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ENGLISH IN LABRADOR
Martha MacDonald
Apr 24, 2014
THE IDEA OF "OTHERNESS" REGARDING the sense of difference and distance Labrador people feel from their Newfoundland neighbours, and the emic expression of this view in language, is the subject of this paper. Folklorist Gerald...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Attempting to Engage in “Ethical” Research with Homeless Youth
Sue-Ann Belle MacDonald
Feb 02, 2016
Risk pervades contemporary discourses surrounding and describing homeless youth. Deemed to be at risk and vulnerable to a range of dangers related to living on the street as well as risky due to their delinquent behaviours...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit in Educator Leadership Training in Nunavut
Kathy Snow, Darlene Nuqinagaq, Nunia Anoee, Erin Morozoff, Alexander McAuley, Ron MacDonald
Apr 09, 2021
The history of formal K-12 education in Nunavut has been characterized by a gradual shift from "southern" assimilationist models to those more reflective of the language, culture, and aspirations of Nunavummiut (Arnaquq, 2008;...
Published by: The Morning Watch: Educational and Social Analysis
NEWFOUNDLAND TOPONYMY
Shamus MacDonald
Jan 09, 2014
MUCH OF WHAT WE KNOW about place names and associated legends in Newfoundland comes from the same kind of fieldwork that was required to compile the Dictionary of Newfoundland English (Story, Kirwin and Widdowson 1982). Indeed...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
How Do CIOs Become CEOs?
The role of information systems and technologies in any modern organization has become increasingly important. Concepts such as digital transformation and disruptive technologies have become the strategic directions for new and...
Published by: IGI Global
Social Exclusion in a Mental Health Court?
This article is based on a study, inspired by institutional ethnographic methods, of a mental health court (MHC) situated in Montréal, Canada. The focus of this article is on the qualitative results of the project, namely, the...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Indigena Solutions, Tensions in an Aboriginal IT Impact Sourcing Firm
This paper explores the role of cultural tensions in the operations of an Information Technology Impact Sourcing (ITIS) venture called Indigena Solutions. The company was based in Vancouver Canada and was intended to provide...
Published by: IGI Global
The Potential of Field Education as Transformative Learning
Sue-Ann MacDonald, Sinthu Srikanthan, Ilyan Ferrer, Edward Ou Jin Lee, Liza Lorenzetti, André-Anne Parent
Oct 28, 2020
Social work field education has reached a crisis point due to the imposition of neoliberal logics in both university and practice settings. As a result, social work programs are faced with challenges such as practicum shortages...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland