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Item Open Access Scoping Review: Disabled Students and Instructors’ Experiences in Nursing Practice(2022) epstein, iris; Khanlou, Nazilla; Ermel, R. E.; Sherk, M; Simmonds, K. K.; Balaquiao, L.; Chang, K. Y.More disabled students are entering nursing programs. Thus, clinical nursing placements must offer accommodation more often.However, accessing accommodations during placements can be a complex process. One call for changes in placement site policies is to focus on disabled students' abilities. This call could make disabled students feel less excluded, or like they must hide their disabilityItem Open Access Document Landscape: What Shapes Students’ with Disability Experiences in Work-Integrated Learning(2022) epstein, iris; Baljko, Melanie; Magel, Brooke; Stephens, Lindsay; Dadashi, Nastaran; Smith, Hilda; Bulk, LauraColleges and universities have many documents about accommodations for students with disabilities in classrooms. However, there are fewer documents about accommodation during work-integrated learning (WIL). Researchers explored both documents that focus on accommodations in classrooms and during WIL to understand better what makes them useful or unhelpful. They found barriers in the form and content of documents. The form had three barriers, and content had two barriers that you can address to make your documents betterItem Open Access Becoming Successful with Disabled Students in the Accommodation's Assemblage: Using Storytelling as Method(2022) epstein, iris; Rose, Jarrett; Juergensen, Linda; Mykitiuk, Roxanne; MacEntee, Katie; Stephens, LindsayAs more disabled students enter college and university, the need for accommodations in the classroom and work-integrated learning (WIL)will increase. Storytelling can be a powerful tool to understand how to make the WIL accommodation process easier. Using storytelling, the researchers found that knowing when to access and who are part of the accommodation process is essential. There is also a need for resources for students and instructors when WIL is not going wellItem Open Access “Ask Me What I Need”: Shifting Responsibility for Inclusive Learning Environments in Clinical Placement(2022) Khanlou, Nazilla; epstein, iris; Ermel, R. E.; Sherk, M; Simmonds, K. K.; Balaquiao, L.; Chang, K. Y.Lack of consideration of accommodations in work-integrated learning (WIL) leads to a lack of equity. We can address equity concerns in WIL by shifting responsibility from disabled students to clinical staff and administrators while listening to disabled students needs and concernsItem Open Access Knowledge Mobilization and Anti-Oppression(2020) Smith, HildaResearch has biases. Biases might come from any part of research or other ways of creating knowledge. When research evidence is part of a knowledge mobilisation (KMb) plan, how do knowledge brokers evaluate it for biases? How do we ensure that the knowledge being shared does minimal harm? I argue that anti-oppression is one way to explore these difficult questions.Item Open Access Knowledge Mobilization(2020) Smith, HildaUnderstanding the process of KMb, the sharing of knowledge is easier for everyone; researchers, communities, and individuals. Different people take active roles in different parts of the KMb process. Some people or groups might take on different active roles in various phases of the KMb process. People who support KMb projects must have knowledge and skill to address the needs of people actively engaging in any stage of KMb.Item Open Access Can Boredom in the Classroom Enhance the Learning Experience?(2018) Mugon, Jhotisha; Danckert, James; Eastwood, John D.There is a lack of evidence for the claim that experiencing boredom (in the classroom) negatively impacts attention and academic performance. The authors of this chapter argue that boredom can enrich the learning experience in three ways. Firstly, students’ boredom serves as a signal to teachers that learning is no longer occurring. Thus, this signal prompts teachers to modify elements of the learning environment so that students can successfully re-engage with course content. Secondly, since boredom is an aversive state, individuals are motivated to reduce their boredom by focusing their attention on an activity or subject matter. It is in this manner that boredom may enable an individual to become interested in a topic they have never explored. Thirdly, boredom can motivate students to re-engage with course content if they respond adaptively to the boredom signal. For example, students can utilize cognitive approach strategies in which they alter their perception of boring material to make it more appealing to them.Item Open Access The Propensity to Feel Bored is Predictive of Depression and Anger Problems(2018) Mercer-Lynn, Kimberley B.; Hunter, Jennifer A.; Eastwood, John D.Trait boredom, the propensity to become bored, uniquely predicts depression and anger over and above other variables (such as neuroticism and inattention). Furthermore, there is reason to believe that the BPS and ZBS measure different types of trait boredom; the BPS is associated with inwardly directed issues (such as depression) and the ZBS is associated with outwardly directed issues (such as gambling). These results highlight the need for further boredom research and awareness that boredom is not a trivial malady and can cause significant psychological impairment.Item Open Access Do Situational and Personality Factors Interact to Produce Boredom?(2018) Mercer-Lynn, Kimberley B; Bar, Rachel J.; Eastwood, John D.Boredom can be caused by personality characteristics such as the tendency to become frequently bored. Situational factors such as being in a boring situation can also cause boredom. However, situational and personality factors do not work together in producing boredom. Lastly, some individuals experience boredom more often because of an aspect of their personality, regardless of the environment they are in.Item Open Access Boredom and Gambling: How are They Related?(2018) Mercer, Kimberley B; EastwoodA form of boredom proneness that is related to a need for excitement predicts non-chronic, less severe gambling problems. This form of boredom proneness predicted gambling problems even after considering the impact of broader personality characteristics on gambling. There are two distinct types of boredom proneness that should not be measured interchangeably because they predict different behavioural outcomes.Item Open Access Boredom and Attention: How Are They Related?(2018) Hunter, Andrew G.; Eastwood, John D.The tendency to feel bored and in-the-moment feelings of boredom had different relationships with the ability to sustain attention. The tendency to feel bored may reflect a motivation or ability to sustain attention over time. In contrast, in-the-moment boredom may be the result of difficulties sustaining attention. Finally, experimental tasks used to measure attention may unintentionally invoke negative emotions and this may complicate the interpretation of results from those tasks.Item Open Access Are Boredom Prone Individuals Creative and Curious About Their Environment?(2018) Hunter, Jennifer A.; Abraham, Eleenor H.; Hunter, Andrew G.; Goldberg, Lauren C.; Eastwood, John D.After controlling for overall personality characteristics, boredom proneness did not predict creativity, but did positively predict people’s motivation to seek out novel experiences and find answers to things they do not understand. Thus, future work should explore how to use these relationships to help individuals respond effectively to the experience of boredom.Item Open Access How Operational Leaders Can Help Nurses Keep Older People Functioning in Hospital(2017) Fox, Mary; Butler, JeffreyNearly half of older people admitted to hospital experience functional decline, which is loss in the ability to independently perform basic activities of daily life such as walking or dressing. This study looked at ways that hospital leaders can support nurses in preventing functional decline. Key issues include leaders’ emphasis on efficiency, which undermines nurses’ efforts to promote older people’s functioning in hospital.Item Open Access Global Leadership Effectiveness: A European Perspective(2017) Cernea, MinervaInternational companies often employ managers in cross-cultural contexts. A cross-cultural study was done to better understand how to increase the global leadership effectiveness of European international managers, when considering personality traits, dynamic cross-cultural competencies, and cross-cultural experiences. The study found that European managers considered for international assignments should be carefully selected based on personality traits (attention should be paid to extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness and neuroticism) and trained to develop their dynamic cross-cultural competencies, in particular tolerance of ambiguity and cultural flexibility.Item Open Access Emotion Does Not Have to Cause Harm to an Argument(2009) Gilbert, MichaelThe presence of emotion does not necessarily harm an argument. Emotion can play a role in traditional, logic-based theories of argumentation.Item Open Access Museums 2.0: Advancing Decolonizing and Participatory Approaches to Developing Museum Websites in the Global South(2014) Morbey, Mary Leigh; Villamor, Lourdes; Muwanga, Maureen Senoga; Griffith, Jane A.Web 2.0 and its participation-based culture offer rich possibilities for developing websites with museums in the Global South museum. It also offers spaces for virtual learning, and representing and expressing one’s culture. However, technology and partnerships between the Global North and South have a recolonizing potential. Decybercolonizing viewpoints and methods are needed to create web spaces for Global South museums. They bring attention to virtual spaces that can be colonized by the ideologies of the Global North.Item Open Access How Do Young Adults Prefer to Access Mental Health Information?(2013) Cunningham, Charles; Walker, John R.; Eastwood, John D.; westra, henny; Rimas, Heather; Chen, Yvonne; Marcus, Madalyn; Swinson, Richard P.; Bracken, Keyna; The Mobilizing Minds Research GroupKT strategies for sharing mental health information need to include both active and passive options for young adults. This includes the use of both old and new media tools.Item Open Access Extended Health Insurance for Post-Secondary Students: Limited Support for Students with Mental Health Problems(2013) Nunes, Monica; Walker, John R.; Syed, T.; De Jong, M.; Stewart, D. W.Almost half of young adults aged 19 to 25 years old have experienced a psychiatric disorder in the last 12 months. A majority of post-secondary institutions offer extended health plans that cover common health services that students may require. Coverage for medication is usually adequate to cover common mental health problems. However, coverage for psychotherapy or counseling is usually very limited and not adequate to provide for students experiencing common problems such as anxiety or depression. Given the high level of mental health concerns in post-secondary institutions, it is important for campuses to develop comprehensive mental health strategies.Item Open Access What Effect Does the Media Have on Women in the Workplace?(2014) Ezzedeen, Souha R.Young people are influenced by what the media presents to them. Role models are also important to young people as they give a basis that reaching specific goals are possible. Thus, how professional and managerial women are presented in films could affect the future work goals of young women.Item Open Access Individuals' History of Low Income Is a Key Determinant of Type 2 Diabetes(2013) Dinca-Panaitescu, Mihaela; Dinca Panaitescu, Serban; Raphael, Dennis; Bryant, Toba; Pilkington, F Beryl; Daiski, IsoldePeople who experience low income status are at a higher risk of type 2 diabetes.