September 2022
Dr. Ronnie de Souza Santos, a new Assistant Professor of Business Analytics at CBU, has joined the organization and program committees tasked with planning three important conferences related to computers and software:
- The 45迟丑听IEEE/ACM International听Conference on Software Engineering, the premier and most important software engineering conference in the world
- The 27th听International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering
- 罢丑别听16th听IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation
September 2020
Andrew Reynolds, Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Humanities, and his co-authors, Christie MacNeil (digital archivist at the Beaton Institute from 2009-18) and Mitchell Jabalee (BA with Honours in history 2018) have published their article, “Reception of Darwinism in mid-to late Nineteenth-Century Nova Scotia” in the journal Scientia Canadensis 42(1): 5-28. You can access the article
July 2020
Simon Barrick, Lecturer in the School of Arts & Social Sciences recently published: 鈥嬧�淧retty tough and pretty hard鈥�: An intersectional analysis of krump on So You Think You Can Dance along with his co-authors Tori Rose and Dr. William Bridel. The article is published online in the Journal of Dance Education. You can view the article or email Simon Barrick.
Dr. Kenneth Bryson, Professor Emeritus in the School of Social Sciences recently published: What do we Know about God?: Theological, Philosophical, and Existential Arguments Concerning the Nature of God. Amazon: Dr. Jack Carter, Editor and Publisher. The American Journal of Biblical Theology, 2020, 205 pages. ISBN 9798665332376 (paperback) The book is also available on kindle.
April 2020
Dr. 鈥婮anice Esther Tulk, Senior Researcher, Prospect & Development, and Dr. Kathy Snow, University of Prince Edward Island, published “Unspun Heroes: An Example of Intergenerational Learning and Community Action” in the Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education 32.1 (2020): 41-58.
March 2020
Dr. Janice Esther Tulk, Senior Researcher, Prospect & Development collaborated with Rachel Starks (U Arizona) to co-edit a special issue focusing on Indigenous knowledges, priorities, and processes for the journal Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management, volume 15, issue 1. Read the issue
February 2020
Bernard Mulo Farenkia, Professor of French and Linguistics, published 鈥淟a formulation du conseil en fran莽ais canadien (qu茅b茅cois) et en fran莽ais camerounais鈥� in Linguistica Atlantica 37(2), 2019 : 1-12.鈥�
Bernard Mulo Farenkia, Professor of French and Linguistics, published 鈥淐onseils et variation stylistique en fran莽ais parl茅 au Cameroun鈥� in Revue Roumaine d鈥櫭塼udes Francophones 9/10, 2019 : 185-204.鈥�
Bernard Mulo Farenkia, Professor of French and Linguistics, published 鈥淥ffer refusals in L2 French鈥� in Second language acquisition 鈥� Pedagogies, Practices and Perspectives. IntechOpen, 2019: 1-16.鈥�
Bernard Mulo Farenkia, Professor of French and Linguistics, published 鈥淐anadian English speakers鈥� choices in refusing invitations鈥� in the International Journal of English Language and Linguistics Research, Vol 7(1), 2019: 19-32.鈥�
Dr. Janice Esther Tulk, Senior Researcher, Prospect & Development, published “Crafting a Fibre Scene in Cape Breton: The Tools, Technologies, and Motivations of the Unspun Heroes鈥�” in Material Culture Review 87 (2018): 1-19. [published February 2020]
January 2020
Dr. Janice Esther Tulk, Senior Researcher, Prospect & Development, 听published “Identity, Aesthetics, and Place in Medicine Dream鈥檚 鈥業n This World鈥欌�� in Contemporary Musical Expressions in Canada, edited by Anna Hoefnagels, Judith Klassen, and Sherry Johnson (McGill-Queen鈥檚 UP) in January 2020.
Prof. Peter MacIntyre recently was named among the most influential scholars in applied linguistics research, in an analysis spanning two decades. According to data published in the journal Studies in Second Language Acquisition by X. Zhang (2019), Dr. MacIntyre was ranked among the top 20 most frequently cited scholars between 1997 and 2007, and again between 2007 and 2017.
November 2019
鈥�Kevin McKague, Leslie Wardley and Jodi McDavid have concluded data gathering for a new study to measure Nova Scotia’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Thirty entrepreneurship experts from across the province were surveyed along with a representative sample of 384 members of the adult population. 鈥�
Peter MacIntyre delivered two lectures at Teachers’ College, Columbia University (New York), the first and largest graduate school of education in the United States.听 His talks were entitled “Complex Dynamic Systems: Putting the Psychology of the Learner into Motion.”
October 2019
Sandra Jack-Malik was a guest on CBC Radio’s Information Morning to discuss International Dyslexia Awareness Month. She studies dyslexia as a shaping influence on student identities, academic and social. She serves on the national board of Dyslexia Canada.
Sandra Jack-Malik presented Learning to Read Can Be Rocket Science: Dyslexia and Effective Instruction at the McConnell Library in October, celebrating International Dyslexia month.
Peter MacIntyre presented a series of lectures in Osaka, Japan at Kansai University and Osaka University in addition to presenting a symposium at the Situated Strategy Use (SSU) in October. His talks centered around the psychology of second language learning and communication (anxiety, motivation, willingness to communicate) including the prestigious e-Linc lecture on applications of positive psychology in second language acquisition.
Erin Robertson and former student Jennifer Gallant published a paper last spring entitled听鈥淓ye tracking reveals subtle spoken sentence comprehension problems in children with dyslexia鈥� in Lingua, a peer reviewed journal. This paper听was recently selected as one of the Editors鈥� Choice Articles because it was considered听noteworthy and likely to be of high interest to the 蘑菇视频ios. It can be accessed by following this .
July 2019
鈥�Todd Pettigrew published a major article on The Merchant of Venice entitled “The Christening of Shylock” in the journal Literary Imagination. The article is published in Volume 21, Issue 3, November 2019, Pages 268鈥�284.
Dr. Rubina (Ruby) Ramji was nominated to become a member of the Community Advisory Council of the University of Victoria Centre for Studies in Religion and Society. The Council is a 蘑菇视频ios-based forum for interdisciplinary dialogue and philosophical reflection on the purposes of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society.听 The Council assists the Centre in its relations with the 蘑菇视频ios outside the University, with particular reference to the promotion and funding of the Centre鈥檚 activities.
June 2019
Dr. Rubina (Ruby) Ramji presented a paper critiquing the book Beyond Accommodation. Everyday Narratives of Muslim Canadians by Jennifer Selby, Am茅lie Barras, and Lori G. Beaman (UBC Press 2018), at the Canadian Society for the Study of Religion Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC on June 2, 2019.鈥�
Kevin McKague听participated in the 2019 Women Deliver conference where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $1.4 billion in funding for maternal and child health, including sexual and reproductive health rights, both here in Canada and developing countries. Kevin鈥檚 current research in Uganda, Kenya and South Sudan includes understanding how social enterprises can contribute to improving maternal and child health through engaging 蘑菇视频ios health workers.听鈥�
Dr. Janice Esther Tulk, Senior Researcher, Prospect & Development, presented 鈥淐rafting a Fibre Scene in Cape Breton: The Tools, Technologies, and Motivations of the Unspun Heroes鈥嬧�� at the Folklore Studies Association of Canada annual conference at Memorial University, St. John鈥檚, NL, May 31 鈥� June 2, 2019.
鈥�Lindsay Hawco听and听Chigozie Okolie, Research Scientist in the Smart Wound Healing Project,听are attending a Conference of the European Wound Management Association 鈥� EWMA 2019 鈥撎齣n Gothenburg Sweden. They presented a paper entitled 鈥淔ABRICATION OF听MAGNETIC FIBRES FOR SMART WOUND DRESSING MATERIALS WITH WOUND-HEALING听MONITORING AND IMAGING CAPACITY鈥�. Congratulations to Lindsay and Chigozie.
鈥�Dr . Andrew Reynolds听published 鈥淭he Role of Cells and Cell Theory in Evolutionary Thought, ca. 1840-1872鈥� 听In:听Cells in Evolutionary Biology. Brian K Hall and Sally A. Moody (eds.), 1-24. CRC Press, 2018 and 鈥淗aeckel and the Philosophy of Sponges鈥�,听Theory in Biosciences, (Special issue: Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919), The German Darwin and his impact on modern biology, guest editors Uwe Hossfeld, Gregory Levitt, Ulrich Kutschera), (2019)听138(1): 133-146.
Lee-Anne 听Broadhead听听has published a new article 鈥淓nvironmental Insecurity: Another Case for Concept Change鈥澨� The article appears in听Peace and Conflict Studies: Vol. 26 : No. 1, 2019.听 It is available at: 听
鈥�Lee-Anne Broadhead听and听Sean Howard听presented a paper, 鈥淩emembrance on the Rocks:听 Scenes from Canada鈥檚 Great War Centenary鈥� at a national festival and conference,听Commemoration, Conflict and Conscience听in Bristol, UK. April 2019.听鈥�
Todd Pettigrew听presented his paper 鈥淟ying Truth in the English Renaissance鈥� at the 2019 Scientiae Conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The paper undertakes a discussion of early modern problems in truth telling occasioned by the work of听the sixteenth and seventeenth century physician and witchcraft expert John Cotta.
鈥�Kevin McKague听gave a presentation to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology鈥檚 Scale-Up Fellows and Innovation Ecosystem Builders on overcoming the barriers to scaling a social enterprise.
Dr. Amar Anwar听presented a paper entitled: 鈥淢otives to invest in Africa: A meta-analytic review鈥� at the MIRDEC-13th, International Academic Conference on Social Science Discussions and Contemporary Trends in Social Science held in Madrid, Spain from 18-20 June 2019.
May 2019
Dr. Amar Anwar听chaired a session of International Business and presented a paper entitled: 鈥淒eterminants of E-Participation: An Empirical Analysis鈥� at 11th Economics and Finance Conference, held in Rome, Italy, at the Sapienza University from May 27 鈥� 30, 2019
Dr. Odette Griscti听and听Dr. Audrey Walsh, from the Nursing department participated in an听听intensive week long workshop organized on the island of Malta, historically referred to as听. The research workshop鈥攁 collaborative effort between nursing faculty from the University of Malta and nursing faculty from Cape Breton University, Dalhousie University and St. Francis Xavier University, was designed for graduate nursing students at the University of Malta seeking to submit a dissertation in partial fulfillment for their Masters degree in Nursing.
Dr. Chris McDonald听published two entries in the Sage Encyclopedia of Music and Culture (released April 2019), including one on Music and Class, and the other on Heavy Metal.鈥�
Working alongside Annie Doucette and Elder Lawrence Week,听Drs Jack-Malik听and听Kuhnke听helped to facilitate the Blanket Exercise for 蘑菇视频ios groups. The event took place at Membertou Trade and Convention Centre, Sydney, NS. There were approximately 20 participants from various 蘑菇视频ios groups.
Kevin McKague听conducted 22 interviews and 11 focus groups in Rwand鈥媋, Kenya and Uganda for three studies looking at social enterprise and social franchising models to provide primary health care, clean water and food security in these countries.
A new teaching method in chemistry for the Periodic Table of The Elements has been developed by听Dr. Matthias Bierenstiel听(Chemistry) and Dr. Kathy Snow (Education) and a publication to the prestigious ACS Journal of Chemistry Education was accepted. This research will also be presented at the upcoming national chemistry conference (CCCE 2019) in Quebec City.
鈥婼arah Boudreau, a 2nd year BSc Chemistry student in the Bierenstiel Research Group, has won best poster presentation in the field of biological and medical chemistry at the regional undergraduate conference Science Atlantic ChemCon that was held at Acadia University on May 24-26 2019. Her work involved the study and analysis of maskwiomin (birch bark-oil) which is a collaborative project of听Dr. Matthias Bierenstiel听and听Tuma Young听and the 蘑菇视频ios of Membertou First Nation.
April 2019
Dr. Patrick Howard听participated in two panel听presentations听at the AERA Conference April 5 鈥� 9th in Toronto. The first 鈥淎gency, Ethos, and Pedagogy in Canada鈥檚 Creative Economy鈥� and 鈥淎ssessing the State of Canadian Environmental and Sustainability Education in Teacher Education in a Post-Truth Era鈥�.
Prof. Peter MacIntyre听was invited to give the opening plenary talk at the NIKEJ 2019 conference, Education in Light of Positive Psychology, in Lodz, Poland on April 5.听 Peter鈥檚 talk was entitled 鈥淧ositive Psychology in SLA: Willingness to communicate, emotions, and motivation from a new perspective.鈥�
Kevin McKague听and听Leslie Wardley听joined two major international research projects on social franchising 鈥� a form of social enterprise that uses a franchising model to achieve impact at scale. This collaboration strategically leverages Dr. Wardley鈥檚 new University Research Chair in Social Determinants of Health and Dr. McKague鈥檚 Canada Research Chair in Social Enterprise and Inclusive Markets.
March 2019
Kevin McKague听published the article 鈥淯sing Livelihoods to Support Primary Health Care for South Sudanese Refugees in Kiryandongo, Uganda鈥� in the听South Sudan Medical Journal. Written with Dr Odwa Atari, a professor of health geography at Nipissing University and a former South Sudanese refugee himself, this article reports on the opportunities for entrepreneurship and the importance of income on primary health care in refugee settlements.听鈥�
Prof.听Peter MacIntyre听and long-time SSHRC collaborator Prof. Tammy Gregersen were invited to present the annual Dean鈥檚 Lecture at the American University of Sharjah (UAE) entitled 鈥淧ositive Psychology for Pedagogy: Principles, Practice and Promise鈥� on Feb 18, 2019. While at the American University of Sharjah, Peter also gave a public lecture sponsored by the Department of English entitled 鈥淓xamining language anxiety, perceived competence and willingness to communicate in real time鈥� on Feb 17, 2019.
The Greg MacLeod Lecture Series听offers intellectually inspiring lectures, with the intention of fostering social development in the spirit of 听Fr. Greg who loved CBU and Cape Breton.听 The lecture series is sponsored by the Newman Society and CBU Chaplaincy.听 March 3rd lecture featured Fr. Sean Coyle, a member of the Missionary Society of St. Columban. His topic was 鈥淚 have a mission. I am a link in a chain, a bond of connexion between persons鈥� and his reflections as an Irish missionary who has experienced being a link in God鈥檚 chain.
Ken Bryson published his latest book entitled 鈥淎 Systems Analysis of Medicine (SAM): Healing Medicine鈥�. Ibidem Press. Studies in Medical Philosophy. Ibidem-Verlag:Stuttgart. Columbia University Press. March 2019. 256 pages.
鈥�Ken Bryson鈥檚听latest book was published in March 鈥淎 Systems Analysis of Medicine (SAM): Healing Medicine鈥�, 听Ibidem-Verlag:Stuttgart. Studies in Medical Philosophy, Vol. 6.听Columbia University Press. 256 pages.
The following article was published by听Ken Bryson听鈥楾he Eucharist鈥� in听the American Journal of Biblical Theology. Volume 20 (2), February 2019. It has been selected to appear in the print edition of The Journal of Biblical Theology. Volume 2, No. 2. pp. 5-22 (April-May issue). (first named听article).
Ken Bryson听published a major article 鈥淭he Ways of Spirituality鈥� in Sofia Philosophical Review in 2017 (Volume X, No. 2). It is also the first named article.
Ken Bryson鈥檚听article on 鈥淐ompassion in healthcare鈥� has been accepted for publication by Sofia Philosophical Review. It will appear in May or June 2019.
Ken Bryson听gave the following talks in Sarnia, ON, at the Strangway Centre in March: (1) Palliative Care. Photo with Marilyn Gladu MP (Gladu has won an award for her work on palliative care), (2) Arguments on the Existence and Non-Existence of God. He will present the following talks in April/May: (1) The Meaning of Life, (2) Talk on his book 鈥淎 Systems Analysis of Medicine (SAM): Healing medicine鈥�.
Katie K. MacLeod听(L鈥檔u, Political, & Social Studies/Community Studies)听and听Alyce Maclean(Special Projects Manager, Unama鈥檏i College)听attended a two-day National Dialogue event in Ottawa March 12-13, 2019. The event focused on strengthening Indigenous research capacity and ethics processes. They shared key findings from the SSHRC-funded symposium听on Indigenous Research Capacity and Ethics Processes that was听hosted in Membertou听by听Janice Esther Tulk听and听Stephen Augustine听this past January. Katie and Alyce participated in meaningful discussions about how research funding and ethics review processes can be made more accessible to Indigenous researchers and 蘑菇视频ios organizations and听shared the recommendations proposed in the position paper that emerged from the symposium in Membertou.
Balakrishnan Saravanakumar, Chandran Radhakrishnan, Murugan Ramasamy, Rajendran Kaliaperumal,听Allen J. Britten, Martin Mkandawire听(2019) Surfactant determines the morphology, structure and energy storage features of CuO nanostructures,听Results in Physics13 (2019) 102185,听鈥�
鈥�Dr. Lachlan MacKinnon听published a new article, 鈥淐oal and Steel, Goodbye to All That: Symbolic Violence and Working-Class Erasure in Postindustrial Landscapes.鈥� The article appears in听Labor: Studies in Working-Class History听v. 16, no. 1 (March 2019), pp. 107-27.
Dr. Lachlan MacKinnon听gave a public presentation on his research into the history of Sydney Steel at the McConnell Library on March 5th. The lecture was听titled 鈥淪ydney Steel After the War: Politics, Economics and the Canadian Steel Industry, 1945-1966.鈥�
February 2019
Bruce Hatcher, CBU鈥檚 Research Chair in Marine Ecosystems, has been appointed to听the Advisory Committee for Canada鈥檚 newest, and largest Marine Protected Area (declared on Oceans Day, 2017).听Since that time Bruce has been working with academic and industry partners to establish the Scatarie Bank Experiential Research Site at the shallowest part of this 4,364km2ocean realm.
Bernard Mulo Farenkia, Professor of French and Linguistics, published: 芦听L鈥檈xcuse et la pr茅servation des faces en fran莽ais parl茅 au Cameroun听禄 in听Nodus Sciendi听Vol 23, 2018, p. 1-25.鈥�
Bernard Mulo Farenkia听Professor of French and Linguistics published: 鈥淭hanks response strategies in Cameroon French鈥� in听International Journal of linguistics听Vol 10(5), 2018, p. 61-83.鈥�
Dr. Patrick Howard,听Associate Professor of Education,听published: Twenty-first Century Learning as a Radical Re-thinking听of Education in the Service of Life.听Educ. Sci.听2018,听8(4), 189;听
The听Social Enterprise and Inclusive Markets听research team, under CRC听Kevin McKague,听has recently expanded to include CBU MBA student听Monica Li听听as a Research Assistant听and听Elizabeth Onyango听as a Research Associate. Elizabe迟丑听will be defending her PhD thesis 鈥淓xploring Health and Wellbeing in a Low-to-Middle Income Country: A Case Study of Kenya鈥� at the University of Waterloo next month.听Monica is originally from Beijing while Elizabeth is from Kenya.
Dr. Stewart McCann, Professor in the Department of Psychology,听 recently had a research article titled 鈥淩elation of state Alzheimer鈥檚 prevalence to state resident Big Five personality in the USA鈥� accepted for publication in听Current Psychology. The full article can be accessed at the following address:听
Dr. Tim Rawlings听and collaborators published听new听听documenting a new vermetid species that they discovered during fieldwork in 2011 in Belize.听 The work is ongoing on processing material from the collections there and they will also have this species incorporated into a molecular phylogeny of the family later this year鈥�.听鈥�
January 2019
Dr. Janice Esther Tulk听and听Stephen Augustine听hosted a two-day, SSHRC-funded symposium titled听Indigenous Research Capacity and Ethics Processes in Membertou, NS on January 24-25, 2019. Participants听engaged in a series of small group discussions that will inform the writing of a position paper to be presented at a SSHRC National Dialogue event on Indigenous research and capacity development听in March 2019.
Dr. Lachlan MacKinnon听and Matthew Hayes published an article 鈥淪ocial Media, the Folk, and Bizarre Stories of Nova Scotia,鈥� in the听鈥�Canadian Journal of Media Studies听(Winter 2018)鈥�.
Peter MacIntyre, professor of psychology, has been 鈥媏lected president of the International Association for the Psychology of Language Learning.听 Peter鈥檚 two-year term includes responsibilities for organizing the next conference of the association here in Cape Breton, in June, 2020.鈥�
Dr. Lachlan MacKinnon听published an article in the Cape Breton Post extolling the virtues of the Beaton Institute鈥檚 鈥淪teel Project鈥� collection for local researchers.听鈥�
Stephanie MacQuarrie听and Kelly Hawboldt published a short communication in PyNe 43 on their work in the area of combining forestry and fishery residues for higher value applications.
Dr. Ronald Labelle听took part in a meeting of Francophone specialists of intangible culture recently at the University of Poitiers, in France. The meeting was part of an ongoing project to create a digital platform听for the sharing of recordings of French traditions from Europe and North America.
鈥婭n January,听Dr. Ronald Labelle听was the听guest in听a half-hour radio interview on the subject of Acadian culture in the State of Maine. The interview was broadcast on听WMPG-FM, Southern Maine Community Radio, situated on听the University of Southern Maine鈥� campus in Portland.
Kevin鈥� McKague听participated in the annual meeting of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor; the world鈥檚 foremost study of entrepreneurship, where he explored how new research methodologies could be used to assess and measure Cape Breton鈥檚 entrepreneurial ecosystem.
December 2018
Dr.听Kevin听McKague听was part of a small group of stakeholders invited to review McCain Foods sustainability strategy in order to provide expert feedback. The 23 member panel included 7 academics, and representatives from the business and non-profit world, and will help McCains determine how to focus their sustainability efforts in the years to come.鈥�
鈥嬧�婲ew publication about the use of tablet technology in university classrooms by听Dr. Leslie J. Wardley听from the Shannon School of Business.听Wardley, L.J.,听Carter, L., and D鈥橝ntonio, G. (2018), 鈥淢-Learning in an Undergraduate Business Program: Recruitment Promises, Student Perceptions, and Mixed Realities.鈥澨�International Journal of Higher Education. 7(6). DOI:10.5430/ijhe.v7n6p26
Dr. Stephanie Gilbert听along with co-author Dr. E. Kevin Kelloway have a new publication in the Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences examining recognition as mechanism through which transformational leadership influences employee well-being. Link to abstract:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/cjas.1477
鈥婱any Canadian health care jurisdictions have adopted the听LEADS听framework for leadership training and development but there has not been an easily accessible assessment of听LEADScompetencies.听Dr. Stephanie Gilbert听and Dr. E. Kevin Kelloway have developed a听LEADSmeasure which has been accepted for publication in the Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership (forthcoming).
November 2018
Dr. Bernard Mulo Farenkia听will be attending the 42th Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association (APLA) on Nov. 2nd听鈥� 3rd. He is member of the executive bureau of APLA and Associate editor of听Linguistica Atlantica. He will be presenting a paper on 鈥淎dvice-giving and rapport management in French.鈥�
Dr. Bernard Mulo Farenkia听published a book: 鈥�Refus, politesse et variation r茅gionale en Francophonie.听脡tude comparative Cameroun 鈥� France鈥�听(2018, Cuvillier Verlag)
Dr. Bernard Mulo Farenkia听published 鈥淭hanks response strategies in Cameroon French鈥� in听International Journal of linguistics听Vol 10 (5), 2018, pp. 61-83.
Dr. Bernard Mulo Farenkia听published 鈥淩efusal strategies in Canadian English: A quantitative analysis鈥� in听British Journal of English Linguistics听Vol 6 (5), 2018, pp. 16-27.
Amar Anwar听presented a Keynote Talk on the 鈥楢pplications of big data in transportation鈥� at the 10th South Asian International Conference (SAICON) 2018, COMSTECH, Islamabad (Pakistan), 26 to 28 November 2018鈥�
Dr. Kevin McKague听has returned from a fruitful trip to Uganda where he presented emerging research findings to senior Ministry of Health representatives as part of his 5-year research project on Community Health Workers funded by the International Development Research Centre, Global Affairs Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. For more information:听
Dr. Sylvia Burrow听has published 鈥淩ecognition, Respect, and Self-Respect鈥� in听Sport, Ethics, and Philosophy听(forthcoming).
鈥�Dr. Sylvia Burrow听presented 鈥淪tructural Sexism and Sport鈥� at the Atlantic Region Philosophers鈥� Association meeting at St. Francis Xavier (October 19-20, 2018).
鈥婣n excerpt from听Donald Calabrese鈥檚听work-in-progress COADY (a graphic novel about the Antigonish Movement figure Moses Coady) has been published in the Summer issue of the Dalhousie Review.
Donald Calabrese听published a review of Kris Bertin鈥檚 debut graphic novel听The Case of The Missing Men听in the Summer issue of The Dalhousie Review.鈥�
鈥婬ani (PhD student from MUN), Kelly 鈥� (Co-Supervisor) and听Dr. Stephanie MacQuarrie听(Co-supervisor) just had their paper accepted to Energy and Fuels titled:听Nitrogen functionalized biochar as a renewable adsorbent for efficient CO2 removal鈥�.
Ian Brodie听has recently published a new article, 鈥溾�婸retend News, False News, Fake News:听The Onion听as Put-On, Prank, and Legend.鈥� in听The Journal of American Folklore.听131.522 (2018): 451-459.
Ian Brodie听has been invited to present two lectures at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic:听鈥淐anadian Folklore and Folkloristics: The Shaping of a Discipline,鈥� and 鈥淪tand-up Comedy: A Folkloristic Approach.鈥�
Ian Brodie听will be presenting on 鈥淪tand-up comedy: the mediatization of small talk鈥澨齛t听the conference鈥� Mediatization of Culture: Constructing New Texts and Practices, hosted by the听Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration听School for Advanced Studies in the Humanities听Laboratory for Theoretical Folklore Studies.听鈥�
Dr. Barb Glassey, Catherine Arseneau, Dr. Martha Jones and Dr. Dana Mount听are excited to launch four ArtSci SNAPPER videos profiling presenters featured as part of Avatars of Human Creativity: Exploring the Art-Sci Connect. Topics focus on integrating and communicating art, science, technology, the natural world and the Mi鈥檏Maw principle of Two-Eyed Seeing through contemporary artistic practice.
The videos are being launched throughout the month of November. Please link our CBUArtSci social media sites and share our posts so we can continue the dialogue!
October 2018
Anwar, A.听and Iwasaki, I. Institutions and FDI from BRICS countries: A meta-analytic review. Paper presented at the 2018 Meta-Analysis of Economics Research Network (MAER-Net) Colloquium held in Melbourne, Australia at Deakin University from 4 to 5 October 2018鈥�
Dr. Rubina (Ruby) Ramji, and co-author Dr. Peter Beyer (University of Ottawa) received the听2017 Canadian Society for the Study of Religion Book Prize for their book 鈥淕rowing Up Canadian: Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists鈥� (McGill-Queens University Press, 2013).听 They were presented with the prize at the 2018 Annual Congress Meeting held at the University of Regina. The prize is awarded to outstanding monographs in the field of Religious Studies. http://cssrscer.ca/?q=node/118
Dr. Sean Modesto听and colleagues听Eduardo Silva-Neves and听S茅rgio Dias-da-Silva published an article in which they听describe a new skull ascribed to听Procolophon trigoniceps, which so far represents the most complete and best preserved specimen collected at the Lower Triassic Sanga do Cabral Supersequence, Southern Brazil, with phylogenetic remarks and assess its phylogenetic relationships.
Dr. Scott Stewart听presented a paper entitled 鈥淲hen World (Visions) Collide: The Case of Makalyla Sault and Indigenizing the Curriculum at Canadian Universities,鈥� at the 37th International Academic Conference held at the Central European University in Budapest, on June 5, 2018. The paper has subsequently been published in the Proceedings听of that conference.鈥�
Dr. Sylvia Burrow听has recently hosted the Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy conference at Cape Breton University, September 18-30, 2018. Conference participants came from across Canada and the United States. The conference featured a keynote address by Professor Alice Crary, University of Oxford, and included a special presentation by Professor Crary in conjunction with the Animal Ethics Project at Cape Breton University. Conference assistants included Jane Dryden (Mount Allison), Catherine Clune Taylor (Princeton), Derek Andrews (Dalhousie), Tiffany Roberts (Dalhousie), Jim Gerrie (CBU) and Andrew Reynolds (CBU).
Dr. Bernard Mulo Farenkia听published a book: 鈥�Refus, politesse et variation r茅gionale en Francophonie.听脡tude comparative Cameroun 鈥� France鈥�听(2018, Cuvillier Verlag)
鈥�Dr. Bernard Mulo Farenkia听published a book:听Pragmatique de la compassion et l鈥檌nvitation en fran莽ais au Cameroun. Saarbr眉cken. 脡ditions universitaires europ茅ennes. (2017).
Dr. Scott Stewart听published an article, 鈥� Is Feminist Porn Possible?鈥� in 鈥� Sexuality and Culture, 2018 (https://link.springer.com/journal/12119/onlineFirst/page/1). 鈥�
Dr. Scott Stewart听published an article, 鈥淪ome Ethical Issues in Treating and Caring for People with Dementia,鈥澨�Online Journal of Health Ethics听14 (1), 2018.听
鈥婦r.听Todd Pettigrew听is the senior editor of The Major Works of John Cotta, the first critical edition of the writings of the seventeenth century physician and thinker. The edition has just been published by Brill.
Dr. Kevin McKague听and Bridget Horel recently published an article 鈥淐辞尘尘耻苍颈迟测 Contribution Companies and Access to Social Finance鈥� in the Journal of Sustainable Development 听. This is the first study to look at Community Contribution Companies (a new legal structure for social enterprises) in British Columbia.鈥�
Dr. Lachlan MacKinnon听recently traveled to Concordia University in Montreal to participate in the Oral History Association Annual Meeting. MacKinnon presented two papers, titled 鈥淎fter Activism: Community Environmentalism and the Sydney Tar Ponds Clean Up, 1999-2004鈥� and 鈥淲orking-Class Erasure: Oral Histories of Erasure in Deindustrialized Spaces.鈥� MacKinnon also chaired a session on 鈥淒eindustrialization in the Two Germanies: Remembering Coal Mining in East and West.鈥�
The final paper from the Queer Birthing Experiences project will be released as part of a special journal Symposium: Sex, Gender, and the Body:听Burrow, S., L. Goldberg, J. Searle, and M. Aston. 2018. 鈥淰ulnerability, Harm, and Compromised Ethics Revealed by the Experiences of Queer Birthing Women in Rural Health Care.鈥澨�Journal of Bioethical Inquiry听15(4).
Pat Maher,听Stephanie MacPherson, Mary Beth Doucette, Janice Esther Tulk, and Tracy Menge published 鈥淪ustainability, Ethics, and Authenticity in Indigenous Tourism: The Case of Eskasoni Cultural Journeys on Goat Island鈥� in the Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, 11(1): 90-106.
September 2018
Sandra Jack-Malik鈥檚听article听Stories, Curriculum Making, and Tension as Support for Identity Shifts: A Narrative Inquiry鈥嬧�澨齱as recently published in the听Learning Landscapes journal.
Research Spotlight: Listen to听Sandra Jack-Malik听in conversation wi迟丑听CBU researchers. They听discuss听research methodologies, projects and meaningful moments along their research听journeys.听
鈥�Dr. Scott Rodney听traveled to the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa to give an invited lecture during the UA Mathematical Analysis Seminar concerning new results on the compactness of embeddings of听weighted Sobolev Spaces.
Professor Alice Crary (University of Oxford) visited CBU as part of a national Philosophy conference September 28-30, 2018. Professor Crary is the first to be appointed a Fellow in Philosophy and Christian Ethics at Regent鈥檚 Park College, University of Oxford from the start of the appointment. On Friday September 28, Professor Crary offered a lunchtime public presentation in conjunction with CBU鈥檚 Animal Ethics Group and a keynote lecture in the evening in partnership with the Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy. For more information visit:听
Dr. Carolin Kreber听gave an invited keynote entitled 鈥淧ractical Wisdom in Teaching 鈥� Find the Right Measure鈥� and one on 听鈥淚nstitutional Teaching Profiles and strategic plans for teaching enhancement鈥� at the Technische Hochschule Cologne, Germany, on Sept 21 and 22 respectively.
August 2018
Dr. Stewart J. H. McCann听recently had a research article titled 鈥淟ower State Resident Neuroticism Is Related to Later Attainment of Statehood in the USA鈥� accepted by听Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, a publication of the American Psychological Association.
Dr. Stewart J. H. McCann听recently had an article titled 鈥淗andedness Predicts Conservative-Republican Preference and Eliminates Relations of Big Five Personality to Political Orientation Using the 48 Contiguous American States As Analytical Units鈥� accepted for publication in听Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain, and Cognition.
July 2018
Martin Mkandawire听publication titled听鈥淣umerical prediction of the long-term evolution of acid mine drainage at a waste rock pile site remediated with an HDPE-lined cover system Outsmarting鈥� was recently听accepted听in听Journal of Contaminant Hydrology.鈥�
鈥婳n July 30th听a team from Dalhousie University came down to launch an autonomous sailboat with the help of听Dr. Bruce Hatcher. Dr. Hatcher took the team and their vessel, the SeaLeon, out off the eastern side of Scaterie Island. There it was launched and tracked for several hours before it was left to its own devices.听The SeaLeon, designed and constructed by Dalhousie Engineering, is part of a Microtrasat competition, in which competitors attempt to send autonomous vessels across the Atlantic. As of yet, there has not been a winner, and you can follow the progress of the SeaLeon at听听 Best of luck!鈥�
Dr. Janice Esther Tulk, Senior Research Associate, Unama鈥檏i College,听and Dr. Beverley Diamond (Memorial University) published 鈥淩ethinking Repatriation and Curation in Newfoundland: Archives, Angst, and Opportunity鈥� in听The Oxford Handbook of Musical Repatriation听[online], edited by听Frank Gunderson, Robert C. Lancefield, and Bret Woods in July听2018. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190659806.013.4. [Print edition forthcoming]
Dr. Matthias Bierenstiel听and his research group have published a peer-reviewed听article in the June edition of听鈥�MedChemCommun听with their industrial collaboration partner, Chelation Partners Inc. about an iron-binding polymer, called DIBI. DIBI shows excellent antibiotic activity听that is based on iron-capture and thus has practically no antibiotic resistance property.
McCain Foods CEO Max Koeune is leading the development of the company鈥檚 first major sustainability strategy. CBU鈥檚 Canada听Research Chair in Social Enterprise and Inclusive Markets,听Dr. Kevin McKague, was invited by Mr. Koeune to review the company鈥檚 proposed direction and provide feedback. Founded in New Brunswick, McCain is a global company with sales of almost $10 billion听in 160 countries. McCain听works with smallholder farmers in some of the developing countries in which it operates. Professor McKague grew up on a farm and is an international expert in integrating smallholder farmers into the value chains of companies and industries to improve their livelihoods.
June 2018
Scott Rodney, Galia Dafni (Concordia) and David Cruz-Uribe (Alabama) were the organizers of the听special session 鈥淎dvances in Harmonic Analysis and PDEs鈥� at the summer meeting of the Canadian Mathematical Society hosted by the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton from June 1-4, 2018.
鈥婽he original manuscript, 鈥�Vulnerability, Harm, and Compromised Ethics Revealed by the Experiences of Queer Birthing Women in Rural Health Care,鈥� (S. Burrow,听L. Goldberg, J. Searle, and M. Aston) is forthcoming in the听Journal of Bioethical Inquiry听as a CIHR-funded research article exploring queer birthing women鈥檚 healthcare experiences through interdisciplinary philosophical, phenomenological, and empirical research methods. See http://qrbnsandbeyond.ca/ for the project overview.
The Third Lens 鈥� Metaphor and the Creation of Modern Cell Biology book by听鈥�Dr. Andrew Reynolds听was published by the University of Chicago Press. 鈥滵oes science aim at providing an account of the world that is听literally听true or听objectively听true? Understanding the difference requires paying close attention to metaphor and its role in science. In听The Third Lens, Andrew S. Reynolds argues that metaphors, like microscopes and other instruments, are a vital tool in the construction of scientific knowledge and explanations of how the world works. More than just rhetorical devices for conveying difficult ideas, metaphors provide the conceptual means with which scientists interpret and intervene in the world.鈥嬧��
Dr. Kevin McKague听and his team (including research project manager, Dr. Jodi McDavid) have recently returned from a research trip in Uganda and Nairobi. During this time he and his colleague, Dr. Odwa Atari (University of Nipissing), conducted research in a South Sudanese refugee settlement in Northern Uganda.听 Kevin was invited to speak to the Ministry of Health in Kampala, Uganda and the African Population and Health Research Centre campus in Nairobi, Kenya. The subject of his presentations was his ongoing research about different models for 蘑菇视频ios health worker incentives and its impacts on worker retention and services.听鈥嬧��
African Journalism Studies听has published an article titled 鈥淐ommodification of Development Programming on Radio in Northern Ghana鈥� by Amin Alhassan, Amadu Mohammed Faisal and CBU鈥檚听Felix Odartey-Wellington. 听Using the case of two international NGOs operating in the Northern Region of Ghana, the authors examine the implications of a practice whereby development programming transmitted via FM radio stations in the region is commoditised. 听They argue that this trend of development programme dissemination displaces the civic responsibility of the media who are supposed to inform and educate the listening 蘑菇视频ios through journalism. They see this trend as being at a disadvantage to indigenous NGOs which lack the means to pay for the coverage of their activities. They recommend policy evolution to realign the scope and focus of local media with development reporting. The article is available for free access at:听
May 2018
Dr. Kathy Snow听was invited to speak at the annual Manitoba Association of Distance Learning and Teaching (MADLAT) conference held May 3-4, 2018 in Winnipeg. She spoke to the need for instructional designers to recognize听the colonial values inherent in the听design of most Learning Management Systems and how faculty can rethink teaching online through the adoption of Indigenous pedagogues.
鈥婦r. Amin Alhassan of the University for Development Studies and CBU鈥檚听Dr. Felix Odartey-Wellington听delivered a presentation on the topic 鈥淢edia under siege: When civil society actors use violence to gag media in Ghana鈥檚 Northern Region鈥� at the World Press Freedom Day Academic Conference hosted by the University of Ghana in Accra on May 2, 2018. The presentation explored the phenomenon whereby 鈥渢he actions of听diverse vigilante groups originating in civil society have compelled radio stations in Northern Ghana to adopt self-censorship strategies to avoid violent attacks.鈥�
Dr. Sheila Christie听is stage managing the upcoming production of The Happy Prince which was performed for public and school audiences May 15-20.听
鈥淚n order to understand the concept of biodiversity from the L鈥檔u perspective we first need to see it from that perspective.鈥嬧�澨�Tuma Young听published an听article in the Ecology & Action Magazine, Spring 2018 issue.听听鈥�
鈥�Dr. Todd Pettigrew听delivered a paper on Shakespeare鈥檚 Merchant of Venice at the Cities of Strangeness Conference in Manchester, England. The paper explored an under-appreciated element of early modern theology and its application to our understanding of the character Shylock.
CBU鈥檚听Dr. Felix Odartey-Wellington听and Dr. Amin Alhassan of the University for Development Studies in Ghana on May 30迟丑听delivered a presentation on the topic of听鈥淗eteronormativity and Presidential Articulations on LGBT Citizenship in Ghana鈥� at the Canadian Communication Association Annual Conference held at The University of Regina, SK. They argued that: 鈥淭he study found that presidential articulations on LGBT citizenship in Ghana are subject to consistent local and foreign influences. Therefore, while disjunctures can be observed, there are also continuities in presidential contributions to the national debate on the legality of LGBT life, and re-articulations of homophobia as national culture. However, the debate is highly politicized, hence, obscuring continuities. The study also found that while the discourse of LGBT citizenship has migrated to the public agenda, the sacerdotal status of heteronormativity is not jeopardized. This is because dominant discourses continue to be influenced by perceptions of Western cultural imperialism, as well as the discursive moment of traditional heteronormativity in a socially conservative environment, constraining and delegitimizing any attempts to discursively articulate official approbation of LGBT citizenship in Ghana. This study however argues that the deep structure of constitutional discourse (especially, the discursive moment of human rights) engaged after the return to constitutional rule in 1992 will continue to be a factor in the evolution of the discourse on the LGBT question in Ghana.鈥嬧�濃��
Dr. Sheila Christie听will be participating in a seminar on Performance for/by/with Young People: Presenting the Here and Now as part of the Canadian Association of Theatre Researchers conference, held this year in Kingston, Ontario. This seminar explores the ethics and logistics of working with young people in theatre and theatre research. 鈥�
April 2018
Dr. Bruce Hatcher听鈥媔s leading a sustainability study on the Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) 鈥� a native, freshwater salmonid that is particularly abundant in the watershed of the Bras d鈥橭r Lake Biosphere. It is very popular in the recreational and food fisheries of Biosphere residents and visitors. This Spring the Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and the Bras d鈥橭r Institute at Cape Breton University are undertaking a study of the suitability of circle hooks and passive hooking techniques to reduce collateral fishing mortality in the recreational fishery. More than 600 trout have been tagged and released in only 11 days of fishing! Now, with the public fishing season open, Umair and Maia Ludwig-Ives, researchers from the Verschuren Centre for Sustainability in Energy and the Environment are conducting creel surveys to measure tag recapture rates and life history parameters of this charismatic fish.
Dr. Dannie Brown, Shannon School of Business, has been invited to teach Introduction to Marketing at Henan Agricultural University in Zheng Zhou, Henan province, China.听 He will be teaching to two classes of approximately 50 students each over a two-week period.听 This is a return invitation after his first engagement last year.
Martin Mkandawire听and colleagues; Optimizing Reductive Degradation of PAHs Using Anhydrous Ethanol with Magnesium Catalyzed by Glacial Acetic Acid.
Ifinedo, P., Pyke, J. and Anwar, A.听(2018). Business undergraduates鈥� perceived use outcomes of Moodle in a blended learning environment: the roles of usability factors and external support.听Telematics and Informatics. 35 (1), 93-102鈥�
March 2018
Martin Mkandawire听and colleagues; Performance assessment of a single-layer moisture store-and-release cover system at a mine waste rock pile in a seasonally humid region (Nova Scotia, Canada)听鈥�
Martin Mkandawire听and colleagues; Combined DC resistivity and induced polarization (DC-IP) for mapping the internal composition of aminewaste rock pile in Nova Scotia, Canada听听鈥�
Martin Mkandawire听and colleagues; Five-year performance monitoring of a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) cover system at a reclaimed mine waste rock pile in the Sydney Coalfield (Nova Scotia, Canada) Environ Sci Pollut Res (2017) 24:26744鈥�26762听 DOI 10.1007/s11356-017-0288-4鈥�
Martin Mkandawire听and colleagues; Resurfacing and modernization of edible packaging material technology听
Martin Mkandawire听and colleagues; Cryospectroscopy Studies of Intact Light-Harvesting Antennas Reveal Empirical Electronic Energy Transitions in Two Cyanobacteria Species 鈥�J. Phys. Chem. B,听2018,听122听(12),听pp 3068鈥�3078听听DOI:听10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b00714
Corrine McIsaac, Associate Professor in nursing, and a team of researchers have been awarded $250,000 from NRC听to develop an artificial intelligence tool for wound diagnosis; this tool will be the first of its kind;听wounds are often misdiagnosed, and the wrong type of treatment may be initiated for the patient, this new tool will improve diagnosis and outcomes for patients.听Corrine is the PI and the team consists of 2 doctors, 4 nurses and 4 engineers, this tool will use Corrine鈥檚 database of over 500,000 wound pictures and treatments to create the AI tool.
Dr. Tim Rawlings;听Scientific research can sometimes capture the public imagination and take on a life of its own.听 In January 2018, a research article coauthored by Tim Rawlings, Associate Professor in Biology, became the focal point of 鈥淪herman鈥檚 Lagoon鈥�, a very popular and widely distributed cartoon strip published in over 250 newspapers in North America and more than 30 foreign countries.听 From January 15 鈥� 26th, the cartoon documented the hunt for a newfound species of 鈥渟piderman鈥� snail in the Florida Keys known to capture prey by means of mucus.听 The original scientific publication on which this was very loosely based was: Bieler, R, C. Granados-Cifuentes, T.A. Rawlings, P. Sierwald. T.M. Collins. 2017. Non-native molluscan colonizers on deliberately placed shipwrecks in the Florida Keys, with description of a new species of potentially invasive worm-snail (Gastropoda: Vermetidae). PeerJ. 2017 Apr 5;5:e3158. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3158听听听 Rudiger Bieler original dubbed the new species of vermetid gastropod 鈥� the spiderman snail鈥� based on its propensity to cast mucus nets to capture plankton and organic debris in the marine environments in which it lives.
Dr. Tim Rawlings; The open-access journal PeerJ has reported that the article 鈥淣on-native molluscan colonizers on deliberately placed shipwrecks in the Florida Keys, with description of a new species of potentially invasive worm-snail (Gastropoda: Vermetidae)鈥� coauthored by Rudiger Bieler, Camila Granados-Cifuentes, Tim Rawlings, Petra Sierwald and Tim Collins, was ranked in 2017 as one of their top 5 most viewed articles (2,787 views) in the subject area of biodiversity.听 This publication is part of an ongoing collaboration involving Tim Rawlings (Cape Breton University), Tim Collins (Florida International University, Miami) and Rudiger Bieler (Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago) focused on vermetid gastropods (also known as worm-snails).
鈥�Dr.听Sean Modesto听and colleagues at the University of Toronto published 鈥淎 new small captorhinid from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma and resource partitioning among small captorhinid reptiles in the Richards Spur fauna鈥� in Papers in Palaeontology.
Participation by听Dr. Ronald Labelle听in a series of panel discussions regarding Acadian-Mi鈥檏ma鈥� relations at the 鈥淕rand-Pr茅 2017鈥� celebrations, Grand-Pr茅 National Historic Site, August 2017.
Recorded interview by听Dr. Ronald Labelle听included in a pedagogical kit on the topic of Acadian-Aboriginal relations to be used in 11th听grade Canadian History classes in New Brunswick Francophone schools. Title of the project: 鈥淟es 4 saisons de la r茅conciliation鈥�.
Journal publication by听Dr. Ronald Labelle: 芦听Le conte de Cendrillon听: de la Chine 脿 l鈥橝cadie sur les ailes de la tradition听禄,听Rabaska,听vol.听15,听2017, p. 7-28.
Dr. Lachlan MacKinnon听has been invited to speak at a 蘑菇视频ios workshop in Thunder Bay, Ontario on March 1-2, 2018. This workshop, 鈥淭he Impact of Development: Single Industry Towns and Capital Mobility,鈥� seeks to engage northern communities to avoid the pitfalls of post-industrial transformation. Organized through Lakehead University and the Wilson Institute for Canadian History, this event will also be synchronously streamed to rural 蘑菇视频ios hubs throughout the north.
February 2018
Dr. Bruce G. Hatcher听will be听presenting a paper at the international conference on the听Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewable Energy Technologies (EIMR) in Kirkwall, Orkney,听Scotland. He will also听man听a booth at听the trade show highlighting the opportunities for the Marine Renewable听Energy research in听Cape Breton. The听EIMR听is an international conference hosted at different sites across the Scottish Highlands and Islands region, and led by the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) and Heriot Watt University (HW).听The conference听explores the interactions of wave and tidal energy technologies with the environment.听EIMR international conference听aims to serve as a major forum for global researchers and professionals to come together to present their latest research, results, and ideas and strengthen relations between the emerging marine renewables industry, research听laboratories, and universities听鈥�
Dr. Kevin McKague听published the cover story article in the South Sudan Medical Journal, 鈥淜nowledge, Attitude and Practice: Service Barriers in a Tuberculosis听Program in Lakes State, South Sudan.鈥�
Dr. Stewart J. H. McCann, Professor of Psychology, recently published the research article 鈥淪tate resident neuroticism accounts for life satisfaction differences between conservative and liberal states of the USA鈥� in听Psychological Reports.听()
Dr. Stewart J. H. McCann, Professor of Psychology, recently published the research article 鈥淭he relation of state resident neuroticism levels to state cancer incidence in the USA鈥� in听Current Psychology.听()
Dr. Stewart J. H. McCann, Professor of Psychology, recently published the research article 鈥淯SA state resident Big Five personality and work satisfaction: The importance of neuroticism鈥� in听Cross-Cultural Research.听()
Dr. Stewart J, H, McCann, Professor of Psychology, published the research article 鈥淗igher USA state resident neuroticism is associated with lower state volunteering rates鈥� in听Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 43,听1659-1674. in December of 2017.
Dr. Ken Bryson, Professor Emeritus,听Cultural & Creative Studies, School of Arts and Social Sciences has the articles听鈥淎n STS Toolbox: A Guide to STS Problem Solving and Informed Social Action in Indigenous Communities鈥� and听鈥淭he Creation Story and Assisted Suicide鈥� published听this summer听in鈥� the听Indigenous Policy Journal. Research Notes听and in the听American Journal of Biblical Theology, respectively.
A lead听article听鈥淭he Ways of Spirituality鈥澨齜y听Dr. Ken Bryson, Professor Emeritus,听Cultural & Creative Studies, School of Arts and Social Sciences has been published in听Sofia Philosophical Review鈥嬏�媀ol. X,听No. 2, 2017. pp. 1-38.
Professor Scott Rodney听will be travelling听to Italy to discuss research in mathematics with the Italian mathematical 蘑菇视频ios.听 During reading week this year, Prof. Rodney traveled to the Politecnico Di听Milano and also the University of Bologna to speak in the analysis seminar (Milano) and Pini seminar (Bologna) concerning new joint results with former student E. Rosta and research collaborator D. Cruz-Uribe (University of Alabama) that explore exciting connections between Poincare and Sobolev inequalities and their relationship to the famous p-Laplacian.听 The interested student is pointed to the new publications:
1) D. Cruz-Uribe, S. Rodney, and E. Rosta.听听Poincare Inequalities and Neumann Problems for the p-Laplacian.听 Bulletin of the Canadian Mathematical Society 2018.听听
2) D. Cruz-Uribe, S. Rodney, and E. Rosta.听 Global Sobolev Inequalities and Degenerate p-Laplacian Equations.
January 2018
Dr. Ruby (Rubina) Ramji听was听invited to the Sundance Film Festival as an expert on religion and film.听 Invitations to the Sundance Film Festival are limited and only 800 people are allowed to attend the press screenings of the films over a two-week period. 听She鈥檚 there from January 18-26, 2018. While attending the festival, she is听writing articles for the Journal of Religion and Film on the films screened and they will be published specifically for the winter issue of the journal.听听鈥婼he also gets to see a few film stars.听
Dr. Andrew Reynolds听published 鈥淚n Search of Cell Architecture:听General Cytology听and Early Twentieth Century Conceptions of Cell Organization鈥� in听Visions of Cell Biology: Reflections Inspired by Cowdry鈥檚 General Cytology, Karl S. Matlin, Jane Maienschein, and Manfred D. Laubichler editors (Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2018).听
Dr. Lachlan MacKinnon听has been invited to speak at a 蘑菇视频ios workshop in Thunder Bay, Ontario on March 1-2, 2018. This workshop, 鈥淭he Impact of Development: Single Industry Towns and Capital Mobility,鈥� seeks to engage northern communities to avoid the pitfalls of post-industrial transformation. Organized through Lakehead University and the Wilson Institute for Canadian History, this event will also be synchronously streamed to rural 蘑菇视频ios hubs throughout the north.
October 2017
Dr. Sylvia Burrow听and Jason Holt presented听鈥淐ourage, Elegance, and Integrity: Ethics and
Aesthetics Meet Sport and Martial Arts鈥� at bo迟丑听The International Association for the Philosophy of Sport听(Whistler,
BC: September 5-8) and at听The Atlantic Region Philosophers鈥� Association听(Halifax, NS: October 13-14).
Dr. Sylvia Burrow听recently听finished her term as President of听the Canadian Society for Women in
Philosophy听while at听鈥�Feminism, Philosophy, and Engaging the Public: Theory, Policy, and Practice,鈥澨�a
conference hosted听by the Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy (London, ON: October听27-29). Dr.
Burrow听now holds the position of听Past President on the Executive.
Dr. Kathy Snow听was one of the contributing researchers to the ITK report of education published in
October. This report summarizes the results of a knowledge gathering forum held with Inuit teachers and long-term
northerners in Nani, nunatsiavut in Feb. 2017.听听
Dr. Janice Esther Tulk听published 鈥淐hildren鈥檚 Dances at First Nation Powwows in Atlantic Canada鈥�
in听Ethnologies听37.2 (2017): 29-52.
Dr. Adango Miadoyne听published 鈥淭hermodynamic Computations for Ion Exchange and Surface Protonation
Reactions and the Implications for Acid Induced Contact Angle Evolution in Silica Rich Saline Aquifer Systems鈥� in听Intl.
J. Chem.
Dr. Adango Miadonye听will be attending the听7th World Congress on Petroleum and Chemical Engineering
in Atlanta, USA, on Nov. 13 and 14th. He is a member of the Organizing Committee and will be presenting a paper and
chair听a听section on petroleum.
Dr. Stephanie MacQuarrie听will be attending the Gender Summit in Montreal on Nov 6-8. This is part
of her involvement with the PromoScience project Island WISE.
Dr. Matthias Bierenstiel听presented to 25 high-school teachers the indigenous knowledge and science
based听birch bark-oil project at the Nova Scotia Science Teacher conference in Halifax on Oct 26. This was in
collaboration wi迟丑听Tuma Young听and听Dr.听Kathy Snow.
September 2017
Dr. Janice Esther Tulk听published 鈥楾he Service is at Four鈥�: Expressive Culture and Community in a
University Residence鈥� in听Canadian Folk Music听50.1 (2016): 23-25.
Dr. Dannie Brown听presented a paper, 鈥淧lanning for retirement: The influence of workplace stress,
pension, and work arrangements,鈥� at the Atlantic Schools of Business Conference at Acadia University. His
co-authors were: Tabatha Thibault, E. Kevin Kelloway, and Amy Warren.
Dr. Kathy Snow听travelled from Cambridge Bay to Kugluktuk aboard the Polar Prince as a participant
ambassador on the C3 voyage. The 150-day journey began its voyage in Toronto and will end in Vancouver this fall.
Drs. Shine (Xu) Zhang, Ken Oakes听and Dennis Curry and collaborators recently published in Chem
Commun on 鈥淩egenerative Nanobots Based on Magnetic Layered Double Hydroxide for Azo Dye Removal and Degradation鈥�.
Dr. Matthias Bierenstiel, Trisha Ang, Edward Cross, Amy Clemens, Harshiny Muthukumar and
collaborators recently published in Inorg. Chim. Acta on 鈥淪ynthesis, characterization, cytotoxicity and
antimicrobial activity of copper complexes of N-imine pendant derivatives of 2-(methylthio)aniline鈥�.
Dr. Martin Mkandawire听鈥榮 research group published 鈥淔ive-year performance monitoring of a
high-density polyethylene (HDPE) cover system at a reclaimed mine waste rock pile in the Sydney Coalfield (Nova
Scotia, Canada)鈥� in听Environ Sci Pollut Res听2017. The听publication can be accessed through
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August 2017
Dr. Dannie Brown听has been appointed as a Member-at-Large of the Atlantic School of Business
Conferences Executive.
Dr. Martin Mkandawire听gave an invited talk and public lecture at Universidad Popular del Cesar in
Valledupar, Colombia (Aug 28-Sept 1, 2017).听 This invitation is associated with the VC鈥檚 Institute for
Sustainability Training & Industrial Modernization (ISTIM) program.
Dr. Stephanie MacQuarrie听presented her research in Europe on 鈥淩eaping the Unsown Rewards of
BioChar鈥� Biochar: Production, Characterization and Applications, Alba, Italy, August 20-15, 2017.
Dr. Matthias Bierenstiel鈥檚听research with Chelation Partners was covered in the Chronicle Herald on
August 23:听
Professors听Tuma Young听and听Matthias Bierenstiel听have been awarded $150,000 by the
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for their 蘑菇视频ios-based approach that mixes modern science
wi迟丑听Indigenous knowledge.听听
July 2017
Dr. Janice Esther Tulk听presented 鈥淪taying Competitive in a Changing Oil Sands Industry: The
Partnership between Bouchier Group and Carillion plc鈥� at the Community Innovation and Social Enterprise Conference,
Sydney, NS, 12-14 July 2017.
Dr. Dannie Brown听appeared as a member on a panel of experts on the topic of Atlantic
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems at the Community Innovation & Social Enterprise Conference at CBU.
CBU was well represented at the World Indigenous People鈥檚 Conference on Education which is held every two years and
took place this year in Toronto. Researchers听Stephen Augustine, MaryBeth Doucette, Emily Root, Janice Tulk
and Kathy Snow听shared results of their work in more than five different presentations.
June 2017
Dr. Janice Esther Tulk听presented 鈥淪tories, Songs, and Dances of the Mi鈥檏maq: Cultural Tourism
Development on Goat Island鈥� at the International Small Island Cultures Conference, St. John鈥檚, NL, 15-19 June 2017.
Dr. Lachlan MacKinnon听received several awards for his recent doctoral dissertation,
鈥淒eindustrialization on the Periphery: An Oral History of Sydney Steel, 1945-2001.鈥� He was awarded the Eugene A.
Forsey Prize in Canadian Labour and Working-Class History by the Canadian Historical Association. He also received
the Governor General Academic Medal (Gold) and the Distinguished Dissertation Award from Concordia University.
Each of the Interns, and the Coordinators who work to support them, are documenting their experiences as they move
forward through the project: blogging, providing photos and posting media they create as they progress through their
internships. We welcome you to learn more about the activities of each of our interns, and read the detailed blogs they
are creating to document their time as Interns, by clicking on听听to
visit our website!
Dr. Stephanie MacQuarrie,听Associate Professor, Organic Chemistry, was nominated/selected to give a
public lecture for The Nova Scotian Institute of Science which was held Monday, 14th听November: 7:30pm at
the Agricultural Campus of Dalhousie University. She spoke to a general/scientific audience on听Reaping Unsown
Rewards from Biochar听(Imagine a way to provide farmers, forestry and agricultural companies, and local
business with low cost, greener energy in rural areas while improving their carbon foot print. In Cape Breton we
are all too well aware of the impact utilization and over implementation of fossil fuels have on our 蘑菇视频ios and
environment. Fuel from biomass should become a significant part our energy supply. MacQuarrie鈥檚 research program
investigates higher value use of biochar providing incentive for moving towards a more sustainable model for energy
production.)
October 2016
Dr. Amar Anwar, Associate Professor, Economics/Management Science, presented in the 46th Atlantic
Schools of听Business听conference (ASB) held in Halifax at the Saint Mary鈥檚 University from Friday, October 21 to
Sunday, October 23, 2016 (Wi迟丑听Mazhar Mughal).听Out of Africa? Locational Determinants of South African Cross Border
Mergers and Acquisitions.
Dr. Janice Esther Tulk, Senior Research Associate for the Purdy Crawford Chair in Aboriginal
Business Studies, presented 鈥淓skasoni Cultural Journeys: A 蘑菇视频ios-led approach to sustainable tourism
development鈥� at the Atlantic Schools of Business Conference in Halifax, NS (Oct 21-23). This project is a
collaboration with CBU鈥檚 Mary Beth Doucette, Dr. Pat Maher, and Stephanie MacPherson, and Tracy Menge, Manager of
Economic Development for Eskasoni First Nation.
Dr. Kathy Snow,听Assistant Professor, Education has been awarded over $220,000 in grant funding
through two separate funding bodies to examine Indigenous student success and persistence in Canada. The first
project entitled Foundations for Student Persistence and Success in Inuit Nunangat was awarded by ArcticNet is the
result of an interdisciplinary and multi-university collaboration, with team members from the University of
Winnipeg, University of Prince Edward Island and partnership support from Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. This two year
project aims to identify, generate, and mobilize knowledge about key factors and practices that contribute to
student persistence and achievement in Inuit Nunangat.听 In a second related project Mi鈥檏maw student success in Nova
Scotia will be highlighted through a series of case studies in Nova Scotia schools with the funding support
provided by the Nova Scotia Provincial Department of Education Inter University Research Network.
Terry MacDonald, Educational Developer, CTL and听Kathy Snow听hosted the annual
Collaboration of Online Learning in Higher Education (COHERE) Conference at CBU in October. This conference brings
together scholars from across Canada to share and present innovative research in online learning. The theme of this
year鈥檚 conference was Access and among other things examining the role smaller remote universities like CBU have to
play in the larger market through online learning.
Dr. Leslie Wardley,听Assistant Professor, Marketing published a peer-reviewed journal article:
Leonard, V. M., B茅langer, C. H., & Wardley, L. J. (2016). Examining the Ethical Behavior of Ontario Chartered
Accountants: A Longitudinal Review of the Disciplinary Process.听Accounting Perspectives,听15(3),
169-199.
Dr. Leslie Wardley听presented two peer-reviewed conference papers:听听1)听Wardley,
L.J., B茅langer, C.H., and Nadeau, J., (2016), 鈥淎 Co-Creation Shift in Learning Management: Work Design
for Institution Commitment and Personal Growth鈥�. (Edmonton, Canada: Administration Sciences Association of Canada
(ASAC), June 3 鈥� 7).听 (AwardedHonourable Mention)听 2) Carter, L., Snow, K., and听Wardley,
L.J.,听(2016), 鈥淓xperiential Education in Online Spaces: Real Possibilities or Pipe Dream?鈥�(Waterloo,
Canada: Canadian Association for University Continuing Education (CAUCE)/ Canadian Network for Innovation in
Education (CNIE), May 30 鈥� June 2).
Dr. Leslie Wardley鈥檚听peer-reviewed journal article was accepted: Wardley, L.J.
and B茅langer, C.H. (in press), 鈥淐ustomer Service, University Student Segmentation and Institutional Commitment.鈥澨�International
Journal of Innovation and Learning.
Dr. Pat Maher, Associate Professor of Community Studies, attended a workshop hosted by Polar
Knowledge Canada in Ottawa (Oct. 3-4) designed to envision a Canadian Antarctic Research Program in the future.
Dr. Pat Maher, Associate Professor of Community Studies, was recently selected as Chair of the
International Polar Tourism Research Network for the next 2 years (2016-2018).
Dr. Pat Maher, Associate Professor of Community Studies, was recently named to the editorial board
of听Cogent Social Science, a multidisciplinary open access journal. [INSERT journal website link:听]
Dr. Pat Maher, Associate Professor of Community Studies, was recently awarded more than $28,000
through a SSHRC Connections grant. The PI is Dr. Sonya Graci (Ryerson University),听and Dr. Maher is a co-applicant
along with Dr. Nicole Vaugeois (Vancouver Island University) and Dr. Anne Hardy (University of Tasmania). The grant
is for a symposium and webinar/virtual think tank on innovations in 蘑菇视频ios-based research and management best
practices for sustainable Aboriginal tourism development.
September 2016
Dr. Pat Maher, Associate Professor of Community Studies, attended the first University of听the
Arctic Congress, held in St. Petersburg, Russia (Sept. 12-16). 听At听the Congress, Dr. Maher led a series of
discussions related to Northern Tourism, including听chairing two sessions within the science section of the
event.听Dr. Maher was also involved in the听meetings of听the听UArctic academic leadership team and sat
at听the听UArctic听Council business meetings as the CBU representative.
Dr. Shine (Xu) Zhang,听Research Chair in Applied Nanotechnology published his collaborative cancer
research paper (Title:听Gold Nanorods, DNA Origami, and Porous Silicon Nanoparticle-functionalized Biocompatible
Double Emulsion for Versatile Targeted Therapeutics and Antibody Combination Therapy. DOI:
10.1002/adma.201602763) with researchers at Harvard University in the high-profile peer-reviewed journal 鈥淎dvanced
Materials鈥� (Impact factor: 18.96 in 2015). This is the 2nd听high-impact paper published by the same group
of researchers in 2016.鈥� Early this year, they published the paper 鈥淏iodegradable
Photothermal and pH Responsive Calcium Carbonate@ Phospholipid@ Acetalated Dextran Hybrid Platform for
Advancing Biomedical Applications鈥� in 鈥淎dvanced Functional Materials鈥� (2016, 26, 6158-6169.
DOI:听10.1002/adfm.201602715.) with an impact factor of 11.4. Dr. Zhang served as the co-first author in both
papers.
August 2016
Dr. Pat Maher, Associate Professor of Community Studies, taught a graduate field course on
sustainable tourism in practice (August 20-27)听in Northern Norway. 听Four MBA CED students from CBU took part, along
with 29 other students from 16 additional countries. Following the field course the CBU group attended听the 5th
conference of the International Polar Tourism Research Network in NE Iceland, and presented research work from
their field course on developing the Varanger Peninsula as a听sustainable bird watching destination.
July 2016
Dr. Pat Maher, Associate Professor of Community Studies, led a team of local organizers in hosting
the 7th听International Outdoor Education Research Conference at CBU (July 4-8, 2016). The IOERC saw 120
scholars from 17 countries share their expertise. Delegates took part in field trips across the island from
Ingonish to Point Michaud. The event was showcased in a week of interviews on CBC Information Morning and received
a welcome letter from the Prime Minister.
June 2016
Dr. Chris McDonald,听Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology, presented his research on Cape Breton
singer, guitarist and media personality, John Allan Cameron, at the conferences for the Canadian Society for
Traditional Music (Quebec City) and the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (Calgary). He also
published a chapter in听The Cambridge Companion to the Singer Songwriter听(Cambridge University Press, 2016)
called 鈥淪inger-Songwriter as Shaman: Gender, Myth and Healing in the Songs of Tori Amos.鈥�
Dr. Pat Maher, Associate Professor of Community Studies, was recently interviewed in the NY Times
for his expertise in Arctic cruise tourism and听the upcoming Northwest Passage voyage of the Crystal Serenity听
Dr. Pat Maher, Associate Professor of Community Studies, gave two presentations at the 2016
Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education conference at Western University (London, ON) June 21-24,
2016.
Inglis, S. (2016).听Engaging non-Indigenous staff/students with the Indigenization of the
Academy. 鈥淓xpanding the Circle: Working towards Cultural Proficiency鈥� Conference, Mount Allison
University, NB.
Dr. Sylvia Burrow,听Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies, has received
an听$18,000 SSHRC Connections Grant as a co-applicant for the conference 鈥淧hilosophy and its Borders: Philosophy
Conference at Mount Allison University鈥� along with fellow co-applicant Dr. Anne Mudde (University of Regina) and
applicant听Dr. Jane听Dryden (Mount Allison University). Sylvia Burrow is currently Vice-President of the听Canadian
Society for Women in Philosophy, which is pleased to support this conference.
May 2016
Dr. Pat Maher, Associate Professor of Community Studies, was an invited expert on a听PhD Summer
School examining听outdoor education research methods. The program was听co-hosted by the Technical University of
Munich, University of Edinburgh and University of Copenhagen and was听held in the foothills of the听Alps south of
Munich, Germany.
An interdisciplinary team of science and education faculty,听Dr. Katherine Jones听(biology),听Dr.
Matthias Bierenstiel听(chemistry) and听Dr. Kathy Snow听(education), has received $5,000
from NSERC for Science Odyssey. Science Odyssey is a Canada-wide science outreach event and the CBU team has
invited over 75 elementary school kids from all over Cape Breton Island for an exciting, hands-on science education
event at CBU on May 7, 2016.
Dr. Stephanie Inglis,听Professor, Mi鈥檏maq Studies,听gave a keynote talk on the
Mi鈥檏maq and Basque languages for the Basque Research Group (Jauzarrea) in SanSebastian Spain on May 18th,
2016 at the San Telmo Museum in San Sebastian.
March 2016
Dr. Chris McDonald, Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology, and Professor of Folklore,听Dr.
Richard MacKinnon鈥檚 ethnographic film,听Doug MacPhee and Cape Breton鈥檚 Celtic Piano Style,was
debuted March 29, 2016 during CBU鈥檚 Research Month.
Dr. Katherine Jones, Associate Professor of Biology recently became an elected Fellow of the
Linnaean Society of London, which is the world鈥檚 oldest active Biology Society.
Dr. Robert Campbell鈥檚 article 鈥淭he Merchant Triangle in Transition: Managing the Cod Fishery from
Eastern Harbor, Cape Breton, in 1891鈥� was published in Histoire sociale/Social History 48(97): 359-379.
Dr. Ken A. Bryson, Professor Emeritus Philosophy and Religious Studies, Editor. Par sub-series.
Rodopi-Brill and Publications in PAR special series 2015-16 (for complete list go to听听and
click on sub series).
Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology,听Dr. Heather Sparling鈥檚 digital exhibit 鈥淐anary in the
Mine: Nova Scotia Mining Disasters and Song鈥� is currently at the Museum of Industry.
Dr. Heather Sparling, together with two research colleagues, Dr. Kristin Harris Walsh (MUN) and
Dr. Sherry Johnson (York), hosted 8 step dancers and scholars from England, Ireland, and across Canada (Apr 1-3) to
discuss how our various step dance traditions are both similar and distinct.
Dr. Heather Sparling听helped to organize 鈥淵AC Talks: Artpreneurs Public Dialogue Series鈥� at CBU on
April 7. About 40 people came to discuss the creative economy in Cape Breton. Six panellists represented a broad
range of experience and knowledge, and their comments were followed by vigorous discussion and a reception in the
art gallery where several local artists鈥� works were featured in a 鈥減op-up exhibit.鈥�
Stephanie Gilbert, Assistant Professor of Management, presented her work entitled 鈥渓eadership,
recognition, and wellbeing: a moderated mediational model鈥� at the European association for occupational health
psychology.
Dr. Emily Root, Assistant Professor of Community Studies, and听Dr. Pat Maher,
Associate Professor of Community Studies, have recently been named as the new editors of the听Canadian Journal
of Environmental Education听(). 听Their
term will begin on January 1, 2017.
Dr. Pat Maher听was recently named as an Associate Editor of the听Canadian Journal for the
Scholarship of Teaching & Learning / La revue canadienne sur l鈥檃vancement des connaissance en enseignement
et en apprentissage听().
Dr. Pat Maher听and collaborators recently had the article听Tourism and Arctic observation
systems: Exploring the relationships听published in听Polar Research().
The same authors offered a short statement paper at the Arctic Observing Summit on March 16 at the University of
Alaska Fairbanks during Arctic Science Summit Week 2016. The statement is available at听.
Dr. Amar Anwar听recently published two articles: 1)听Anwar, A. and Mughal, M. (2016). Migrant
Remittances and Fertility. 鈥楢pplied Economics鈥�. Available at:听听and,听Anwar,
A. and Mughal, M. (2015). Why do Russian firms invest abroad? A firm level analysis. 鈥楨conomics Bulletin鈥�, Volume
35, Issue 4, pages 2382-2394. Available at:听
Stephen Augustine,听Tuma Young,听Stephanie Inglis听and听Ann
Sylliboy听of Unama鈥檏i College 听each presented talks at the University Indigenization Conference
entitled: 鈥淓xpanding the Circle: Working Toward Cultural Proficiency鈥� held at Mount Allison University March 16th
and 17th, 2016.
February 2016
Dr. Bernard Mulo Farenkia, Professor of French and Linguistics, published 鈥濱nvitation refusals in
Cameroon French and Hexagonal French鈥�. In:听Multilingua 鈥� Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage
Communication, 2015 (34/4), pp. 577鈥�603
Dr. Bernard Mulo Farenkia, Professor of French and Linguistics, published 芦听La politesse verbale 脿
l鈥櫭ヽran听: analyse de quelques feuilletons听 t茅l茅vis茅s camerounais听禄. In听: Martina Drescher (茅d.),听M茅dias et
dynamique du fran莽ais en Afrique sub-saharienne.听Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. 2015, pp. 165-182.
Dr. Bernard Mulo Farenkia, Professor of French and Linguistics, published 芦听Tu es m锚me comment? 鈥�
Du reproche 脿 la gestion des faces en fran莽ais au Cameroun 禄. In听:听Nodus Sciendi, 2015 (14), pp. 1-31.
Dr. Bernard Mulo Farenkia, Professor of French and Linguistics, published 芦听D茅cliner une offre en
fran莽ais au Cameroun禄. In:听Lingue e Linguaggi,听2015 (13), pp. 163-184.
January 2016
Robert Arp (Editor) (2016)听Revisiting Aquinas鈥檚 Proofs for the Existence of God. VIBS 289. Rodopi-Brill.
Editorial Foreword by听Ken Bryson.
December 2015
Dr. Ken A. Bryson, Professor Emeritus Philosophy and Religious Studies published: Christian
Metaphysics and Human Death.听Journal of Philosophy & Theology听27, 2(2015) 259-288. E-copy 28 October,
2015. Published bi-annually for Marquette University by the Philosophy Documentation Center.听
Dr. Bettina Callary,听Assistant Professor of Community Studies, and听Dr. Pat Maher,
Associate Professor of Community Studies, recently had a chapter published on their work with Youth in Motion 鈥撎�Experiential
and 蘑菇视频ios-engaged learning: Improving the health of Cape Breton Island, one fourth grader at a time.
In N. Vaugeois, P. Parker, & A. Weighill (Eds.). Innovative Leisure Practices: Cases as Conduits between Theory
and Practice, Volume 1 (pp. 21-31). Nanaimo, BC: World Leisure Center of Excellence (WLCE).
November 2015
In recognition of outstanding contributions in reviewing,听Dr. Thomas Bouman听of the Biology
Department has been invited to serve on the Editorial Board of the journal听Ecological Indicators听published
by Elsevier B.V.
Dr. Chris McDonald, Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology, gave the fall presentation at
Dalhousie University鈥檚 Schroeder Music and Culture Lecture Series on November 19, 2015. He presented on the
development of the acoustic guitar and vernacular accompaniment practices. Title: 鈥淭his Machine Kills
Voice-Leading: The Acoustic Guitar and Folk Accompaniment.鈥�
Gregory Bassham. Editor. (2015)听C. S. Lewis鈥檚 Christian Apologetics: Pro and Con. VIBS 286. Rodopi-Brill.
Editorial Foreword by听Ken Bryson.
October 2015
Dr. Pat Maher, Associate Professor of听Community Studies, was recently named to the Royal Canadian
Geographical Society鈥檚 Research Grants Committee.
Dr. Pat Maher听led a team from CBU to Alta, Norway to听collaborate听with colleagues on developing
research-based听across the Circumpolar North.
Dr. Pat Maher听has five entries in the recently published听(CABI). These entries cover Arctic and Antarctic tourism, the tourism
industry organizations in each region (AECO and IAATO) and marine protected areas.
Dr. Pat Maher听has a chapter titled,听Ecotourism: Outdoor Pedagogy at the Periphery听in the
forthcoming听.
July 2015
Dr. Pat Maher, Associate Professor of Community Studies, in collaboration with colleagues in the
AntWILD consortium, recently had a paper on the Public Value of Antarctic Wilderness published in the Proceedings
of the 10th World Wilderness Congress, held in 2013 in Salamanca, Spain. Dr. Pat Maher, in collaboration with
colleagues from the International Polar Tourism Research Network , recently had a paper on Tourism and Arctic
Observation Systems accepted for publication by the journal Polar Research ()
Dr. Pat Maher听was recently named the Chair of the Research working group of Recreation Nova
Scotia鈥檚 Outdoor Advisory Council.
Dr. Pat Maher听gave the keynote presentation at the 11th Annual Englishtown Mussel Festival on June
27, 2015. The presentation was entitled Teaching through the inspiration of the outdoors.
June 2015
Dr. Ken A. Bryson, Professor Emeritus Philosophy and Religious Studies published The Varieties of
Spiritual Experience.听Anthropology听3:151. Open Access. June 24, 2015.
Trundle, Robert (2015)听Integrated Truth and Existential Phenomenology: A Thomistic Response to Iconic
Anti-Realists in Science. VIBS 283. Rodopi-Brill. Editorial Foreword by听Ken Bryson.
Foreword by Peter Redpath. Rector, Adler-Aquinas Institute.
May 2015