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Le step dancing a Terre-Neuve et au Labrador a subi un important changement contextuel afin de conserver sa pertinence en tant qu'objet culturel et genre performatif ; et le contexte [...]

Les diverses etudes ethnographiques portant sur la danse ont fait entrer les recherches sur la danse dans le champ de l'ethnographie et procurent donc un sujet significatif a ce numero [...]

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses articles in the issue on topics including the relationship between the Irish and Newfoundland step dance styles, step dance training and dance culture.

The article discusses the changes in the context and function of step-dancing through the influence of Irish culture in Newfoundland. It examines the implication of Irishness into Newfoundland culture of step-dancing. It also cites the development of the Celtic Spirit Dancers from both St. John and the diasporic community of competitive Irish step dance.

The article discusses various reports published within the issue including one by Sarah Quick on social interaction and performances of the Red River Jig, one by Kristin Harris Walsh on Irish-Newfoundland step dancing traditions, and one by Bridget Cauthery on trance or transformation in contemporary dance.

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Objective: To assess Memorial University of Newfoundland's (MUN's) commitment to a comprehensive pathways approach to rural family practice, and to determine the national and provincial effects of applying this approach., Design: Analysis of anonymized secondary data., Setting: Canada., Participants: Memorial's medical degree (MD) graduates practising family medicine in Newfoundland and Labrador as of January 2015 (N = 305), MUN's 2011 and 2012 MD graduates (N = 120), and physicians who completed family medicine training programs in Canada between 2004 and 2013 and who were practising in Canada 2 years after completion of their postgraduate training (N = 8091)., Main Outcome Measures: National effect was measured by the proportion of MUN's family medicine program graduates practising in rural Canada compared with those from other Canadian family medicine training programs. Provincial effect was measured by the location of MUN's MD graduates practising family medicine in Newfoundland and Labrador as of January 2015. Commitment to a comprehensive pathways approach to rural family practice was measured by anonymized geographic data on admissions, educational placements, and practice locations of MUN's 2011 and 2012 MD graduates, including those who completed family medicine residencies at MUN., Results: Memorial's comprehensive pathways approach to training physicians for rural practice was successful on both national and provincial levels: 26.9% of MUN family medicine program graduates were in a rural practice location 2 years after exiting their post-MD training from 2004 to 2013 compared with the national rate of 13.3% (national effect); 305 of MUN's MD graduates were practising family medicine in Newfoundland and Labrador as of 2015, with 36% practising in rural areas (provincial effect). Of 114 MD students with known background who graduated in 2011 and 2012, 32% had rural backgrounds. Memorial's 2011 and 2012 MD graduates spent 20% of all clinical placement weeks in rural areas; of note, 90% of all first-year placements and 95% of third-year family medicine clerkship placements were rural. For the 25 MUN 2011 and 2012 MD graduates who also completed family medicine residencies at MUN, 38% of family medicine placement weeks were spent in rural communities or rural towns. Of the 30 MUN 2011 and 2012 MD graduates practising family medicine in Canada as of January 2015, 42% were practising in rural communities or rural towns; 73% were practising in Newfoundland and Labrador and half of those were in rural communities and rural towns., Conclusion: A comprehensive rural pathways approach that includes recruiting rural students and exposing all medical students to extensive rural placements and all family medicine residents to rural family practice training has resulted in more rural generalist physicians in family practice in Newfoundland and Labrador and across Canada., (Copyright© the College of Family Physicians of Canada.)