Papers by Anna Rozwadowska
Mind Cafe
Modern day culture is one of taking rather than giving. It's prevalence can be seen on a daily le... more Modern day culture is one of taking rather than giving. It's prevalence can be seen on a daily level, where consumption is still the dominant modus operandi and individual choices are steered towards individual outcomes, to large scale problems such as overpopulation that depend on individual choices to procreate or not. Yet most of life is thought about independently and for the self, rather than a collective evolution, which we need in our society to truly ascertain evolution and practice consciousness. "The greatest force of personal liberation is the decision to widen our circle of compassion, moving from focus on self to focus on service."-Marianne Williamson Giving, in particular, is lacking today. We are socially conditioned from an early age to think about ourselves and our ideals instead of the social good and commonality. This is not the individual's fault. We are brought up this way. This begins in childhood and is prevalent throughout the core of one's life, because indeed we are individuals with individual choices to make. Yet, this heavy burden does not have to be a mechanism for inaction on a collective level, rather it should be an impetus towards collective action, which can include anything from donations, to volunteering, writing about the collective, strengthening communities, tying our individual fingers to the proverbial string of mass consciousness, and more. Carl Jung, the famous Swiss psychoanalyst who was Sigmund Freud's protégé, took the concept of the superego even further. Accordingly, "the belief in the universal consciousness was the central difference between him and Freud, which permanently separated the two" (The Great Courses Daily). It was Jung that introduced the different parts of the self: The ego, superego, and id. According to Jung "We carry the memories of our ancestors in our subconscious. We use this collective unconscious to assign structure and meaning to the world." (The Great Course Daily)
Predict, 2019
Regardless of one's belief system, scientific breakthroughs and the greatest minds of our century... more Regardless of one's belief system, scientific breakthroughs and the greatest minds of our century have recognized that 'there is more than meets the eye,' in Science, in the Universe, in technology and in the future.
The StartUp, 2019
While the focus is on the collective and collective advancements in the 21st Century, many of his... more While the focus is on the collective and collective advancements in the 21st Century, many of his predecessors and in fact many people need space and time alone in order to map out some of the best ideas, whether they are about space or advancements in art, engineering, writing and more.
Predict, 2018
There is an increasing global recognition that every life form on our planet lives and operates e... more There is an increasing global recognition that every life form on our planet lives and operates enmeshed within a complex web of entanglements, that affect every other life form (Rupert Sheldrake’s Morphogenetic Field Resonance), and the 1970’s research of James Lovelock Hypothesis on the Gaia Principle (demonstrated to this day by global Shamanic traditions), shows that the world, in fact no human nor living thing operates in a vacuum.
Much of what we still know about this complex interdependence is limited. In recognizing this, is the medical field finally able to acknowledge the existence of unbeknownst information, perhaps even that which can explain spontaneous remissions and near death experiences?
Social sciences research can be used to explore topics that deal with the social world and the me... more Social sciences research can be used to explore topics that deal with the social world and the meanings that people attach to phenomena. Researchable topics may include motivations, barriers and incentives to adopting behaviours or engaging in activities, individual and social behaviours, actions and decision-making processes. The use of social sciences research is widespread and common within disciplines such as sociology, environmental studies, geography, anthropology, psychology and economics.
The be a person of integrity means learning that the laws of nature, the laws of life will not es... more The be a person of integrity means learning that the laws of nature, the laws of life will not escape you, that you are not insurmountable, at the same time, reaching for the stars in a space of dignity, truth and recognition of the self.
Publishous, 2018
Now, we have a very real example of success redefined. Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist, and psych... more Now, we have a very real example of success redefined. Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, who also worked with Sigmund Freud, said that “The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.” (Jung, C. G. (1933). Modern Man in Search of a Soul. New York: Harvest.) Being successful or talented doesn’t consist of any specific thing unless meaning can be found within it. Therefore, anything can be a measure of success in the proper context, even the smallest of acts. In a state of higher consciousness and awareness, which we are being called to enter and embody in the latter part of the 21st Century, success is redefined, especially if it is powered by the heart, mind and Spirit. This is a holistic and complementary view that takes into account prominent psychology and spirituality that underpins the foundation of our systemic knowledge of ‘the self.’
Protected Areas and Poverty Reduction Alliance, 2011
The Protected Areas and Poverty Reduction Canada-Africa Research and Learning Alliance (PAPR) see... more The Protected Areas and Poverty Reduction Canada-Africa Research and Learning Alliance (PAPR) seeks to address the challenges of reducing rural poverty and ensuring environmental sustainability through a focus on protected areas (PAs) and adjacent communities in Canada, Tanzania and Ghana. The project aims to support innovative research and learning in four areas: 1) maximizing the delivery of equitable benefits from PAs; 2) better managing human-wildlife interactions; 3) re-conceptualizing and improving PA governance; and 4) mobilizing knowledge between academic researchers, community organizations, PA visitors, and managers.
This report is based on the Protected Areas and Poverty Reduction Case Study Guide (draft 3.4) and uses headings and a format suggested by that Guide. The research findings are presented in Sections II and III, which correspond to two main sections of the Case Study Guide: the PAPR Case Study Checklist and Guiding Questions.
The Checklist portion of the Guide provides a set of core questions that should be examined in every PAPR case study, and the Guiding Questions go into much more depth on each of the four themes of the project. One of the main aims of using the Case Study Guide and formatting case study reports like this one according to that Guide is to facilitate comparative research across the study sites by providing a common framework.
Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) related to protected areas (PAs) originated i... more Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) related to protected areas (PAs) originated in the 1980‟s in Zimbabwe, Africa, in the buffer zone communities of Africa‟s National Parks. CBNRM attempted to address the problems associated with colonial,
protectionist style „fence and guns‟ conservation management approaches, which excluded resource-based communities from conservation areas.
CBNRM attempts to meet the biodiversity conservation objectives of conservation areas, and the sustainable development and livelihood
objectives of neighbouring communities. While CBNRM initiatives have been well documented internationally over the past decades, little is known about the status of CBNRM within Canada.
In order to bridge this knowledge gap and to link trends in conservation and protected areas management internationally to Canada and to British Columbia (BC), this thesis examines the potential for community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) affiliated with BC's
Protected Area System. “Potential” is determined by comparing the situation in BC to the international CBNRM experience.
The study draws on a sample of Conservancies from the categories of the BC Protected Area (PA) System, focusing particularly on the nine Sea-to-Sky Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP) Area Conservancies and neighbouring First Nations communities: Squamish,
L‟il‟wat and In-SHUCK-ch. Information has been obtained through interviews (guided by semistructured questionnaires) conducted with BC government informants and First Nations
representatives, supplemented by key documents. The questionnaire examined the potential for CBNRM according to a.) the community's perspective: potential (costs and) benefits of the protected area, including goods and services, cultural and social benefits and sustainable economic development opportunities provided by the protected area; and benefits of community involvement in natural resource management and protected area governance; and b.) the
conservation perspective: benefits through community cooperation in biodiversity conservation within the targeted protected area.
Other factors that have been identified through the
international experience to affect CBNRM initiatives, such as use regulation; tenure; policies and legislation; awareness of and support for the protected area; and community capacity were
thoroughly examined across all sources of information.
This study finds that there is potential for CBNRM affiliated with the BC PA system in protected area designations such as „Conservancies‟.
Potential relates to the role of CBNRM in biodiversity conservation, meeting the aspirations of BC‟s First Nation communities, and in
recognizing First Nations as legitimate stakeholders in protected areas and conservation management. As in the international experience, numerous social, political, economic and other
factors present opportunities and challenges to the adoption of CBNRM in BC.
This thesis
concludes with key recommendations for protected areas and conservation management in BC
and Canada and identifies opportunities to further explore key topic areas that arose from the research findings.
If you have not yet heard of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), in essence, it is a form of... more If you have not yet heard of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), in essence, it is a form of neuro-modulation; meaning that is works directly on the nervous system by stimulating certain regions of the brain, showing promise in the treatment of major depressive disorder, anxiety, as well as lesser known instances of conditions such as chronic pain, multiple sclerosis, PTSD, ADHD, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s and even helping in rehabilitation after stroke.
TMS is considered a non-invasive procedure (for example as compared to ECT or
Electroconvulsive Therapy), where an individual receives multiple repeated stimulation in
targeted regions of the brain (the prefrontal cortex) via a magnetic field generator that delivers pulses of electrical currents, in order to stimulate neuron activity (in depression) or inhibit excessive neuron activity in people with anxiety disorders.
Stanley Milgram’s (1963) classic experiment on obedience to authority addressed an significant pr... more Stanley Milgram’s (1963) classic experiment on obedience to authority addressed an significant problem in society: When and
under what conditions would destructive obedience, or defiance to the orders of an authority figure take place?
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Papers by Anna Rozwadowska
Much of what we still know about this complex interdependence is limited. In recognizing this, is the medical field finally able to acknowledge the existence of unbeknownst information, perhaps even that which can explain spontaneous remissions and near death experiences?
This report is based on the Protected Areas and Poverty Reduction Case Study Guide (draft 3.4) and uses headings and a format suggested by that Guide. The research findings are presented in Sections II and III, which correspond to two main sections of the Case Study Guide: the PAPR Case Study Checklist and Guiding Questions.
The Checklist portion of the Guide provides a set of core questions that should be examined in every PAPR case study, and the Guiding Questions go into much more depth on each of the four themes of the project. One of the main aims of using the Case Study Guide and formatting case study reports like this one according to that Guide is to facilitate comparative research across the study sites by providing a common framework.
protectionist style „fence and guns‟ conservation management approaches, which excluded resource-based communities from conservation areas.
CBNRM attempts to meet the biodiversity conservation objectives of conservation areas, and the sustainable development and livelihood
objectives of neighbouring communities. While CBNRM initiatives have been well documented internationally over the past decades, little is known about the status of CBNRM within Canada.
In order to bridge this knowledge gap and to link trends in conservation and protected areas management internationally to Canada and to British Columbia (BC), this thesis examines the potential for community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) affiliated with BC's
Protected Area System. “Potential” is determined by comparing the situation in BC to the international CBNRM experience.
The study draws on a sample of Conservancies from the categories of the BC Protected Area (PA) System, focusing particularly on the nine Sea-to-Sky Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP) Area Conservancies and neighbouring First Nations communities: Squamish,
L‟il‟wat and In-SHUCK-ch. Information has been obtained through interviews (guided by semistructured questionnaires) conducted with BC government informants and First Nations
representatives, supplemented by key documents. The questionnaire examined the potential for CBNRM according to a.) the community's perspective: potential (costs and) benefits of the protected area, including goods and services, cultural and social benefits and sustainable economic development opportunities provided by the protected area; and benefits of community involvement in natural resource management and protected area governance; and b.) the
conservation perspective: benefits through community cooperation in biodiversity conservation within the targeted protected area.
Other factors that have been identified through the
international experience to affect CBNRM initiatives, such as use regulation; tenure; policies and legislation; awareness of and support for the protected area; and community capacity were
thoroughly examined across all sources of information.
This study finds that there is potential for CBNRM affiliated with the BC PA system in protected area designations such as „Conservancies‟.
Potential relates to the role of CBNRM in biodiversity conservation, meeting the aspirations of BC‟s First Nation communities, and in
recognizing First Nations as legitimate stakeholders in protected areas and conservation management. As in the international experience, numerous social, political, economic and other
factors present opportunities and challenges to the adoption of CBNRM in BC.
This thesis
concludes with key recommendations for protected areas and conservation management in BC
and Canada and identifies opportunities to further explore key topic areas that arose from the research findings.
TMS is considered a non-invasive procedure (for example as compared to ECT or
Electroconvulsive Therapy), where an individual receives multiple repeated stimulation in
targeted regions of the brain (the prefrontal cortex) via a magnetic field generator that delivers pulses of electrical currents, in order to stimulate neuron activity (in depression) or inhibit excessive neuron activity in people with anxiety disorders.
under what conditions would destructive obedience, or defiance to the orders of an authority figure take place?
Much of what we still know about this complex interdependence is limited. In recognizing this, is the medical field finally able to acknowledge the existence of unbeknownst information, perhaps even that which can explain spontaneous remissions and near death experiences?
This report is based on the Protected Areas and Poverty Reduction Case Study Guide (draft 3.4) and uses headings and a format suggested by that Guide. The research findings are presented in Sections II and III, which correspond to two main sections of the Case Study Guide: the PAPR Case Study Checklist and Guiding Questions.
The Checklist portion of the Guide provides a set of core questions that should be examined in every PAPR case study, and the Guiding Questions go into much more depth on each of the four themes of the project. One of the main aims of using the Case Study Guide and formatting case study reports like this one according to that Guide is to facilitate comparative research across the study sites by providing a common framework.
protectionist style „fence and guns‟ conservation management approaches, which excluded resource-based communities from conservation areas.
CBNRM attempts to meet the biodiversity conservation objectives of conservation areas, and the sustainable development and livelihood
objectives of neighbouring communities. While CBNRM initiatives have been well documented internationally over the past decades, little is known about the status of CBNRM within Canada.
In order to bridge this knowledge gap and to link trends in conservation and protected areas management internationally to Canada and to British Columbia (BC), this thesis examines the potential for community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) affiliated with BC's
Protected Area System. “Potential” is determined by comparing the situation in BC to the international CBNRM experience.
The study draws on a sample of Conservancies from the categories of the BC Protected Area (PA) System, focusing particularly on the nine Sea-to-Sky Land and Resource Management Plan (LRMP) Area Conservancies and neighbouring First Nations communities: Squamish,
L‟il‟wat and In-SHUCK-ch. Information has been obtained through interviews (guided by semistructured questionnaires) conducted with BC government informants and First Nations
representatives, supplemented by key documents. The questionnaire examined the potential for CBNRM according to a.) the community's perspective: potential (costs and) benefits of the protected area, including goods and services, cultural and social benefits and sustainable economic development opportunities provided by the protected area; and benefits of community involvement in natural resource management and protected area governance; and b.) the
conservation perspective: benefits through community cooperation in biodiversity conservation within the targeted protected area.
Other factors that have been identified through the
international experience to affect CBNRM initiatives, such as use regulation; tenure; policies and legislation; awareness of and support for the protected area; and community capacity were
thoroughly examined across all sources of information.
This study finds that there is potential for CBNRM affiliated with the BC PA system in protected area designations such as „Conservancies‟.
Potential relates to the role of CBNRM in biodiversity conservation, meeting the aspirations of BC‟s First Nation communities, and in
recognizing First Nations as legitimate stakeholders in protected areas and conservation management. As in the international experience, numerous social, political, economic and other
factors present opportunities and challenges to the adoption of CBNRM in BC.
This thesis
concludes with key recommendations for protected areas and conservation management in BC
and Canada and identifies opportunities to further explore key topic areas that arose from the research findings.
TMS is considered a non-invasive procedure (for example as compared to ECT or
Electroconvulsive Therapy), where an individual receives multiple repeated stimulation in
targeted regions of the brain (the prefrontal cortex) via a magnetic field generator that delivers pulses of electrical currents, in order to stimulate neuron activity (in depression) or inhibit excessive neuron activity in people with anxiety disorders.
under what conditions would destructive obedience, or defiance to the orders of an authority figure take place?