Graduate Student Symposium, Selected Papers 2015
This collection includes papers presented at the Rosa Bruno-Jofré Symposium in Education. The Rosa Bruno-Jofré Symposium, formerly named the Graduate Students in Education Symposium (GSES), is an interdisciplinary symposium that provides graduate students with a friendly and affordable opportunity to present and discuss their research or work in-progress with other students, faculty, and practitioners from the field.
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Bridging Education in the Nursing Profession: Where have we come from and where do we hope to go?
(2015-02-25)Each year over 50% of all immigrants to Canada choose Ontario as their home (Goldberg, 2001). Although the federal government retains the responsibility for recruitment and selection of immigrants, the provincial government ... -
Digging deep for mining education ethics: Canadian higher education in the global arena of resource extraction
(2015-02-25)The purpose of this paper is to assess the state of ethics training in mining engineering education in Canada. The paper takes into account the context in which mining engineers operate, especially international projects ... -
“Discovering” critical factors for youth thriving: Using Grounded Theory rigorous review method
(2015-02-25)The purpose of this study is to analyze the critical factors that support youth, ages 12 to 25, through critical life stage transitions and thriving throughout life. Using an adapted form of grounded theory rigorous review ... -
Fake it ‘til you make it: Measuring personality in university admissions
(2015-02-25)Each year, university admissions officers endeavour to select the best and brightest from a set of applicants. Traditionally, cognitive measures such as high school grade point average and standardized test scores are ... -
Building evaluation capacity within faculty development programs
(2015-02-25)Within faculty development programs, although evaluations are important, lack of time, resources and knowledge of how to conduct program evaluations are often identified as reasons for the lack of rigorous evaluations being ...