Mount Saint Vincent University

“I Go to Eternal Death”: William Blake’s Milton as Materialist Underworld Journey

This article extends and redirects the critical conversation around the relationship of Blake’s epics to nationalism and imperialism, as well as to materialism, by situating Milton: A Poem in relationship to contemporary uses of the trope of the underworld descent ( katabasis in...

Religious non-realism: expanding an idea

Abstract In this study, I seek to rehabilitate the notion of ‘religious non-realism’, which is misunderstood in the philosophy of religion and significantly underdeveloped. I begin by widening the scope of the idea to encompass both propositional and non-propositional phenomena,...

Touch, trouble, trace: Found poetry and living literacies through material play

This study explores playful literacies as relational, embodied, and materially entangled forms of meaning-making in early childhood contexts. Grounded in living literacies scholarship ( Pahl and Rowsell, 2020 ) and relational perspectives on literacy ( Lysaker, 2018 ), the resear...

Defining and Examining Self-Reported GenAI Literacy and Pedagogical Judgment in Language Teacher Education: A Course-Integrated Professional Development Intervention

Abstract This mixed-methods study examines short-term changes in self-reported generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) literacy and articulated pedagogical judgment among in-service and transitioning language teachers enrolled in a graduate TESOL course at a Canadian universit...

New Findings on the Concentration-Dependent Effects of Salicylic Acid and the Mitigation of Blue Light Stress on Canola Growth and Methane Emissions

Plant-derived methane (CH4) has already been reported, but the factors that regulate its production are not fully documented. Few studies have considered the effects of blue light on plant-derived CH4, but the role of salicylic acid in the process has not been studied. We examine...

Concerns regarding recurrent fluorescence’s impact on smaller diffuse ISM aromatics

Abstract Recent research implied that recurrent fluorescence (RF) could bolster smaller aromatics against fragmentation in the diffuse ISM, yet that hypothesis is contested by timescales for unrelenting dissociative recombination (electrons), and unceasing dissociating photons. S...

Self-Assembled Monolayersof Phosphorus–NitrogenCages

Abstract This study investigates the deposition of the phosphorus–nitrogen (PN) cage P2N6 onto Au and Cu surfaces using both vapor-phase and solution-phase methods. The P2N6 cage sublimes cleanly and reaches an onset of volatility near 83 °C, suitable for vapor-phase deposition p...