Language Use Affects How Much an Immigrant Earns

Recent immigrants tend to have good educations. However, their language use and the amount of time that they have spent in Canada can have an impact on their earnings.York's Knowledge Mobilization Unit provides services and funding for faculty, graduate students, and community organizations seeking to maximize the impact of academic research and expertise on public policy, social programming, and professional practice. It is supported by SSHRC and CIHR grants, and by the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation. [email protected] www.researchimpact.c

An Immigrant's Country of Origin Has a Small Effect on What He or She Earns in Canada

The cultural and economic conditions of the country from which an immigrant originates have a small impact on what he or she earns in Canada. Canada remains a good destination for immigrants.York's Knowledge Mobilization Unit provides services and funding for faculty, graduate students, and community organizations seeking to maximize the impact of academic research and expertise on public policy, social programming, and professional practice. It is supported by SSHRC and CIHR grants, and by the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation. [email protected] www.researchimpact.c

The Spillover Effect: Tracking The Impact Of Nonprofit Community Arts Centers

This paper set out to provide specific data and anecdotal evidence highlighting the private benefits of the arts experience and illustrating how these benefits spill over into the community. Through surveys and in-depth interviews, this study found there are four extremely influential factors in these respondents’ decision to participate: enjoyment, artistic outlet, cultural enrichment and friendship. Furthermore, the friendship component was nearly equal with the artistic when discussing motivating factors for participation. In fact, throughout the survey, responses included the establishment, development or continuation of community bonds, emphasizing that these centers are playing a significant role in the creation of social bonds and communal meaning. The results from this study indicate that participants in two Pennsylvania community arts centers exhibit some evidence that they are developing as individuals and, in turn, contributing to the greater good of society, and that a key factor in this development is the social aspect of programming.M.S., Arts Administration -- Drexel University, 201

Impact of Emotional Competencies on Current E-Cigarette Use Within a Young Adult Sample

Significance: Maladaptive emotional states are important drivers of tobacco use, but the mediating factors are poorly understood, particularly for e-cigarette use. Given that e-cigarette use has increased in prevalence and popularity, research examining motivating factors to engage in use is necessary. Methods: Survey data were collected from youth (18-25) attending a four-year university (N = 216, M-age = 20.41, 36.6% African American). Respondents answered questions about emotion dysregulation (Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale; DERS), positive/negative urgency (Urgency, Premeditation, Perseverance, Sensation Seeking, and Positive Urgency Scale; UPPS-P), affect (Positive and Negative Affect Scale, PANAS), distress tolerance (Distress Tolerance Scale, DTS); negative affect reduction outcome expectancies (NAROE) and current use. A path analysis was used to examine the direct effects of affect, the 3 emotional competencies (emotion dysregulation, positive and negative urgency, and distress tolerance), and NAROE on current use, as well as the mediational effects of NAROE. Results: Path analyses displayed a positive direct effect of negative urgency (β = .209; p=.017) on negative affect reduction outcome expectancies and direct effects of negative affect (β = -.170; p=.032), positive urgency (β = -.180; p=.013), and negative affect reduction outcome expectancies (β = .257; p=.007) on current use. Negative affect reduction outcome expectancies mediated the relationship between negative urgency and current use (β =.052, p=.008) and positive urgency and current use (β =.037, p=.038) Conclusion: Emotion competencies, specifically the ability to control one’s impulses during highly emotional periods may play a role in e-cigarette initiation and maintenance. Emotional competencies may be helpful in implementing preventative and cessation programs.https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/gradposters2020_sciences/1002/thumbnail.jp

Parental Characteristics and Satisfaction with their Child\u27s School: A Comparison of Public, Voucher, and Charter School Families

Research suggests that families who make active choices regarding their child’s education differ from families who do not. Differences between families of private (voucher), charter, and public school students were examined using data collected as part of the evaluation of the Cleveland Scholarship and Tutoring Program. While both voucher and charter school families were more satisfied than public school families with their child’s school, charter school families were found to differ from both voucher and public school students in that they were more White, were of higher income, were more likely to be married, and were more highly educated

Challenging the Notion of Role Models in Engineering Outreach Programs for Youth

Engineering outreach programs often portray outreach educators as role models for youth. It is widely believed that introducing youth, especially girls, to potential engineering role models will broaden participation in engineering majors and careers. Based on interviews with and surveys of fourth- and fifth-grade girls participating in an engineering outreach program, we question whether youth are looking for career role models, and we challenge the assumption that youth will take up an adult as a role model simply because the adult is presented as such. We question what role these ‘‘models’’ play in the minds and lives of youth and argue that it may differ from what we expect. To be clear, we are not arguing that engineering role models are not important or not influential. Rather, we think it is important to gain a better understanding of how youth, particularly girls, view these potential engineering role models, which will allow us to optimize the significance of these adults to the youth participating in engineering outreach

Pharmacy & Therapeutics Update: Drug Information for Health Care Professionals

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Pharmacy & Therapeutics Update: Drug Information for Health Care Professionals

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