Presentations

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Rural Women’s Life-career Patterns across the Lifespan
Blythe Shepard, Ph.D
How do rural women explore their options, plan their directions, and enter and progress in their chosen life-career paths?
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Adolescents Storying of Possible Selves and Health Behaviour
Blythe Shepard, Ph.D
Objectives: To elicit stories of future selves, ascertain content categories of possible selves and to assess the perceived efficacy and outcome expectancy of possible selves.
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Creating Selves in a Rural Community
Blythe Shepard, Ph.D
8 young women, aged 17-19 from a small village in the interior of BC take part in the Possible Selves Mapping interview.
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Person, Place, and Perception in Paths to the Future
Meg Kapil
Adolescent Self-Concept, Sense of Community, and Possible Selves in a Rural Context.
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The Perspectives of Rural Youth in BC
Blythe Shepard, Ph.D & Research Team
What are the life-career issues, supports, challenges and barriers for youth in small and rural communities? What has helped and will help youth to access the supports and to address the challenges and barriers?
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The Voice of the Earth: Connecting with Nature as a Pathway to Resilience
Dr Blythe Shepard With the Youth of Kaslo
Youth developed Future Bound: A Lifeworks Expedition Workshop for Rural Youth which they co-facilitated with me Funding provided by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
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Unheard Voices: The Working Lives of Rural Women
Dr Blythe Shepard
"Being poor in rural Canada means more than just not having enough. It also means having to travel long distances to get enough." (p. 52)
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Bridge to the Future: Life-Career Activities for Middle and High School Students
Dr Blythe Shepard
Stories establish your identity and reveal your personality. Stories help you know yourself and build confidence.
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