EMERGING NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS AND BUILDING STATE RESILIENCE

On November 22, 2022, the Honourable David McGuinty, Chairman of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP), presented on Emerging National Security Concerns and Building State Resilience. The key points discussed were what is NSICOP, how NSICOP conducts reviews into Canada’s National Security and Intelligence community, and the future of NSICOP’s mandate. The presentation was followed by a question-and-answer period with questions from the audience and CASIS Vancouver executives.   Received: 20223-01-02Revised: 2023-01-1

Conditions for linking school mathematics and moral education: a case study

In recent years the mathematics education research community has undergone a social turn towards a greater interest in the values and broader educational purposes of mathematics education, including issues of social justice and citizenship education. Building on these developing interests, this paper presents a conceptual framework that links the teaching of school mathematics with moral education. Then, in a case study involving two countries, England and Canada, this framework is used to explore the affordances and constraints faced by mathematics teachers in those countries if they want to intentionally practice moral education in the classroom

Letter - Premier Dalton McGuinty to Donald Ziraldo, 2004

A letter from Premier Dalton McGuinty responding to a letter from Donald Ziraldo, concerning the agricultural preserve in Niagara. The letter is dated May 14, 2004

National Security and Parliamentary Review Four Years On: Is it Working?

On July 15, 2021, the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS) Vancouver hosted a digital roundtable titled National Security and Parliamentary Review Four Years On: Is it Working? The presentation was conducted by the Honourable David J. McGuinty, founding chair of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP). The presentation was followed by a question and answer period with questions from the audience and CASIS Vancouver executives, which were directed to both Mr. McGuinty and Lisa Marie Inman, Executive Director, Secretariat of NSICOP

Novel four-session treatment intervention for anxiety and high-functioning autism: a single case report for externalizing metaphors therapy

Topic: The Brief Services psychotherapy paradigm has evolved to produce cost ‐ effective and clinically significant outcomes in children’s mental health. Though its clinical evaluation is still in its infancy, it has been utilized to a much lesser degree with autism spectrum disorders, which typically require a longer‐term approach to psychotherapy treatment. Purpose: The current paper introduces a novel, four‐session intervention that aims to decrease anxiety experienced by clients presenting with high‐functioning autism. Externalizing Metaphors Therapy is based upon the externalization of problems, transformation of metaphoric imagery, shifting of maladaptive emotional schemas, and the generalization of problems. A case study is utilized to visually aid in the understanding of this new treatment intervention. Source: A composite session‐by‐session case study was conducted with regard to significant works within Narrative Therapy, treatment interventions for anxiety and high‐functioning autism, evidence‐based treatments for anxiety, and practice‐based approaches in psychotherapy. Works were selected based on their relevance to the research field of anxiety and autism. Conclusions: This clinical research challenges the children’s mental health field in addressing anxiety and high‐functioning autism from a brief framework. Further clinical research is needed to clinically evaluate the current model

Liver enzyme normalization predicts success of Hepatitis C oral direct-acting antiviral treatment

Purpose: Monitoring of hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment response is performed by serial HCV RNA measurements; however, this may not be useful for predicting treatment success or failure with oral direct-acting antiviral agent (DAA) therapies. Liver enzyme levels, which are elevated in chronic HCV and tend to decline on therapy, may serve as a more logistically and economically feasible alternative for monitoring treatment response. Source: The Ottawa Hospital Viral Hepatitis Clinic patients (n=219), receiving interferon-free oral DAA treatments, were assessed for liver enzymes and HCV RNA levels at baseline, week 4 and ≥12 weeks post-treatment. Suppression cut points used for this analysis were ALT ≤ 40U L-1 and AST ≤ 30U L-1. The primary outcome was week 12 sustained virologic response (SVR). By our analysis, all indicators had strong PPV (>90%) but limited NPV