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More than pink shirts and posters: beyond the limits of anti-homophobia education
(2017)
Most schools in Canada are unsafe spaces for queer youth or those perceived by their peers as queer.
Gay/Straight Alliances (GSAs) and other LGBTQ+ inclusive groups exist in schools with the goal of
mitigating and working ...
Ethical considerations for mindfulness in education: prescriptive quick fix or transformational paradigm shift?
(2017)
While mindfulness practices have demonstrated utility in bolstering human well-being and functioning, they are certainly not beyond reproach. Purser and Loy (2013) have coined the term “McMindfulness” to refer to instrumental ...
"It was your ancestors that put them there and they put them there for you" : exploring Indigenous connection to mazinaabikiniganan as land-based education
(2017)
This study explored Indigenous connections to mazinaabikiniganan (more commonly known as
rock art or pictographs) and investigated how these sites contribute to land-based education.
Focused on the community of Batchewana ...
Living well in a world with wolves: educators' perspectives
(2016)
The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological investigation was to explore
wolf-focused education from the perspective of educators who work at various wolf
education centres and programs around North America. The ...
Decolonizing actions that speak louder than words : science education through multiple lenses in Nunavut / by Marc Higgins.
(2010)
"Education in Nunavut, still largely based on Euro-Canadian knowledge and Western teachings, is a negative experience for many Nunavut youth - the result of cultural inappropriateness and worldview mismatch. The mismatch ...
Examining barriers and facilitators in using teachers’ journals for critical space
(2017)
Among the varying ways to reflect on practice, learning journals capture the stories and
lived experiences of teachers and help the writer to learn from experience about an event,
an idea, or emotions.
What does critical ...
"We're rapping, not trapping": hip hop as a contemporary expression of Métis culture and a conduit to literacy
(2017)
There exists a common essentialized discourse about Indigenous peoples in Canada that has communities frozen in time, leaving Métis culture represented through sashes, jigging, and the fur trade. However, across the country, ...
Children’s views of the learning environment: a study exploring the Reggio Emilia principle of the environment as the third teacher
(2016)
The purpose of this research study was to explore the concept of the environment as the third teacher and how students in a Reggio Emilia inspired school view their classroom and its ability to help them learn. The research ...
People in discursive spaces : entry-level humanities eduction for non-traditional adult learners
(2018)
In Canada there are programs that offer non-traditional adult learners an entry-level university educational experience. These programs have various names, for example, Humanities 101, University 101, Discovery University ...
Opportunities for character development in multi-cultural settings
(2018)
This dissertation explores character development opportunities in for first-generation Nepali immigrant students, as exemplified in Ontario public school classrooms. The theoretical framework for this dissertation is derived ...