Post-Secondary

Arts and Social Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Technology, Sydney, 2010.

The author recounts how he has become a writer and shares his experience in discovering who he is and what he does.

Comments on the relationship between adversity and resilience in efficacious students.

Author discusses her experience of trying to put the theories of critical pedagogy into actual classroom practices.

Discusses a joint project, which utilized online interactive discourse, between students of Western Washington University and Choctaw-Cherokee-Irish writer Louis Owens regarding his novel Wolfsong. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 27.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oregon, 2005.

Rob Rae speaks on the role of education and colleges for providing opportunity and support for First Nations people. Phil Fontaine speaks to First Nations education systems and lack of funding from the Federal government and potential of Aboriginal youth. Duration: 1:16:09.

Discusses aspects of education and learning in different disciplines, programs and locations in Canada and Greenland, with an emphasis on cultural content.

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Author describes the measures in place to ensure employment equity and the barriers still existing in the workplace.

Looks at how faculty at the University of British Columbia changed their curricula to address the mandate of the TRC and how social actions of testimony are thought of.

Discusses recommendations to improve the educational attainment of Métis women.

Rhetoric and Professional Communication Thesis (Ph.D.)--Iowa State University, 1998.

Analysis of responses to a panel, at a graduate conference, in a faculty and university committed to equity and social justice.

Guide enhances clinical education and practical best practices for inclusion of Aboriginal health and culture into the health sciences curriculum. Includes background information and generic training and support materials to use in northern and rural areas.

Higher Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2003.

Educational Leadership and Policy Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2012.

Discusses the factors that post secondary education plays in improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Attempts to understand the experiences of Indigenous health workers training at the Centre for Indigenous Health Studies.

Reports results of two main research activities: national scan of engagement at universities and consultations with 14 Mi’kmaw and allied educators, as well as youth focus group. Topics include potential engagement, supportive strategies, Indigenous knowledge systems, promising practices, creating systemic change, and recommendations.

Looks at issues involved in refraining from the use of Native American mascots at National Collegiate Athletic Association sponsored events.

Identifies family and university role modelling and support; indigenous teaching and learning practices, and coping mechanisms for racism as factors facilitating student success.

Examines one school to work transition program, called the Aboriginal Youth Career Pathway, which operates in Alberta.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Ohio State University, 2000.

Looks at the past 27 years since the Yukon College Act.

Discusses the experiential and collaborative engagement approach to learning utilized in a masters in sustainable design class offered by the University of South Australia.