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Comm 19999: Essential Communication Skills, Julie Warkentin, Jonathan Filipovic

Faculty Books

This open educational resource textbook provides Sheridan students with the foundational information and skills necessary to be successful in diploma-level programs. The book integrates customized Sheridan-centred content, including information on academic resources available on campus and customized readings that reflect the cross-disciplinary work of Sheridan programs, students, and faculty. With a focus on writing and research skills for both academic and professional contexts, the COMM 19999 course text is a valuable resource for students as they transition from post-secondary studies into their chosen fields.

The Sheridan Notebook, Brandon Mcfarlane, Kristine Villeneuve, Devin Murray

Faculty Books

The Sheridan Notebook is an integral component to a series of studies that seek to better understand (1) the impact of adult colouring on creativity and mindfulness, and (2) the educational potential of adult colouring. A growing volume of research suggests there is a noteworthy connection between mindfulness and creativity: mindful individuals through presence, openness, acceptance, and self-inquiry are able to adopt many perspectives and pursue multiple solutions when solving problems—characteristics held by highly creative and innovative individuals.

This book synthesizes adult colouring with the “In and Out” note-taking technique—developed at the International Center for Studies in Creativity—to provide students …

The Witlings: A Comedy By Frances Burney, Patrick Young

Faculty Books

The Witlings was written by comic novelist Frances Burney in 1779, but her male relatives prevented its production; the manuscript was not rediscovered until the 20th century. Patrick Young's Acting Version trims the rough but brilliant 4-hour draft to just over 2½ hours and connects all the loose ends. A young heiress loses her fortune and is attacked or defended by a colourful collection of proto-Dickensian characters. Acclaimed as "witty" and "hilarious", the Canadian Premiere of The Witlings was produced by Theatre Erindale on the campus of the University of Toronto Mississauga in 2014.

Who’S On The Home Front? Canadian Masculinity In The Nfb’S Second World War Series “Canada Carries On”, Michael Brendan Baker

Faculty Books

A study of the National Film Board of Canada's World War II film series in terms of its demonstration of assumed cultural values regarding identity, agency, and "manliness" in the context of the NFB's wartime nation-building project.

Creating A Better World For Our Child, Theresa Fraser

Faculty Books

The book chapter describes the use of the Sandtray-Worldplay Method to:

• Establish a safe and open therapeutic environment

• Encourage parents to identify common values, hopes, and goals

• Identify how parents can support their child and each other in working toward specific family goals

• Set goals to be addressed in treatment

The Taming Of The Tamer (Also Known As The Tamer Tamed Or The Woman’S Prize) By John Fletcher, Patrick Young

Faculty Books

The Taming of the Tamer (also known as The Tamer Tamed or The Woman’s Prize) was written by John Fletcher some 20 years after Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew. In it, Petruchio's second wife finally succeeds in giving him his comeuppance. Though a hit in its day, surviving versions are rough and even contradictory; Patrick Young’s adaptation for acting makes this hilarious proto-feminist work fully accessible for the first time in almost 400 years. The Canadian Premiere of The Taming of the Tamer was produced by Theatre Erindale on the campus of the University of Toronto Mississauga in 2009.

Memory Quilt Or Pillow, Theresa Fraser

Faculty Books

This book chapter describes the use of a memory quilt or pillow in therapy with the goal to:

• Gather information about the client's interests, feelings, and needs

• Increase open communication

• Allow the client to discuss positive experiences shared with significant caregivers

• Encourage the client to identify and verbally express the loss of significant past relationships with natural family members or with faster families

• Help the client to identify goals for current or future relationships

Putting A Human Face On Child Welfare: Voices From The Prairies, Ivan Brown, Ferzana Chaze, Don Fuchs, Jean Lafrance, Sharon Mckay, Shelley Thomas Prokop

Faculty Books

The chapters in this book represent a selection of the many very fine presentations made at the Prairie Child Welfare Consortium's (PCWC) 3rd bi-annual Symposium, held in Edmonton, Alberta, November 23–25, 2005. The theme of that Symposium was Putting a Human Face on Child Welfare.

Sharon McKay's article "Development of the Prairie Child Welfare Consortium" at the beginning of this book provides a brief history of the beginnings of the PCWC, illustrating not only its practical, but more importantly the philosophical development. Readers will find that this philosophy informs a great deal of the writing in the 11 chapters of …