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Black girls and school disciplinary mechanisms
(2023)This study explores the disproportionate discipline of Black Girls in Ontario’s K-12 publicly funded schools. The current literature exploring racially disproportionate discipline and the school-to-prison pipeline obscures ... -
By no means there yet: centring the voices of Black, Indigenous, and youth of colour climate activists in Ontario
(2024)This critical qualitative inquiry delves into the experiences of Black, Indigenous, and youth of colour activists involved in the climate justice movement. Semi-structured narrative interviews were conducted with 15 ... -
Can education be healing? : adult women's motivations for and experiences with university education / by Janis Cox.
(2009)"Previous research reveals that some women might pursue university education as a means to heal from experiences of violence, poverty, and trauma or to take control over aspects of their identity that have been sublimated ... -
The Chronicles of North Narnia: a scholarly personal narrative of place-based learning on the Lakehead University Thunder Bay campus
(2020)Whether they are large intact forests or small urban greenspaces, places have the potential to captivate, inspire, educate and foster a deep sense of stewardship towards the natural world. Placebased education is a growing ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Mediators' perspectives on the Ontario family mediation process and its potential impact on abused women and children's education
(2014-01-22)This research focused on the perspectives of seven mediators in Thunder Bay on what will happen to abused women if the mandatory mediation information program is actually implemented into the divorce process in Northwestern ... -
The silence that followed Indian Residential Schools: sharing our stories and reconnecting oral history among Omushkego Cree family members in Ontario
(2024)For many Indian Residential School (IRS) survivors, there is a pervasive silence surrounding their childhood experiences. The first research question, what childhood stories pre-existed Indian Residential Schools for ... -
Throwing their weight around: a critical examination of faculty experiences with challenging dominant obesity discourse in post-secondary education
(2014-12-12)Obesity discourse is dominant in mainstream Western society, and is increasingly identified as a social category that normalizes, privileges, and praises certain bodies while stigmatizing others. Given that weight-based ...