Author

Waldram, James B

Herring, Ann

Young, T. Kue

Edition

2nd ed.

Place of Publication

[Toronto, ON]

Publisher

University of Toronto Press

Publication Date

2006

Physical Description

Paperback, 367 p.

Subject

Aboriginal Health

Leadership/Coaching

Abstract

Numerous studies, inquiries, and statistics accumulated over the years have demonstrated the poor health status of Aboriginal peoples relative to the Canadian population in general. Aboriginal Health in Canada is about the complex web of physiological, psychological, spiritual, historical, sociological, cultural, economic, and environmental factors that contribute to health and disease patterns among the Aboriginal peoples of Canada.

The authors explore the evidence for changes in patterns of health and disease prior to and since European contact, up to the present. They discuss medical systems and the place of medicine within various Aboriginal cultures and trace the relationship between politics and the organization of health services for Aboriginal people. They also examine popular explanations for Aboriginal health patterns today, and emphasize the need to understand both the historical-cultural context of health issues, as well as the circumstances that give rise to variation in health problems and healing strategies in Aboriginal communities across the country. An overview of Aboriginal peoples in Canada provides a very general background for the non-specialist. Finally, contemporary Aboriginal healing traditions, the issue of self-determination and health care, and current trends in Aboriginal health issues are examined.

ISBN

97808082085795

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

REF GN 400 WAL 2006

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Editor

Kirmayer, Laurence J.

Valaskakis, Gail

Place of Publication

[Vancouver, BC?]

Publisher

UBC Press

Publication Date

2009

Physical Description

Paperback, 239 p.

Subject

Aboriginal Health

Leadership/Coaching

Abstract

The book is divided into four sections: an overview of the mental health of indigenous peoples; origins and representations of social suffering; transformations of identity and community; and traditional healing and mental health services. Cross-cutting themes include: the impact of colonialism, sedentarization, and forced assimilation; the importance of land for indigenous identity and an ecocentric self; notions of space and place as part of the cultural matrix of identity and experience; and processes of healing and spirituality as sources of resilience.

Offering a unique combination of mental health and socio-cultural perspectives, Healing Traditions will be useful to all concerned with the wellbeing of Aboriginal peoples including health professionals, community workers, planners and administrators, social scientists, educators, and students.

ISBN

9780774815246

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

REF GN 400 KIR 2009

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Author

Lencioni, Patrick

Edition

1st ed.

Place of Publication

San Francisco, CA

Publisher

Jossey-Bass

Publication Date

2004

Physical Description

Hardcover, 260 p., no ill

Subject

Communication

Abstract

In his latest page-turning work of business fiction, best-selling author Patrick Lencioni provides readers with another powerful and thought-provoking book, this one centered around a cure for the most painful yet underestimated problem of modern business: bad meetings. And what he suggests is both simple and revolutionary.

Casey McDaniel, the founder and CEO of Yip Software, is in the midst of a problem he created, but one he doesn?t know how to solve. And he doesn?t know where or who to turn to for advice. His staff can?t help him; they?re as dumbfounded as he is by their tortuous meetings.

Then an unlikely advisor, Will Peterson, enters Casey?s world. When he proposes an unconventional, even radical, approach to solving the meeting problem, Casey is just desperate enough to listen.

ISBN

9780787968052

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

AA 74 LEN 2004

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Author

Fabrizio, Thomas A.

Tapping, Don

Edition

1st ed.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Publisher

Productivity Press

Publication Date

2006

Physical Description

Paperback, 188 p., ill

Subject

Time Management

Communication

Abstract

Although office and administrative activities are usually 60 percent of the production costs in most manufacturing organizations, these areas often get excluded during lean initiatives. To achieve lean, office activities must fully support shop floor manufacturing operations to eliminate waste. The adoption of 5S throughout all office and administrative functions is the first step to increase efficiency.

In 5S for the Office: Organizing the Workplace to Eliminate Waste, Tom Fabrizio and Don Tapping bring the concepts of the 5S System -- effective tools for the elimination of waste on the shop floor -- into the office environment. The activities at the heart of 5S for the Office (organizing, ordering, cleaning, standardizing, and sustaining all of these) are completely logical. They are the basic rules for managing any effective workplace. However, it is the systematic method with which the 5S system approaches these activities that makes it unique.

This book is a blueprint for building a Lean foundation for your office

Readers of this book can immediately apply the concepts of 5S to their office and administrative activities, resulting in the elimination of waste, reduced production costs, and increased profits.

To introduce the 5S system and sell its use to executives as well as workers, consider purchasing

ISBN

9781563273186

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

AA 74 FAB 2006

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