Sickness and Sexuality: Feminism and the Female Body in Age of Arousal and Chronic

A close comparison between two of Linda Griffiths’s most recent plays yields an inter-textual exploration of the relationship between feminism, female sexuality, and medical conceptualizations of the female body. Chronic premiered in Toronto at the Factory Theatre in January of 2003, and Age of Arousal premiered in Calgary at the Alberta Theatre Projects playRites Festival in February 2007. It is the task of this paper to bring together the seemingly contradictory preoccupations of these two plays— female incapacity and female sexual power—and to show how they are fundamental to Griffiths’s larger investigation of the female body as a site of social conflict. In both their nineteenth-and twenty-first-century contexts, the plays explore changing gender roles, notions of a modern self, and ideas of female power, as they are experienced and expressed physically. Résumé Un examen attentif de deux récentes pièces signées par Linda Griffith mène à une exploration intertextuelle du rapport qu’entretiennent le féminisme, la sexualité féminine et les conceptualisations médicales du corps de la femme. La première de Chronic a eu lieu au Factory Theatre de Toronto en janvier 2003 et celle de Age of Arousal a eu lieu au playRites Festival de Alberta Theatre Projects à Calgary en février 2007. Cet article a pour objectif d’examiner les préoccupations de prime abord contradictoires de ces deux pièces— l’incapacité de la femme et son pouvoir sexuel—pour montrer qu’elles sont essentielles à l’exploration que fait Griffiths du corps de la femme comme site de conflit social. Dans leurs contextes historiques respectifs—les dix-neuvième et vingt-et-unième siècles respectivement—, les pièces explorent l’évolution des rôles de la femme et de l’homme, les notions d’un soi moderne et les idées associées au pouvoir de la femme telles qu’elles sont vécues et exprimées physiquement

Nightwood Theatre A Woman’s Work Is Always Done

Nightwood Theatre is the longest-running and most influential feminist theatre company in Canada. Since 1979, the company has produced works by Canadian women, providing new opportunities for women theatre artists. It has also been the “home company” for some of the biggest names in Canadian theatre, such as Ann-Marie MacDonald. In Nightwood Theatre, Scott describes the company’s journey toward defining itself as a feminist theatre establishment, highlighting its artistic leadership based on its relevance to diverse communities of women. She also traces Nightwood’s relationship with the media and places the theatre in an international context by comparing its history to that of like companies in the U.K. and the U.S

The effect of interactive homework on DIBELS performance

Homework is a common practice in most kindergarten classrooms. There are varying opinions on the purpose of homework, the frequency in which homework should be given, the duration of time kindergarten-aged students should spend on homework, and how the use of homework impacts student performance. The DIBELS (Good & Kamanski, 2003) is an assessment tool that measures student performance on early literacy skills and identifies students who are at-risk for failure to read. The proposed study will incorporate recommendations for creating developmentally appropriate homework that addresses skill deficiencies identified by the DIBELS to determine the impact of homework on DIBELS scores

Textbook Affordability Initiatives and Open Educational Resources: Complementary or Competing Approaches to a Persistent Problem?

This presentation investigates library support for textbook affordability initiatives and Open Educational Resources (OER) to consider the relative opportunities and limitations of both approaches. The literature has shown that the cost of textbooks—which has increased far beyond the rate of inflation—can be an obstacle to student success, especially for students from underrepresented groups. By sharing findings from published literature and results from focus groups and interviews conducted with teaching faculty, the speakers highlight both the incentives faculty have to collaborate with librarians to address the increasing costs of assigned materials as well as the challenges they face in adopting an OER or more affordable texts. The findings suggest that no single approach will solve this crisis and that creating viable solutions will require the support and buy-in of a variety of stakeholders

Having a Textbook Locks Me into a Particular Narrative : Affordable and Open Educational Resources in Music Higher Education

This paper reports music scholars\u27 experiences with and perspectives on commercial textbooks and Open Educational Resources and situates these within the context of music instruction in higher education. Interviews with twenty-one music scholars in various subdisciplines explored the course materials they assign and their motivations or obstacles with respect to integrating open or affordable resources in their courses. Participants articulated a variety of concerns about both commercial and open course materials and spoke to institutional support for creating or adopting open and affordable course materials. Analysis of the interviews reveals tension around audience and gatekeeping, the value of music scholars\u27 labor, and institutional support

Textbook Affordability Initiatives and Open Educational Resources: Complementary or Competing Approaches to a Persistent Problem?

This presentation investigates library support for textbook affordability initiatives and Open Educational Resources (OER) to consider the relative opportunities and limitations of both approaches. The literature has shown that the cost of textbooks—which has increased far beyond the rate of inflation—can be an obstacle to student success, especially for students from underrepresented groups. By sharing findings from published literature and results from focus groups and interviews conducted with teaching faculty, the speakers highlight both the incentives faculty have to collaborate with librarians to address the increasing costs of assigned materials as well as the challenges they face in adopting an OER or more affordable texts. The findings suggest that no single approach will solve this crisis and that creating viable solutions will require the support and buy-in of a variety of stakeholders