Browsing by Author "Ross, Lynda"
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BC-Alberta Social Economy Portraiture Survey 2008-2010: Some Preliminary Patterns
Gismondi, Mike; Ross, Lynda (2010-04-27)The BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) is collecting information on the scope and scale of the social economy in British Columbia and Alberta. As part of this research endeavor, the BALTA Mapping project ... -
Computer Science: Where (and why) have all the women gone?
Ross, Lynda (2010-06-23)Like other post-secondary institutions in North America, Athabasca University has not been successful in either recruiting or retaining women to its Computing and Information Science programmes. The gradual decline in ... -
Definition and Measurement of the Social Economy: Continuous Construct or Dichotomous Variable?
Gismondi, Mike; Ross, Lynda; Affolderbach, Julia (2009-11-24)The BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) is collecting information on the scope and scale of the social economy in British Columbia and Alberta. This report to BALTA's 2009 symposium provides an update on ... -
Disabling Mothers: Creating a Different Discourse for Postpartum Depression
Ross, Lynda (2012-11-15)Women have historically been direct targets for psychiatric “disordering” for a variety of well documented reasons that include their biology as well as their socially and culturally constructed gender roles. Depression ... -
Final Mapping Report: Environmental Organizations
Gismondi, Mike; Ross, Lynda; Marois, Juanita (2014-03-12)In 2010 the BALTA Mapping Team completed their survey of social economy organizations in Alberta and British Columbia. An important finding of this Mapping research was that a subsection of the population indicated that ... -
Mapping the Social Economy in British Columbia and Alberta: Final Report
Gismondi, Mike; Ross, Lynda; Marois, Juanita; Affolderbach, Julia; Soots, Lena K.; Smith, Ashley (2013-04-10)This report begins to paint an interesting portrait of the social economy in BC and Alberta. It was created through the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). This alliance was initially started as a 5 year ... -
Mother Still Loves Best: Attachment Theory’s Influence on Mothering Practice-Then and Now
Ross, Lynda (2010-06-17)John Bowlby's (1907 - 1990) attachment theory was formulated to explain mother-infant bonding. The theory was bound by a number of assumptions that placed responsibility for child rearing soley in the hands of women. ... -
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Ross, Lynda (2014-01-16)Chair the Section on Women and Psychology (SWAP) annual business meeting, organize and attend the (SWAP) Executive dinner, organize and Chair the (SWAP) Executive Business breakfast meeting at the 74th Annual Convention ... -
Reactive Attachment Disorder and its Implications in Defining the "Good Mother"
Ross, Lynda (2009-06-08)Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) made its first appearance in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders’ nosology in 1980 (DSM-III: American Psychiatric Association). Its inclusion was a response to ... -
Reading Ursula Bowlby’s Letters (1939-1940): A Chronicle of First Time Motherhood
Ross, Lynda (2011-06-29)Following the birth of her first child, Ursula Bowlby wrote numerous letters to her husband, Dr. John Bowlby. He was working away from home and returned only for brief weekend visits. Ursula’s letters express her absorption ... -
The Social Economy in Alberta and BC: Preliminary Patterns
Gismondi, Mike; Ross, Lynda (2010-04)The BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) is collecting information on the scope and scale of the social economy in British Columbia and Alberta. As part of this research endeavor, the BALTA Mapping project ...