Moving from Cyber-Bullying to Cyber-Kindness

2011 ◽  
pp. 256-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanda Cassidy ◽  
Karen Brown ◽  
Margaret Jackson
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Cyber Bullying ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Positive Communication ◽  
Online Behaviour ◽  
Online Exchanges

The purpose of this chapter is to explore cyber-bullying from three different, but interrelated, perspectives: students, educators and parents. The authors also explore the opposite spectrum of online behaviour - that of “cyber-kindness” - and whether positive, supportive or caring online exchanges are occurring among youth, and how educators, parents and policy-makers can work collaboratively to foster a kinder online world rather than simply acting to curtail cyber-bullying. These proactive efforts tackle the deeper causes of why cyber-bullying occurs, provide students with tools for positive communication, open the door for discussion about longer term solutions, and get at the heart of the larger purposes of education – to foster a respectful and responsible citizenry and to further a more caring and compassionate society. In the course of this discussion, they highlight the findings from two studies they conducted in British Columbia, Canada, one on cyber-bullying and a later study, which addressed both cyber-bullying and cyber-kindness.

Moving from Cyber-Bullying to Cyber-Kindness

2013 ◽  
pp. 62-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanda Cassidy ◽  
Karen Brown ◽  
Margaret Jackson
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Cyber Bullying ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Positive Communication ◽  
Online Behaviour ◽  
Online Exchanges

The purpose of this chapter is to explore cyber-bullying from three different, but interrelated, perspectives: students, educators and parents. The authors also explore the opposite spectrum of online behaviour - that of “cyber-kindness” - and whether positive, supportive or caring online exchanges are occurring among youth, and how educators, parents and policy-makers can work collaboratively to foster a kinder online world rather than simply acting to curtail cyber-bullying. These proactive efforts tackle the deeper causes of why cyber-bullying occurs, provide students with tools for positive communication, open the door for discussion about longer term solutions, and get at the heart of the larger purposes of education – to foster a respectful and responsible citizenry and to further a more caring and compassionate society. In the course of this discussion, they highlight the findings from two studies they conducted in British Columbia, Canada, one on cyber-bullying and a later study, which addressed both cyber-bullying and cyber-kindness.

scholarly journals "you were born ugly and youl die ugly too": Cyber-Bullying as Relational Aggression

in education ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Jackson ◽  
Wanda Cassidy ◽  
Karen N. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
Relational Aggression ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Cyber Bullying ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Relational Support

Cyber-bullying increasingly is becoming a problem for students, educators and policy makers.  In this paper, we consider cyber-bullying as a form of relational aggression; that is, behaviour designed to damage, harm or disrupt friendship or interpersonal relationships through covert means.  We draw on the findings from a study of students in Grades 6 through 9, conducted in five schools, in a large ethnically diverse metropolitan region of British Columbia, Canada, to demonstrate the interconnection between cyber-bullying and relational aggression. Consistent with the relational aggression framework, girls were found more likely than boys to participate in these behaviours. We conclude that intervention strategies should consider gender differences and also aim at changing the trajectory of relational aggression to providing relational support and care.Keywords: cyber-bullying; relational aggression; intervention strategies; gender differences

REPORTS FROM THE BRITISH COLUMBIA OFFICE OF HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT (BCOHTA)

2001 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 250-252
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Health Technology Assessment ◽  
Technology Assessment ◽  
Prenatal Screening ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Policy Makers

Policy makers in British Columbia (BC) are deliberating whether to implement a comprehensive, province-wide approach to prenatal screening, and consequently required contextspecific data to assist with this issue, taking into account problems of access in remote regions of the province and an increasing scarcity of abortion services.

scholarly journals Perspectives and Experiences of Policy Makers, Researchers, Health Information Technology Professionals, and the Public on Evidence-Based Health Policies: Protocol for a Qualitative Study (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia Mallidou ◽  
Dzifa Dordunoo ◽  
Elizabeth Borycki ◽  
Andre Kushniruk ◽  
Kirsten Sadeghi-Yekta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Health Information Technology ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
Technology Platforms

BACKGROUND Evidence-based health policy (EBHP) development is critical to the judicious use of public funds. EBHPs increase transparency, accountability, effectiveness, and efficiency of policies. Encouraging collaboration between researchers or knowledge producers and policy makers is important because both communities have distinct professional cultures, resulting in them working separately without understanding each other. Knowledge sharing is a complex process that requires understanding of cultural aspects that may reduce cultural differences and increase the use of common language. Health information technology (HIT) is a useful tool to increase knowledge translation, which may result in the transparent use of evidence and networking in developing EBHPs. Our vision is to leverage HIT tools for a better health system that includes digitalized, open source, evidence-based, and transparent ways for collaboration and development of robust mechanisms and for sharing of synthesized evidence with knowledge user–friendly forms. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to develop a conceptual framework on Knowledge translation and health Information Technology for Transparency (KhITT) in policy making and EBHPs (ie, the KhITT framework). The framework will be informed by the views of four key stakeholder groups (ie, policy makers, knowledge producers, HIT professionals, and the public) toward EBHP. The informants may also describe practices that demonstrate the EBHP development process and suggest technology platforms to enable this process. METHODS We propose an exploratory, descriptive qualitative study to take place in British Columbia, Canada, using in-depth semistructured interviews. To ensure data saturation and trustworthiness, we will use a nonprobability, purposive snowball sample of up to 15 eligible participants in each of the four stakeholder groups. We will analyze the data using content analysis. RESULTS The KhITT framework focuses on various stakeholders’ perspectives to better understand their perceived needs and priorities in identifying issues with EBHP, in order to make informed recommendations. Ethics approval has been obtained by the harmonized Behavioural Research Ethics Board at the University of British Columbia. We anticipate that we will complete data collection and analysis by December 2020. Preliminary results will be published in summer 2021. CONCLUSIONS Our ultimate goal of this study is to develop a conceptual framework and describe the technology platforms that would enable the EBHP process. We anticipate that our rigorous content analysis will be able to produce insights and themes that are able to address our objectives, contribute to an in-depth understanding of the EBHP process within British Columbia, highlight all influential factors, explicitly disseminate and communicate the study results, identify issues with EBHP and provide informed recommendations to address them, and enhance efforts toward transparent EBHPs. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT PRR1-10.2196/16268

scholarly journals Perspectives and Experiences of Policy Makers, Researchers, Health Information Technology Professionals, and the Public on Evidence-Based Health Policies: Protocol for a Qualitative Study

10.2196/16268 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. e16268
Author(s):  
Anastasia Mallidou ◽  
Dzifa Dordunoo ◽  
Elizabeth Borycki ◽  
Andre Kushniruk ◽  
Kirsten Sadeghi-Yekta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Health Information Technology ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Public ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
Technology Platforms

Background Evidence-based health policy (EBHP) development is critical to the judicious use of public funds. EBHPs increase transparency, accountability, effectiveness, and efficiency of policies. Encouraging collaboration between researchers or knowledge producers and policy makers is important because both communities have distinct professional cultures, resulting in them working separately without understanding each other. Knowledge sharing is a complex process that requires understanding of cultural aspects that may reduce cultural differences and increase the use of common language. Health information technology (HIT) is a useful tool to increase knowledge translation, which may result in the transparent use of evidence and networking in developing EBHPs. Our vision is to leverage HIT tools for a better health system that includes digitalized, open source, evidence-based, and transparent ways for collaboration and development of robust mechanisms and for sharing of synthesized evidence with knowledge user–friendly forms. Objective The aim of this study is to develop a conceptual framework on Knowledge translation and health Information Technology for Transparency (KhITT) in policy making and EBHPs (ie, the KhITT framework). The framework will be informed by the views of four key stakeholder groups (ie, policy makers, knowledge producers, HIT professionals, and the public) toward EBHP. The informants may also describe practices that demonstrate the EBHP development process and suggest technology platforms to enable this process. Methods We propose an exploratory, descriptive qualitative study to take place in British Columbia, Canada, using in-depth semistructured interviews. To ensure data saturation and trustworthiness, we will use a nonprobability, purposive snowball sample of up to 15 eligible participants in each of the four stakeholder groups. We will analyze the data using content analysis. Results The KhITT framework focuses on various stakeholders’ perspectives to better understand their perceived needs and priorities in identifying issues with EBHP, in order to make informed recommendations. Ethics approval has been obtained by the harmonized Behavioural Research Ethics Board at the University of British Columbia. We anticipate that we will complete data collection and analysis by December 2020. Preliminary results will be published in summer 2021. Conclusions Our ultimate goal of this study is to develop a conceptual framework and describe the technology platforms that would enable the EBHP process. We anticipate that our rigorous content analysis will be able to produce insights and themes that are able to address our objectives, contribute to an in-depth understanding of the EBHP process within British Columbia, highlight all influential factors, explicitly disseminate and communicate the study results, identify issues with EBHP and provide informed recommendations to address them, and enhance efforts toward transparent EBHPs. International Registered Report Identifier (IRRID) PRR1-10.2196/16268

EAL in Public Schools in British Columbia

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-81
Author(s):  
Roumiana Ilieva
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Diverse Students ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Metro Vancouver ◽  
Local Contexts ◽  
Justice Model ◽  
Policies And Practices

This article analyzes through the lens of Nancy Fraser's (2008) multidimensional social justice model policies and practices currently guiding English as an additional language (EAL) education in public schools in British Columbia, Canada on the basis of research published in the last decade or so. It highlights directions which Fraser's model guides us to explore in further depth in order to attend more adequately to the diverse linguistic, cultural, and integration needs of EAL students in the Metro Vancouver area. A continuous search for theoretical lenses allowing for more fine-grained analyses of challenges in educating diverse students would equip policy makers and practitioners alike with refined tools to engage more meaningfully with the complexities of diversities in the local contexts within which they work.

Building resilient communities: A facilitated discussion

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ron Bowles, PhD ◽  
Gregory S. Anderson, PhD ◽  
Colleen Vaughan, MEd
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Disaster Resilience ◽  
National Strategy ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Resilient Communities ◽  
Defence Research ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
Context Specific ◽  
Security Science

The Building Resilient Communities Workshop was hosted and organized by the Justice Institute of British Columbia, with the support of Emergency Management British Columbia and the Canadian Safety and Security Program, Defence Research and Development Canada, Centre for Security Science. Thirty-four participants from multiple levels of government, senior practitioners, policy makers, academia, community members, and a variety of agencies disseminated knowledge and developed concrete strategies and priority actions areas for supporting ongoing and emerging initiatives in community and disaster resilience planning. Identified strategies included development of an integrated national strategy and finding ongoing sustainability funding; increasing community engagement through information sharing, giving context-specific examples of anticipated outcomes, and demonstrating return on investment; as well as the need to engage and support local champions and embedding disaster resilience within other processes. A key message was that communities should be encouraged to use ANY tool or process, rather than struggling to find the perfect tool. Any engagement with disaster resilience planning increases community resilience.

Redrawing Local Government Boundaries: An International Study of Politics, Procedures, and Decisions

2006 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 709-712
Author(s):  
Tom Urbaniak
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
International Study ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Implementation Processes ◽  
University Of British Columbia

Redrawing Local Government Boundaries: An International Study of Politics, Procedures, and Decisions, John Meligrana, ed., Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2004, pp. 246.Canadian readers will appreciate this book because it shows us that we are not alone. Our perennial obsession with adjusting, sometimes completely redrawing, local-government boundaries has its counterparts near and far. There is a trajectory and a pattern: Senior levels of government generally want to see local governments with larger territories. However, the decision-making and implementation processes, and the results of those processes, have scarcely been examined or compared from an international perspective. Even policy makers often have been in the dark about others' best (or worst) practices. This book is therefore very useful.

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