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Annual Report
Dear Reader,
With a combination of traditional and new activities for the Estonian Children's Literature Centre, the year 2015 was both active and eventful. There were 38,906 visitors to the Centre and we are happy to say this indicates that the number of visitors has been increasing over the last few years. The mission of the Centre has not changed – the Centre continues to direct children to books, help children find values inherent in books and highlights the joy of reading. We believe that children's reading material dictates a child's ability and interest in reading, assists one's linguistic and cultural development and certainly also influences a child's understanding and attitude towards one's surroundings.
Children's interest in books and reading rests on three pillars: firstly, the choice and quality of books; secondly, the availability of books; and thirdly, how adults value books and reading, so that they can positively influence children's interest in books.
It is gratifying that lots of children's books are still published and the choice is varied. Some books surprise, others frighten; some are beautiful, others expressionless. Books by old masters show their proven quality and there are experimentations by young authors. Currently, there is no single leading author of children's books, but many authors of different ages each with their own unique style. Throughout the year, over 70 authors published children's books including around 20 new authors.
A bookshelf that gives the reader a wide and varied choice is good, but at the same time it creates difficulty understanding what is available and which book is truly the right one for a given reader. The Children's Literature Centre has initiated many recognitions and awards that guide people towards good, high-quality children's books. This year, the recognition sign "Estonian Children's Literature Centre recommends!" was created. The sign is used by major book stores.
This year creative competitions once again played a role in enhancing the choice of children's literature. For the seventh time the publisher Tänapäev and Täheke magazine jointly held the competition for children's stories. Eleven years have passed since the first competition. A total of 260 manuscripts have participated in the competition, of which 40 have been published as books. This year's competition had 38 manuscript submissions. In November The Knee-High Book Competition, in collaboration with the publisher Päike ja Pilv, reached its culmination, providing many new and exciting manuscripts for the youngest of readers. In the new year we look forward to the manuscripts being born as books.
In the year 2015, a new baby book appeared. This is the third book of its kind, since the idea first appeared. Almost ten years ago, the tradition of every child born in Estonia receiving a book as a gift was started by the Children's Literature Centre with the book Minu esimene raamat (My First Book). The new baby book has the title Pisike Puu (Little Tree) which comes from the lead poem of the book by the same name, written by Ott Arder. The idea of the book is to value the birth of every child in Estonia, offer the family joy of reading and underline the importance of our domestic children's literature. The book contains poetry and stories from well-known and beloved children's book authors which are brought together into a beautiful entity using illustrations by the artist Catherine Zarip. The venture was financed by the Estonian Ministry of Culture and the books are available to families through public libraries.
The capacity in joint efforts was proven by many undertakings this year in which we had the good fortune of participating. Over ten years ago, the workgroup of children's literature researchers was established and the scope and contents of its activities shows that the group is no longer in its infancy. A wide range of children's literature related research has appeared in publications, augmented this year by the sixth volume in a series of publications. In collaboration with the Under and Tuglas Literature Centre, the foundation has been laid for a seminar series entitled "Children in Literature".
School life has been made more interesting with cooperation between the Centre and several of Tallinn's museums. The projects "8 at Once" and "Clear and Straightforward" were initiated. Real school days, amidst real things for the grade 4 level were created in several museums and centres. We concluded that such active learning outside the classroom provided children with lots to discover and shows the connection between school and real life. Based on the same concept, the children's city camp "8 at Once" has been created.
The children's programme of the literature festival "HeadRead 2015" was very international, offering young readers the opportunity to meet five well-known and highly recognised authors.
In cooperation with the Estonian Reading Association, we had the pleasure of informing parents about children's knowledge on reading. Throughout the year active participation in various training courses offered practical recommendations on how to awaken and support children's interest in reading.
We already await the annual event, the Tallinn Book Fair. This year we were pleased to enrich the children's part of the fair with our programme and to stage the state-wide literature game finals at the fair.
The heart of the Centre's activities continues to be the popularisation of reading aloud as this is the true beginning for an interest in books and reading. On the 20th October, for the 22nd time in Estonia the Reading Aloud Day for school children took place. As the theme of the year was music, music-based stories were read. A state-wide competition, in collaboration with children's library workers and teachers, for reading aloud took place and this year the award went to Mammaste in Põlva County. This year a video message announcing the celebration of Reading Aloud Day was released with the theme "Miraculous book world! Read to children!"
Now and then, the opinion has surfaced that if musicians come from music school, artists from art schools, athletes from sport schools, why should authors come from who knows where? To change the situation, young authors started attending the Centre's creative writing circle.
It was also a year for world conquering. The exhibition year was beyond doubt grandiose, as four big touring international exhibitions were organised. The year started by opening the overview exhibition of Estonian illustrators in Moscow. In the spring, together with Hungarians, the joint exhibition Crisscross Stories was opened in London which was the first exhibition of Estonian illustrators in England. Prior to London, the exhibition toured around Hungary for a year. In May we started the exhibition of Estonian children's book illustrators "Once upon a time…" (C'era una volta…) in Italy. This was the first time Estonian illustrations received such widespread and thorough presentation in Italy. This year, the exhibition has been on display in seven cities and the tour continues next year. Public response has been surprisingly large and for that our sincere thanks go to our contact person in Italy, Ülle Toode.
The exhibition of illustrations "Sea Fairy Tales" started sailing around Denmark on the sailing ship M/S Bibiana, devoted to children's culture. In the coming years, the ship will visit 30 Danish ports, offering children a rich hands-on cultural programme. In the fall we invited everybody to the Centre to drink tea and enjoy the exhibit "It's Always Tea-Time", which was inspired by the well-known Lewis Carroll book "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". The curator of the exhibition, Viive Noor, invited her artist friends worldwide to drink tea with Alice. The invitation was accepted by 72 artists from 19 countries. In December, illustrations started a world tour, beginning with Latvia. The illustrations will continue to Finland, Poland, Germany, Hungary and Russia.
Estonian children's authors received international recognition. This year the White Raven's catalogue of the 200 best children's books included Kristi Kangilaski's Tuvi ei taha saia (Tiu and the Dove) and Andrus Kivirähk's Suur Tõll (Big Toell). Additionally, Estonia was represented in the Hungarian exhibition, as Péter Dóka's book The Violet Princess was illustrated by Anne Pikkov. Good news reached us from Latvia as Aino Pervik, along with translator Maima Grīnberga, received the Janis Baltvilks award for the book Presidendilood (Stories of a President).
In 2015 the Children's Literature Centre itself received recognition. At the awards gala "Estonia Studies and Thanks" for Teacher of the Year, the Estonian Children's Literature Centre was named a finalist for the title "Education Friend of the Year". Additionally, for the Special Libraries Deed of the Year in 2014, the Estonian Librarians Association chose the Children's Literature Centre's initiative which delivered book carousels to all the children's departments in Estonian hospitals.
See you at the Estonian Children's Literature Centre,
Triin Soone
Spring 2016
Dear reader,
The year 2014 is history. What kind of a year was it? In the wider world, it was tumultuous and full of conflict; in our own little world, luckily, it was more balanced and cheerful.
The year provided a great deal of books and reading enjoyment. Beautiful books rich in content that were penned by both newcomers and old masters were published; both originals and translations. Altogether, the count was nearly so high that one could have read through or browsed at least a couple of new children's books every day. Several creative competitions contributed to this. The 2013 Knee-High Book Competition brought with it small children's picture books thanks to publisher Päike ja Pilv. Winning entries in the children's story competition that wrapped up in spring became books in cooperation with publisher Tänapäev and children's magazine Täheke, and winners of a competition for young-adult books were awarded in September.
We could not be prouder of the fact that the Estonian Children's Literature Centre reached an important milestone as a recorder of children's book history – the Centre published a voluminous historical collection titled Estonian Children's and Young-Adult Literature 1991–2012, which takes a look at children's literature published during the restoration of Estonian independence. The best experts and researchers of Estonian children's literature contributed to the collection's creation – Jaanika Palm, Krista Kumberg, Ilona Martson, Mari Niitra, and Ave Mattheus.
2014 was the year of Edgar Valter, since September was the 85th anniversary of the master's birth. We marked the occasion worthily. Tammerraamat published a wonderful work summarising Edgar Valter's book illustrations (composed by Krista Kumberg) and the Centre's Valter Gallery acquired a new look and content. An especially fantastic part of the celebrations was a creative competition, in which children searched for new characters in nature with a photo camera, inspired by Valter's works. Now, for example, living in these tales are "Furry-Fingers", "Grassy", "Basket-Blossom", and "Mr Caw". Who these characters are more precisely and what they do can be seen at the exhibition, which next year will travel around Estonian libraries.
Our building's treasure is our collections, which this year were complemented with many new books as well as rare copies acquired at auctions. However, one special pearl of 2014 was doubtless a gift given by artist Maara Vint – her 238 original book illustrations.
We are stongly dedicated to preserving and boosting children's interest in reading, and it is our great wish for children and books to come into contact more often. These activities are so broad that they cannot be performed alone. We are glad to have found friends and supporters, whose own passions have been ignited by our ideas and have helped to carry them out. This year, 33 book trolleys were delivered to Estonian hospitals so that one colourful wheeled bookshelf might make a child's hospital stay better. It was a great undertaking involving a lot of big-hearted people. We are grateful to charity fund "Aitan Lapsi", Kätlin Pesur (who designed the book trolley), the Plaat Detail company (which manufactured the trolleys), all of the hospitals' children's wards, and children's librarians at county libraries. Special thanks, however, goes out to Evelin Ilves, who guided the institutions under her patronage towards fantastic cooperation by way of her caring nature.
The fact that force lies in working together is shown by a number of joint undertakings that we had the luck and joy to be partners in this year. The Tallinn Book Fair was held in the spring, and along with it came the "Does a Child Read?" Nordic and Baltic literary forum, which focused on children's literature. We were able to have this enriching cooperative experience thanks to the Estonian Publishers' Association and the Nordic Council of Ministers' Office in Estonia. Together with the Estonian Academy of Sciences' Under and Tuglas Literary Centre, we continued the seminar series "The Child in Literature", which this time concentrated on Nordic children's literature. In May, our building was thronged for three days by audiences from the Head Read literary festival; in autumn, we shared knowledge with students on the topic of children's rights in cooperation with the Eduard Vilde Museum and the Office of the Estonian Chancellor of Justice. The "My First Striped Ones" week, which arose from this partnership, fell onto such fertile soil that it will be repeated next year. In order to make children's free time and school lives more exciting, however, we joined forces with several museums in Tallinn's Old Town and with NUKU Theatre.
We have continued old traditions and embarked on new initiatives. The Nukitsa Competition was held for the 12th time, with over 8,000 children from around Estonia selecting their favourite writer and artist. This year, the prize went to Ilmar Tomusk and Heiki Ernits. The Raisin of the Year award already has ten years of history behind it, with the first being given in 2004; it is awarded to the most unique and surprising children's book of the on-going year. On this occasion, the prize went to an especially sweet book – Maiasmoka atlas (The Sweet Tooth's Atlas) compiled by Maris Pruuli and illustrated by Regina Lukk-Toompere. The work amazed and enthralled foremost in terms of its idea – to guide children to acquaint with the countries of the world through the world of sweets; i.e. a topic that will not leave a single child (nor many adults) indifferent. The book makes the world a bigger and better place, and makes its readers wiser.
There are already 20 years of history behind Estonian Reading Aloud Day. This time, we read sports stories, as was proper for the topic of the year. With the support of county children's librarians and teachers, a national read-out-loud competition was held, and was won by Valga County. In order to remind people of the importance and positivity of reading aloud more widely, however, we let five film clips sail off into the e-world. Our great thanks go to Ita Ever, Urve Tiidus, Nele Liis Vaiksoo, Raul Rebane, and Taavi Tõnisson, who supported our undertaking.
When Maarja Tali walked in through our doors with her pet Susi three years ago, we could never have imagined that the meeting would flourish into the rapid spread of "reading dogs" around Estonia. Our building now has two big, loyal friends as well – Fjodor and Susi, who help children find the path to reading.
The publishing of works by Estonian children's authors abroad added thrills to the year. One highlight was the publishing of Aino Pervik and Catherine Zarip's picture book The Wandering Cat in Italian and book releases in Rome and Bologna. Another high point was the releases of Anne Pikkov's illustration in Péter Dóka's Hungarian-language book The Lilac Princess in Budapest. We have been able to follow closely and be enthralled by the publishing and awarding of Piret Raud's books in France, as well as in Japan, Italy, and Hungary. The Centre also experienced the Polish audience's warm reception of our "Fairy Tales of the Sea" illustration exhibition. And what's more – it was a proud feeling to attend the release of the Frankfurt Book Fair catalogue "The White Ravens 2014", as included in the very selectively-filtered collection was Kätlin Vainola and Ulla Saar's book Lift, as well as Anti Saar's How Things Are With Us.
These were just a few picks from the Centre's undertakings in 2014, which were fascinating and busy, full of attempts and successes, and also the joy of giving and receiving. Readers can now also be kept better up to date with all that goes on in the Centre and the world of children's literature by way of the Lastekirjanduse Uudistaja e-publication, which is released once a month. Even better, however, is our recommendation to come visit and personally take part in our activities.
Until next time,
Triin Soone
Director of the Estonian Children's Literature Centre
Dear reader,
2013 was an anniversary year for the Estonian Children's Literature Centre (ECLC): 80 years passed since its founding. On November 12, 1933, the Tallinn Youth Library was established on the lower level of the present-day Tallinn Central Library (located at 8 Estonia Blvd), servicing children from third form through secondary-school graduates. As such, it is a joint anniversary with the Tallinn Central Library, since the Children's Library later grew out of that collection and its employees.
Round anniversary numbers give reason to cast a glance at yesterday, to evaluate today, and to think of tomorrow. And most of all – to thank the friends and supporters who have been with us on our journey. Such was the content and spirit of 2013.
While the goal of the Centre's activities remains the same (to offer children rich reading material and encourage them to read), our form and methods shift in order to be new, exciting, and surprising. Those involved in the Centre today wish to be simple and genuine – to guide children to books at as early an age as possible, and to help them locate the values embedded in reading. We believe that children's attitude towards the printed word, literacy and an interest in reading, linguistic development, and also their understanding of and attitude towards what surrounds us all depend on their reading materials. We know that anyone granting this wish must be open and expert, investigative and curious, friendly and cooperative. This is precisely how the Estonian Children's Literature Centre strives to act in order to carry out its high-responsibility role as a preserver and acquainter of national culture, a centre of literary development and competency, as well as a populiser of children's literature and reading.
The year 2013 offered an abundance of new books and reading cheer. Over 600 Estonian-language children's literature titles were published, approximately 60% of which were translations. The selection of books was quite rich in terms of topics and genres; only reading materials aimed at children aged 10–14 was somewhat lacking. More high-quality, professionally done picture books were published than in earlier years. Creative competitions also reaped a bountiful harvest: winning entries in the young-adult novel competition were published over the course of the year, and the winners of the "My First Book" children's story competition will have their turn next.
Increased collection funding enabled the purchase of more books, which had a positive effect on book lending. The expansion of children's free-time and club activities as well as growth in the number of events held at the Centre also boosted library usage. Last year was rich in terms of book gifting, foremost thanks to the artists who participated in the IV Tallinn Illustration Triennale and guests attending the Centre's anniversary. Our deepest thanks go out to all gift-givers!
The year was enhanced by several traditional undertakings, including the 20th Estonian Reading Day, the topic of which was "Let's Read Estonian Animal Fairy Tales"; a national literary game for 3–4th-grade students; Estonian Museum Night; and the children's programme of the Head Read literary festival. The Centre's 80th anniversary was marked with a trip around Estonia by children's writers and artists. Additionally, the book Sünnipäevalood (Birthday Stories) was published – the work included topical stories and poems by beloved Estonian children's writers along with new pictures by the best local illustrators.
The Centre's collections were put on display in its Treasury in addition to being exhibited at book- and illustration fairs held in the building, elsewhere in Estonia, and abroad. One of the most unique illustration exhibitions held, "Ristipidi lood. Mese itt, mese ott", arose from a project that brought together the Centre, the Estonian Institute in Hungary, the Hungarian Institute in Estonia, the Estonian Graphic Designers' Association, and several Estonian and Hungarian writers and illustrators. At the beginning of the year, a voluminous traveling exhibition of Estonian illustrators titled "Etelästä tuulee. Lõunatuul puhub" ("The South Wind Blows") was opened in Finland, comprising the works of 15 Estonian illustrators and dolls made by 20 doll artists. 2013 was likewise the year of the Tallinn Illustrators' Triennale again, which the Centre co-organised.
One of the Centre's most important activities is the consistent familiarisation of children's literature in all possible ways, independent of the age or interest of the target group. Good collaboration is done with schools and nurseries, libraries, and literary clubs. In 2013, we improved the educational programme aimed at schools and nurseries, and a number of study-days and seminars were held. One new undertaking born in co-operation with the Tuglas and Under Literary Centre was the annual "The Child in Literature" seminar, which focuses on the depiction of children in literary texts. Researchers from the Centre gave lectures at the event, which will appear in ECLC publications in 2014. Occupying an important place is communication with parents, teachers, librarians, and others who recommend and mediate children's reading materials. The most significant development in this area was the opening of a new bilingual (Estonian/English) web page for the Centre in early 2013.
Recognitions gladden both those receiving the nods and those giving them. The Centre's Muhvi Award was given to children's literature researcher Jaanika Palm for her extensive and thorough writings in the field. The Raisin of the Year Award, which recognises the most unique children's book of the year, was given by a jury composed of Centre workers for already the tenth time – Anti Saar was awarded for his book Kuidas meil asjad käivad (How Things Are With Us). Awards were given to designers of the best-looking children's books, and assistance was provided in selecting the Cultural Endowment of Estonia's Prize for Children's Literature. Preparations for the 2014 XII Nukitsa Competition began late in the year.
With the help of friends and supporters, several undertakings were carried out towards the ends of making sure children and books come into contact more frequently. One of the year's most impressive projects was born in cooperation with the charity fund "Aitan lapsi": book trolleys holding newer children's literature will be put in all Estonian rural hospitals' children's wards in 2014.
For us, it is a source of joy that the publishing of Estonian children's writers abroad is a growing trend, greatly thanks to the project "Exporting Estonian Children's Literature to the World", funded by Enterprise Estonia. Estonia's most successful author is Piret Raud, although works by Aino Pervik, Andrus Kivirähk, Leelo Tungla, Kristiina Kass, and others have or will be published abroad likewise.
In terms of its content, 2013 has been a worthy anniversary year and set the bar for the years to come. The Estonian Children's Literature Centre has been and continues to be wide open to all readers and book enthusiasts both big and small. For us, it is important to shape our building and services in a way that readers are aware of the Centre and want to come visit; that readers leave more mentally enriched and joyful; and most importantly – that people wish to return. Welcome!
Triin Soone
Director of the Estonian Children's Literature Centre


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"The Japanese don't want to sit down for dinner and put their hand in a
little present left on the sidewalk from some gum chewing kid, or some
digesting dog."
- Ryan Roling
The Bare Facts
When I go home after work, I unlock my door, walk in and turn on my heater. This seems perfectly normal to you and me. But, if I were to do so with a Japanese friend of mine, I would no doubt get an exaggerated look with one hand covering his or her mouth and the other pointed down at my feet. Why? Because, in Japan, before you go into a house you always take your shoes off. I have wondered why for quite some time. What is the origin of this custom? Where did it come from and why? I have even asked a number of my friends this question, and yesterday I finally got an answer.
I recently went to the "All-Hokkaido Speech Contest" and one student gave a speech she entitled "The Bare Facts". Her point was to educate her fellow Japanese people on why they do what they do. Most of them don't really know why they do it. But without thought, similar to the way we blink and breathe, the Japanese take their shoes off.
Earlier this fall when I moved from one apartment to another, I was awed by the fact that the men helping me took their shoes off every time they entered my apartment to get a new load to carry out to the truck. My carpet was rolled up, and there were four girls from the high school there, helping by cleaning my floors. So, in my mind, I thought it would be no big deal to just keep our shoes on. It would have saved time and the trouble of holding a refrigerator with one hand while putting our shoes on with the other one. But, logic is different in different cultures. I guess you just learn to accept, remember that you are the visitor in their country, and do as they do (even if you think it's incredibly stupid).
So here is what I learned yesterday. This is why the Japanese take their shoes off before they go inside a house, apartment, and many buildings and restaurants. She gave three reasons for this peculiar custom.
The first one, and probably the origin of the custom, involves (like so many things in Japan) rice. I really love that rice is such an influential factor in the way that these people are. You see, a long time ago, the floors of house were made mostly of "tatami." Tatami is a floor mat, made from a combination of, "wara", the dried stem of a rice plant and,"igusa", a rush stem. The two stems are woven together to form a mat that is placed on the floor of the home. Just as rice was a very important food source, "wara" was also highly valued. Thus, the Japanese people recognized and respected their flooring by taking good care of the tatami mats.
This painstaking care for tatami can also be seen in the design of the houses. Japan has a very humid climate, and because of that, the houses were made to stand off the ground for better ventilation. If a house's floor was made close to the ground the humidity would cause the tatami to rot. If shoes were worn inside, the tatami would become very dirty, possibly get wet, and the mats were difficult to replace. For this reason, people left their shoes at the door- out of respect for tatami.
Another much simpler reason is comfort. The traditional shoe worn in Japan is made of wood, very similar to a simple clog. The foot is held fast to the wood by a string between the big toe and the second toe, going over the foot like our "flip-flops". Needless to say, these were not shoes made for comfort. The Japanese traditional style of sitting is called "seiza". This is when they fold their legs underneath themselves and sit bent-kneed. To wear "geta" (the man's wooden shoe) or "zori" (the woman's wooden shoe) would be terribly uncomfortable. Westerners sit on couches and wear shoes made for comfort, so to go in and relax with our shoes on is actually relaxing. The opposite is true in Japan. Hence, the shoes were taken off at the door, for the sake of comfort.
Finally, the Japanese also tend to sit directly on the floor. They relax on the floor, and they eat dinner on the floor. When one wears shoes in the house, you bring in unwanted dirt and refuse. Leaving the shoes at the door is hygienic. The Japanese don't want to sit down for dinner and put their hand in a little present left on the sidewalk from some gum chewing kid, or some digesting dog. They like to eat their raw fish with clean hands, on clean floors.
That to me, is very understandable.
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Weather suggests need for lime, boron and sulphur
LIMING will be necessary on Scottish land at some point in the future if crop failure is to be avoided, according to technical advice given in The Herald today (Monday).
Wet weather this year means that liming has fallen to "all-time low", the newspaper says.
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A round-the-clock virtual centre for New Brunswick children with complex health conditions and their families to help them navigate the health care system is now up and running.
Jennifer Belyea of Hampton, who is the program coordinator for the new centre called NaviCare, is also a mom who knows the challenges first-hand.
Her first child of three, Cameron, was diagnosed at eight months old with a genetic disorder called Angelman syndrome. It causes developmental and neurological problems and usually isn't detected until parents notice problems with development when their child is between six months and a year old.
"It's often very physically and emotionally taxing, it's overwhelming and you feel alone. You find yourself frustrated and working against the health care professionals instead of working with them," says Belyea. I'm not exaggerating when I say that these parents, like I was, are desperate for information, for resources and for support."
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Belyea told us that in addition to being a first-time mom, she also became her son's health care manager.
"Because my son has such a variety of complex needs, trying to just figure out how to make everything work together and there wasn't anyone really to oversee doing that for me — so that was a role I had to take on," she says.
NaviCare was developed by Dr. Shelley Doucet of UNB Saint John and Dr. Rima Azar of Mount Allison and they are both co-directors of the centre.
"We did the needs assessment and one of the things that came through in all the interviews we were doing...from all perspectives, is the challenge around navigating the system," says Dr. Doucet. "It's not just the families that are finding it difficult, care providers even find it challenging to help families navigate the system."
The two have been working a little over two years to get the centre launched. The New Brunswick Children's Foundation donated $750,000 to launch NaviCare which is the biggest single grant the organization has ever given according to director Peter Daniels.
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Bottom lining it, Austenland is a delightful film that I look forward to re-visiting on DVD. Between some catchy, terrific music, throwbacks to well-known Austen scenes or dialogue (like a humorous caught-in-the-rain scene) and its refreshing cast, the movie is hard not to like. It's a refreshing turn after so many end-of-the-world box office picks – its part study in a contemporary woman, part whimsical and outrageous comedy. As I've yet to read the novel of the same name (it has suddenly moved up on my TBR pile), I cannot say how well the screen transfer was, however I quite adored everything about the film. There is more good to it than merely feeding Austen obsessions; the story is also careful to help us realize that even the best-laid fantasy is not necessarily better than reality – and it's admirable to see Jane standing up for herself, distinguishing between fiction and fact is necessary to keep ones sanity and she does it well. When we see the change in Jane at the end – a more confident person, it makes even the silly moments worth it.
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CONTENT: There are several sexual innuendoes in the script, everything from visual [albeit clothed] references to anatomy to winking hints about "touching" inappropriately [some of which is during conversation about the 1800s manners vs. contemporary]; a brief inference is made about a man being a homosexual. Men take their shirts off, to which the ladies giggle over, and much ado is made about the male actors "romancing" the female clients – women wear low-cut gowns. A man attempts to take liberties with a woman [she pushes him away]. There may be one or two minor profanities. Austenland rates PG13.


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Rosalyn Best
Areas of practice
- Chronic Illness
- Death and Dying
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- Divorce and/or Separation
- Eldercare Issues
- Family Caregiver Stress
- Family Issues
- Grief and Loss - General
- Learning Disabilities
- Life Transitions
- Professional Burnout
- Retirement
- Women's Issues
Approaches used
- Adlerian Therapy
- Family Systems
- Family Therapy
- Group Therapy
- Mindfulness approaches
- Psycho-Educational Groups
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Vocational Counselling
Languages spoken
- French
Counselling practice website:rosbestcounselling.com
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Rosalyn Best, MoC, MEd, RCC, CAC.
Living lighter, one story at a time…
You're at a crossroads. You figured out a lot, you're older, wiser. But you weren't prepared for this bump in the road. It's complex. You feel stuck and maybe overwhelmed. You'd like support from a professional counsellor who will keep your confidence, listen deeply, and help you find your way even through this… I am that professional. In my practice we focus most on family issues, life transitions, burnout, chronic pain, and end of life concerns, all of which often come down to "Who am I now?" Here are some examples of areas we focus on in my practice:
Family Concerns
- You're the kind of person who doesn't let family down, but you're exhausted and there is no end in sight…
- You wonder if your own history is messing with your parenting/ relationship;
- Your spouse and you are separating, and you can't move past your own anger and tears. You're afraid. You want your hope back!
- You are grieving a private loss - the loss of a dream through circumstance, mental or physical health or disability, the inability to have children perhaps – but the subject is taboo with family and friends.
Retirement/ Life Transitions/ Professional Burnout
- You're fine. Kids are grown, the home is paid for. Change is upon you, you should be happy, but you're really scared: Who am I, without my career? Who are my people? What will my legacy be?
- You're not fine. You've lost your zest for life and dread going into work. You fight feelings of failure and panic, you really don't know what to do…
Grieving, illness, chronic pain, death
- It is really confusing. You feel dead inside, or you feel you're going crazy. You struggle with meaning, whose fault, your thoughts are like a tape loop, and you can't think straight about the topic.
- Nobody gets it; you feel you can't keep going to your friends with this, they just want to fix you and urge you to move on. They don't get it.
- You do not want to stay in this state, and want help.
I can help you get through. And yes, you will get through this.
I help clients with these and many other issues such as anxiety, depression, aging, job loss, thriving in the presence of disabilities, and identity issues. I am very comfortable with youth concerns as well.
What will therapy look like? Mostly, we'll talk, but may use drawing and painting, metaphors, dreams, movies, early recollections, and storytelling as well. For complex concerns, clients will want to sign on for as many as 10 weekly sessions or more to work through issues.
We can meet at either my South Vancouver home office, or the Vancouver Broadway office. There is plentiful parking. Both offices are located on official bike routes. Both offices are wheelchair accessible, however bathrooms are not fully wheelchair accessible in either.
About Ros
I am a Registered Clinical Counsellor, no.8656, and a Certified Adlerian Counsellor, no.8039. I completed my Master of Counselling Degree at the Adler School of Professional Psychology, a Diploma in Guidance Studies at the University of British Columbia, an earlier Master of Education at Simon Fraser University, and completed my Adlerian Certification at the Adler Centre in Vancouver.
This education framed for me the importance of the stories we tell about our lives, how these shape what we feel is possible, and how we understand belonging and success. Some of our stories served us well in the past, but are tripping us up currently. We're not stuck with our limiting old stories.
I came to counselling in as a second profession, in mid-life. Why? After many years of teaching French Immersion, I realized that I had shifted from wanting to impart knowledge and skills to youth, to wanting to accompany people as they struggle with big Life transitions and concerns.
My world got bigger and bigger, as each person shared with me their experience with life, big decisions, identity and diversity with me, and as I struggled with some changes in my own life (loss of a significant relationship in middle age; assisting a sibling with severe physical disabilities; supporting my parents as each aged well despite increasing memory loss; my own career changes).
I am truly honoured to be a witness to people's journeys, and help them make sense of their lives.
My Values in counselling and in Life
- Being present
- Acting with courage and integrity
- Knowing that Life can be better; Hope for personal growth
- Having respect for all the ways we come up with "who we are"
- Informed humility
I draw inspiration from such authors as Brené Brown (The Gifts of Imperfection and Daring Greatly), Sue Johnson (Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love), Martin Seligman (Flourish and Learned Optimism), Gordon Neufeld (Making Sense of Anxiety in Children and Youth), and Louann Brizendine (The Female Brain and The Male Brain).
The conferences that enriched me most were the Evolution of Psychotherapy (2009, 2013), where I heard Yalom, Seligman, Johnson, the Gottmans, Francine Shapiro, Kay Jamison, Diane Ackerman, Linehan, Padesky, three generations of Becks, Amen, and many, many more; Mindsight (Daniel Siegal); Mindfulness-Based Art Therapy (Margaret & Brian Callahan); NASAP; and the annual BC School Counsellors' Association, where I heard Stuart Shanker.
Getting Started
Please give me a call (778-834-1867) so we can have an initial conversation. If it seems like a good fit, we would schedule our first appointment. To save time in session, you could print off and fill in the Intake and Informed Consent Form on my website (rosbestcounselling.com), and we will go over that form during the first session.
At my Kent Street office, sessions are 60 minutes. At my (shared) Broadway office, sessions are 50 minutes.
Benefits and Risks of Therapy: According to research, counselling is at least as efficacious as doctor-prescribed medications in the treatment of depression and anxiety, but counselling benefits remain after treatment has concluded. You will feel heard and valued, your will catch up with your inner wisdom, you will sense a 'way forward' and feel less trapped, more at peace.
Counselling does require an investment of time, emotional energy, and finances; you may feel triggered, and feel worse before you feel better. It is important for us to consider if now is the right time for counselling. Also, clients should know that psychotherapy is contraindicated when the client is under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
We will review the limits of confidentiality – that I must reach out for help if you indicate the intention to harm yourself or others, that I must report suspected child or elder abuse, and that my notes can be subject to subpoena. All other communication shall be kept strictly confidential. If I am to collaborate with your doctor, I will need your written and specific permission. I do not join my clients on social media, in consideration of the limits of confidentiality.
Counselling Fee: Fee payment is accepted by cash, e-transfer, or cheque, payable to Rosalyn Best. Please be sure to avoid NSF cheques, as they will incur a $40 fee, in addition to the cost of the therapy. My rate for individual therapy is $130/50-60 minute hour. Family or couples counselling is $150/hour. Ask me about my Disability Rate. Cancellations must be made at least 24 hours before the scheduled session, or a $60 fee will be charged. Sessions cannot be extended due to late arrival; this would be unfair to the following client.
Scheduling Sessions: I offer Office Hours that accommodate people's work schedules on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday late afternoons and early evenings, and some Saturdays. Please indicate when booking your preference for the Kent Street or Broadway office. Established clients are welcome to book in person in advance, and use text or email to indicate scheduling problems. I will respond to emails or calls generally within 24 hours.
Client fee individuals:130 per 60 minute hour.


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"If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed."
-Attributed to Mark Twain
I used to really like TV news. Like, when I was 12, for some reason I really enjoyed catching the national news and finding out about international conflicts, political stuff, and things like that. Perhaps it was sparked by the general interest in news in the aftermath of September 11, when there were frequently international issues to report on and political decisions that affected millions of lives. That's pretty interesting stuff I think.
That phase didn't last forever, and between going to college in 2008, and going on a mission for two years for the LDS church in 2009, then returning to college in 2011, I really haven't gotten my news from "video" based sources, it's been all text through the internet (or through memes on Facebook.)
Taking a (minimum of a) 5 year absence from TV news makes it seem really weird whenever I happen to see it. I'm not just talking about the way they talk, but the content, depth, scope, and everything else just seems quirky.
Unfortunately, although I find it most obvious in news presented in an audio/visual format, the same quirks exist in all news-bringing mediums. Our professional news sources have reporters who aren't the most qualified in the topics they speak on, they don't have their incentives properly aligned, and consumers of the information demand the wrong stuff.
Unqualified Reporters
When I talk about reporters being unqualified, I'm not negating the skills they have. Nearly all of them are good at speaking or writing, or have a personality that can draw people in. They get hired for these skills, and they're (generally) good at their job (though I wish the people hired for speaking would find a new "news voice." I really don't like to listen to that.)
What they aren't qualified to do is speak on the subjects they report on. I mean, how could they? We need them to speak on everything from Giant Squid sightings to Middle Eastern culture and conflicts, to stock market fluctuations, to criminal activity, to community activities. We need intelligent economists, sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, chemical, biological, and physical scientists, and war strategists either rolled into one, or hired to do the work.
Unfortunately, it can be hard to find such professionals that are also good writers, and it seems that those capable of both skills often have other interests in mind for their careers.
Sometimes reporters will bring in professionals to help. They will either get research help, interview them, or have them form a panel of several experts. Unfortunately, this often doesn't work well either. The news company still controls the content provided (more on why that's trouble in a second,) the news company doesn't have a full view of the issues, and the final cut is rarely reviewed by the professionals before it gets published.
It also seems like lots of news firms do a poor job at finding which people are truly "professionals" as well. I suppose it's probably hard to get Nobel Price recipient Muhammad Yunus every time a news agency wants to do a story on micro-finance, or the Pope whenever Catholicism comes up. Still, grabbing any random person claiming to be gay to do a story on homosexuality rarely does the subject (or the people as a whole) justice.
But even when they land good professionals, they still have pressures that diminish their full positive effect.
Improper Incentives
News outlets are businesses, and as such they need to make money. This on its own isn't a problem, but their revenue model doesn't necessarily incentivize providing good news.
Their ability to make money comes from having lots of viewers to entice advertisers to buy airtime from them. I'll talk more about how the viewers play into this in a moment, but we can already see that if the viewers don't demand high quality, in-depth, and accurate news (and can tell the difference,) the news outlet isn't incentivized to provide it. At the other extreme, if viewers go so far as to demand low quality, shallow, and inaccurate news, we can comfortably bet that the news agency will provide it (see any "Red Top Tabloid.")
Another incentive issue is that even if the viewers demand good and accurate information, the punishments for delivering poor or inaccurate information is minimal. Little more gets done than a correction notice in some corner of a newspaper, or on a hidden link on the website, or perhaps never at all on TV news. News agencies do need to worry about libel, but those cases are hard to successfully pull through.
But as I mentioned above, we, as the consumers of the information, share the blame.
Consumer Demand
When I first wrote this post several months ago, I wrote the following.
Yes, those of us from the internet generation have a dismally short attention span, but even the TV viewing generation doesn't stay focused for long. Learning is hard, and sometimes boring, so why would we want to sit through an in-depth story when we could get a cheap sound-bite instead?
And why would we demand accurate news, when nearly-accurate news is more fun and interesting? After all, it's far more fun to talk about congress considering minting a platinum coin the size of a 747 rather than reporting the more accurate fact that the platinum coin could be as big or small as we like (that's part of the purpose of money. See this post from CGPGrey for more on what I'm talking about, and a play-by-play on a poorly done news story.)
But since then, I've had some more thoughts. Specifically, when I published my post on Ethics and Snowden, I figured it would be one of my least read and least interesting posts to date. It was super long (like, more than 13 pages if pasted into Word,) and it was an ethical analysis using frameworks I had learned in an ethics class. I didn't really write it with the intent to have people read it, I just wanted to actually come to some sort of decision as to what I thought about Snowden's actions (recognizing that I will be placed in ethically difficult decisions occasionally in my own life,) and making a blog post out of it was a good way to make sure I was reasonably thorough.
Well, instead of being my least read post, it became by far my most viewed post (with over 3 times my second most popular post: "In Defense of Modesty") as well as one of the most shared and commented post (the comments aren't in the post, they were attached to the link I posted on Facebook.) Like, even people that I don't personally know were reading it and sharing it. That was fun!
About a week later, I ran into this post from a freelance journalist in Syria:
Woman's Work by Francesca Borri
I highly recommend reading it if you haven't already. She talks about many of the struggles of being a freelance journalist in conflict areas, especially as she faces editors who want "blood, blood, blood" instead of deep, more complex and complete stories.
Why do these editors want "blood, blood, blood?" Because they think that's what their readers want. To be honest, I had fallen into a bit of that same trap myself, which is what let me to believe that Ethics and Snowden would be for my benefit only. But I think there's a large demand out there for more thought provoking and holistic information.
Even beyond these two articles, there are tons of subscribers to youtube channels like C.G.P. Grey, VlogBrothers, Sixty Symbols, Numberphile, 1Veratasium, Mental Floss, MinutePhysics, Crash Course, SciShow, and others. Although most of these are about science math rather than social issues, they do address social issues and often in deeper, more complete ways than I see through more traditional news agencies.
Perhaps such demand is a small minority, but I hope that the audience for honest, complete, and complex information is larger than the what the mainstream media seems to think, and with luck it's still growing.
Don't Listen To Me
Here's where I feel a bit like Jon Foreman from Switchfoot when he wrote the song "Adding to the Noise." I essentially nullified my own credibility as a blogger. Like news reporters I am also completely unqualified to talk about the issues I post (am I an expert on news? Heck no! Nor on game theory, international trade, human trafficking, ethics, or spiritual matters. Or anything.)
I am also poorly punished for spreading misinformation. The worst that has happened to me is comments on my blog pointing out alternative views or directing me to corrective information (I'm still working on a final post on Social Security. Hopefully the third time is a charm.)
But at least you can take comfort knowing that I'm not making money doing this. If anyone wants to give me money to do this, I'll happily write a blog post about how amazing that person is. It probably wont be true, but it will be glowing!
This paragraph is also from my original writings:
So be careful what you read. Even from "investigative" reporting. Real investigation is usually far too boring for public news outlets. That's what we have academic journals for (when was the last time you thumbed through one of those for a good time?)
So my thoughts now: real investigation is usually too boring for the editors of public news outlets. But is it really too boring for readers? Sometimes, but I think I can have more faith in my fellow-humankind than that.
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The days of dismissing curling primarily as a hobby are over, if in fact those days ever existed.
That's the view of Mike Moore, Bob Bellamy and about 183 other members of Mayfield Curling Club.
"Maybe people unaware of what the sport is thought or think that," Bellamy said. "But curling has been around for centuries, and it was also was featured in the Olympics in the '20s. How many hobbies make it to the Olympics?"
Bellamy, communications and media director of MCC in South Euclid, has a point.
Curling, which originated in Scotland, was first formally introduced at the 1924 Winter Olympic Games in Chamonix, France. The results were not considered official by the International Olympic Committee until 2006. Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1932 Games, and then again in 1988 and 1992. The sport was officially added in 1998.
The oldest, continuous curling club in the United States is in Milwaukee, opening in 1845.
Bellamy drives to the South Euclid club to curl two days a week, though his commute from Lakewood isn't as lengthy as other MCC members.
"Some members curl here seven days a week, driving up from as far as Canal Fulton (in Stark County)," he said. "Three people come in from the Pittsburgh area, and we had a guy before coming in from Erie. We have dedicated curling ice, one of few places in the regional area. It's a very spread-out sport, so to speak, whereas if you go up to Canada, you can spit and hit a curling club."
Bellamy has seen the sport grow, too, in his 12 years participating. Like figure skating and other Olympic sports, interest in curling tends to spike when the Olympics come around.
"Up until not 20 years ago, the sport was very concentrated in the upper Midwest — Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakotas. The Olympics have made it spread. There's an Orange County (California) Curling Club, a club in Scottsdale, Arizona, they're popping up like dandelions. You can probably curl every weekend of the year in the United States right now at a bonspiel (tournament)."
Moore, who's been curling since he was a child, agreed with Bellamy, noting that when enthusiasts moved from Midwest curling hubs like Minneapolis, for example, to other parts of the county, they took the sport with them, introducing it to new communities.
"The number of clubs has probably doubled," Moore said. "With so much opportunity for people to actually try it, curling became more and more popular. And seeing the sport on TV has heightened interest even more.
"In the past, I've brought people out curling who are D-1 athletes or really fit and it doesn't matter if you're football player or a soccer player. Some people figure it out, some don't. There's a different aspect athletically, not just straight-lined power. But because of that, anyone can learn. It's an athletic event, I mean, with professional tours. It's not just 'shuffleboard on ice.' "
This year, Bellamy and Moore believe exposure of curling will increase with the addition of mixed doubles to the Olympic Games, in addition to the men's and women's categories.
With the Olympics serving as the ultimate showcase for the sport, competition on the international scale piqued interest as well as curling's television ratings, which Moore said falls second only to figure skating.
"It consistently draws large numbers every Games," he added. "And the largest change has been directly because of the coverage. Multiple world governments and the United States Olympic Committee got serious about curling when very few countries could compete with Canada. If they wanted to medal, they had to figure out expanding participation. That, in itself, was a big factor that grew the sport.
"With four people on a team (with one alternate), those four people now have become four athletes," Moore said. "The level of fitness has changed."
Bellamy concurred.
"It used to be a social activity for golfers here when the seasons changed," he said of MCC, which will mark its 56th anniversary this year. "Everyone who curled was a golfer. Now, maybe one percent of the curling club is a golf member. It's truly become, overall, nationally, a sport as opposed to a social activity.
"My initial thought watching it on the Olympics way back then was, 'Oh, I can do that.' I was a bowler and a softball pitcher and believed it to be the same thing, the same motions. Coming out on the ice for the first 1,000 times, I was like, 'That's the most unnatural thing I've ever tried in my life.' So, it looks easy, but it's really finesse, balance and a lot of strategy."
Combatting the shuffleboard/bowling league dismissals, and due to its strategy, curling has taken on a more refined reference: chess on ice.
"It can be an equal playing field, too," Bellamy said. "Years ago, we went out to Northern California and we ended up in the first event semifinals skipping a team against Debbie McCormick, who'd won the Worlds, and here's me, a schlub, who'd been curling for four or five years, and I'm, and I use the term loosely, at equal level with her as far as the tournament goes. We lost, but that's an incredible thing to sit there against a former world champion and Olympian. You don't get that in other sports, really. You take your five-man basketball crew against the Dream Team, and it's over in eight seconds."
Even with accessibility established, and the sport growing and gaining new fans and participants alike, Moore and Bellamy know curling will always go unnoticed by some.
"There are natural reasons for that," Bellamy said. "True, you can't drive by curling sheets like a softball field or golf course, but there's no doubt it's on the radar, culturally. A lot of people want to try it when they see it, unlike many other sports. I've never had a thought to go out and (snow) board while watching those guys. That's the beauty and frustration of curling. It looks easy, but it isn't. I mean, (running) the 100 meters looks easy. That doesn't mean you don't train to get good at it or that everyone can do it."
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Dr. Lawyer Maurice Ampaw, a private legal practitioner has called on Ghanaians to vote the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) led by President John Dramani Mahama out of power come 2016, saying he is not ordained by God to rule the nation.
The renowned legal practitioner noted that the incompetency of President Mahama's administration has had a great effect on the economy, saying that is why he and some of his Ministers are performing poorly.
Speaking in an interview with The New Crusading GUIDE at his residence in Accra yesterday, the Lawyer stated that the Article 6 of the 1992 constitution allows a political party to stay in power for only two terms that's eight (8), saying that the NDC Government led by President John Mahama does not deserve to remain in office in 2017.
According to him, no political party must rule for more than eight years so as to avert the winnertakes- all and a likely one party system in Ghana.
"Anybody who was born to become a leader is ordained by God, but John Mahama was not born to be president and that's why he can't handle the economy well and that had corrupted some of his ministers and appointees," Dr Ampaw observed.
He stated that former president jerry john Rawlings and his NDC was voted out of power in 2000 as well as former president john Agyekum Kufuor and his NPP in 2012 and therefore called on Ghanaians to continue with such a tradition come 2016 by voting him out of power.
"President Mahama should contest as an independent presidential candidate in the 2016 general elections if he still want to remain in power in 2017" Lawyer Ampaw stated.
The current woes of country would deepen if they Ghanaians unfortunately vote for president Mahama and his NDC come 2016.
Lawyer Ampaw hinted that President Mahama incompetency has had effect on his ministerial appointments, saying that has led to the current huge challenges facing the nation.
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Major/Stream Overview
This major/stream is part of a larger course. Information is specific to the major/stream, please refer to the course for more information.
The Clinical Nursing Major, with specialist streams in Intensive Care Nursing, Coronary Care Nursing, High Dependency Nursing, Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing, Emergency Nursing, Acute Care Nursing, Perioperative Nursing, Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing, Plastics and Burns Practice, Wound, Ostomy and Continence Practice, Primary Health Care and Community Nursing, and Child and Adolescent Health Nursing, is designed to provide the theoretical foundations of nursing science, together with the clinical knowledge and skills associated with the major stream of the major. A significant component of the major is conducted in a health care institution. It focuses on the development of clinical leadership, promotion and integration of evidence-based nursing practice in each of the streams to foster the development of graduates consistent with the profile of the nurse specialist, offering the advanced-level nurse further clinical skills and an opportunity to extend career options. The following specialist streams are offered via Curtin Bentley: Acute Care Nursing, Child and Adolescent Health Nursing, Coronary Care Nursing, Emergency Nursing, High Dependency Nursing, Intensive Care Nursing, Perioperative Nursing, Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing, Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing, Perioperative Nursing and Primary Health Care and Community Nursing. The following specialist stream is offered via Curtin Singapore only: Wound, Ostomy and Continence Practice.
Professional Recognition
Eligible registered nurses may be able to use successful completion of this major as evidence for professional recognition, for example by the Western Australian Department of Health (Certificate Allowance).
Major/Stream Entry and Completion Details
Applicants must hold a bachelor or graduate degree in nursing with a minimum course weighted average (greater than 70 percent) and registration as a comprehensive or general nurse in Division One with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA). Prospective applicants should have a minimum of 12 months experience in a specialist area of practice, and must be concurrently employed in an approved area, working a minimum of 24 hours per week. Curtin Singapore applicants must hold a bachelor degree and (Graduate Diploma with a course weighted average of 70) and must be recognised by Curtin University, AND registration as a registered nurse with the Singapore Nursing Board.
Major Entry/Completion Note
This major is not available to international students studying in Australia on a study visa.
Major/Minor/Stream Organisation
Students need to stay in original stream as this is linked to the employment sector and scholarship. All focus on the development of leadership, critical thinking and clinical decision making. All streams incorporate an individual research project which students will complete under the guidance of one of Curtin's experienced staff.
Major/Stream Learning Outcomes
A graduate of this course can:
1. analyse critically, and evaluate advanced concepts of specialty nursing practice; integrate expert knowledge and integrated understanding to demonstrate competency at a level in accordance with specialty competency standards
2. critically analyse, reflect on and synthesise the environmental, physical and psychosocial aspects of the individual for effective clinical decision making; recognise own abilities and level of professional competence
3. investigate, analyse and synthesise complex evidence and scientific literature to inform decision making in specialty practice
4. integrate advanced communication skills within a legal and ethical framework related to complex clinical issues in area of specialty; interpret and transmit knowledge, skills and ideas to specialist and non-specialist audiences
5. effectively anticipate, plan for and use complex technology applications relevant to specialty practice
6. integrate autonomous, expert judgement, adaptability and responsibility as a lifelong learner in specialty practice; participate in research and critically appraise research findings and incorporate evidence based knowledge into clinical practice
7. critically appraise, evaluate and incorporate national and global health issues and strategic health care directions into specialty nursing practice
8. incorporate culturally aware and respectful specialty care to multicultural groups and indigenous communities
9. incorporate advanced theoretical and specialist knowledge and judgment, including advanced leadership and autonomy into specialty practice; work professionally in specialty practice demonstrating expert judgement, leadership and independence as a nurse in area of specialty; act as an experienced positive role model to peers and other members of the healthcare team
Duration and Availability
This major is not available to international students studying in Australia on a student visa. The streams under this Major can only be undertaken on a part-time basis as there are concurrent employment requirements relevant to each of the discipline specialities. It is recommended that students undertake 1-2 units of study per semester. This is necessary to accommodate the employment requirements in the relevant discipline specialty to achieve clinical competency. Students have the option of either internal or online study modes. For further information, please refer to the stream or steams relevant to your interest.
|Course Structure
|Year 1
|Intensive Care Nursing Stream (M ClinNurs)
|Acute Care Nursing Stream (M ClinNurs)
|Wound, Ostomy and Continence Practice Stream (M ClinNurs)
|Primary Health Care and Community Nursing Stream (MSc Clinical)
|Child and Adolescent Health Nursing Stream (M ClinNurs)
|Paediatric Intensive Care Nursing Stream (M ClinNurs)
|Perioperative Nursing Stream (M ClinNurs)
|High Dependency Nursing Stream (M ClinNurs)
|Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing Stream (M ClinNurs)
|Coronary Care Nursing Stream (M ClinNurs)
|Emergency Nursing Stream (M ClinNurs)
|Plastics and Burns Practice Nursing Stream (M ClinNurs)
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International students studying in Australia on a student visa can only study full-time and there are also specific entry requirements that must be met. As some information contained in this publication may not be applicable to international students, refer to international.curtin.edu.au for further information. Australian citizens, permanent residents and international students studying outside Australia may have the choice of full-time, part-time and external study, depending on course availability and in-country requirements.


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