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This article details what led the authors to translate the first literary fiction ever published in a Canadian Indigenous language, namely the language of the Inuit. Entitled Uumajursiutik unaatuinnamut, this text by Markoosie Patsauq appeared in 1969-1970 in the magazine Inuktitut. Our research has shown that this text has never been translated, in the rigorous sense of the term. The book Harpoon of the Hunter, published in 1970 by McGill-Queen's University Press and signed by Markoosie Patsauq himself, is an adaptation, commissioned and edited by children's author James H. McNeill. Prior to our examination of the original manuscript, all translations and research on Markoosie Patsauq's work had been based on the English adaptation, without any consideration of the circumstances surrounding that adaptation's publication, or the meaning of the Inuktitut text. One translator, however, felt that our translations showed a lack of respect for Markoosie Patsauq, terming our project "colonialist". We respond to this accusation with an example of our work based on the sole original manuscript.

Keywords: Markoosie Patsauq, Markoosie Patsauq, Inuktitut, littérature autochtone, adaptation, Indigenous literatures, adaptation, colonialisme, colonialism, Inuktitut

Decades of neoliberal capitalism have had a corrosive effect on public education, with implications for both the fiscal realities of education systems and the ideological values guiding curriculum and pedagogy. While the culture of neoliberalism has often been studied, it is equally important to expand analyses of the shifting material conditions of how capital moves through education systems, reshapes power, and exacerbates inequality. It is also, I argue, vitally important to document—to be mindful—of how the affordances of the present, once eroded, diminish the imaginings of what is possible in the future. To that end, in this special issue, we highlight the twin realities of neoliberalism. We also make the argument for public education, imperfect though its current iterations may be, as a valuable inheritance of public good.

Keywords: neoliberalism, capitalism, education

Beginning with my 1999 account in The Philosophy of Argument, this essay explores views about adversariality in argument.  Although my distinction between minimal and ancillary adversariality is widely accepted, there are flaws in my defense of the claim that all arguments exhibit minimal adversariality and in a lack of sensitivity to aspects of gender and culture. Further discussions of minimal adversariality, including those of Scott Aikin, John Casey, Katharina Stevens and Daniel Cohen, are discussed. The claim that all argument are adversarial in at least a minimal sense is defended due to its connection with arguers’ intent to support their conclusions.

Keywords: argument, adversariality, dialogue, feminism, politeness, culture

Food insecurity has been identified as an issue among postsecondary students. We conducted this study to describe the level of food insecurity in a sample of university students with a particular interest in the effect of marginalization. A cross-sectional survey was conducted using a volunteer sample of 3,636 undergraduate students (44% participation rate) at one [removed for blinding] university campus between February and May 2017. Forty-two percent (n=1479) of respondents were classified as experiencing food insecurity. Among those who were food insecure 58% (n=891) were female. Logistic regression analysis indicated that females, students living on campus, those with a diverseability (developmental, physical, or other diversability), individuals self-reporting as belonging to a visible minority and international students were more likely to experience food insecurity. When adjusted for sex, years on campus, and living situation, students who reported experiencing two or more forms of marginalization were 2.52 times more likely to be food insecure compared to students who do not report any form of marginalization. This study further supports concerns about high levels of food insecurity among university students in Canada. In particular, the findings highlight the risk for food insecurity among students who are already vulnerable to socio-economic inequity due to belonging to marginalized groups. Efforts to promote student wellbeing on university campuses need to address food insecurity by addressing system-level factors to equalize the field for all students at risk for food insecurity.

What does the War on Terror have to teach us about the ongoing War on Invasive Species? Rooted in the author's personal experiences as an immigrant on a family farm in Virginia, this essay explores themes of language, mental frames, and violent conflict in novel ways that shed insight into the morality of the struggle to manage unwanted species.