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2011 University of Regina Graduate Students' Association Student Research Conference Abstracts
(University of Regina Graduate Students' Association, 2011-04-01) Maciag, Timothy; Dosselmann, Richard; Starks, Elizabeth
On behalf of the University of Regina Graduate Students' Association executive I would like to welcome you to the sixth annual Student Research Conference, titled Creating Community Consciousness: Students Expanding Knowledge & Creativity. The aim of the conference has remained the same as in previous years ~ to provide a platform for students to share their academic knowledge and creative works with the academic and local community. In helping organize this annual event I have had the unique perspective of witnessing first-hand the excitement of students in all disciplines ~ eager to come together and share their knowledge and creative works. It truly is something great. I wish to thank the university community and all of the sponsors for supporting this year's conference. I also wish to thank the many volunteers who have helped in organizing the event. I specifically wish to thank Richard Dosselmann, Elizabeth Starks, and Bahman Ahmadi for their ongoing help and support. I also wish to thank all of the members of the GSA executive: Adam Belton, Jane Rose, Emenike Ezechikwelu, Adewale Babatunde Aderoju, and Dorothea Wojtowicz, all of whom have helped make this conference possible. I wish to provide a special thanks to Bill Brown and the executive members of the GNU/Linux Open Source Users of Regina, Saskatchewan (LOSURS). With their participation in this year's event, it is my hope that it is the beginning of more collaborative efforts between university students and local community groups. I also wish to thank our two keynote speakers: Robert J Sawyer and Dr. Richard Stallman for their participation. Both of these speakers are people I admire very much and I am grateful I was given the opportunity to bring them to Regina to speak at this event ~ helping expose their work to the academic and local community. I hope that you take this opportunity to explore the research and creative works throughout the 2 day event and engage the presenters with questions and comments.
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2011 University of Regina Graduate Students' Association Student Research Conference Schedule
(University of Regina Graduate Students' Association, 2011-04-01) University of Regina Graduate Students' Association
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$547 Million to Eliminate Poverty in Saskatchewan
(University of Regina Library, 2020-01-26) Gingrich, Paul; Rosenbluth, David
Across Canada and in Saskatchewan a range of social programs provide financial help for those at low income – child benefits, tax credits, income for the elderly, and social assistance. These provide financial support beyond what individuals and families gain from their employment and other income. They help financially but in many cases are insufficient to prevent poverty.
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5G Raises Tough Policy Choices for Canada
(2019-08) Longo, Justin
Fifth generation wireless telecommunications technology, commonly referred to as 5G, could provide an important foundation for the future of Saskatchewan's rural areas and the application of advanced technology to industries like agriculture, and long-promised advances in telemedicine. But central to the development of Canada's 5G system is the role that the equipment from the Chinese firm Huawei will play. With the United States lobbying Canada to follow it in banning Huawei from its 5G infrastructure, tensions between Canada and China on this and other fronts require the Canadian government to tread carefully. Where domestic policy and international politics collide, hard choices emerge. The risk assessment currently underway in Canada should guide Canada's decision making on what to do about Huawei and 5G, though the inherent uncertainties in this case ultimately require what could be a costly decision.
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A Black Panther in the Great White North: Fred Hampton Visits the Regina Campus in 1969
(University of Regina Library, 2025-02-11) Flood, Dawn Rae
This Presentation was by Dr. Dawn Rae Flood on 11th February 2025 in the Archer Library in celebration of Black History Month. Dawn Rae Flood is an Associate Professor of History at Campion College at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada. She is the author of Rape in Chicago: Race, Myth and the Courts (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2012, 2018) and “A Black Panther in the Great White North: Fred Hampton Visits Saskatchewan, 1969,” Journal for the Study of Radicalism, vol. 8 no. 2 (Fall 2014): 21-49. Her research focuses on race and gender relations in a modern, urban setting and radical activist movements in support of social justice. Her research on Fred Hampton’s visit to the Regina Campus of the University of Saskatchewan is currently being developed as a dramatic play and limited-run television series.
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A Canadian national study of provincial and territorial correctional workers' suicidal ideation, plans, and attempts
(Wiley, 2024-09-14) Ricciardelli, Rosemary; Carleton, R. Nicholas; Johnston, Matthew S.; Dorniani, Sahar; Taillieu, Tamara L.; Afifi, Tracie O.
AbstractCorrectional workers (CWs) endure several operational stressors (e.g., exposures to potentially psychologically traumatic events) and organisational stressors (e.g., shift work, staff shortages), which are associated with positive screens for mental disorders and self‐reports of suicidal behaviours and thus urgently warrant further inquiry. The Canadian Provincial and Territorial Correctional Worker Mental Health and Well‐Being Study (CWMH) used an online survey to collect data from Canadian correctional service organisations across all 13 provinces and territories. This national Canadian study investigates suicidal behaviours among CWs across diverse occupational roles and provincial and territorial jurisdictions (n = 3740, 50.1% female). The results estimated prevalence proportions for self‐reported past‐year and lifetime suicidal thoughts, planning, and attempts across the 13 Canadian provincial and territorial correctional systems, with the exceptions of past‐year suicidal planning in Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, and Yukon where jurisdictional considerations and requests precluded the inclusion of select questions. Substantial proportions of participants reported past‐year or lifetime suicidal ideation (i.e., 9.1%, 29.2%, respectively), planning (i.e., 4.1%, 14.7%, respectively), or attempts (i.e., 0.8%, 7.2%, respectively). Sociodemographic variables (i.e., sex, age, marital status, total years of service, occupational category) were associated with past‐year and lifetime suicidal behaviours. Findings provide opportunities for future research and can inform tailored efforts by clinicians, service providers, and organisational leaders to support proactive interventions and treatments, including supporting the partners and families of CWs, fostering social support networks, and improving access to timely mental health treatment.
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A Crisis Response for Wilderness Tourism
(2020-04-24) Coates, Ken S.
Few, if any, areas of the Canadian economy have been hit as hard as tourism, particularly the kind of adventure recreation for which this country is justifiably famous. From wildlife excursions in the High Arctic to white water rafting expeditions in the Rocky Mountains, fishing trips to Northern Quebec and Northern Ontario, canoeing trips along the Churchill River, and kayaking cultural journeys in Haida Gwaii, Canada has emerged one of the world's most diverse and exciting destinations for wilderness adventurers. Until 2020, that is.
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A Scoping Review of the Components of Moral Resilience: Its Role in Addressing Moral Injury or Moral Distress for High-Risk Occupation Workers
(Springer, 2023-12-14) Osifeso, Temitope; Crocker, Sierra J.; Lentz, Liana; Smith-MacDonald, Lorraine; Seliman, Merna; Limenih, Gojjam; MacPhee, Renée, S.; Anderson, Gregory S.; Brémault-Phillips, Suzette; Malloy, David C.; Carleton, R. Nicholas
Purpose of Review: High-risk occupation workers (HROWs) are often exposed to potentially morally injurious events (PMIEs) which can contribute to moral distress (MD) or moral injury (MI). Moral resilience (MR) has been proposed as a protective or moderating factor to protect HROWs from harm caused by PMIE exposures. The current review was designed to: 1) update the definition of MR to a broader context of HROWs; 2) identify components of MR for HROWs; and 3) determine demographic variables that may impact MR development.
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A spectrum of possibilities: levels of improvisational behaviour in middle school mathematics.
(Taylor & Francis, 2021) Armstrong, Alayne
In this article, we consider the phenomenon of improvisation by small groups of middle years students while engaged in rich mathematical tasks in classroom settings. Working from the premise that improvisation comprises a spectrum of behaviour, we propose that there is a range of improvisational behaviours that may be observed as the students work together. We discuss four levels along the spectrum – interpretation, embellishment, variation, pure improvisation – and draw on vignettes from our research to illustrate each of their characteristics. We argue that improvisation is a valuable way to view students’ mathematical performance as it highlights how students draw on their own experiences and understandings when problem solving, and how students need to be given opportunities to “stay with” mathematical tasks.
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A study of drag‐and‐drop query refinement and query history visualization for mobile exploratory search
(Wiley, 2024-12-30) Payandeh, Mohammad Hasan; Hoeber, Orland; Boon, Miriam; Storie, Dale; Ramshaw, Veronica
When undertaking complex search scenarios, the underlying information need cannot be satisfied by finding a single optimal resource; instead, searchers need to engage in exploratory search processes to find multiple resources by itera- tively revising and reformulation their queries. This process of query refinement is particularly challenging when using a mobile device, where typing is difficult. Furthermore, in mobile search contexts interruptions can lead to searchers los- ing track of what they were doing. To address these challenges, we designed a public digital library search interface for mobile devices that includes two novel features: drag-and-drop query refinement and query history visualization. To assess the value of this interface compared to a typical baseline, we conducted a controlled laboratory study with 32 participants that included pursuing complex search scenarios, being interrupted in the midst of the search, and resuming the search after the interruption. While participants took more time, they generated longer queries and reported positive subjective opinions about the usability of the exploratory search and task resumption features, along with a greater increase in certainty. These findings show the value of leveraging new touch- based interaction mechanisms within mobile search contexts, and the benefits that visualization can bring to supporting search task resumption
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A Systematic Review of Approaches Used to Interview Vulnerable Children
(University of Regina: Department of Psychology, 2024) Jason, Priyanka; Thompson, Kailey; Gerbeza, Matea; Bruer, Kaila C.
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A Tectonic Shift in the Digital Divide: It's now deeper than a technological gap
(2020-09-08) Camillo, Cheryl A.; Longo, Justin
This issue of JSGS Policy Brief is part of a series dedicated to exploring and providing evidence-based analysis, policy ideas, recommendations and research conclusions on the various dimensions of the pandemic, as it relates here in Canada and internationally.
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A Work in Progress: Completing the Devolution Revolution in Canada's North
(2014-04) Coates, Ken S.; Poelzer, Greg
If Canada and Aboriginal people are going to find a common political path to dealing with conflict, the myth of the politically disengaged Aboriginal citizen needs to be expunged...Pour que le Canada et les peuples autochtones puissent un jour convenir d'une approche de règlement des conflits, il faudra d'abord en finir avec le mythe du citoyen autochtone politiquement désengagé. A Macdonald-Laurier Institute Publication, True North in Canadian Public Policy, April 2014
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A world in distress: The first stage of the battle against the pandemic
(2020-03-26) Coates, Ken S.; Holroyd, Carin
Politicians and public servants are immersed in one of the most challenging non-war situations in a century. The novel coronavirus has tied the world in a series of policy knots that start with public health and national safety, and sweep across global transportation and employment, to deficit financing and fundamental questions about the role of government in society.
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Aboriginal Knowledge and Perspectives : Identifying, Delivering, and Assessing Best Practices with Middle Years Students
(Saskatchewan Instructional Development and Research Unit, 2006-03) Cappello, Mike; Tupper, Jennifer; Saskatchewan Instructional Development and Research Unit
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Aboriginal Perspectives into the Teaching and Learning of Science Education: Beginning the Conversations in Southern Saskatchewan
(Saskatchewan Instructional Development and Research Unit, 2005) Sammel, Ali; Saskatchewan Instructional Development and Research Unit
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Aboriginal Perspectives on Health and Wellness: A Holistic Approach
(Humanities Research Institute, 2006-11-09) Bourassa, Carrie
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Aboriginal Politics: More Than Voting
(2014-01-01) Poelzer, Greg; Beatty, Bonita; Berdahl, Loleen
Report; Policy Options; If Canada and Aboriginal people are going to find a common political path to dealing with conflict, the myth of the politically disengaged Aboriginal citizen needs to be expunged...Pour que le Canada et les peuples autochtones puissent un jour convenir d'une approche de règlement des conflits, il faudra d'abord en finir avec le mythe du citoyen autochtone politiquement désengagé. Policy Options/Options Politiques, September-October/Septembre-Octobre 2014, pages 64-66
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Abrupt changes in the physical and biological structure of endorheic upland lakes due to 8-m lake-level variation during the 20 th century
(Wiley, 2022-03-07) Bjorndahl, Judith A.; Gushulak, Cale A.C.; Mezzini, Stefano; Simpson, Gavin L.; Haig, Heather A.; Leavitt, Peter R; Finlay, Kerri
Climate-induced variation in lake level can affect physicochemical properties of endorheic lakes, but its consequences for phototrophic production and regime shifts are not well understood. Here, we quantified changes in the abundance and community composition of phototrophs in Kenosee and White Bear lakes, two endorheic basins in the parkland Moose Mountain uplands of southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada, which have experienced > 8 m declines in water level since ~ 1900. We hypothesized that lower water levels and warmer temperatures should manifest as increased abundance of phytoplankton, particularly cyanobacteria, and possibly trigger a regime shift to turbid conditions due to evaporative concentration of nutrients and solutes. High-resolution analysis of sedimentary pigments revealed an increase in total phototrophic abundance (as β-carotene) concurrent with lake-level decline beginning ~ 1930, but demonstrated little directional change in cyanobacteria. Instead, significant increases in obligately anaerobic purple sulfur bacteria (as okenone) occurred in both lakes during ~ 1930–1950, coeval with alterations to light environments and declines in lake level. The presence of okenone suggests that climate-induced increases in solute concentrations may have favored the formation of novel bacterial habitats where photic and anoxic zones overlapped. Generalized additive models showed that establishment of this unique habitat was likely preceded by increased temporal variance of sulfur bacteria, but not phytoplankton or cyanobacteria, suggesting that this abrupt change to physical lake structure was unique to deep-water environments. Such climate-induced shifts may become more frequent in the region due to hydrological stress on lake levels due to warming temperatures across the Northern Great Plains.
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Academic Librarians, Open Access, and the Ethics of Care
(University of Regina, Dr. John Archer Library, 2021)
This paper explores the value of applying the ethics of care to scholarly communications work, particularly that of open-access (OA) librarians. The ethics of care is a feminist philosophical perspective that sees in the personal a new way to approach other facets of life, including the political and the professional. Care, in this context, is broadly construed as “a species of activity that includes everything we do to maintain, contain, and repair our ‘world’ so that we can live in it as well as possible” (Fisher & Tronto, 1990, p. 40). Joan Tronto outlined four elements of care: attentiveness, responsibility, competence, and responsiveness, and highlighted the value of care beyond the domestic sphere (1993). The ethics of care values care and relationships as instructive ways of framing and examining work, and has been applied in diverse disciplines, including education, nursing, social work, and even business. Several LIS professionals have considered the ethics of care in the context of library technologies (Henry, 2016) and digital humanities (Dohe, 2019), among others. The ethics of care can also provide inspiration for OA librarians as we think about the scope and nature of our work. What could open access librarians learn from the ethics of care? How might our practice change or evolve with the ethics of care as an underpinning philosophy? Who do we include in our circle of care while we undertake our work? The ethics of care provides a more expansive way to think about OA librarianship.