Canada (Anthropology)

The anthropologist, the mother and the cross-cultured child: Lessons in the relativity of cultural relativity

by Heather Young-Leslie

Womb is Womb, But is Birth Birth? A Look at the Queer Interaction of Medical Services, Social Context and Identity Understandings In Canadian Birthing …

by Michelle Walks

Having Our Baby!?! A Question of Choice and Availability of Options In Maternity Care and Birth Place, In the Experiences of Queer Couples In British Columbia

by Michelle Walks

Review of Many Petals of the Lotus by Janet McLellan

by Carl L Bankston

Birth, Bureaucracy, and Life Thereafter: Recognizing queer mothers and families in British Columbia

by Michelle Walks

published in: "Mothering Canada: Interdisciplinary Voices" Eds. Shawna Geissler, Lynn Loutzenhiser, Jocelyne Praud, and Leesa Streifler. Pp.282-291. Toronto: Demeter Press.

Queer Couples' Narratives of Birthing: a BC Focus on the Intersections of Identity, Choice, Resources, Family, Policy, Medicalization, and Health In the Experiences of …

by Michelle Walks

ARTICLE: What’s your story? Practitioners’ tacit knowledge and water demand management policies in Southern Africa and Canada.

by Sarah (S.E.) Wolfe

Water efficiency research has focused on consumption rates and the tools—for example, pricing—designed to modify... more Water efficiency research has focused on consumption rates and the tools—for example, pricing—designed to modify consumers’ demand. But municipal practitioners can also be a highly influential group and have been neglected in the conventional water demand management (WDM) research.
To understand better how to make WDM policy implementation more successful, practitioners “tacit knowledge” must be identified and examined. Tacit knowledge consists of deep beliefs and values about the way the world works and is important. Grounded in practical experience, tacit knowledge is informal, unspoken and often difficult to articulate. People may not even be consciously aware of their tacit knowledge; rather, their deepest beliefs and values operate as an implicit and unquestioned background understanding that shapes how they see the world and act within it. Tacit knowledge influences why practitioners are concerned about WDM, how they act on that concern and what they say about the issue when they talk to their colleagues.
Identifying and understanding the potential influence of tacit knowledge would be tremendously valuable for day-to-day practices in growing municipalities and for government agencies that are responsible for infrastructure and sustainable development. By understanding practitioners’ learning processes, their rationale for action and the organizational cultures in which they operate, it will be possible to make more informed policy recommendations.

Neil Diamond, un Cri dans les coulisses d'Hollywood

by Sylvie Brieu

A profile of Canadian First Nation Filmmaker, Neil Diamond

Alanis Obomsawin : une étoile abénakie

by Sylvie Brieu

Profile of Canadian First Nation's Filmmaker, Alanis Obomsawin

Les Haïdas - Au Canada, l'esprit des guerriers s'éveillent

by Sylvie Brieu

Text by Sylvie Brieu
Photos by Pablo Bartholomew

Breaking the Silence: Infertility, Motherhood, and Queer Culture

by Michelle Walks