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In Nunavut, data for 2012–2014 shows a high school graduation rate of 34%. Little has been published about the causes of secondary students’ absenteeism and the methods for attracting students back to school. This study explored the barriers and supports to education success from the perspectives of school staff, students, and parents. Interviews and sharing circles were conducted with 141 participants in six communities. The results revealed barriers and supports in relation to the learning environment, staffing issues, and overarching system. Participants identified specific recommendations that can inform future policy and programming to improve attendance and graduation rates in Nunavut schools.
Keywords: éducation chez les Inuit, Inuit education, éducation au Nunavut, Nunavut education, étudiants autochtones postsecondaires, Indigenous post-secondary students
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This qualitative study documents the experiences of Quebec university students (18) whose parents were born in Latin America, throughout their educational journey. The analysis reveals the existence of a boundary between those they call French-speaking Quebecers and the others. For them, this boundary based on a linguistic difference—often attributed to their accent—leads them to experience language anxiety and linguistic discrimination. They report that the education system does not take sufficient account of their difficulties. To conclude, paths of intervention promoting plurilingualism are identified to promote their inclusion.
Keywords: jeunes, youth, school experiences, expériences scolaires, discrimination linguistique, linguistic discrimination, immigration, immigration, Latin America, Amérique latine, Québec, Quebec, Canada, Canada
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Although educational temporary mobility, such as language stays or student exchanges, are increasingly popular among young adults, participation rates remain uneven. But whereas previous academic studies have identified gender as an important factor—young women participate more than young men—little has been written on the mechanisms behind this disparity. This article uses a mixed-method triangulation approach to analyze the impact of gender on motivational factors influencing the participation of young adults in travel programs. Using a large-scale survey of young Swiss adults (ch-x survey), we validate a set of hypotheses based on fourteen interviews conducted with male and female students attending the University of Lausanne. We begin by comparing the motivational factors influencing female and male students. Then, we consider the motivating factors influencing young adults with different educational backgrounds. The results highlight two critical dimensions of how gender affects the decision-making process: first, the acquisition of mobility capital in support of employability and, second, the increased independence gained through temporary mobility.
Keywords: temporary mobility, mobilité temporaire, gender, genre, mobility capital, capital de mobilité, employability, aspirations professionnelles, independence, indépendance
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In this paper, I employ the concept of the palimpsest of meaning (Bailey, 2007) to illustrate how Pokémon Go shapes and produces relations to place. Using ethnographic data from student players at the University of Guelph, I demonstrate how augmented reality (AR) gaming constructs a curated layer of place meaning that influences players’ knowledge of, relationships to, and movement through space. In so doing, I argue that we should not ignore the potential of AR technology to influence how we come to know place, emphasizing the impacts that biases, which are coded into this technology, might have on subaltern narratives of place and on marginalized communities, particularly in the context of Canadian settler colonialism and the erasure of Indigenous knowledge.
Keywords: Pokémon Go, anthropology of place and space, place knowledge, place meaning, palimpsest
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In this article, we will sketch a historical portrait of the video game sector in Quebec, both on the geographical plane (from Montreal to Quebec City through Trois-Rivières and other off-centred studios) and for different firm types (from the large studios to independent developers and amateurs). This historical overview will shed light on the challenges and characteristics of this sector which straddles both the technology and cultural industries in three stages : 1) the explorations of amateur entrepreneurs and enthusiasts; 2) the colonisation by large foreign firms and the injection of foreign capital which stimulated industry growth; 3) the structuration of independent developers (notably with La Guilde du jeu video du Québec) and the post-fission transition to a sustainable development of the sector. Our overview will cover the factual aspects of the industry, issues of contents and creative processes, and the challenges of achieving cultural sovereignty in a business sector based on liberalized markets, the free flow of capital, and a dematerialized digital economy.
Keywords: Jeu vidéo, Industrie, Histoire, Économie, Video game, Industry, History, Economy
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Higher education worldwide is facing several challenges spanning from economic, social, technological, demographic, environmental, to political tensions. Calls to rethink, reimagine, and reform higher education to respond to such challenges are ongoing, and need to be informed by a wide variety of stakeholders. To inform such efforts, we interviewed thirty-seven faculty members at Canadian colleges and universities to develop a greater understanding of their hopes and anxieties about the future of higher education as they considered what higher education may look like five years into the future. Results centred on four themes: (1) anxieties and hopes are shaped by supports and resources from various sources, (2) faculty members face anxiety over matters that negatively impact them but are beyond their control, (3) faculty members hope that “good” comes from the COVID-19 pandemic, and (4) faculty members hope for a well-rounded education that will enable students to succeed both within and beyond their careers. Implications for these findings suggest a need to direct research efforts and practices toward more hopeful futures for higher education, especially in the context of online and blended learning.
Keywords: inquiétudes, anxieties, membres du corps professoral, faculty members, learning futures, avenir de l’apprentissage, recherche qualitative, qualitative research, avenir prometteur, hopeful futures
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While it is well recognized that gambling behaviours are shaped by the contexts in which they occur, less research has investigated the relationship between poker and substance use (i.e., alcohol and other drugs). The current study explores poker players’ perceptions of the relationship between substance use and gambling. This qualitative descriptive study is a secondary data analysis of 25 interviews with poker players conducted as part of a broader prospective cohort project. From the thematic analysis, players described how specific contextual factors, such as social setting and location (e.g., bars, casinos) influenced their substance use. Poker players reported a relationship between substance use and gambling practices. However, players differed greatly in their decisions about whether, and how much, to use alcohol and other drugs, with individuals’ choices depending heavily on contexts (e.g., more inclined to partake when alcohol was available) and motivations (e.g., remaining sober to remain sharp and not impair their intellectual capacity). For those players who considered poker earnings to be their main source of income, increased use of alcohol, tobacco and cannabis were reported as a way of dealing with stress, anxiety and a lack of motivation related to their play.
Keywords: poker, substance use, context, motivation, qualitative, players' perspectives
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Increasingly, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is having an impact on distance-based higher education, where it is revealing multiple ethical issues. However, to date, there has been limited research addressing the perspectives of key stakeholders about these developments. The study presented in this paper sought to address this gap by investigating the perspectives of three key groups of stakeholders in distance-based higher education: students, teachers, and institutions. Empirical data collected in two workshops and a survey helped identify what concerns these stakeholders had about the ethics of AI in distance-based higher education. A theoretical framework for the ethics of AI in education was used to analyse that data and helped identify what was missing. In this exploratory study, there was no attempt to prioritise issues as more, or less, important. Instead, the value of the study reported in this paper derives from (a) the breadth and detail of the issues that have been identified, and (b) their categorisation in a unifying framework. Together these provide a foundation for future research and may also usefully inform future institutional implementation and practice.
Keywords: artificial intelligence, ethics, distance-based higher education, students, teachers, institutions, theoretical framework
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This research examines the extent to which issues identified in Breaking Anonymity (The Chilly Collective, 1995) are still salient despite new EDI mandates/programs which support increased research excellence through EDI principles. We present survey results for Canadian academics who identify as women (n = 244) regarding their experiences with gender-based harassment and discrimination. Our analysis identified three categories of patriarchal gendered control: (1) overt practices, (2) covert practices, and (3) a systematic effort to silence the reporting of these experiences. We highlight the voices of women academics as they provide personal insights into the continuing barriers through their experiences. Through their stories, the implications of existing overt and covert harassment and discrimination practices are discussed. Our study provides an overview of women academics’ experiences with oppression by their male colleagues and contributes to research exploring equity and inclusion in higher education and the continued need to work toward gender equity.
Keywords: genre, Gender, discrimination, Discrimination, harcèlement, Harassment, Chilly Climate, ambiance tendue, Academia, milieu universitaire