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Laying The Foundation For Copyright Policy And Practice In Canadian Universities, Lisa Di Valentino
Laying The Foundation For Copyright Policy And Practice In Canadian Universities, Lisa Di Valentino
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Due to significant changes in the Canadian copyright system, universities are seeking new ways to address the use of copyrighted works within their institutions. While the law provides quite a bit of leeway for use of copyrighted materials for educational and research purposes, the response by Canadian universities and related associations has not been to fully embrace their legal rights – rather, they have taken an approach that places emphasis on risk avoidance rather than maximizing use of materials, unlike their American counterparts. In the U.S., where educational fair use is arguably less flexible in application than fair dealing, there …
International Student Mobility In Higher Education In China: Tensions Between Policies And Practices, Kang Chen
International Student Mobility In Higher Education In China: Tensions Between Policies And Practices, Kang Chen
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Under globalization, the Internationalization of Higher Education (IHE) has intensified. International Student Mobility (ISM) as a key part of IHE has attracted more attention as well. China, traditionally an exporter of students, is becoming a popular host country for international students as well. By examining relevant policies and international students’ experiences, this study constructs a comprehensive portrait of ISM in China. Analyzing the ISM policy and student perspectives with attention to underlying ideologies of IHE (Stier, 2004) illuminates the tensions between the policies and practices. At the policy level, instrumentalism is the primary ideology driving the Chinese government and the …
Prohibited Practice: Drug Use, Harm Reduction And Benefit Enhancement In Toronto Rave Culture, Hilary Agro
Prohibited Practice: Drug Use, Harm Reduction And Benefit Enhancement In Toronto Rave Culture, Hilary Agro
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Based on fieldwork in Toronto, ON, I use ethnographic methods and analysis to answer the question of why people at electronic music events (‘raves’) and festivals use legal and illegal psychoactive drugs, exploring how the subjective effects of consciousness alteration factor into individual and group experiences of affective change. I examine the effects of stigma on the lives of these ‘drug practitioners’, as well as how the structures of prohibition shape the ways in which recreational substances are able to be consumed safely, resulting in a moral economy of trust and a culture of interreliance in the rave scene. Finally, …