Life At The Intersection

Author : Carl James
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Jane-Finch Community (Toronto, Ont.)
ISBN : 1552664708

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Life at the Intersection by Carl James Pdf

The intersection of Jane and Finch in Toronto's north end has long been portrayed as one of Canada's most troubled neighbourhoods, with images of social dysfunction, shootings and "at risk" youth dominating media accounts. Setting out to discover what it means - and what it takes - to grow up in this economically disadvantaged and racially and ethnically diverse neighbourhood, Life at the Intersection engages young people, parents and educators to explore the experiences, issues, perceptions and ambitions of the youth of this community. What Carl James finds is that young people have come to appreciate the social capital and cultural wealth of their neighbourhood and that they use the negative perceptions of their community as inspiration for educational and social success. Understanding education as key to encouraging youth to persevere, endure and succeed, this book focuses on youth's educational experiences and expectations and argues that schooling programs must consider socio-geographic context in their efforts to be socially and culturally relevant.

Author : Noah Adams,Bridget Liang
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784508753

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Trans and Autistic by Noah Adams,Bridget Liang Pdf

This ground-breaking book foregrounds the voices of autistic trans people as they speak candidly about how their autism and gender identity intersects and the impact this has on their life. Drawing upon a wealth of interviews with transgender people on the autism spectrum, the book explores experiences of coming out, with self-discovery, healthcare, family, work, religion and community support, to help dispel common misunderstandings around gender identity and autism, whilst allowing autistic trans people to see their own neurodiverse experiences reflected in these interviews. An incisive introduction clearly sets out up-to-date research and thinking, before each chapter draws together key findings from the interviews, along with advice and support for those providing support to autistic trans individuals. Both accessible and authoritative, Trans and Autistic is an essential publication for autistic trans people, their families, and professionals wanting to understand and support their clients better.

Author : Debbie Millman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-11
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781440319433

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Look Both Ways by Debbie Millman Pdf

In Look Both Ways, respected branding consultant and design community leader Debbie Millman has constructed a series of essays that examine the close relationship between design and everyday life. You'll find inspiration on every page as you meander through illuminating observations that are both personal and universal. Each beautifully illustrated essay reveals the magic - and wonder - of the often unseen world around us. Excerpt from "Look Both Ways" It occurred to me, as I stood there, that I could simultaneously, vividly look both ways - backward and forward, in time - at once. I remembered longing to know what was coming, who I would become and how. And I suddenly saw it all over again in front of me. The light was exactly the same, and as the sun fell and the summer shadows slivered against the elegant, lean, concrete towers in the distance, I recognized the smell of the warm air, the precise pink and grey of the coming dusk and the mysterious melancholy and joy of both knowing and not-knowing, and the continuity that occurs when both collide.—Debbie Millman

Author : Kevin Wallace
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 0764355198

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Intersection by Kevin Wallace Pdf

"Art can seem very separate from our daily lives today, and, as our society careens its way through change and conflict, it may seem increasingly irrelevant. Art advocate Kevin Wallace, director of the Beatrice Wood Center for the Arts, provides reminders of how and why we thrive when we connect art and life, including first-person insights from 150 contemporary artists like Binh Pho, Kay Sekimachi, Avital Sheffer, Lino Tagliapietra, Jan Hopkins, Beatrice Wood, and dozens more. Throughout history, art was naturally intertwined with people's daily lives: a bowl for water, a carving to record a war, objects to capture religion and identity. This handbook juxtaposes our past with 'big ideas' relating to contemporary art, helping to demystify them so that we can repair the connection, and turn our lives into art."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Pattrice Jones
Publisher : Lantern Books
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781590564608

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The Oxen at the Intersection by Pattrice Jones Pdf

When Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont, announced that two oxen called Bill and Lou would be killed and turned into hamburgers despite their years of service as unofficial college and town mascots, pattrice jones and her colleagues at nearby VINE Sanctuary offered an alternative scenario: to allow the elderly bovines to retire to the sanctuary. What transpired after this simple offer was a catastrophe of miscommunication, misdirection, and misinterpretations, as the college dug in its heels, activists piled on, and social media erupted. Part true-crime mystery, part on-the-ground reportage, and part sociocultural critique, The Oxen at the Intersection is a brilliant unearthing of the assumptions, preconceptions, and biases that led all concerned with the lives and deaths of these two animals to fail to achieve their ends. How and why the threads of this story unspooled, as jones reveals, raises profound questions—most particularly about how ideas rooted in history, race, gender, region, and speciesism intersect and complicate strategy and activism, and their desired outcomes. In the end, notes jones, we must always ask, Where’s the body?

Author : Amanda Grenier
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780228009542

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Late-Life Homelessness by Amanda Grenier Pdf

Around the world and across a range of contexts, homelessness among older people is on the rise. In spite of growing media attention and new academic research on the issue, older people often remain unrecognized as a subpopulation in public policy, programs, and homeless strategies. As such, they occupy a paradoxical position of being hypervisible while remaining overlooked. Late-Life Homelessness is the first Canadian book to address this often neglected issue. Basing her analysis on a four-year ethnographic study of late-life homelessness in Montreal, Canada, Amanda Grenier uses a critical gerontological perspective to explore life at the intersection of aging and homelessness. She draws attention to disadvantage over time and how the condition of being unhoused disrupts a person’s ability to age in place, resulting in experiences of unequal aging. Weaving together findings from policy documents, stakeholder insights, and observations and interviews with older people, this book demonstrates how structures, organizational practices, and relationships related to homelessness and aging come to shape late life. Situated in the context of an aging population, rising inequality, and declining social commitments, Late-Life Homelessness stresses the moral imperative of responding justly to the needs of older people as a means of mitigating the unequal aging of unhoused elders.

Author : Robert Longwell-Grice,Hope Longwell-Grice
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000980080

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At the Intersection by Robert Longwell-Grice,Hope Longwell-Grice Pdf

The experiences of first-generation college students are not monolithic. The nexus of identities matter, and this book is intended to challenge the reader to explore what it means to be a first-generation college student in higher education. Designed for use in classrooms and for use by the higher education practitioner on a college campus today, At the Intersections will be of value to the reader throughout their professional career.The book is divided into four parts with chapters of research and theory interspersed with thought pieces to provide personal stories to integrate the research and theory into lived experience. Each thought piece ends with questions to inspire readers to engage with the topic.Part One: Who is a First-generation College Student? provides the reader an entrée into the topic, with up-to-date data on both four-year and two-year colleges. Part One ends with a thought piece that asks the reader to pull together some of the big ideas before moving on to look more closely at students’ identities.Part Two: The Intersection of Identity shares the research, experience and thoughts of authors in relation to the individual and overlapping identities of LGBT, low-income, white, African-American, Latinx, Native American, undocumented, female, and male students who are all also first-generation college students. Part Three: Programs and Practices is an introduction to practices, policies and programs across the country. This section offers promise and direction for future work as institutions try to find a successful array of approaches to make the campus an inclusive place for the diverse population of first-generation college students.

Author : Carolyn Choi,Latoya Council
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1948340089

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Intersectionallies by Carolyn Choi,Latoya Council Pdf

A handy book about intersectionality that depicts the nuances of identity and embraces difference as a source of community.

Author : Dan Zevin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451606478

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Dan Gets a Minivan by Dan Zevin Pdf

Dan Zevin, master of "Seinfeld-ian nothingness" (Time), is trying his best to make the transition from couplehood to familyhood. Acclimating to the adult-oriented lifestyle has never been his strong suit, and this slice-of-midlife story chronicles the whole hilarious journey--from instituting date night to joining Costco; from touring Disneyland to recovering from knee surgery; from losing ambition to gaining perspective. Where it's all heading is anyone's guess, but, for Dan, suburbia's calling--and his minivan has GPS. -- Jacket, p. [2].

Author : Ambelin Kwaymullina,Rebecca Lim
Publisher : Fremantle Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781925591712

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Meet Me at the Intersection by Ambelin Kwaymullina,Rebecca Lim Pdf

Meet Me at the Intersection is an anthology of short fiction, memoir andpoetry by authors who are First Nations, People of Colour, LGBTIQA+ orliving with disability. The focus of the anthology is on Australian life asseen through each author's unique, and seldom heard, perspective.With works by Ellen van Neerven, Graham Akhurst, Kyle Lynch, EzekielKwaymullina, Olivia Muscat, Mimi Lee, Jessica Walton, Kelly Gardiner,Rafeif Ismail, Yvette Walker, Amra Pajalic, Melanie Rodriga, Omar Sakr,Wendy Chen, Jordi Kerr, Rebecca Lim, Michelle Aung Thin and AlicePung, this anthology is designed to challenge the dominant, homogenousstory of privilege and power that rarely admits &‘outsider' voices.

Author : Paul Guimard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0140231234

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Intersection by Paul Guimard Pdf

Author : Dan Oliverio
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-30
Category : Fetishism (Sexual behavior)
ISBN : 0997280204

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The Round World by Dan Oliverio Pdf

The Round World is the first book to explore obesity from the perspective of the people who find it erotic and seek fat people as romantic partners. By discussing the prejudices, medical issues, sexual kink, as well as proposing new models for sexuality, the book is a primer on loving yourself as you are, fat or not.

Author : Darby English
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780300230383

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To Describe a Life by Darby English Pdf

From the civil rights movement to Black Lives Matter, issues of race, representation, and violence inform this interrogation of art and its necessity in times of crisis.

Author : National Academy of Sciences
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780309468589

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The Science of Science Communication III by National Academy of Sciences Pdf

Successful scientists must be effective communicators within their professions. Without those skills, they could not write papers and funding proposals, give talks and field questions, or teach classes and mentor students. However, communicating with audiences outside their profession - people who may not share scientists' interests, technical background, cultural assumptions, and modes of expression - presents different challenges and requires additional skills. Communication about science in political or social settings differs from discourse within a scientific discipline. Not only are scientists just one of many stakeholders vying for access to the public agenda, but the political debates surrounding science and its applications may sometimes confront scientists with unfamiliar and uncomfortable discussions involving religious values, partisan interests, and even the trustworthiness of science. The Science of Science Communication III: Inspiring Novel Collaborations and Building Capacity summarizes the presentations and discussions from a Sackler Colloquium convened in November 2017. This event used Communicating Science Effectively as a framework for examining how one might apply its lessons to research and practice. It considered opportunities for creating and applying the science along with the barriers to doing so, such as the incentive systems in academic institutions and the perils of communicating science in polarized environments. Special attention was given to the organization and infrastructure necessary for building capacity in science communication.

Author : Ande A. Nesmith,Cathryne L. Schmitz,Yolanda Machado-Escudero,Shanondora Billiot,Rachel A. Forbes,Meredith C. F. Powers,Nikita Buckhoy,Lucy A. Lawrence
Publisher : Springer
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3030559505

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The Intersection of Environmental Justice, Climate Change, Community, and the Ecology of Life by Ande A. Nesmith,Cathryne L. Schmitz,Yolanda Machado-Escudero,Shanondora Billiot,Rachel A. Forbes,Meredith C. F. Powers,Nikita Buckhoy,Lucy A. Lawrence Pdf

This book examines and encourages the increasing involvement of those in the social sciences, including social work, as well as everyday citizens, with environmental injustices that affect the natural ecology, community health, and physical and mental health of marginalized communities. The authors draw on their diverse experiences in research, practice, and education to suggest interdisciplinary strategies for addressing environmental justice, climate change, and ecological destruction on both a local and global scale. This insightful work presents models for action, practice, and education, including field learning, with examples of how programs and schools have integrated and infused environmental justice content across their curricula. Environmental and ecological impacts on local communities as well as the whole ecology of life are examined. Models for engaging civic dialogue, addressing structural oppression, and employing other interdisciplinary responses to environmental injustices are provided. Topics explored among the chapters include: Water, Air, and Land: The Foundation for Life, Food, and Society Human Health and Well-Being in Times of Global Environmental Crisis Power and Politics: Protection, Rebuilding, and Justice Pathways to Change: Community and Environmental Transformation Decolonizing Nature: The Potential of Nature to Heal The Intersection of Environmental Justice, Climate Change, Community, and the Ecology of Life equips readers to identify the impact of the global environmental crisis in their own communities. Emphasizing the need for immediate action on ecological, climate, and environmental justice issues, this forward-thinking book assists social science professionals, educators, researchers, and other concerned individuals with the knowledge needed for creating meaningful interdisciplinaryresponses in their communities as they take action within a rapidly changing context.