The Canadian Copyright Law and Common Educational Reprography Practices

This article provides a contextual exposition of the Canadian Copyright Act (1988) as it affects educator practices. I offer background on the development and content of the Act, then describe what it says about infringements of copyright and how the Act might be applied in school contexts. Finally, I consider several ethical constraints and rationaliza- tions with respect to copyright infringement. Cet article offre un exposé contextuel de la Loi canadienne des droits d’auteur (1988) et de son influence sur les pratiques des enseignants. D’abord, on traite des antécédents du développement et du contenu de cette loi. Ensuite, il est question de descriptions con- cernant le non-respect des droits d’auteurs ainsi que des applications de cette loi dans des contextes scolaires. Finalement, plusieurs contraintes éthiques et rationalisations sont prises en considération quant au non-respect des droits d’auteurs.

Project alliancing at National Museum of Australia: Collaborative process

Project alliancing is a new alternative to traditional project delivery systems, especially in the commercial building sector. The Collaborative Process is a theoretical model of people and systems characteristics that are required to reduce the adversarial nature of most construction projects. Although developed separately, both are responses to the same pressures. Project alliancing was just used successfully to complete the National Museum of Australia. This project was analyzed as a case study to determine the extent to which it could be classified as a “collaborative project”. Five key elements of The Collaborative Process were reviewed and numerous examples from the management of this project were cited that support the theoretical recommendations of this model. In the case of this project, significant added value was delivered to the client and many innovations resulted from the collective work of the parties to the contract. It was concluded that project alliances for commercial buildings offer many advantages over traditional project delivery systems, which are related to increasing the levels of collaboration among a project management team

Conrad Susa\u27s Discovery and Praises: A Conductor\u27S Guide to Performance Considerations

Conrad Susa (b. 1935) is an American composer who has contributed over thirty choral works that are of high quality incorporating texts written by well-known literary figures. His choral works are usually spiritual in nature though not strictly liturgical. Discovery and Praises is a presently unpublished cantata in four movements for mixed chorus, solos for two sopranos, an alto, a tenor, and a baritone. The accompaniment is scored for organ, harp, percussion, flute and handbells. Susa chose to set ancient poetry by Caedmon, Wipo of Burgundy, John Donne, and St. Patrick. Although the piece was composed in 1966 and revised in 1970, the focus of this study is the second revision completed in 1986. The purpose of this study is to bring to light an unpublished twentieth-century choral work by a significant American composer

The Role of School Administrator in Providing Early Career Teachers’ Support: A Pan-Canadian Perspective

This article is based on an extensive mixed-methods pan-Canadian study that examined the differential impact of teacher induction and mentorship programs on the retention of early career teachers (ECTs). It discusses the findings from the analysis of publicly available pan-Canadian documents detailing the mandated roles, duties, and responsibilities of school administrators in teacher induction and mentorship. It then describes the results of the Teacher Induction Survey (N = 1,343) and the telephone interviews (N = 36) that elicited the perceptions of Canadian early career teachers regarding the school administrator’s role and engagement in effective teacher induction and mentoring programs

Factors affecting mortality in late stage Parkinson’s Disease

To determine the effect of dysphagia and hospital admissions on mortality in late stage Parkinson’s disease

Enhancing Mentors’ Effectiveness: The promise of the Adaptive Mentorship© model

The Adaptive Mentorship (AM) model is described and implications are raised for its wider implementation. The researchers derived the AM model from earlier contingency leadership approaches; and during the last two decades, they have further refined AM through application and research. They suggest the benefits and transferability of AM to any field to assist protégés in developing professional proficiency in their respective contexts.Dans cet article, le modèle de mentorat adapté© (MA) est décrit et ses implications dans l’optique d’une implémentation étendue sont soulevées. Les chercheurs dérivent le modèle MA des approches précédentes de contingence du leadership. De plus, au cours des deux dernières décennies, ils ont raffiné davantage leur modèle via l’application et la recherche. Ainsi, les auteurs exposent les bénéfices et la transférabilité du MA dans tous les domaines pour permettre aux protégés de développer des compétences professionnelles dans leurs milieux respectifs

Working Together: Joint-Use Canadian Academic and Public Libraries

The research purpose was to learn about existing joint use public-academic libraries in Canada including their establishment, structure, benefits, and challenges and to determine the requirements for successful partnerships. Following a literature review, a short survey was conducted to gather data on the number, location, and types of public-academic library partnerships. In-depth telephone interviews were then held with key personnel from joint use libraries to learn more about the libraries and the nature of the partnerships. The research surfaced three unique examples of joint use public-academic libraries. In addition, key requirements for successful partnerships that were posited through the literature review were supported by the research data – commitment, a shared vision, and a need that requires fulfillment. Possible limitations of the research are the initial survey’s reliance on responses from academic library directors and the survey timing. There is limited information about partnerships between Canadian public and academic libraries and no single document that brings together data on partnerships across Canada. With this study, public and academic libraries will learn of successful joint use Canadian public-academic libraries along with the key requirements for sustainable partnerships