Kovach, Margaret
University of Saskatchewan, Educational Administration and Educational Foundations
I-Portal Content
[Indigenous Knowledges(s) and Research: Creating Space for Different Ways of Knowing Within the Academy]
Alternate Title
[First Nations, First Thoughts Conference]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Margaret Kovach]
Description
Discusses the impact that both culture and perspective have on Indigenous research methodologies within the interdisciplinary context of social work and education.
Searching for Arrowheads: An Inquiry Into Approaches to Indigenous Research Using a Tribal Methodology with a Nêhiýaw Kiskêýihtamowin Worldview
Alternate Title
Searching for Arrowheads: An Inquiry Into the Holistic Nature of a Tribal Methodology Using a Nêhiýaw Kiskêýihtamowin Worldview
Theses
Author/Creator
Margaret Elizabeth Kovach
Description
Interdisciplinary Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 2006.
Casting a New Light on a Long Shadow: Saskatchewan Aboriginal High School Students Talk About What Helps and Hinders their Learning
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bonnie Stelmach
Margaret Kovach
Larry Steeves
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 63, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 1-20
Description
Using interviews with Indigenous high school students to discuss the influences to the their educational experiences and what can be learned from those students' voices.
Celebrating the Local, Negotiating the School: Language and Literacy in Aboriginal Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marie Battiste
Margaret Kovach
Geraldine Balzer
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 32, no. suppl., Aboriginal Englishes and Education, 2010, pp. 4-12
Description
Examines the language challenges students face in the classroom and explores how literacies develop and function in local communities.
Conversational Method in Indigenous Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 40-48
Description
Discusses the similarities and contrasts between two research projects within an Indigenous research framework using the conversational method.
Distance Education for Social Justice in the Wireless Era: Enabling Indigenous Students' Access to Post-secondary Education through Distance Learning
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
Dora Leigh Bjornson
Harpell Montgomery
Description
A round table discussion on the pros and cons of online education formats and their impact on rural Indigenous communities.
Feminism and First Nations: Conflict or Concert?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leslie Brown
Cindy Jamieson
Margaret Kovach
Canadian Review of Social Policy, no. 35, 1995, pp. 68-78
Description
Looks at how mainstream feminism works in a First Nation context.
First Nations, First Thoughts: The Impact of Indigenous Thought in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Annis May Timpson
Robin Jarvis Brownlie
Margaret Kovach
Leslie McCartney
Martin Whittles
Tim Patterson ...
Stephanie Bolton ... [et al.]
First Peoples Child and Family Review, Special Issue: Celebrating 15 Years of Wisdom
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marc St. Dennis
Cindy Blackstock
Raven Sinclair
Kathy Absolon
Suzanne Stewart
Estelle Simard
Robina Thomas
Jacquie Green ...
Marlyn Bennett
Margaret Kovach
Nicole Muir
Yvonne Bohr
Elizabeth Fast ... [et al.]
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 14, no. 1, June 06, 2019
Description
Issue features 15 of the most popular contributions published since volume 1 in 2004.
First Peoples Child and Family Review, Special Issue: Celebrating 15 Years of Wisdom
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marc St. Dennis
Cindy Blackstock
Raven Sinclair
Kathy Absolon
Suzanne Stewart
Estelle Simard
Robina Thomas
Jacquie Green ...
Marlyn Bennett
Margaret Kovach
Nicole Muir
Yvonne Bohr
Elizabeth Fast ... [et al.]
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 14, no. 1, June 06, 2019
Description
Issue features 15 of the most popular contributions published since volume 1 in 2004.
Indigenous Evaluation Frameworks: Can the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage be a guide for recognizing Indigenous scholarship within tenure and promotion standards?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 4, Indigenous Notions of Cultural Heritage, December 2019, pp. 299-308
Description
Article uses the 2003 Convention as a baseline to develop a framework for tenure and promotion policy and for the appropriate evaluation of Indigenous scholarship, argues that Indigenous scholarship is embedded in intangible culture.
Indigenous Presence: Experiencing and Envisioning Indigenous Knowledges within Selected Post-Secondary Sites of Education and Social Work
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
Jeannine Carriere
Harpell Montgomery
M.J. Barrett
Carmen Gilles
Description
Study surveyed 16 tenured faculty members with 25 years or more of experience. Discusses what has been accomplished, summarizes current situation, and makes suggestions for future development.
Learn, Teach, Challenge: Approaching Indigenous Literatures
Alternate Title
Indigenous Studies Series
Learn, Teach, Challenge: Approaching Indigenous Literature
E-Books
Author/Creator
Deanna Reder
Janice Acoose
Helen Roy
Emma LaRocque
Renate Eigenbrod ...
James (Sákéj) Youngblood Henderson ...
Renae Watchman
Natalie Knight
Jeannette C. Armstrong
Kimberly Blaeser
Craig S. Womack ...
Lisa Brooks
Leanne Simpson
Niigaawewidam James Sinclair ...
Daniel Heath Justice
Jeff Corntassell
Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm
Qwo-Li Driskill
Katsisorokwas Curran Jacobs ...
Warren Cariou ... [et al.]
Indigenous Studies Series
Module 1: Primer on Touchstones for Leadership
Alternate Title
Touchstones for Leadership: Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
Description
General course overview of the curriculum intended to bring participants through the four phases of reconciliation based upon the Touchstones of Hope principles.This module discusses the goals and hopes of the reconciliation movement to re-develop community-developed visions of healthy children and families.
Material presented as exhibit 47 from Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
Module III: West (Transformations) — Focusing on the Self-Determination Touchstones
Alternate Title
Touchstones for Leadership: Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
Description
General course overview of the curriculum intended to bring participants through the four phases of reconciliation based upon the Touchstones of Hope principles. This module focuses on initiative aimed to build on collaboration among the child welfare system and Aboriginal communities in the context of traditional Aboriginal worldviews to reconciliation and healing.
Material presented as exhibit 47 from Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
Module IV: North (Inward Reflections) — Focusing on the Non Discrimination Touchstone
Alternate Title
Touchstones for Leadership: Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
Description
General course overview of the curriculum intended to bring participants through the four phases of reconciliation based upon the Touchstones of Hope principles. This module explores the process and goals for reconciliation against racial discrimination as they apply to child welfare.
Materials presented as exhibit 47 from Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
Module lI: South (Beginnings) -- Focusing on the Culture, Language and Holism Touchstones
Alternate Title
Touchstones for Leadership: Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
Description
General course overview of the curriculum intended to bring participants through the four phases of reconciliation based upon the Touchstones of Hope principles. This module explores worldview approaches that reflect and reinforce the intrinsic and distinct aspects of Aboriginal cultures, customs and languages.
Material presented as exhibit 47 from Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
Module V: East (Wisdom) — Focusing on the Structural Interventions Touchstone
Alternate Title
Touchstones for Leadership: Reconciliation in Indigenous Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
Description
General course overview of the curriculum intended to bring participants through the four phases of reconciliation based upon the Touchstones of Hope principles. This module explores proactive strategies to identify and address systemic and structural barriers that impact the well-being of Indigenous children, families and communities.
Material presented as exhibit 47 from Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry.
Research as Resistance: Critical, Indigenous, and Anti-Oppressive Approaches
E-Books
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
Mehmoona Moosa-Mikha
Sally A. Kimpson
Kathy Absolon
Cam Willett ...
Robina Thomas ... [et al.]
Seeking Their Voices: Improving Indigenous Student Learning Outcomes
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mere Berryman
Sheila Carr-Stewart
Maggie Kovach
Corneilia Laliberté
Sharon Meyer ... [et al.]
Description
Study interviews engaged and non-engaged parents, teachers, and school administrators from six Saskatchewan high schools as well as national and international administrators. Concludes with recommendations.
Transforming Child Welfare: Interdisciplinary Practices, Field Education, and Research: Voices from the Prairies
Alternate Title
Voices from Prairies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marvin M. Berstein
Judy Gillespie
H. Monty Montgomery
A. J. Felix
Patsy Felix
Margaret Kovach
Shelly Thomas Prokop … [et al.]
Treaties, Truths and Transgressive Pedagogies: Re-Imagining Indigenous Presence in the Classroom
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
Socialist Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, Spring, 2013, pp. 109-127
Description
Examines the use of treaties as a means to teach from and through in a classroom setting.
What Kind of Learning? For What Purpose?: Reflections on a Critical Adult Education Approach to Online Social Work and Education Courses Serving Indigenous Distance Learners
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margaret Kovach
Harpell Monty Montgomery
Critical Social Work, vol. 11, no. 1, Special Indigenous Issue, 2010, pp. 27-41
Description
Looks at online learning with a historical review of adult education & its lack of engagement with Indigenous knowledge. Also discusses need to create culturally sensitive technology designed to include Indigenous knowledge.