prey provisioned to nestling Rufous hummingbirds (Selasphorus rufus)
(Peer J, 2019)Hummingbirds consume sugars from nectar, sap and honeydew, and obtain protein, fat and minerals from arthropods. To date, the identity of arthropod taxa in hummingbird diets has been investigated by observation of foraging ...
