An Exploration of Interprofessional Education in Four Canadian Undergraduate Nursing Programs

In Canada, formal inclusion of interprofessional education (IPE) curricula within undergraduate nursing programs has occurred since 2012. While there is evidence that Canadian university nursing programs are working to achieve the integration of IPE throughout undergraduate curricula, a gap exists in what is known about IPE integration within Northern Ontario nursing programs, particularly from the perspectives of faculty members and program administrators. This multiple case study explored how four undergraduate university nursing programs in Northern Ontario have integrated IPE into their curricula, including the opportunities and challenges of this work. Data collection occurred at each site between June 2016 and June 2017 and consisted of interviews with program directors (n=3), focus groups (n=10) and interviews (n=3) with faculty members, review of available program documentation and websites, and on-site program observations. Thematic analysis was undertaken for each case and during the cross-case comparison stage. The cross-case synthesis resulted in the following themes: 1) varied understandings of IPE, 2) diverse IPE learning activities within curricula, 3) the requirement for support and resources for IPE and research, 4) student participation and leadership in IPE, and 5) limited IPE evaluation. Faculty development, IPE research, student involvement, and administrative support are required to maintain and sustain IPE. Dissemination of results may encourage further research and dialogue on current IPE practices among nursing programs in Northern Ontario and beyond. Résumé Au Canada, la formation interprofessionnelle (IPE) a été intégrée formellement aux programmes de premier cycle en sciences infirmières depuis 2012. Même s’il appert que les programmes de sciences infirmières des universités canadiennes parviennent à intégrer l’IPE aux programmes de premier cycle, nous en savons peu sur l’avis des membres du corps professoral et des administratrices des programmes relativement à l’intégration de l’IPE aux programmes de sciences infirmières dans le Nord de l’Ontario. Cette étude de cas multiples a permis d’explorer comment quatre programmes de premier cycle de sciences infirmières offerts dans le Nord de l’Ontario ont intégré l’IPE, y compris les opportunités et les défis que cela comporte. Des données ont été recueillies sur chaque site entre juin 2016 et juin 2017par des entrevues auprès de directrices de programme (n=3), des groupes de discussion (n=10), des entrevues de membres du corps professoral (n=3), un examen des documents disponibles et du site Web du programme, ainsi que des observations terrain sur les programmes. Une analyse thématique a été entreprise pour chaque cas et lors de l’étape de comparaison transversale. L’analyse transversale a permis de dégager les thèmes suivants : 1) diverses interprétations de l’IPE; 2) diverses activités d’apprentissage de type IPE dans les programmes d’études; 3) nécessité de soutien et de ressources pour l’IPE et la recherche; 4) participation et leadership des étudiantes dans le cadre de l’IPE; 5) évaluation limitée de l’IPE. Le développement professionnel des membres du corps professoral, la recherche sur l’IPE, la participation des étudiantes et le soutien de l’administration sont nécessaires pour préserver et soutenir l’IPE. La diffusion des résultats pourrait encourager la tenue d’autres recherches et d’un dialogue sur les pratiques actuelles d’IPE dans les programmes de sciences infirmières dans le Nord de l’Ontario et ailleurs

Dimensions of Community Change: How the Community of Sudbury Responded to Industrial Exposures and Cleaned up its Environment

A city in northern Ontario, which has suffered more than a century of pollution from mining, went from being internationally notorious for its pollution to winning awards for its environmental restoration. The inquiry was into the levers of change that led from an awareness of environmental destruction to taking action. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 60 people from the community, politicians, industry, miners, and academics. The theory-based analysis led to a community-change model that has helped identify the multiple layers of change required for the re-greening of the environment. With reference to the collective impact literature, this city-level case study found that the city has embraced change based upon agreement on an emerging vision, taking advantage of a confluence of timing and events, adopting evidence-based knowledge, building a sense of pride and place, and having a diffuse yet linked leadership. The Sudbury story is helpful for other industrial communities looking to achieve change

A new species of tree cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Oecanthinae) from Chihuahuan Desert gypsum dunes in the United States and a key to the nigricornis species group

A new species of tree crickets, Oecanthus beameri sp. nov., is described from the gypsum dunes of White Sands National Park in New Mexico, United States. The new species is currently known only from the type locality, where it appears to be specific to the gypsophile plant hoary rosemary mint (Poliomintha incana). This new species has the narrowed tegmina and calling song that are found in the nigricornis species group. Although it has morphological similarities to O. quadripunctatus and O. celerinictus, there are differences in the subgenital plates, tegminal measurements, coloring, tibial markings, song frequency, and song pulse rate. This new species has been given the common name White Sands tree cricket. We provide a key to all species in the nigricornis group. Video and song recordings are available online as Suppl. materials 1–8

Levels of risk: Perspectives of the Lost Creek fire

Risk has been considered as the probability of experiencing adverse events. Understanding risk and vulnerability is essential to disaster management and recovery. Through qualitative interviews in a community that experienced a wildfire, ‘at-risk’ and ‘feeling at-risk’ themes were identified for both the individuals and community in this study. Internal and external circumstances along with varying levels of dependence influenced the reports of risk. Individual and community risk during a major wildfire is discussed in order to explain links to community resiliency. Such understandings can aid in the development of appropriate measures to reduce short- and long-term impacts from natural disasters.A special thank you to Cate Moore, Manager of Publications, Australian Emergency Management Institute, for allowing permission to post this articleYe

Report of the household survey: La Ronge, SK

Mounting concerns about individual and community preparedness for disasters are being voiced, in part because natural disasters are increasing. In Canada, circumstances such as pine beetle infestations, reduced precipitation coupled with above normal tem-peratures, and an increased number of homes in forested areas contribute to the in-creased occurrence of wildfires and their impact on humans. In order to understand community responses to wildfires, a mixed method study was conducted (2008-2010) in two communities in western Canada: Barriere, British Columbia and La Ronge, Sas-katchewan (ruralwildfire.ca). These two communities were selected since they had en-dured wildfires that resulted in community evacuation with significant loss of property (McClure fire in BC, 2003; and, Mallard fire in SK, 1999)

Report of the household survey: Coaldale, AB

There are mounting concerns about individual and community preparedness for disasters in part because disasters are increasing in numbers. Circumstances such as pine beetle infestations, climate change and an increased number of homes in forested areas contribute to the increased number of disasters and their impacts. In order to understand community response to wildfires, a mixed method study was conducted (2008-2010) in two communities in western Canada (Barriere, British Columbia and La Ronge, Saskatchewan) (ruralwildfire.ca). These two communities were selected since they had endured wildfires that resulted in community evacuation with significant loss of property (McClure fire in BC, 2003; and, Mallard fire in SK, in 1999). Coaldale, Alberta was chosen as a comparison community that had not experienced a recent natural disaster and was of similar size to Barriere and La Ronge

Household survey results Slave lake, AB 2012 : technical report

Results of a household survey that was conducted to assess the following variables within a larger population within the Slave Lake area postwildfire: 1. What were the evacuation experiences of the Slave Lake area residents? 2. What were the impacts of the wildfires on the families and children that experienced it? 3. What were the impacts of the wildfires on the community’s social relations

Families and children : responses to wildfires, links to community resiliency

The May 2011 Slave Lake wildfires were unprecedented event in recent provincial and national history. They provide dramatic examples of the general increase in the number and intensity of wildfires specifically and natural disasters in general. It is prudent, therefore, to learn as much as we can from those who have experienced this event in order to improve our understanding and responses to such disasters

The 1999 Mallard fire: Lessons learned

La Ronge is located in northern Saskatchewan on the shore of Lac La Ronge. It is adjacent to the Lac La Ronge Indian band and the northern village of Air Ronge. La Ronge is the largest community in northern Saskatchewan with over 2700 people residing in the town, 2000 people on the adjacent First Nations lands of the Lac la Ronge Indian band, and approximately 1000 people residing in the bordering Métis settlement of Air Ronge. La Ronge acts as the service centre for almost all of Northern Saskatchewan. Firefighters battled the Mallard Fire that caused the evacuation of the entire community of La Ronge on May 27, 1999. The fire, which was started by lightning, stretched over a distance of 8 kilometres and it took one week, 248 firefighters, and several water bombers to extinguish it. The damage included the destruction of 8 homes in Eagle Point, 1 trailer on Riese Drive and 1 bush home. Some commer-cial buildings were also destroyed within the town boundaries; however, no injuries were reported