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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.
(Modern Humanities Research Association, 2008)No abstract available. -
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
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 2007) -
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
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 2005-12) -
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 ... -
“Oh, he’s gay!” The Perception of Gay Men of their Portrayal in Television and Film
(2016-04)Currently, there is little research on the perception of gay men of their portrayals on television and in film. Thus far, literature on such portrayals on the small and silver screens has taken a general survey of men ... -
On Thin Ice: Examining Youth Hockey Participation in Canada
(2017-04)Picture your local community, and chances are you will see two things: a hockey arena and an outdoor rink. Many Canadian children of all backgrounds play hockey. It is the quintessential Canadian sport, and yet previous ... -
“Open Yourself to the World”: Reasons for Studying Foreign Languages in University
(2020)Canadian universities are constantly promoting the importance of multicultural education. However, the departments that are strongly suited to developing intercultural understanding among students, namely humanities and ... -
Parenting and Working: Parents Working as Doctors Returning from Parental Leave
(2024-05)There is an abundance of research on maternity leave in terms of economic impacts, gendered impacts, and health but there is less research on qualitative experiences of returning from leave and navigating a career while ... -
Perspectives of Officers Policing in Aboriginal Communities Across Canada, 1996 and 2007
(Atlantic Institute of Criminology, 2016)This paper focuses on the perspectives and work experiences of officers policing in Aboriginal communities in Canada in 1996 and 2007. It is based on two separate nation-wide surveys, the first in 1995-1996 by Clairmont ... -
Picturing Halifax: Young Immigrant Women and the Social Construction of Urban Space
(2017-04)This study explores the social construction of space in the lives of young immigrant women. Drawing upon data from photo-elicitation interviews, I analyze how young women who recently immigrated to Canada interpret and ...