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The Literature Of Food: An Introduction From 1830 To The Present, Anke Klitzing Dec 2022

The Literature Of Food: An Introduction From 1830 To The Present, Anke Klitzing

European Journal of Food Drink and Society

No abstract provided.


Managing People In Commercial Kitchens: A Contemporary Approach, James Fox Dec 2022

Managing People In Commercial Kitchens: A Contemporary Approach, James Fox

European Journal of Food Drink and Society

No abstract provided.


Picked Last: A Review Of Transgender Athletes’ Experiences In Sport, Jacqueline Villanueva Aug 2022

Picked Last: A Review Of Transgender Athletes’ Experiences In Sport, Jacqueline Villanueva

Undergraduate Student Research Internships Conference

Transgender athletes have a long and complicated history in relation to the sports they exist within and the governing bodies that surround them. As well, their unique relationship to their gender identity, their teammates, and to their sport, is oftentimes strained. Major sporting organizations such as the International Olympic Committee or FINA have often been at the centre of controversy with transgender participation policies that lack the needed elements of equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Through a review of the pertinent literature from prominent journals in the sociology of sport and queer methodology, literature pertaining to transgender athletes and policy from …


A Comparative Review Of Qualitative Research: A Guide To Design And Implementation, Biniam Getnet Agazu Mr., Adissu Ketemaw Dejenu Mr., Kenenisa Lemi Debela Dr. Aug 2022

A Comparative Review Of Qualitative Research: A Guide To Design And Implementation, Biniam Getnet Agazu Mr., Adissu Ketemaw Dejenu Mr., Kenenisa Lemi Debela Dr.

The Qualitative Report

We review Sharan B. Merriam and Elizabeth J. Tisdell’s 2016 book, Qualitative Research: A Guide to Design and Implementation and then compare it to three other introductory to qualitative research texts. We found the Merriam and Tisdell book to be useful for both novice and more experienced researchers. The two authors are highly experienced in qualitative research and their book may provide an opportunity to improve our understanding of qualitative research design and implementation when compared to other different qualitative books.


Promoting Labour Migrant Health Equity Through Action On The Structural Determinants: A Systematic Review, Mireille Evagora-Campbell, Aysha Zahidie, Kent Buse, Fauziah Rabbani, Sarah Hawkes Feb 2022

Promoting Labour Migrant Health Equity Through Action On The Structural Determinants: A Systematic Review, Mireille Evagora-Campbell, Aysha Zahidie, Kent Buse, Fauziah Rabbani, Sarah Hawkes

Community Health Sciences

Background: Labour migrants, who represent over sixty per cent of international migrants globally, frequently have poorer health status than the population of host countries. These health inequities are determined in a large part by structural drivers including political, commercial, economic, normative and social factors, including living and working conditions. Achieving health equity for migrant workers requires structural-level interventions to address these determinants.
Methods: We undertook a systematic review of peer-reviewed literature designed to answer the question "what is the evidence for the effectiveness of interventions to address the structural determinants of health for labour migrants?" using the Ovid Medline electronic …


Review Of: Appalachians For Medicaid Website, Kendra Barker Dnp Jul 2021

Review Of: Appalachians For Medicaid Website, Kendra Barker Dnp

Journal of Appalachian Health

The Journal of Appalachian Health is committed to reviewing published media that relates to contemporary concepts affecting the health of Appalachia. Access to care and the health disparities we face have a direct effect on our experience of illness. Dr. Kendra Barker reviews the website: Appalachians for Medicaid.


Intimate Partner Violence Against Women In Pakistan: A Review Of Qualitative Research, Tazeen S. Ali, Rida Farhan, Michelle Ayub May 2020

Intimate Partner Violence Against Women In Pakistan: A Review Of Qualitative Research, Tazeen S. Ali, Rida Farhan, Michelle Ayub

Community Health Sciences

Objective: To consolidate research data and provide an insight into areas that need further research regarding intimate partner violence.
Methods: The review targeted qualitative research-based studies done in the English language and conducted in Pakistan from 2008 to 2018 regarding intimate partner violence against women. A thorough search of Google Scholar and PubMed databases was done. Data from each selected article was extracted using a data-extraction template.
Results: Of the 2,479 results, 21(0.8%) articles were selected along with 4(0.16%) texts from grey literature. An in-depth analysis led to six broad categories: experiences/perspectives of married women facing intimate partner violence; perspectives …


Activism And The Fossil Fuel Industry By Andrew Cheon And Johannes Urpelainen, Alexandra Watt Simpson Jun 2019

Activism And The Fossil Fuel Industry By Andrew Cheon And Johannes Urpelainen, Alexandra Watt Simpson

The Goose

Review of Andrew Cheon and Johannes Urpelainen's Activism and the Fossil Fuel Industry


A Land Not Forgotten: Indigenous Food Security & Land-Based Practices In Northern Ontario By Michael A. Robidoux And Courtney W. Mason, Tonia L. Payne Ph.D. Aug 2018

A Land Not Forgotten: Indigenous Food Security & Land-Based Practices In Northern Ontario By Michael A. Robidoux And Courtney W. Mason, Tonia L. Payne Ph.D.

The Goose

Review of Michael A. Robidoux and Courtney W. Mason's (eds.) A Land Not Forgotten: Indigenous Food Security & Land-Based Practices in Northern Ontario.


Blood Fable By Oisín Curran, Michael Occhionero Feb 2018

Blood Fable By Oisín Curran, Michael Occhionero

The Goose

Review of Oisín Curran's Blood Fable.


The Terranauts By T.C. Boyle And The Addlands By Tom Bullough, Carly E. Thomas Feb 2018

The Terranauts By T.C. Boyle And The Addlands By Tom Bullough, Carly E. Thomas

The Goose

Review of T.C. Boyle's The Terranauts and Tom Bullough's The Addlands.


Islands Of Grass By Trevor Herriot And The Long Walk By Jan Zwicky, Gillian Harding-Russell Feb 2018

Islands Of Grass By Trevor Herriot And The Long Walk By Jan Zwicky, Gillian Harding-Russell

The Goose

Review of Trevor Herriot's Islands of Grass and Jan Zwicky's The Long Walk.


All The Names Between By Julia Mccarthy And The Girls With Stone Faces By Arleen Paré, Erin Renee Wahl Feb 2018

All The Names Between By Julia Mccarthy And The Girls With Stone Faces By Arleen Paré, Erin Renee Wahl

The Goose

Review of Arleen Paré's The Girls with Stone Faces and Julia McCarthy's All the Names Between.


Exposed: Environmental Politics & Pleasures In Posthuman Times By Stacy Alaimo, Nathan Tebokkel Feb 2018

Exposed: Environmental Politics & Pleasures In Posthuman Times By Stacy Alaimo, Nathan Tebokkel

The Goose

Review of Stacy Alaimo's Exposed: Environmental Politics & Pleasures in Posthuman Times.


Anthropocene Feminism By Richard Grusin, Stephanie Eccles Feb 2018

Anthropocene Feminism By Richard Grusin, Stephanie Eccles

The Goose

Review of Richard Grusin's Anthropocene Feminism.


A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography Of A Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder By Ma-Nee Chacaby With Mary Louisa Plummer, Emily Leung-Pittman Feb 2018

A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography Of A Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder By Ma-Nee Chacaby With Mary Louisa Plummer, Emily Leung-Pittman

The Goose

Review of A Two-Spirit Journey: The Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-Cree Elder by Ma-Nee Chacaby with Mary Louisa Plummer.


Permanent Weekend: Nature, Leisure, And Rural Gentrification By John Michels, Cameron M. Butler Feb 2018

Permanent Weekend: Nature, Leisure, And Rural Gentrification By John Michels, Cameron M. Butler

The Goose

Review of John Michels' Permanent Weekend: Nature, Leisure, and Rural Gentrification.


Affective Ecologies: Empathy, Emotion, And Environmental Narrative By Alexa Weik Von Mossner, David Tagnani Feb 2018

Affective Ecologies: Empathy, Emotion, And Environmental Narrative By Alexa Weik Von Mossner, David Tagnani

The Goose

Review of Alexa Weik von Mossner's Affective Ecologies: Empathy, Emotion, and Environmental Narrative.


The Wilds Of Poetry: Adventures In Mind And Landscape By David Hinton, Joel Weishaus Feb 2018

The Wilds Of Poetry: Adventures In Mind And Landscape By David Hinton, Joel Weishaus

The Goose

Review of David Hinton’s The Wilds of Poetry: Adventure’s in Mind and Landscape.


While Glaciers Slept: Being Human In A Time Of Climate Change By M Jackson, Stephen Siperstein Feb 2018

While Glaciers Slept: Being Human In A Time Of Climate Change By M Jackson, Stephen Siperstein

The Goose

Review of M. Jackson's While Glaciers Slept: Being Human in a Time of Climate Change.


Posthumanism: Anthropological Insights By Alan Smart And Josephine Smart, David Shaw Feb 2018

Posthumanism: Anthropological Insights By Alan Smart And Josephine Smart, David Shaw

The Goose

Review of Alan Smart and Josephine Smart’s Posthumanism: Anthropological Insights.


The Microbial State: Global Thriving And The Body Politic By Stefanie R. Fishel, Dustin Purvis Feb 2018

The Microbial State: Global Thriving And The Body Politic By Stefanie R. Fishel, Dustin Purvis

The Goose

Review of Stefanie R. Fishel's The Microbial State: Global Thriving and the Body Politic.


Fault Lines: Life And Landscape In Saskatchewan’S Oil Economy By Valerie Zink And Emily Eaton, Matthew Zantingh Feb 2018

Fault Lines: Life And Landscape In Saskatchewan’S Oil Economy By Valerie Zink And Emily Eaton, Matthew Zantingh

The Goose

Review of Valerie Zink and Emily Eaton's Fault Lines: Life and Landscape in Saskatchewan's Oil Economy.


Cleaner, Greener, Healthier: A Prescription For Stronger Canadian Environmental Laws And Policies By David R. Boyd, Alex D. Ketchum Feb 2018

Cleaner, Greener, Healthier: A Prescription For Stronger Canadian Environmental Laws And Policies By David R. Boyd, Alex D. Ketchum

The Goose

Review of David R. Boyd's Cleaner, Greener, Healthier: A Prescription for Stronger Canadian Environmental Laws and Policies.


Lines Of Flight: An Atomic Memoir By Julie Salverson, Ashley E. Reis Feb 2018

Lines Of Flight: An Atomic Memoir By Julie Salverson, Ashley E. Reis

The Goose

Review of Julie Salverson’s Lines of Flight: An Atomic Memoir.


Birdmania: A Remarkable Passion For Birds By Bernd Brunner, Mozart's Starling By Lyanda Lynn Haupt, And Birds Art Life By Kyo Maclear, Nancy Lee Menning Feb 2018

Birdmania: A Remarkable Passion For Birds By Bernd Brunner, Mozart's Starling By Lyanda Lynn Haupt, And Birds Art Life By Kyo Maclear, Nancy Lee Menning

The Goose

Review of Bernd Brunner's Birdmania: A Remarkable Passion for Birds, Lyanda Lynn Haupt's Mozart's Starling, and Ky Maclear's Birds Art Life.


Dust Or Fire By Alyda Faber, Brandi Estey-Burtt Feb 2018

Dust Or Fire By Alyda Faber, Brandi Estey-Burtt

The Goose

Review of Alyda Faber's Dust or Fire.


Culture Jamming: Activism And The Art Of Cultural Resistance By Marilyn Delaure And Moritz Fink, Bart H. Welling Feb 2018

Culture Jamming: Activism And The Art Of Cultural Resistance By Marilyn Delaure And Moritz Fink, Bart H. Welling

The Goose

Review of Marilyn DeLaure and Moritz Fink's Culture Jamming: Activism and the Art of Cultural Resistance.


The Wolf Is Back By Robert Priest, Kelly Shepherd Feb 2018

The Wolf Is Back By Robert Priest, Kelly Shepherd

The Goose

Review of Robert Priest's The Wolf is Back.


Singing Meadow: The Adventure Of Creating A Country Home By Peri Phillips Mcquay, Randy Lee Cutler Aug 2017

Singing Meadow: The Adventure Of Creating A Country Home By Peri Phillips Mcquay, Randy Lee Cutler

The Goose

Review of Peri Phillips McQuay's Singing Meadow: The Adventure of Creating a Country Home.