Pratt, Yvonne Poitras

Communication and Culture Thesis (M.A.)--University of Calgary, 2005.

Looks at building educator capacity for media. Chapter from Proceedings of the IDEAS: Designing for Innovation edited by M. Takeuchi, A. P. Preciado Babb and J. Lock.

Looks at the use of new media forms, such as computers and the Internet, as tools for decolonization within Aboriginal communities.

Advocates for four specific initiatives: establishing a Métis Education Council of Alberta and a Métis Academy (public charter school) in Edmonton, implementing alternative educational programming for Métis learners, and creating a wiki space for information sharing.

Looks at what significant Indigenous memories are missing from official histories and what it might mean to hear these memories. Chapter from Proceedings of the IDEAS: Rising to Challenge Conference edited by Paulino Preciado Babb.

Chapter from Proceedings of the IDEAS: Designing for Innovation edited by Miwa Aoki Takeuchi, Armando Paulino Preciado Babb, and Jennifer Lock.

Purpose of study was to look at provincial mandates and work to date and determine whether inter-provincial best practices could be developed. Sources of information were literature search, primary documents and semi-structured interviews.