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This article compares two anti-domestic violence campaigns created by the Edmonton Police Services and the Government of Alberta. This paper argues that both campaigns rely on and reinforce gendered and racialized schema, legitimize each institution, and simultaneously call upon you, the viewer, to address domestic violence. 

Keywords: Domestic Violence, Public Service Announcements

This article interrogates the ways in which the ideas of diversity, experience, and inclusion became central to the introductory Gender and Women’s Studies (GWS) course at one institution and the way that various stakeholders define and interpret these terms. After providing a short local history and analyzing current and former instructors’ understandings of these concepts as they function in the GWS introductory classroom, the authors further explore these themes with two case studies: transgender inclusion and Native American feminisms.

Keywords: diversity, experience, inclusion, pedagogy

The Cultures of Sound Network is an international alliance of cultural institutions that develops public engagement projects around music and sound. Since its inception in 2018, the network has used collaborative inquiry to mobilize music and sound knowledge across North America and beyond, serve diverse communities, including Indigenous ones, and bridge divides between museums, universities, cultural organizations, and publics. This article discusses examples of the network’s modus operandi and examines the value, significance, and prospects for sound initiatives of this kind in the 2020s.

Background: People with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) experience inequitable health care and outcomes. Pre-licensure nursing programs do not adequately prepare student nurses to care for this population. Purpose: To identify priorities for pre-licensure nursing curriculum content about nursing care for people with IDD. Methods: A three-round, mixed-methods Delphi study, inclusively designed, was administered to nurses and people with IDD. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and content analysis. Findings: A total of 16 nurses and 16 people with IDD participated in this study. At the end of the third survey round, consensus had been reached for 77% (10/13) of items under the category of person-centred care, 100% (6/6) of items about communication, 100% (5/5) of items about advocacy, 85.7% (6/7) of items about health and diagnoses, 100% (4/4) of items about collaboration, and 100% (3/3) of items about decision-making. Conclusion: These findings provide nursing faculty with direction for action in IDD-inclusive nursing curriculum. Future studies are needed to explore teaching and learning methods for further implementation.

Keywords: intellectual and developmental disabilities, nursing curriculum, inclusive health research, Delphi

This article explores the work of Janelle Monáe through, and with, the words and images offered by Ruha Benjamin in Imagination: A Manifesto, arguing that these and other Afrofuturist texts provide us with tools for reconceptualizing the visible world as dense, textured, and never wholly legible, consumable, or commodifiable. This essay asks us to dwell, to practice a temporary suspension, in the visualizations offered by these artists, as they invent new fictions for us to inhabit – fictions that work against the dominant narrative of visibility that says we can be made fully readable and comprehensible to power through proliferating mechanisms of technological surveillance. This false but enduring narrative, which often feels deceptively natural and inescapable, works to infantilize and depoliticize imagination, to thwart creative disruption, and to produce collective despair. While this essay acknowledges the very real, violent power entwined within this fiction – and the need to, at times, use this very narrative as a shield for survival in the present – it also argues that we must simultaneously recognize this as fiction and create new fictions so as to open ourselves to a future in which survival and flourishing are not contingent on complicity in the constrictive narratives that frame us today. As we are shaped in both the real and the imaginary, this essay contends, projecting new fictions is a crucial practice for making more liveable futures.

Keywords: politics of visibility, politique de la visibilité, fiction de la lisibilité, fictions of legibility, imagination, imagination, surveillance capitalism, capitalisme de surveillance, technocratie, technocracy, futurité, futurity, Afrofuturism, afrofuturisme, social imaginary, imaginaire social

Citizen science, a core component of the open science movement, emphasizes public participation in scientific research and fosters inclusive, community-driven knowledge production. Libraries are increasingly recognized as critical facilitators of citizen science, offering infrastructure, support, and access to resources. This study investigates the intellectual structure of citizen science within the field of library and information science (LIS) through a co-citation analysis using data retrieved from Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus. The analysis identifies the most frequently co-cited authors and sources, revealing emerging research clusters and thematic trends. Findings show that while citizen science in LIS is a growing area of interest, the field remains relatively fragmented, with limited author interconnectivity and modest citation frequencies. The most frequently co-cited sources include journals focusing on academic and medical librarianship, highlighting the multidimensional relevance of citizen science across subfields. Keyword analysis reveals dominant themes such as open science, crowdsourcing, and digital humanities, which align with libraries’ evolving roles in participatory research. The study provides a comprehensive overview of current research dynamics and collaboration patterns, offering insights into the evolving role of libraries as active participants in citizen science initiatives.

Keywords: science citoyenne, citizen science, science ouverte, open science, analyse de citations, co-citation analysis, libraries, bibliothèques, bibliometrics, bibliométrie

This paper explores information hygiene as a crucial framework for fostering a healthy digital lifestyle and promoting overall resilience. It traces the concept's evolution, noting its increasing relevance amid rising challenges like artificial intelligence, misinformation, disinformation, and digital addiction, exacerbated by recent global events. The study integrates findings from two comparative research projects on student information behavior in Czechia and Slovakia, alongside an analysis of Czech national reports on digital addictions. These investigations consistently reveal student concerns regarding digital distress and the negative impact of technology on personal interactions. The paper proposes information hygiene as a comprehensive approach, resting on information literacy, cybersecurity, and digital resilience. It emphasizes that effective information hygiene involves both sound information habits and healthy lifestyle habits that bolster overall well-being. A case study of a new university course on information hygiene demonstrates its practical application. Ultimately, public libraries are identified as key institutions uniquely positioned to champion information hygiene, empowering individuals to navigate the complex digital world with greater resilience.

Keywords: information hygiene, hygiène informationelle, littératie informationnelle, information literacy, digital resilience, résilience numérique, bien-être, well-being, santé mentale, mental health

Introduction: Water is a healthy alternative to sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) consumption. Objective: Identify psychosocial factors associated with water consumption among adolescents from Quebec (Canada). Method: Data collection took place in 12 regions of Quebec (March-July 2023). A total of 218 French-speaking adolescents (82.1% between 14 and 16 years; 55.5% girls) completed an online questionnaire based on the Reasoned Action Approach. Water and SSB consumption was measured using a validated French version of the Beverage Questionnaire. Results: Adolescents reported consuming an average of 1591.4 ml of water and 283.3 ml of SSB per day. The intention to make water the drink of choice every day was significantly associated with the behavior of consuming more than 1000 ml of water per day (OR: 1.96; 95% CI: 1.17-3.25). Self-identity (β = 0.43; p <0.0001), perceived behavioral control (β = 0.30; p <0.0001), affective attitude (β = 0.16; p = 0.0033) and descriptive norm (β = 0.15; p = 0.0007) explained 73% of the variance in intention. Discussion and Conclusion: This study highlights avenues for interventions aimed at promoting water as the drink of choice to replace SSB intake among young Quebecers. The results will be useful for nurses and other stakeholders in public health, schools, and clinical settings to better understand what influences adolescents to drink water to promote healthy hydration habits and, consequently, favor health.

Keywords: water intake, consommation d’eau, adolescents, adolescents et adolescentes, facteurs associés, associated factors, sugar-sweetened beverages, boissons sucrées, Reasoned Action Approach, Approche de l’action raisonnée

The significance of illusion as a positive force in everyday life has been underestimated in both societal discourse and in empirical science. The objective of this study is to provide a synthesis of many academic disciplines’ understanding of illusion and reality by proposing a taxonomy of functional and dysfunctional subjective realities as based on the assumption that the human mind is adaptive in an evolutionary sense and likely to be a quantum entanglement system. Assumptions and discussions needed to construct the taxonomy are generally based on empirical research drawing from evolutionary theory, neurology, biology, anthropology, psychology, psychiatry, physics and other disciplines. The purpose of the proposed taxonomy is heuristic, serving as a base for further studies drawing particular attention to the fact that, by evolutionary processes, Homo sapiens have been made dependent on multiple subjective realities where illusion and reality are not necessarily opposites. The article is concluded by discussing possible reasons for why illusions as a positive force in human behaviour has been neglected in comparison to the dysfunctions of the human mind of which research abound.

Keywords: Reality, Illusion, Delusion, Hallucination, Cognitive bias, Evolutionary function, Dysfunction, Taxonomy, Adaptation, Psychological well-being, Psychosis, Diagnosis, DSM-5, Quantum entanglement

Sociocultural community development has undergone profound changes over the past 15 years. This dynamism, fuelled by the rise of communication technologies, the evolution of audiences and the redefinition of the role of public policies, has given rise to a proliferation of practices and theoretical reflections. A diachronic analysis of these mutations, based on the articles published in the Journal, is proposed to explore the evolution and variations of this discursive content around four axes: the new paradigms arising from the digital age, citizen participation, territorial issues and social change. Sociocultural community development is not just a technique for entertainment, but rather a critical and committed posture that promotes the development of individuals and communities. It is only then that it can contribute to building a more just and democratic future.

Keywords: sociocultural community development, animation, animación, ère numérique, era digital, digital age, citizen participation, participación ciudadana, participation citoyenne, desafíos territoriales, territorial issues, enjeux territoriaux, changement social, social change, cambio social