Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for the Study of Educational Administration
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Davis
Kirk Anderson
Samina Jamal
Description
Presents survey highlights regarding the success of schools in northern Labrador, Nunavut, northern Saskatchewan, and northern and interior British Columbia.
Proposed funding options for K-12 schools in Nunavut to deal with high pupil-teacher ratios, low student outcomes, high non-attendance, teacher recruitment and retention, and insufficient funding for special needs students.
Study researchers conducted interviews with 140 Aboriginal women in eight sites, both urban and rural, across Canada in order to formulate policy recommendations that would support full cultural lives while pursuing contemporary work or education.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 2, no. 1, 2005, pp. 117-129
Description
Describes the challenges faced by non-Inuit teachers and communities in a cross-cultural educational setting and suggests that teachers would benefit from learning about Inuit culture before beginning to teach.