Kinga Pozniak
Biographic Data
| ID | 164709 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kinga Pozniak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kinga |
| FAMILY NAME | Pozniak |
| SIGNATURE | POZNIAK K |
| AFFILIATIONS | McMaster University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7954-9351 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Transition to adulthood in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Background: For youth living with neurodisabilities and rare conditions, transitioning from pediatric to adult care results in significant loss of services and supports. This article examines transition-related health systems, policies and provider roles in the context of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). DMD is a multi-systemic X-linked disorder mainly characterized by progressive muscle degeneration, with about 30% of patients presenting with …
Supporting Canadian families of children with disabilities
Introduction: Children who live with disabilities and/or chronic (or complex) medical conditions, and their families, require appropriate supports to thrive and reach their full potential. In Canada, child and family wellbeing has declined over the past years (1,2). Methods: This article highlights the second phase of a sequential exploratory research study that identified what supports and services Canadian children living with disabilities/heal…
Child health services research with the people who know best
In the twenty-first century, granting organizations and journals increasingly expect health services research to include the active participation and voices of people with lived experience in studies relevant to their lives. This paper reports the 30-year history of engagement between CanChild Centre for Childhood-Onset Disability Research and families of children with neurodisabilities. We offer a brief background history of how these activities…
What supports and services post Covid-19 do children with disabilities and their parents need and want, now and into the future
Introduction: Children and youth with disabilities and special healthcare needs, and their families, have been uniquely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the voices of children themselves are still not well represented in the existing literature. Methods: This qualitative descriptive study used a combination of visual methods and interviews to learn about the experiences of Canadian children with disabilities (n=18) and their parents (n…
Caregiver identity in health research
Engaging healthcare users and families in health research studies as partners – rather than as ‘research subjects’ in the traditional sense – is a growing trend in healthcare. This article is based on interviews with mothers of children with disabilities who partner in research studies on behalf of their children. For these mothers, participating in research is an identity-building activity that (1) builds on and validates their caregiving roles …
A Model Socialist Steel Town Enters the Neoliberal Age
This article examines how changing political and economic ideologies and projects-first socialism, then neoliberal capitalism-were worked out in a Polish industrial town called Nowa Huta. Nowa Huta was initially built after World War II as a town that would embody the socialist state's goals of industrialization, urbanization, and the creation of a working class. Following the collapse of the socialist government in 1989 and the ensuing market re…
Generations of memory in the "model socialist town" of Nowa Huta, Poland
This article examines memories of socialism among different generations in Nowa Huta, Poland. Initially built as an industrial "model socialist town", since 1989 Nowa Huta experienced economic decline and marginalization. Its socialist legacy is now being reinterpreted in ways that reflect changed political, economic, and social conditions. This article describes contemporary public representations of the town's history and considers how they res…
Reinventing a Model Socialist Steel Town in the Neoliberal Economy
This article examines how a former Polish industrial town reinscribes its past and reinvents its public image in the context of simultaneous political and economic changes.NowaHuta was originally built as the country's model socialist town. Then, following the collapse of the socialist government and the adoption of democratic and neoliberal economic reforms, it experienced both deindustrialization and political marginalization on account of its …
"Talking the "Immigrant Talk
In this paper I explore the role of popular Canadian immigration narratives in shaping the experiences and subjectivities of immigrants to Canada, and the ways in which immigrants negotiate these narratives to construct their experiences and identities. My research is based on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews conducted with Colombian immigrants to Canada residing in London, Ontario. I identify two narratives that characterize Canadian discou…
Reinventing a Model Socialist Steel Town in the Neoliberal Economy
This article examines how a former Polish industrial town reinscribes its past and reinvents its public image in the context of simultaneous political and economic changes.NowaHuta was originally built as the country's model socialist town. Then, following the collapse of the socialist government and the adoption of democratic and neoliberal economic reforms, it experienced both deindustrialization and political marginalization on account of its …
"Talking the "Immigrant Talk
In this paper I explore the role of popular Canadian immigration narratives in shaping the experiences and subjectivities of immigrants to Canada, and the ways in which immigrants negotiate these narratives to construct their experiences and identities. My research is based on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews conducted with Colombian immigrants to Canada residing in London, Ontario. I identify two narratives that characterize Canadian discou…
A Model Socialist Steel Town Enters the Neoliberal Age
This article examines how changing political and economic ideologies and projects-first socialism, then neoliberal capitalism-were worked out in a Polish industrial town called Nowa Huta. Nowa Huta was initially built after World War II as a town that would embody the socialist state's goals of industrialization, urbanization, and the creation of a working class. Following the collapse of the socialist government in 1989 and the ensuing market re…
"Talking the "Immigrant Talk
In this paper I explore the role of popular Canadian immigration narratives in shaping the experiences and subjectivities of immigrants to Canada, and the ways in which immigrants negotiate these narratives to construct their experiences and identities. My research is based on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews conducted with Colombian immigrants to Canada residing in London, Ontario. I identify two narratives that characterize Canadian discou…
Generations of memory in the "model socialist town" of Nowa Huta, Poland
This article examines memories of socialism among different generations in Nowa Huta, Poland. Initially built as an industrial "model socialist town", since 1989 Nowa Huta experienced economic decline and marginalization. Its socialist legacy is now being reinterpreted in ways that reflect changed political, economic, and social conditions. This article describes contemporary public representations of the town's history and considers how they res…
Reinventing a Model Socialist Steel Town in the Neoliberal Economy
This article examines how a former Polish industrial town reinscribes its past and reinvents its public image in the context of simultaneous political and economic changes.NowaHuta was originally built as the country's model socialist town. Then, following the collapse of the socialist government and the adoption of democratic and neoliberal economic reforms, it experienced both deindustrialization and political marginalization on account of its …
A Model Socialist Steel Town Enters the Neoliberal Age
This article examines how changing political and economic ideologies and projects-first socialism, then neoliberal capitalism-were worked out in a Polish industrial town called Nowa Huta. Nowa Huta was initially built after World War II as a town that would embody the socialist state's goals of industrialization, urbanization, and the creation of a working class. Following the collapse of the socialist government in 1989 and the ensuing market re…
What supports and services post Covid-19 do children with disabilities and their parents need and want, now and into the future
Introduction: Children and youth with disabilities and special healthcare needs, and their families, have been uniquely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the voices of children themselves are still not well represented in the existing literature. Methods: This qualitative descriptive study used a combination of visual methods and interviews to learn about the experiences of Canadian children with disabilities (n=18) and their parents (n…
Caregiver identity in health research
Engaging healthcare users and families in health research studies as partners – rather than as ‘research subjects’ in the traditional sense – is a growing trend in healthcare. This article is based on interviews with mothers of children with disabilities who partner in research studies on behalf of their children. For these mothers, participating in research is an identity-building activity that (1) builds on and validates their caregiving roles …
Transition to adulthood in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Background: For youth living with neurodisabilities and rare conditions, transitioning from pediatric to adult care results in significant loss of services and supports. This article examines transition-related health systems, policies and provider roles in the context of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). DMD is a multi-systemic X-linked disorder mainly characterized by progressive muscle degeneration, with about 30% of patients presenting with …
Supporting Canadian families of children with disabilities
Introduction: Children who live with disabilities and/or chronic (or complex) medical conditions, and their families, require appropriate supports to thrive and reach their full potential. In Canada, child and family wellbeing has declined over the past years (1,2). Methods: This article highlights the second phase of a sequential exploratory research study that identified what supports and services Canadian children living with disabilities/heal…
Child health services research with the people who know best
In the twenty-first century, granting organizations and journals increasingly expect health services research to include the active participation and voices of people with lived experience in studies relevant to their lives. This paper reports the 30-year history of engagement between CanChild Centre for Childhood-Onset Disability Research and families of children with neurodisabilities. We offer a brief background history of how these activities…
Family and Disability Support Research (4 works) · Disability Rights and Representation (3 works) · Narrative (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Communism (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Health services (2 works)