Hot off the Press celebrates research and publications by JIBC employees.
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Heather Simpson continues her research with her latest article "Forming strong cultural identities in an intersecting space of indigeneity and autism using research and digital storytelling" published in November 2023 in AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples. Heather's work "responds to the urgency to disrupt patterns of social injustice, exclusion, and cultural genocide while promoting positive identity formation, pride, and resilience for Indigenous autistics in the post-secondary education system (Simpson, 2023)".
Heather was part of the BCcampus Research Fellows (BCCRF) program in 2021-2022 with her project "Thrivival: The fire within". Today, she carries on her work with BCCRF in an advisory role: The BCcampus Research Fellows Program: Supporting Research for Student Success.
Thank you and congratulations, Heather!
Congratulations to Jennifer, Alyssa, and Becky on the completion of their scoping review on Gender based violence amongst first responders. 
Their research gathered available evidence to describe and synthesize gender based violence in relation to education and workplace for fire, paramedic, and police.
Read their research in the Vault now: Gender based violence amongst first responders: a scoping review.
Jasper, Jennifer | The Vault (arcabc.ca)
Handfield, Alyssa | The Vault (arcabc.ca)
Donelon, Becky | The Vault (arcabc.ca)
Linda Dobson, an instructor in JIBC's Centre for Conflict Resolution, authored a chapter in the new book Therapists, and Clients: A Complete Guide
to the Benefits of Personal Writing. Linda's Chapter 11 "The Conflict Coaching Road Map for Journaling" guides users through "the journey of resolution" using a practical, four phase journaling process.
You can read Linda's chapter through the library:
Heather Simpson’s most recent research project, Thrivival (2022), “uses digital storytelling to weave together individual and 
collective narrativesrepresenting storied experiences of Indigenous Autistic post-secondary students” (p. 6). Building on her past work “Forming Strong Cultural Identities in an Intersecting Space of Indigeneity and Autism in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand”, her research gives Indigenous Autistic students a voice through participatory action research.
Congratulations to Darren Blackburn on the publication of Introduction to Emergency Management in Canada, 
which Darren co-edited. This new EMD textbook also features chapters written by several JIBC instructors, including Bettina Williams (EMD Program Manager) and sessional instructors Karen Collins, Cindy Jeromin, Beth Larcombe, Cindy Patterson, and Lee Patterson. Well done everyone!
The book is now available to borrow through the JIBC Library.
Congratulations to Heather Simpson on her recent publication: “Forming strong cultural identities in an intersecting space of indigeneity and autism in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand” in AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples.
Heather's current research examines the intersectionality of Indigeneity and autism and seeks to understand how Indigenous knowledges in education and arts programming may disrupt patterns of social injustice, exclusion, and cultural genocide while promote positive identity formation, pride, and resilience for Indigenous autistics.