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Using an ethnonarrative design within arts-based community research: SKETCH Toronto and its ongoing social impact
(2018-12-01)
This paper explores the experiences of youth and their interaction with the Toronto arts organization “SKETCH Working Arts” using an ethnonarrative design to examine levels of impact through the organization. Drawing on ...
Policing mental health: an exploratory study of crisis intervention teams and co-response teams in the Canadian context
(2018-05-01)
Due to an increase in interactions between the police and persons with mental illness (PMI), police services have begun deploying specialized mental health responses to more adequately address these calls. One of these ...
Perceptions of criminalization towards sex education among a generational sample of Canadian Pakistani Muslims
(2018-04-01)
Of late, the Liberal government and the Ontario Ministry of Education implemented
revisions to the provincial sex education curriculum, such as gender expression and
same-sex relationship dialogue. These revisions led to ...
Climbing the corporate ladder: desired skills and successful psychopaths
(2018-04-01)
Many of the characteristics embodied by successful psychopaths, such as superficial charm, cool decisiveness, and a grandiose self-worth, are often treated synonymously with corporate leadership qualities. Consequently, ...
Ideological parallels between Gamergate and white supremacy: a thematic content analysis
(2018-09-01)
The subject of this thesis is the main online hub of the alt-right video game movement Gamergate, for the purpose of examining if the discourse of Gamergate possesses significant ideological parallels with explicitly White ...
Neuroimaging metrics of drug- and food-cue reactivity as a function of psychopathic traits, substance use, and substance dependence
(2018-08-01)
We conducted two fMRI studies assessing the relationship between psychopathy and drug- and food-related neural reactivity. In the first study, we assessed the relationship between psychopathic traits and neural reactivity ...
Situation tables as the new crime prevention: theoretical underpinnings, strengths, weaknesses, and best practices
(2018-11-01)
Change in police calls-for-service has resulted in a shift in the role of police through the years. Specifically, the increase in mental health calls for police services has created the Community Safety and Well-Being ...
An exploration of Muslim Canadians’ perceptions towards law enforcement authorities and their willingness to cooperate in general crime control and counterterrorism efforts
(2018-07-01)
Research suggests that following the tragic events of 9/11, Muslim Canadians have been subjected to increased discrimination by law enforcement officers. Nonetheless, few studies have explored how such experiences may ...
Risk management at public events: a case study of a municipality within Southern Ontario
(2018-08-01)
Current literature surrounding risk management at public events focuses on the efforts of municipal officials to reduce the risk of terrorist activity. The literature only focuses on large municipalities that host global ...
Beyond prosocial motivations to empathize
(2018-11-01)
This study aimed to re-evaluate the lay assumption that empathic concern is entirely guided by prosocial motivations. To this end, the Empathic Concern Motivations Scale was created to measure the magnitude of one’s prosocial ...