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Renee Cochard – Unmarried Cohabitants’ Property Entitlements: A Gendered Approach

April 11, 2014

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the UBC Faculty of Law. Until the late seventies/early eighties, women who were separating from their spouses had no right to claim property acquired during marriage unless it was registered in their names. The SCC decision of Murdoch v. Murdoch rendered in 1975 exposed the inequalities of the law. Beginning in the late seventies provincial governments began passing matrimonial property legislation which allowed for equal division of marital property. The legislation only applied to married persons and unmarried persons were left to apply for division of property under the equitable rules of trust, a complicated and costly process. In 2001 a challenge by Susan Welsh to the NS Matrimonial Property Act came before the SCC. In a surprising decision, the SCC held that excluding unmarried cohabitants from Matrimonial Legislation did not contravene section 15 of the Charter. Despite that ruling several provinces have revised their property legislation to include unmarried persons but the vast majority of unmarried Canadians are not protected. This exclusion has a gendered perspective and affects women and children to a much larger extent.

Speaker Bio: Renee R. Cochard, a family law lawyer from Alberta, has practiced exclusively Family Law since being admitted to the bar in 1979. She has an LLM from York U in Alternative Dispute Resolution (2003) and is presently a PHD Candidate in Law at UBC.

Select Articles and Books Available at UBC Library

Singer, J. W., & Ebrary Academic Complete (Canada) Subscription Collection. (2000). Entitlement: The paradoxes of property. New Haven: Yale University Press. [Link]

Paul, J. (1990). PROPERTY, ENTITLEMENT, AND REMEDY. The Monist, 73(4), 564-577. [Link]

Smith, H. E. (2007). Intellectual property as property: Delineating entitlements in information. The Yale Law Journal, 116(8), 1742-1822. [Link]

Brigham, J. (1990). Property and the politics of entitlement. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

UBC Library Research Guides

Family Law

Gender Studies

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Pedagogy in Place: The Shifting Landscape of Higher Education

April 11, 2014

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Betsy Diamant-Cohen – Purposeful Play for the Youngest Learners: Early Literacy from Birth to Age Five

April 10, 2014

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and hosted by the School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies (SLAIS) Master of Children’s Literature (MACL) colloquium series. Although library service to children was once mainly focused on books, today play is also a strong component. Children learn best through play. Library programs that incorporate purposeful play experiences can give children (and their parents) opportunities for practicing self-regulation, experiencing positive reinforcement, and developing pre-reading skills. Playful early literacy programs (such as Mother Goose on the Loose) in public libraries help children build school readiness skills; they also teach parents about easy activities to replicate at home that help with their child’s development. Hear about some fun activities with seriously helpful benefits that can be used with even the youngest library visitors!

Biography
Dr. Betsy Diamant-Cohen is the creator of the early literacy program Mother Goose on the Loose. She was named by Library Journal as a Mover and Shaker in 2004. In 2013, she received the Leadership and Professional Achievement Award from the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies, a division of the American Library Association. The ASCLA award recognized her as “a prolific author, inspiring mentor and presenter, knowledgeable consultant and teacher and creator and developer of the Mother Goose on the Loose program. This program has revolutionized the way story times are presented to young children at libraries across the country and has empowered librarians to work confidently with this young population of readers.” Dr. Diamant-Cohen has had years of experience working in libraries and children’s museums. She runs traininPrendergast, T., & Diamant-Cohen, B. (2014). Investing in early childhood. Children & Libraries, 12(4), 35.g workshops and presents courses through colleges and library associations.

Select Articles and Books Available at UBC Library

Diamant-Cohen, B., Ghoting, S. N., & American Library Association. (2010). The early literacy kit: A handbook and tip cards. Chicago: American Library Association.

Diamant-Cohen, B., Ebrary Academic Complete (Canada) Subscription Collection, & American Library Association. (2010). Children’s services: Partnerships for success. Chicago: American Library Association. [Link]

Prendergast, T., & Diamant-Cohen, B. (2014). Investing in early childhood. Children & Libraries, 12(4), 35. [Link]

Prendergast, T., & Diamant-Cohen, B. (2014). Music in childhood: Clickable links for children’s library practitioners. Children & Libraries, 12(2), 38. [Link]

UBC Library Research Guides

Early Childhood Education

K-12 Instructional Resources

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Michael Ungar – Influencing Resilience Among Students Experiencing Adversity

April 10, 2014

Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Resilience is a process that advisors and educators in higher education can influence positively. While many students experience exceptionally high amounts of stress that can cause anxiety, depression, suicidality, and disengagement, it is possible to nurture the factors associated with resilience when young adults face adversity.

In this presentation, Dr. Michael Ungar will share seven factors that have been shown to predict resilience across cultures and contexts. Based on both his clinical practice and research in more than a dozen countries, he will show how relationships, a powerful identity, experiences of power and control, social justice, material security, a sense of cohesion and belonging, and cultural adherence can dramatically change a student’s ability to cope when stressors pile up.

Using case studies and results from his research, Michael will explore practical ways those working with young adults can help them improve their capacity to cope.

Relevant Books and Articles at UBC Library

Ungar, M., Scholars Portal Books: Canadian Electronic Library, & Canadian Publishers Collection. (2004). Nurturing hidden resilience in troubled youth. Toronto: Buffalo. doi:10.3138/9781442677975 [Link]

Ungar, M. (2006). Strengths-based counseling with at-risk youth. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Corwin Press.

Ungar, M. (2002). Playing at being bad: The hidden resilience of troubled teens. East Lawrencetown, N.S: Pottersfield Press.

Ungar, M., & Ebooks Corporation. (2015; 2014). Working with children and youth with complex needs: 20 skills to build resilience. New York, NY: Routledge. [Link]

UBC Library Research Guides

Education

Psychology

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Foyer Booking Request Form

April 10, 2014

Foyer Booking Request Form

Please submit your request to book the Level 2 foyer (map) of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. In order to effectively consider your request, provide full details of your proposed foyer event as best as possible.

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Screencasting for Flexible Learning: The Good, the Bad and the Practical

April 9, 2014

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Art of the Book travelling exhibition

April 9, 2014

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24/7 hours at the Learning Centre

April 7, 2014

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Judith Mosoff – Child Protection and Mental Disability: When Will ‘Bad Mothering’ Be in the DSM?

April 2, 2014

With a particular interest in mothers with mental disability UBC Law Professor Judith Mosoff analyze child welfare decisions about continuing custody orders made in British Columbia in recent years. These cases depict families that are deeply troubled. Virtually every decision portrays these characteristics: the mother is a lone parent, characterized as having a mental illness, an addiction or both; the family is poor; at least one of the children is said to have a disability; mothers lose their children. In this talk, Professor Mosoff analyzes the ways mental disability is used as a weapon to remove children from their families.

Speaker bio

Judith Mosoff joined the Faculty of Law in 1991, having taught in the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University and the Department of Psychology at Ryerson Polytechnical University.  Called to the Bar of B.C. in 1983, Professor Mossoff has practised as a mental health lawyer. She teaches in the areas of disability, criminal and children’s law. Her research is in the area of disability, particularly mental disability. Currently, her research and community activities concern inclusive education for children and youth with intellectual disabilities.

 

Select Resources Available at UBC

Mosoff, J. “’Why Not Tell it Like It Is?’: The example of 238 PH v. Eastern Regional Integrated Health Authority, A Minor in a Life Threatening Context”   Full text: (2012) 63 U.N.B.L.J. 238-252 [UBC Print Holdings]

Mosoff, J. “Lost in Translation?: The Disability Perspective in Honda v. Keays and Hydro-Québec v. Syndicat” Full text: (2009) 3 McGill J.L. & Health 137-149 [SSRN Paper]

Mosoff, J., and Grant, I.  “Upholding Corporal Punishment: For Whose Benefit?” Full text: (2005) 31:1 Man. L.J. 177-199 [UBC Print Holdings]

 

UBC Library Resource Guides

Law – Beginning Your Research

Case Law

Course Guide for LASO 204 – Law and Society

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Learning Centre helps B.C. history go digital

April 1, 2014

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