Remembering Carole Adamsbaum (1939–2019)

Abstract

Carole Adamsbaum died on October 4, 2019. She worked for decades as a sexuality educator at the high school and college levels, along with providing training for other educators. Carole also worked as a psychiatric nurse and for many years opened her home to teens as a foster mother. This article includes tributes to her from family and friends and a reprint of her autobiographical essay from How I Got into Sex…Ed.     

Chromatic adaptation in the pigeon

This study presents evidence that adaptation to colored light alters the apparent hue of subsequently presented stimuli in pigeons. During training, right and left keypecks were reinforced following responses to colored and nominally achromatic slides, respectively. During test sessions, subjects continued to observe and report on the two classes of slides while 6-min components alternated, such that the experimental chamber was illuminated with either a green flood lamp or a nominally white bulb. The proportion of right keypecks following achromatic slides was much higher during green components than during white components, indicating that the achromatic slides appeared more like the chromatic slides.     

Towards a Global Citizenship Education for Caribbean Canadian Youth

The number of people living in Canada of Caribbean heritage has increased substantially over the past forty years. This paper examines aspects of Caribbean culture and Caribbean education culture to explore if Caribbean Canadians can claim a Caribbean education philosophy. The research claims there is one. The article suggests that this philosophy should be recognized and considered in the education of Caribbean Canadian youth to prepare them for national and global citizenship. In all its analyses and observations, the paper consistently sees relevant education, especially one that takes people’s socio-cultural background into account, as important for human well-being.