K-12

Program provides vital communication link between home and school for Aboriginal families in order to improve retention and success rates.

Overview of Aboriginal-direct programming and spending offered by the Government of Canada. The 360 programs and services are arranged under seven thematic headings: Health, Lifelong Learning, Housing, Safe and Sustainable Communities, Economic Opportunities, Lands and Resources and Governance and Relationships.

Statistical table.

Statistical table.

Developmental Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2005.

Evaluation of professional network for teachers, administration, and support staff employed in British Columbia public schools established to improve learning outcomes for Aboriginal students and enhance understanding of Aboriginal culture and history. Includes explanation of the network's operation, literature review, and case studies.

Examines a research project that analyzed the Teaching Treaties in the Classroom kit from the Saskatchewan Office of the Treaty Commissioner.

Results of the survey based on responses of 80% of superintendents and 31% of school principals.

Meant to facilitate discussions and activities related to establishing programs in schools. Prepared as a companion to Handbook for Aboriginal Language Program Planning in British Columbia by Marianne Ignace.

Guide provides background information and suggests activities to help teachers and learners explore the many issues surrounding Aboriginal languages across Canada.

Vidoeo of panel discussion which took place at the 2011 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Duration: 01:29:57.

Book review of: Aboriginal Languages and Education: The Canadian Experience edited by S. Morris, K. McLeod, and M. Danesi and They Write Their Dreams on the Rock Forever: Rock Writings in the Stein River Valley of British Columbia by A. York, R. Daly and C. Arnett.

Discusses practices which foster skills such as critical thinking, participation, communication, problem-solving, decision-making, creative thinking, collaboration, and information gathering.

Examines the educational performance of students in individual off-reserve British Columbia schools with recommended strategies.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Brock University, 2013.

2nd edition

Uses data from the 2012 survey.

Comments on the teachers' viewpoints on teaching mathematics with a distinctly Aboriginal focus.

Resource guide provides access to best practices for creating a more representative workforce in Saskatchewan's education sector.

Data on performance of students in British Columbia. Includes demographic information and assessment outcomes at provincial level.

Provides update on initiatives and activities and performance information. Information current as of June 1, 2008.

Data on performance of students in British Columbia.

Contains links to background papers and summary of outcomes from sectoral sessions which covered the topics of: self-government, economic development, housing, education and health.

Examines historical, legal and socio-economic factors related to achievement gaps between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal education and discusses ways to improve experience & outcomes for Aboriginal students attending provincial and First Nations managed schools.

Provides background to, and results of, a study designed to compile a list of web-based resources for later use in the development of a "portal".

Reviews literature on school change and student achievement, data relating to school change of Aboriginal students in public schools, and consequences for schools with high rates of mobile Aboriginal students.

Administrative Leadership Thesis (D.Ed.)--Walden University, 2010.

Study evaluated the progress of three classes of primary students who were using the process laid out in the Saskatchewan English Language Arts Elementary Curriculum and concluded that it was appropriate for Aboriginal children. School situated on Onion Lake Cree Nation territory.

Concept paper focuses on three areas: recruitment/graduation of teachers, cultural training, and native language certification.

Provides statistics on total numbers, ancestry, ability to speak an Aboriginal language, and educational programs attended.

Provides statistics on total numbers, ancestry, ability to speak an Aboriginal language, and educational programs attended.

Highlights theatre productions, theatre companies and playwrights.

Comments on need for Aboriginal students to have academic success in science and mathematics throughout their school career in order to pursue science, technology, engineering and mathematics related academic paths at the post-secondary level.

Book review of: Aboriginal Women by Degrees edited by Mary Ann Bin-Sallik. Review located by scrolling to page 130.

Highlights the foundational role of language in ensuring long-term academic, social, and economic success. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 37.

Examines the changing realities facing today’s youth and their implications for public policy.

Sample of 335 students across six schools was evaluated using Fisher's R to Z transformations.

Looks at an off-reservation school that received Therapeutic Residential Model funding for the 2001-2002 school year and choose to use the funds for an intensive academic enhancement effort.

Educational Administration and Leadership Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2003.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Nipissing University, 2007.

Comments on the positive impact on students' science learning through the introduction of elements of Indigenous language and culture into the classroom. Adapation from sections of full article, Accommodating Indigenous Students' Cultural Resources in Science Classrooms: An Approach to Enhance Learning Agency