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Thinking rock reports1/5/2024 She’s apprenticed with Ruth Howard and Jumblies Theater, and has studied art, art history, nonprofit management, and community economic & social development at the White Mountain Academy of the Arts, the University of Guelph, Toronto Metropolitan University and Algoma University. ThinkingRock is a java program which fairly faithfully implements much of the GTD ('Getting Things Done') time/goal management system developed by David Allen. Her roots and residence in the Algoma District, Northern Ontario inform her focus on process- and craft-based practices, intergenerational skill-sharing, and projects unfolding in rural settings where such practices are prevalent. Miranda Bouchard is an artist, arts manager and independent curator who brings 14 years’ experience and study in non-profit arts and culture to her work with Thinking Rock Community Arts. The Spark Series aims to break down communication silos and foster awareness between research and community activism that contribute to social, economic, environmental and cultural justice by profiling the work of community actors and researchers in Northern Ontario. She co-edited two books on “Asian Canada is Burning: Theories, Methods, Pedagogies, and Praxes” with Fernwood Publishing (Forthcoming) and “Critical Reflexive Research Methodologies with University of Calgary Press” (Forthcoming). Nyaga) for a SSHRC funded project entitled: “Effects of COVID-19 on Teaching, and Learning: Stories of Indigenous and Racialized Faculty Members and Students at Algoma University. Torres is currently the principal investigator of “Examining Access to Mental Health Care Service: The Impact of Covid-19 on Filipino Health Care Workers in Northern Ontario” and a co- principal investigator (with Dr. Prior to joining Algoma University, she was an Assistant Professor at University of New Brunswick. She is currently a Visiting Professor at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. Rose Ann Torres is the Director and Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Algoma University. Torres’ initial research findings on the experience of Filipino health care workers in Northern Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic and the different ways in which we can re-imagine Asians from a place of disorder.ĭr. To do this, this presentation discusses and deliberates the history of anti-Asian racism. In other words, does the category of “Asians” even exist when Asians are considered the disordered other? This presentation looks outside the shaping of whiteness and to start asking ethical question of how Asians may look within and without communities in the diaspora. Torres’ presentation, she argues that white supremacy is fundamental to the formation of the Canadian nation and the rise of the post-war welfare state. Click the link at the bottom of this page to register. The presentation will take place via Zoom on Wednesday, July 27th at 12 p.m. Rose Ann Torres, from Algoma University’s School of Social Work. Syncing is fast - I wish my iPhone synced with iTunes this quickly!Īll in all, it's a very good first offering from the ThinkingRock team.The July instalment of NORDIK Institute’s Spark Series will feature Dr. Running the sync option in the app provides a place to enter the proper IP address and port (these can be saved in the settings section of the iPhone), and then pressing "Sync data" transfers everything. Clicking the "continue" button starts the server. One runs the iPhone sync plugin in the desktop java version and it announces the machine's IP address and suggested port for syncing. Syncing with the desktop app is simple and fast. I wish more for the ability to sort Do ASAP action items by context or priority, and to search, as these features would make it much easier to work with the task list on the iPhone. Although it would be nice to be able to process thoughts on the iPhone, I still found the process to be convenient, as jotting down thoughts is simple and quick. The app allows one to collect new thoughts, but processing of those thoughts can only be performed after syncing with the desktop program. The iPhone app is a big added benefit, providing portability for one's task list. I've been using the java-based version of ThinkingRock for some time, and I agree with many others that it's the best GTD implementation available.
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