Faculty & Staff News President Bruce Fawcett’s (’88) article “Momentum in the Midst” was published in the spring 2021 edition of CCCU Advance and his article (co-written with L.J. Francis and Ursula McKenna) “Sustaining young Canadian Baptists in the faith: Exploring the connection between religious affect and parental religious attendance” was published in the Journal of Research on Christian Education. Dr. Fawcett has also been elected to serve as Vice Chair of the Board of Christian Higher Education Canada and continues to serve as an member of the editorial board of the journal Rural Theology. Dr. Sylvia Findlay was invited as the Guest Speaker for KHOJ-Research and Innovation Bootcamp. Aeon, the Incubation Centre of Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University, launched its first-ever research Bootcamp. The title of her presentation was “Introduction to Business Research.” Dr. Dieu Hack-Polay published three COVID-19-related management articles: “Who’s more vulnerable? A Generational Investigation of COVID-19 Perceptions’ Effect on Organisational Citizenship Behaviours in the MENA Region: Job Insecurity, Burnout and Job Satisfaction as Mediators” and “No one is safe! But who’s more susceptible? Locus of control moderates pandemic perceptions’ effects on job insecurity and psychosocial factors amongst MENA hospitality frontliners: A PLS-SEM approach” were published in BMC Public Health, and “Pandemic pains to Instagram gains! COVID-19
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perceptions’ effects on behaviours towards fashion brands on Instagram in Sub-Saharan Africa: Tech-native vs non-native generations” in Journal of Marketing Communications. Dr. Cathlene Hillier published two articles, one titled “Mind the gaps: Examining youth’s reading, math and science skills across northern and rural Canada” in Rural Sociology and the other titled “A seasonal comparison of the effectiveness of parent engagement on student literacy achievement” in the Canadian Journal of Education. She also presented two papers at the Canadian Sociological Association Conference at Congress of the Humanities, one titled “Does location matter?: Northern and rural differences in youth’s reading, math, and science skills in Canada’s provinces” and the other titled “‘Mideo’ games and learning apps: Children’s agency in technology use at home and schools.” The latter led to an interview with the Moncton Times and Transcript (article: “Education experts: Kids should play a bigger role in their own learning” by Derek Haggett). Dr. Hillier is also a recipient of a SSHRC Insight Development Grant for which she is the primary investigator. Along with her co-investigator, Dr. Jessica Rizk (University of Waterloo), she will be examining technology use amongst children, families, and schools in New Brunswick and Ontario. Dr. Hillier has also started a Robotics Club with BEd students and Dr. Tye Campbell.
Shelly Lyons (’07), Program Administrator and part-time faculty member for Professional Programs, has received a $15,000 graduate student scholarship funded by the British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training. This scholarship is provided as part of BC’s commitment to encourage excellence in BC’s research-based graduate programs and should support about twelve months of Shelly’s ongoing doctoral studies at Royal Roads University in Victoria, BC. Shelly also presented a paper titled “Beyond a leap of faith: Fostering leadership spirituality in the workplace” at the 2021 Royal Roads University Doctoral Conference which has also been published in the conference proceedings. Professor Robert MacDonald and Marketing and Communications Associate Frannie Branswell (’20) presented original research in human resource management at the 2021 North American Case Research Association Conference (held virtually October 15-16). Their graphic case study “The Monkey’s Breaking the Law? Exploring Employee Relations in the Midst of Interpersonal Conflict” received the “Special Award for Innovation in Case Writing.” Dr. Sam Reimer’s article “Political Tolerance in Canada: Are religious Canadians and Americans more intolerant?” will soon be published in an upcoming issue of Canadian Review of Sociology.
