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2020-02-01

Van Deusen, Natalie M

SSHRC IDG awarded 2020: The proposed research project focuses on constructions of disability in the Old Norse­Icelandic Sagas of Bishops (byskupa sögur). Research for this project will take place over a two­year period. The first year(2020­21) will be dedicated to data collection, consultation,...

Spring 2015

Lalani, Tia I

This study seeks to demonstrate the ways in which disability is negatively and stereotypically presented in classic children’s literature and how it is used to prescribe constructions of normalcy. Although disability studies have become an increasingly popular avenue for critical study, one...

2021-12-13

Phelan, S. K. & Reeves, P.

For the greater part of the twentieth century, thanks in part to disability rights movements around the world, disabled children and youth have increasingly been afforded access to community spaces, such as schools and classrooms; and activities, such as inclusive recreation programs, alongside...

Fall 2011

Melnyk, Catherine L

This study examines the disability-intertext in contemporary Canadian young adult fiction and seeks to analyze new patterns in the representation of disability. The disability-intertext is explored using Michel Foucault’s theory of the “background-body” and Ato Quayson’s theory of “aesthetic...

Spring 2015

Chisholm, Tara M

Introduction: Rarely have the barriers and facilitators of PA for persons with a disability (PwD) living in a small city been the focus of researchers, despite the emergence of studies in the last two decades about the importance of PA for PwD. Numerous studies have investigated the barriers and...

2020-01-01

Gow, Gordon A.

Commercial social media (CSM) play a vital role in support of community outreach and engagement. Despite the apparent benefits of CSM, its widespread use raises important concerns about privacy and surveillance, limits on innovation, and data residency for the organizations that increasingly rely...

2018-03-01

Gow, Gordon A., Jayathilake, C., Hambly Odame, Helen, Dissanayeke, U., McMahon, R., Jayasinghe-Mudalige, U., Waidyanatha, N.

This course workbook provides a series of activities and exercises to introduce student practitioners to technology stewardship. It is organized into four sections: Principles and Practices of Technology Stewardship; Engaging your Community and Creating a Campaign; Choosing an ICT platform and...

2019-03-01

Gow, Gordon A., Chandana Jayathilake, Helen Hambly Odame, Uvasara Dissanayeke, Rob McMahon, Udith Jayasinghe-Mudalige, Nuwan Waidyanatha

This course workbook provides a series of activities and exercises to introduce student practitioners to technology stewardship. It is organized into four sections: Principles and Practices of Technology Stewardship; Engaging your Community and Creating a Campaign; Choosing an ICT platform and...

2018-03-01

Gow, Gordon A., Ramjattan, J., Chowdhury, A.

This case study booklet introduces student practitioners to technology stewardship. It has a companion Course Workbook. The course is part of an action research project to develop and test strategies to promote inclusive innovation with agricultural communities of practice in developing country...

2016-09-01

Gow, Gordon A., Jayathilake, C., Hambly Odame, H., Dissanayeke, U., McMahon, R., Jayasinghe-Mudalige, U., Waidyanatha, N.

This course workbook provides a series of activities and exercises to introduce student practitioners to technology stewardship. It is organized into four sections: Principles and Practices of Technology Stewardship; Engaging your Community and Creating a Campaign; Choosing an ICT platform and...