See the video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8zLM_hIw7Y. The event was honoring the World Art Day, 15 April (2012) in Sweden. 2 Reminiscent of 19 th century blackface minstrel shows, this cake depicts dark black body with white eyes, disproportionately large open mouth, large white teeth framed by blood red lips. 3 The event was to celebrate the Swedish Art Day: 7 th April. 4 National Afro-Swedish Association (Afrosvenskarnas riksförbund). A Brussels-based antiracism group has condemned Swedish culture minister Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth for cutting a at the head on the cake "Your life will be better after this" 5. After initially stating his intent was to provoke and highlight the horror of FGM, the artist later clarified that his piece was a social commentary on how FGM is viewed through Western perspectives 6. This explanation, however, did not satisfy his critics some of whom found him unauthorized to speak for African Women. Ebony Magazine's News and Lifestyle editor, Jamilah Lemieux, summed up this sentiment: Far too often, Black men and White women feel emboldened to speak to or on issues regarding Black women from a place of authority that does not actually exist. And while they may have seen their attempts as helpful, the old cliché holds true: the road to hell is paved with good intentions 7 This video and the subsequent reaction capture the terms, volatile emotions, polarization and globalization of the subject of female genital cutting. This millennia 8 old cultural practice in diverse countries in Africa and the Middle East has in the past three decades taken global import and the accusations of oppressive patriarchy and of neocolonial racism remain central talking-points in the debate. The term female genital mutilation (FGM) was coined by Western activist, author and feminist Fran Hosken. In The Hosken Report: Genital and Sexual Mutilation of Females (1979), Hosken mapped out the practice in Africa for the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, it has also been reported in parts of Asia and Arabian Peninsula (Shell-Duncan and Hernlund, 2000). Hosken and other feminists argued for eradicating FGM which, they pointed out, "racist" cake at a Stockholm art museum, demanding the government issue a formal public apology.

The goal of this study was to determine the effectiveness of an interactive radiology software application that we developed to enhance learning of normal canine radiographic anatomy. All first-year veterinary medical students were eligible to participate in this subject pre-test-post-test experimental design. When presented with the software application, all students had completed two terms of gross anatomy in which the complete anatomy of the dog had been taught using a combination of lectures and laboratory dissections, including radiographic examples. The software application was divided into four body regions: front limb, hind limb, skull/spine, and thorax/abdomen, each with a learning mode and a quiz mode. Quizzes were composed of 15 questions drawn pseudo-randomly without repeat from all structures within a region (median 206 structures). Students were initially given the software application with only the quiz mode activated. After completing four quizzes, one for each body region, students were given access to the software application with both learning mode and quiz mode activated. Students were instructed to spend 30 minutes using the learning mode to study the radiographic anatomy of each region and to retake each quiz. Quiz scores after using the learning mode were significantly higher for each body region (p<.001), with a large effect size for all four regions (Cohen's d=0.83-1.56). These results suggest that this radiographic anatomy software application is an effective tool for students to use to learn normal radiographic anatomy.

Veterinary medical education is a relatively small community with limited numbers of institutions, people, and resources widely dispersed geographically. The problems faced, however, are large—and not very different from the problems faced by (human) medical education. As part of an effort to share resources and build a community of practice around common issues, five colleges in the westernmost region of the United States came together to form a regional inter-institutional consortium. This article describes the processes by which the consortium was formed and the initiation of its first collaborative endeavor, an inter-institutional medical/biomedical teaching academy (the Regional Teaching Academy, or RTA). We report outcomes, including the successful launch of three RTA initiatives, and the strategies that have been considered key to the academy’s success. These include strong support from the consortium deans, including an ongoing financial commitment, a dedicated part-time Executive Coordinator, regular face-to-face meetings that supplement virtual meetings, an organization-wide biennial conference, an effective organizational structure, and a core group of dedicated leaders and RTA Fellows. The western consortium and RTA share these processes, insights, and outcomes to provide a model upon which other colleges of veterinary medicine can build to further leverage inter-institutional collaboration.

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Over the past 20 years the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority (CRCA) has been purchasing the area surrounding Parrot’s Bay in hopes to conserve wildlife habitat. By collaborating with CRCA, our aim is to gain insight through research of the surrounding area and examination of case studies from other conservation areas, to create the most effective conservation plan for Parrot’s Bay. The goal is to minimize the negative impacts of recreational trails and activities on wildlife within the conservation area. Such impacts include the disruption of migratory patterns, the relocation of animals into the area and fragmentation of habitat due to trail location. By identifying key species and their migration patterns within Parrot’s Bay we will design a plan that will cater to the species inhabiting the land while minimizing the anthropogenic effects on the natural habitats. Another key factor in the design of Parrot’s Bay is the issue of urban sprawl, which is very prevalent in this region. Our project will seek to minimize the effects of urban sprawl on the conservation area through the use of land planning and management policies. The outcome we hope to achieve is the formation of a master plan for Parrot’s Bay, to link all acquired land in order to prioritize and manage wildlife species most effectively.