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In through the outdoors: exploring the role of facilitated wilderness experiences in shaping my understanding of self and my relations with other people and the other-than-human world
(2014-12-11)
I examine the role of facilitated wilderness experiences in shaping my understanding of self in relation to people and the other-than-human world through a critical qualitative approach using auto-ethnography to engage ...
Mental Health Literacy and Ontario Young People: Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder
(2016)
This study examined the mental health literacy of a group of young people, with particular
interest to their ability to correctly label, identify symptoms, and recommend appropriate help
sources for Major Depressive ...
Anthropocene U: Academic responses and responsibilities at Lakehead University
(2015-06-15)
This thesis explores the stories of six faculty members and administrators at
Lakehead University who are responding to the Anthropocene through their academic
work. Their stories suggest that there are barriers facing ...
Defining "success" in Indigenous education: exploring the perspectives of Indigenous educators in a Canadian city
(2014-11-28)
The purpose of this study was to frame success for Indigenous students in public boards in the experience, knowledge and beliefs of practicing Indigenous educators. Seven Indigenous public school educators in teaching and ...
Challenges faced by young adult African students with Refugee Status in Ontario schools
(2014-12-05)
This qualitative study explores the common challenges faced by African young adult refugee students in regard to their academic achievement in Ontario secondary schools. It also considers, using the participants' ideas and ...
Literacy through graphic novels : an autobiographical journey of developing teaching identity
(2014-01-22)
This study explored the writer’s growth as a literate person and her emerging
identity as a teacher and describes personal and educational experiences that influenced
her beliefs about teaching. There is particular ...
Coming full circle : non-Aboriginal teachers' narratives of their engagement in urban Aboriginal education
(2012-11-10)
Current Aboriginal researchers address how Eurocentrism construsts and reinforces a set of normative and oppressive "educational" values that do not recognize or include Indigenous epistemologies. A few studies are emerging ...
How can non-native teachers develop culturally responsive programs in remote First Nations communities? : learning from the experts
(2014-01-22)
There are a growing number of scholars who argue that statistics alone do not
provide an accurate depiction of Aboriginal education and instead focus on successful education practices in Aboriginal communities and schools. ...
Becoming an ESL Teacher: An Autoethnography
(2015)
In this thesis I studied the teacher identity development journey I underwent while completing
my first term of teaching adult ESL learners at a post-secondary institute in Ontario. I addressed
three questions. Firstly, ...
Experienced Aboriginal teachers' narratives in the publicly funded school system
(2014-12-18)
The lack of literature related to the perceptions of experienced Aboriginal teachers in the
publicly funded school system represented a void in knowledge. Within this Indigenous narrative
study the Aboriginal teachers ...