Jodi Basch

Queen's University | QueensU

School leaders in Canada face increasing social, political, economic, educational, and professional demands, which often lead to increased workload, stress, burnout, decreased well-being, and lack of work-life balance. Research demonstrates that school principals with high levels of resilience are better at coping with stress and crisis, are genera...

Before entering university, students are not always equipped with the tools to cope with stressful life events. During the transition to university, students may experience challenges that accompany this new stage of their life. However, research has shown that throughout this period, students can foster their strengths, resilience, and authentic l...

This chapter describes the metaphor analysis approach. Metaphorical language, as a form of interpretation of meaning, entails the use of figures of speech, like metaphors, analogy, simile, or synecdoche, to make implicit comparisons where a word or phrase that is ordinarily used in one domain is applied in another domain. By analyzing metaphorical...