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disabled people, such as from being absent of employment, and often disabled people only have their family as their main supporting social network (Joly & Venturiello 2012, p. 334; O’grady et al. 2010, pp. 265-29; Wynne & McAnaney 2009, p. 95). Another facet of being disabled, which I too have experienced, is being regarded as public property - where doctors and other healthcare professionals feel as though they know the patient’s condition, quality of life, and level of happiness better than…

At first glance, Cutting the Cake seems to be a basic photograph of a happy wedding party but in closer examination a unique outlook on mothering is found. A mother holds her child as she and her husband cut their wedding cake, surrounded by their five other children. This image renders many assumptions, but suddenly introduces a host of new ideas when one realizes the mother and father are famous. The scene of a vowel renewal or marriage of a blended family could be described in similar terms…

Although the majority of the afflicted during the Salem Witch Trials were women, some historians believe that the men of the village were the true driving force behind the trials. Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum are two such people, and in their book Salem Possessed: The Social Origins Of Witchcraft, they write about their discoveries concerning the long standing economic and political issues underlying the trials in Salem. Within their work, they split the citizens of Salem into two separate…

Poe’s examination of human behavior and morality through an unreliable narrator creates an engaging body of work that inspired various facets of my Major Work. Whilst Poe’s writing style is intricate and explicit, the unreliable narrators create a sense of obscurity as their questionable sanity veils “the damnable atrocity”4 of their crimes. A predominant concern I had with my first manuscript…

There are multiple causes for concern regarding voting within this country. Our electoral system has a majoritarian rule system. This basically means that “Majoritarian Rule is a winner take all system; the party that obtains more votes wins under majority rules. On the other hand, proportional representation results in a more balanced sharing of political power” (Kartal, 2015). According to CNN, only 55.4% of all eligible voters turned out to vote in the last presidential election that is still…

The Push: Project Coordinator – Social Media and Online Content Jessica Morris and the fulfillment of Key Selection Criteria 1. Suitable experience in developing and coordinating social media campaigns. As a freelancer, I have headed numerous social media campaigns. In my role as the Media Coordinator for the non-profit Hope Movement, I have established our social media and online presence from the embryonic stages, and have used numerous campaigns and regular content to develop a rich online…

As the years have passed mankind has used research to explore every facet of the world we reside. Public health is no exception, and many discoveries have been made through systematic investigation, in order to establish facts about how to keep individuals healthy. Via research, we have discovered that there are a variety of outlying factors that contribute to the overall health of people, which range from income to geographic location. In order to fully understand these behavioral patterns and…

Often in a hero's journey or quest, they face a challenge that is insurmountable even for the hero to accomplish. At this point in a story, the hero can either quit and return home or receive help from what seems to be an unassuming passerby who may accompany the hero for a portion of the journey. This passerby or companion is described by Joseph Campbell in The Hero With A Thousand Faces as a supernatural aid, a figure who protects the hero throughout his trials, typically through gifts of…

decades. Many people also know Denis as a trained pilot with an intense passion for flying. He spends most of the spare time flying coast to coast within Canada, documenting his discoveries as he goes to later share them on his personal blog. Many facets to one man Heli Vincent is just…

Over fifty million people worldwide have been thrusted to escape their homes. Men, women, and children must reestablish in host countries around the world. Among apprehension about the future, one thing is clear: refugees require abilities and knowledge to help them adapt to their new situations, incorporate into communities, and prosper. Only one half of refugee children have ingress to primary education, in contrast to a global average of more than 90 per cent. The gap broadens as these…