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“I Don’t Suffer from ADHD, I Suffer from Other People”: ADHD, Stigma, and Academic Life
(2021-04)Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that has been proven to be stigmatized. There are substantial gaps in the literature pertaining to adulthood ADHD and stigma from the point ... -
“I Feel Bad for People Who Don’t Have a Chronic Illness:” Refusing Deviance and Reframing Illness Through Summer Camp
(2024-05)Scholarship in medical anthropology has a history of characterizing chronic illness as a “deviant” condition. Emerging research problematizes this paradigm, however, and demands its reconsideration. The growing recognition ... -
Immigrants and the Nova Scotia Justice System: Identifying Issues and Assessing the Feasibility of Further Research
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 2010-12)This modest pilot project has focused on exploring the possibility of a major project examining how immigrants in Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) view the significant problem of violence, crime and public safety in HRM ... -
iMOVe: Seeking the Way and NSYF Youth: Final Assessment 2013
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 2013)The evaluation of the iMOVe project carried out in collaboration with the NSYF over three cycles beginning in 2011 has indicated that, overall, the project’s implementation and processes have been faithful to its underlying ... -
“The Implications of Current Policing and Policy Trends for Aboriginal Policing and Policy”
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The Justice System and Social Inclusion in Canada
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Madness in the Media: News Coverage of Police Lethal Force on Persons with Mental Illness
(2020)Police encounters with persons with mental illness have been increasing since the deinstitutionalization of the 1960s. As a result, persons with mental illness are the most vulnerable demographic to police use of lethal ... -
Married to the Military: Employment Prospects for Civilian Female Spouses
(2016-04)The vast majority of research on the impact of military has considered the experiences of service members during and after their service. However, the impact of military lifestyle on civilian spousal employment is a ... -
Missing the Bus, Missing School: Does Mode of Transportation Affect Educational Engagement Among High School Students in the HRM?
(2022-04)Whether it is time spent sitting in traffic on the way home from work, flying to visit distant family, or simply driving aimlessly with friends, our lives are greatly impacted by mobility. This study, guided by literature ... -
“More traumatic and humiliating than assault itself”: Exploring students’ perceptions of Dalhousie University’s management of sexual assault issues
(2017-04)Sexual assault on university campuses remains a pervasive issue, with Dalhousie University being no exception. It has been argued that universities regularly fail their victims of sexual assault as they do not adequately ... -
Moving on to Adults: An Assessment of the Nova Scotia Restorative Justice Program's Adult Pilot Project
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Moving on to the University: An Assessment the Dalhousie Restorative Justice Pilot Project
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 2015-10) -
Nature and National Identity after Communism: Globalizing the Ethnoscape.
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New Justice Initiatives in Elsipogtog: Targeting Fetal Alcohol and Social Problems
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 2003-11) -
The Nogemag Model: Development, Demonstration and Dissemination: An Assessment
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THE NOVA SCOTIA RESTORATIVE JUSTICE INITIATIVE: CORE DATA ANALYSES: YEAR TWO EVALUATION REPORT
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 2003) -
The Nova Scotia Restorative Justice Initiative: Final Evaluation Report
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The Nova Scotia Restorative Justice Program: Assessment of Current Status and Future Directions
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 2015-09)The Nova Scotia Restorative Justice (NSRJ) program for young offenders began in November 1999 at four regional sites after almost two years of intensive consultation and preparatory planning. The program expanded in 2001 ... -
Nova Scotian Roots: Teaching Cultural Imperialism through Music Education
(2015)The colonial history of Nova Scotia is a complex web of power, violence, and displacement that is often not acknowledged at an institutional level. The impact of this history has left a permanent imprint on the social and ...