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Contemporary social changes related to the expansion of suburban and peri-urban environments are the subject of concerns about the role of the relationship to place and its consequences on the determination of social ties and interdependencies between individuals. It is questionable whether, under the circumstances, social bonds are weakened or even threatened. A case study composed of forty-one semi-structured interviews conducted with citizens of the city of Saint-Basile-le-Grand on Montreal's South Shore serves as an analytical tool. We note a relationship to place, in terms of local ties and sustained family rootedness, that testifies to a familialist and “localist” character. Sociability and social interrelationships are pronounced and the role of children is predominant. The sense of belonging and social identity are evident. However, the picture is not one-sided: individuality and sociability, engagement and distancing, autonomy and isolation create tensions among individuals and suggest a relationship to place and reconfigured social ties.
Keywords: banlieue, périurbain, rapport au lieu, lien social, environnement local, ancrage familial, Saint-Basile-le-Grand, suburbs, peri-urban, relationship to place, social ties, local environment, family roots, Saint-Basile-le-Grand
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COVID-19 restrictions have prompted many medical schools to shift to virtual interview methods for medical school applicant selection. While extensive reflection has been documented around both the process and benefits of transitioning to a virtual Multiple Mini Interview (V-MMI) format, less attention has been given to examining the unintended consequences of this adaptation on increasing representation from underrepresented groups. In this Black Ice article, we consider the equity implications of taking a virtual approach to conducting MMIs and present some practical tips to ensure medical schools are giving attention to and addressing equity issues that may affect applicant and assessor engagement and success. The following seven recommendations include actionable steps medical schools can take immediately to optimize the interview process. This guide can be adapted to residency matching services and other health professions education programs that utilize the MMI.
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Taking inspiration from Pendakis and Wilson’s (2012) call to “sight, cite, and site” oil, in this piece we consider how interventions in artistic material practice can offer up complementary, and at times entirely unique, modes of engaging with the materialities of oil and petro-media. Building on conversations of the past several years, we make particular reference to Oil Topography (2014), a hand-woven jacquard tapestry created and produced by Ruth Beer.
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This essay adopts a critical perspective of the idea of humanizing refugee research. It argues that much social scientific research is intrinsically dehumanizing, as it simplifies and reduces human experience to categories and models that are amenable to analysis. Attempts to humanize research may productively challenge and unsettle powerful and dominant hegemonic structures that frame policy and research on forced migration. However, it may replace them with new research frameworks, now imbued authority as representing more authentic or real-life experiences. Rather than claiming the moral high ground of humanizing research, the more limited, and perhaps more honest, ambition should be to recognize the inevitable dehumanization embedded in refugee research and seek to dehumanize differently.
Keywords: refugee research, humanizing research, dehumanization, policy, categorization
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Modern art - although present in teaching - is often used in a tendentious and superficial manner and thus comforts the doxa. On the contrary, if used adequately, modern art pinpoints and counterbalances the cliché so present in language methods. We propose activities that make teaching and learning more efficient, pleasant and authentic.
Keywords: modern art, art moderne, doxa, doxa, creativity, créativité, plasticity, plasticité, motivation, motivation
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How can we claim that we are creating “lifelong learners” if we are not embedding assessments of self-regulated learning (SRL) into health professions education (HPE)? A good question but one that we must not try to answer too hastily. Some may consider SRL to be such an important competency that failing to assess it disservices everyone involved in HPE, including patients. I would argue that assessment of SRL may well be justified, but that how it is measured, what we might find, and what the implications of those findings might be, are equally critical to consider. The fact is that learners in HPE face many pressures that influence not just the quantity but also the quality of their self-regulation towards learning, which measures of SRL would have to account for, to be effective. Drawing on the self-regulation literature and self-determination theory (SDT) in particular, my aim in the present commentary is to discuss some of the nuances and issues that we would need to address, if we were to move towards a unified approach to assessing SRL in HPE.
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The article proposes a structured presentation of research on innovation ecosystems. It positions this concept in relation to that of the business ecosystem and highlights its specific characteristics. In particular, it introduces the role of communities in the dynamics of innovation. Four main themes around which research on innovation ecosystems is structured are identified: the evolution of the alignment of actors' interests and their role within ecosystems, the influence of the ecosystem's structure on its performance, the formation of networks and formal and informal actor collectives, and organisational and institutional initiatives that promote the development of networks and actor collectives.
Keywords: Communauté, écosystème, innovation, territoire, Community, ecosystem, innovation, territory, Comunidad, ecosistema, innovación, territorio
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Drones are becoming more accessible and efficient. This article presents a review of recent scientific literature focusing on their use to study wildlife. The 250 publications consulted were grouped into one of 4 categories: wildlife surveys, the behavioural response of wildlife to drones, the study of wildlife behaviour and wildlife protection. The review highlighted the great potential of drones for helping in the survey of animals, especially birds and mammals, and it also revealed the developments underway to allow their use for studying aquatic fauna, amphibians, reptiles and insects. The main impacts of drones on animals are presented and, based on the available information, preliminary recommendations are made to limit their disturbance to wildlife. Drones have multiple advantages and the rapid development of this technology suggests that several of the current limits to their use will soon be overcome. Finally, elements of the Canadian regulations on the use of drones are presented. In conclusion, in the medium-term, drones have the potential to play a significant role in the protection and management of biodiversity.
Keywords: comportement, conservation, détection, drone, inventaire, behaviour, conservation, detection, drone, survey