Spectrum Pub Date : 2024-07-05 DOI: 10.29173/spectrum227

Mathew Vitale, Leah Hamilton

{"title":"Understanding Political Integration Among Syrian Refugees in Calgary","authors":"Mathew Vitale, Leah Hamilton","doi":"10.29173/spectrum227","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/spectrum227","url":null,"abstract":"Newcomers to Canada are essential for the nation's cultural and economic vitality. However, research has primarily focused on immigrant integration, overlooking refugees. This study aims to fill this gap by examining the political integration of Syrian refugees in Calgary, Alberta, based on 21 semi-structured interviews. Specifically, it seeks to answer two main questions. First, what factors facilitate the attitudinal and behavioural political integration of Syrian refugees in Calgary? Second, what is the role of social capital in facilitating the attitudinal and behavioural political integration of refugees? Utilizing deductive thematic analysis, the study uncovers a need for enhanced political education. It also identifies the impact of individual variables like news consumption and political interest. A sense of belonging to Canadian society also emerged as an influential factor in political integration. Moreover, social capital, exemplified through membership in organizations, increased political participation and a sense of belonging. These findings suggest the need for new theories specifically focused on refugee political integration.\u0000 Key words: political integration, syrian refugees, social capital, sense of belonging, canada","PeriodicalId":513992,"journal":{"name":"Spectrum","volume":" 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141676765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Supporting Indigenous youth to live with continued resilience, meaning and hope 支持土著青年以持续的韧性、意义和希望生活下去

Spectrum Pub Date : 2024-07-04 DOI: 10.29173/spectrum246

Hanna Sutherland, Samantha Sutherland, Raeanne Rondeau, George Minde, Ingrid Nielssen, Kristin Flemons

{"title":"Supporting Indigenous youth to live with continued resilience, meaning and hope","authors":"Hanna Sutherland, Samantha Sutherland, Raeanne Rondeau, George Minde, Ingrid Nielssen, Kristin Flemons","doi":"10.29173/spectrum246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/spectrum246","url":null,"abstract":"Indigenous Life Promotion and strengths-based approaches to mental wellness and suicide prevention are important strategies that promote sovereignty, holistic wellness, and healing at the individual, family, and community levels. As part of the Patient and Community Engagement Research (PaCER) program, our team facilitated three focus groups with Indigenous young people in Alberta to better understand how they wish to be supported to live life with continued resilience, meaning and hope. Our team conducted a thematic analysis on the focus group transcripts and derived five key themes from their contents: 1. Accessible, meaningful, and ongoing supports; 2. Indigenous-centered, culturally meaningful and safe supports; 3. Fostering meaningful connections and relationships; 4. Surviving/ ‘Existing’; and 5. Thriving; living with purpose and meaning beyond surviving. Based on these themes, six recommendations for better supporting the wellbeing of Indigenous youth were developed: 1. Indigenous-centred resources; 2. Accountability; 3. Person-centred support; 4. Enhancing empowerment in children & youth; 5. Holistic health liaison/navigators; 6. Increased funding. Attending to the voices of Indigenous youth in planning and enhancing supports will continue to bolster their inherent resilience and contribute to the process of reconciliation in Alberta and Canada.","PeriodicalId":513992,"journal":{"name":"Spectrum","volume":" 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141679690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Retention of Underrepresented Minority Undergraduates in STEM 留住科学、技术、工程和数学领域代表性不足的少数族裔本科生

Spectrum Pub Date : 2024-07-04 DOI: 10.29173/spectrum228

Alexander Abramenko, Megan Nadzan

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Tragic Myth of America’s 2021 “March on Rome” 美国 2021 年 "向罗马进军 "的悲剧神话

Spectrum Pub Date : 2024-06-04 DOI: 10.29173/spectrum251

Stephen Blinder

{"title":"Tragic Myth of America’s 2021 “March on Rome”","authors":"Stephen Blinder","doi":"10.29173/spectrum251","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/spectrum251","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000The parallels between the January 6th, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and the so-called “March on Rome” of October 1922, are unmistakable, from Donald Trump and Benito Mussolini’s leadership styles to their non-participation in the actual coup attempts to the unwavering commitment of their most zealous followers to the respective causes. Indeed, comparisons between these two figures and events have led scholars to refer to the events on January 6th as a “Half-Baked March on Rome” or an “abortive March on Rome,” among other similar references. While historically convenient and rhetorically appealing, however, these associations risk downplaying the requisite conditions that allowed the March on Rome to result in a successful coup but which never manifested in the buildup to January 6th or its actualization. Moreover, referring to January 6th within the context of the March on Rome minimizes the distinct possibility that the former was but the precursor to an eventual triumphant American iteration of the March on Rome. By using the March on Rome as a conduit through which to examine the January 6th, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, this paper seeks to properly place the latter within the context of significant revolutionary events of the past and thereby explore its role in the broader arc of American democracy's future. \u0000","PeriodicalId":513992,"journal":{"name":"Spectrum","volume":"8 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141387563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Inspiring Repertoire for Enrichment 鼓舞人心的丰富剧目

Spectrum Pub Date : 2024-05-14 DOI: 10.29173/spectrum245

Rayna McFeetors

{"title":"Inspiring Repertoire for Enrichment","authors":"Rayna McFeetors","doi":"10.29173/spectrum245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/spectrum245","url":null,"abstract":" One of the enduring challenges for piano teachers is selecting appropriate repertoire to enrich a student’s piano education, which has foundations in leveled books. A response to the challenge is to select a collection from a composer’s works to immerse the student in the style and technical demands of that specific composer. In this study, Edvard Grieg’s Lyric Pieces Opus 12 were investigated for their effectiveness as pedagogical tools for intermediate piano students. The analysis included: (1) contextualizing the collectionhistorically through related literature; (2) identifying primary technical elements to determine an effective pedagogical approach for introducing the specific elements to students; and (3) identifying stylistic features and Norwegian cultural connections to provide meaningful insights for students’ interpretation of the pieces and lead to a set of guiding questions to pose to students. Historically, Grieg’s Lyric Pieces capture the Norwegian spirit by incorporating folkloric elements into classical compositions, and his intention in the compositions was to supply his music school with short, digestible instructional material. The Lyric Pieces are accessible piano pieces that allow students to discover complex technical elements such as melodic nature, varied approaches to the keys (touch), complex rhythms, and ornamentation. They also provide opportunities for students to grow their understanding of stylistic features through the titles and descriptive phrases, as well as connections to Norwegian culture, which allow them to develop their interpretation of the pieces. This study contributes to the professional learning of studio piano teachers and the application of Grieg’s Lyric Pieces in teaching intermediate students.","PeriodicalId":513992,"journal":{"name":"Spectrum","volume":"90 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140978595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Dying the Bad Death: Critique of the Suicide Burial in Robert Southey’s “The Cross Roads” 死于非命：罗伯特-索泰《十字路口》中的自杀式葬礼批判

Spectrum Pub Date : 2024-02-23 DOI: 10.29173/spectrum225

Campbell Pratt

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Price of Mobility 流动的代价

Spectrum Pub Date : 2024-02-15 DOI: 10.29173/spectrum185

Abigail Isaac

{"title":"Price of Mobility","authors":"Abigail Isaac","doi":"10.29173/spectrum185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/spectrum185","url":null,"abstract":"This research paper explores the origins of the border industrial complex, current American policies supported by private corporations regarding border infrastructure, and the impact of these policies on Central American asylum seekers. My investigation draws from critical border studies literature on the existence of borders as political tools as opposed to ‘neutral lines’ demarcating sovereignty, interrogating how border policies fuel the neoliberal economy. Given this background, I examine the commercialization of human mobility using border policies at the U.S.-Mexico border as a case study. The question at the core of my investigation is: to what extent does corporate investment in U.S-Mexico border militarization obstruct protection for Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States? In response, I argue that the issue of corporate involvement in U.S. border policy is important to examine because of how it impedes the implementation of progressive immigration policy by centering the border security market, and decentering human rights. More specifically, I contend that border violence as funded by corporate investment in state bordering becomes a way of maintaining racial hierarchy through movement and citizenship restrictions against racialized migrants from the Global South.","PeriodicalId":513992,"journal":{"name":"Spectrum","volume":"14 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139963690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Bridging the Gender Gap: A Canadian Study Examining Gender Inequality in Engineering Workplaces 缩小性别差距：加拿大对工程工作场所性别不平等现象的研究

Spectrum Pub Date : 2024-01-29 DOI: 10.29173/spectrum222

Eda Pitka, Annette Tézli

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Reconsidering Treaty 8 Negotiations: The Canadian Government’s Purposeful Exploitation of a Disadvantaged Population 重新考虑第 8 号条约谈判：加拿大政府有目的地剥削弱势群体

Spectrum Pub Date : 2024-01-08 DOI: 10.29173/spectrum202

Jacob Kropf

{"title":"Reconsidering Treaty 8 Negotiations: The Canadian Government’s Purposeful Exploitation of a Disadvantaged Population","authors":"Jacob Kropf","doi":"10.29173/spectrum202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/spectrum202","url":null,"abstract":"Treaty 8 was signed on June 21, 1899, between the Government of Canada and Indigenous Peoples living in the northern Alberta, northeastern British Columbia, southwestern Northwest Territories, and northwestern Saskatchewan region. Calls for the treaty began in the 1870s, but negotiations only began one day before the treaty was signed, raising questions about the fairness and professionalism of the negotiation process.1 Issues involving the mistreatment of Indigenous Peoples, both historically and contemporarily, have been on the front pages of media increasingly since the discovery of unmarked graves at a Kamloops formerresidential school in 2021. Each case of the Canadian government’s mistreatment of Indigenous Peoples, or enabling of it, is different and needs to be examined individually with consideration of the different sources relevant to each event or case. This research sought to uncover if injustice or mistreatment of Indigenous groups occurred during the Treaty 8 negotiations, and if so, how. The research reveals that the government took advantage of the poor economic conditions affecting Indigenous Peoples in Northern Alberta and created Treaty 8 to unfairly benefit itself on the premise that Indigenous Peoples are less worthy of respect from the government. Negotiations were unfair and Indigenous Peoples were mocked and exploited, calling into question the ethics of Treaty 8 and the need to not only reconcile, but to completely re-examine Treaty 8 and other historical treaties and laws concerning Indigenous groups.","PeriodicalId":513992,"journal":{"name":"Spectrum","volume":"34 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139445719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Film Poster Design: Understanding Film Poster Designs and the Compositional Similarities within specific genres 电影海报设计：了解电影海报设计和特定类型中的构成相似性

Spectrum Pub Date : 2024-01-08 DOI: 10.29173/spectrum216

Sneha Pooranalingam

{"title":"Film Poster Design: Understanding Film Poster Designs and the Compositional Similarities within specific genres","authors":"Sneha Pooranalingam","doi":"10.29173/spectrum216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/spectrum216","url":null,"abstract":"A film poster is an integral part of the promotion and marketing of an upcoming film. It encapsulates the essence of the film and is used in theatres, DVDs, and advertisements. For effective promotion, designers must create film posters that are relevant to the film they represent. This study explored whether film posters have common compositional aspects within genres. Previous research has explored genre classification and colour theory within film posters. However, the analysis of composition within film posters has been insufficiently researched in the context of recognizing patterns throughout film genres. I explored four film genres and analyzed existing film posters within these genres using a visual analysis tool. The analysis was then used to define a summarized composition of each genre, which then created generated posters using this analysis and definition. These generated posters consisted of low fidelity posters made using basic shapes such as circles and squares. The posters were used in participant interviews which followed a semi-structured approach. I asked participants questions to further their reflection about the posters and create discussion. Each participant was asked to label each poster with a genre based on their understanding of what they would assume to be the genre of the generated film poster. After analyzing the results from the participants’ decisions, the findings indicate that film posters have similar compositions within genres. These similarities are further recognized by film consumers and impact consumers’ perceptions of film posters.","PeriodicalId":513992,"journal":{"name":"Spectrum","volume":"32 24","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139445248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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