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Esteemed Canadian music educator John Barron (1939–2014) commissioned and edited Reflections of Canada (RofC)—a three-volume collection of 147 Canadian folk songs arranged for a cappella choirs between 1985 and 1991. Published by Frederick Harris Music, RofC contains folk songs derived from Indigenous, French, and English traditions and was considered to be a fine resource for music educators. In the late 1990s, RofC was declared out of print, with publishing rights returned to the editor, composers of the arrangements, and other copyright holders. To celebrate confederate Canada at 150 and brought back by popular demand, a two-volume second edition of RofC has been created and will be released by Cypress Music in June 2017. Through narrative and ethnographic inquiry, the factors that influenced the genesis and subsequent demise of the first edition will be discussed, followed by an examination of the process and challenges encountered in the creation of a culturally sensitive second edition that embodies a realistic reflection of twenty-first-century Canada.
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As part to the 1951 Convention and its 1967 Protocol, Canada is obliged to protect persons on its territory who have a well founded fear of persecution based on their nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion. Inspite of the fact that the Convention refugee definition has been fully incorporated into the Immigration Act, the process of determining refugee status and protection needs in Canada has been criticized by various organizations including the Auditor General of Canada and the Legislative Review Advisory Group. The recommendations made by the Auditor General include that Citizenship and Immigration should ensure that the risk of return review is within the scope of the objectives set out for the Post-Determination Refugee Class and that it is carried out in an efficient and timely manner. The Legislative Review Advisory Group found that not only the current system was complex, but also that some of Canada's international commitments have not been fully incorporated into domestic legislation. It was determined that the Immigration and Refugee Board would become responsible for applying all protection criteria in a consolidated protection definition, and, hence, would be the expert body to administer this definition. A single process in which all the facts are before the same decision-maker will promote fairness, consistency and efficiency.
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Human Genome Editing and Sickle Cell Disease in Canada: Urgent and Unresolved Ethical Considerations
More informationSome countries are already approving therapeutic applications of human genome editing. For example, recently the United Kingdom and USA have approved Casgevy as part of a treatment protocol for sickle cell disease. Should Canada follow this lead? Here we discuss the most important, yet unresolved, ethical issues in a Canadian context, and argue that much more public engagement and deliberation is needed.
Keywords: Casgevy, équité, inclusion, éthique, édition du génome humain, justice, engagement public, drépanocytose, Casgevy, equity, inclusion, ethics, human genome editing, justice, public engagement, sickle cell disease
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AbstractIn the absence of adverse price shocks, the neo-Keynesian Phillips curve states that wage settlements will be falling whenever unemployment exceeds its natural level. Yet Canadian wage settlements have been stable since 1984 despite very high levels of unemployment. Three possible explanations are investigated: a large increase in the natural unemployment rate, a non-linear Phillips curve, and "hysteresis".Given the unprecedented increase in unemployment since 1982, it is not easy to distinguish between a non-linear Phillips curve and a rise in the natural unemployment rate. However, both pre-1982 evidence and U.S. experience point to a non-linear specification. Moreover, given this specification, the results indicate that both the Canadian Phillips curve and Canada's natural unemployment rate (for adult males) have remained stable over time. There is no support for hysteresis.The results also indicate that the Canadian Phillips curve is much steeper and much less inertial (or "backward-looking") than that of the United States. The fact that Canada has nevertheless had higher unemployment than the United States since 1982 is explained by the finding that the unfavourable effects of worse shocks outweighed the favourable effects of a steeper and less inertial Phillips curve.