Out Standing In The Field

Author : Sandra Perron
Publisher : Cormorant Books
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781770864955

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Out Standing in the Field by Sandra Perron Pdf

Some books are catalysts. Shake Hands with the Devil was one. For 2017, that book is Out Standing in the Field. In her memoir, Sandra Perron describes her experience of the Canadian Military - one of the most important institutions of our nation. What she has to say is exactly what the top brass has been paying lip-service to for years, and doing nothing to improve. In 2016, the Auditor General's Report noted that the military had no strategy to recruit women, even though they are required to meet a target that 25% of the uniformed personnel be women. According to Statistics Canada, 1,000 members of our military say they have been sexually assaulted in the past year. In her revealing and moving memoir, Sandra Perron, Canada's first female infantry officer and a member of the Royal 22e Régiment - the legendary "Van Doos" - describes her fight against a system of institutional sexism. Though repeatedly identified as top of her class throughout her training, she was subject to harassment by her male colleagues. Her military experience, however, wasn't all negative. Through two deployments to Bosnia and Croatia, Perron forged lasting friendships with men and women, serving her country with courage and compassion, and her determination helped pave the way for women's inclusion in the Armed Forces. Out Standing in the Field is the story of a soldier who refused to let her comrades or her country down, even while serving a military institution that failed her repeatedly. Beautifully written, Perron's memoir is a testament to her fortitude and patriotism, and serves as proof that the spirit of a true hero cannot be bent or broken.

Author : Jim Denevan,Marah Stets
Publisher : Clarkson Potter
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Cooking, American
ISBN : 0307381994

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Outstanding in the Field by Jim Denevan,Marah Stets Pdf

In his first cookbook, noted California artist and chef Denevan shares 100 seasonally inspired dishes from his farm-fresh dinners that celebrate local ingredients at their height of flavor.

Author : Charlotte Duval-Lantoine
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780228012719

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The Ones We Let Down by Charlotte Duval-Lantoine Pdf

In 2021, a sexual misconduct scandal struck the Canadian military, leading to a profound crisis in leadership. While some more recent allegations came to light before the #MeToo movement, these latest revelations have historical roots in the 1990s, an era known to service members as the “decade of darkness.” Due to drastic budget cuts and allegations of serious crimes perpetrated by its members, the last decade of the twentieth century was a tumultuous time for the Canadian Armed Forces. Amid this period, a human rights tribunal ordered the military to open its combat positions to women and reach full gender integration by 1999. Yet by 2021, women made up only 16.3 per cent of personnel; women and LGBTQ+ service members continue to face sexual harassment and abuse at all levels. In The Ones We Let Down Charlotte Duval-Lantoine looks at failed efforts to achieve gender parity during the 1990s. She reveals an organization unwilling and unable to change, and attitudes held by military leaders that fed a destructive dynamic and cost lives. As the military grapples with its failure to address cultural misconduct and change its culture, The Ones We Let Down reflects on whether the right lessons were learned from the decade of darkness.

Author : Sandra Perron
Publisher : Cormorant Books
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-04-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781770864955

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Out Standing in the Field by Sandra Perron Pdf

Some books are catalysts. Shake Hands with the Devil was one. For 2017, that book is Out Standing in the Field. In her memoir, Sandra Perron describes her experience of the Canadian Military - one of the most important institutions of our nation. What she has to say is exactly what the top brass has been paying lip-service to for years, and doing nothing to improve. In 2016, the Auditor General's Report noted that the military had no strategy to recruit women, even though they are required to meet a target that 25% of the uniformed personnel be women. According to Statistics Canada, 1,000 members of our military say they have been sexually assaulted in the past year. In her revealing and moving memoir, Sandra Perron, Canada's first female infantry officer and a member of the Royal 22e Régiment - the legendary "Van Doos" - describes her fight against a system of institutional sexism. Though repeatedly identified as top of her class throughout her training, she was subject to harassment by her male colleagues. Her military experience, however, wasn't all negative. Through two deployments to Bosnia and Croatia, Perron forged lasting friendships with men and women, serving her country with courage and compassion, and her determination helped pave the way for women's inclusion in the Armed Forces. Out Standing in the Field is the story of a soldier who refused to let her comrades or her country down, even while serving a military institution that failed her repeatedly. Beautifully written, Perron's memoir is a testament to her fortitude and patriotism, and serves as proof that the spirit of a true hero cannot be bent or broken.

Author : Angela Ahn
Publisher : Tundra Books
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780735268265

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Peter Lee's Notes from the Field by Angela Ahn Pdf

Eleven-year-old Peter Lee has one goal in life: to become a paleontologist. But in one summer, that all falls apart. Told in short, accessible journal entries and combining the humor of Timmy Failure with the poignant family dynamics of Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Peter Lee will win readers' hearts. Eleven year-old Peter Lee has one goal in life: to become a paleontologist. Okay, maybe two: to get his genius kid-sister, L.B., to leave him alone. But his summer falls apart when his real-life dinosaur expedition turns out to be a bust, and he watches his dreams go up in a cloud of asthma-inducing dust. Even worse, his grandmother, Hammy, is sick, and no one will talk to Peter or L.B. about it. Perhaps his days as a scientist aren't quite behind him yet. Armed with notebooks and pens, Peter puts his observation and experimental skills to the test to see what he can do for Hammy. If only he can get his sister to be quiet for once -- he needs time to sketch out a plan.

Author : Julia Zarankin
Publisher : Douglas & McIntyre
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781771622493

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Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder by Julia Zarankin Pdf

When Julia Zarankin saw her first red-winged blackbird at the age of thirty-five, she didn’t expect that it would change her life. Recently divorced and auditioning hobbies during a stressful career transition, she stumbled on birdwatching, initially out of curiosity for the strange breed of humans who wear multi-pocketed vests, carry spotting scopes and discuss the finer points of optics with disturbing fervour. What she never could have predicted was that she would become one of them. Not only would she come to identify proudly as a birder, but birding would ultimately lead her to find love, uncover a new language and lay down her roots. Field Notes from an Unintentional Birder tells the story of finding meaning in midlife through birds. The book follows the peregrinations of a narrator who learns more from birds than she ever anticipated, as she begins to realize that she herself is a migratory species: born in the former Soviet Union, growing up in Vancouver and Toronto, studying and working in the United States and living in Paris. Coming from a Russian immigrant family of concert pianists who believed that the outdoors were for “other people,” Julia Zarankin recounts the challenges and joys of unexpectedly discovering one’s wild side and finding one’s tribe in the unlikeliest of places. Zarankin’s thoughtful and witty anecdotes illuminate the joyful experience of a new discovery and the surprising pleasure to be found while standing still on the edge of a lake at six a.m. In addition to confirmed nature enthusiasts, this book will appeal to readers of literary memoir, offering keen insight on what it takes to find one’s place in the world.

Author : Jeanne Liedtka,Tim Ogilvie
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780231547543

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The Designing for Growth Field Book by Jeanne Liedtka,Tim Ogilvie Pdf

Designing for Growth: A Design Thinking Tool Kit for Managers (D4G) showed how organizations can use design thinking to boost innovation and drive growth. This updated and expanded companion guide is a stand-alone project workbook that provides a step-by-step framework for applying the D4G tool kit and process to a particular project, systematically explaining how to address the four key questions of the design thinking approach. In the field book, Jeanne Liedtka, Tim Ogilvie, and Rachel Brozenske guide readers through the design process with reminders of key D4G takeaways as they progress. Readers learn to identify an opportunity, draft a design brief, conduct research, establish design criteria, brainstorm, develop concepts, create napkin pitches, make prototypes, solicit feedback from stakeholders, and run learning launches. This second edition is suitable for projects in business, nonprofit, and government contexts, with all-new tools, practical advice, and facilitation tips. A new introduction discusses the relationship between strategy and design thinking.

Author : Nicole Fox
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-27
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 9780299332204

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After Genocide by Nicole Fox Pdf

Nicole Fox investigates the ways memorials can shape the experiences of survivors decades after massacres have ended. She examines how memorializations can both heal and hurt, especially when they fail to represent all genders, ethnicities, and classes of those afflicted.

Author : Kate Armstrong
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781459744066

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The Stone Frigate by Kate Armstrong Pdf

The Stone Frigate is the harrowing account of an ordinary, young woman admitted as the first female Cadet at the Royal Military College of Canada.

Author : Peter Krause,Ora Szekely
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231550109

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Stories from the Field by Peter Krause,Ora Szekely Pdf

What do you do if you get stuck in an elevator in Mogadishu? How worried should you be about being followed after an interview with a ring of human traffickers in Lebanon? What happens to your research if you get placed on a government watchlist? And what if you find yourself feeling like you just aren’t cut out for fieldwork? Stories from the Field is a relatable, thoughtful, and unorthodox guide to field research in political science. It features personal stories from working political scientists: some funny, some dramatic, all fascinating and informative. Political scientists from a diverse range of biographical and academic backgrounds describe research in North and South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, ranging from archival work to interviews with combatants. In sharing their stories, the book’s forty-four contributors provide accessible illustrations of key concepts, including specific research methods like conducting surveys and interviews, practical questions of health and safety, and general principles such as the importance of flexibility, creativity, and interpersonal connections. The contributors reflect not only on their own experiences but also on larger questions about research ethics, responsibility, and the effects of their personal and professional identities on their fieldwork. Stories from the Field is an essential resource for graduate and advanced undergraduate students learning about field research methods, as well as established scholars contemplating new journeys into the field.

Author : Craig Robertson
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781452963723

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The Filing Cabinet by Craig Robertson Pdf

The history of how a deceptively ordinary piece of office furniture transformed our relationship with information The ubiquity of the filing cabinet in the twentieth-century office space, along with its noticeable absence of style, has obscured its transformative role in the histories of both information technology and work. In the first in-depth history of this neglected artifact, Craig Robertson explores how the filing cabinet profoundly shaped the way that information and data have been sorted, stored, retrieved, and used. Invented in the 1890s, the filing cabinet was a result of the nineteenth-century faith in efficiency. Previously, paper records were arranged haphazardly: bound into books, stacked in piles, curled into slots, or impaled on spindles. The filing cabinet organized loose papers in tabbed folders that could be sorted alphanumerically, radically changing how people accessed, circulated, and structured information. Robertson’s unconventional history of the origins of the information age posits the filing cabinet as an information storage container, an “automatic memory” machine that contributed to a new type of information labor privileging manual dexterity over mental deliberation. Gendered assumptions about women’s nimble fingers helped to naturalize the changes that brought women into the workforce as low-level clerical workers. The filing cabinet emerges from this unexpected account as a sophisticated piece of information technology and a site of gendered labor that with its folders, files, and tabs continues to shape how we interact with information and data in today’s digital world.

Author : Angela Pointon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1695470060

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Stop Blending In by Angela Pointon Pdf

Do you wish you could be seen as a thought leader in your industry? Do you wish your personal brand was strong enough to cause clients to come knocking? These things are all very doable and this book tells you how. This book is not for the business owner or executive who finds joy in pounding his or her chest. Nor is this book for leaders who just want fans, notoriety, or for others to bow down to them. Instead, this book is for the modest business owner, the unassuming executive, and the confident leader who feels a little outside of his or her comfort zone when being seen as an "authority." You see, the quieter, less boisterous businesspeople like you and me run the risk of getting stomped on and silenced by the loud, egotistical types. But that's why I wrote this book. So you can claim your thought-leadership status without being like "those other people" - by being loud, by overpromising, and by using look-at-me marketing. A simpler, more genuine approach to authority marketing and personal branding is what we'll explore in this book. In seven, easy-to-follow steps, you'll learn: * How to assess your body of work, establish your authority platform, and leverage authority marketing to stop blending in and start standing out * What you need to market your personal brand and achieve thought-leader status, so you can command higher fees and grow your company to new heights * How to feel more comfortable telling others that you are the authority, and how to have the confidence to leverage your new thought-leadership status - not to fill your ego but to fill your bank account * And much, much more!

Author : Jody Mitic
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781476795119

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Unflinching by Jody Mitic Pdf

"Inspirational true story of and lessons from a Canadian sniper who lost his legs in Afghanistan."--

Author : S. E Hinton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Fugitives from justice
ISBN : 0137012608

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The Outsiders by S. E Hinton Pdf

Author : Alana Verminski,Kelly Marie Blanchat
Publisher : Facet
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-21
Category : Electronic information resources
ISBN : 1783302305

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Fundamentals of Electronic Resources Management by Alana Verminski,Kelly Marie Blanchat Pdf

Electronic resources management is a dynamic and ever-changing area of librarianship. This publication cuts through the complexity of the role and offers advice on methods, tools and workflows with emphasis on the interconnection between workflows and systems. It will prove invaluable, both as an introduction for those preparing to enter the field, as well as a ready reference for current practitioners.