‘Loyal and Civilized’: Aboriginal Soldiers, the Department of Indian Affairs, and the Production of a Collective Memory, 1916-1940

Brian MacDowall is a PhD Candidate at York University. His dissertation, tentatively entitled “Finding Space for Redress: Veterans, the Government, and Aboriginal Lands in Canada, 1916-1930,” assesses the administration of Aboriginal Great War veterans by the Department of Indian Affairs, focusing on the Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal use of reserve lands for Re-Establishment purposes

Present Tense Bisexuality

A review of Steven Angelides's A History of Bisexuality (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2001)

The Aesthetic Revival

A review of Bether Hinderliter, William Kaizen, Vered Maison, Jaleh Mansoor and Seth McCormick (eds), Communities of Self: Rethinking Aesthetics and Politics (Duke, 2009

Megan Davis and George Williams. Everything You Need to Know about the Uluru Statement from the Heart: NewSouth Publishing: Sydney, 2021. 220 pages. AU23.75ISBN:9781742237404;eBook23.75 ISBN: 9781742237404; eBook 12.99 ISBN: 9781742245300

Ailie McDowall reviews Megan Davis and George Williams. Everything You Need to Know about the Uluru Statement from the Heart (2021

A religious space as a place for migrants in Cairo

The focus of this study is an international, English speaking Anglican congregation that worships in Cairo, Egypt. Through participant observation and in-depth interviews, fifteen congregants of varying nationalities and backgrounds were interviewed in order to understand how the church is a place of meaning for them, as migrants. By this congregation being the focus of study, this thesis contributes to migration research by being a non-ethnic pathway of study, religion, and it contributes to research conducted in the Global South. Findings and observations are understood primarily through the theoretical framework of space and place provided by Yi-Fu Tuan. Place making is analyzed through the lens of time, aesthetics, and people. The length of time one interacts in a space, and the intensity of their experiences in the space, contribute to knowing a space and it being endowed with meaning. Aesthetics, what they teach and reveal, the actions they call individuals to, and how they facilitate an interaction in a transcendent space additionally contribute to a space being meaningful. Lastly, through relations and social dynamics, value can be added and taken away from a space being meaningful. Findings show how meaning is not derived from one specific source, but that meaning is multi-layered and how each person attributes meaning to the church varies and differs individually, although there is overlap. This thesis aims to contribute to literature on migration, placemaking, and religion

'A Flag that Knows No Colour Line': Aboriginal Veteranship in Canada, 1914-1939

Historians have rightly considered the period from 1914 to 1939 as the time when Canadian Indigenous soldiers and veterans of the First World War faced unique challenges because of their legal status as Indians. But their acceptance of the idea that Indigenous veterans were victims of discrimination has led them to overlook the unique nature of these Indigenous peoples identities as Indians and veterans. The prevailing assumption is that Indigenous veterans were not an influential group politically, socially, or culturally and Indigenous veterans political awakening occurred only in the mid-1940s. This study contends that Indigenous veterans relationship with the state in the interwar period was more complicated than previously thought. Their war service created a fundamentally different and important legal relationship with the state from other soldiers or Indigenous peoples. Military service suspended soldiers Indian status temporarily, and this experience created a new set of expectations for Indigenous men upon their return home. As veterans, they expected material benefit and recognition for their sacrifices, and support for killed or wounded soldiers and their families. These expectations did not fit with government officials understanding that Indigenous men returning from the war would re-integrate into their communities as Indians and wards of the state. The dissertation offers an overview of Indigenous war service in the context of debates over status and citizenship, and then sketches how these debates informed developments in soldiers demobilization, re-establishment, re-integration, and restoration. Through the examination of Indigenous soldiers service records, pension and Soldier Settlement case files, and government records, this work argues that Indigenous soldiers and veterans experience from 1914 through 1939 should not be seen primarily as victims of the state, but rather as a group whose complicated identity of Indian and veteran, and as citizens, began to coalesce

A partial validation of an attitude and behavior scale

Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University, 1947. This item was digitized by the Internet Archive

Bostin Value

“Bostin Value” was a pilot scheme aiming to improve fruit and vegetable consumption in a deprived neighborhood in the borough of Dudley, England. Research identified the need to address both supply and demand to encourage the target audience (parents/carers of young children) to consume more fruit and vegetables along with their children. Bostin Value improved supply through commissioning a local greengrocer to sell fresh fruit and vegetables twice a week at a local primary school. Promotions were used to encourage sales, including a loyalty card system, money off vouchers, and recipe cards. To increase demand, educational sessions were run at the school to improve parent’s skills in cooking seasonal produce. Children at the school received tasting workshops to encourage them to try a variety of fruit and vegetables. Results saw the mean portions of fruit consumed weekly by parents significantly increase from 2.4 portions in April 2009 to 3.1 in July 2010. This was mirrored in children whose weekly portions increased from 2.6 to 3.7. The mean number of different fruits and vegetables tasted by children also increased significantly. </jats:p