Letter to the Editor.

In this letter, D. E. Berlyne, President of the Canadian Psychological Association, explains the organization's decision to co-sponsor the 1972 Survey of Psychologists in the United States and Canada. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Perspectives on bilingual education in canada.

Bilingual education is considered in the context of education as a whole and of communication between people of different languages. It is argued that bilingualism cannot be legislated and that the importance of language in the Canadian French-English question has been overestimated. The schools, teachers, and students are considered in relation to an educational programme for bilingualism. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Review of Women and the chip: Case studies of the effect of informatics on employment in Canada.

Reviews the book, Women and The Chip: Case Studies of the Effect of Informatics on Employment in Canada by Heather Menzies (1981). Women and the Chip looks at the effects that the new technology of informatics (the marriage of computers and telecommunications) is having and will continue to have on the structure of the labour force-particularly women. The changing employment patterns and practices related to this new technology will change many jobs and eliminate many others as office work becomes as automated as car assembly was in years past. To help the reader develop an appreciation of the scope of this change four major case studies are presented: a large corporate head office, a major insurance company, chartered banks, and supermarkets (all industries with a heavy concentration of women employees). The book is well written, well organized, thorough and informative "Blueprint for the future". The book should be read by everyone out of general interest, but especially for psychologists involved with vocational planning and decision making. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Editorial

Ozone applications in Canada began in 1954 and have shown continuous growth with the largest installation at the Charles des Baillets drinking water plant in the city of Montreal. Many systems have been installed for treatment of swimming pools, odor control and, in particular, cooling towers. One of the world's largest cooling tower applications is at the Alberta Natural Gas Plant. The use of ozone is expected to continue to grow.     

加拿大“注册教育储蓄计划(RESP)”简介——大学教育的资金准备

介绍了加拿大政府发展高等教育的关键策略·推行RESP。即通过家长为子女逐年储蓄,政府逐年奖励,指定组织经营,最终利用资金增值解决孩子明天的大学教育经费,培养人才     

Review of Suicide in Canada.

Reviews the book, Suicide in Canada, edited by Antoon A. Leenaars, Susanne Wenckstern, Isaac Sakinofsky, Ronald J. Dyck, Michael J. Kral, and Roger C. Bland (1998). This book is a major volume dedicated to an acute public health phenomenon in Canada. The book is divided into nine sections. Although there is overlap among the sections, they retain distinctions that warrant their separation. The sections (history; epidemiology and the Canadian scene; theory and research; first nations and Inuit; family, community, and government approaches; youth suicide, schools, and communities; distress centers; survivors; the right to die) are laid out in a logical order. The volume is appealing for its use of chapters that vary from being very formal and research focused, to those that are highly experiential and voiced in the first person. Taken as a whole, this book on suicide in Canada has much to commend it. Although one might argue that any given book might better focus on either a more scholarly, research orientation, or a more experiential, qualitative viewpoint, this reviewer did not find the mixture of approaches in this work disquieting. Given the timeliness and enduring importance of the topic, it can be said that Suicide in Canada will be the book on the topic for the foreseeable future. Indeed, given the scope and depth of the book, it is a landmark edition for future Canadian suicidologists. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

A survey of Legionella pneumophila in water in 12 Canadian cities

A survey of 12 cities across Canada was conducted in order to determine the prevalence of Legionella species in potable water and cooling tower water within buildings. Legionellae were detected in 11.9% of the samples overall: 6.7% from potable water sources and 28.9% from cooling tower water. The maximum concentration of the organism was 45,000 l⁻¹ in one shower-water sample by culture methods. A significant difference in the isolation rate of Legionella pneumophila among cities was observed. The organism was isolated from waters at a temperature of 15–41°C and was most frequently isolated in the 20–29°C range. The concentration of free and total available chlorine in the water was not associated with legionellae recovery except that the organisms were never recovered when the free available chlorine residual exceeded 7.5 mg l⁻¹. Although L. pneumophila were in low concentrations or absent in most samples, the isolated organisms were usually serogroups 1 or 6, the same serogroups that are most often implicated in legionellosis cases in Canada.     

Experimental heat transfer in supercritical water flowing inside channels (survey)

This literature survey is for heat transfer to supercritical water flowing in channels. The objectives are to assess the work that was done and to understand the specifics of heat transfer at these conditions. Our exhaustive literature search, which included over 450 papers, showed that the majority of experimental data were obtained in vertical tubes, some data in horizontal tubes and just a few in other flow geometries including bundles. In general, the experiments showed that there are three heat transfer modes in fluids at supercritical pressures: (1) normal heat transfer, (2) deteriorated heat transfer with lower values of the heat transfer coefficient (HTC) and hence higher values of wall temperature within some part of a test section compared to those of normal heat transfer and (3) improved heat transfer with higher values of the HTC and hence lower values of wall temperature within some part of a test section compared to those of normal heat transfer. The deteriorated heat transfer usually appears at high heat fluxes and lower mass fluxes. Also, a peak in HTC near the critical and pseudo-critical points was recorded. Due to the limited number of publications that are devoted to heat transfer in bundles cooled with water at supercritical pressures, more work is definitely needed to provide the additional information for design purposes.     

Review of Child sexual abuse: Critical perspectives on prevention, intervention, and treatment.

Reviews the book, Child sexual abuse: Critical perspectives on prevention, intervention, and treatment edited by Christopher R. Bagley and Ray J. Thomlison (1991). This book is a compilation of a series of literature reviews originally commissioned by Health and Welfare Canada in 1987 and completed in 1988. The individual papers included in this edited version represent a cross section of Canadian academicians, clinicians, and case workers who are integrally involved in the policies and practices regarding child sexual abuse in Canada. The work provides a comprehensive perspective on prevention at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. The list of authors is impressive in terms of their expertise and experience. At a time when numerous books on child sexual abuse are appearing on the market, it is nice to see a book that has some unusual aspects. Aside from its distinctly Canadian perspective, the book addresses several important, yet frequently ignored, topics. The book provides an up-to-date review of several core issues: conceptualization of the problem, prevention strategies, impact of sexual abuse, investigative interviewing, treatment outcome studies, and treatment issues for child molesters. The more unique topics include a review of the strategies used to evaluate prevention programs, prevalence rates among a number of special populations, the role of medical practitioners in preventing and intervening in child sexual abuse, and sexual abuse and exploitation among disabled individuals. Overall, I can recommend this book for clinicians and researchers in Canada and elsewhere who are interested in child sexual abuse. This compilation of literature reviews highlights the leading role that Canadian social service agencies have taken in developing programs for sexually abused children and their families. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

"Network interference and number-fact retrieval: Evidence from children's alphaplication": Erratum.

Reports an error in "Network interference and number-fact retrieval: Evidence from children's alphaplication" by D. Jeffrey Graham and Jamie I. Campbell (Canadian Journal of Psychology Revue Canadienne de Psychologie, 1992[Mar], Vol 46[1], 65-91). Figure 1 was inadvertently omitted. Reprints of this article, available from the authors, will include this figure. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 1992-42555-001.) Investigated the origins of several phenomena of number-fact retrieval by asking 45 children (aged 8 yrs 2 mo to 10 yrs 7 mo) to memorize alphaplication facts (arithmetic-like memory items composed of letters instead of numbers). Ss' performance in the task showed paralleled aspects of simple arithmetic performance. There was a strong performance advantage for tie over nontie problems on both reaction time (RT) and errors. Specific errors frequently involved operand-related answers. Correct RTs and error rates across problems were closely linked. Correct answers to poorly learned problems tended to be the most common error responses. Performance was not as good for problems that were introduced later in the learning sequence. Results support the network-interference approach to number-fact retrieval of J. I. Campbell and D. J. Graham (see record 1986-16912-001). (French abstract) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)