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Item Open Access Surveilled & Silenced: A Report on Palestine Solidarity at York University(York University. Race Equity Committee, 2024-09) York University Race Equity CommitteeSurveilled & Silenced is a unique and original initiative that documents anti-Palestinian racism and the experiences of faculty members, students, and staff at York University after October 7 2023, including those who stand in solidarity with Palestine and Palestinians. The report argues that racism is shaped by academic repression and reprisals against those challenging anti-Palestinian racism (APR) and those that stand for Palestine solidarity; and that repression and reprisal are due to, and gaining strength from, the failure of the administration to take effective action when it comes to anti-Palestinian racism. As the first of its kind, this report will have implications for all Canadian universities. It documents the pervasiveness of anti-Palestinian racism and its profound impacts on students, staff and faculty. It documents the reasons this form of racism fails to get effectively addressed. And, it suggests that addressing anti-Palestinian racism requires a serious interrogation of the relationship that Canada and its universities have with Israel.Item Open Access Classification of Documents(York University Libraries, 1975) Monty, VivienneItem Open Access Photos of attendees at the Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections Open House celebrating the 50th anniversary(2020-03-04) Bazely, DawnOn Wednesday, March 4, 2020: 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Joy Kirchner, Dean of Libraries hosted a 50th anniversary celebration of the Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections at York University with an Archives Open House at Room 305, Scott Library York University, Keele Campus. I took these photographs of staff and a distinguished visitor in the classroom where Michael Moir, the Head Archivist hosts visiting Biology Research Practicum students from my lab. 1) Anna St. Onge, currently Director of Digital Scholarship Infrastructure, and previously staff member in the CTA&SC Department 2) Anna St. Onge, currently Director of Digital Scholarship Infrastructure, and previously staff member in the CTA&SC Department 3) Morag Hegge is a student staff member in the CTA&SC Department 4) Morag Hegge is a student staff member in the CTA&SC Department 5) From left to right: Suzanne Dubeau, Archivist and Assistant Head CTA&SC, Bev Salmon, eminent Toronto municipal politician (her papers are in the archives: Fonds F0731), and Biology faculty, Dawn Bazely, University Professor 6) From left to right: Suzanne Dubeau, Archivist and Assistant Head CTA&SC, Bev Salmon, eminent Toronto municipal politician (her papers are in the archives: Fonds F0731), and Biology faculty, Dawn Bazely, University ProfessorItem Open Access Educational policy, policy appropriation and Grameen Bank higher education financial aid policy process(2020-01-01) Rouf, Kazi AbdurThe paper talks about higher educational polices and their process of policy appropriations, policy as practices, policy as symbolic, policy as rituals, policy as myths, policy backward- mapping and policy-forward mapping, multi-stage policy implementation process, street-bureaucrats planners, and policy reform process. It critically looks at pros-and-corns of different educational policy theories and their applications in education, and the higher education student financial aid different policies, strategies and products and their impact on the college students. The paper also narrates the higher educational policies and methods of need-based, merit-based, means-test-based grants allocation and loan disbursement and their impact on student academic achievements. Moreover, it discusses the policy process model that has both agendas and multiple streams that consider looking at policy designing problems, solutions of the problems and their usefulness to SES students. Additionally, the paper narrates the Grameen Bank higher education student loan policy making process, although there is no higher education student financial aid services are not exist in Bangladesh. Literature reviews, conversations with higher education students, contextual analysis, and the author personal working experience incorporate here. The study finds for policy improvement, policy analysis is vital because policy analysis can explores usefulness of the policy for public well being and for effectiveness of the policy appropriation.Item Open Access Grameen Bank higher education student loan policies and strategies in Bangladesh(2019-12) Rouf, Kazi AbdurGrameen Bank disburses the higher education student loans and scholarships to its borrowers’ children. The GB higher education student loan can receive by a borrower for all of his children who are studying higher education in Bangladesh. Grameen Bank scholarships are awarding to Primary, Middle, High School, and Grade-12 college students in Bangladesh who have outstanding results (GPA 5.0) in their Grade-5, Grade-8, Secondary School Certificate (Grade-10) and Higher School Certificate exam (Grade 12). Grameen Shikka (Education), a sister organization of GB, also offering scholarships to the children of the borrowers of GB. More than 55,000 children are receiving awards from Grameen Bank and Grameen Shilkka in Bangladesh every year. The student loan receiving borrowers start their student loan repayment after one month of their last student loan receiving installment. The service charge 5% of the student loan starts from the day when the students finish their studies. A GB borrower can receive this GB higher education student loan only for his biological children, not for adopted children. The loan receiving borrower and his children must have a Bangladeshi citizenship nationality certificate. Recently, GB squeezes its operation even though the higher education student loan program has a huge demand in Bangladesh.Item Open Access Study findings of the Grameen Bank higher education student loan services in Bangladesh(2019-12) Rouf, Kazi AbdurA survey conducted on the Grameen Bank higher education student loan services in Bangladesh in 2015-2016. The survey sample size is only 61, and the paper narrates the survey findings. The purpose of the survey is to know the GB higher education student loan portfolios, the status of the student loan repayment rate, and the role of the student loan users in community development in Bangladesh. The study finds the student loan program of GB is accessible and useful to the children of GB borrowers for their higher education study in Bangladesh. The student loan receiving children of borrowers of GB is ornamental to engage in different community organizations and civic activity participation in their neighborhoods. However, GB needs to massively expand this program and improve its higher education student loan collection and monitoring strategies in Bangladesh.Item Open Access Jane Finch Community Research Partnership : November 29, 2016 Symposium Report(2016) Tecle, Sam; Offeh-Gyimah, Abena; Ramsaroop, Talisha; Schwartzentruber, LornaThe Jane and Finch Community Research Partnership (JFCRP) held a symposium that brought together community residents, organizations, and York University academics on Tuesday November 29, 2016. The gathering addressed challenges in accessing research about or conducted in the Jane and Finch community as well as the ongoing challenging relationship between Jane-Finch and York University around research ethics. The need for a community ethics process is necessary to guide and inform how research is conducted in the community. The day was informed by a JFCRP event held June 2016 and a previous symposium, Connect the Dots, hosted on December 11, 2013.Item Open Access Canadian higher education student financial aid policies, products and services in Canada(2019-09-09) Rouf, Kazi AbdurAlthough Canada is a welfare state and it has need-based priority student financial aid support policies in Canada; however, its higher education financial aid service is not universal. Rather its higher education support services have neoliberal policy matrix (public grants and private loan) financial aid services began to take root in most Canadian provinces. Although since 1964, the Canadian financial aid program has provided over $51 billion in Canada Student Loans to more than 5 million Canadians to help them finance their education and equip them to achieve their career aspirations. However, higher education tuition fees and student debt levels are increasing every year. Class sizes and the proportion of part-time contract lecturer positions are increased. The average undergraduate tuition fees are $2,243 in 1990-91, but tuition fees increased to $7,086 in 2018-19. Moreover, Statistics Canada (2015) identifies tuition fees for most graduate programs in Ontario have seen a similar 300% increase since 1990 and are now $8,971 on average, even professional program fees have undergone a much more dramatic increase. Further, after 2016 the tuition costs grew the fastest in Ontario (+402%). Canadian Government higher education student funding accounted for the majority of operating revenue for Canada’s university institutions, accounting for 83.2% in 1978, leaving students to pay approximately 15%. However, at the University of Toronto, the government grants and the institutional grants cover only 53% of the tuitions and fees of the students. Hence the average Canadian student debt is $27,000, up from $8,000 in 1990. Moreover, many students will spend half of their working lives paying back their student debts. The Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) student debt the publicly-assisted colleges’ students are 9.1% and private career colleges are 14.5%; overall 2017 OSAP default rates for Ontario postsecondary institutions is 6.7%. The paper has many secondary data. The author talks with many students, read many articles, books, reports, and newspapers to get the full scenario of the Canada student financial aid policies, programs and products. The study finds although Canada has the need-based higher education student financial aid policies; however, many brilliant students from the low-income group do not have a university education. The study identifies many issues responsible for many students’ inaccessible to college education and increase of student debt. One of the main reason is many college financial aid officers do not elaborately explain student higher education financial aid government policies, programs, and products to the prospective higher education students. Although, the Government of Canada changes many of its higher education financial assistance policies, programs, and products; however, the ratios of the grants: loans are still questionable to many students, researchers, and laymen. Therefore, the federal, provincial and institutional grants need of the increased so that grants portion can be higher than 80% than the loan portion.Item Open Access Soul Music Odyssey USA 1968([York University Libraries], 2017-11-27) Bernholm, Jonas; van der Bliek, RobJonas Bernholm's diary of a three-month research trip through the USA in the summer of 1968, where he visited and spoke with artists and owners of soul music venues and record companies in New York, Chicago, Memphis, Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Detroit.Item Open Access Edith Fowke tapes no.1-no.95(York University Libraries, 1972) Fowke, Edith FultonItem Open Access Newspapers in Scott Library(York University. Libraries. Scott Library. Reference Dept. Microtext Section., 1992) York University. Libraries. Scott Library. Reference Dept. Microtext Section.This item is a list of newspapers available at Scott Library. Titles of newspapers are arranged by geographic area. An alphabetical title index follows, along with lists of microfilm titles in shelf order, and current newspapers received.Item Open Access Newspapers in microform: fourth edition(University of Toronto. Library. Reference Dept. Microtext Section., 1994) Wagle, IqbalThis is a revised list of newspapers in microform available in the Microtext Library and the Chen Yu Tung East Asian Library in the John P. Robarts Research Library. The titles are arranged alphabetically by country, then by province or state (if applicable) and by city.Item Open Access Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal, Vol. 11, no. 2 (spring 2001)(Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology, 2009-09-01T17:25:59Z) Steele, RoseComplete issue of the Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal, Vol. 11, no. 2 (spring 2001)Item Open Access Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal, Vol. 11, no. 4 (fall 2001)(Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology, 2009-09-01T17:19:19Z) Steele, RoseComplete issue of the Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal, Vol. 11, no. 4 (fall 2001)Item Open Access Bringing oncology research into the clinical setting : meeting the standards.(Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology, 2009-09-01T17:19:18Z) Koop, Priscilla M.Item Open Access Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal, Vol. 11, no. 3 (summer 2001)(Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology, 2009-09-01T17:19:13Z) Steele, RoseComplete issue of the Canadian Oncology Nursing Journal, Vol. 11, no. 3 (summer 2001)Item Open Access Follow the leader(Association for Research on Mothering, 2009-09-01T17:19:11Z) Shanahan, NoreenItem Open Access Le rôle décisionnel chez les patients hospitalisés gravement malades en fin de vie : la perspective du patient et celle du soignant.(L’Association canadienne des infirmières en oncologie, 2009-09-01T17:19:02Z) Tranmer, J. E.; Heyland, D.Les décisions concernant la mise en oeuvre ou non de traitements de survie sont complexes et le deviennent toujours davantage à mesure que la médecine est de plus en plus capable de prolonger la vie en faisant appel à des technologies et des soins de pointe. Cette étude avait pour objectifs: (1) de déterminer les préférences des patients hospitalisés gravement malades en matière de rôle décisionnel lié à l’utilisation de traitements de survie, (2) de déterminer si les soignants connaissaient les préférences de leurs patients.Item Open Access Imag(in)ing the queer lesbian family(Association for Research on Mothering, 2006-09-19T18:27:47Z) Gabb, JacquiMotherhood and lesbian sexuality are antithetical to each other within Western culture. One consequence of this dichotomy is that lesbian mothers are constantly denied any fixity of identity. Always being in a state of flux, we are caught in a continual process of becoming. This paper reflects on this fluidity, suggesting that queer mothering challenges prevailing notions of "the family."Item Open Access The utilization and efficiency of the informal caregivers’ coping strategies.(Canadian Association of Nurses in Oncology, 2006-09-19T18:27:42Z) Aucoin-Gallant, Gemma.This study highlights the coping strategies used by informal caregivers whose husbands live with cancer. It also aims at measuring the efficiency of the selected strategies. The convenience sample was composed of 30 informal caregivers. The results indicate that informal caregivers primarily use support, optimism, independence, and facing of the situation. In general, the categories of coping strategies most often used by informal caregivers are considered by them to be the most efficient. The results of the study encourage nurses to identify more regularly the coping strategies used by informal caregivers; to recognize their efficiency and implement interventions likely to improve the informal caregivers’ stress management.