A Publisher’s Legacy: The Children’s Books of Douglas & McIntyre

Review of: Campbell, Maria. People of the Buffalo: How the Plains Indians Lived. Illus. Douglas Tait and Shannon Twofeathers. Vancouver: Douglas, 1976. Campbell, Maria. Riel’s People: How the Métis Lived. Illus. David MacLagan. Vancouver: Douglas, 1978. de Vries, Maggie. Big City Bees. Illus. Renné Benoit. Vancouver: Greystone, 2012. de Vries, Maggie. Fraser Bear: A Cub’s Life. Illus. Renné Benoit. Vancouver: Greystone, 2010. de Vries, Maggie. Tale of a Great White Fish: A Sturgeon Story. Illus. Renné Benoit. Vancouver: Greystone, 2006. Hewitt, Garnet. Ytek and the Arctic Orchid: An Inuit Legend. Illus. Heather Woodall. Vancouver: Douglas, 1981. Manson, Ainslie. Boy in Motion: Rick Hansen’s Story. Illus. Renné Benoit. 2007. Vancouver: Greystone, 2009. Manson, Ainslie. Roll On: Rick Hansen Wheels around the World. Illus. Ron Lightburn. Vancouver: Greystone, 2012. Reid, Bill, and Robert Bringhurst. The Raven Steals the Light. Illus. Bill Reid. 1984. Vancouver: Douglas, 1996. Richards, Jack. Johann’s Gift to Christmas. Illus. Len Norris. 1972. Vancouver: Douglas, 1992. Steltzer, Ulli. Building an Igloo. Vancouver: Douglas, 1981. Suzuki, David. There’s a Barnyard in My Bedroom. Illus. Eugenie Fernandes. Vancouver: Greystone; Vancouver: David Suzuki Foundation, 2008. Suzuki, David, and Sarah Ellis. Salmon Forest. Illus. Sheena Lott. Vancouver: Greystone; Vancouver: David Suzuki Foundation, 2003. Suzuki, David, and Kathy Vanderlinden. Eco-fun: Great Projects, Experiments, and Games for a Greener Earth. Illus. Jane Kurisu. Vancouver: Greystone; Vancouver: David Suzuki Foundation, 2001. Suzuki, David, and Kathy Vanderlinden. You Are the Earth. 2nd ed. Illus. Wallace Edwards. Vancouver: Greystone; Vancouver: David Suzuki Foundation, 2010. Waterton, Betty. Pettranella. Illus. Ann Blades. 1980. Toronto: Groundwood, 2003. Waterton, Betty. A Salmon for Simon. Illus. Ann Blades. Rev. ed. Toronto: Groundwood, 1996. Yahgulanaas, Michael Nicoll. Red: A Haida Manga. Vancouver: Douglas, 2009. Yahgulanaas, Michael Nicoll, with a message from Wangari Maathai. The Little Hummingbird. Vancouver: Greystone, 2010. Yahgulanaas, Michael Nicoll, with Wangari Maathai and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Flight of the Hummingbird: A Parable for the Environment. Vancouver: Greystone, 2008.   DOI: 10.1353/jeu.2013.000

The Dutch health insurance reform: switching between insurers, a comparison between the general population and the chronically ill and disabled

Background: On 1 January 2006 a number of far-reaching changes in the Dutch health insurance system came into effect. In the new system of managed competition consumer mobility plays an important role. Consumers are free to change their insurer and insurance plan every year. The idea is that consumers who are not satisfied with the premium or quality of care provided will opt for a different insurer. This would force insurers to strive for good prices and quality of care. Internationally, the Dutch changes are under the attention of both policy makers and researchers. Questions answered in this article relate to switching behaviour, reasons for switching, and differences between population categories. Methods: Postal questionnaires were sent to 1516 members of the Dutch Health Care Consumer Panel and to 3757 members of the National Panel of the Chronically ill and Disabled (NPCD) in April 2006. The questionnaire was returned by 1198 members of the Consumer Panel (response 79%) and by 3211 members of the NPCD (response 86%). Among other things, questions were asked about choices for a health insurer and insurance plan and the reasons for this choice. Results: Young and healthy people switch insurer more often than elderly or people in bad health. The chronically ill and disabled do not switch less often than the general population when both populations are comparable on age, sex and education. For the general population, premium is more important than content, while the chronically ill and disabled value content of the insurance package as well. However, quality of care is not important for either group as a reason for switching. Conclusion: There is increased mobility in the new system for both the general population and the chronically ill and disabled. This however is not based on quality of care. If reasons for switching are unrelated to the quality of care, it is hard to believe that switching influences the quality of care. As yet there are no signs of barriers to switch insurer for the chronically ill and disabled. This however could change in the future and it is therefore important to monitor changes.

The militarisation of English schools: Troops to Teaching and the implications for Initial Teacher Education and race equality

This article considers the implications of the Troops to Teaching (TtT) programme, to be introduced in England in autumn 2013, for Initial Teacher Education (ITE) and race equality. TtT will fast-track ex-armed service members to teach in schools, without necessarily the requirement of a university degree. Employing theories of white supremacy, and Althusser’s (1971) concept of Ideological and Repressive State Apparatus, I argue that this initiative both stems from, and contributes to, a system of social privilege and oppression in education. Despite appearing to be aimed at all young people, the planned TtT initiative is actually aimed at poor and racially subordinated youth. This is likely to further entrench polarisation in a system which already provides two tier educational provision: TtT will be a programme for the inner-city disadvantaged, whilst wealthier, whiter schools will mostly continue to get highly qualified teachers. Moreover, TtT contributes to a wider devaluing of current ITE; ITE itself is rendered virtually irrelevant, as it seems TtT teachers will not be subject specialists, rather will be expected to provide military-style discipline, the skills for which they will be expected to bring with them. More sinister, I argue that TtT is part of the wider militarisation of education. This military-industrial-education complex seeks to contain and police young people who are marginalised along lines of race and class, and contributes to a wider move to increase ideological support for foreign wars - both aims ultimately in the service of neoliberal objectives which will feed social inequalities

Aboriginality and Publishing for Children in British Columbia: One Hundred Years of Change

A Presentation for the BCLA Annual Conference, April 8, 2011. A bibliography of recent Canadian Children's Books by Aboriginal Authors, Illustrators and Publishers will be available in June 2011 on the Canadian Children's Illustrated Books in English website at http://ccib.arts.ubc.ca/CCIB/Welcome.htm

Place and Space for Canadian Children's Literature in Our Lives and Libraries

Why should we care about Canadian Children’s literature in our lives and libraries? Is Canadian identity critical in a digital, global, pop culture world? Do parents, teachers, teacher-librarians, librarians and young people really care whether they read Canadian or not? Join with our panel presenters as they discuss these questions and more. Maggie DeVries will offer her perspective as a writer for children who has situated both her fiction and non-fiction in BC. Jan Hare will comment as a First Nations scholar and Associate Professor of Indigenous Education at UBC. Yukiko Tosa will provide insights into public and school library collections in her role as head of Britannia Community School Library. Judith Saltman will conclude with remarks based on her research as a Canadian children’s literature scholar.Arts, Faculty ofOther UBCNon UBCLibrary, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS), School ofUnreviewedFacultyResearcherOthe

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