Valerie Brown
Biographic Data
| ID | 4353289 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Valerie Brown |
| GIVEN NAMES | Valerie |
| FAMILY NAME | Brown |
| SIGNATURE | BROWN V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Alliance College of Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8649-5854 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
It was Very Clear That We Were Not the Norm”
Despite rights-based advancements within Canada, sexual and gender minority people continue to face barriers when accessing and navigating the legal system across a wide range of legal issues. This study presents findings from 21 qualitative interviews conducted from 2020 to 2021 with sexual minority people in Western Canada exploring their experiences with the legal system. Findings presented in this paper focus on experiences of participants in…
Collaboratively crafting learning standards for tertiary education for environment and sustainability
Purpose The aim of this paper is to outline the collaborative approach used to craft national learning standards for tertiary programs in the field of environment and sustainability in Australia. The field of environment and sustainability is broad and constituted by diverse stakeholders. As such, articulating a common set of learning standards presents challenges. Design/methodology/approach The authors developed and used a staged collaborative …
A diagnostic tool for supporting policymaking on urban resilience
Urban resilience has become a popular notion among urban policymakers and scientists, as a way to deal with the many complex issues that cities face. While it has positive connotations and resonates with local urban agendas, it is not always clear what it means and what factors contribute to resilience. Additionally, critical literature observes that people's views on what resilience means can differ strongly and the many choices that are made in…
Risks and Opportunities
Health promotion and environmental management
Health Promotion as a professional practice is facing its third major challenge this century. To the infectious diseases of the past and the lifestyle risks of the present have been added the global environmental hazards of the future. Each wave of health risk has three things in common. The first is that ill-health results from a change in the relationship between the environment and society. The second is that the ill-health so caused falls pre…
From sickness to health
Napoleon and General Dumas
A diagnostic tool for supporting policymaking on urban resilience
Urban resilience has become a popular notion among urban policymakers and scientists, as a way to deal with the many complex issues that cities face. While it has positive connotations and resonates with local urban agendas, it is not always clear what it means and what factors contribute to resilience. Additionally, critical literature observes that people's views on what resilience means can differ strongly and the many choices that are made in…
Napoleon and General Dumas
From sickness to health
Health promotion and environmental management
Health Promotion as a professional practice is facing its third major challenge this century. To the infectious diseases of the past and the lifestyle risks of the present have been added the global environmental hazards of the future. Each wave of health risk has three things in common. The first is that ill-health results from a change in the relationship between the environment and society. The second is that the ill-health so caused falls pre…
Risks and Opportunities
A diagnostic tool for supporting policymaking on urban resilience
Urban resilience has become a popular notion among urban policymakers and scientists, as a way to deal with the many complex issues that cities face. While it has positive connotations and resonates with local urban agendas, it is not always clear what it means and what factors contribute to resilience. Additionally, critical literature observes that people's views on what resilience means can differ strongly and the many choices that are made in…
Collaboratively crafting learning standards for tertiary education for environment and sustainability
Purpose The aim of this paper is to outline the collaborative approach used to craft national learning standards for tertiary programs in the field of environment and sustainability in Australia. The field of environment and sustainability is broad and constituted by diverse stakeholders. As such, articulating a common set of learning standards presents challenges. Design/methodology/approach The authors developed and used a staged collaborative …
It was Very Clear That We Were Not the Norm”
Despite rights-based advancements within Canada, sexual and gender minority people continue to face barriers when accessing and navigating the legal system across a wide range of legal issues. This study presents findings from 21 qualitative interviews conducted from 2020 to 2021 with sexual minority people in Western Canada exploring their experiences with the legal system. Findings presented in this paper focus on experiences of participants in…
Political science (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Qualitative research (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (1 works)