Aboriginal fiddling in the North : the two traditions

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Old Indian and Metis Fiddling in Manitoba: Origins, Structure, and Question of Syncretism

La plus vieille musique de violon de Camperville et Ebb et Flow cotole le syncrétisme en montrant clairement des origines autochtones et allogenes. Les communautés forment partie d’un réseau culturel et musical crée par le commerce de fourrures des XVIIIe et XIXe siècles, dont les routes s’étendaient du Québec en Alaska. L’influence autochtone estée évidente dans les structures des airs du violon, qui sont souvent très différentes de celles des traditions du violon des allogenes. À bien des regards, ces structures expériment des traditions de chant des autochtones d’Ojibway et des Plaines

What is Folk Music?

Qu’est-ce que le folklore? présente une discussion de lanature des chansons traditionelles entretenues par David Spalding, Ann Lederman, Ken Persson, et Jay Rahn — quatre directeurs de la Société canadienne de musique folklorique — pendant la réunion du bureau de direction en 1987

Passing the bow : a Canada-Scotland panel on personal experiences of teaching and learning traditional fiddling

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Recruiting Small Manufacturing Worksites That Employ Multiethnic, Low-Wage Workforces Into a Cancer Prevention Research Trial

Introduction: Worksites, including those that employ multiethnic, low-wage workforces, represent a strategic venue for reaching populations at risk for developing cancer. Methods: We surveyed 197 small manufacturing worksites prior to an effort to recruit their workforces into a randomized clinical trial designed to test the effectiveness of a cancer prevention intervention among multiethnic, low-wage manufacturing workers. This paper assesses the external validity of the trial based on three factors: the percentage of potential trial sites excluded from consideration, the percentage of eligible worksites that adopted the trial, and worksite characteristics associated with adoption. Results: We found no statistically significant differences between worksites that adopted the trial and worksites that declined the trial with regard to employee demographics, anticipated changes in workforce size, and perceived importance and history of offering health promotion and occupational health and safety activities. Conclusion: Small manufacturing worksites present a viable venue for reaching multiethnic, low-wage populations with cancer prevention programs, although program adoption rates may be low in this sector. Worksites that adopted the trial are likely to represent worksites deemed eligible for the trial

Recruiting Small Manufacturing Worksites That Employ Multiethnic, Low-wage Workforces Into a Cancer Prevention Research Trial

INTRODUCTION: Worksites, including those that employ multiethnic, low-wage workforces, represent a strategic venue for reaching populations at risk for developing cancer. METHODS: We surveyed 197 small manufacturing worksites prior to an effort to recruit their workforces into a randomized clinical trial designed to test the effectiveness of a cancer prevention intervention among multiethnic, low-wage manufacturing workers. This paper assesses the external validity of the trial based on three factors: the percentage of potential trial sites excluded from consideration, the percentage of eligible worksites that adopted the trial, and worksite characteristics associated with adoption. RESULTS: We found no statistically significant differences between worksites that adopted the trial and worksites that declined the trial with regard to employee demographics, anticipated changes in workforce size, and perceived importance and history of offering health promotion and occupational health and safety activities. CONCLUSION: Small manufacturing worksites present a viable venue for reaching multiethnic, low-wage populations with cancer prevention programs, although program adoption rates may be low in this sector. Worksites that adopted the trial are likely to represent worksites deemed eligible for the trial