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Safe at Work, Unsafe at Home: COVID-19 and Temporary Foreign Workers in Prince Edward Island
(TFW Maritimes, 2021-06-01)"Safe at Work, Unsafe at Home: COVID-19 and Temporary Foreign Workers in Prince Edward Island" is the first report in a series of research projects by the Migrant Workers in the Canadian Maritimes partnership. Using desk ... -
Scale disparity and spectral transfer in anisotropic numerical turbulence
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School Environment and Academic Persistence of Newcomer Students: The Roles of Teachers and Peers
(University of Windsor, 2022)This paper explores the relationship between the social context of schools, measured in terms of perceptions of teacher support and students’ openness to diversity, and the academic persistence of ... -
Second Opinions: Negotiating Agency in Online Mothering Forums
(SAGE, 2020-08-06)Study background: Online forums and other virtual communities are an increasing source of postpartum support and information for first-time mothers. However, there is little evidence about how new mothers in Canada access ... -
Seeking legitimacy for broad understandings of substance use
(2019-07)This commentary invites discussion about implicit and explicit factors that impede research about substance use from a nuanced perspective that recognises potential benefits and advantages. It is argued that explicit efforts ... -
Seguridad en el Trabajo, Inseguridad en la Casa COVID-19 y Trabajadores Extranjeros Temporales en la Isla del Príncipe Eduardo
(TFW Maritimes, 2021-06-01)Este reporte es uno de los primeros de una serie de proyectos de investigación basados en la comunidad emprendidos en colaboración con los Trabajadores Migrantes de las Marítimas Canadienses bajo la iniciativa de COVID-19 ... -
Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes among Incarcerated Women in Canada: A Scoping Review
(SAGE, 2021-01-28)Background Women are the fastest growing population in Canadian prisons. Incarceration can limit access to essential health services, increase health risks and disrupt treatment and supports. Despite legal requirements ... -
Silences around occupations framed as unhealthy, illegal, and deviant
(2019-07)Occupational science has made tremendous strides in establishing a theoretical and empirical knowledge base grounded in the study of occupation. Yet given its origins in occupational therapy, a health profession aimed at ... -
Sit-to-stand transfer mechanics in healthy older adults: A comprehensive investigation of a portable lifting seat device.
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)Purpose: To evaluate lower extremity mechanics and muscle activation associated with the sit-to-stand transfer using a portable lifting-seat device and to compare these data to an unassisted transfer in healthy young and ... -
The situation of unaccompanied minors in Romania in the course of Europe’s refugee crisis
(2017)This paper discusses the legal-juridical framework that outlines the situation of unaccompanied refugee minors (UAM) in Romania. It reports on the numbers of underage migrant children in Romania, it examines some of the ... -
Smoke and mirrors: How an allegedly inclusionary strategy perpetuates an exclusionary discourse
(2011)The purpose of this paper is to critically explore the meaning making theoretical perspectives underlying the creation and development of a public mentoring program, allegedly designed as an inclusionary strategy for ... -
So long, Exarcheia: in conversation with Athenian essayist George Souvlis
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Somebody to Lean On: A Preliminary Evaluation of the Youth Assisting Youth Peer Project
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Sources of variation at the onset of bilingualism: The differential effect of input factors, AOA, and cognitive skills on HL Arabic and L2 English syntax
(Cambridge University Press, 2022)Despite growing research on individual differences in child bilinguals, few studies have focused on the development of syntax, included both languages, and studied newly arrived school-age migrant children. Accordingly, ... -
Spatial Interactions between Successive Eye and Arm Movements: Signal Type Matters
(2013-03)No abstract available. -
State-related changes in MEG functional connectivity reveal the task-positive sensorimotor network
(2012)Functional connectivity measures applied to magnetoencephalography (MEG) data have the capacity to elucidate neuronal networks. However, the task-related modulation of these measures is essential to identifying the functional ... -
State-related changes in MEG functional connectivity reveal the task-positive sensorimotor network
(2012)Functional connectivity measures applied to magnetoencephalography (MEG) data have the capacity to elucidate neuronal networks. However, the task-related modulation of these measures is essential to identifying the functional ... -
A step further: How to improve a mentoring program to fully advance the labour market integration of internationally trained professionals
(2012)“A Step Further” is an evaluation of the Profession to Profession (PTP): Mentoring Immigrants program. Initiated in 2004, the PTP program matches City of Toronto employees (i.e. mentors) with skilled internationally trained ... -
Strategies and indicators to address health equity in health service and delivery systems a scoping review protocol
(Wolters Kluwer, 2021-08-09)Objective: The purpose of this review is to describe how health service and delivery systems support health equity and to identify strategies and indicators being used to measure health equity. Introduction: It is ...