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Variegations Volume 1 - 2003

Variegations Volume 1 - 2003

• List of contributors
• Indigenous Early Childhood Development Programs as 'Hook' and 'Hub' for Inter-sectoral Service Delivery
  Jessica Ball
• 'Parents Go Global:' Report on An Intercountry Adoption Research Project
  Xiaobei Chen
• Excerpt from the The Politics of Public Management: The HRDC Audit of Grants and Contributions (University of Toronto Press, 2003)
  David A. Good
• The Ligia Project: Listening to Interpretations of Girls' Identities of Anorexia
  Marie Hoskins, Lindsay Mathieson, Nicole Little, Jo-Anne Stoltz, and Michael J. Mahoney
• Bodily Experiences Through Self Surveillance with Health Technologies: An Anatomy of Thought
  Pamela Moss
• Reflections on Research Entries and Endings
  Marge Reitsma-Street, Ana Maria Peredo, Xiaobei Chen, and Aleksandra McHugh
• British Columbia's Premium Assistance Program: Does It Help Those Who Need It?
  Rebecca N. Warburton

Variegations Volume 2 - 2005

Variegations Volume 2 - 2005

• Safe Streets Act: Discourses around Legislating Citizenship and Public Spaces in British Columbia and Beyond Amber Marie Hitchen
  Amber Marie Hitchen
• Agent Versus Supplicant: One Phone Call, Multiple Perspectives Amber Marie Hitchen
  Kara Schick Makaroff
• Narrative Moments (in)Between (i)dentities Re-membered: Rendering Aware-ness (in)Tension Amber Marie Hitchen
  Joanna Szabo
• Exploring the Meaning of “Support” in Supported Housing for Individuals Diagnosed Mentally Ill: A Literature Review Amber Marie Hitchen
  Melanie Hope
• The Social Construction of Neutrality in Problem Solving Mediation Amber Marie Hitchen
  Trevor Sones
• Metis Identity Creation and Tactical Responses to Oppression and Racism Amber Marie Hitchen
  Cathy Richardson
• An Exploratory Model for Studying Rhetorical Strategies during Organizational Change Amber Marie Hitchen
  Thea Vakil

Variegations Volume 3 - 2006

Variegations Volume 3 - 2006

• Exploring Heterosexual Hegemony in Health and Social Services: Critical Que(e)ries
  Sher Knox
• So What? Suggestions for Policy from a Thesis on the Lived Experience of Feeling Understood
  Kara Schick Makaroff
• Mediating for Change in Relationships between Youth and Community
  Carol Sparks

Editorial information

Editorial information

Editorial board members:

• Donna Jeffery
• Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw 
• Mary Ellen Purkis 
• Michael J. Prince 
• Marie Hoskins

Editorial collective:

• Joanna Szabo
• Kara Schick-Makaroff
• Sobhana Daniel
• Pamela Moss

We acknowledge the support of the Faculty of HSD for initiating the project.

Notes to contributors

Notes to contributors

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Title page
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