Most Popular Books by Janet Wilson

The boyhood of a famous newspaper correspondent of World War II. The bravery and simplicity he displayed in childhood were reflected in his adult years.

Ten profiles of amazing young environmental activists. Each child is captured in a portrait, their achievements described, and filled out with photos. Ends with tips for kids to make a difference.

In this book, Suanna Wilson provides a comprehensive overview of student supervision written directly for agency administrators as well as school faculty involved in field instruction. Based on her rich knowledge and extensive professional experience, she offers specific guidelines and directions for successful field placement, including interviewing and assigning students, monitoring and assessing their performance, analyzing and addressing the common needs and anxieties of both students and instructors, and much more. She also examines the characteristics of the accreditation process, the role and responsibilities of the school and the agency, and the legal aspects of field instruction itself. In addition, Appendices highlight typical problem situations encountered in student supervision and offer performance evaluation exercises, group training exercises, case examples and samples of documents useful in field instruction.

The true story of Shannen Koostachin and the people of Attawapiskat First Nation, a native Cree community in Northern Ontario, who have been fighting for a new school since 1979 when a fuel spill contaminated their original school building. Shannen''s fight took her all the way to Parliament Hill and was taken up by children around the world. Shannen’s dream continues today with the work of the Shannen''s Dream organization and those everywhere who are fighting for the rights of Aboriginal children.

From Simon & Schuster, Confidentiality in Social Work is Suanna J. Wilson''s exploration of the issues and principles of social work. As described by Social Thought, Confidentiality in Social Work "clearly demonstrates that all of us—practitioners, supervisors, administrators, researchers, and academicians—have neglected the issue of confidentiality, and that we must now take prompt, careful action."

Written in 1954 and published in 1981, this fascinating study remains authoritative as an account of a body of opinion about women’s nature and role that was in vogue in America during the first half-century after independence. Combining intellectual and social history, this work was one of numerous attempts being made at the time to add depth to American social history dealing with women and women’s experiences before feminism. The author explores British sources of American thought as well, presenting an early comparative history, and offers a focus on religion to show how processes of change to ideas about women occurred.

It all began one hot summer Monday morning in the West Indies, on a little island, Audrey woke up, did her exercise, showered,, styled her hair, applied makeup to her face and walked downstairs to prepare breakfast for herself and family, usually, herself and her mother, She was right on time, on schedule, for a new day as every minute mattered, they sat and scanned through the morning paper and chatted briefly over breakfast which was consistently buttered toast, orange juice, soft boil eggs and tea with milk and sugar...as she cleared the table the phone rang, her relief receptionist had called to say she would not be at work that day, because of the party they hosted the night before, she was feeling ill, repeating several times that the food from the Chinese caterers were having a bad effect on her and she had already left a message for the administration office at the company, the morning continued as Audrey, got dressed for work and wore her favorite color uniform, black pleated skirt and white shirt with her sheer black stockings and black pumps., she bid her mother goodbye.

A practical guide for those who work with the bereaved in a variety of settings, from nurses and social workers to volunteers. Covering ethics, cultural issues and support networks, an essential text for those seeking to build understanding and skills in order to offer better support to the dying and the bereaved.

Severn Suzuki''s speech at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio caught the attention of the world. As the daughter of environmentalist David Suzuki, Severn''s concern for the environment was fueled by a trip to the Amazon rainforest at age nine. Back home in Vancouver, she and her friends started ECO, the Environmental Children''s Organization, combining their efforts to raise enough money to travel to Rio. They couldn''t have imagined the effect they would have on the adults gathered there. More than twenty years later, Severn''s speech continues to receive thousands of hits on YouTube. Severn''s story is about the power that children have to create change when they work together, and how their voices can stand out above the politics and cynicism of adults.

At the age of five years, for the first time she went to live with her family, all of whom were complete strangers to her. For the following ten years she was systematically abused by both parents. For short periods she went back into care but not for her own safety as the abuse was always kept secret.

This book addresses the developmental needs of preterm infants and psychosocial needs of families, focusing on the underlying rationale, design, and implementation of appropriate interventions. Medical, educational, and environmental issues are discussed in a highly readable format, as the book also includes examples, practice exercises, and substantial reference lists for those wishing to gather additional information regarding a particular area.

This volume examines the evolution of the concept of diaspora since the advent of Diaspora Studies in the 90s, specifically vis-à-vis other concepts: transnationalism, cosmopolitanism, creolization. The essays depict the discontinuities of diasporic experience, but also its ongoing negotiations. Building on transatlantic, gender studies and queer theory, they address the theoretical turn when sexual difference is taken into account and gender troubled. Allying theory and case studies, covering diasporas as diverse as the African, Caribbean, Palestinian, South and South-East Asian diasporas, the dispersion of Romas, the spaces of the Indian Ocean, South Africa and New Zealand, this volume promotes another diasporic model: multidirectional, plural and global. It finds in literature and film tools to think the ‘super-diversity’ and the contradictions of our global world. Ce volume est un état des lieux de l’évolution du concept de diaspora depuis l’avènement des études diasporiques dans les années quatre-vingt-dix, et plus particulièrement, de son questionnement face à d’autres concepts : transnationalisme, cosmopolitisme et créolisation. Il décrit les discontinuités de l’expérience diasporique, mais également les négociations en cours. Fort de l’apport des études transatlantiques, de genre et de la théorie queer, il rend compte de l’infléchissement théorique lorsque le sexe est pris en compte ou que le genre se trouble. Alliant théorie et analyse de cas, recouvrant des diasporas aussi diverses que la diaspora africaine, caribéenne, palestinienne, de l’Asie du sud et du sud-est, le déplacement des Roms, les espaces de l’Océan indien, l’Afrique du Sud et la Nouvelle-Zélande, il promeut un autre modèle diasporique : multidirectionnel, pluriel et global. Il trouve dans la littérature et dans le cinéma des outils pour penser « l’extrême diversité » et les contradictions de notre mondialisation.

"This study discusses Adcock as a writer who draws on her experiences of dislocation in order to position herself between cultures. It relocates her work within the postwar British poetic mainstream by emphasizing that her radically displaced feminized consciousness can be identified as metonymic of national and cultural differences." "Janet Wilson argues that diasporic voices such as hers, which renegotiate boundaries between self and other, although originating from white settler colonies like New Zealand, now belong to multicultural Britain. Her close readings of Adcock''s verse in terms of its ironic double vision, focus on the blend of classical restraint, wit, and humour in relation to her complex revaluation of the diasporic imaginary of the exile. In arguing that Adcock''s personal mythology - based on her divided nationality and gendered consciousness - separates her from modernist exile writers like James Joyce and her fellow expatriate Katherine Mansfield, and aligns her with contemporary, transnational figures like the New Zealand writer Janet Frame, the Australian-born poet Peter Porter, and V.S. Naipaul, Wilson claims that hers is a voice for our times."--BOOK JACKET.

Janet Wilson shows how to create a stunning series of decorative pictures and cards using Victorian, Celtic and contemporary themes. Combining tracing, paper piercing, embossing, stippling, and cutwork techniques on paper, she shows how to build up borders of flowers and leaves, and how to produce delicately pierced pictures and paper lace.