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"Indigenomics lays out the tenets of the emerging Indigenous economy, built around relationships, multigenerational stewardship, and care for all. Includes voices of leading First Nations business leaders. Powerful reading for business leaders, policymakers, and economists."--

"Grace after Genocide is the first comprehensive ethnography of Cambodian refugees, charting their struggle to transition from life in agrarian Cambodia to survival in post-industrial America, while maintaining their identities as Cambodians. The ethnography contrasts the lives of refugees who arrived in America after 1975, with their focus on Khmer traditions, values, and relations, with those of their children who, as descendants of the Khmer Rouge catastrophe, have struggled to become Americans in a society that defines them as different. The ethnography explores America's mid-twentieth century involvement in Southeast Asia and its enormous consequences on multiple generations of Khmer refugees"--

In this collection of incisive profiles, veteran crime writer Carol Anne Davis turns the spotlight on men and women from good backgrounds who crossed the line into depravity. Whether a model pupil, a trusted member of the clergy or the chief of police, these otherwise ordinary people revealed their hidden capacity for the darkest crimes.

The subject of accountability warrants thoughtful and dispassionate attention in today's educational environment. The accountability and school reform policies that are put in place today will have wide-ranging and long-lasting consequences for all of the nation's learners. This volume stems from the 2003 Educational Testing Service Invitational Conference that convened leading scholars and practitioners from education, psychology, economics, statistics, and public policy to discuss the important topic of measurement and accountability. The book begins with a broad look at where meas

Trust me, I'm a doctor What would drive a child prodigy turned brilliant doctor to murder his wife? Why would a Scottish nurse resort to murdering the elderly patients under his care? What motive could a promising Harvard medical student have for attacking her friend and roommate? At their best they cure disease, look after the sick, and are sworn to 'do no harm'. So what leads a small minority of healthcare workers to a life of violent crime? From Beverly Allitt, the attention-seeking nurse who preyed on the children in her care, to the infamous Dr Harold Shipman, who was respo

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- 1. Friends Reunited -- 2. Mother Knows Best -- 3. Fatal Attraction -- 4. Menace To Society -- 5. The Lost Boys -- 6. A Kind Of Loving -- 7. New World Order -- 8. Absolute Beginners -- 9. The Misfits -- 10. Exiles -- 11. Secrets And Lies -- 12. The Awakening -- 13. On Deadly Ground -- 14. Small Sacrifices -- 15. Double Jeopardy -- 16. A House Divided -- 17. Mad World -- 18. My Family And Other Animals -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author -- By Carol Anne Davis -- Advertisement -- Copyright.

Bien que le Québec fasse partie des nations faisant la promotion de l'immigration économique sur son territoire, l'intégration socioprofessionnelle demeure un problème majeur pour nombre d'immigrants qui rapportent faire face à des barrières. L'incohérence entre les informations relatives aux opportunités professionnelles transmises dans les discours sur l'immigration et la réalité soulève plusieurs questionnements. La présente étude s'inscrit dans une volonté de donner la parole à 11 immigrants économiques afin d'en apprendre davantage sur leurs motivations à entreprendre le projet migratoire sur leurs attentes de même que les facteurs ayant facilité ou nui à leur intégration socioprofessionnelle dans la Capitale-Nationale. L'analyse de leur discours révèle que leur décision d'immigrer a été motivée à la fois par un désir de développement personnel et professionnel, mais également par une volonté de fuir l'instabilité politique et l'insécurité financière. L'imaginaire de leur projet migratoire au Canada et plus précisément au Québec, s'est construit autour d'une attirance pour l'idéal social et politique qu'ils représentent, mais également pour les opportunités professionnelles qu'ils offrent. Malgré cette image positive de leur future société d'accueil, ils avaient anticipé vivre des difficultés dans leur intégration socioprofessionnelle. Bien qu'ils en aient rencontrés à certains moments de leur parcours, les immigrants sont généralement satisfaits de leur intégration dans la société québécoise. Leur expérience correspond, somme toute, à ce qu'ils avaient imaginé avant d'arriver et tous mentionnent que leurs attentes prémigratoires ont été satisfaites ou sont en voie de l'être. Les immigrants rencontrés ont également fait part des éléments externes ayant facilité leur parcours, en l'occurrence la présence d'un réseau social, de services adaptés et d'accommodements en emploi. L'analyse des discours a également permis de mettre en lumière la place importante qu'occupe la responsabilité individuelle autant dans l'explication des difficultés rencontrées que des éléments ayant facilité leur intégration socioprofessionnelle. La formation en contexte québécois, les expériences antérieures, les caractéristiques personnelles de même que la rigueur de la préparation prémigratoire ont été autant de facteurs identifiés comme étant favorables à une expérience d'intégration positive. ; Although Quebec is one of the nations promoting economic immigration within its borders, socio-professional integration remains a major problem for many immigrants who reported facing barriers. The inconsistency between the information about the professional opportunities transmitted in the discourses on immigration and reality raises several questions. This study is part of a desire to give voice to 11 economic immigrants in order to learn more about their motivations for undertaking the migration project, their expectations, as well as the factors that facilitated or hindered their socio-professional integration in the Capitale-Nationale. Analysis of their discourse reveals that their decision to immigrate was motivated by both a desire for personal and professional development, but also a desire to flee political instability and financial insecurity. The imagination of their migration project in Canada, and more precisely in Quebec, was built around an attraction for the social and political ideal they represent, but also for the professional opportunities they offer. Despite this positive image of their future host society, they had anticipated difficulties in their socio-professional integration. Although they have encountered them at certain points in their journey, immigrants are generally satisfied with their integration into Quebec society. Their experience, in sum, corresponds to what they had imagined before arriving and all mention that their premigratory expectations have been met or are in the process of being met. The immigrants interviewed shared the external elements that facilitated their journey, in this case, the presence of a social network, adapted services and employment accommodations. The analysis of the discourses also made it possible to highlight the important place that individual responsibility occupies in the explanation of the difficulties encountered as well as of the elements that facilitated their socio-professional integration. Training received in Quebec, previous experiences, personal characteristics, as well as a rigorous premigratory preparation, were all factors identified as favourable to a positive integration experience.